Sehar is a 2005 Indian crime drama film directed by Kabeer Kaushik, starring Arshad Warsi and Mahima Chaudhry, Sushant Singh and Pankaj Kapur. The film depicts organized crime in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, and how the State Police worked to tackle it. It shows the turbulent journey of Ajay Kumar, a newly appointed 31-year-old SSP of Lucknow, played by Arshad Warsi, instrumental in bringing together a group of committed police officers under the aegis of Special Task Force.
Apaharan is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Prakash Jha and stars Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Basu, and Nana Patekar in the lead roles. It is the story of a complex relationship and clashing ideologies between a father and a son set in the backdrop of the kidnapping industry in the eastern state of Bihar, India. Apaharan was declared a semi-hit at the Indian box office.
Hari Shankar Tiwari was an Indian gangster and politician belonging to the Samajwadi Party from Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Tiwari was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the village Tanda, Chillupar in Gorakhpur district.
Saqib Saleem Qureshi is an Indian actor and model who works in the Hindi film industry. He worked as a model before beginning his film career. After moving to Mumbai, Qureshi appeared in several advertisements. While doing television commercials, he grew interest in films and started auditioning for film roles, eventually signing a two-film deal with the Y-Films, a subsidiary of the Yash Raj Films (YRF), as an actor.
Ghar Jamai is an Indian comedy television series which premiered on Zee TV in 1997. The series was produced by Meteor Films and starred Satish Shah, R. Madhavan, and Mandira Bedi.
Aakanksha Singh is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Telugu language films and television. She started her career with theatre and made her acting debut with the Colors TV's television series Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha (2012–2014). She made her film debut with Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017).
Vineet Kumar Singh is an Indian actor and writer known for his strong portrayal of an aspiring boxer Shravan Kumar Singh in Mukkabaaz (2018). An M.D. in Ayurveda from Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, Vineet began his acting career at the age of 21 with the movie Pitaah (2002). After few series of performances in his early career including the 2010 film City of Gold, he got noticed for his role in films like Bombay Talkies and Gangs of Wasseypur. His role in Ugly and the portrayal of the character Milan Shukla in the film Daas Dev won him appreciation. He made his debut as lead actor in the 2018 Anurag Kashyap film Mukkabaaz for which he won two awards.
Shri Prakash Shukla October 6, 1973 - September 22, 1998 (aged 24) was an Indian Gangster active during the 1990's mainly in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He used to be hired by primarily politicians to kill their opponents. He was killed on 22 September 1998, in an encounter with the UP police's Special Task Force. He was about 25 at the time of his death.
Yaaron Ki Baraat is an Indian Hindi talk television series which premiered on 8 October 2016 on Zee TV. The last episode was telecast on 11 December 2016.
Anand Pal Singh was an Indian gangster mainly active in the cities of Rajasthan. He was a most-wanted gangster with a reward of ₹10 lakh on his head. He was accused of multiple murders as well as extortion.
Bachchhan Paandey is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Farhad Samji, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Arshad Warsi and Jacqueline Fernandez. Pankaj Tripathi, Prateik Babbar, Sanjay Mishra and Abhimanyu Singh play supporting roles. It is an official remake of the 2014 Tamil film Jigarthanda which itself was inspired by the 2006 South Korean film A Dirty Carnival. The film was released theatrically on 18 March 2022 and ended up being a disaster at the box office.
Gudiya Hamari Sabhi Pe Bhari is an Indian television comedy drama which premiered on August 27, 2019, on &TV, starring Sarika Bahroliya, Karam Rajpal and Sartaj Gill. The story revolves around Gudiya, a goofy, ordinary looking, free-spirited girl whose family is desperate to find a spouse for her.
Virgin Bhasskar is an Indian comedy web series created by Akanksha Shukla and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under their banner Balaji Telefilms for their video-on-demand streaming platform ALT Balaji and ZEE5. The series is directed by Sakshat Dalvi and Sangieta Rao. The season 1 of the series premiered on 19 November 2019 on ZEE5 and season 2 premiered on 29 August 2020.
Raktanchal is a Hindi-language crime drama web series directed by Ritam Srivastav for MX Player original. The story of the web-series is inspired by real-life events from the 1980s of two notable mafias Purvanchal, a region in east Uttar Pradesh. The series stars Kranti Prakash Jha and Nikitin Dheer along with Chittaranjan Tripathy, Vikram Kochhar, Pramod Pathak, Soundarya Sharma, Ronjini Chakraborty and Daya Shankar Pandey.
Ishq Ki Dastaan – Naagmani is an Indian Hindi Romance, Supernatural, Fiction Indian television series produced by Story Square Productions which was premiered on 13 June 2022 on Dangal. The series stars Aleya Ghosh, Pavitra Punia and Karam Rajpal and formerly starred Aditya Redij.
Siya is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Manish Mundra, in his directorial debut, and produced by his Drishyam Films. written by Haider Rizvi
Ghuspaithiya (transl. Intruder) is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film written and directed by Susi Ganesan. It is an Hindi remake of the Tamil film Thiruttu Payale 2 (2017), starring Urvashi Rautela, Vineet Kumar Singh and Akshay Oberoi. The film was theatrically released on 9 August 2024.
