AMITABH BACHAN

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He was Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Amitabh Bachchan hails from a Hindu-Sikh family. His father, Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a well-known Hindi poet, while his mother, Teji Bachchan was a Sikh


Punjabi from Faisalabad (now in Pakistan). Bachchan was initially named Inquilab, inspired from the famous phrase Inquilab Zindabad, during the Indian independence struggle, but was re-christened Amitabh which means, "the light that would never go off." Though his surname was Shrivastava, his father had adopted the pen-name Bachchan, under which he published all his works. It is with this last name that Amitabh debuted in films, and, for all public purposes, it has become the surname of all members of his current family.
Amitabh is the elder of Harivansh Rai Bachchan's two sons, the second being Ajitabh. His mother had a keen interest in theatre and had been offered a role in a film, but preferred her domestic duties. She had some degree of influence in Bachchan's choice of career because she always insisted that he should take the centre stage. He attended Allahabad's Jnana Prabodhini and Boys' High School (BHS), followed by Nainital's Sherwood College, where he majored in the art stream. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College of the University of Delhi and completed a Bachelor of Science degree. In his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Calcutta now known as Kolkata, to pursue a career in acting.

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Early work 1969-1972:
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Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 as one of the seven protagonists in Saat Hindustani, a film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and featuring Utpal Dutt, Madhu and Jalal Agha. Though the film was not a financial success, Bachchan won his first National Film Award for Best Newcomer.
The critically acclaimed and commercially successful Anand(1971) followed, where he starred alongside Rajesh Khanna. Bachchan's role as a doctor with a cynical view of life garned him a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Amitabh then played the role of an infatuated lover in Parwaana (1971) opposite Navin Nischl, Yogeeta Bali and Om Prakash and was a rare instance of him portraying the villain. This was followed by several films which were not particularly successful at the box office including Reshma Aur Shera (1971). During this time, he made a guest appearance in the film Guddi which starred his future wife Jaya Bhaduri opposite Dharmendra. Noted for his deep baritone voice early on in his career, he narrated part of the film Bawarchi. In 1972, he made an appearance in the road action comedy Bombay to Goa, directed by S. Ramanathan. He starred alongside actors such as Aruna Irani, Mehmood, Anwar Ali and Nasir Hussain.

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In 1984, Amitabh took a break from acting and briefly entered politics in support of long-time family friend, Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad's Lok Sabha seat against H. N. Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and won by the one of the highest victory margins in general election history (68.2% of the vote). His political career, however, was short-lived: He resigned after three years, calling politics a cesspool. The resignation followed the implication of Bachchan and his brother in the "Bofors scandal" by a newspaper, which he vowed to take to court. Bachchan was eventually found not guilty of involvement in the ordeal.
His old friend, Amar Singh, helped him during a financial crisis due to the failure of his company ABCL. Therefore Bachchan started to support Amar Singh's political party, the Samajwadi party. Jaya Bachchan joined the Samajwadi Party and became a Rajya Sabha member. Bachchan has continued to do favors for the Samajwadi party, including advertisements and political campaigns. These activities have recently gotten him into trouble again in the Indian courts for false claims after a previous incident of submission of legal papers by him, stating that he is a farmer.
A 15 year press ban against Bachchan was imposed during his peak acting years by Stardust and some of the other film magazines. In his own defense, Bachchan claimed to have banned the press from entering his sets almost till the end of 1989...

Producer and acting comeback 1996-1999:

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Bachchan turned producer during his temporary retirement period, setting up Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, Ltd. (A.B.C.L.) in 1996, with the vision of becoming a 10 billion rupees (approx 250 million $US) premier entertainment company by the year 2000. ABCL's strategy was to introduce products and services covering the entire section of the India's entertainment industry. Its operations were mainstream commercial film production and distribution, audio cassettes and video discs, production and marketing of television software, celebrity and event management. Soon after the company was launched in 1996, the first film was produced by the company. Tere Mere Sapne failed to do well at the box office but launched the careers of actors such as Arshad Warsi and South films star Simran. ABCL produced a few other films, none of which did well.
In 1997, Bachchan attempted to make his acting comeback with the film Mrityudaata, produced by ABCL. Though Mrityudaata attempted to reprise Bachchan's earlier success as an action hero, the film was a failure both financially and critically. ABCL was the main sponsor of the The 1996 Miss World beauty pageant, Bangalore but lost millions. The fiasco and the consequent legal battles surrounding ABCL and various entities after the event, coupled with the fact that ABCL was reported to have overpaid most of its top level managers, eventually led to its financial and operational collapse in 1997. The company went into administration and was later declared a failed company by Indian Industries board. The Bombay high court, in April 1999, restrained Bachchan from selling off his Bombay bungalow 'Prateeksha' and two flats till the pending loan recovery cases of Canara Bank were disposed of. Bachchan had, however, pleaded that he had mortgaged his bungalow to Sahara India Finance for raising funds for his company.
Bachchan attempted to revive his acting career and had average success with Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), and received positive reviews for Sooryavansham (1999) but other films such as Lal Baadshah (1999) and Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999) were box office failures

AMIR KHAN

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Aamir Khan was born to Aamir Hussain Khan on March 14, 1965 is an Indian film actor, director and producer. Khan worked in a number of critically and commercially successful films and has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema. He is also the founder-owner of Aamir Khan Productions.
Starting his career as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Khan began his professional career eleven years later with the film, holi(1984). He had his first commercial success with his cousin Mansoor Khan's film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), for which he won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. After seven previous nominations during the 1980s and 1990s, Khan received his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in the major grosser Raja Hindustani (1996).
In 2001, he made his debut as a film producer with the Academy Award-nominated Lagaan. Khan played the lead role in the film and earned his second Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance. After a four-year break from acting, Khan made his comeback with Ketan Mehta's Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), and later won a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for his role in Rang De Basanti (2006). In 2007, he made his directorial debut with Taare Zameen Par, for which he received a Filmfare Best Director Award. This was followed by Ghajini (2008), which became the highest-grossing Indian film of all-time, unadjusted for inflation.
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In 2001 he appeared in Lagaan. The film was a major critical and commercial success, and received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Academy Awards. Additionally, the film gathered critical acclaim at several international film festivals, in addition to winning numerous Indian awards, including the National Film Awards. Khan himself won his second Filmfare Best Actor Award.
The success of Lagaan was followed by Dil Chahta Hai later that year, in which Khan co-starred with Akshaye Khanna and Saif Ali Khan, with Preity Zinta playing his love interest. The film was written and directed by the then newcomer Farhan Akhtar. According to critics, the film broke new grounds by showing Indian urban youth as they really are today. The characters depicted were modern, suave and cosmopolitan. The film did moderately well and was a success mostly in urban cities.
Khan then took a four year break citing personal problems, and returned in 2005 with Ketan Mehta's Mangal Pandey: The Risin playing the title role of a real-life sepoy and a martyr who helped spark the Indian Rebellion of 1857 or the 'First War of Indian Independence'.
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's award-winning, Rang De Basanti, was Khan's first release in 2006. His role was critically acclaimed, earning him a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance and various nominations for Best Actor. The film went on to become one of the highest grossing films of the year, and was selected as India's official entry to the Oscars. Although the film was not shortlisted as a nominee, it received a nomination for Best Foreign Fil at the BAFTA Awards in England. Khan's work in his next movie, Fanaa (2006) was also appreciated, and the film went on to become one of the highest grossing Indian films of 2006
His 2007 film, Taare Zameen Par, was also produced by him and marked his directorial debut. The film, which was the second offering from Aamir Khan Productions, starred Khan in a supporting role as a teacher who befriends and helps a dyslexic child. It opened to excellent responses from critics and audiences alike. Khan's performance was well-received, although he was particularly applauded for his directing.
In 2008, Khan appeared in the movie Ghajini. The film was a major commercial success and became the highest grossing Bollywood movie of all time in nominal terms (i.e., without taking inflation into account). For his performance in the film, Khan received several Best Actor nominations at various award ceremonies as well as his fifteenth Filmfare Best Actor nomination.

CINEMA ACTOR NAGA CHAITANYA

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He was born on November 2, 1986 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, is a film actor. He is the son of popular actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, the grandson of Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and the nephew of actor Venkatesh. He made his film debut with "Josh", which is releasing on 3rd September 2009 ....
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However his parents split before his first birthday, and subsequently he lived with his father and his step mother, Amala, a prominent actress. Nagarjuna also had another son with Amala, called Akhil Akkineni, who played the lead role in Sisindri as a two year old. Moreover, Naga Chaitanya's grandfather, Akkineni Nageswara Rao was one of thespian's of Telugu cinema, with cousins Sumanth and Sushanth also being film actors. His maternal grandfather, D. Ramanaidu, is a famous producer in the film industry whilst his maternal uncle, Venkatesh is also one of Telugu cinema's biggest actors. His debut movie JOSH release date delayed due to demise of CM YSR.
Naga Chaitanya initially did not want to become an actor, but had a sudden change of mind, which resulted in his parents sending him to an acting school in Mumbai and then to Hollywood to learn dancing and fighting, before he made his debut.
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Following the legacy led by his family in films, Naga Chaitanya's debut was widely anticipated. After several rumours regarding his debut, during the audio launch of his father's King, Chaitanya was introduced to the film world and there his debut film was launched. Josh, directed by newcomer Vasu Varma and produced by Dil Raju pairs him opposite a fellow debutant and child of an actress, Karthika Nair, the daughter of Radha.
Prior to the release of his first film, he signed up for his second film with Indira Poductions, which is to be directed by Gautham Menon and music will be given by Oscar Winner A.R.Rahman.

MICHAEL JACKSON

Michael Joseph Jackson:He was born in Aug 29,1958 dubbed The “King of Pop”, was an American musician and one of the most commercially successful entertainers of all time. His unique contributions to music and dance, along with a highly publicized personal life, made him a prominent figure in popular culture for four decades.
He started a solo career in 1971, having made his debut in 1964 as a member of The Jackson 5. His 1982 album Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time, with four others — Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995) — among the best selling. He popularized several physically complicated dance moves, such as the robot and the moonwalk. He is widely credited with having transformed the music video from a promotional tool into an art form, with videos for his songs "Billie Jean", "Beat It" and "Thriller" making him the first African American artist to amass a strong crossover following on MTV.
Twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, his other achievemens feature multiple Guinness World Records — including the "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time" — 13 Grammy Awards, 17 number one singles (including the four number ones with Jackson 5), and estimated sales between 350 million and 750 million records worldwide. He was also a notable philanthropist and humanitarian who donated and raised million of dollars through support of 39 charities and his own.

1958–75: Early life and The Jackson 5:

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Michael Jackson was born the seventh of nine children on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, an industrial suburb of Chicago, to an African American working-class family. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovah's Witness, and his father, Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, a steel mill worker who performed with an R&B band called The Falcons. Jackson had three sisters: Rebbie, La Toya, and Janet, and five brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy.Jackson had a troubledrelationship with his father. He stated that he was physically and emotionally abused during incessant rehearsals, whippings, and name-calling, though he credited his father's discipline for his success. In one altercation recalled by Marlon, Joseph held Michael upside down by one leg and "pummeled him over and over again with his hand, hitting him on his back and buttocks". Joseph would also trip or push his sons into walls. One night while Michael was asleep, Joseph climbed into his room through the bedroom window, wearing a fright mask and screaming. He said he wanted to teach the children not to leave the window open when they went to sleep. For years afterward, Jackson said he suffered nightmares about being kidnapped from his bedroom.Joseph acknowledged in 2003 that he regularly whipped Jackson as a child.

Death and memorial:

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Main articles: Death of Michael Jackson and Michael Jackson memorial service
On June 25, 2009, Jackson collapsed at his rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles. Attempts at resuscitating him by his personal physician were unsuccessful. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics received a 911 call at 12:22 p.m. (PDT), arriving three minutes later at Jackson's location. He was reportedly not breathing and CPR was performed.Resuscitation efforts continued en route to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and for an hour after arriving there at 1:13 p.m. (20:13 UTC).The memorial was held on July 7, 2009, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, preceded by a private family service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park's Hall of Liberty. Jackson's casket was present during the memorial but no information was released about the final disposition of the body. While some unofficial reports claimed a worldwide audience as high as one billion people the U.S. audience was estimated by Nielson to be 31.1 million, an amount comparable to the estimated 35.1 million that watched the 2004 burial of President Ronald Reagan, and the estimated 33.1 million Americans who watched the 1997 funeral for Princess Diana.

Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Mariah Carey, John Mayer, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Jermaine Jackson, and Shaheen Jafargholi performed at the event. Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson gave eulogies, while Queen Latifah read, "We had him," a poem written for the occasion by Maya Angelou. The Reverend Al Sharpton received a standing ovation when he told Jackson's children, "Wasn't nothing strange about your Daddy. It was strange what your Daddy had to deal with. But he dealt with it anyway." Jackson's 11-year-old daughter, Paris Katherine, cried as she told the crowd, "Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine ... I just wanted to say I love him ... so much."

KATRINA KAIF

Katrina Kaif

She was born in 16 july is a Hong Kong-born British-Indian actressand modelwho has appeared in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. Since 2007 she has starred in several commercially successful films, which made her one of the popular actresses in current Bollywood.

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Katrina Kaif

was born in Hong Kong to a Kashmiri Muslim father, Mohammed Kaif, and a British Christian mother, Suzzane. Her mother, a Harvard graduate, was a lawyer but later became involved in charity work. Her parents separated when Kaif was very young. Kaif has seven siblings. She was raised in Hawaii and later moved to her mother's home country, England. At age fourteen she was approached by an agent and began modeling; her first job was for a jewelry campaign. She continued modeling in London.

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Kaif's London modeling work led to her discovery by filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003). She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modeling assignments. However, filmmakers were initially hesitant to sign her because she could not speak Hindi.
Kaif saw success with the 2005 film Sarkar where she had a small role Abhishek Bachchan's girlfriend. Her next release, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), where she was paired opposite Salman Khan, earned her an award at the Stardus Award for breakthrough female performance.
In 2007 Katrina appeared in the hit movie Namastey London, wherein she starred as a British girl alongside Akshay Kumar for the second time after the box office dud Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. She has since featured in a series of box office hits that include Apne, Partner and Welcome 2008 saw her play a negative role for the first time in Abbas-Mustan's hit action thriller Race. She played the role of Saif Ali Khan's secretary who is secretly in love with his hostile stepbrother played by Akshay Khanna. She appeared next in Anees Bazmee's box office super-hit Singh Is Kinng alongside Akshay Kumar for the fourth time. Kaif's final release of the year, Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, was a surprise critical and commercial failure. Kaif's first release for 2009, New York, with John Abraham was a critical and commercial success.Kaif's performance was highly appreciated with critic Taran Adarsh writing, "Katrina gives you the biggest surprise. Known for her glamour roles, Katrina proves that she can deliver if the director and writer offer her a role of substance. She's outstanding. In fact, people will see a new, different Katrina this time."
In the media
Kaif was voted Asia's Sexiest women in 2008 and was also the most searched celebrity on Google. Kaif was also recently seen on the Reality Show 10 Ka Dum, along with Neil Nitin Mukesh for the promotion of her film New York. Kaif appeared on the singing talent show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa with Salman Khan to promote her film Yuvvraaj.Kaif is the model for Mattel's Bollywood Barbie, which will be released in September 2009.

ALLU ARJUN

Style star and upcoming super star of Indian film industry:Allu Arjun is a telugu laungauge filim actor ,best known for his daming skill & style .
he was born april 8,1983 in chennai ,tamil nadu.many of his family members have been involved in filim industry .his father "allu arvindh" is a producer .his uncles are the famous actors "chiranjeevi" & "power star pawan kalyan".his grandfather was the famous comedy actor "allu ramalingaiah".his cousin "ramcharanteja" is also a tolly wood actor.
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His first filim lead role was in "gangotri" which was directed by "k.ragavendra rao .
His second filim was a starring role was in "arya" which was released in 2004 and was hit at the boxoffice .ddsasdsa it was the role that first made his famous .
In 2005, his third filim "bunny" was released .It was a fantastic grsser .His fourth filim "happy" which was released in 2006 ,proved to be successfully movie.
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In 2007 ,his fifth filim "desamuduru",directed by "puri jagannadh" proved to be box office hit and the first hit of the year in tolly wood .the movie grossed 6.58 crores in the first week of its release .
In 2008 his sixth filim "parugu" directed by "basaker" was released.
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santosham filim awards :
2005:best young performer for "Arya"
2006:best young performer for "Bunny"
filim fare awards:
2008:best telugu actor award for "Parugu"
nandi awards:
2005:special jury for "Arya".

JOHN ABRAHAM

John Abraham :he was born in dec 17,1972, is an indian bollywood film actor who appear in a movies & a former model.
After the modeling for numorous advertisments & companies ,Abraham made his film debut with "jism"(2003).which earned him a "film fare best debut award "nmomination this was follwed by his first commercial success ,"dhoom"(2004).he recieved two "film fare nominations " for his negative roles in "dhoom", and then iin "zinda"(2006).he later appeared in the major critical success "water"(2005) in 2007,he was nominated under category of best supporting actor at film fare for movie "baabul".
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Abraham started his career with the media firm time & space media entertinment promotions ltd......,which how ever ,closed down due to financial problem.Later ,he worked for the entereprices -Nexus as a media planner.
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Abraham made his acting debut in 2003 with "jism", a thriller in which he costerned with "Bipasa basu" .The film was a moderate box office success and his performence was recognised by critics .
Abraham was acted in a greast filims like "dhoom" in 2004 ,is an action film produced by "yash raj filims".The film was a bis commercial success & emerged as one of his highest grosser of the year .
he also acted a great film like "kaal",& comedy "garam masala ", "water& etc......
and developed as great bollowood hero.

HRITHIK ROSHAN

Hrithik Roshan :he was born in jan 10,1974,is an indian actor working in bolywood .

After having appeared in films as a child actor in the 1980's ,roshan made hid film debut in leading role in "Kaho naa.....pyaar hai"(2000).The film was a major success ,and roshan 's performence earned him "film fare awards for best actors "& "best make debut".he was also been noted for his performence in films like "Koi......mil gaya"(2003) ,"Krrish"(2006) &"Dhoom-2" (2006),which one also his biggest commercial success so far......

In 2008 ,roshan recieved his fourth "film fare best actor award" as well as his first international award at "golden minbar international film festival " in "Kazan","russia"for his performence in "Jodha akbar".

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Roshan first filim role was a child artist when he was a six years old in the 1980 movie "Aasha" , when he appeared in a dance sequence as an extra .

roshan went on play minor roles in "Aap ke Dee wane"& Bhagwan Dada".

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1) Film fare best movie award.

2) Film fare best make debut award.

3) Film fare best actor award.

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In 2003 , he made a come back with the "science -fiction " film "Koi.....mil gaya " which was highest grosser of year & won many awards .

His breakest film was "Dhoom-2" a sequel to 2004 "Dhoom" saw him play a villian for the first time .featured oppesite "Aishwarya rai" ,roshan actring in that film got many awrds .

Roshan also Acts in the films like "Jhoda Akbar" and recent filim "zoya akthr" and emerged as top hero in the bolly wood....

AMEESHA PATEL

Amisha Patel: she was born on June 9, 1976 .she is an Indian Bollywood actress. Making her acting debut in the block buster “Kaho Naa….. Pyaar Hai“(2000), patel own critical praise of her performance in “Gadar:Ek Prem Kata”(2001) ,which became one of the biggest hits in the history of all hindi cinema .She would subsequently star in number of films ,most of which proved unsuccessful at box office .However,her performance in the 2006 film “Ankahee”,received critical recognition ,and she followed it with supporting role in “Bhool Bhulaiyaa”(2007).

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Patel is daughter of Amit patel and Asha patel,sister of Ashmit patel and the grand daughter of famous lawyer-politician Barrister Rajini patel who was the congress Pradesh committee presdent of Bombay.She was born in beach candy hospital in Bombay and is trained bharatnatyam dancer since the age of five .Her birth name is a blend of first three letters of her father’s name Amit and the last three letters of her mothers name Asha .she studied at the cathedral and John connon high scool in Bombay and she was head girl for the academic year 1992-1993 before heading over seas to study economics at Tufts University in Medford ,Massachusetts .Patel’s career began as an economic analyst at Khandwala Securites limited after graduation. Later on,she received an offer from Morgan Stanley but terned it down.After returning to India she joined Satyadev Dubey’s theater group and acted in plays,upon receiving permission from her conservative parents.at the same time she plugged into modeling appearing in several commercial campaigns .Patel has also modeled for weel-known Indian brands like Bajaj Sevashram,Fair & lovely ,Lux and many more….

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Debut and break through, 2000-2001:
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Patel’s first opportunity for acting came in form of an offer from her father’s school mate , Rakesh roshan, to star opposite his son,Hritik roshan, in “Kaho naa…. Pyaar Hai” (2000).the offer came immediately after she graduated from high school but she refused the project because she wented to continue her education in U.S.A.Afterward, Kareena Kapoor replaced her but luckily, Kapoor backed out after shootin for a couple of days and patel was given the opportunity once again during family lunch .Patel readily agreed to do the project this time the role of exuberant collage girl in love,undergoing a tortuous time at losing her lover and rediscovering a more mature relationship gave Patel scope to perform . The film was a smashing success and established Patel as rising star , earning her awards for best Debut at a number of award ceremonies . Patel as the muslim girl sakeena in “Gadar:Ek Prem Katha”(2001) . in her second film , Telugu language drama “Badri”,She starred opposite Pawan kalyan . The film was a major success, grossing more than 120 million in Indian. 2001 saw her appearing in Anil Sharma’s cross-border romance, :Gadar: Ek Prem Katha”,along side sunny deol. Patel signed on much before she shot into the limelight with “Kaho Naa……pyaar Hai”and was among 22 girls that were screen-tested from 500 girls who came to audition for the film . Patel had gone trough a 12-hour audition before she got the part. the went on to became the top-grossing film of the year , as well as the biggest hit of the 21st century , earnings Rs.973 million of India .set during the indo-Pakistani war of 1974, it featured patel as Sakeena , a Muslim girl who finds refuge in Deol’s house during the riots , and subsequently falls for him .her performance was praised ,won her the film fare special performance award ,as well as nominations for Best Actress at various award ceremonies . Taran Adarsh of India FM concluded “Despite being on –film-old ,Amisha Patel deserves full marks for handling the complex role with elegance .She looks the character she is potraying and impress with natural performance “. The film was precieved as being excessively anti-pakistani.
The successs were followed by a series of films that flopped at the box-office.In “Yah Zindagi Ka Safar”(2001) ,she played a successful singer who was abandoned by her mother at the me of her birth.And emerged as a bollywood heroin.

GODFREY DOUGLAS GILES

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He was born in November 9, 1857 in Karachi .He was a noted painter of horses, military scenes and battles, many experienced at first hand while on service with the British army in India, Afghanistan, Egypt and South Africa. He produced numours caricatures for the magazine vanity fair.Giles was the son of captain Edward gils of the royal navy who was stained at Karachi. He was sent to sandhrust to launch his military career, and his first posting was in India in 1875. He saw action in Afghan War and commanded Turkish cavalry at Ei teb .Subsequently he served as captain in the loyal Suffolk Hussars and the Artists Rifle corps. Having attained the rank of major, Godfay Douglas Gils retired from army in the 1884 and went to Paris in 1885 where he studied under Carolus-Duran .He successfully exhibited paintings such as the battle of the Tamai and EI Teb at the Paris salon and the Royal Academy after which he settled in new market where he was able to depict horses and horse-racing scenes. His illustrations also appeared in the weekly black & white Budget in 1891. After the out break of Boer War in South Africa I 1899, Giles sent there as war correspondent and the artist by the Graphic and the daily graphic, and was attached to French’s 1st Cavalry Brigade. He witnessed the surrender of General Piet Cronge after the battle of Paardeberg, and was present at the subsequent relief of Kimberley. Later he wrote a piece for the graphic titled “With French to Kimberley and Roberts to Bloemfontein” which appeared in the graphic history of the South Africa war. Giles contributed greatly to the pictorial record of the Boer War with works on display in museums in both South Africa and England. He was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal on 12 Feb 1903.
And finally he was died in the year 1 feb 1941.

CHRISTIAN BALE

Christian bale:
Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in 30 Jan 1974 is an Hollywood actor. In addition to starring roles in big budget Hollywood films, he has for long been heavily involved in films produced by independent producers and art houses. Bale first caught the public eye when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the sun at the age of 13, playing an English boy who is separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself lost in Japanese internment camp during world war II . Since then, he has portrayed a wide range of characters. Bale is especially noted for his cult following : the tenth anniversary issue of entertainment Weekly hailed him as the one of the “Top 8 most power full Cult figures of Past Decade “, citing his cult status on internet .EW called one of the “Most creative people in entertainment : in anticipation of the release career.

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Bale as the new batman. It has reported that the Bale had previously auditioned for the role of Robin in “Batman returns” (1992) and later “Batman forever”(1995),but lost out to Chris O’Donnel.However , this rumor was later dispelled by Bale himself in magazine interview in 2008.In 2004 ,after completing filming for the machinist ,Bale won the coveted role of batman and his alter ago Bruce Wayne for the Christopher Nolan-helmed Batman begins , a reboot of the batman franchise without any ties to the Tim Burton or Joel Schumacher films . Bale beat out Jake Gyllenhaal, the closest compition for the role, a situation reversed when Bale lost the party of Anthony Swofford in jarhead (2005) to Gyllenhaal Still fresh from the Machinist; it became necessary for the Bale to bulk up to match batman’s muscular physique. He was given a dead line of six months to do this. Bale recalled it as far from a simple accomplishment…”when it actually came to building musicale, I was use less .I couldn’t do one push up the first day. All of the muscles where gone, so I had a really tough time rebuilding all of that.” With the help of a personal trainer, Bale successes in meeting the dead line, gaining a total of 100 lbs (46kg) in six months. He went from about 130lbs to 230lbs. He then discovered that he had actually gained more weight than the director desired, and dropped his weight to 190lbs by the time filming began. Bale had initially concerns about playing batman’s, as he felt more ridiculous than intimidating in the batman suit. He dealt with this by depicting batman as savage beast in his portrayal. He attained a deeper understanding of the character; Bale read various batman comic books. He explained his interpretation of the young boy: “batman is his hidden, demonic rage-filled side. The creature batman creates is an absolutely sincere creature and one that he has to control but does so in a vary haphazard way. He’s capable of enacting voilance-and to kill-so he constantly has to rein himself in”. For Bale, demost grueling part about playing batman was the suit. “Ustic it on, you get hot, you sweat and you get a headache in the mask,” he said.” but iam not going to bitch about it because I get to play batman.” When promoting the film in interviews and public events, Bale retained an American accent to avoid confusion. Batman begins was released in the U.S son jun15, 2005and was a U.S and international triumph for Warner bros., costing approximately U.S $ 135,000,000 to produced and taking in over U.S $370,000,000 in returns world wide . Bale earned the best hero award at the 2006 MTV movie awards for his performance.

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13-year-old Bale with Nigel havers in empire of the sun (1987).Bale made his film debut has tsarevich Alexei nikolaevich of rusia in the made-for-television film Anastasia : the mystery of Anna in 1986,which was follwed by leading roles in the miniseries are of the country and the fantasy adventure Mio in the land of faraway,in which he appeared for the first time with Christopher lee and nickpickard .In 1987,amyirving, his co-star in Anastasia ..:domes try of Anna , recommended bale to her then –husband , spielverg,for a role in empire of the son, adapted from the J.G.Ballard semi-autobiography. Bale’s performance has Jim graham earned him whide spread critical praise and the first ever “Best performance by a Juvenile actor “. Award from the national board of review of the motion pictures. The attention the press and his school Mtes lavished up on him after this took a toll on Bale , and he contemplated giving up acting until Kenneth branagh approached him and the persuaded him, to appear Henry v in 1989.In1990 he played role of Jim Hawkins opposite Charlton hasten (as long john silver) in treasure island , an adaptation of Robert Louis Steven sons classic books .In 1992 , Bale starred as jack Kelly in the Disney musical newsies , and followed it up in 1993 with another release, swing kids a movie about teenagers who secretly listened to forbidden jazz during the days of Nazi jermany.Bale was recommended actress winona rider to star in Gillian Armstrong’s 1994 film little woman .Bale provided the voice for Thomas ,a young compatriot of captain johnsmit , in Disney’s tocahontas (1995) and in 1997 played Arthur Stuart in velvet goldmine , pod Haynes tribute to glam rock . in 1999 ,Bale contributed to an all-star caste ,including Kevin Kline , Michelle Pfeiffer ,Stanley tucci,and Rupert Everett ,portraying temetrius In an updated version of William Shakespeare A Midsummer night’s dream .

UNDER TAKER

Under taker:
Mark William Callaway was born in march 24,1965 is an American professional wrestler ,better known by his ring name The Undertaker .He is signed to World wrestling Entertainment (WWE),currently wrestling on the Smack down brand ,although he is currently inactive . Callaway began his wrestling career with World class champion Wrestling (WCW) as “Mean” Mark Callous in 1989.When WCW did not renew Callaway’s contract in 1990 ,he joined the world wrestling Federation(which later became World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002) as the Under taker in November of that year. Having remained with that company ever since , Callaway is currently one of the senior performer in the WWE.The Undertaker has two contrasting gimmicks which are the badman and American bad ass.The Under taker half-brothers is Kane ,whom he has teamed up with as Brothers of destruction .The Under taker is undefeated at Wrestle mania with a 17-0 record and is recognized by WWE as six time world champion ,having won WWE Championship four-times and the World heavy weight Championship two-times .He was also the winner of the 2007 Royal Rumble in which he became the first man to win the Rumble at November 30

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Callaway made his debut in 1984 in World class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) under the ring name “Texas Red”. He wrestled and lost his first match against Brulser Brody.In 1988,after four years in the promotion , he left and joined the CWA became the USWA after Jerry Jarret merged CWA with WCCW),wrestling title, the USWA Unified World Heavy weight Championship , defeating Jerry “The King” lawer ,under the stage name “The master of pain”. While performing as the “The Punisher “, Callaway won the WCAW Texas Heavy weight Championship on October 5,1989 when Eric Embry forfeited the title. His first main stream exposure was in world championship wrestling (WCW).While there ,he know as “Mean” Mark Callous and wrestled as part of Skyscrapers tag team along with “Dangerous Dan Spivey managed by teddy long. During this time in the Skyscrapers ,he and Spivey were involved in a feud with a road warriors ,but Spivey left before the feud came to an end .Callaway then took on the guidance of Paul E. dangerously and defeated Brain Pillman and Johnny Ace .during this time ,he he wrestled against Lex Luger for the NWA United states championship at the great American bash ,but lost when luger pinned him after a clothesline .WCW declined to renew Calaway’s contract ,after losing his last match to Sting on September 1,1990 at a live event .Calaway then brefily wrestled in New japan Pro wrestling as punisher Dice Morgan and in October 1990,he signed with the world wrestling Federation (WWF).After leaving WCW,he brefily returned to the USWA to participate in a tornment to determine the new USWA Unified World Heavyweight champion; he defeated Bill Dundle in the first round ,but lost to jerry Lawler in the quarterfinals.

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See also hell in a cell and brothers of destruction at wrisetlemania 13 ,the Undertaker defeated sychosid for the WWF championship , marking his second time as WWF champion .After the event ,Paul bearer attempted to rejoin with the Undertaker ,using the threat of reveling Undertakers “Biggest secret”. In the story line , bearer announced that Under taker was a murder ,who as a child had burned down the family funeral home business (where bearer worked ) , killing his parents and his younger half-brother . Undertaker claimed there was no way for bearer to have that information, but Paul announced that he was told this by Undertaker half-brother Kane, who was still alive but horribly burned and scarred .barer raised Kane after the fire , having him institutionalized .Now ,Kane as waiting for revenge after all this year .In defense , Undertaker responded that Kane , a pyromaniac , had been the one the set fire and could not have possibly survived .

His next major story line began at summer slam in 1997 when referee Shawn Michaels accidentally hit under taker with a steal chair short meant for Bret hart, costing the undertaker his WWF championship. The feud culminated at in your house :badd blood ,where the undertaker challenged Michel’s to the first ever hell in a cell match .During this match, undertaker story line half-brother Kane made his debut , rioting off the door to the cell and giving undertaker a tombstone pile driver ,undertakers trade mark finisher ,allowing Michel’s to pin him .The match would get a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer .As the story line progressed , Kane ,with Paul bearer , challenged undertaker to fights , but the under taker consistently refused to fight his brother.the under takers final encounter with Michel’s was in return of the casket match at the royal rumble , where Kane cost the under taker the win by trapping him in coffin ,pad locking the casket lid ,and setting it ablaze .the under taker ,

AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

she was born in 1 november 1973

is an Indian actress and former missworld. Before starting her acting career, she worked as modeland gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 1994.Often cited by the media as one of the most beautiful women in the world Rai made her movie debut in maniratnam's Tamil film "Iruvar"(1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie "Jeans"(1998). She came to the attention of Bollywood in the movie "hum del di chil sanam"(1999), directed by sanjay lela bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the filim fare best actress award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali's next project, "Devadas"(2002), for which she won her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare. After a low phase in her career during 2003-2005, she appeared in the blockbuster "dhoom-2"(2006), which turned out to be her biggest Bollywood commercial success. She later appeared in films like "Guru(2007) and "Joda akbhar(2008), which were commercially successful and got her critical acclaim. Rai has thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in the Indian film industry.
During her career, Rai has acted in over forty movies in hindi, english, tamil and bengali including the international productions "Bride& prejudice(2003), "the mistress of spice"(2005), . In 2006 in a special issue to mark the 100 years of Bollywood, Times of indiaincluded her in its list of Five All-Time Divas Of bollywood.

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While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modelling on the side. In the 1994 Miss indiacontest, she won the second place behind Susmita sen, and was crowned Miss india worldShe went on to win the Miss world title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her academic education after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in Lonodn . Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.

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Rai made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil biopic film, Iruvar (1997) with Mohanlal,The controversial film was a critical success and won many awards including Best Film award at the Belgrade International Film Festival, two National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Award South. Rai appeared in dual roles, opposite veteran actor Mohanlal, with one of her roles being a cinematic depiction of political leader and ex-actress J. Jayalalithaa.Rai made her Bollywood debut in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol, which also released that year; the film did not do well at the box office, and was also panned by critics. However, her third project, S. Shankars Tamil film, Jeans (1998) was a commercial success, earning her the Filmfare Best Actress Award South. The film was also noted for the song "Poovukkul", written by Vairamuthu, and some reviews of the music video compared her to prominent world monuments

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2000 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2003 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Devdas
2005 - IIFA Global Indian Media Personality Award
2007 - IIFA Glamorous Star Award
2007 - IIFA Most Searched Personality on MSN India
2009 - IIFA Star of the Decade - Female

2009 - IIFA Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema

EMMA CHARLOTTE DUERRE

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson :

she was born in 15 april 1990 is a British actress who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously only acted in school plays. From 2001 to 2009, she starred in six Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint; she will return for the final two installments: the two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.Watson's work on the Harry Potter series has earned her several awards and more than 10 million.
In 2007, Watson announced her involvement in two non-Harry Potter productions: the made-for-television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and an animated film, The Tale of Despereaux. Ballet Shoes was broadcast on 26 December 2007 to an audience of 5.2 million, and The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo, was released in 2008 and grossed over US $70 million dollars in worldwide

Career:---------Harry Potter:In 1999, casting began for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), the film adaptation of British author J. K. Rowling's bestselling novel.Of importance to the casting directors were the lead role of Harry Potter and the supporting roles of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, Harry's best friends. Casting agents found Watson through her Oxford theatre teacher, and producers were impressed by her confidence. After eight auditions,producer David Heyman told Watson and fellow applicants Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint that they had been cast for the roles of Hermione, Harry and Ron, respectively. Rowling supported Watson from her first screen test.
The release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001 was Watson's debut screen performance. The film broke records for opening-day sales and opening weekend takings and was the highest-grossing film of 2001.Critics praised the performances of the three leads, often singling out Watson for particular acclaim; The Daily Telegraph called her performance "admirable",and IGN said she "stole the show". Watson was nominated for five awards for her performance in Philosopher's Stone, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress.A year later, Watson again starred as Hermione in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second installment of the series. Although the film received mixed reviews, reviewers were positive about the lead actors' performances. The Los Angeles Times said Watson and her peers had matured between films,while The Times criticised director Chris Columbus for "under-employing" Watson's hugely popular character.Watson received an Otto Award from the German magazine Bravo for her performance.In 2004, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released. Watson was appreciative of the more assertive role Hermione played, calling her character "charismatic" and "a fantastic role to play".Although critics panned Radcliffe's performance, labelling him 'wooden', they praised Watson; The New York Times lauded her performance, saying "Luckily Mr. Radcliffe's blandness is offset by Ms. Watson's spiky impatience. Harry may show off his expanding wizardly skills ... but Hermione ... earns the loudest applause with a decidedly unmagical punch to Draco Malfoys deserving nose".Although Prisoner of Azkaban remains the lowest-grossing Harry Potter film as of April 2009, Watson's personal performance won her two Otto Awards and the Child Performance of the Year award from Total Film.
With Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005), both Watson and the Harry Potter film series reached new milestones. The film set records for a Harry Potter opening weekend, a non-May opening weekend in the US, and an opening weekend in the UK. Critics praised the increasing maturity of Watson and her teenage co-stars; the New York Times called her performance "touchingly earnest".For Watson, much of the humour of the film sprang from the tension among the three lead characters as they matured. She said, "I loved all the arguing ... I think it's much more realistic that they would argue and that there would be problems Nominated for three awards for Goblet of Fire, Watson won a bronze Otto Award.Later that year, Watson became the youngest person to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue.In 2006, Watson played Hermione in The Queen's Handbag, a special mini-episode of Harry Potter in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday.The fifth film in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released in 2007. A huge financial success, the film set a record worldwide opening-weekend gross of $332.7 million.Watson won the inaugural National Movie Award for Best Female PerformanceAs the fame of the actress and the series continued, Watson and fellow Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint left imprints of their hands, feet and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on 9 July 2007.
Despite the success of Order of the Phoenix, the future of the Harry Potter franchise became surrounded in doubt, as all three lead actors were hesitant to sign on to continue their roles for the final two episodes.Radcliffe eventually signed for the final films on 2 March 2007,but Watson was considerably more hesitant.She explained that the decision was significant, as the films represented a further four-year commitment to the role, but eventually conceded that she "could never let [the role of] Hermione go",signing for the role on 23 March 2007.In return for committing to the final films, Watson's pay was doubled to 2 million per film; she concluded that "in the end, the pluses outweighed the minuses".Principal photography for the sixth film began in late 2007, with Watson's part being filmed from 18 December to 17 May 2008.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiered on 15 July 2009,having been controversially delayed from November 2008.With the lead actors now in their late teens, critics were increasingly willing to review them on the same level as the rest of the film's all-star cast, which the Los Angeles Times described as "a comprehensive guide to contemporary UK acting".The Washington Post felt Watson to have given "[her] most charming performance to date",while The Daily Telegraph

described the lead actors as "newly-liberated and energized, eager to give all they have to what’s left of the series".Watson's filming for the final installment of the Harry Potter film series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, began on 18 February 2009:The film, divided into two parts filmed back-to-back for financial and scripting reasons is scheduled for release in November 2010 and July 2011.

ALLA RAKHA RAHMAN

Allah Rakha Rahman

He was born in 6 jan 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. His film scoring career began in the early 1990s. He has won thirteen Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards.Working in India's various film industries, international cinema and theatre, by 2003, Rahman, in a career spanning over a decade, has sold more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide,and sold over 200 million cassettes, making him one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists.
Time magazine has referred to him as the "Mozart of Madras" and several Tamil commentators have coined him the nickname Isai Puyal .In 2009, the magazine placed Rahman in the Time 100 list of 'World's Most Influential People'

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Film scoring and soundtracks
In 1992, Rahman began his own music recording and mixing studio attached to the backyard of his house called the Panchathan Record Inn, which was developed into India's most advanced recording studio He initially composed music jingles for advertisements, Indian Television channels and music scores in documentaries, among other projects. In 1992, he was approached by film director Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for Ratnam's Tamil film RojaThe debut led Rahman to receive the Rajat Kamal award for Best Music Director at the National Film Awards, the first time ever by a first-time film composer. Rahman has since then gone on to win the award three more times (for his scores for Minsaara Kanavu (Electric Dreams, Tamil) in 1997, Lagaan (Tax, Hindi) in 2002, Kannathil Muthamittal (A Peck on the Cheek, Tamil) in 2003, the most ever by any composer.
Roja's score met with high sales and acclaim, in its original and dubbed versions, bringing about a marked change in film music at the time, and Rahman followed this with successful scores for Tamil–language films of the Chennai film industry including Ratnam's politically charged Bombay, the urbanite Kadhalan, Bharathiraajas Karuththamma, the saxophonic Duet, Indira, and the romantic comedies Mr. Romeo and Love Birds, which gained him considerable notice.His fanbase in Japan increased with Muthu 's success there His soundtracks gained him recognition in the Tamil Nadu film industry and across the world for his stylistic versatality in his pieces including in Western classical, Carnatic, Tamil traditional/folk, jazz, reggae and rock music.The Bombay Theme—from Ratnam's Bombay—would later reappear in Deepa Mehta's Fire and various compilations and media. Rangeela, directed by Ram Gopal Varma, marked Rahman's debut for Hindi-language films made in the Mumbai film industry. Many successful scores for films including Dil Se and the percussive Taal followed.Sufi mysticism would form the basis of Chaiyya Chaiy from the former and the composition "Zikr" from his score of the film Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero for which he created large orchestral and choral arrangements.Musical cues in scores for Sangamam and Iruvar employed Carnatic vocals and instruments such as the veena with leads of rock guitar and jazz.In the 2000s Rahman created hit scores for Rajiv Menon's Kandukondain Kandukondain, Alaipayuthey, Ashutosh Gowariker's Swadesand Rang De Basanti.He composed songs with Hindustani motifs for Water (2005).
Rahman has worked with Indian poets and lyricists such as Javed Akhtar, Gulzar, Mehboob, Vairamuthu and Vaali. His collaborations with some film directors have always resulted in successful soundtracks, particularly with the director Mani Ratnam who he has worked with since Roja, all of which have been hits, and the director S. Shankar in the films Gentleman, Kadhalan, Indian, Jean, Mudhalvan, Nayak, Boys and Sivaji.
Rahman attached and opened a developed extension studio to his Panchathan Record Inn in 2005 called AM Studios in Kodambakkam, Chennai — considered to be the most developed, equipped and high tech studio in Asia.In 2006, Rahman launched his own music label, KM Music Its first release was his score to the film Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. Rahman scored the Mandarin language picture Warriors of Heaven and Earth in 2003 after researching and utilizing Chinese and Japanese classical music, and co-scored the Shekhar Kapoor helmed Elizabeth: The Golden Age in 2007. His compositions have been reused in scores within Indiaand have made appearances in Inside Man, Lord of War and The Accidental Husband. In 2008, he scored the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, for which he won a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards, becoming the first Indian citizen to do so.

SACHIN TENDULKAR

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

He was born in 24 april 1973 is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricketIn 2002, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, next to Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one day international (ODI) batsman of all time, next to Viv Richards In September 2007, the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne rated Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman's ElevenHe is sometimes referred to as Little Master or Master Blaster
Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and also the batsman with the most centuries in either form of the game. The first player to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined, he now has more than eighty international centuries.
On October 17, 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the gamehaving also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricketHe was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 10 Test centuries against Australia, after only Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years back.Tendulkar has been honored with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor.Early years and personal life:Tendulkar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai). His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist, named Tendulkar after his favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman. Tendulkar's elder brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket. Tendulkar has two other siblings: a brother Nitin, and sister Savitai.
Tendulkar attended Sharadashram Vidyamandir (High School,where he began his cricketing career under the guidance of his coach and mentor, Ramakant Achrekar. During his school days he attended the MRF Pace Foundation to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who took a world record 355 Test wickets, was unimpressed, suggesting that Tendulkar focus on his batting instead.When he was young, Tendulkar would practice for hours on end in the nets. If he became exhausted, Achrekar would put a one-Rupee-coin on the top of the stumps, and the bowler who dismissed Tendulkar would get the coin. If Tendulkar passed the whole session without getting dismissed, the coach would give him the coin. Tendulkar now considers the 13 coins he won then as some of his most prized possessions..
While at school, he developed a reputation as a child prodigy. He had become a common conversation point in Mumbai circles, where there were suggestions already that he would become one of the greats. His season in 1988 was extraordinary, with Tendulkar scoring a century in every innings he played. He was involved in an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Lord Harris Shield inter-school game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli, who would also go on to represent India. The destructive pair reduced one bowler to tears and made the rest of the opposition unwilling to continue the game. Tendulkar scored 326* in this innings and scored over a thousand runs in the tournament This was a record partnership in any form of cricket until 2006, when it was broken by two under-13 batsmen in a match held at Hyderabad in India.
When he was 14, Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar gave him a pair of his own ultra light pads. "It was the greatest source of encouragement for me," he said nearly 20 years later after surpassing Gavaskar's top world record of 34 Test centuries In 1995, Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali (born November 10, 1967), a paediatrician and daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara (born October 12, 1997), and Arjun (born September 24, 1999 Tendulkar sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annaben Mehta.

SHAHRUKH KHAN

Shahrukh Khan

He was in 2 nov sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor, who has been a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host.
Khan began his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut in Deewana (1992). Since then, he has been part of numerous commercially successful films and has earned critical acclaim for many of his performances. During his years in the Indian film industry, Khan has won thirteen Filmfare Awards, seven of which are in the Best Actor category.
Khan's films such as Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998), Chak De India (2007), Om Shanti Om (2007) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) remain some of Bollywood's biggest hits, while films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) have been top-grossing Indian productions in the overseas markets, making him one of the most successful actors of India. Since 2000, Khan branched out into film production and television presenting as well. He is the founder/owner of two production companies, Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies Entertainment. In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.Biography

Shahrukh Khan and family:
Khan was born in 1965 to Muslim parents of Pathan descent in New Delhi, India .His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian freedom fighter from Peshawar, British India. According to Khan, his paternal grandfather was originally from Afghanistan His mother, Lateef Fatima, was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan, who served as a General in the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose.Khan's father came to New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before the partition of India,while his mother's family came from Rawalpindi, British India.Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz.Khan attended St. Columba's School where he was accomplished in sports, drama, and academics. He won the Sword of Honour, an annual award given to the student who best represents the spirit of the school. Khan later attended the Hansraj College (1985-1988) and earned his Economics(honors). Though he pursued a Masters Degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, he later opted out to make his career in Bollywood.
After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991.In that same year, before any of his films were released, he married Gauri Chibber (who is a Hindu) in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991.They have two children, son Aryan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000). According to Khan, while he strongly believes in Allah, he also values his wife's religion. At home, his children follow both religions, with the Qur'an being situated next to the Hindu gods.
In 2005, Nasreen Munni Kabir produced a two-part documentary on Khan, titled The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. Featuring his 2004 Temptations concert tour, the film contrasted Khan's inner world of family and daily life with the outer world of his work. The book Still Reading Khan, which details his family life, was released in 2006. Another book by Anupama Chopra, "King of Bollywood: Shahrukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema", was released in 2007. This book described the world of Bollywood through Khan's life.
Khan has been awarded a number of honours. He was honoured with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 2005. In April 2007, a life-size wax statue of Khan was installed at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London. Another statue was installed at the Musée Grévin in Paris, the same year.During the same year, he was accorded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) award by the French government for his “exceptional career”.
In October 2008, Khan was conferred the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka which carries the honorific Datuk (in similar fashion to "Sir" in British knighthood), by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, the head of state of Malacca in Malaysia. Khan was honoured for "promoting tourism in Malacca" by filming One Two Ka Four there in 2001. Some were critical of this decision.He was also honoured with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009

AYESHA

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Ayesha started her career with the "I am a Complan Girl!" advertising campaign and also appeared in a music video, Falguni Pathak's Meri Chunarii Udd Udd Jaye, when she was fifteen. The complan ad campaign also had Aftab as a child actor. She then appeared in the video, Shake It Daddy, when she was sixteen, which brought her to the attention of the movie industry, and a few film offers followed. She signed a contract for Socha Na Tha, then for Taarzan: The Wonder Car. However, delays in making Socha Na Tha meant that Taarzan released first and was therefore her "debut" film. She won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004 for her performance in Taarzan: The Wonder Car. She earned critical acclaim for her performance in Nagesh Kukunoor's Dor with Taran Adarsh of Indiafm.com writing ,". Also, she is accepting of non-glamorous role, which most actors don't do at the start of

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Ayesha Takia was born on April 10, 1986.She comes from a mixed family. Her father, Nishit, is Gujarati, and her mother, Faridah, is an Anglo-Indian---half British and half Maharashtrian. Takia went to St. Anthony's High School. Her father interacts with her producers and handles her dates. She has a younger sister named Natasha. Ayesha has faced persistent rumours of breast silicone implants, which led to a temporary spike in her popularity amongst young Indian boys.
On March 1, 2009, she married Farhan Azmi in an Islamic Nikah ceremony, a restaurateur and the son of politician Abu Azmi, a Samajwadi Party leader.The couple had originally planned to marry in December 2008, but the wedding was delayed due to the Mumbai attacks.

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2005, Filmfare Best Debut Award for Taarzan: The Wonder Car
2004, IIFA Star Debut
2005, Star's Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine
2007, Star Screen Award Best Actress (Critics) for Dor
2007, Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award for Dor
2007, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress for Dor
2007, Zee Cine Critics Award - Best Actress, tied with Gul Panag for Dor

VIKRAM

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He was born in 17 april 1966 better known by his stage name Vikram is a National Film Award-winning Tamil film actor, playback singer and dubbing artist. Vikram began his career appearing in series of unsuccessful small budget films throughout the early 1990s. He made his film debut in En Kadhal Kanmani (1990). Following the failure of his early films, Vikram appeared as a dubbing artiste to prominent actors, whilst trying to find a breakthrough in terms of his acting career.After the critical and commercial success of Sethu (1999) he has been part of numerous other commercially successful films and has earned major critical acclaim for many of his performances. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won three Filmfare Awards, as well as securing India's most prestigious film award, by achieving the National Film Award for Best Actor.
While some of Vikram's best-known films, Dhill (2001), Dhool (2002), Gemini (2002) and Saamy (2003), remain some of Tamil cinema's biggest hits, performances in films like Sethu (1999), Kasi (2002), Pithamagan (2003) and Anniyan (2005) have won him critical acclaims and awards, making Vikram one of the most suPersonal life
Vikram was born on April 17, 1966 in Paramakudi, a town in Ramanathapuram district. Vikram did his schooling in a boarding school named Montfort School in Yercaud. The school presented him with ample opportunities for extra curricular activities such as karate, dance and swimming. Right from the time, he was in school his one and only aim was to become an actor. His parents however wanted him to do his graduation after finishing his final high school year. Thus, he completed his graduation in English from Loyola College, Chennai after which he also completed his MBA degree. He then got an offer to act in a Tamil film titled, En Kadhal Kanmaniccessful actors of Tamil cinema.

JACKIE CHAN

Famous as : Actor
Birth Name : Kong-sang Chan
Birth Date : April 07, 1954
Birth Place : Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Spouse : Lin Feng-Jiao (actress, since 1-Dec-82)

Jackie Chan Personal Fact:

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Birth name:-kong sang chan

Birth Date:April 07, 1954
Birth Place:Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Height:5' 8½
Nationality:Chinese
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Attended the Nah-Hwa Primary School on Hong Kong Island
Attended the Chinese Drama Academy, Hong Kong
Attended Dickson College
Jackie Chan Family:

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Father:Charles Chan
Mother:Lee-Lee Chan
Spouse:Lin Feng-Jiao (actress, since 1-Dec-82)
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Elaine: Ng Yi-Lei (Miss Asia (Hong Kong))
Son:Jaycee Chan (singer-actor, b. 3-Dec-82)
Daughter:Etta Ng Chok Lam (b. 19-Nov-99)

JUNIOR NTR

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr.
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Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao.He was born in 20 may 1983 more popularly known as Jr. N.T.R and YoungNTR.,is an actor.He is a grandson of the late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, who was a sensation, and was the founder of the Telugu Desam Party. He is the son of Harikrishna and Shalini. Called Tarak by his family, friends and close associates; he later changed his name to Taraka Rama Rao in honor of his grandfather. He has two step-brothers: Mr. N. Janaki Ram and Mr. N. Kalyan Ram and one step-sister.
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NTR began taking part in movies when he was a child. His first step into Tollywood was with his grandfather's movie Brahmarshi Viswamithra. Coincidentally, his character in the second movie was Lord Sri Rama, a role often played by his grandfather NTR.
After only a few years, Jr. NTR made his re-entry into Tollywood with Ninnu Choodalani in 2001; which was a major hit at the box office. He went on to gain more fame with Student No. 1 (also released in 2001), directed by S.S. Rajamouli. followed by Subbu and Aadi, which was a hit. In January 2003, Tarak came up with Naaga; though the movie raised some worthy political issues, it was bombed at the box-office. However, in July 2003, his movie Simhadri made Tarak and director Rajamouli as household names.
His 2004 release Andhrawala, was a disaster at the box office and the next movie Samba was an average film. His next movie Rakhi, directed by Krishna Vamsi, was a critically acclaimed movie. The next one was Yamadonga, gave tarak a breather to his otherwise dull career. Following Yamadonga, Jr. NTR's next film was Kantri, which was released on May 2008. Very high Range of expectation, the film had bad face on screen with respectable box office collections.
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Jr. NTR was one of the star campaigners for the Telugu Desam Party, for the Indian genera election, 2009 from April to May 2009 and attracted public and media. During his drive home to Hyderabad from a meeting in Khammam, he met a road accident with major injuries, and was hospitalized for a few weeks which also postponed one of his ongoing film.

MAHESH BABU

Real Name: Ghattamaneni Mahesh BabuScreen

Name: Mahesh Babu

Nickname: Prince

Born: August 9, 1974

birthplace: Madras(Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India.

Nationality: Indian

Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)

Profession: Actor

Marital Status: Married

Religion: Hindu

Mother Tongue: Telugu

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Father: Krishna (Actor)

Mother: Indira Devi

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Elder Brother: Ramesh Babu,

Elder Sisters: Padmavathi and Manjula (Film Producer) &

Younger Sister: Priya (Priyadarshini)

Spouse: Namrata Shirodkar (Bollywood Actress)

(Married-February 10th, 2005)

Son: Gautham (Born-August 31st, 2006)

Debut Movie: RajaKumarudu

FILM ACTOR GANELIYA

GANELIYA
Genelia D' souza has become the most sorts after actress after the lead actress in bollywood. The reasons for her success in bollywood is due to her bubbly nature, teenage looks, acting and dancing skills and the nature of getting into the skin of the character.
Now, the same young actress is going to create history when she will play the lead role in the Hindi movie " It's my life". This movie is a remake of 2006 Telugu blockbuster " Bomarillu" and Genelia played the lead in this film. Later on she played the female lead in the Tamil remake of this film titled " Santosh Subramanyam". But the movies were super hits. Genelia will play the lead for the third time in the Hindi remake and will be paired opposite to Hurman Baweja.
Genelia is all suger and spice, purring in content as her 'meow' quotient in Haane Tu Ya Haane Na has made her the cynosure of all eyes.
Ms. Congeniality
Genelia D'Souza, also known as Harini to close friends, was born on 5th August 1987 in England in to a Mangalore Catholic family. Her parents are Jennifer and Neil. She has an older brother. She grew up in Mumbai. Her school days were spent in Apostolic Carmel High School, Mumbai while she spent her College days at St. Andrews College to pursue a degree in management studies. She is known to be a state level athlete and a national level player.
Her claim to fame started with commercials like parker pen with Amitabh Bacchan and Fair & Lovely with Krishnamachari Srikanth. Meow
In 2003, she started her career with three movies- the Hindi movie Tujhe Meri kasam; the Tamil movie Boys; the Telugu movie Satyam. She worked opposite Ritesh Deshmukh in Tujhe Meri Kasam, which was a remake of Telugu movie Nuvve Kavali and saw an average response. Genelia's boys on the other hand, which was a hit, as was Satyam.
She built up her popularity in the South with Telugu movies like Samba (2004), Subash Chandra Bose (2005). She was recognized for her performance in Bommarillu in 2006 with several awards. The movie was remade successfully in Tamil as Santosh Subramaniam (2008).
The year 2008 saw her trying to pave her way into Bollywood in Priyadrashan's Mere Baap Pehle Aap and the year's hit Jaane Tu Ya Na. The movie which was a debut of Aamir Khan's nephew imran Khan received a lot of publicity and her role as the unrestrained Meow shined through. This is evident when you look at the number of movice i her kitty, that are due in 2009 like the It's my life, a remeke of Bommarillu co-starring Harman Baweja; Life partner with Govind ; David Dhawan's Hook Ya Crook with john Abraham that is all about cricket and the Telugu movie Sasirekha Parinayam with Tarun said to be on the lines of Jab We Met. She reported that Genelia is turning into a full rage in bollywood as she is being paired with the hottest hunks of the film industry.