Kumudlal Ganguly, better known by his stage name Ashok Kumar and also by Dadamoni, was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema and who was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family.
Cinema of India consists of films produced in India, where more than 1800 movies are produced annually. Major centres of film production in the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Amritsar, Kochi, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack, and Guwahati. For a number of years the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output. In terms of box office it ranked third in 2019, with total gross of around US$2.7 billion.
Bombay Talkies was a movie studio founded in 1934. During its period of operation, Bombay Talkies produced 40 movies in Malad, a suburb of the Indian city of Bombay.
Striker is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written, directed and produced by Chandan Arora. It stars Siddharth, Usha Jadhav, and Padmapriya in the lead roles, while Aditya Pancholi, Ankur Vikal, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas, and Anup Soni, among others, play supporting roles. The film had a theatrical release in cinemas throughout India on 5 February 2010. It also premiered on YouTube the same day, thus becoming the first ever Indian film to premiere on YouTube internationally on the same day as its domestic theatrical release.
Cinema of West Bengal, also known as Tollywood, is an Indian film industry of Bengali-language motion pictures. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood, dates back to 1932. It was a historically important film industry, at one time the centre of Indian film production. The Bengali film industry is known for producing many of Indian cinema's most critically acclaimed global Parallel Cinema and art films, with several of its filmmakers gaining prominence at the Indian National Film Awards as well as international acclaim.
Bhojpuri cinema, also known as Bhojwood, is an Indian film industry of Bhojpuri-language motion pictures. It is based in Patna, Bihar. The Bhojpuri movie industry is a burgeoning behemoth, a Rs 2000 crore industry that is fast moving past the likes of A Listers like Ravi Kishen and Manoj Tiwari, and breaking fresh ground and creating new milestones.
Ankur Vikal is an Indian theatre and film actor.
Mango Soufflé is a 2002 Indian film written and directed by Mahesh Dattani. The film stars Atul Kulnani and Rinkie Khanna. It was promoted as "first gay male film from India" and was adapted from Dattani's own successful English play On a Muggy Night in Mumbai.
Kedi (transl. Conman) is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by D.Sivaprasad Reddy under the Kamakshi Movies banner and directed by Kiran Kumar. The film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni and Mamta Mohandas, with Ankur Vikal in the role of the antagonist. The music score is by Sandeep Chowtha, who previously wrote music for Nagarjuna's films Ninne Pelladutha (1996), Chandralekha (1998) and Super (2005). The film was released on 12 February 2010.It was also released in Tamil as Singa Vettai.
Ashvin Kumar is India's youngest Oscar-nominated and two-time national award-winning filmmaker, who has written, directed and produced a wide range of films, including India's only Oscar nominated short film Little Terrorist (2004), documentary Inshallah, Kashmir (2012) and Inshallah Football (2010); feature-length thriller The Forest (2012); coming-of-age tale Dazed in Doon (2010) and his debut film Road to Ladakh (2004) starring Irrfan Khan.
Unfreedom: Blemished light is a 2014 Indian drama film by Raj Amit Kumar, which was released in North America on 29 May 2015. Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poem, "Ye Dagh Dagh Ujala", is the inspiration behind the film. The film stars Victor Banerjee, Adil Hussain. and Preeti Gupta.
Mela is a global entertainment consumer service with one of the largest aggregations of premium South Asian video content. It was launched in October 2011 by Verismo Networks. Mela offers hit Bollywood and regional South Asian movies and live news and entertainment television channels. The service is distributed through a variety of streaming devices. Mela's content includes around 1,000 movies and over 70 live television channels in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, and Gujarati. It holds the largest selection of live Telugu channels in the United States.
Vikal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ankur Bhatia is an Indian actor and model. He grew up in Bhopal, India. He made his acting debut in 2010 in Payal Sethi's Grant St. Shaving Co which was produced by Mira Nair. In 2012, he won the Best Actor Commendation Award at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Film Festival for Coconut Grove. In 2013, Ankur played a negative role in a Bollywood/Tollywood film Zanjeer /Toofan, remake of Zanjeer. He appeared in Apoorva Lakhia's Haseena, starring Shraddha Kapoor, which was released in the theatres on 18 August 2017. In 2020, he plays a pivotal role in Disney+ Hotstar show Aarya, starring Sushmita Sen and directed by Ram Madhvani.
Ankur Arora Murder Case is a 2013 Indian Hindi medical thriller film directed by Suhail Tatari and written and produced by Vikram Bhatt. The film stars Arjun Mathur, Tisca Chopra, Kay Kay Menon, Paoli Dam. The film takes up an urgent and disturbing issue of death during surgery and is based on a real-life incident where a boy dies on the operation table due to medical negligence. The shooting of the film started after nearly one year of research and similarities to real life are in this case, not coincidental. The movie released on 14 June 2013 and made a profit of 2.5 Crores approximately. It was declared semi hit.
Bombay Talkies is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language anthology film consisting of four short films, directed by Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap. The film released on 3 May 2013, coinciding with and celebrating the 100th year of Indian cinema and the beginning of a new era in modern cinema. It screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2013.
Missed Call is a 2005 Indian Hinglish film produced by Reelism Films(Producer: Mr OP Srivastava). The film was shot on 16mm in just a matter of 15 days on shoe-string budget. Shot in cinema verite style with on location sync- sound, it went on to win many prestigious awards including the Opening Film at Indian Panorama 2005 and represented India in Cannes 2006. Missed Call till date has been screened at 12 international film and in 2008 it received the distinction of being adjudged the Best International Film at Israel Film Festival.
Chaurahen is an Indian drama film directed by Rajshree Ojha, starring Zeenat Aman, Roopa Ganguly, Soha Ali Khan and Kiera Chaplin in the leading roles. The film was based on four short stories of eminent Hindi novelist Nirmal Verma. Shooting was completed in 2007 but the film was shelved due to financial problems. The movie was finally released on 16 March 2012 through PVR Pictures, receiving mixed reviews.
Ankur is an Indian masculine given name:
Toolsidas Junior is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film directed by Mridul Mahendra Toolsidas. The film is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Ashutosh Gowariker and Sunita Gowariker under the banner of Ashutosh Gowariker Productions and T-Series films. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Rajiv Kapoor, Dalip Tahil and Varun Buddhadev. It was Television released on 21 May 2022 On Sony Max. The film marks Rajiv Kapoor's final and posthumous appearance following his death in February 2021.
