Lisa Ray
Nacimiento : 1972-04-04, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Historia
Lisa Rani Ray is a Canadian actress, model, television host, philanthropist and social activist. In 2005 she appeared in the Canadian film Water, which premièred at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008 she starred alongside Sheetal Sheth in the romance films I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen.
Ray made her Indian cinematic debut in 1994 with the Tamil film Nethaji, alongside Sarath Kumar, in which she appeared in a brief role. In 2001 she appeared in the Bollywood film Kasoor alongside Aftab Shivdasani. In 2002 she acted in the Telugu film Takkari Donga, alongside Mahesh Babu. On 16 November 2010, TLC India announced that it would film a new 5-part series, Oh My Gold, with Ray. It premiered in 2011. The series Oh My Gold was set against the cultural-yet-contemporary backdrop of India. Uncovering the beauty of various cities, Ray played both a host and a travel guide. In 2016, Ray appeared in Ram Gopal Varma's biographical Veerappan.
Sheela
Challenged to compose 100 songs before he can marry the girl he loves, a tortured but passionate singer-songwriter embarks on a poignant musical journey.
Liza Merchant
An official adaptation of the cult horror film Oculus. The film revolves around a haunted mirror. It shows the emotional journey of siblings Natasha Merchant played by Huma Qureshi and Kabeer Merchant played by Saqib Saleem dealing with the death of their parents.
Priya (Spy)
The journey of the world's most notorious sandalwood and ivory smuggler, Veerappan who was finally captured on October 18, 2004.
The film stars Ruhi Singh as Rhea, a free-spirited girl, whose life turns upside down when her father gets appointed as the Prime Minister of India. The fiercely independent Rhea starts to feel stifled because of the security team that accompanies her wherever she goes and the young lady jumps at the chance of an adventure provided by a mysterious stranger Aryan Shekhawat (Krishna Chaturvedi), who she runs off with while on a vacation in South Africa, much to the anguish of her security team led by RAW agents Lisa Ray and Jaaved Jaaferi.
Sarah
A hot young Wall Street trader finds a formula based on climatology to play the market and win big... but at what cost?
Eva Stout
Successful entrepreneur Max learns that the woman he married has always really been interested more in his money than in being his wife. After his cousin Ricky gets burned by a gold-digger himself, Ricky introduces Max to the world of the pickup artist, hoping to give Max confidence and the tools to find a woman who likes him for who he is.
Maya Chopra
Inside the Canadian diplomatic compound in New Delhi, a mischievous cook affects the lives of her employers and fellow staff.
Dominique Ball
Un hombre llamado Arthur Poppington mezcla en su mente la realidad y la fantasía. Por momentos es una persona más de la sociedad, pero curiosamente desarrollará una faceta como superhéroe. Conocido bajo el nombre de Defendor, buscará a su archienemigo por las calles de la ciudad luchando contra la delincuencia. Una prostituta se cruzará en su camino y le ayudará en su tarea de reducir al Capitán Industria.
Tala
Tala (Lisa Ray), una palestina que vive en Londres, está preparando su boda cuando conoce a Leyla (Sheetal Sheth), una joven británica de origen indio que está saliendo con su mejor amigo. Las dos son muy diferentes, pero surge entre ellas una atracción inmediata, que pronto va mucho más allá de la simple amistad. Sin embargo, Tala no se ve capaz de enfrentarse a su familia, cancelar su boda y dar un giro de 180 grados a su vida...
Fleur
Recently paroled after serving a long stretch for his wife's murder, Joey One-Way aligns himself with a producer who has optioned the play he wrote in prison. As he sets about adapting his work for the big screen, Joey falls for his new pal's ex-con wife, and enters into a doomed affair.
Beth
Various lives intersect over the course of 48 hours in Canada's largest and most culturally diverse city.
Etta Parr
Ray Dokes, un antiguo convicto recién salido de la cárcel, regresa a su hogar en Ontario para encontrarse con que el antiguo paisaje rural donde nació pretende convertirse en una urbanización, peligrando las granjas de la zona.
Miriam
Narra la historia de dos jóvenes mujeres que se enamoran y se embarcan en una peligrosa relación en la Sudáfrica del Apartheid. En la olla a presión de un país marcado por el racismo, dos mujeres se conocen y sus mundos se revolucionan. Miriam (Lisa Ray) es una madre hindú tradicional: trabajadora y modesta. Amina (Sheetal Sheth) rompe todas las reglas al abrir un café junto a un hombre de raza negra del lugar. Ante la desaprobación colérica, su relación florece. Pero el precio para Miriam será el descubrimiento de increíbles verdades sobre su matrimonio. En un sistema que separa a los blancos de los negros, a los negros de los asiáticos y a las mujeres de los hombres, ¿qué posibilidad existe de que un amor inesperado perdure?
Lia
Olivia lives in a small town in Nova Scotia, Canada along with her son, Thomas, a daughter, Sarah, and has been separated from her French-speaking husband, Jean Marc. She has an estranged brother named Jack Walker who she has not seen for many years, as he refused to return her phone calls, and neglected to attend their father's funeral in Montana, U.S.A.. Due to opening of Cynaco and MacNeil Mining Company, the town expects to have about new 125 new jobs. One day she gets a surprise visit from Jack, both brother and sister update each other, and Jack also gets to meet Thomas and Sarah, as well as Olivia's attractive South Asian neighbor, Lia, a single mother. He soon starts an affair with her, and even moves in her house.
Angel Matthews
Dumped on his 27th birthday by his college sweetheart for being indecisive, Neil makes a silly bet that takes him on a wild ride through New York’s singles scene.
Kalyani
La historia transcurre en 1938, en la India colonial, en pleno movimiento de emancipación liderado por Mahatma Gandhi. Se celebra una boda que bien podría ser un entierro: casan a Chuyia (Sarala), una niña de 8 años, con un moribundo que fallece esa misma noche. Se quema su cuerpo en la orilla de un río sagrado y Chuyia se prepara para el destino que han escogido para ella. Se le afeita la cabeza e ingresa en un ashram para viudas donde deberá pasar el resto de su vida, convertida en un altar viviente consagrado a la memoria del fallecido. Última película de la famosa trilogía de Mehta, compuesta por "Fuego" (1996) y "Tierra" (1998). (FILMAFFINITY)
Saima
Somewhere in the middle of Texas, Ameet (Sunil Malhotra) and Saima (Lisa Ray) have a problem. They were perfectly happy avoiding each other until their parents set them up to get married. The reluctant couple decide to do whatever it takes to break off the engagement. After some very embarrassing efforts, they finally succeed in getting their parents to call off the wedding, only to realize they have another problem, they're in love! Meanwhile, Saima's father (Asrani), deciding that she's passed her expiration date, promises her to Ashol (Ismail Bashey)- a sleazy playboy.
Self (archive footage)
This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers.
Bhuvana
Shaka killing his own brother for particular information about a hidden treasure. Another man who knows about it is Veeru Dada. In the encounter of Veeru Dada jumps off into a river from a cliff. After 18 years, we have Veeru Dada with a leg cut off giving info to Raja a mischievous thief who robs off the money from banks in a style. Raja gives Veeru Dada a share of 50% for his entire tip offs. Raja becomes more daring as the price tag on his head increases by thousands. There is another mischievous thief Panasa along with uncle follows Raju so that she can dupe him and escape with all the looted money of Raja. As the things go on a frolicking way between Panasa and Raja, the desperate Shaka is searching for Veeru Dada in all the places. Rest of the story is for whom will get that treasure
Sue (Sunita) Singh
Rahul es un joven, guapo y rico indio canadiense que está desesperado por conseguir que su familia dejen de entrometerse en su vida privada. Desean que siente cabeza y deje su soltería, pero Rahul no parece decidido a ello. Su hermana, además, tampoco recibe la aprobación de sus padres ya que ella sí desea casarse, pero con un joven cantante pop que tampoco es del agrado familiar. Una día Rahul, desesperado, conoce a Sue en un bar: la típica mujer de "compañía"... y ve una solución a sus problemas contratándola y haciendo ver que realmente tiene ya novia. (FILMAFFINITY)
Simran Bhargav
The film starts with the murder of Priti (Divya Dutta), wife of Shekhar (Aftab Shivdasani), a well-known journalist. Inspector Lokhande (Ashutosh Rana) investigates the case and accuses Shekhar of the murder, saying he has enough evidences to arrest him. Upon getting bail from the court, Shekhar's lawyer tells him that he will not be able to fight his case because he is a corporate lawyer. He asks him to contact Simran Bhargav (Lisa Ray), who is a criminal lawyer to fight his case.
Priya
Karunamurthy (Kitty) an honest man and the Home Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu is forced to help the terrorists to kill the Governor. Nethaaji (Sarathkumar) a journalist and a press owner runs a newspaper called 'India'. He comes to know that the Home Minister is involved in the Governor's murder and tries to investigate it. In the course of his investigation he too gets involved with the terrorists and is forced to kidnap the scientist Shivashankari. Now the police are out to get Nethaaji. Nethaaji runs from pillar to post to prove himself innocent. Will he be able to prove himself innocent? Will he be able to expose the sinister plans of the terrorists, or will he pay the prize for a crime which he never committed?
