Who was the author of the book on which the 2008 movie starring Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail was loosely based?
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Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (Urdu: ‎ , Hindi: अजहरुद्दीन मोहम्मद इस्माइल ) (born 1998) is an Indian child actor, who played the youngest version of Salim Malik in the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award. Following the film's success, he has been cast in the Bollywood film "Kal Kisne Dekha" (2009).
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Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and produced by Christian Colson. Set and filmed in India, it is a loose adaptation of the novel "Q & A" (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup, telling the story of Jamal Malik, age 18, from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. As a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? who is able to answer every stage correctly, he is accused of cheating. Jamal recounts his history, illustrating how he is able to answer each question.
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Syed Akhtar Ahsan Akhtar Syed Ahsan was an educationist and founder of Islami Mission, Sant Nagar, Lahore, Pakistan he was also a Pir of silsila chishtia from Sanaur, Patiala, Punjab, India. He is the author and co-author of many books of which one particularly famous one is the book "Al-Islam", a book for Muslims and especially new Muslims who want to get basic knowledge of Islam.
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House of the Tiger King House of the Tiger King is a travel book by Anglo-Afghan author, Tahir Shah.
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Idris Azad Idris Azad (Urdu: ‎ , born Idrees Ahmad Urdu: ‎ ) on 7 August 1969, is an author, philosopher, novelist, poet, dramatist and columnist. He has written several books on fiction, journalism, critic, poetry, philosophy, mysticism and art. He is teacher of logic and philosophy at International Islamic University, Islamabad. Idrees Azad is also associated with Pakistan Film Industry. He is Head of the Department of VFX & CGI at Paragon Academy of Performing Arts, Shabab Noor Studio, Lahore and assists the director Syed Noor in film making as well.
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The Stoning of Soraya M. The Stoning of Soraya M. (Persian: .سنگسار کردن ثريا م‎ ‎ "Sangsâr Sorayâ M.") is a 2008 American Persian language drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book "La Femme Lapidée".
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Saleem Sinai Saleem Sinai is the protagonist of the Booker Prize-winning novel "Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdie. His life is closely intertwined with the events that take place in his homeland on the South Asia of pre- and post-colonial India, Pakistan and newly liberated Bangladesh (East Bengal). He is born at the moment in time when India and Pakistan emerge from British rule and lives during the new tumultuous struggles that engulf the new nations following August 15, 1947. Sinai embodies these physical struggles and rifts during, and serves as a metaphor for, the spiritual, religious, political and intellectual traumas of the young nations.
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Daisy Hasan Daisy Hasan () is an Indian-English author from Shillong, Meghalaya and is the author of "The To-Let House". It was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008.
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Icon of Evil Icon of Evil: Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam is a 2008 book by David G. Dalin and John F. Rothmann initially published by Random House; the 2009 version of the book by Transaction Publishers has an introduction by Alan Dershowitz. It is a biography of Haj Amin al-Husseini (1895–1974), who was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem during the British Mandate period. Some reviewers were critical of its "overtly propagandistic" style, citing numerous factual errors and criticizing its thesis that a direct line can be drawn from the Mufti to modern-day Islamic leaders as unconvincing and lacking evidence. Other reviewers praised the book, one describing it as "the first serious biography of the mufti to appear in 14 years".
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The Butterfly Tattoo (film) The Butterfly Tattoo is a 2008 feature film, based on the Philip Pullman novel "The White Mercedes" (also released as "The Butterfly Tattoo"). The film is particularly notable given that despite being a commercial production it actively sought to provide training and experience for young film-makers. The film also used a novel method of financing its production, by selling shares to members of the public.
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Sareng Bou Sareng Bou is a 1978 Bangladeshi film directed by Abdullah Al Mamun. The story is based on the novel of the same name by Shahidullah Kaiser. The film received critical acclaim, particularly for the performance given by Kabori Sarwar, who won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress.
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Faisal Tehrani Mohd Faizal Musa (born 7 August 1974), also known under the pen name Faisal Tehrani, is a Malaysian author and playwright. He is the author of many books and literary works of various lengths, including stage plays. National Laureate Anwar Ridwan praises of Faisal's writing "conscious of high literature and full of vision."
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Qazi Anwar Hussain Qazi Anwar Hussain (born 19 July 1936) is a well known and very famous Bangladeshi writer who mainly writes detective and adventure based novels most of which are adaptation translation from or heavily influenced by foreign literature.
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Mirza Mohammed Athar Maulana Mirza Mohammad Athar (مولانا محمد مرزااطهر) was an Indian Shia Muslim cleric. He was the son of the late Mulla Mirza Mohammad Tahir. Mirza Athar was born in Lucknow and was educated at Sultan-ul-Madaris, where he graduated with Sadr-ul-Afazil, and Lucknow University, where he obtained a masters in Persian Literature. In 2008, he completed fifty years of continuous Muharram recitation in Mumbai. In addition to his native Lucknow, he was popular all over India as well as in Pakistan, the Middle East, UK, US and Australia. On 23 January 2005, he was elected first president of All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB).
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India: The Rise of an Asian Giant India: The Rise of an Asian Giant is a 2008 book by Dietmar Rothermund which describes the contemporary state of the major influences on the economy of India.
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Political Islam "Political Islam" is a recently developed term. It is used to label the wide-scale activities of individuals or organizations heading towards the transformation of the state and entire society according to "Islamic" rules. It is based on Islam which is a complex of political persuasion and fundamental Islamic books – Koran, Sira (the biography of Mohammed), and Hadith (Mohammed’s traditions). The term is often used in connection with the movements which represent the current political powers in the name of Islam, emerging at the end of 20th century. It is also used as a term describing political activities stemming from basic Islamic books aiming predominantly at non-Muslims.
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Before the Rains Before the Rains is a 2007 Indian-British period drama film directed by Santosh Sivan. (It is also the title of a 2017 novel by Dinah Jefferies with an unrelated plot set in a fictional ste of Juraipore in 1930's Rajputana.) The film is adapted from a story from the 2001 anthology Israeli film "Asphalt Zahov".
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Peshawar Nights Peshawar Nights is a Shi'a book by Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi ("Prince of Preachers from Shiraz"). It recounts a public debate between Shi'a Muslims and Sunni Muslims, that took place in the city of Peshawar in the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) in Pakistan of British India beginning on 27 January 1927.
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Masud Rana Masud Rana is a fictional character created in 1966 by writer Qazi Anwar Hussain, who featured him in over 400 novels. Hussain created the adult spy-thriller series Masud Rana, at first modelled after James Bond, but expanded widely. So far 450 books have been published in this series which has gained a lot of popularity in Bangladesh. Written from the 1960s and continuing to present day, books are published almost every month by Sheba Prokashoni, one of the most popular publishing house of Bangladesh. Although Qazi Anwar Hussain started the series, it is an open secret that nowadays he doesn't write it any more. A group of ghostwriters are employed to produce all the new Masud Rana novels.
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Ahmad Mahfuz Umar Ahmad Mahfuz Umar (Arabic: أحمد محفوظ عمر ; born in Aden in 1936) is a Yemeni writer. He is considered to be one of the pioneering figures of modern Yemeni literature and was a co-founder of the Yemeni Writers' Union. At an early age, he won a short story competition organised by the journal Al-Nahdah with his story "Murdi'at al-atfal" (1956). His stories often deal with life in the big city and similar gritty themes. He has published several collections of short fiction, including "Al-indhar al-mumazzaq" (1960), "Al-agras al-samita" (1974), "Ya ahl hadha al-jabal" (1978) and "Al-nab al-azraq" (1980).
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Muhammad Ali (writer) Muhammad Ali ( ; Arabic: محمد على‎ ‎ ‎; 1874 – 13 October 1951) was an Indian writer, scholar, and leading figure of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement.
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People of the Book (novel) People of the Book is a 2008 historical novel by Geraldine Brooks. The story focuses on imagined events surrounding protagonist and real historical past of the still extant Sarajevo Haggadah, one of the oldest surviving Jewish illuminated texts.