What hit 2008 film was based on the 2005 novel 'Q & A' by Vikas Swarup?
"most colourful book I have ever read"". His second novel was ""Blood Orange"", the story of a white boy in Africa. It was first published in 2005 and is a fusion of memoir and fiction. The novel was adapted for the stage by Blacklaws, Greig Coetzee and Craig Morris.The play, directed by Coetzee, was first performed by Morris at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, in July 2006. In 2010 Blacklaws published a fable: ""Bafana Bafana : A Story of Soccer, Magic and Mandela"". Art by Andrew Stooke. Vikas Swarup, author of ""Slumdog Millionaire"", had this to say"
"Q & A (novel) Q & A is a novel by Vikas Swarup, an Indian diplomat. Published in 2005, it was the author's first novel. Set in India, it tells the rags to riches story of Ram Mohammad Thomas, a young waiter who becomes the biggest quiz show winner in history, only to be sent to jail on accusations that he cheated. Over the course of the novel, Ram Mohammed Thomas gives flashbacks of his life to explain to the police how he knew the answers to the show's questions - including the corruption he was faced with and had"
"only broken his arm and completely reformed himself. Now she knows Ram did not cheat, and she helps free him. Q & A (novel) Q & A is a novel by Vikas Swarup, an Indian diplomat. Published in 2005, it was the author's first novel. Set in India, it tells the rags to riches story of Ram Mohammad Thomas, a young waiter who becomes the biggest quiz show winner in history, only to be sent to jail on accusations that he cheated. Over the course of the novel, Ram Mohammed Thomas gives flashbacks of his life to explain to the"
"Hello (2008 film) Hello is a 2008 Indian Hindi thriller film directed by Atul Agnihotri, starring Sharman Joshi, Sohail Khan, Gul Panag, Isha Koppikar, Amrita Arora and Sharat Saxena in the lead roles. The film is based on Chetan Bhagat's novel, ""One Night @ the Call Center"". It also had cameo roles by Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif. It was released on 10 October 2008. Hello was declared a flop. Salman Khan is a Bollywood actor, who is on a live tour near Delhi, where his private jet crashes. Luckily, he survives and in a lounge, he meets a girl"
"develops anterograde amnesia following a violent encounter in which his love interest, a model named Kalpana, was killed. He tries to avenge the killing with the aid of photographs from a Polaroid Instant camera and permanent tattoos on his body. It largely follows the same plot as the Tamil original, but with an altered climax rewritten by Aamir Khan. ""Ghajini"" became the highest-grossing Indian film of 2008, and the first Indian film to cross the 100 crore mark domestically, creating the 100 Crore Club. ""Ghajini""'s paid preview collections were 27million. On release, it became the highest-grossing Indian film of all"
"ever opening for a Selvaraghavan film. It was the most successful of the year. Yaaradi Nee Mohini Yaaradi Nee Mohini (English: ""Who are you, beautiful woman"") is a 2008 Tamil family drama film directed by Mithran Jawahar. It is a remake of the 2007 Telugu hit ""Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule"", directed by Selvaraghavan that starred Venkatesh with Dhanush, Selvaraghavan's brother, and Nayantara in lead roles, whilst Karthik Kumar, Raghuvaran, legendary Telugu film director K. Vishwanath, Karunas, and Saranya Mohan play supporting roles and slightly different climax. The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The title is derived from a"
"gross and 1.25 crores net in its theatrical run. Saas Bahu Aur Sensex Saas Bahu aur Sensex is an Indian Hindi film which was released 19 September 2008, directed by Shona Urvashi. It stars Kiron Kher, Tanushree Dutta, Ankur Khanna, Farooque Shaikh, Masumeh Makhija, Lillete Dubey, and Sharon Prabhakar. The film focuses on the complexities of discovering love in the world of the new Mumbai. The movie is set against the backdrop of the stress of working in financial markets, embarrassing kitty parties, outrageous soap operas, and the ongoing angst and excitement of an ever-emerging India. It is considered part"
"office in 14 weeks according to the comparison website Behindwoods.com, thus making it Venkat Prabhu's second successive hit after ""Chennai 600028"". The film completed 100 days all over Tamil Nadu, making it one of the blockbusters of 2008. A sequel to the film was announced during August 2016, which would be directed by Venkat Prabhu's assistant Skantha Priyan and written by Samaran. S. J. Surya, Premji and VTV Ganesh were reported to be portraying the lead roles. Saroja (2008 film) Saroja (stylised as Sa-Ro-Ja) is a 2008 Tamil language comedy thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced"
"Swagatam Swagatam (English: ""Welcome"") is a 2008 Telugu film produced by Adityaram on Adityaram Movies banner and directed by Dasarath. Starring Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty, Bhumika Chawla in lead roles and music composed by R. P. Patnaik. Shot in New York City, Rajahmundry and Hampi, it features a romantic triangle. Directed by Dasarath, the film casts Jagapati Babu as the male romantic lead playing opposite Anushka Shetty and Bhumika Chawla. Several weeks after the big-budget film's release, ""The Times of India"" declared the movie a box office ""let down"". Shailu (Anushka Shetty) is an unmarried, ill-tempered businesswoman living in the"
"no longer sure if he should carry out the orders of his superiors or not. Although he is a deep-rooted fundamentalist, he sees this area as colourful and loving. There is no Black and White. Nonetheless, he goes forward to accomplish his mission. Black & White (2008 Hindi film) Black and White is a 2008 Indian crime thriller film co-produced and directed by Subhash Ghai. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Anurag Sinha (actor), Shefali Chhaya, and Aditi Sharma. The film explores the life of an Afghan suicide bomber who is sent on a mission on Indian Independence Day. Upon release,"
"film released on 7 March 2008.The movie was failed to do well at box office. When Saravanan goes to Hyderabad, Kanniah plagiarizes his script and pitches it to a producer, under the condition that he has to play the hero in the film. Impressed by the script, the producer agrees to the condition. The movie turns Kanniah, now rechristened Dilipkanth, into a star. Saravanan does not give up and creates another story. However, he finds out he cannot make his film unless Dilipkanth plays the hero. Because of this, they lead into minor problems, which annoy Saravanan and their team."
"do forms the rest of the story. Novel (film) Novel is a 2008 Malayalam film produced and directed by East Coast Vijayan. This is East Coast Vijayan's debut directorial film. Sethunath (Jayaram) is a prosperous business man and also a writer. However, when his creation titled 'Swantham' becomes a best seller and bags the commonwealth awards. The writer is the least interested so much so that he is not even aware who translated his work & earned the award for the book. Aneesa, a journalist, is determined to get a personal interview with her favorite writer Sethu and does not"
"writer's strike, was pushed to September 2008. The film is currently ""shelved"" indefinitely. Vivek Sharma's ""Bhoothnath"", in which he plays the title role as a ghost, was released on 9 May 2008. ""Sarkar Raj"", the sequel of the 2005 film ""Sarkar"", released in June 2008 and received a positive response at the box-office. ""Paa"", which released at the end of 2009 was a highly anticipated project as it saw him playing his own son Abhishek's Progeria-affected 13-year-old son, and it opened to favourable reviews, particularly towards Bachchan's performance and was one of the top-grossing films of 2009. It won him"
"down. At the same time, Charles Ingram, an ex-British Army Major, was accused and found guilty of cheating in the British version of the television show ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" To quote Swarup: “If a British army major can be accused of cheating, then an ignorant tiffin boy from the world's biggest slum can definitely be accused of cheating.” ""Q & A"" won the South Africa's Boeke Prize 2006. It was also nominated for the Best First Book by the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and won the Prix Grand Public at the 2007 Paris Book Fair. To date, the"
"in 800 theaters across 1000 screens worldwide on 2 April 2008. ""Jalsa"" collected (Share) in 100 days. It turned out to be a ""Hit"" at box-office. Sanjay Sahu (Pawan Kalyan) is a post-graduate from Osmania University and is working as a gym instructor. He is in love with Indu (Kamalini Mukherjee) who wishes to marry him. So she makes him meet her father (Prakash Raj), who is a police officer and also happens to be his old acquaintance. Her father declines to approve their love and she is forced to marry according to her father's choice. Meanwhile, Bhagmathi a.k.a. Bhagi"
"more in Bollywood. But at the same time, in Hindi, Priyadarshan continued his successful run with ""Chup Chup Ke"", ""Bhagam Bhag"", ""Malamaal Weekly"", ""Dhol"", ""Bhool Bhulaiyaa"", ""De Dana Dan"" and ""Mere Baap Pehle Aap"". But his subsequent films ""Billu"", ""Bumm Bumm Bole"", ""Khatta Meeta"", ""Aakrosh"" and ""Tezz"" failed to live up to the expectations. His most recent release ""Rangrezz"" also failed at the box-office. In the meantime, Priyadarshan stunned everyone with ""Kanchivaram"", an offbeat film that revolved around the weavers in Kanchipuram. Prakash Raj, who played the central character, won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 2008. Kanchivaram"
"film of 2005."" A critic from BeyondHollywood.com gave the film 4/5 stars. On Rotten Tomatoes, it currently holds a 100%, with an average score of 8.1 out of 10 based on ten reviews. In 2009, ""Empire"" named it third in a poll of the ""20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)."" When the film finally ended its theatrical run, it had 1,291,621 admissions. In 2007,bollywood movie Awaarapan was released,which contained plot elements similar to the movie.The film,directed by Mohit Suri,starred Emraan Hashmi, Shriya Saran and Ashutosh Rana.In August 2017, an American remake was announced, with Jennifer Yuh Nelson to"
"a box office success. Ganesh (Tarun) is a carefree college youth from Hyderabad (Tamil Version as Coimbatore), whose life revolves around friends and doing good deeds for them which upsets his father Raja Shekar (Tanikella Bharani)/(Tamil Version as Pyramid Natarajan). One day he fumbles upon a Red diary in his father's auction shop. It is a diary left behind unknowingly by Sandhya (Sneha). The entire first half is narrated through the diary in this film. Sandhya is staying in the house opposite to that of Aishwarya (Jhansi), who is the sister of Ganesh. She falls in love with Ganesh after"
"film had become popular, and is still popular. Jalal starred in ""Shararat (Thoda Jadu, Thodi Nazaakat)"", in which she played a leading role. The comedy is currently airing on the Disney Channel. In 2005, she co-hosted the 50th Filmfare Awards alongside Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Bendre, in Mumbai. In 2008, she made a special appearance in the Punjabi film ""Yaariyan"". Recently, she appeared in the soap opera ""Balika Vadhu"". In 2017, she was the victim of a death hoax. On 19 February, rumours did the rounds that she had died. Annoyed, the lady asked her publicist to put the"
"to understand why Priyanka comes back to Shyam in the end. There are many such instances which reveal the weakness of the script. The cast also doesn't justify the original characters in the movie. Vroom in the book is described as a lean tall guy, but is played by Sohail Khan, who is a complete contrast to it. The same applies to the characters Esha (Isha Koppikar) and Priyanka (Gul Panag). Hello (2008 film) Hello is a 2008 Indian Hindi thriller film directed by Atul Agnihotri, starring Sharman Joshi, Sohail Khan, Gul Panag, Isha Koppikar, Amrita Arora and Sharat Saxena"
"understands Dhiman’s nature and the lovers unite gleefully. Chirosathi Chirosathi () is a Bengali drama movie that was released in 2008, directed by Haranath Chakraborty. The movie featured Hiran and Koyel Mullick. Raju an orphan youngster brought up by his aunt Namita. He falls in love with Riya Roy, the daughter of business tycoon Mahendra Roy. They meet at their college excursion, and after that initial tiffs and estrangement. They fall madly in love. While Mahendra Roy already zeroes in on getting Riya’s married to Dhiman (the son of another business biggie Mr. Mohim), Raju arrives at Riya’s residence in"
"international criminal John Chinnappa, who is trying to kill the general, an ex-aide of his who has turned police approver. How the cop manages to solve all three problems forms the crux of the story. The film opened to Indian audiences on 25 October 2008, coinciding with the Diwali season. The film, upon release received mixed reviews at the South Indian box office. The film was later dubbed into Hindi as ""Jaanbaaz Commando"" in 2012. ""Aegan""'s story is based around Shiva (Ajith Kumar), a CB-CID officer, and his efforts to foil the terrorist John Chinnappa (Suman). Shiva is simultaneously attempting"
"scenes like in movies are intruding the student’s willpower and self-confidence. Sivakasi (film) Sivakasi is a 2005 Tamil-language romantic action film written and directed by Perarasu, starring Vijay, Asin and Prakash Raj in lead roles. The film's music is composed by Srikanth Deva, while the background score was composed by his father Deva. The film was released during Diwali 2005 received positive reviews from the critics and performed well at the box office. The film was later dubbed in Hindi as ""Virasat Ki Jung"" in 2012 by Baba Arts Ltd. In 2007, the film was remade in Telugu as Vijayadashami"
"takes care of her like a daughter. Vilapangalkkappuram Vilapangalkkappuram (; ""Beyond the Wail"") is a Malayalam film scripted and directed by T. V. Chandran in 2008. The film is based on the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots of 2002. The film won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film in 2008. Also, Priyanka won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in this film. Zahira (Priyanka) lives happily with her parents and younger sister in Ahmedabad, until a group of communalists wreaks havoc. After being gang raped, she barely manages to escape from"
"Firaaq Firaaq (English: ""Separation"") is a 2008 Hindi political thriller film set one month after the 2002 violence in Gujarat, India and looks at the aftermath in its effects on the lives of everyday people. It claims to be based on ""a thousand true stories"". ""Firaaq"" means both separation and quest in Arabic. The film is the directorial debut of actress Nandita Das and stars Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Inaamulhaq, Nassar (actor), Paresh Rawal, Sanjay Suri, Raghubir Yadav, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash and Tisca Chopra. It has largely been well received locally and internationally. ""Firaaq"" won three awards"
"for the project on 8 April 2008 and according to Shahrukh Khan, ""the film is a sweet story of friendship...quite similar to the bond shared between Krishna and Sudama"". The film also features Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone in item numbers with Shahrukh Khan. The movie received great critical acclaim and rave reviews. ""Billu"" opened to good reviews. In reviewing the film, Derek Elley of ""Variety"" stated: ""Bigtime Bollywood meets small-town India with quietly entertaining, finally moving results in ""Billu Barber"". Simple tale of friendship cleverly manages to bring together superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in full-on pin-up mode,"
"Aegan Aegan () is a 2008 Tamil action comedy film directed and co-written by Raju Sundaram and produced by Ayngaran International it is based on sharukh khan film main hoon na. It stars Ajith Kumar and Nayanthara in the lead roles, with Suman, Jayaram, Navdeep and Piaa Bajpai in supporting roles. The film revolves around a daredevil cop who, on behalf of his ailing father and the ambition of a lieutenant general, returns to college in Ooty. Whilst protecting the general's daughter, he attempts to reconcile with his stepbrother from his father's marriage. Furthermore, he has to ward off the"
"Vinayakudu (film) Vinayakudu is a 2008 Telugu comedy film written and directed by Sai Kiran Adivi. The film stars Krishnudu and Sonia of ""Happy Days"" fame in the lead roles and Poonam Kaur plays the role of Sonia's friend. The film released on 21 November 2008 to critical and commercial acclaim. The film was partially re-shot, and set to release in Tamil on 6 January 2012 as ""Vinayaka"", with extra scenes filmed with Santhanam. It spawned a sequel titled ""Village Lo Vinayakudu."" Karthik (Krishnudu), a soft, ever-happy kind of guy, comes to Hyderabad for a job interview at Hi-Rise, an"
"Box Office. Mate Ta Love Helare Mate Ta Love Helare (), is a 2008 Indian Oriya action comedy film directed by Ashok Pati. This film is loose remake of Telugu Movie Student No. 1 starring Jr NTR. The hero Akash believes in high thinking. He has a lot of dreams and he is very serious for his studies because he wants to bring a bright future for his mother and sister. Akash meets his love megha at the college. But all his dreams come to a dark side after he enters college. Akash falls into the trap laid by Mafia"
"various film festivals in 2005-06, but was not released in theatres. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil in 2005. ""Vilapangalkkappuram"" - based on the aftermath of the Gujarat riots of 2002 - was released in 2005. Priyanka, Biju Menon, Sudheesh and Suhasini played the pivotal roles, and Priyanka won a state award for her performance in the film as a Muslim woman gang raped by a group of communalists. In 2008, Chandran returned as an actor after his debut in ""Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol"", in M. G. Sasi's ""Atayalangal"". He played the supporting role of"
"portraying two characters in ""Cinta Tsunami"", a television series in 2005. In 2008, with the release of his biggest commercial success, ""SinDarEla"" (""Cinderella""), he rose to prominence in a lead role, Hussin on the hit television series with Sharifah Amani and Remy Ishak, followed by another television series, ""Rona Roni Makaroni"" in the same year, again with Sharifah Amani. Uncomfortable with his career direction, the media-shy actor turned his focus to film roles. Since then, he started attracting a variety of roles in films including ""Anak Halal"" (2005), ""Man Laksa"" (2005) and ""Bilut"" (2005). His first major role was in"
"box-office success and his next film ""Dhool"", produced by A. M. Rathnam in 2003, again with Vikram along with Jyothika. He worked with A. M. Rathnam again for the film ""Ghilli"" starring Vijay and Trisha. It was followed by Telugu film ""Bangaram"", featuring Pawan Kalyan in the lead, that received average reviews. In 2008, he directed ""Kuruvi"", rejoining the lead cast of ""Ghilli"". Unlike the previous success in ""Ghilli"", ""Kuruvi"" was an average hit at the box office and was panned by critics. In 2011, he remade the 2010 Hindi film ""Dabangg"" in Tamil as ""Osthe"", with Silambarasan in the"
"was released in 2008. ""Gam Ma Piyariyu Ne Gam Ma Sasariyu"" (2005) and ""Muthi Uchero Manas"" (2006) were also well received by audiences. ""Dholi Taro Dhol Vage"" (2008) directed by Govindbhai Patel, was produced by Reliance BIG Pictures. Vikram Thakore starred in several films including ""Ek Var Piyu Ne Malva Aavje"" (2006). His six films for rural audiences earned 3 crore. He is considered the current superstar of Gujarati cinema by various media. Hiten Kumar, Chandan Rathod, Hitu Kanodia, Mamta Soni, Roma Manek and Mona Thiba are popular among rural audiences. The ""Better Half"" (2008) directed by Ashish Kakkad failed"