query: Toy Story is a television show.

pos: Toy Story Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The directorial debut of John Lasseter , Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first theatrical film produced by Pixar .   Taking place in a world where anthropomorphic toys pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present , the film 's plot focuses on the relationship between Woody , an old-fashioned pullstring cowboy doll ( voiced by Tom Hanks ) , and Buzz Lightyear , an astronaut action figure ( voiced by Tim Allen ) , as they evolve from rivals competing for the affections of Andy , their owner , to friends who work together to be reunited with Andy as his family prepares to move to a new home . The screenplay was written by Joss Whedon , Andrew Stanton , Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow , based on a story by Lasseter , Pete Docter , Stanton and Joe Ranft . The film features music by Randy Newman , and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull .   Pixar , which produced short animated films to promote their computers , was approached by Disney to produce a computer-animated feature after the success of their short film Tin Toy ( 1988 ) , which is told from a small toy 's perspective . Lasseter , Stanton and Docter wrote early story treatments which were thrown out by Disney , as they wanted the film to be edgier . After disastrous story reels , production was halted and the script was re-written , better reflecting the tone and theme Pixar desired : that `` toys deeply want children to play with them , and that this desire drives their hopes , fears , and actions '' . The studio , then consisting of a relatively small number of employees , produced the film under minor financial constraints .   Released in theaters on November 22 , 1995 , Toy Story was the highest-grossing film on its opening weekend and earned over $ 373 million worldwide . The film was widely acclaimed by critics , who praised the animation 's technical innovation , the wit and thematic sophistication of the screenplay , and the performances of Hanks and Allen . It is now considered by many critics to be one of the best animated films ever made . The film received three Academy Award nominations , including Best Original Screenplay , Best Original Score , and Best Original Song for `` You 've Got a Friend in Me '' , as well as winning a Special Achievement Academy Award . It was inducted into the National Film Registry as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' in 2005 , its first year of eligibility .   In addition to home media releases and theatrical re-releases , Toy Story-inspired material has run the gamut from toys , video games , theme park attractions , spin-offs , merchandise , and two sequels -- Toy Story 2 ( 1999 ) and Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) -- both of which also garnered massive commercial success and critical acclaim , with a third sequel , Toy Story 4 , slated for a 2019 release .

neg: Sesame Street Sesame Street is a long-running American children 's television series , produced by Sesame Workshop ( formerly known as the Children 's Television Workshop ) and created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett . The program is known for its educational content , and images communicated through the use of Jim Henson 's Muppets , animation , short films , humor , and cultural references . The series premiered on November 10 , 1969 , to positive reviews , some controversy , and high viewership ; it has aired on the U.S. 's national public television provider ( PBS ) since its debut , with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16 , 2016 .   The show has undergone significant changes throughout its history . The format of Sesame Street consists of a combination of commercial television production elements and techniques which have evolved to reflect the changes in American culture and the audience 's viewing habits . With the creation of Sesame Street , producers and writers of a children 's television show used , for the first time , educational goals and a curriculum to shape its content . It was also the first time a show 's educational effects were studied .   Shortly after creating Sesame Street , its producers developed what came to be called the `` CTW model '' ( after the production company 's previous name ) , a system of television show planning , production , and evaluation based on collaborations between producers , writers , educators , and researchers . The show was initially funded by government and private foundations but has become somewhat self-supporting due to revenues from licensing arrangements , international sales , and other media . By 2006 , there were independently produced versions , or `` co-productions '' , of Sesame Street broadcast in twenty countries . In 2001 there were over 120 million viewers of various international versions of Sesame Street , and by the show 's 40th anniversary in 2009 , it was broadcast in more than 140 countries .   By its 40th anniversary in 2009 , Sesame Street was the fifteenth-highest-rated children 's television show in the United States . A 1996 survey found that 95 % of all American preschoolers had watched the show by the time they were three years old . In 2008 , it was estimated that 77 million Americans had watched the series as children . As of 2014 , Sesame Street has won 167 Emmy Awards and 8 Grammy Awards -- more than any other children 's show .

neg: 20th Television Twentieth Television ( or 20TV , stylized as 20th Television ) is an American television syndication studio and the syndication arm of 20th Century Fox Television itself a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox .

neg: Toy Story (franchise) Toy Story is a computer animated film series and Disney media franchise that began with the original 1995 film , Toy Story , produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The franchise is based on the anthropomorphic concept that all toys , unknown to humans , are secretly alive , and the films focus on a diverse group of toys that feature a classic cowboy , Sheriff Woody , and modern spaceman , Buzz Lightyear . The group unexpectedly embark on adventures that challenge and change them .   The first two films of the franchise were directed by John Lasseter , and the third by Lee Unkrich , who acted as the co-director of the second film ( together with Lasseter and Ash Brannon ) . Lasseter will return to direct the upcoming fourth film .   All three films , produced on a total budget of $ 320 million , have grossed more than $ 1.9 billion worldwide . Each film set box office records , with the third included in the top 15 all time worldwide films . Critics have given all three films extremely positive reviews . Special Blu-ray and DVD editions of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were released on March 23 , 2010 . They were also re-released in theaters as a Disney Digital 3-D `` double feature '' for at least two weeks in October 2009 .   The series is the 24th highest-grossing franchise worldwide , the fifth highest-grossing animated franchise ( behind Shrek , Ice Age , Despicable Me and Madagascar ) , and is among the most critically acclaimed trilogies of all time . On November 1 , 2011 , all three Toy Story films were released in Disney Blu-ray 3D as a trilogy pack and as individual films .

neg: PB&J Otter PB&J Otter is an American animated children 's television series which premiered on Playhouse Disney on March 15 , 1998 . A total of 65 episodes were produced during the course of its three season run , with the `` farewell '' episode airing on September 24 , 2000 ( although a Halloween episode was the last aired episode , on October 15 , 2000 ) . The series centered on the Otter family who lived in the rural fishing community of Lake Hoohaw . Most stories revolved around the Otter kids : older brother Peanut , younger sister Jelly and diapered baby Butter ( named after the peanut butter and jelly sandwich ) , as well as their friends and neighbors . Supporting characters included gossipy Cranes , overly hygienic raccoons , a junk-collecting mayor and some very wealthy poodles .   The show was created by Jim Jinkins and executive-produced by David Campbell in close conjunction with Harvard University 's Cognitive Skills Group , `` Project Zero '' . The Group 's job was to monitor each and make sure the material had a positive educational message . This show features songs by Dan Sawyer and Fred Newman .   PB&J Otter was nominated for an Annie Award for outstanding music in an animated show in 2000 .   The show aired in reruns on Playhouse Disney from 2001-2005 and on Disney Junior from 2012-2013 .

neg: Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears Disney 's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is a Disney animated television series that first aired in the United States from 1985 to 1991 . The series was the first animated production by Walt Disney Animation Television , and loosely inspired by the gummy bear candies ; Disney CEO Michael Eisner was struck with inspiration for the show when his son requested the candies one day . The series premiered on NBC on September 14 , 1985 , and aired there for four seasons . The series moved to ABC for one season from 1989 to 1990 ( airing alongside The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as the Gummi Bears-Winnie the Pooh Hour ) , and concluded on September 6 , 1991 as part of the Disney Afternoon television syndication package . Of the series ' 65 shows , 30 were double-features , consisting of two 11-minute cartoons , thereby bringing the series total to 94 distinct episodes overall . The show is well-remembered for its theme music , written by Michael and Patty Silversher and creation of `` gummiberry juice '' which was a type of magic potion , granting abilities , which allowed them to bounce away from their hunters . The theme was memorably performed by Joseph Williams , son of composer John Williams and one-time lead singer of Toto .   The series was later rebroadcast on the syndicated Disney Afternoon block , and rerun on the Disney Afternoon through the summer of 1991 . In later years , it was shown on The Disney Channel ( from October 7 , 1991 to at least January 1997 ) , and later on Toon Disney , with its most recent televised airing occurring on December 28 , 2001 . Seasons 1 to 3 of the series were released on DVD on November 14 , 2006 featuring commentary from producers Eric Wong and Daniel Weinstein .

neg: Warner Bros. Cartoons Warner Bros. . Cartoons , Inc. was the in-house division of Warner Bros. . Pictures during the Golden Age of American animation . One of the most successful animation studios in American media history , Warner Bros. . Cartoons was primarily responsible for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short subjects . The characters featured in these cartoons , including Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Speedy Gonzales , Sylvester and Tweety , Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner , are among the most famous and recognizable characters in the world . Many of the creative staff members at the studio , including directors and animators such as Chuck Jones , Friz Freleng , Robert McKimson , Tex Avery , Robert Clampett and Frank Tashlin , are considered major figures in the art and history of traditional animation .   The Warner animation division was founded in 1933 as Leon Schlesinger Productions , an independent company which produced the popular Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated short subjects for release by Warner Bros. . Pictures . In 1944 , Schlesinger sold the studio to Warner Bros. , who continued to operate it as Warner Bros. . Cartoons , Inc. until 1963 . Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were briefly subcontracted to Freleng 's DePatie-Freleng Enterprises studio from 1964 until 1967 . The Warner Bros. . Cartoons studio briefly re-opened in 1967 before shutting its doors for good two years later .   A successor company , Warner Bros. . Animation , was established in 1980 . That company continues to produce Looney Tunes-related works , in addition to television shows and feature films centering on other properties . The classic Warner Bros. animation studio is sometimes referred to as `` Termite Terrace '' , a name given to the temporary headquarters Tex Avery and his animators were assigned to during Avery 's first year as a Looney Tunes director .

neg: Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series) Littlest Pet Shop is a Canadian -- American children 's animated television series developed by Julie McNally-Cahill and Tim Cahill for Hasbro Studios . Based on the Littlest Pet Shop and Blythe toys owned by Hasbro , the show follows a Blythe Baxter , a teenage girl who , after moving into an apartment in a metropolitan area , gains the ability to communicate with animals . Located below her apartment is the eponymous pet store where Blythe works and talks to a group of pets who regularly reside at a day care in the shop . Worried that a corrupt rival business will drive their shop out of business , the pets depend on Blythe to drive business into the store with her pet fashion designs .   The show debuted on November 10 , 2012 , and ran for four seasons and 104 episodes . Littlest Pet Shop is produced by Hasbro Studios and DHX Media . Animated using Flash , completion of a single episode takes roughly one year , with several in production at once . The show has received mixed reception ; it has been criticised for its embedded marketing , while reviewers have given praise to the writing . Several crew members have additionally received accolades for their work on the show . The series finale aired on June 4 , 2016 .   The series is a part of the company 's franchise reboot , where Hasbro released a new line of Littlest Pet Shop toys designed to more closely resemble the characters on the show . A mobile game and comic book adaptation were also commissioned .

neg: Marvel Productions Marvel Productions Ltd. , later known as New World Animation Ltd. , was the television and film studio subsidiary of the Marvel Entertainment Group , based in Hollywood , Los Angeles , California . It later became a subsidiary of New World Entertainment and eventually of News Corporation ( Fox Entertainment Group ) .   Marvel Productions produced animated television series , motion pictures , and television specials such as Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends , The Incredible Hulk , My Little Pony : The Movie , The Transformers : The Movie , and G.I. Joe : The Movie as well as the Transformers and G.I. Joe : A Real American Hero television series . Most of Marvel Productions ' back catalog ( mostly non-Hasbro related productions ) is currently owned by The Walt Disney Company .

neg: The Beatles (TV series) The Beatles is an American animated television series featuring representations of the popular English rock band of the same name . It ran from 1965 to 1969 on ABC in the U.S. ( only 1965 to 1967 was first run ; later transmissions were reruns ) . The series debuted on September 25 , 1965 and ended on September 7 , 1969 . A total of 39 episodes were produced . The series was shown on Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM EST until the 1967 third season when it was moved to 12:00 PM EST. . For the fourth season , which consisted of reruns , the series was shown at 9:30 AM EST on Sunday mornings . Each episode has a name of a Beatles song , so the story is based on its lyrics and it is also played at some time in the episode . The original series was rebroadcast in syndication by MTV in 1986 and 1987 and on the Disney Channel beginning in 1989 on Fridays at 5 PM . The series was a historical milestone as the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real , living people .

neg: List of The Simpsons video games The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company . The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family , which consists of Homer , Marge , Bart , Lisa and Maggie . It is set in the fictional town of Springfield , and lampoons American culture , society and television , and many aspects of the human condition . The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks . Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family , substituting Bart for his own name . The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19 , 1987 and after a three-season run , the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and became a hit series for Fox . The growing popularity of the series motivated video game developers to create video games based on the series . Two pinball machines have also been produced ; one self-titled , that was only made available for a limited time after the first season finale ( 1990 ) and The Simpsons Pinball Party ( 2003 ) . Additionally , several handheld device games have been released , such as Bartman : Avenger of Evil ( 1990 ) and Bart Simpson 's Cupcake Crisis ( 1991 ) .   Video games based on the series have reached multiple platforms since their debut in 1991 . The Simpsons '' ' first video game release , The Simpsons , developed and published by Konami , saw a release on the Commodore 64 and DOS , while Bart vs. the Space Mutants ( 1991 ) , developed by Imagineering , expanded the franchise into new platforms , including the Amstrad CPC , NES and Master System . Over the next few years , the franchise would continue to expand , releasing system-exclusive games , such as the PC 's Cartoon Studio ( 1996 ) and the PlayStation 's The Simpsons Wrestling ( 2001 ) . The release of The Simpsons Game ( 2007 ) , developed by EA Redwood Shores ( Visceral Games ) , further expanded the franchise , appearing on new platforms including the Wii , Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 . Due to the series ' longevity , The Simpsons video games have also spanned across many genres , such as the puzzle game Krusty 's Fun House ( 1992 ) , the sports game Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness ( 1994 ) and racing game Road Rage ( 2001 ) . The Simpsons is also one of the franchises spotlighted in the toys-to-life video game Lego Dimensions '' ( 2015 ) .

neg: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature The Academy Awards are given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS or the Academy ) for the best films and achievements of the previous year . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films . An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters ' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique , a significant number of the major characters are animated , and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given for films made in 2001 .   Through the 89th Academy Awards , presented in 2017 , Academy Award nominations in this category were made by the Academy 's animation section ; effective with the 2018 awards , all Academy members will be eligible to vote on nominations . The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose the winner since the award 's inception . If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category , the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films , which has happened six times , otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist . Additionally , eight eligible animated features must have been theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated .   Animated films can be nominated for other categories , but have rarely been so ; Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ) was the first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture . Up ( 2009 ) and Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) also received Best Picture nominations after the Academy expanded the number of nominees .   Waltz with Bashir ( 2008 ) is the only animated film ever nominated for Best Foreign Language Film ( though it did not receive a nomination for Best Animated Feature ) . The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ) and Kubo and the Two Strings ( 2016 ) are the only two animated films to ever be nominated for Best Visual Effects .

neg: Analog television Analog television or analogue television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio . In an analog television broadcast , the brightness , colors and sound are represented by rapid variations of either the amplitude , frequency or phase of the signal .   Analog signals vary over a continuous range of possible values which means that electronic noise and interference becomes reproduced by the receiver . So with analog , a moderately weak signal becomes snowy and subject to interference . In contrast , a moderately weak digital signal and a very strong digital signal transmit equal picture quality . Analog television may be wireless or can be distributed over a cable network using cable converters .   All broadcast television systems preceding digital transmission of digital television ( DTV ) used analog signals .   Analog television around the world has been in the process of shutting down since the late 2000s .

neg: Animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animated media . The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce , own the physical equipment for production , employ operators for that equipment , and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals of the media produced . They also own rights over merchandising and creative rights for characters created/held by the company , much like authors holding copyrights . In some early cases , they also held patent rights over methods of animation used in certain studios that were used for boosting productivity . Overall , they are business concerns and can function as such in legal terms .   Currently there are about 201 animation studios dedicated to the production and distribution of animated films that are active . Few are actual production house where as others are corporate entities . Many of these animation studios help with the fulfillment of animation works for big brand names and have carried out outsourced projects including Nemo .

neg: Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series) Inspector Gadget is a French-Canadian-American animated comic science fiction television series that revolves around the adventures of a clumsy , dim-witted detective named Inspector Gadget -- a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body . Gadget 's nemesis is Dr. Claw , the leader of an evil organization known as `` M.A.D. '' The series launched the Inspector Gadget franchise .   This is the first syndicated cartoon show from DIC Entertainment , as well as the first from the company to be created specifically for US viewers , along with The Littles . It originally ran from 1983 to 1986 and remained in syndication into the late 1990s . It was shown on ABC in Australia from 26 July 1984 to 8 February 1991 .   Created by Andy Heyward , Bruno Bianchi , and DiC 's founder Jean Chalopin , the series was a co-production between DiC Entertainment ( at the time named DiC Enterprices ) and the Canadian studio Nelvana , which DiC outsourced the pre-production to . The animation work was outsourced to Asian studios Tokyo Movie Shinsha in Japan and Cuckoo 's Nest Studio in Taiwan . It was the first animated television series to be presented in stereo sound .

neg: Freaky Stories Freaky Stories is a Canadian television series , which was originally broadcast by YTV in English and Canal Famille ( now VRAK.TV ) in French ( 5-minute versions using the French title Frissons ) . It is an animated show about urban legends hosted by two animatronic puppets , Larry de Bug , a cockroach , ( voiced by James Rankin ) and his gooey sidekick , Maurice the maggot ( voiced by Dan Redican ) in Ted 's Diner - a 1940s era diner setting staffed by Rosie the waitress ( voiced by Jayne Eastwood , but never seen - Season One only ) .   It was often part of The Three Friends and Jerry when it aired on Fox Family . This series , described as `` a Twilight Zone for kids , '' centers on the kind of myths and legends that are told as scary campfire or bedtime stories . Every episode always starts with and finishes with the phrase : `` This is a true story , and it happened to a friend of a friend of mine . '' and by the words of Larry , `` Just because they never happened , does n't mean they ai n't true . '' Animation styles and musical scoring varied within each half-hour episode , incorporating 20 different looks in the first season alone . The short stories and changing styles were specifically designed to keep viewers ' attention span .   Series creator Steve Schnier successfully pitched his concept of modern urban legends to YTV in 1991 . In 1994 , Steve teamed with executive producer John Delmage . The resulting Freaky Stories pilot premiered during YTV 's `` Dark Night 3 '' Halloween block on October 28 , 1995 , and the series itself premiered as a one-hour special as part of `` Dark Night 5 '' on October 24 , 1997 . While most episodes were finished on digibeta , the pilot was shot on film using traditional animation techniques but completed on video . The subsequent series was digitally inked , painted and composited .   Some famous episodes of Freaky Stories tell the story of :  a family goes to Mexico and brings home a pet thinking it is a chihuahua , but is really a sewer rat .  a man with a telescope calls the police to look at something horrible he found through his telescope across the street .  a pizza delivery man enters a house to eat pizza with a lady and finds out she is going to kill him .  a teenage girl who is obsessed with horror films babysits three boys and is later visited by a lady who says she is the mother 's sister , but soon finds out from the mother that her sister was killed in an auto accident one year earlier .  a boy from Mexico sees into the future , only to discover that the world is going to end in 2016 . The only person who can save the world is a man from South Africa who will die in 2015 . ( part of the pilot , titled `` Who will save Leron ? '' )  a woman buys a new mysterious diet pill in preparation for a beauty contest , on the condition that she must not drink water for the duration of the diet . The diet pill was actually filled with several tiny sponges , and when she breaks and drinks gallons of water , they cause her to bloat uncontrollably .  a woman has a beehive hairdo for so long that she gets a headache ; they surgically cut open the beehive and she has tons of spiders living in her hair . ( part of the pilot , titled `` Spider in the Hairdo '' ) .  a man goes on a camping trip has a bug crawl into his ear , which starts bothering him , so he goes to see a witch doctor who pulls it out of the other ear , but in the process announces that the bug was a female and it laid eggs in his brain .  a group of people on an airplane get stuck when the cockpit somehow would n't open , leaving it up to a boy ( using his braces ) to save them .  a phone keeps ringing at a home mysteriously , leaving a family puzzled , until they realize the line is broken and keeps phoning the house .  a boy eats a bunch of peanuts , which were chocolate covered peanuts that an old woman previously sucked on .  The Hook , done as a musical .  a nosy hotel maid uses a mysterious spray to set her hair , only to find that she was using industrial shellac ; thus , her hair cracked and she became bald .  a boy photographs a mysterious waiter at a downtown restaurant and finds out that the waiter really is a vampire because he does not appear in the photo .  the greedy owner of an airline tries to save money by not emptying the waste tanks on his planes ; a plane flies over his house party and covers his party with waste .  a young man at a supermarket is duped by an elderly woman into paying for her groceries .  a young vacationing couple tries to take a photo with a kangaroo which they believe to be dead ; the kangaroo comes back to life and steals their camera .  a mischievous boy makes faces while riding in a car ; a trick wind comes along and his face is stuck in that pose .  a teenage boy finds that his girlfriend always sucks on a lock of her hair ; one day , she coughs up a hairball .  a nerdy boy creates a concoction to help him grow facial hair ; he accidentally uses too much and becomes a werewolf .  a young girl learns kung-fu so she can confront bullies at school ; after beating a girl up for supposedly stealing her lunch , she comes home to find that she left her lunch on the kitchen counter that morning .  a farmer treats a heroic pig who saved the entire farm from a fire by giving him many luxuries ; however , the pig uses a wheelchair because the farmer could not resist cutting its legs off to eat .  two cheating college students ask to make up an exam on the excuse of a flat tire ; after being confined to different rooms , the majority of their exam asks them to identify which tire was flat .  an elderly millionaire spends all his money commissioning research for a potion that will make him live forever ; he gets the potion , but it does n't stop him from aging and eventually his bones collapse .  a rejected football player spreads bird seed on the football field every day for a summer ; at the first game of the new school year , the stadium is bombarded with pigeons .  a boy who sneaks into the female dorms in college must hide under the bed when girls enter ; he mistakenly drinks a glass containing a girl 's contact lenses .  a prisoner collects utensils to dig himself out of his cell ; he emerges into the courtroom where his trial is being held .  a woman enters a funeral home to use the washroom and signs the guestbook ; she later finds that the deceased , a very rich connoisseur , has left a fortune of money and valuable art to the only person who signed his guestbook .  a deceased man 's business partner visits the deceased man 's grave every year , dressed as his widowed lover , leaving a rose on his gravestone to churn up business for his local shop .  a girl left home alone hears noises in the night but does n't go downstairs to investigate because she feels her dog lick her feet under the bed ; when she wakes up in the morning , the intruder has left a note saying `` humans can lick too '' .  a creepy unpopular girl invites a few girls from school to her party ; they think the creepy girl is knocking ominously at the door as a prank , but they later find out that the creepy girl could not have been the one knocking outside .  a nerdy girl brings snacks for a boy in the school cafeteria every day for a week ; on the last day , she reveals that she made the snack using a contraption she built to make food out of dead cockroaches .  a boy falls asleep watching horror movies ; he dreams that he is attacked by mummies wielding toilet paper outside his house ; he wakes up but finds his house covered with toilet paper .  man picks up a hitchhiking girl on the road ; she disappears during the drive but leaves her jacket . The man goes to her house to return the jacket , but is greeted by a woman saying the girl died several years ago , wearing that same jacket .  identical twins get engaged to the same girl by pretending to be one person ; on the wedding day , both twins forget to show up by accident , so a long lost identical triplet marries the girl  a woman tricks her boyfriend into thinking he has won the lottery ; he reveals several incriminating secrets and walks out on her , only to find out that the lottery drawing was yesterday 's .  a man stores his fancy futuristic car under high-tech security ; only day , he finds that the car has been turned around 180 degrees in the garage , and the thieves have left a note saying `` if we want it , we 'll take it '' .  a family 's car is stolen , but returned later with a note explaining that someone needed the car for an emergency and has left opera tickets for the family as a thanks . The family goes to the opera that night and comes home to find their house completely looted .  a man and his friend stumble upon a landed UFO , go inside to find an alien party with severed heads on the walls .  a woman comes home to find her dog choking on a finger that turns out to be the finger of a burglar , her lover , hiding in the closet .  a man who steals car from parking garage finds top-secret fuel injection device in the trunk , travels across the country to deliver the device to a gas company for a large sum of money but is thwarted by the man who was originally hired to transport the device .  a real estate agent stays in an old house for a night to prove it is not haunted ; during the night , creepy disturbances happen like the necks of people in the paintings bleed , but it turns out to be the homeowners ' son playing tricks because he does n't want to move .  an escaped convict hides in a wax museum by posing as a wax figure , but he is discovered when the guard notices the figure has the convict 's trademark six fingers on one hand .  a young boy flushes his pet baby alligator down the toilet because his parents wo n't let him keep it ; when he grows up and is working in the sewers , he sees the now-adult alligator .  a vacationing man in an RV is abandoned at a gas station when the RV drives away on cruise control .  a little leaguer finds out that he 's a robot and that he 's about to be replaced by a newer model .  a sitter is repeatedly phoned by a stranger to `` check on the children '' and the phone operator is asked to trace the next call , the sitter is then informed that the caller is in the house ( an adaptation of The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs story ) . The sitter evacuates the house with the two boys and disappears with them into a downtown city .  a sheriff chasing bank robbers pushes their car off rail tracks but gets his car stuck and gets hit by a train . When his grandson and his friends get in the same situation , they narrowly escape getting hit , and find a sheriff 's badge on the ground and hand prints on the truck 's bumper .  a businessman , tired from a long drive , pulls into a motel to rest . He sleeps on a bed with an automatic massage setting , calling it the best sleep he 's ever had . He attempts to find out what the mechanism is from the hotel manager , who refuses to divulge the secret of the bed . The businessman sees a small hole in the mattress and hopes to get a peek at the bed 's mechanism ; he 's horrified to discover the mattress is filled with thousands of bugs .  an English professor pairs two of his students together for an assignment in order to get them together . He instructs them to write a story , with each partner taking a certain amount of time to write their part .  The Original Spanish Kitchen urban legend , as a musical , like the Hookman episode .  while preparing for a blind date , a girl consumes a bowl of leftover chilli and begins to feel queasy afterwards . As soon as she enters her date 's car , she opens a window and passes gas , unaware that there were passengers in the back seat .  a nervous boy meets a girl who helps him gain more confidence with talking to other girls ; he later tries to thank her , only to discover that she had died twenty years ago , but still returns on the anniversary of her death to help one person in need .  a nerdy boy is set up on a date by two bullies , one of whom related to an unattractive girl ; the couple later fall in love once they see each other 's faces .  a prison inmate starves himself to protest against the food served at the prison . After escaping during a lightning storm , the inmate makes his way towards a bio-tech building and accidentally consumes all of the refrigerator 's contents .  a woman and her party guests believe they have been poisoned when they learn that the fish they ate was bitten by the woman 's cat , who later died ; she later learns that her elderly neighbor had run her cat over with her car .  a man tries to convince his daughter to eat his favorite brand of hog dog wieners by taking her to a themed amusement park , where they learn that the company had been making the wieners out of garbage .  a woman 's life changes when she adopts an abandoned kitten she finds on the street ; but when the kitten gets stuck in a tree , it is accidentally catapulted to another woman 's lawn , who also decides to take it in .  a carpenter hired by an elderly woman accidentally traps her pet bird beneath the newly carpeted floor , and had also pounded the bird flat , mistaking it for an air pocket .  while babysitting for a family , a girl is horrified when she sees the family 's dog chewing on the body of their rabbit ; after grooming it , she places it back in its cage , only to learn that the rabbit had actually died one week before and had been buried in the backyard .  a futuristic family leaves their dog in the hands of the kitchen staff at an alien restaurant ; when the son finds a collar in his soup , the family believes they had consumed their dog , unaware that their pet was still alive in the kitchen .  a journalist sneaks into a room on Area 51 and begins to take various pictures , believing he had found a hidden UFO ; after the photos were revealed to be duds , he loses his job and later finds the real UFO and alien at a local museum .  two rivals attempt to out-dress each other when a fashion TV program arrives at their school ; when both girls are seen in the same outfit , they each tug a loose thread on each other 's dresses , causing their dresses to unravel right in front of their peers .  a man obsesses over a building 's missing thirteenth floor when he realizes that the building actually has one that the elevator skips over ; he discovers that it is actually a trap for obsessive people like him .  a man who regularly steals gasoline from car fuel tanks by siphoning them with a hose , sucking on the hose to start the fuel moving , runs out of gasoline and must siphon fuel from an RV , accidentally swallowing the contents of the tank ; after actually asking the RV 's owner for help , he is allowed to siphon some fuel but is told that what he thought was the fuel tank was actually the septic tank .  a man in a futuristic sci-fi setting is drugged and wakes up to discover that his head has been hooked up to a life support system and his entire body below the neck has been stolen ( a variation on rumors surrounding stolen organs such as kidneys ) .

neg: Show and tell Show and tell may refer to :   Show and tell ( education ) , a school public-speaking activity  Show 'N Tell , a record-playing toy  Show and Tell , a children 's book by Robert Munsch

neg: 1995 in film This is a list of films released in 1995 . The first feature-length computer-animated film Toy Story was the year 's biggest box-office hit , and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture .

neg: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel 's toy line Masters of the Universe . The show , often referred to as simply He-Man , was one of the most popular animated children 's shows of the 1980s , and has retained a heavy cult following to this day .   It made its television debut in 1983 and ran until 1985 , consisting of two seasons of 65 episodes each . Reruns continued to air in syndication until 1988 , at which point USA Network bought the rights to the series . USA aired He-Man until September 1990 . Reruns of the show are no longer being broadcast on the Qubo Night Owl nor on Retro Television Network in the US , but the show is now available on Netflix .

neg: Pixar Play Parade Pixar Play Parade was a parade at Disney California Adventure . The parade features floats and characters based on Disney · Pixar films such as Monsters , Inc. , The Incredibles , and Toy Story . In a first for Disney California Adventure , the floats feature small water jets that shoot water into the crowd of spectators ( this parade effect was first introduced in 1993 for `` Aladdin 's Royal Caravan '' at Disneyland . The music used in the parade is derived from Hong Kong Disneyland 's Mickey 's WaterWorks Parade , both having the same tunes with changes in lyrics .   Due to the large construction phase in the park , the parade went on hiatus starting on January 4 , 2011 . It was originally set to return in November , however it did not as construction was still ongoing . During the hiatus , it was replaced by `` Pixar Pals '' , an interactive show that only featured characters from Monsters , Inc. and The Incredibles . Pixar Pals concluded in May 2012 and Pixar Play Parade returned on June 15 , 2012 to coincide with the grand reopening of Disney California Adventure . During the 2016 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival , the parade was put on hiatus and Pixar pals temporarily return to the park with `` The Incredibles '' , but `` The Monsters Inc '' float did not return this time . The parade later returned when the food and wine festival ended .

neg: List of local children's television series (United States) The following is a list of local children 's television shows in the United States . These were locally produced commercial television programming intended for the child audience with unique hosts and themes . This type of programming began in the late 1940s and continued into the late 1970s ; some shows continued into the 1990s . Author Tim Hollis documented about 1,400 local children 's shows in a 2002 book , Hi There , Boys and Girls !   The television programs typically aired in the weekday mornings before school or afternoons after school as well as on weekends ( to a lesser degree ) . There were different formats . Almost all shows had a colorful host who assumed a persona such as a cowboy/cowgirl , captain/skipper/commodore / admiral , jungle explorer , astronaut , king , princess , clown , sheriff/deputy/trooper , cop , firefighter , hobo/tramp , railroad engineer , magician , `` cousin '' , `` grandfather '' or `` uncle '' , whose role was not only to be the `` DJ '' for syndicated material ( typically cartoons , although westerns were more popular earlier on ) but also to entertain , often with a live television studio audience of kids , during breaks .   Early program fare included cartoon favorites such as Koko the Clown , Daffy Duck , Crusader Rabbit , Dick Tracy , Popeye , Bugs Bunny , Rocky and Bullwinkle , Casper the Friendly Ghost , Mighty Mouse , Porky Pig , Deputy Dawg , Tin Tin , Mel-O-Toons , Woody Woodpecker , The Funny Company , Mr. Magoo , Space Angel and Clutch Cargo as well as movie shorts such as Laurel and Hardy , Our Gang/The Little Rascals and The Three Stooges and animated versions of Laurel and Hardy , Abbott and Costello and The Three Stooges and live action shorts such as Diver Dan . Some included educational segments like the portraits of wildlife in Nature 's Window .


query: Kalpana Raghavendar is a person who writes songs.

pos: Kalpana Raghavendar Kalpana Raghavendar is an Indian playback singer , dubbing voice-actor , songwriter and actor . She started her career as a playback singer at the age of five , and as of 2013 had recorded 1,500 tracks and performed in 3,000 shows in India and abroad .   In 2010 she was the winner of the south Indian singing show Star Singer season 5 , conducted by the Malayalam TV channel Asianet .

neg: Sudha Ragunathan Sudha Raghunathan is a Carnatic composer and vocalist from South India .

neg: Kaatru Veliyidai (soundtrack) Kaatru Veliyidai ( Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ) ( Amidst the air ) is the soundtrack album , composed by Academy Award winning composer A. R. Rahman , to the 2017 Indian Tamil romance film of the same name written and directed by Mani Ratnam starring Karthi and Aditi Rao Hydari . The soundtrack album consists of six tracks each in original Tamil and Telugu version of the album . Four of the tracks for the original version were penned by Vairamuthu , one by his son Madhan Karky and another by Shellee . The lyrics to the Telugu version were written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri . The choreography for the songs are done by Brinda and cinematography for the film by Ravi Varman .

neg: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer The National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to a female playback singer for the best renditions of songs from soundtracks within the Indian film industry . Throughout the years , accounting for ties and repeat winners , the Government of India has presented a total of 45 Best Female Playback Singer awards to 23 different female playback singers .   Until 1974 , winners of the National Film Award received a commemorative plaque and certificate ; since 1975 , they have been awarded with a `` Rajat Kamal '' ( silver lotus ) , certificate and a cash prize that amounted to in 2013 . The first recipient was P. Susheela , who was honoured at the 16th National Film Award ( 1968 ) for her renditions from the Tamil film Uyarntha Manithan . The singer who won the most number of Rajat Kamal awards is K. S. Chithra with six wins , followed by P. Susheela with five . As of 2013 , two singers -- S. Janaki and Shreya Ghoshal -- have won the award four times , and two -- Lata Mangeshkar and Vani Jairam -- have won it thrice . The award has been won twice by Asha Bhosle , Alka Yagnik and Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar . S. Janaki , K. S. Chithra , and Shreya Ghoshal have won the award for their renditions in three different languages . Shreya Ghoshal is the sole recipient of the award for two different songs in the same year in two different languages . Uthara Unnikrishnan is the youngest winner , picking up the award at the age of 10 for the rendition of a song from the Tamil film Saivam ( 2014 ) . No award was given for this category in 1973 .

neg: Nannavanu Nannavanu is a 2010 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film written and directed by Srinivas Raju and produced by Thulasi Gopal . The film stars Prajwal Devaraj along with Aindrita Ray and Avinash in pivotal roles . The film deals with the reincarnation revenge story as the backdrop . Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja scored the music and V. Nagendra Prasad wrote the lyrics for the songs .   The film released on 28 May 2010 across Karnataka and set high expectations for its storyline , music and also some controversies . However upon release , the film generally met with negative reviews from the critics and audience .

neg: Govindadas (Maithili language poet) Govindadas was a Maithili poet of the late 17th century , one of the greatest Maithili poets after Vidyapati . He was one of such Maithili poet claimed to be a Bengali poet . The age of Govindadas is uncertain and so is his identity . He belonged to a renowned family of Karan Kayasthas and was a contemporary of King Sundar Thakur ( ca. 1663-1770 ) . He was a Vaishnava and said to have written a long poem called Krishnalila which may be the series of Radha Krishna padas composed by him . He excelled in oranamentation and sophistication and had greater interest in the use of alankarashastra . His brothers Gangadas , Ramdas and Haridas were also writers .   He was a devotee of Krishna , and his command over the language was unique . His great achievement was metrical perfection added to musical resonance and rhythmic movement . His expressions in superb languages are lucid . His poems on the Radhakrishna legend have a unity of description and treatment in the delination of Krishna 's sorts and the Viraha of the Gopis . In his poems he deals with Mana , Viraha , Vasantalila , Rasalila , Radhavarna , Abhisara . His lyrical songs bear the impressions of vast learning and most of them are in a language known as Brajbuli .

neg: Shekhar Sen Shekhar Sen is a singer , a music composer , a lyricist , and an actor .   Sen is famous for his monoact musical plays that he researched , written , composed , enacted , and directed : `` Tulsi '' , `` Kabeer '' , `` Vivekanand '' , `` Saahab '' & `` Soordas '' .

neg: Banani Ghosh Banani Ghosh , is a Bengali ( Indian ) musician ,  primary known as an exponent of Rabindra Sangeet , but also specializing  in the music of Atulprasad Sen , Rajanikanta Sen and others .   She was born in Mymensingh in present-day Bangladesh , her father  Prafulla Krishna Ghose was also a musician and poet , and editor of a  children 's magazine . Banani was trained in Hindustani classical music  and at Shantiniketan with the noted Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kanika Banerjee . Her voice was so similar to her gurus that to some she is known  as nakal mohar ( the second `` mohar '' , after the Kanika 's popular moniker ) .  With a formal degree in music from Rabindra Bharati University , she also  trained with Dilip Kumar Roy of Pondicherry . Bursting into the  Rabindrasangeet scene in the 1970s , she quickly rose to become an eminent Rabindra Sangeet artist on All India Radio and Doordarshan .   Subsequently , she has lived in Switzerland and in the United States , where  she runs Antara , a Rabindrasangeet organization which has trained  thousands of pupils across the USA over the years . She has also organized the  Tagore festival Rabindra Mela , which attempts to familiarize the works of  Tagore to an international audience . She has also staged a number of dance  dramas , Shapmochan ( 1962 ) , and Bhanushingher Padavali ( Rochester , 1983 )  being particularly notable .

neg: Sri Kantha Krishnamacharyulu Sri Kantha Krishnamacharyulu ( Telugu : శ్రీకాంత కృష్ణమాచార్యులు ) or Krishnamayya ( 12th-13th century CE ) was the official songmaster , poet and bard of the Simhachalam Temple , in Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh , and a Telugu composer who composed around 400,000 keertana songs , in praise of Sri Varahalakshmi Narasimha Swamy , the presiding deity of the temple . He was contemporary to the Kakatiya king , Orugallu . There is a mention about Krishnamaacharyulu , his compositions and his miraculous life in Prataaapa rudra charitraand siddheswara charitra   Currently , Annamacharya of the 15th century is regarded as first vaggeyakara in Telugu . But , that position belongs to Krishnamayya , as he lived 300 years prior to Annamacharya . Musicologists and scholars believe that Krishnayya 's writings bore an indelible influence on later poet-composers . For instance , the song , ` Ye Kulajudaina Nemi ' was inspired by Krishnamayya . His compositions were rendered in simple prose format but encased the highest Vaishanavism . There is no linguistic ornamentation , so to say . He is venerated as the father of sankeertana by the later saint-poets of Telugu language . He was supposed to have carried his four lakh vachanams ( prosody ) on copper plates when he went on a pilgrimage . Of these , only 200 have been retrieved so far and are in existence as of now . They are full of devotional fervour and have been collected in a book form and set to tunes by vinukondaMurali krishna , a musician and a musicologist of Visakhapatnam ( Source : Music MS works in Saraswatimahal , Tanjore Library and Madras MSS Govt . Library ) ( manuscripts ) , Mss manu Scripts ` Prataapa Rudreeyam ' )   1 . ` Toli telugu vaaggeyakaarudu Sreekanta Krishnamaachaaryulu ' a news item by V. Murali Mohan , Cultural correspondent published in ` Andhraprabha ' Telugu daily ( Vizianagram edition ) dt .05.12.1986 ( ( Source : Music MS works in Saraswatimahal , Tanjore Library and Madras MSS Govt . Library ) ( manuscripts ) , Mss manu Scripts ` Prataapa Rudreeyam ' )  2 . ` Srikanta krishnamaachaaryulu ' ( 12th-13th centuries ) an excerpt from the article `` The unknown composers of South India  contributed by Sri . V. Murali Mohan , Cultural Correspondent , published in The Indian Express , Vizianagram edition dt 02.12.1986 ( Source ; Manuscripts Music MS works in Saraswatimahal , Tanjore Library and Madras MSS Govt . Library ) , Mss manu Scripts ` Prataapa Rudreeyam ' )  3Velugulo annamayya-cheekatlo Krishnamayya'a news item article published in Vaartha , Telugu daily

neg: Erra Cinema Erra Cinema ( Telugu : ఎర్ర ) refers to a collection of films in Telugu attributed to various left oriented political ideologies . Although it can not be understood as a genre , it owes its nomenclature to the popular coinage and reference . The Communist parties in Andhra Pradesh are popularly referred to as the ` Erra partilu ' ( Red Parties ) or ` Erra jenda partilu ' ( Red Flag Parties ) . This reference is extended to films which portray the struggles of the oppressed and the downtrodden often banded under the aegis of a ` Red flag ' party . Significant here is the ambiguity in the affiliation to the ideologies of specific political parties who commonly use red flags as symbols . This cinema is not always of an art-house variety .  As with other cinemas in India , Telugu cinema attracted the cultural workers of the left and the left leaning intellectuals . Erra Cinema regularly uses their literature and particularly songs penned or performed by them .  Due to the portrayal of the triumph of the proletarian collective over the hegemonic order these films are considered to be anti-establishment . This view may have strengthened with the portrayal of Naxalites or Maoists in these films . These films are also referred to as Naxalite films . K. B. Tilak , Dhavala Satyam , Vejjella Satyanarayana , Madala Rangarao , R. Narayana Murthy , Dasari Narayana Rao , N. Shankar are some of the directors who have produced films categorised under Erra Cinema .

neg: Gopal Singh Nepali Gopal Singh Nepali ( 1902 -- 17 April1963 ) was an eminent Bihari Indian poet of Hindi literature and a famous lyricist of Bollywood . His association with Bollywood spanned around two decades , beginning in 1944 and ended with his death in 1963 . He was a poet of post-Chhayavaad period , and he wrote several collections of Hindi poems including `` Umang '' ( published in 1933 ) . He was also a journalist and edited at least four Hindi magazines , namely , Ratlam Times , Chitrapat , Sudha , and Yogi .  He was born in Bettiah in the state of Bihar . Although he was of Nepali descent , he did not have much of his heritage .  During Sino-Indian War of 1962 , he wrote many patriotic songs and poems which include Savan , Kalpana , Neelima , Naveen Kalpana Karo , etc. .  He is also known for his seminal volume `` The Newars : An Ethno-Sociological Study of a Himalayan Community '' ( 1965 ) , made into a book from his doctoral dissertation .

neg: Rahul Ranade Rahul Ranade ( born 23 May 1966 in Pune , Maharashtra ) is an Indian singer and music composer in Marathi and Hindi movies . His work in music spans from composing music for films , television , drama to events , concerts in Hindi and Marathi , composing music for ballets , advertisements , and also albums . He is currently settled at Pune .

neg: Kalpadukal Kalpadukal ( കാൽപ പാടുകൾ , Footprints ) is a 1962 Malayalam language film directed by K. S. Antony and starring Prem Nazir in the lead role . The film received a certificate of merit at the National Film Awards . Renowned playback singer K. J. Yesudas sang his first song for this film .

neg: Vennelakanti Vennelakanti Rajeswara Prasad is an Indian film lyricist , known for his works in Telugu Cinema . He is also known for his works as dubbing script writer and contributing lyrics for Tamil films , dubbed into Telugu language .

neg: Bengali rock Bengali rock ( Bengali : বাংলা রক ) is a music genre in which the song lyrics are written in the Bengali language . It may refer to :   Rock music of West Bengal  Rock music of Bangladesh   Category : Bengali music  Category : Indian music  Category : Bangladeshi music  Category : Rock music genres

neg: Rahul Raj Rahul Raj is an Indian music composer . He has composed and produced original scores and soundtracks for Malayalam , Telugu and Tamil movies .

neg: Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards . The award honours Kannada language films .

neg: Shakthisree Gopalan Shakthisree Gopalan is an Indian vocalist , song writer and performer , famous for her collaborations with the top south-Indian music directors/composers like A.R.Rahman , Santhosh Narayanan etc. . Aside from the film music She has been making a substantial impact in the independent music scene , performing with various bands over the years dabbling in Pop , R 'n' B , trip-hop and jazz .   Alongside her success in the Indian film music industry she has been performing and releasing music independently in multiple languages . She has also garnered appreciation for her cover videos on her YouTube channel .   Shakthisree Gopalan is an architect by profession , graduating from Anna University School of Architecture and Planning .

neg: Boliyan Boliyan or Bolis are couplets that are sung in Punjab .   A Boli expresses situations , their emotions and their typical situations . Usually a boli is sung and introduced by one woman , and then the other girls form a chorus .   These boliyan are usually passed down generation by generation orally . This forms a continuous and successive chain , each generation being taught by their predecessor . It is through this process that boliyan have refined and passed on from long ago . Now , boliyan have been fused with Bhangra music to spread all over the world to North America , Great Britain as well as Australia and New Zealand and mixed with all the cultures it interacts with . This has created a modern , urban style bhangra genre that is listened to by more than just North Indians .   Artists such as RDB have fused the urban style of the United Kingdoms hip-hop music with traditional Punjabi beats and lyrics which models the new bhangra genre that is described above .   Although women mainly sing boliyan , men also do . His Hit Smash Kulwinder Dhillon , was launched by his song Boliyan .   `` Jaago '' the night before the wedding , the awakening night is when all of the family join together and sing boliyan , to celebrate the joyous occasion . The first boli to be sung on the Jago Night is Jago Aiya - which translates into the following :  Jatta Jaag Vey . - All you Jatts Wake Up  Hun Jaago Aiya . - For the Jaago has comeShava vey hun Jaago Aiya . - Wow , just look , the Jaago has come . Lori de ke paiya uth pau gi addiyan karu gi chukni pau gi Jaago aaiya Jatta Jaag Vey Hun Jaago Aiya ''   Although commonly women do giddha and sing boliyan , in the Malwa region , in lower Punjab , men sing the boliyan . They also do Bhangra dances to accompany the Boliyan ( see Malwai Giddha ) .   Boliyan were started by the Punjabi ancestors . Their women would sing boliyan to express their emotions and feeling , or just for fun . Nowadays there have become even more popular , as they mark one 's heritage .   To give boliyan more depth and strength , the vibrant colours of the girls dyed salwar kameezs brighten up the surroundings . The brighter the dresses the more visible the dancers .   The folk dances have boliyan as their composition . It is these boliyan that enlivens the mood of the dancers   They are traditional but time has made changes in them too . The boliyan are not composed by a professional person only . Even a farmer contributes to them . They have a uniform rhythm , and often their appeal is enhanced by a meaningless rhyme added to them . Almost all folk dances are performed in circles .  Whilst dancing the giddha , the women sing in sonorous voices , to the accompaniment of the dholak ( drum ) , ghadda ( pots ) or to the beat of clapping . The leader ( woman ) of the chorus sings the boli , which the chorus repeats . The ghadda is played by gently striking a ring or a small stone on it in keeping with the rhythm . It helps to build an atmosphere of gaiety .

neg: Veturi Sundararama Murthy Veturi Sundararama Murthy ( 29 January 1936 -- 22 May 2010 ) , popularly known as Veturi , was a Telugu writer mostly popular for his film songs . His career in the Telugu film industry spanned more than four decades . He was highly admired and cherished for his deep and meaningful lyrics in Telugu songs . He was considered an inspiration by many lyricists .

neg: Pakad In Hindustani music , a pakad is a generally accepted musical phrase ( or set of phrases ) thought to encapsulate the essence of a particular raga . The pakad contains the melodic theme of the raga , on listening to the pakad a person who knows the raga is usually able to identify it . In many cases , the ragas contain the same swaras ( notes ) , then the pakad also contains information about gayaki or chalan ( the way the notes are to be ordered and played/sung ) . Usually , the pakad is formed from short convolutions of the arohana and avarohana , while in some cases it is quite different from them . The pakad for a particular raga need not be unique , its sole purpose is to clarify what raga it is .   For example , here is a pakad for raga Yaman , a prominent raga from Hindustani Music :   Ni * Re Ga Ma # Pa , Ma # Ga Re Sa .


query: The Odia language is used to communicate in Chhattisgarh.

pos: Odia language Odia ( -LSB- əˈdiːə -RSB- ) or Oriya ( -LSB- ɒˈriːə -RSB- ) , both renderings of , is a language spoken by 3.2 % of India 's population . It is an Indo-Aryan language that is spoken mostly in eastern India , with around 40 million native speakers , as of the year 2016 , from the state of Odisha , from adjoining regions of its neighboring states and by the largely migrated Odia population across India .   It is the predominant language of the Indian state of Odisha , where native speakers make up 80 % of the population , and also is spoken in parts of West Bengal , Jharkhand , Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh . Odia is one of the many official languages of India ; it is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand . The language is also spoken by a sizeable population of at least 10 million people in Chhattisgarh .   Odia is the sixth Indian language to be designated a Classical Language in India on the basis of having a long literary history and not having borrowed extensively from other languages .   The earliest known inscription in Odia dates back to the 10th century AD .

neg: Rautia The Rautia are Hindu culture affected tribal caste , found in the states of Bihar , Jharkhand , Chhatishgarh and Madhya Pradesh in India . They are also known as the Rautas .

neg: Mal Paharia language Mal Paharia is a language spoken by 51,000 of 110,000 ethnic Mal Paharia in the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal in India , and regions of Bangladesh . The language is also known as Mal Pahoria , Malto , Malti , Paharia , Parsi , and Mal Pahariya . It has been variously regarded as a Bengali -- Assamese language , a dialect of Malto , and a mixed Dravidian -- Indo-Aryan language . There is a generally positive attitude among speakers of the language towards it , but it is considered vulnerable as some speakers have shifted to Bengali . Mal Paharia uses the Devanagari script and rules for its writing / reading / speech .

neg: Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Bilaspur is a city in Bilaspur District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh , situated 133 km ( 83 miles ) north of the state capital , Naya Raipur . With a population of 693,851 , it is the second-largest city after Raipur-Bhilai-Durg Tri City Metro area . The Chhattisgarh State High Court , located at village Bodri , District Bilaspur has privileged it with the title ` Nyayadhani ' Law Capital ) of the state . The Bilaspur High Court is the largest High Court of Asia . Bilaspur is the administrative headquarters of Bilaspur District . This city is the commercial center and business hub of North East Chhattisgarh region . It is also an important city for the Indian Railways , as it is the headquarters for South East Central Railway Zone and the Bilaspur Railway Division . Bilaspur is 3rd cleanest and 4th longest railway station in India . Approximately 20 % of the total earnings of Indian railways come from South East Central Railway . Bilaspur is also the headquarters of South Eastern Coalfields Limited .   Bilaspur is known for its aromatic rice variety named Doobraj rice , handloom woven colourful soft Kosa silk saris . It is well known for its rich , varied and colorful -LSB- -LSB- culture

neg: Kamarupi Prakrit Kamarupi Prakrit , is the unattested Middle Indo-Aryan ( MIA ) language used in ancient Kamarupa ( 5th -- 13th century ) . This language is the historical ancestor of the Kamatapuri lects and the Assamese language ; and can be dated prior to 1250 CE , when the proto-Kamta language , the parent of the Kamatapuri lects , began to develop . This sort of Sporadic Apabhramsa is a mixture of Sanskrit , Prakrit and colloquial dialects of Assam .   The evidence of this MIA exist in systematic errors in the Sankrit language used in the Kamarupa inscriptions . A distinguishing characteristic of Kamarupa inscriptions is the replacement of ś and ṣ by s , which is contrary to Vararuci 's rule , the main characteristic of Magadhi Prakrit , which warrants that ṣ and s are replaced by ś . Linguists claim this apabhramsa gave rise to various eastern Indo-European languages like modern Assamese and felt its presence in the form of Kamrupi and North Bengali .

neg: Classical Newari Classical Newari ( Modern : पुलां भाय् , Classical : पुलाङु नेपाल भाय् ) , also known as Old Newari or Classical Nepal Bhasa , is the pre-1850 literary form of Nepal Bhasa . It is an important source language for historians and philologists . The classical Newari language has also been considered a hybrid in which an extensive Sanskrit element was grafted on to the Tibeto-Burman substratum

neg: Bhatli Bhatli is a town in Bargarh district , Odisha .

neg: Harauti language Harauti ( Hadoti ) is a Rajasthani language , spoken by approximately four million people in the Hadoti region of southwestern Rajasthan and neighbouring areas in Madhya Pradesh .   It has a nominative marker / nɛ / , which is absent in other Rajasthani languages .   Its word order is the typical subject -- object -- verb . Its characteristic feature , unlike Hindi , is the presence or absence of agentive marker in perfect , depending on the nature of accusative marker .

neg: Geography of Odisha Odisha is a state in the Republic of India . It is situated in the eastern part of the country . It is surrounded by West Bengal to the north-east and in the east , Jharkhand to the north , Chhattisgarh to the west and north-west and Andhra Pradesh to the south . The state has an area of 155,707 km2 and extends for 800 kilometres from north to south and 500 kilometres from east to west . Its coastline is 480 kilometres long . The state is divided into 30 districts which are further subdivided into 314 blocks .

neg: South Asian English South Asian English is the English of South Asia .   English was introduced to South Asia in the early 17th century and reinforced by the long rule of the British Empire .   Today it is spoken as a second language by about 33 million people , 3 % of the total population .   Although it is fairly homogeneous across the region , sharing `` linguistic features and tendencies at virtually all linguistic levels '' , there are also differences based on various factors .   South Asian English is sometimes called `` Indian English '' , as British India included most of the region , but today , the varieties of English are usually divided according to the modern states :  Bangladeshi English  Indian English  Nepali English  Pakistani English  Sri Lankan English

neg: Hindustani grammar Hindustani is the lingua franca of northern India and Pakistan , and its two standardised registers , Hindi and Urdu , are official languages of India and Pakistan respectively . Grammatical differences between the two standards are minimal but each uses its own script : Hindi uses Devanagari while Urdu uses an extended form of the Perso-Arabic script , typically in the Nastaʿlīq style .   On this grammar page Hindustani is written in `` standard orientalist '' transcription as outlined in . Being `` primarily a system of transliteration from the Indian scripts , -LSB- and -RSB- based in turn upon Sanskrit '' ( cf. IAST ) , these are its salient features : subscript dots for retroflex consonants ; macrons for etymologically , contrastively long vowels ; h denoting aspirated plosives . Tildes denote nasalized vowels .

neg: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals , the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , India . It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal ( Silver Lotus ) .   The National Film Awards , established in 1954 , are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema . The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages .   Awards for films in seven regional language ( Bengali , Hindi , Kannada , Malayalam , Marathi , Tamil and Telugu ) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented in 1955 . Three awards of `` President 's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film '' , `` Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film '' and `` Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film '' were instituted . The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards ( 1967 ) .   The films made in Odia language were not considered until the 8th National Film Awards ceremony held in March 1961 . The 1960 Prafulla Kumar Sengupta directorial film Sri Lokenath received the first president 's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Odia .

neg: North India North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India . The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indus-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas , which demarcate the region from the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia .   The term North India has varying definitions - the Ministry of Home Affairs in its Northern Zonal Council Administrative division included the states of Chandigarh , Delhi , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Punjab and Rajasthan . while the Ministry of Culture in its North Culture Zone includes the state of Uttarakhand but excludes Delhi whereas the Geological Survey of India includes Uttar Pradesh and Delhi but excludes Rajasthan and Chandigarh . Other states sometimes included are Bihar , Gujarat , Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal .   North India has been the historical centre of the Mughal , Delhi Sultanate and British Indian Empires . It has a diverse culture , and includes the Hindu pilgrimage centres of Char Dham , Haridwar , Varanasi , Ayodhya , Mathura , Allahabad , Vaishno Devi and Pushkar , the Buddhist pilgrimage centres of Bodhgaya , Sarnath and Kushinagar , the Sikh Golden Temple as well as world heritage sites such as the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve , Khajuraho temples , Hill Forts of Rajasthan , Jantar Mantar ( Jaipur ) , Bhimbetka Caves , Sanchi monuments , Qutb Minar , Red Fort , Agra Fort , Fatehpur Sikri and the Taj Mahal .   The languages that have official status in one or more of the states and union territories located in North India are Hindi , Urdu , Punjabi , Kashmiri/Koshur , Dogri and English .

neg: Kadodi language Kadodi ( Devanagari : कादोडी बोली ) , or Samvedi ( Devanagari : सामवेदी बोली ) , is the language spoken by the Samvedi Brahmins & Kupari community in Vasai , Maharashtra , India . It is also called Samvedic . It may be a divergent dialect of Konkani , with Marathi and Gujarati influence .   A typical phrase in English `` Where are you going ? '' sounds same as when you read `` Tu Kade Sallo ? '' . For `` How are you ? '' Sound as `` Tu koho ha ? ''   One of the famous phrases used in this dialect is `` Tua bapa kaa jaate '' , meaning , `` What difference does it make to you '' ?   You may find some similarities between Kadodi and Vadval Language spoken near Vasai .

neg: Kalindi Charan Panigrahi Kalindi Charan Panigrahi ( 2 July 1901 -- 15 May 1991 ) was a noted Odia poet , novelist , story writer , dramatist , and essayist . He was one of the members of the Odia literary group Sabuja Goshthi ( the Green Group ) .  Influenced by the romantic thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore , during the thirties when the progressive Marxist movements was in full flow in Odia Literature , Kalindi Charana Panigrahi , the older brother of Bhagabati Charana Panigrahi , the founder of Marxist trend in Odisha , formed a group in 1920 called `` Sabuja Samiti '' , along with two of his writer friends Annada Shankar Ray and Baikuntha Patnaik . Perhaps it was the very short existed period in Odia Literature , and later submerged with either Gandhian thoughts or Marxian thoughts . Later Kalindi Charana Panigrahi wrote his famous novel Matira Manisha , being influenced by Gandhism . He was for a period , the editor of English Journals , Bhanja Pradipa and Mayurbhanja Chronicle .   His eldest daughter Nandini Satpathy was born in 1931 , who later went on to become the Chief Minister of Odisha .   His younger brother Bhagabati Charana Panigrahi was the founder of Communist Party in Odisha . Bhagabati 's great contribution for the Independence of India is underplayed in the history , because he was illegally imprisoned , and slow-poisoned by the British . His great grandson Suparno Satpathy is a noted writer , awarded social activist , and a young political leader .

neg: Chakma language Chakma language ( Changma Vaj or Changma Kodha ) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Chakma and Daingnet people . Its better-known closest relatives are Bengali , Assamese , Chittagonian and Rohingya of Arakan , Bishnupriya Manipuri of Manipur , Tanchangya , and Sylheti . It is spoken by nearly 310,000 people in southeast Bangladesh near Chittagong City , and another 300,000 in India in Mizoram , Assam , and Tripura . It is written using the Chakma script , which is also called Ajhā pāṭh , sometimes romanised Ojhopath . Literacy in Chakma script is low .   It is officially recognised by neither the Bangladesh government nor the Indian government , the only two countries where local Chakma people live .   Although there were no Chakma language radio or television stations as of 2011 , the language has a presence in social media and on YouTube . The Hill Education Chakma Script website provides tutorials , videos , e-books , and Chakma language forums .   In 2012 , the Government of Tripura announced it would `` introduce Chakma language in Chakma script in primary schools of Tripura . Imparting of education up to elementary stage in mother tongue is a national policy . To begin with Chakma language subjects in its own scripts will be introduced in 58 primary schools in Chakma concentrated areas . ''   `` In preparation for the January 2014 education season , the national curriculum and textbook board has already started printing books in six languages ... Chakma , Kokborok ( Tripura community ) , Marma , Santal , Sadri ( Orao community ) and Achik . ''   Mor Thengari was Bangladesh 's first Chakma-language movie . However , it was banned in Bangladesh .

neg: Chhachi dialect Chhachi , Chacchī , or Chachhī is a dialect of Hindko spoken in the northwestern parts of Punjab , Pakistan . Grierson classified it within his `` North-Western Lahndā '' group , whereas Shackle considers it part of Hindko `` proper '' , alongside Ghebī and Avāṅkārī . It is mainly spoken in Attock District , Hazara region and adjacent areas of Pakistani Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .

neg: Bhojpuri language Bhojpuri ( Devanagari : भोजपुरी ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Northern-Eastern part of India and Terai region of Nepal . It is chiefly spoken in eastern Uttar Pradesh , western Bihar , and in extreme north-western part of Jharkhand in India . Bhojpuri is , sociolinguistically , one of the seven Hindi languages ( Haryanvi , Braj , Awadhi , Bhojpuri , Bundeli , Bagheli and Kannauji ) . Bhojpuri is one of the recognized national languages of Nepal and has official status in Fiji as Fiji Hindi . It is also a recognized language in Guyana , Suriname , and Mauritius .   Bhojpuri is also spoken in Pakistan , Jamaica , Belize , other parts of the Caribbean and South Africa .   The variant of Bhojpuri of the Indo-Surinamese people is also referred to as Sarnami Hindustani , Sarnami Hindi or just Sarnami and has experienced considerable Sranan Tongo Creole and Dutch lexical influence . More Indians in Suriname know Bhojpuri . In Mauritius a dialect of Bhojpuri remains in use , and it is locally called Bojpury . The day-to-day usage of the language in Mauritius is dropping and today , it is spoken by less than 5 % of the population , according to latest census .

neg: Meitei language Meitei -LSB- ˈməɪtəɪ -RSB- ( also Manipuri -LSB- mənᵻˈpʊri -RSB- , Meithei , Meetei , Meiteilon ) is the predominant language and lingua franca in the southeastern Himalayan state of Manipur , in northeastern India . It is the official language in government offices . Meitei is also spoken in the Indian states of Assam and Tripura , and in Bangladesh and Burma ( now Myanmar ) . It is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO .   Meitei is a Tibeto-Burman language whose exact classification remains unclear . It has lexical resemblances to Kuki and Tangkhul Naga .   The Meitei language has proven to be an integrating factor among all ethnic groups in Manipur who use it to communicate among themselves . It has been recognised ( under the name Manipuri ) by the Indian Union and has been included in the list of scheduled languages ( included in the 8th schedule by the 71st amendment of the constitution in 1992 ) . Meitei is taught as a subject up to the post-graduate level ( Ph.D. ) in universities of India , apart from being a medium of instruction up to the undergraduate level in Manipur . Education in government schools is provided in Meitei through the eighth standard .

neg: Dangi The Dangi are a Hindu caste native to northern India . Their traditional occupation was farming . They speak several languages , but Hindi is the most commonly understood language among them .

neg: Ahom language The Ahom language is a nearly extinct Tai language spoken by the Ahom people who ruled the Brahmaputra river valley in the present day Indian state of Assam between the 13th and the 18th centuries . The language is classified in a Northwestern subgrouping of Southwestern Tai owing to close affinities with Shan , Khamti and , more distantly , Thai . As the Ahom rulers of the area assimilated to the more numerous Assamese , the Indo-Aryan Assamese language gradually replaced Ahom as a spoken language , a process which became complete during the 19th century . As of 2000 , Ahom was only known by approximately 200 priests of the traditional Ahom religion and only used for ceremonial or ritualistic purposes .   Although the language is no longer spoken , the exhaustive 1795 Ahom-Assamese lexicon known as the Bar Amra preserves the form of the language that was spoken during the Ahom Kingdom . Ahom is an important language in Tai studies . It was relatively free of both Mon-Khmer and Indo-Aryan influences and has a written tradition dating back to the 13th century .