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Urdu prose
Urdu prose (اردو نثر) is the body of non-verse literature in the Urdu language, spanning novels, tales, essays, and journalism; it matured after Fort William College was founded in Calcutta in 1800.
Urfi Javed
Urfi (Uorfi) Javed, Indian actress and fashion influencer known for DIY outfits from unconventional materials; Bigg Boss OTT contestant, star of Follow Kar Lo Yaar, winner of The Traitors, and subject of obscenity complaints and legal cases.
Urga
Urga (Close to Eden) is a 1991 France–Soviet drama directed by Nikita Mikhalkov about a Mongolian herder and a Russian trucker; it won the Venice Golden Lion and an Oscar nomination.
Urge Overkill
Urge Overkill, Chicago alternative rock band formed mid-1980s by Nash Kato and Eddie "King" Roeser, named after a Parliament song; known for Saturation (1993) and the Pulp Fiction Neil Diamond cover "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon."
Uri Geller (אורי גלר)
Uri Geller (אורי גלר), Israeli-born entertainer born 1946 in Tel Aviv, famous for claimed psychic spoon bending and telepathy since the 1970s; tested at SRI, published in Nature, and persistently accused by magicians and skeptics of trickery.
Uri Zvi Greenberg
Uri Zvi Greenberg (Hebrew אורי צבי גרינבערג) was a Hebrew and Yiddish poet and essayist, a trailblazer of modernism in both literatures, and a Revisionist Zionist leader.
Uri: The Surgical Strike (उरी: द सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक)
Uri: The Surgical Strike (उरी: द सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक) is Aditya Dhar's 2019 Hindi war film on the 2016 Uri attack and India's cross-LoC strike, starring Vicky Kaushal; it earned about Rs 106.84 crore in ten days and four National Film Awards.
Uriah Heep (band)
Uriah Heep: English hard rock band formed in London in 1969 from the band Spice, named after a Dickens character; known for harmony vocals, Hammond organ, and 1970s gold albums like Demons and Wizards.
Uriah Heep discography
The Uriah Heep discography lists 25 studio albums by the English rock band, formed in London in 1969, from ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble in 1970 to Chaos & Colour in 2023, alongside live and compilation releases.
Urinetown
Urinetown: The Musical, by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, is a 2001 Brechtian satire about a drought-stricken town where the Urine Good Company charges citizens to pee; it won three Tony Awards.
Uriyadi
Uriyadi (உறியடி) is a 2016 Tamil political action thriller written, directed, produced by and starring Vijay Kumar, released 27 May 2016; four engineering students are dragged into caste politics. Not the 2020 Malayalam film of the same name.
Urjuza
The urjuza (الأرجوزة, plural arājīz) is a classical Arabic poem in the rajaz meter, whose light rhythm made it the standard vehicle for memorizing grammar, law, and medicine.
URL (Ultimate Rap League)
The Ultimate Rap League (URL) is an American battle rap league founded by Smack White in New York in 2009, widely seen as the sport's leading league.
Urmila (ऊर्मिला)
Urmila (ऊर्मिला) is a princess of Mithila in the Ramayana, wife of Lakshmana and younger sister of Sita. Valmiki names her once; her famous fourteen-year sleep comes from Telugu women's songs, and modern retellings like Saket and Sita's Sister center her.
Urmila Matondkar (उर्मिला मातोंडकर)
Urmila Matondkar (उर्मिला मातोंडकर), Indian actress and politician born 1974 in Mumbai, star of Rangeela, Satya, Bhoot, and Pinjar; Congress 2019 Mumbai North candidate, later Shiv Sena MLC nominee.
Urmila Matondkar filmography
Urmila Matondkar filmography: screen credits of the Indian actress (born 1974), from child roles in Kalyug and Masoom to Rangeela, Satya, Bhoot, Pinjar, and her last film appearance, Blackmail (2018).
Uroob
Uroob (ഉറൂബ്) was the pen name of P. C. Kuttikrishnan (1915–1979), a Malayalam novelist and screenwriter whose novel Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960.
Urooj Ashfaq
Urooj Ashfaq is an Indian stand-up comedian and writer based in Mumbai, the first India-based winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Newcomer, for her debut hour Oh No! in 2023.
Uroš Predić
Uroš Predić (Урош Предић; 1857–1953) was a Serbian academic realist painter, trained in Vienna, who made over 1700 works and is considered one of the last great Serbian icon painters.
Urotsukidōji (うろつき童子)
Urotsukidōji (うろつき童子), full title Chōjin Densetsu Urotsukidōji, is Maeda Toshio's 1980s adult manga and OVA series about three worlds and the Chōjin who unifies them every 3,000 years; a forerunner of tentacle erotica.
Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
Ursula (アースラ) is the sea witch villain of Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989), voiced by Pat Carroll, designed after drag queen Divine, and reimagined as Triton's sister played by Melissa McCarthy in the 2023 remake.
Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress, born March 19, 1936 in Bern, is the Swiss actress who played the first Bond girl, Honey Ryder, in Dr. No (1962), famous for the white bikini scene, a Golden Globe winner, later in Clash of the Titans, and victim of a 2026 fraud case.
Ursula Bethell
Ursula Bethell (1874–1945), who published as Evelyn Hayes, was a New Zealand poet and pioneer of modern New Zealand poetry, known for garden poems drawn from the Canterbury landscape.
Úrsula Corberó
Úrsula Corberó (Úrsula Corberó Delgado), Spanish actress born 1989 in Sant Pere de Vilamajor, Barcelona; known as Ruth in Física o Química and Tokyo in Money Heist, later Snake Eyes, Burning Body, and The Day of the Jackal.
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018), born Ursula Kroeber in Berkeley, was an American author of The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, and the Earthsea series; winner of six Nebulas, seven Hugos, and the 2014 National Book Foundation Medal.
Ursula K. Le Guin bibliography
Bibliography of Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018): 23 novels, 12 story volumes, 11 poetry volumes, 13 children's books, five essay collections, and four translations, including the Earthsea series and the Hainish novels The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and The Dispossessed (1974).
Ursula Thiess
Ursula Thiess (Ursula Schmidt, 1924–2010), German-born Hollywood actress discovered by Howard Hughes for RKO; starred in Monsoon (1952), married Robert Taylor in 1954, then left acting.
Urtiin duu
Urtiin duu, meaning long song, is a Mongolian traditional folk genre tied to nomadic pastoral life, proclaimed a UNESCO Masterpiece in 2005 and inscribed on the Representative List in 2008.
Uru
Uru (ウル) is a Japanese singer-songwriter who debuted in 2016 on Sony Music after posting about 100 cover videos on YouTube, known for anime and drama theme songs.
Urubhanga
Urubhanga (ऊरुभङ्ग, "the breaking of the thighs") is a one-act Sanskrit play attributed to Bhāsa, dramatizing Duryodhana's final hours after Bhima shatters his thighs in a mace duel.