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Umro Ayyar or Amar Ayyar is a fictional character, an ayyār, [a] in Tilism-e-Hoshruba, an Urdu recension of the Islamic epic Hamzanama (originally in Persian). He was first written about during the time of Mughal Emperor Akbar and many stories and novels have been written about him since.
Anya, daughter of the Marvel Comics character Magneto; Anya, or Princess Ann, a character in the film Roman Holiday; Anya, or Princess Anastasia, protagonist of the 1997 film Anastasia; Anya, in the video game Diablo II: Lord of Destruction; Anya, in the video game Mouthwashing; Anya, in the video game Project I.G.I.
Ahmad Kamal Faridi (Urdu: احمد کمال فریدی) (Inspector Faridi, later Colonel Faridi, also known as Colonel Hardstone, Colonel Fareedi) is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, created by Ibn-e-Safi as the lead character of the Urdu spy novel series Jasoosi Dunya (The Spy World).
Umrao Jaan Ada (Urdu: اُمراؤ جان ادا) is an Urdu novel by Mirza Hadi Ruswa (1857–1931), first published in 1899. [1] It is considered the first Urdu novel by many [2] and tells the story of a tawaif and poet by the same name from 19th century Lucknow, as recounted by her to the author.
Chandramukhi is one of the pivotal characters in the 1917 Bengali novel Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Her character was inspired by the Hindu mystical singer Meera, who devoted her life to Lord Krishna; similarly Chandramukhi devoted her life to Devdas. [1] Chandramukhi is portrayed as a tawaif in the novel and its film adaptations. [2]
Twelve adaptations of Padmavat exist in Persian and Urdu. The most famous of these are Rat-Padam and Shama-wa-parwanah . The Rat-Padam (1618) of Mulla Abdul Shakur or Shaikh Shukrullah Bazmi of Gujarat follows the plot of Padmavat closely, but omits the Sufi symbolism for characters and events.
Ali (character), a Chinese cartoon character; Ali , a character in the television series House; Ali Baba, a character in the folk tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; Ali Bombay, a character in the television series M.A.S.K. Ali Osman, a character in the soap opera EastEnders; Ali Al-Saachez, a character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Thanda Gosht (Urdu: ٹھنڈا گوشت ALA-LC: Ṭhanḍā Gos̱ẖt IPA: [ʈʰənɖɑː ɡoːʃt̪], English: Cold Flesh) is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto. [1] The book was first published in a literary magazine in March 1950 in Pakistan. Later it was published by Sang-e-Meel Publications. Manto was charged with obscenity for ...