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Dhamaal (धमाल)

Dhamaal (धमाल) is a 2007 Hindi comedy film directed by Indra Kumar, starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Jaaved Jaaferi, and Aashish Chaudhary; four friends chase ten crore rupees buried in Goa, pursued by Inspector Kabir Nayak.

Dhamaal 4

Dhamaal 4 (धमाल 4) is a 2026 Hindi comedy adventure and the fourth part of the Dhamaal film series, starring Ajay Devgn and Riteish Deshmukh, and directed by Indra Kumar.

Dhamaka (2021 film)

Dhamaka (धमाका) is a 2021 Hindi thriller directed by Ram Madhvani, starring Kartik Aaryan as ex-news anchor Arjun Pathak; an official remake of the Korean film The Terror Live, it premiered on Netflix on 19 November 2021.

Dhamaka (ధమక) (2022 film)

Dhamaka (ధమక) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina, starring Ravi Teja in a double role with Sreeleela, released in December 2022.

Dhamma desana

Dhamma desana is the Buddhist practice of preaching, a spoken exposition or sermon on the Dhamma, central to Theravada ritual in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.

Dhampiya Atuva Gatapadaya

Dhampiya Atuva Gatapadaya (ධම්පියා අටුවා ගැටපදය), also rendered Dampiya Atuva Gatapadaya, is a tenth-century Sinhala glossary compiled by King Kassapa V that explains the Pali Dhammapadatthakatha and is the oldest datable Sinhala prose work.

Dhanak (धनक)

Dhanak (धनक, Rainbow) is a 2015 Hindi children's road film by Nagesh Kukunoor about orphaned siblings Pari and blind Chotu trekking 300 km across Rajasthan to find Shah Rukh Khan; it won the Berlinale Generation Kplus Grand Prix and the 2017 National Film Award for Best Children's Film.

Dhananjaya (ಧನಂಜಯ) (actor)

Dhananjaya, also ಧನಂಜಯ or Daali Dhananjaya, is an Indian Kannada actor, producer, and lyricist, born 1986 in Arsikere; theatre at Rangayana, debut Director's Special 2013, breakthrough as Daali in Tagaru 2018, Jolly Reddy in Pushpa, runs Daali Pictures.

Dhanapala

Dhanapala (धनपाल) was a Jain Sanskrit and Prakrit poet who served the Paramara kings Siyaka, Munja, Sindhuraja, and Bhoja of Malwa, and wrote the prose romance Tilakamañjarī.

Dhandoraa

Dhandoraa (దండోరా) is a 2025 Telugu social drama, Muralikanth Devasoth's debut, produced by Ravindra Benerjee Muppaneni. Released 25 December 2025, it stars Sivaji, Navdeep, and Bindu Madhavi in a caste drama about funeral rites denied after an honor killing.

Dhani Harrison

Dhani Harrison (born 1978) is a British-American musician, son of George Harrison. Leads thenewno2, Fistful of Mercy, and Dragonflies with Nigel Godrich; solo albums IN///PARALLEL and Innerstanding; revived Dark Horse Records.

Dhanteras (धनतेरस)

Dhanteras (धनतेरस), also Dhantrayodashi or Dhanvantari Trayodashi, is the Hindu festival opening five-day Diwali on Kartik Krishna Trayodashi, marked by Lakshmi-Kubera-Dhanvantari worship, Yama Deepam lamps, and buying gold, silver, and utensils.

Dhanush (தனுஷ்)

Dhanush (தனுஷ்), stage name of Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, is an Indian Tamil cinema actor, producer, director, lyricist, and playback singer, born 1983 in Chennai. Two-time National Film Award Best Actor winner (Aadukalam, Asuran), creator of the viral song Why This Kolaveri Di, and director of Raayan.

Dhanush filmography

Dhanush filmography (தனுஷ்), also Venkatesh Prabhu: Tamil film career of the Indian actor-director from Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) through Raayan (2024), with two National Awards, Raanjhanaa, and The Gray Man.

Dhanya Ramkumar

Dhanya Ramkumar (born 1995, Bangalore) is a Kannada film actress, granddaughter of Dr Rajkumar. Debuted in Ninna Sanihake (2021) as Amrutha, winning Filmfare Best Female Debut - South; 2024 films include Hide and Seek, Kaalapatthar, The Judgement, and Powder.

Dhar Mann

Dhar Mann (born 1984) is an American entrepreneur and founder-CEO of Dhar Mann Studios, a Burbank creator studio making short scripted moral-lesson videos, with 170M+ followers, five episodes weekly, and Disney, Fox, and NFL partnerships.

Dharala Prabhu

Dharala Prabhu (தாராள பிரபு), 2020 Tamil comedy-drama, official remake of Vicky Donor; directed by Krishna Marimuthu, starring Harish Kalyan, Tanya Hope, Vivek; released 13 March 2020, U/A certified, streamed on Prime Video.

Dharam Karam (धरम करम)

Dharam Karam (धरम करम), also known as Duty and Deed, is a 1975 Hindi drama directed by Randhir Kapoor, produced by Raj Kapoor for R.K. Films, starring Raj Kapoor, Rekha, and Randhir Kapoor, with R.D. Burman music and the song "Ek Din Bik Jayega."

Dharam Veer (धरम वीर)

Dharam Veer (धरम वीर) is a 1977 Hindi-language masala adventure film directed by Manmohan Desai, starring Dharmendra as Dharam Singh and Jeetendra as Veer Singh, with music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

Dharamvir Bharati

Dharamvir Bharati (धर्मवीर भारती, 1926–1997) was a Hindi poet, novelist, playwright, and journalist, best known for Gunahon Ka Devta and the poetic play Andha Yug.

Dharani (director)

Dharani (தரணி, born V.C. Ramani), Tamil action-masala film director of the hits Dhill, Dhool, and Ghilli with Vikram and Vijay; debut Ethirum Pudhirum (1999); distinct from director Dharani Dharan.

Dharavi Bank

Dharavi Bank is a 2022 Hindi MX Player crime series directed by Samit Kakkad, starring Suniel Shetty as gangster Thalaivan and Vivek Oberoi as JCP Jayant Gavaskar, 10 episodes.

Dharius

Dharius, stage name of Alan Alejandro Maldonado Tamez, is a Mexican rapper born in 1984 in Monterrey who was an MC of Cartel de Santa until 2013 before going solo.

Dharma & Greg

Dharma & Greg (Dharma and Greg), an ABC sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Dottie Dartland Zicklin, ran 1997–2002 for 5 seasons and 119 episodes, starring Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as opposites who marry on their first date; Elfman won a 1999 Golden Globe.

Dharma Durai (தர்ம துரை) (2016 film)

Dharma Durai (தர்மதுரை), 2016 Tamil drama directed by Seenu Ramasamy, starring Vijay Sethupathi and Tamannaah; Yuvan Shankar Raja music; won National Film Award Best Lyrics for "Entha Pakkam". Distinct from the 1991 Rajinikanth film of the same name.

Dharma Initiative

The DHARMA Initiative (Department of Heuristics And Research on Material Applications) is the fictional Lost research project founded in 1970 by the DeGroots with Hanso Foundation funding, built island stations like the Swan, and ended in the Purge.

Dharma Productions

Dharma Productions (धर्मा प्रोडक्शंस), founded by Yash Johar in 1976 and owned by Karan Johar and Adar Poonawalla, is a Mumbai-based Indian film studio behind Dostana, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and over 60 films, with Dharmatic as its digital arm.

Dharmamangal

Dharmamangal (ধর্মমঙ্গল) is a Bengali mangal-kavya cycle of praise poems for the folk deity Dharma Thakur, written by over twenty poets in western Bengal from the mid-1600s into the 1800s and telling of the hero Lausen.

Dharmamrita

Dharmamrita (Kannada: ಧರ್ಮಾಮೃತ, Sanskrit Dharmamritam, "the nectar of dharma") is a 12th-century Kannada Jain didactic work by the Digambara monk Nayasena, composed in 1112 CE at Mulugunda in present-day Karnataka.

Dharman

Dharman (தர்மன்) is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language medical drama and action thriller directed by Ashwath Marimuthu, starring Rajinikanth as a doctor who takes on criminals.