who laid the foundation of indian film industry
Keechaka Vadham


from the "Virata Parva" segment of the Hindu epic "Mahabharata", focusing on Keechaka's attempts to woo Draupadi. The film stars Raju Mudaliar and Jeevarathnam as the central characters. Released in the late 1910s, "Keechaka Vadham" was commercially successful and received positive critical feedback. The film's success prompted Nataraja Mudaliar to make a series of similar historical films, which laid the foundation for the South Indian cinema industry and led to his being recognised as the father of Tamil cinema. Nataraja Mudaliar's works were an
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ARY Film Awards


awarding ceremony of reboot era of Pakistani Film Industry. ARY Film Awards are the first film awarding ceremony after the demolishing of Pakistani oldest awarding ceremony "Nigar Awards". ARY Film Awards are the effort of ARY Groups CEO Salman Iqbal who laid the foundation of ARY Films, which proves enormous beneficial for the Pakistani Film Industry and henceforth generate the new face of Pakistani Cinema in 2013. In result ARY Awards marked the milestone of supporting the efforts of artists across the country. The awards are reputed as annual event of ARY Digital
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Indian Institute of Management Calcutta


and the Indian industry. Its first Director was K. T. Chandy, the former Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Limited. During the initial years of IIM Calcutta, several renowned academics and visionaries formed part of its core team, including Paul Samuelson, Jagdish Sheth, J K Sengupta, Peter S King, and Thomas Hill. In its initial years, IIM Calcutta operated from Emerald Bower, Barrackpur Trunk Road, Kolkata. The foundation stone of the current IIM-C campus in Joka, Kolkata, was laid by Morarji Desai, who
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Tamil cinema


Fascinated by this new entertainment form, an automobile dealer in the Thousand Lights area of Madras, R. Nataraja Mudaliyar, decided to venture into film production. After a few days’ training in Pune with the cinematographer Stewart Smith, the official cinematographer of Lord Curzon's 1903 Durbar, he started a film production concern in 1916. The man who truly laid the foundations of south Indian cinema was A. Narayanan. After a few years in film distribution, he set up a production company in Madras, the General Pictures Corporation, popularly
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Baiju Bawra (film)


focus. A revenge theme was brought in with a love story and some comic interludes. Emphasis was also laid on the Guru-shishya tradition concentrating on the bond between Baiju and his Guru Swami Haridas, who was also Tansen's Guru. Bhatt's decision to make a film based on Indian classical music was met with scepticism by the film industry due to its "lack of mass appeal", with his friends referring to him as "Viju Bawra" (Viju Crazy/Insane). Vijay Bhatt was the first to
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Little Theatre Movement


critical periods in the United States for the showing of foreign films. Films from several European countries were exhibited throughout the U.S. It is important to note that prior to World War I, many European films were shown in the United States. However, the 1920s was crucial because European films laid down the foundation for the American independent film culture, also known as the Little Theatre Movement. Several people disliked the American film industry for moral or social dilemmas. The Little Theatre Movement served to oppose Hollywood and the film industry; they
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Team KART


Team KART is a group of students from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur who like to explore the practical side of automotive engineering. Team KART is officially a sponsored research project under the Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy Cell (SRIC) and the department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. The team designs, fabricates, manufactures and tests Formula Style race cars and represents IIT Kharagpur at various National and International events like Formula Student (UK), Formula Student Russia and Formula Design Challenge India. Its foundation was laid in 2008. It
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Cinema of Iran


and Juliet". The present day Iranian film industry owes much of its progress to two industrious personalities, Esmail Koushan and Farrokh Ghaffari. By establishing the first National Iranian Film Society in 1949 at the Iran Bastan Museum and organizing the first Film Week during which English films were exhibited, Ghaffari laid the foundation for alternative and non-commercial films in Iran. Early Persian directors like Abdolhossein Sepanta and Esmail Koushan took advantage of the richness of Persian literature and ancient Persian mythology. In their work, they emphasized ethics and humanity.
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Indian rock


own. Indian musicians have also collaborated with other musicians from across the globe. Millennium was formed in 1988 as one of the first Indian metal bands it laid the foundation for the Indian heavy metal scene. Demonic Resurrection laid the foundation for Indian extreme metal early in 2000 when extreme metal in India was a scarce minority, since then it has garnered popularity especially in the underground scene and spawned many bands such as Corroded Dreams, Escher's Knot, Crypted, Bestial Murder, and some bands have adapted to black metal driven sound
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Meena (actress)


Meena is an Indian film actress who works in the South Indian film industry. Meena debuted as a child artist in the Tamil film "Nenjangal" in 1982 and has later appeared in films produced by various regional industries. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and several Hindi films. She is among the few actresses who have been successful in all the South Indian languages. She is one of the most established actresses in the South Indian film industry. In addition to acting, Meena is model, singer
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Rahul Johri


media industry, working across news channels, magazines and news dailies, including AajTak, Outlook and Hindustan Times. While at Discovery he has served as a Board Member and Treasurer of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). He also served as a member of the media and entertainment committee of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and was a member of the film and television committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He has been a member of the Executive Board of the Indo American
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Ram Lal Akela


his higher education, he worked as an assembly operator in Indian telephonic industries. Possessing higher degree of leadership capability, akela was also selected as the union secratory of ITI. During his service period in ITI, Akela laid the foundation of Ambedkar Samajotthan Mission in 1980, in order to help dalits. Inspired by the works of Indira Gandhi, Akela took the membership of the Indian National Congress in 1982. Influenced by his capabilities, the party appointed him as the chairman of the SC/ST Community Of Uttar Pradesh. Despite
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SCUD (company)


SCUD is an Indian film production and distribution company established and owned by Satarupa Sanyal in 1998. In the same year, the independent film maker produced and directed her debut film "ANU" (Bengali / feature / 35mm /12reels). The success and widespread recognition of the "ANU", nationally and overseas, laid the foundation of the company. Till date "SCUD" has produced more than 50 short films, 4 feature films, TVC, Music videos, telefilms, documentaries and awareness films. From 2017 onwards
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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade


DJ night etc. are the part of the IIFT culture. Students take active part in Volleyball, Cricket, Badminton, Football and Table tennis competitions in the campus. Students also publish two magazines namel Markmantra]- IIFT's Marketing Magazine and InFINeeti - IIFT's Business and Finance Magazine The Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu, In the presence of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for 3rd campus of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) in Kakinada of East Godavari district at Andhra Pradesh. The State Government
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Newcastle City Hall (Australia)


put underground to allow an unimpeded view of the Town Hall, and a substation constructed to the west of the building. The foundation stone was laid on April 20, 1928 by the Governor Sir Dudley de Chair, who travelled by train to Newcastle. He described the people of Newcastle as industrious and enterprising and declared the Town Hall "one of the noblest structures of the kind which has been erected in the State". He then laid the foundation stone of polished trachyte. As a general policy in construction of the Town
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Dadasaheb Phalke


, production design, make-up, editing, and film processing and Trymbak B. Telang handled the camera. The filming was completed in six months and 27 days producing a film of , about four reels. The film premiered at the Olympia Theatre, Mumbai on 21 April 1913, and had its theatrical release on Saturday, 3 May 1913 at the Coronation Cinema, Girgaon, Mumbai. It was a commercial success and laid the foundation for the film industry in the country. The film is often considered the first full-
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Raja Harishchandra


increased to 300. Later, the film was also screened at Pune, Colombo, London, and Rangoon with Marathi and Hindi-language intertitles. Film historian Firoze Rangoonwalla feels that the film made "a wide impression and appealed to a large audience in difference places" and its box office success provided "the seal of acceptance and laid the foundation of the film industry" in the country. Director and cinematographer Govind Nihalani explains that the film was shot partly outdoors in direct sunlight and partly in outdoor studios with sunlight blocked by
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Cinema of Africa


in the world. Auguste and Louis Lumière screened their films in Alexandria and Cairo in 1896 and the first short documentary was filmed by Egyptians in 1907. In 1935 the studio in Cairo began producing mostly formulaic comedies and musicals, but also films like Kamal Selim's The Will (1939). Egyptian cinema flourished in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, considered its golden age. Youssef Chahine's seminal "Cairo Station" (1958) foreshadowed Hitchcock's Psycho, and laid a foundation for Arab film. The Nigerian film industry
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Poornachandra Tejaswi (composer)


Poornachandra Tejaswi S V (Kannada: ಪೂಣ೯ಚಂದ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಎಸ್. ವಿ) is an Indian film composer, lyricist and playback singer who primarily works in Kannada Film Industry. He made his film debut through Pawan Kumar directorial 'Lucia'; the film's background score, lyrics and songs received acclaims and honors both from audience and critics. His music includes an unique blend of western and folk, with a great emphasis on orchestration. While still actively involved with cultural organization Niranthara foundation (R), he currently composes and scores feature
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James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie


. To his supporters he stands out as the far-sighted Governor-General who consolidated East India Company rule in India, laid the foundations of its later administration, and by his sound policy enabled his successors to stem the tide of rebellion. To his critics, he stands out as the destroyer of both the East India Company's financial and military position through reckless policies. His critics also hold that he laid the foundations of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and led the final transformation of profitable commercial operations in India into a
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T. V. Sundaram Iyengar


foundation for road transport industry in the erstwhile Madras Presidency through the states first bus service. The TVS group he thus started now extends from motor industry, auto services to financial services. T.V. Sundram Iyengar was born in 1877 in Thirukkurungudi, Madras presidency, British India. Sundram Iyengar started his initial career as a lawyer,as lawyer he has effective communication skills, as per his father's wishes, then moved to Hard work for the Indian railways and later in a bank. Sundram Iyengar later quit his jobs and laid the
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Krishna Praba


] Krishna Praba, also credited as Krishna Prabha, is an Indian film actress and professional dancer trained in classical and cinematic traditions who chiefly appears in Malayalam movies. She made her entry into film industry in the film "Madampi" (2008) directed by the eminent Malayalam movie director B. Unnikrishnan. She played the character Mollykutty in Life of Josutty (2015) directed by Jeethu Joseph. Praba is a recipient of the Jaycey Daniel Foundation Awards for the best female comedy actress in 2009.She has also appeared in the mini screen.
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Silent film


strong and flexible, greatly facilitated the making of motion pictures (although the celluloid was highly flammable and decayed quickly). This film was 35 mm wide and was pulled using four sprocket holes, which became the industry standard (see 35 mm film). This doomed the cinematograph, which only worked with film with a single sprocket hole. The work of Muybridge, Marey, and Le Prince laid the foundation for future development of motion picture cameras, projectors and transparent celluloid film, which lead to the development of cinema as
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List of Hindi film families


Within the Indian film industry, there is a common, recurring theme of many members of a family participating in the film industry. Many of those who are from the same family may also be talented enough to have become successful irrespective of the family they are a part of. This page lists some of the notable clans and their famous members. For South Indian film families, see List of South Indian film families and for Indian music families, see List of Indian music clans. Akhtar family is considered to be one of
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)


and charm." The funding provided for the production allowed the country the economic benefits of hosting a major film production. It also laid the foundations for future productions by training local cast and crew members that officials hope will generate a local film industry. Botswana also expects a tourism benefit from the film and is preserving the set, "Kgalewood", as part of a tour of Gaborone aimed at fans of the story. In August 2010, Michael Lombardo, HBO's director of programming, indicated that the show was not
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G. K. Vasan


. 3 lakh crore by 2020 to position India as a global hub for marine industry. Honored the legacy of freedom fighters (Perunthalaivar K. Kamarajar and V.O Chidambaranar Pillai) by re-titling the ‘Ennore Port’ as 'Kamarajar Port' and ‘Tuticorin Port’ as ‘V.O. Chidambaranar Port’. It is only next to Pundit. Jawaharlal Nehru, a leader name is titled for ports in India. Achieved 2 greatest milestones (in 2011) in the annals of Indian Maritime History: Laid the foundation stone (in
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Amaravati


being built to serve as the capital of Andhra Pradesh. The foundation for the city was laid at Uddandarayunipalem on 22 October 2015. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi; the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Governer E. S. L. Narasimhan and the Japanese minister for economy trade and industry, Yosuke Takagi; and the Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry, S. Iswaran laid the foundation for the city. Chandrababu Naidu stated that his vision was
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Smita Thackeray


Smita Thackeray is an Indian social activist and film producer. She is the chairperson and founder of Rahul Productions and Mukkti Foundation. She has worked in the field of Women's Safety, HIV/AIDS awareness and education. She first ventured into Motion pictures with 1999 Indian Hindi-language comedy film Haseena Maan Jaayegi which was released in June 1999, grossing 27 crores worldwide, after which she has gone on to work in Hindi and Marathi Film and Television Industry. Smita Thackeray was born on 17 August to a Middle-class
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Navi Mumbai Metro


The Navi Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system under construction in the Indian city of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. The planning and construction of the Navi Mumbai Metro is being overseen by the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO). The system is planned to consist of three rail lines covering a total distance of . The foundation stone for the project was laid on 1 May 2011; following construction delays, the metro's first line is projected to open in 2020. The metro's technological infrastructure and rolling stock are being provided
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Johann Phillip Fabricius


Indians in Madras starting to manufacture their own paper leading to first paper industry in Madras. In 1779 he published the first Tamil to English dictionary containing 9000 headwords. This work laid the foundation for his future works in Tamil literature. It was published under the title "A Malabar and English dictionary, wherein the words and phrases of the Tamil Language, commonly called by Europeans the Malabar Language, are explained in English, By the English Missionaries of Madras. Printed at Wepery in the Year M.DCC.LXXIX." Ziegenbalg had left behind
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Panipat Junction railway station


Panipat railway station is located in Panipat district in the Indian state of Haryana and serves the historic and industrial town of Panipat. The Delhi-Panipat-Ambala-Kalka line was opened in 1891. The foundation stone for the shifting of Rohtak- Makrauli section of Rohtak- Gohana- Panipat line was laid in 2013. Sabjimandi-Sonipat-Panipat-Karnal sector was electrified in 1992-1995. Panipat-Jind line and Panipat-Rohtak line were electrified in 2018-19. Panipat junction railway station is a major junction in Delhi-
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K. Balachander


Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian filmmaker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of unconventional themes and hard-hitting contemporary subject matter. Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters. Popularly referred to as "Iyakkunar Sigaram" (lit. "the director who scaled the peak"), his films
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N. Chandrababu Naidu


ITSEZ – Special Economic Zone. As part of the developments, he has started a program called AP Cloud Initiative and also launched Digital Summit The foundation for the city was laid at Uddandarayunipalem on 22 October 2015. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Telangana Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the Japanese minister for economy, trade and industry Yosuke Takagi and the Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran laid the foundation for the city. – India's Global Leader
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Cooper Foundation


than fifty years old) nor were there local preservation laws. The third super-Cinerama, the Indian Hills Theater, was built in Omaha. The Indian Hills theater closed on Sept. 28, 2000, as a result of the bankruptcy of Carmike Cinemas, and the final film presented was the rap music-drama "Turn It Up". Despite an intensive grass-roots campaign by local preservationists, support by film actors and the movie industry including Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Ray Bradbury, the National
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Kapil Sibal


during November 2007. He led the Indian delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Bali in December 2007. Sibal approved the creation of an Indian Institute of Technology Muddenahalli as part of the 11th 5 year plan. He is also the person who introduced the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system in India for Class IX and Class X and he has also started the changes in the IIT JEE pattern. He has laid the foundation stone for IIT Patna. After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
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Bernard Natan


in 1929. Pathé collapsed in 1935, and Natan was convicted of fraud. However, he laid the foundation for the modern film industry in France and helped revolutionize film technology around the world. Natan was born Natan Tannenzaft (possibly Tanenzapf) to Jewish parents in Iaşi, Romania in 1886. He moved to France in the early 1900s and, despite being a Romanian, volunteered to fight for France in World War I. In 1909 he married and subsequently had 2 children. In 1921 he became a French citizen, and at
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Noor Mahal


. Mr. Heennan, an Englishman who was the state engineer, designed the building. The foundation of Noor Palace was laid in 1872. A map and coins of the state were buried in its foundation as a good omen. Most of the palace's materials and furniture were imported from England and Italy. The construction of the palace was completed in 1875 at a cost of Rs. 1.2 million. Considering the amount of silver in the Indian Rupee Coin at 11.66 Grams in 1862, this amount in 2016 would come to about
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Rosh Pina Airport


Rosh Pina Airport (, ) , sometimes called Mahanayim Airport due to its proximity to Mahanayim, is an Israeli airport located in Rosh Pinna, near the Safed-Hatzor-Rosh Pina Industrial Park. The airport is located 16km from Safed, 29km from Tiberias and 30km from Kiryat Shmona. The airport was built in 1943 during the British Mandate for Palestine. Using 400 mules and Indian soldiers, Major Ronald John Jarvis Horton (my father) laid the foundations. With his mules and wooden chariots, then went
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Robert Milligan


at London's riverside wharves, Milligan headed a group of powerful businessmen who planned and built West India Docks, which was to have a monopoly on the import into London of West Indian produce such as sugar, rum and coffee for a period of 21 years. The Docks' foundation stone was laid in July 1800, when Milligan was Deputy Chairman of the West India Dock Company – his strong connections with the political establishment of the day were evident from those attending the ceremony, the stone being laid by Lord Chancellor Lord Loughborough
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Film industry


having amongst the lowest ticket prices in the world. The industry is viewed mainly by a vast film-going Indian public, and Indian films have been gaining increasing popularity in the rest of the world—notably in countries with large numbers of expatriate Indians. Indian film industry is also the dominant source of films and entertainment in its neighboring countries of South Asia. The largest film and most popular industry in India is the Hindi film industry mostly concentrated in Mumbai (Bombay), and is commonly referred to as Bollywood, an
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Imagine Film Festival


, the AFFF since 1996 is connected, the Foundation works closely with many other European film festivals in this genre. In 1991, in the Alhambra Theatre on the Weteringschans the first Weekend Of Terror laid the foundation for the current Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival. During this weekend were lovers of horror movies relish the better splatter and horror. But Weekend Of Terror was also a haven for movie lovers who diligently in another Italian zombie fest collapsed, but it was also agreed that the work of David Cronenberg deserved serious attention. With Cronenberg
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Madhan Karky


Madhan Karky Vairamuthu is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, research associate, software engineer, and entrepreneur. A holder of a doctorate in computer science from the University of Queensland, Karky began his professional career as an assistant professor at the College of Engineering, Guindy, and soon after ventured into the Tamil film industry, working as a lyricist and dialogue writer. He resigned from his teaching profession in early 2013 and began working full-time in the film industry, while also launching the "Karky Research Foundation (KaReFo)"
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Sri Sri Kalika Maharani Temple


, Phase - 3, Chira Chas. Before the foundation was laid, a nine-day Ramayana recital was held, along with a religious 'Yagna'. On map, the temple can be found at . The temple is famous in Jharkhand and its opening was covered by major newspapers. During excavation of the Foundation in the initial phase of construction, laborers found an Indian Cobra which is considered a good omen, symbolizing Lord Shiva. Legend has it, that Goddess Kali grants the wishes of those, who pray at
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Chanan Singh Dhillon


be satisfied with this small snippet; a story that epitomizes the grit and determination of the ordinary Indian soldier of yesteryears. He has campaigned for the full recognition of the sacrifice and courage of the Indian-subcontinent, African and Caribbean origin soldiers who fought in WW2 for the allies and the British. The London Memorial Gates are recognition of this goal. On August 1, 2001. Queen Elizabeth laid the foundation of the memorial on August 1, 2001 and she inaugurated it the next year, on November 6, 2002.
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Indian animation industry


The Indian animation industry encompasses traditional 2D animation, 3D animation and visual effects for feature films. In 1956, Disney Studios animator Clair Weeks, who had worked on "Bambi", was invited to Films Division of India in Mumbai to establish and train the country's first animation studio as part of the American technical co-operation mission. He trained a core group of Indian animators, whose first production was a film called "The Banyan Deer" (1957). Veteran animator Ram Mohan started his career at Films Division
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K. R. Vijaya


K. R. Vijaya (born Deivanayaki on 30 November 1948) is an Indian actress who has starred predominantly in Tamil movies, besides acting in Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. She started her career in the 1960s and has been acting for more than six decades now in South Indian cinema.She is one of the finest and versatile actress in South Indian film industry. K. R. Vijaya has worked with almost all the stalwarts of South Indian cinema and has played a variety of roles, acting in multiple film industries for
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Neeraj Kabi


two decades he has been working as a professional Actor mostly in major or lead roles with renowned national and international theatre and film directors. As a theatre director he's been exploring the concept of collaborating Indian traditional artistes with urban actors to interpret Indian and Global theatre texts. Neeraj has traveled across the country since 1996 to conduct theatre and acting workshops for actors, children and other industries. As Theatre and Films deal with advanced levels of behavioral sciences which can be life changing, these workshops are based on the foundations of deep
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Early Nationalists


the suggestion of Dadabhai Naoroji, the name was changed to "Indian National Congress" and the foundation of the organisation laid on 28 December 1885. Dadabhai Naoroji, popularly known as the "Grand Old Man of India", took an active part in the foundation of the Indian National Congress and was elected its President thrice, in 1886, 1893 and after the Moderate phase in 1906. He spent a major part of his life in Britain.He founded the London Indian Society which he used to create the awareness among the
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John West (missionary)


to the needs of the Indians to the neglect of the needs of the Hudson's Bay Company retirees, who also began to view him in disfavour. However, through his efforts West had laid the foundations that would successfully be built on by his successors. West’s book "The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America; and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823" (London, 1824) detailed his
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Renuka Menon


Renuka Menon is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in various South Indian films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. She made her acting debut inside the 2002 film malayalam, "Nammal". Menon made her acting debut in the 2002 Malayalam film, "Nammal" directed by Kamal, which went on to become a blockbuster at the box office. Subsequently, she stepped into the Telugu film industry with the film "Valliddaru Okkate", and in 2005 into the Tamil and Kannada film industries as well
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Tomichan Mulakuppadam


Thomas Antony, better known as Tomichan Mulakuppadam is an Indian businessman, film producer and distributor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He owns the production house, Mulakuppadam Films. He is a non-resident Indian businessman with no previous background in cinema, according to him, he entered into film production because of his passion for films. He is best known for producing "Pulimurugan" (2016) starring Mohanlal, which is the first film to create "100 Crore Club" in Malayalam film industry. He ventured into
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Bollywood


Hindi cinema, often known as Bollywood and formerly as "Bombay cinema", is the Indian Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The term is a portmanteau of "Bombay" and "Hollywood". The industry is related to Tamil film industry ("Kollywood"), Telugu film industry ("Tollywood") and other industries, making up Indian Cinema – the world's largest. Indian cinema is the world's largest film industry in film production, with an annual output of 1,986
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation


when the foundation of the present-day Russia's CCI network was laid down. 19 regional chambers of commerce and industry and several dozens of associations of entrepreneurs participated in the foundation congress of the CCI of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in October 1991. On March 18, 1993 RF president signed the decree "On the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation." It was later updated and constitutionalized as the RF Law "On Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Russian Federation." At present the Chamber
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Indian Cinematograph Committee


attempt to collect information on the Indian film industry was disrupted by an internally discordant state agency and a resistant film industry. My account traces these challenges to the imperial state as a series of fractures between the British Indian state and the Indian film industry. Each disruption resulted in a reformulation of the state’s agenda as the government attempted to reauthorize the state’s role in relation to the Indian film industry on the grounds of morality” It would however be a terrible mistake, both historically and in terms of its relevance to the
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Maria Roy


Maria Roy is an Indian actress who entered into the Indian film industry in late 2006.She is the niece of booker prize winner Author Arundathi roy.She married Smith. Roy is a South Indian film actress primarily working in the Malayalam film industry. Her first movie was "Notebook", directed by Roshan Andrews, in which she played a schoolgirl named Sridevi. She spent six years in the UK and New York for detailed studies in different dance styles. In "Notebook", she was cast as Sreedevi, the relatively quiet
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Mumbai


and night life, available in a form and abundance comparable to that in other world capitals. Mumbai's history as a major trading centre has led to a diverse range of cultures, religions, and cuisines coexisting in the city. This unique blend of cultures is due to the migration of people from all over India since the British period. Mumbai is the birthplace of Indian cinema—Dadasaheb Phalke laid the foundations with silent movies followed by Marathi talkies—and the oldest film broadcast took place in the early 20th century. Mumbai
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Entertainment industry in India


the world in terms of films produced (approximately 1000) in different languages which include films in Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil,marathi, Telugu, Punjabi and Malayalam. Approximately twenty-three million Indians go to see a film every day. Film Federation of India is the apex body of film industry in India whose objective is to popularise and promote the cinema Bollywood accounts for 46 percent of the total Indian film industry revenues film industry experts. According to unofficial estimates available in January 2001, the Indian film industry has
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List of Indian film directors


realistic films with real-life situations. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Indian government financed a number of such films, on Indian themes. Many of the directors were graduates of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Ritwik Ghatak was a professor at the institute and a well-known director in his own right. The best-known Indian "neo-realist" is Satyajit Ray. The following is a list of film directors who have directed films from more than one regional film industry in India.
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Bollywood


" (2016), the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. "Bollywood" is a portmanteau derived from Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, California, the centre of the American film industry. Unlike Hollywood, Bollywood is not a physical place; its name is criticised by some film journalists and critics, who believe it implies that the industry is a poor cousin of Hollywood. According to OxfordDictionaries.com, the word "Bollywood" originated during the 1970s, when Indian cinema overtook Hollywood in film
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Devaraj


Devaraj (born 20 September 1953) is an Indian actor and theatre actor who works in South Indian film industries. He has largely featured in Kannada films performing various roles as a lead character, supporting character and villainous character. He has also featured in Telugu and Tamil films. Having worked in over 200 feature films, Devaraj is popularly referred to as a "Dynamic Hero" in the Kannada film industry. Prior to acting in films, Devaraj performed in stage plays under the guidance of Shankar Nag and B. Jayashree. Devaraj
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Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation


number of deaths. In response to this threat AIM was founded in 1998 by former pornographic film actress, Sharon Mitchell, who had left the industry in 1996 to pursue credentials in public health counseling and sexology. The Foundation helped set up a system in the U.S. wherein erotic actors in the adult film industry are tested for AIDS every 30 days. All on-camera sexual contact is logged, and a positive test result triggers the contacting and re-testing of all sexual partners during the previous three to six months. The
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List of singing actors and actresses in Indian cinema


Singing actors and actresses in Indian cinema are Indian film actors who do their own singing. Since the 1950s, most songs in films produced by the various regional Indian cinema industries have been sung by playback singers; the actors and actresses who appear to be singing and dancing are only lip-synching the words. In the earliest years of Indian cinema, actors and actresses were more likely to be singers and to leave the dancing to specialists who appeared in what are called "item numbers." Stars such as Kishore Kumar,
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Mammootty


During the 2006 IIFA Awards ceremony held at Dubai, he openly criticised the organizers of the IIFA Awards for completely ignoring South Indian film by stating that the Bollywood film industry should stand up to competition from the South Indian film industry before calling itself international. In 2018, he acted in critically acclaimed Tamil movie "Peranbu" directed by Ram. It was selected for Rotterdam Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival and International Film Festival of India. His role of single parent Amudhavan who struggles with raising his spastic girl child, Paapa
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Shaji Kumar


Shaji Kumar is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries. Shaji Kumar began his career as a cinematographer for Malayalam films, He has frequently collaborated with leading Indian filmmakers like Shaji Kailas, Joshiy, Vinayan and Vysakh, before moving on to balance those commitments alongside Tamil films. In the Tamil film industry, Shaji has extensively collaborated with actor Prashanth for his films. Shaji received critical acclaim for his work in "Ponnar Shankar" (2011), while he also shot "Mambattiyan" (
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Kartarpur Corridor


Cabinet approved the plan to set up the corridor and appealed to Pakistan to do the same. The Pakistani foreign minister S. M. Qureshi responded by tweeting that Pakistan had "already conveyed to India" that it would open a corridor. On 26 November 2018, Indian vice president, Venkaiah Naidu, laid the foundation stone of the Dera Baba Nanak–Kartarpur Sahib Corridor at Mann, a village in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India. On 28 November 2018, the prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, laid the foundation stone
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Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas contributions to the Indian railways


in 1911. In Bengal Nagpur Railway in 1910 Tatanagar railway station was built by Nanji Govindji Tank & his son Ranchhod Nanji Tank of Hajapar. There was small platform station called Kalimati, which was renamed Tatanagar by Railways, after J. N. Tata, who laid foundation of Tata Steel Company near Sakchi. The railway line extensions for Tata Steel Company from Kalimati to Sakchi were also laid by Nanji Govindji of Hajapar. "Nanji Govindji & Sons" were also one of the first contractors to be registered with Tata Steel Co. and have
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Rajiv Malhotra


Rajiv Malhotra (born 15 September 1950) is an Indian-American author who, after a career in the computer and telecom industries, took early retirement in 1995 to found the Infinity Foundation, which focuses on Indic studies, and also funds projects such as Columbia University's project to translate the Tibetan Buddhist Tengyur. Apart from the foundation, Malhotra promotes a non-western view on "Indic" cultures, mainly Hinduism. Malhotra has written prolifically in opposition to the academic study of Indian culture and society originating in Europe and
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Debendra Mohan Bose


He also served as the treasurer of the Visva-Bharati University. Bose was the nephew of the famous physicist Jagadish Chandra Bose, who laid the foundations of modern science in the Indian subcontinent. Debendra Mohan Bose was born in Calcutta in a famous Brahmo family. He was the youngest son of Mohini Mohan Bose, one of the first Indians to proceed to U.S.A to qualify himself in homeopathy. Ananda Mohan Bose was his paternal uncle, while Jagadish Chandra Bose was his maternal uncle. After his father's untimely death, Debendra
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Jayanta Mahapatra


Mahapatra was also part of the trio of poets who laid the foundations of Indian English Poetry. He shared a special bond with A. K. Ramanujan, one of the finest poets in the IEP tradition. Mahapatra is also different in not being a product of the Bombay school of poets besides R. Parthasarathy. Over time, he has managed to carve a quiet, tranquil poetic voice of his own—distinctly different from those of his contemporaries. His wordy lyricism combined with Indian themes put him in a league of his own. In
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Flag of India


flag. The flag is based on the ' flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress designed by Pingali Venkayya and first flown in 1923. By law, the flag is to be made of "", a special type of hand-spun cloth or silk, made popular by Mahatma Gandhi. The manufacturing process and specifications for the flag are laid out by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The right to manufacture the flag is held by the Khadi Development and Village Industries Commission, who allocates it to regional groups.
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Shadaab – Abhik


Shadaab-Abhik is an Indian singer-songwriter duo of Shadaab Hashmi and Abhik Chatterjee, who compose for Hindi films in the Indian film industry. The duo rose to prominence when they were composing the score for the film "Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal" (2012) which includes the hit song "Palang Tod". Shadaab Hashmi is an acclaimed singer in the Bengali Film Music Industry with hits like "Party Shoes", "Bekheyali Mone" and single "Bajlo Pujor Dhaak". Abhik has been involved in various
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Society of American Indians


, health and poverty. The Meriam Report marked an ideological shift in American Indian policy and laid the foundation for the Indian New Deal under the leadership of John Collier as Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Society of American Indians was the first national American Indian rights organization run by and for American Indians and pioneered twentieth century Pan-Indianism. The Society was a twentieth century forum for a new generation of American Indian leaders. The Society's Denver Platform of 1914 called for
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French electronic music


foundation of the Studio d'Essai de la Radiodiffusion Nationale. His work laid the foundations of the Musique concrète. This technique involved editing together recorded fragments of natural and industrial sounds. The first pieces of "musique concrète" in Paris were assembled by him, who went on to collaborate with Pierre Henry. On 5 October 1948, Radiodiffusion Française (RDF) broadcast composer Pierre Schaeffer's "Etude aux chemins de fer". This was the first "movement" of "Cinq études de bruits", and marked the beginning of
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Indian Mountaineering Foundation


Sponsoring Committee of the Cho Oyu Expedition. The foundation was registered on 3 November 1961 and the new building was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi in 1980, then Prime Minister of India. In 1959, the organization changed its name to the Sponsoring Committee of Everest Expedition and in the following year it was changed to Sponsoring Committee for Mountaineering Expeditions. On 15 January 1961 it was established as the Indian Mountaineering Foundation with its headquarters in New Delhi, India. The IMF Mountain Film Festival is a mountain film festival organized by Indian Mountaineering Foundation
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Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley


was used in Spain for the 1986 film Sylvester Stallone-starred film "Cobra". This film won two Goya awards and it became the highest-grossing film in the history of Spanish cinema, later surpassed by its sequel, (""). It also laid the foundations of the Torrente film series by Santiago Segura, who also directed the sequel, the third (""), the fourth ("") and fifth ("Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas") films. These last two were shot in stereoscopic
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Bhale Kodallu


they buy radios and fancy goods to keep up with their glamorous neighbour, while accusing their husbands of being too close to the star. Credits adapted from "Chitra Seema": In 1965, when K. Balachander was "just getting his bearings in the film industry", his household was excited because Sowcar Janaki, a star, was due to visit their house. This incident laid the foundation for "Bhale Kodallu", which was written and directed by Balachander, and produced by S. S. Vasan under Gemini Studios. It
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Bama Vijayam


more trouble. However, after some time, the publisher apologises for it and decides to publish an apology and denying the rumour and it all ends well for everyone. In 1965, when K. Balachander was "just getting his bearings in the film industry", his household was excited because Sowcar Janaki, a star, was due to visit their house. This incident laid the foundation for "Bama Vijayam", which was written and directed by Balachander, and produced by M. S. Kasi under Manohar Pictures. It was simultaneously
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Reliance Foundation


Reliance Foundation is an Indian philanthropic initiative which was founded in 2000 by Dhirubhai Ambani. It is affiliated with Reliance Industries Limited and is one of the largest private foundations in the country. Reliance Foundation is the Top CSR spender for the third year in a row in the country. Reliance Foundation was formerly known as Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation. It was founded in 2010 by Mukesh Ambani, chairperson of Reliance Industries. The Foundation's objective is to promote sustainable growth in India. It does so in the following five spheres: The Foundation
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Carolus Clusius


correspondents. In the history of gardening he is remembered not only for his scholarship but also for his work on tulips. At Leiden, his cultivation of tulips in the botanic gardens there, laid the foundations of the Dutch tulip bulb industry. In particular his observations on tulip's "breaking" — a phenomenon discovered in the late 19th century to be due to a virus — causing the many different flamed and feathered varieties, which led to the speculative tulip mania of the 1630s. Clusius laid the foundations of Dutch tulip breeding
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Maruthi


Maruthi Raj (born 6 April 1989) is an Indian film actor better known by his stage name Maruthi who mainly appears in south Indian films. He is currently working in the Tamil film industry. He is a good dancer and a martial artist. He is the son of Nellai.K.Vasanthan, an astrologer. He has a very fond of towards cinema right from his young age. He not only chose film industry as a passion and hobby but also as his profession. He set his goal towards cinema and completed Bachelor
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Pakistani nationalism


traditions, such as the rejection of Pork in Islam and the rejection of slaughter of cow in Hinduism. There were also some kingdoms and peoples who supported the British. This event laid the foundation not only for a nationwide expression, but also future nationalism and conflict on religious and ethnic terms. The Muslim desire for independence and a new state for the Indian Muslims, or "Azadi" was born with Kernal Sher Khan, who looked to Muslim history and heritage, and condemned the fact Muslims were ruled by the British Empire
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K. C. Tyagi


K. C. Tyagi (born 10 December 1950) is an Indian politician who is a member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Indian Parliament) representing of Bihar and serves as the Chief General Secretary and National Spokesperson of the Janata Dal (United). He is also the Chairman of the Parliamentary standing committee on The Industry. He was a member of the Ninth Lok Sabha and has served as the Chairman of the Committee on Papers Laid on the Table and as the Chairman of Central Warehousing Corporation (Govt. of
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The Film Foundation


color fading as films age, Martin Scorsese "began his film preservation crusade in 1980", educating both the industry and the public about the problem. In 1990, Scorsese created The Film Foundation together with Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford and Steven Spielberg, who all sat on the foundation's original board of directors. In 2006, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Curtis Hanson, Peter Jackson, Ang Lee and Alexander Payne
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Bhavana Rao


Bhavana Rao an Indian film actress who has appeared in Kannada and Tamil language films. She made her debut in the Kannada multistarrer "Gaalipata" (2008) winning critical acclaim for her performance, before playing leading roles in "Kola Kolaya Mundhirika" and "Vinmeengal". She is also an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer and has anchored for various Television programs before becoming a lead film actress Bhavana Rao is an Indian actress, who works mainly in the South Indian film industry. She made her acting debut with Yograj Bhat's Gaalipata (
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Ram Mohan


Ram Mohan (born 1931) is an Indian animator, title designer and design educator, who is also known as father of Indian Animation and was a veteran in the Indian animation industry, who started his career at the Cartoon Films Unit, Films Division of India, Government of India in 1956. He is chairman and chief creative officer at Graphiti Multimedia, a Mumbai-based animation company which was established in 1995, and later he also established the Graphiti School of Animation in 2006. He had won the National Film Award
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Salim-Javed


Bachchan as a superstar. Their work was also highly influential in South Indian cinema. In addition to writing two Kannada films, many of their Bollywood films had remakes produced in other South Indian film industries, including Tamil cinema, Telugu cinema and Malayalam cinema. While the Bollywood directors and producers held the rights to their films in Northern India, it was Salim-Javed who held the rights to their films in South India, where they sold the remake rights to various South Indian filmmakers, usually for around each, for films
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Kalyani Menon


Kalyani Menon is an Indian playback singer who has worked in the Indian film industry. After beginning her career in the 1970s as a classical singer, Kalyani has since established a parallel career as a singer in the film industry and worked extensively with A. R. Rahman during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Kalyani Menon learned classical music from M. R. Sivaraman Nair and made a mark as a classical vocalist, before gradually branching out into singing for films. An early Malayalam film song which garnered her acclaim was "Kanneerin Mazhayathum" for
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Prakash Raj


Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian film actor, director, producer,polyglot,thespian, television presenter, activist and politician who is known for his works in the South Indian film industry, and Hindi films. He acted in back-to-back stage shows for 300 a month in the initial stages of his career, when he joined Kalakshetra, Bengaluru, and he has 2,000 street theatre performances to his credit. After working in the Kannada television industry and the Kannada cinema for
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Vikram Shankar


Vikram Shankar (born 17 December 1980) is an Indian director and producer who is known for his work in the Indian film and television industry. His first film, as a producer was "Naya Pata" was released on 27 June 2014. Vikram's directorial career consists of film '' in 2012 as chief Assistant Director and upcoming situational comedy "Jab tum Kaho" (2016) which he eventually produced with Rajiv Kumar starring Ambalika Sarkar, Shirin Guha and Parvin Dabas. In the television industry, he is known for his
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Avinash


Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Known for his authentic portrayal of complex characters and versatility, Avinash is one of the most sought-after actors in the supporting category. He is one of the few actors to enjoy both critical and commercial success. Avinash was born in the town of Yelandur in Mysore district (
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Bollywood


India, and few actors or directors saw an official contract. The Hindi film industry was not widely known to non-Indian audiences (except in the Soviet states), who would be unaware that their material had been copied. Audiences may not have been aware of plagiarism, since many in India were unfamiliar with foreign films and music. Although copyright enforcement in India is still somewhat lenient, Bollywood and other film industries are more aware of each other and Indian audiences are more familiar with foreign movies and music. Organisations such
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List of awards and nominations received by Sudeep


The Filmfare Awards South is a segment of Filmfare Awards, which is given to the South Indian film industry, that consists of the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries. Sudeep is the one and only actor who won three FilmFare Awards Continuously. The Karnataka State Film Awards are the most important awards given for Kannada cinema. They are given annually by the Government of Karnataka. The winners are selected by a jury headed by a chairman. The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) to honour artists in South
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List of awards and nominations received by Asin


was honoured with the Pride of South Indian Cinema award at SIIMA 2013. The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare Awards South is a segment of Filmfare Awards, which is given to the South Indian film industry, that consists of the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries. The International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) are presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and
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S. Satyamurti


Indians of all creeds and castes. They demanded Dominion Status within the British Empire, which the British rulers had refused to grant. Satyamurti was one of the leading lights of the Swarajists who laid the foundation for parliamentary democracy in India, the others being Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru. It required extraordinary courage of conviction to take a view opposed to Gandhi, who had captivated the entire nation, which in the 1920s was not for participating in legislative politics. But, it was left to the people like Satyamurti, Das and
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List of Indian English poetry anthologies


This is a list of anthologies of Indian English Poetry. Indian English Poetry is one of the oldest forms of Indian English Literature. Indian poets writing in English have succeeded in Indianizing English in order to reveal nuances of Indian culture or cultures. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio , Sri Aurobindo, Sarojini Naidu, Michael Madhusudan Dutt and Toru Dutt among others laid the foundation of Indian English Poetry but since then there has been tremendous development in Indian English Poetry both in stylistic and thematic concerns. Nissim Ezekiel with the publication of his first book
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Katanga Business


illegal artisanal workings. More recently new investors have bought into the industry including Indians and Chinese. The film surveys the industrial and artisanal mining industry in Katanga Province. The film explores the murky dealings between the state-owned Gécamines, foreign mining companies such as First Quantum Minerals and individuals like George Forrest, Indian and Chinese investors and state officials. It questions who benefits from the mining operations. "Katanga Business" highlights the charismatic governor of the province, the populist Moses Katumbi. It shows the great wealth of the province
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Werner Kern (chemist)


the first winner of the Hermann Staudinger price of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker. Core is considered one of the most important pioneers in the field of preparative macromolecular chemistry . His work in the field of formaldehyde polymer laid the foundation for industrial polymers, such as Hostaform C from Hoechst. Even in an article in 1938 on cross-linking copolymerization of acrylic acid with divinyl he laid the foundation for the core technology of today as "superabsorbent" designated products, for example in diapers are widely used. Scores by Werner Kern (chemist
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Technopark, Trivandrum


technology companies. On 31 March 1991, the foundation stone for Technopark was laid by Sri. E K Nayanar, Chief minister of Kerala, at a ceremony presided over by Smt. K R Gowri Amma, Minister for Industries. The foundation stone for the first building in Technopark was laid on 31 July 1991 by the then Kerala Chief Minister, K. Karunakaran. Noted industrialist K. P. P. Nambiar was Technopark's first chairman. Technopark was formally dedicated to the nation by the then Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, in November
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Jugnu (1947 film)


Jugnu () is a 1947 Indian film directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. The film stars Noor Jehan, Dilip Kumar, Ruby Myers, Ghulam Mohammad, Jillo, Latika, Shashikala and now famous playback singer Mohammed Rafi in a cameo appearance. It was the highest-grossing Indian film of 1947. This film was the first major hit for Dilip Kumar, who went on to become one of the Indian film industry's legends. Both Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and his wife Noor Jehan settled in Pakistan shortly after the film was released
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Suyamvaram


Suyamvaram is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama film starring an ensemble cast from actors in the Tamil film industry and shot by a large technical team from the industry. The film was planned by Giridharilal Nagpal who produced and wrote the film's story and brought together 14 major directors, 19 cinematographers and over thirty leading actors in the Tamil film industry. The film also holds the Guinness World Record for casting the most stars in a film and also for being the quickest ever feature-length film made, with filming
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