American Desi is a 2001 American comedy film with Indian influence, notable for featuring many prominent South Asian American actors. Also featured is an a cappella version of Nazia Hassan's Urdu classic "Aap Jaisa Koi", sung by Penn Masala and originally from the movie Qurbani. The term Desi in the title refers to the people and cultures of the Indian subcontinent.
Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao, known mononymously as Nagarjuna, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and entrepreneur. Nagarjuna has acted in over 100 films, predominantly in Telugu, along with a few Hindi and Tamil language films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and two National Film Awards namely, for Ninne Pelladata (1996), which he produced won the Best Feature Film in Telugu and a Special Mention as actor for Annamayya (1997).
St. John Bosco High School (SJBHS) is a Catholic, all-male college preparatory high school located in Bellflower, California, and conducted by the San Francisco Province of the Salesians of St. John Bosco. St. John Bosco High School is named after Saint John Bosco, an Italian saint known for his dedication to educating and advocating for youth and for his "Home-School-Church-Playground" model of education. Bosco was founded as an elementary and intermediate boarding school in 1940. The first high school class graduated in 1956, and in 1979 the boarding school closed.
Sheetal Sheth is an American actress, author, producer, and activist.
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine is a 1965 American International Pictures comedy film, made in Pathécolor, directed by Norman Taurog. It stars Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Susan Hart and Jack Mullaney, and features Fred Clark. It is a parody of the then-popular spy film trend, made using actors from AIP's beach party and Edgar Allan Poe films.
Pournami is a 2006 Telugu language action musical dance film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by M. S. Raju. It stars Trisha In titular role with Prabhas, Charmy, Sindhu Tolani, and Rahul Dev. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad with editing by Krishna Reddy and cinematography by Venu. The film released on 21 April 2006.
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva in his directorial debut and produced by M. S. Raju under Sumanth Art Productions who gave the screenplay as well. The film stars Srihari, Siddharth, and Trisha. The music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad with cinematography by Venu.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 American science-fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy. Released on December 22, 1978, it is based on the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. The novel was previously adapted into the 1956 film of the same name. The plot involves a San Francisco health inspector and his colleague who over the course of a few days discover that humans are being replaced by alien duplicates; each is a perfect copy of the person replaced, but devoid of human emotion.
Carman-Ainsworth High School is a high school in Flint Township, Michigan, United States. It is the only high school in the Carman-Ainsworth Community School district.
Jacob Needleman is an American philosopher, author, and religious scholar.
Looking is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on HBO from January 19, 2014, to July 23, 2016. Created by Michael Lannan and produced by David Marshall Grant, Sarah Condon, and Andrew Haigh, it stars Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, Lauren Weedman, Russell Tovey, and Raúl Castillo. The show follows the experiences of Patrick, Agustín, and Dom, three gay friends who live and work in modern-day San Francisco. It was the network's first series centered around the lives of gay men.
Krishna is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film starring Ravi Teja and Trisha. The film is directed by V. V. Vinayak, cinematography by Chota K. Naidu and produced by B. Kasi Viswanatham. The film released on 11 January 2008, during the Sankranthi festival. The film was blockbuster at the box office and second highest-grossing Telugu film of 2008 after Jalsa. It was dubbed into Tamil as Madhura Thmiru. It was remade in Bengali as Awara, starring Jeet and Sayantika Banerjee and in Kannada as Rajani with Upendra and also in Bangladeshi Bangla as Prem Prem Paglaami (2013) starring Bappy Chowdhury and Achol. In 2013 movie was dubbed in Hindi under the title Krishna: The Power of Earth. And It Was Dubbed In Bhojpuri As Krishna The Great. This film has brought some fame to the noted Tamil actor Kadhal Dhandapani in Telugu.
In the Name of the Law was released by Film Booking Offices of America in August 1922. The feature film's director was Emory Johnson. Emory was 28 years old when he directed and acted in this film. It starred veteran actors Ralph Lewis and Claire McDowell. The police melodrama was about a San Francisco police officer. He was a dedicated community servant. The story depicts his struggles with the duality of dedication to duty versus devotion to family. The film was a pioneering effort in other aspects. It was a serious film about law enforcement. Movies had cinematically maligned the profession in the past. The film is also an early example of an innovative exploitation strategy. The scheme involved getting the group featured on the screen aligned with their real-life counterparts and promoting the film.
Trisha Ray is an independent producer, screenwriter, filmmaker, actor, editor and charcoal artist.
Money Money, More Money is an Indian Telugu film directed by J. D. Chakravarthy. The film is a remake of 2006 Bollywood film Darwaaza Bandh Rakho. The film is touted as a sequel to the films, Money (1993) and Money Money (1995). The film highlights actor Brahmanandam's noted role as Khan Dada in the earlier series.
Aswamedham is a 1992 Telugu-language action film, produced by C. Aswini Dutt under the Vyjayanthi Movies banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Shobhan Babu, Meena, Nagma and music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The movie was dubbed into Hindi as Akhiri Intaqam and into Tamil as Dharma Bhoomi.
Emory Isaac Cohen is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Afterschool (2008). He is best known for his roles as AJ Cross in Derek Cianfrance's film The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Tony Fiorello in John Crowley's film Brooklyn (2015), and Homer in the Netflix series The OA (2016).
Eric Womack is an American actor and producer.
Disco Raja is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language science fiction action film directed by Vi Anand and produced by Ram Talluri under SRT Entertainments banner. It stars Ravi Teja in a dual role along with Payal Rajput, Nabha Natesh, Tanya Hope, Bobby Simha, Sunil, and Vennela Kishore. The music is composed by S. Thaman with cinematography by Karthik Ghattamaneni and editing by Shravan Katikaneni. In the film, a new scientific discovery is used by a group of scientists to reanimate a murdered man with a violent past.
