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A Coffee with Twinkle Khanna.

2011-12-28T12:30:00.000-08:00

Twinkle Khanna (born Tina Jatin Khanna on 29 December 1974) is an Indian film actress who has acted in Bollywood and Telugu films. She is the wife of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and the daughter of established actors, Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna.
Khanna is the daughter of Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna. Her sister is Rinke Khanna. Her aunt is Simple Kapadia. Khanna was born into a Punjabi and Gujarati family. She married actor, Akshay Kumar in 2001 and together they have a son, Aarav Bhatia. She retired from the film industry after her marriage and ventured into interior designing.After leaving film industry in 2001, she ventured into interior designing and is now the co-owner of The White Window store.

Khanna made her debut opposite Bobby Deol in Barsaat (1995). The film did well at the box office, and she received the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance. After an eye surgery for a slight cross-eye condition, Khanna went on to do many films which got her good reviews and recognition from the audience. She has acted with some of the renowned actors in the industry, including Akshay Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, and Govinda.
Her notable film roles include the girl next door in Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (1998) with Salman Khan, the undercover spy along with Shahrukh Khan in Baadshah (1999) and the village belle in Mela (2000) with Aamir Khan. She paired with Venkatesh in the year 1999 in a Telugu film, Seenu. Film director, Karan Johar admitted in an interview that Khanna was in his mind for the role of Tina in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, but she refused it and thus Rani Mukerji was signed.
Khanna left the industry after her marriage to Akshay Kumar in 2001, citing that she did not enjoy the acting profession anymore. Her last film was Love Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi Karega (2001), which was an average grosser at the box office.
In 2002, Khanna opened her own interior design store in Crawford Market, Mumbai called The White Window, in partnership with her longtime friend Gurlein Manchanda. Since then, the store has received a prestigious Elle Decor International Design Award (from Indian edition of Elle Decor magazine). She has opened up another branch of the flagship store elsewhere in Mumbai and plans to expand throughout India.
Khanna did the interiors for actress Rani Mukherji's new house in 2006. Khanna also produced the films Tees Maar Khan and Patiala House.

Films By Twinkle.

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1995	Barsaat	Tina Oberoi	Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award
1996	Jaan	Kajal
1996	Mr Aashiq
1996	Dil Tera Diwana	Komal
1997	Uff! Yeh Mohabbat	Sonia Verma
1997	Iitihaas	Naina
1998	Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai	Komal Sinha
1999	Zulmi	Komal
1999	International Khilaadi	Payal
1999	Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan	Jasmine Arora
1999	Baadshah	Seema Malhotra/Tina
1999	Seenu		Telugu film
2000	Mela	Roopa
2000	Chal Mere Bhai	Puja	Special appearance
2000	Joru Ka Ghulam	Durga
2001	Jodi No.1	Tina
2001	Love Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi Karega	Anjali Murthy
2010	Tees Maar Khan	Herself	Special Appearance in ending credits

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A Coffee with Rajesh Khanna.

2011-12-28T12:04:00.000-08:00

Rajesh Khanna (born Jatin Khanna on 29 December 1942) is an Indian actor of from Hindi films,and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician.

Early life

Khanna was born in Amritsar on 29 December 1942. He was adopted and raised by foster parents who were relatives of his biological parents. Khanna lived in Thakurdwar near Girgaon. Khanna attended St. Sebastian’s Goan High School in Girgaum, along with his friend Ravi Kapoor, who later took the stage name Jeetendra. Their mothers were friends.Khanna gradually started taking interest in theatre and did a lot of plays in his school and college days and won many prizes in the inter college drama competitions.Khanna became a rare newcomer who struggled in his own MG sports car to get work in theatre and films in the early sixties.Both friends later studied in Kishinchand Chellaram College(KC).When Jeetendra went for his first film audition, it was Khanna who tutored him. Khanna's uncle changed Khanna's first name to Rajesh when Khanna decided to join films. His friends and his wife call him Kaka^. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Khanna fell in love with the then fashion designer and actress Anju Mahendru.They were in the relationship for seven years. Mahendru states that the couple did not speak to each other for 17 years after the breakup.Later Khanna married Dimple Kapadia in 1973 and has two daughters from the marriage.Khanna and Dimple Kapadia separated in 1984 as his schedule kept him away much of the time and Dimple became interested in pursuing an acting career,and thereafter lived separately, but did not complete the divorce proceedings.In the eighties Tina Munim was romantically involved with Khanna till the time she decided to leave the industry to pursue her higher studies.Years of separation brought about mutual understanding between Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia.Reporter Dinesh Raheja stated that “the bitterness between Rajesh and Dimple washed away", noting that they are seen together at parties and that Dimple campaigned for Khanna's election and also worked in his film.Their elder daughter Twinkle Khanna, an interior decorator and a former film actress, is married to actor Akshay Kumar while their younger daughter Rinki Khanna, also a former Hindi film actress, is married to a London-based investment banker Samir Saran.

Career

(1966–1975)

Rajesh Khanna was one of eight finalists in the 1965 All India Talent Contest organised by United Producers and Filmfare from more than ten thousand contestants.Subsequently Khanna won the contest. He made his film debut in the 1966 film Aakhri Khat directed by Chetan Anand, followed by Raaz directed by Ravindra Dave both of which were a part of his predetermined prize for winning the All-India United Producers’ Talent Competition.G.P. Sippy and Nasir Hussain were the first to sign Rajesh Khanna after he won the contest.Khanna in an interview to Hindu newspaper said,"Though “Aakhri Khat” is my first film, I received my first break as a leading actor in Ravindra Dave's, “Raaz” in 1967. My heroine was Babita, already a popular actress then. Though I had lots of confidence, I was shy in facing the camera initially. In my first three shots, I had to perform with stress on my body language and dialogue delivery. Though I was right with my dialogues, my movements were not up to the mark. Ravindra Dave explained me my scenes and movements very clearly correcting my way of walking".Being under contract with United Producers, he got projects like Aurat, Doli and Ittefaq.He was then noticed for his performances in films like Baharon Ke Sapne, Aurat (1967), Doli, Aradhana and Ittefaq. Later Waheeda Rehman suggested Asit Sen to take Khanna for the lead role in Khamoshi. Through Aradhana he rose to "instant national fame" and film critics referred to him as the first superstar of India.In that film, Rajesh Khanna was cast in a double role (father and son) opposite Sharmila Tagore and Farida Jalal. The film also saw the resurgence of Kishore Kumar, who eventually became the official playback voice of Rajesh Khanna. The Kishore Kumar-Rajesh Khanna combination worked miracles and it was almost impossible to see them as separate identities. They became a singer-actor duo and together they gave many songs till 1991.Then in year 1971, Haathi Mere Saathi became the biggest hit and also became the biggest grosser ever till then.Khanna is also credited with giving Salim Akhtar and Javed Akhtar their first chance to become screenplay writers by offering them work in Haathi Mere Saathi. Javed Akhthar accpeted in an interview "One day, he went to Salimsaab and said that Mr. Devar had given him a huge signing amount with which he could complete the payment for his bungalow Aashirwad. But the film's script was far from being satisfactory. He told us that if we could set right the script, he would make sure we got both money and credit."
Rajesh acted alongside Mumtaz in eight successful films. They were neighbours and got along very well, and as a result they shared a great on-screen chemistry. After Khanna married, Mumtaz decided to marry millionaire Mayur Madhwani in 1974. At the time, she was doing three films Aap ki Kasam, Roti and Prem Kahani with Khanna. She decided to quit movies only after completing these films. When she left films Khanna felt very lost. In one of her interviews, Mumtaz was quoted saying "I would pull his leg and tease him about his fan following. Whenever Rajesh entered a hotel in Madras, there was a queue of 600 girls waiting to see him at midnight. As a result, even I would get some importance, as people would ask for my autograph as well. He was very generous with his associates, and would party a lot."
During the peak of his career he would be mobbed during public appearances. Fans kissed his car, which would be covered with lipstick marks, and lined the road, cheering and chanting his name. Female fans sent him letters written in their blood.There used to be a line of cars of his producers and hysterical fans outside his bungalow every day. Actor Mehmood parodied him in Bombay to Goa where the driver and conductor of the bus were called 'Rajesh' and 'Khanna'. Even today, he remains the favourite of mimicry artists, who copy his trademark style and dialogue delivery. During the filming of Amar Prem there was a scene that needed to be filmed at Howrah Bridge with a boat carrying Khanna with Sharmila moving under the bridge. The authorities ruled this scene out as they realized that if the public found out that the hero of the film would be there, it may create problems on the bridge itself, and that it might collapse due to the amount of people trying to get a glimpse of their favourite actor. Film critic Monojit Lahiri remembers “Girls married themselves to photographs of Rajesh Khanna, cutting their fingers and applying the blood as sindoor. Rajesh was God, there has never been such hysteria.”
Several songs sung by Kishore Kumar in the 1970s were based on Rajesh Khanna. During the filming of the song 'Mere Sapnon Ki Rani' in Aradhana, Sharmila Tagore was shooting for a Satyajit Ray film and director Shakti Samanta had to shoot their scenes separately and then join the scenes together.
The BBC made a film on him, titled Bombay Superstar, in 1974, the shooting for which began the same time when he got married and his film Daag premiered. In the video it can be noticed that Khanna was shooting for Aap Ki Kasam. A textbook prescribed by the Bombay University contained an essay, 'The Charisma of Rajesh Khanna!'.
Sharmila Tagore said in interview to India Express, “Women came out in droves to see Kaka (Khanna). They would stand in queues outside the studios to catch a glimpse, they would marry his photographs, they would pull at his clothes. Delhi girls were crazier for him than Mumbai girls. He needed police protection when he was in public. I have never seen anything like this before and since.”
Music remained one of the biggest attractions of all Rajesh Khanna films throughout his career. Many of the musical scores for Khanna's films were composed by Sachin Dev Burman, R.D. Burman and Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The trio of Rajesh Khanna, Kishore Kumar and R.D. Burman went on to make a number of popular films, including Kati Patang, Amar Prem, Shehzada, Apna Desh, Mere Jeevan Saathi, Aap Ki Kasam, Ajnabee, Namak Haraam, Maha Chor, Karm, Phir Wohi Raat, Aanchal, Kudrat, Ashanti, Agar Tum Na Hote, Awaaz, Hum Dono and Alag Alag.
Rajesh Khanna had 15 consecutive solo superhits between 1969 to 1972, which is still an unbroken record in Indian film history.The commercial success of his films declined during 1976–78.In calculation of the 15 films, 2 hero films like Maryada,Andaz and films with box office result as hits were excluded -Mere Jeevan Saathi, Choti Bahu and Shehzada.
Khanna considered Guru Dutt, Meena Kumari and Geeta Bali as his idols.Khanna dislosed in an interview," My inspirations include, Dilip Kumar's dedication and intensity, Raj Kapoor's spontaneity, Dev Anand's style and Shammi Kapoor's rhythm."

1976–1978

Between 1976 and 1978, Khanna acted in nine films that were not commercially successful. Seven of these were rated highly by critics upon their release and have achieved strong cult status over the years among the viewers and these films included Mehbooba, Bundal Baaz, Tyaag, Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein, Naukri, Chakravyuha and Janata Havaldar which were directed by Shakti Samanta, Shammi Kapoor, Din Dayal Sharma, Meeraj, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee and Mehmood Ali, respectively. Khanna persuaded Samanta to cast his sister-in-law Simple Kapadia opposite him in Anurodh. Films starring Rajesh Khanna and directed by Shakti Samanta tended to be commercially successful, but Mehbooba was an exception.K. Balachander then remade his film Arangetram in Hindi as Aaina with Mumtaz in the lead and Khanna in a cameo appearance in 1977. This film was also unsuccessful. The change from romantic and social movies to action oriented multi-starrers caused the decline of Khanna's career in terms of box office ratings to some extent. The declaration of emergency in India had angered the masses and this helped films having the lead character revolting against corruption becoming success. Actor Joy Mukherjee made Chhailla Babu, a suspense thriller in 1977, which became the only successful film of his as a director and the unexpected success of the Chhailla Babu gave a boost to the career of Khanna.However, Khanna continued basically in solo hero social sober household meaningful films during this era and played a variety of characters in films of various genres. During this phase too he had box office hits like Maha Chor, Chhailla Babu,Anurodh and Karm.

(1979–present)

After 1978, Khanna starred in critically acclaimed commercially successful films such as Amardeep, Phir Wohi Raat, Bandish, Thodisi Bewafaii, Dard, Kudrat, Dhanwan, Avtaar, Agar Tum Na Hote, Souten, Jaanwar, Asha Jyoti, Awaaz, Naya Kadam, Hum Dono, Babu, Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar, Shatru, Insaaf Main Karoonga, Anokha Rishta, Nazrana, Angaarey, Adhikar (1986) and Amrit. Director Bharathiraja decided to remake his 1978 Tamil box office hit film "Sigappu Rojakkal" in Hindi with Khanna playing the role of a psychopath.Kamal Haasan who played the same role in Tamil won South Filmfare Best Actor Award for his portrayal.But the Hindi movie was seen as controversial by traditional and orthodox Hindi moviegoers and was not a commercial success, although Khanna's performance has been rated later higher by critics than the original.
Tina Munim and Rajesh Khanna became the leading on and off screen couple of the 80’s with hits like Fiffty Fiffty, Suraag, Souten, Aakhir Kyun, Bewafai, Insaaf Main Karoonga and Adhikar(1986). Ram Awatar Agnihotri wrote that Tina Munim showed the first sparks of the dedicated actress she would become in the films "Alag Alag" and "Adhikar", both with Khanna.He also acted in the Marathi hit film "Sundara Satarkar" in 1981. He has performed in the least number of multi-starrer films in comparison to his contemporaries and portrayed the central character in the few multistarrers he acted. Khanna delivered multi-starrer superhits like Rajput, Dharam Aur Kanoon, Zamana, Dil-E-Nadan, Ashanti, Awam (film) and Ghar Ka Chiraag. He did three potboiler movies with Jeetendra, which were blockbusters-Dharam Kanta, Nishaan and Maqsad.Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar is one of the memorable political films of Rajesh Khanna. Khanna played the character of a corrupt politician in this film. Viewers praised his role in the film.The year 1985 saw him turn a producer with Alag Alag. Eleven films, with Khanna in the lead, released in 1985 and seven of these became hits and in addition had three films with him in special appearance. Before joining politics one of his last films as the lead hero was Swarg released in 1990. David Dhawan regards Swarg as his most favorite directorial venture and said in an interview " Swarg did well. Though a serious film, people even today talk about it as it struck a chord. I was working with Rajesh Khanna for the first time. I shared a good rapport with him. He never threw tantrums on the sets."
He experimented with films of different genres like tragedy in Babu as a rickshaw puller, thriller in Redrose as a psycopath, political adventure in Awam, negative roles in Dhanwan and Redrose, fantasy in Bundalbaaz and Jaanwar, crime in Phir Wohi Raat and Angarey, suspense in Chakravyuha and Iteefaq, comedy in Hum Dono and Masterji, action in Ashanti, family dramas like Aanchal and Amrit and Agar Tum Na Hote, variety of social films like Avtaar, Naya Kadam, Akhir Kyun and with different themes like reincarnation theme in Kudrat, patriotism in Prem Kahani, immature young love theme handled in different ways in films like Anokha Rishta, Nazrana and Dil E Nadan and did college romance in Bandish. He has played variety of characters as the lead hero – as a postman in Palkon Ki Chaon Mein, as a lawyer who proves that his senior has committed a rape 25 years earlier in Kudrat, as a politician in Aaj Ka MLA Ram Avtaar , as a young musician forced by fate to marry two women in Asha Jyoti, as professional advocate in Awaaz, fisherman in Prem Bandhan, a revolutionary patriot who is torn apart by love and policeman like in Prem Kahanai, as a righteous farmer in Bandhan etc.
He shared a very close relationship with R.D. Burman and Kishore Kumar. The trio were very close friends and have worked together in more than thirty films.Work of Pancham with Khanna is regarded as legendary and far superior than any other actor-music director combinations.The king of playback singing Kishore Kumar had even credited Rajesh Khanna for his resurgence, so much so that he sang for Alag Alag, the first film produced by Rajesh Khanna without charging anything.In 1985 Pancham found himself being sidelined after failure of few films but Rajesh Khanna was among the few who continued to stand by him.Rajesh and Pancham worked together even after the death of Kishore in the films Jai Shiv Shankar, the unreleased film Police Ke Peechhe Police (both produced by Khanna ) and Sautela Bhai. Khanna even helped Leena Gangully and Amit Kumar in completing Mamta Ki Chhaon Mein, the last film directed by Kishore who died before the completion of the film.
Actors who were part of the cast of most of his films include Ashok Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri, Asrani, Bindu, Vijay Arora, Roopesh Kumar, Dina Pathak and A. K. Hangal, who remained part of his " working team" since the start until the late eighties. The lyricist whom he preferred for his movies was Anand Bakshi. Films by Shakti Samanta with Khanna in the lead, music by Pancham and lyrics by Anand Bakshi had people swooning over. The films Samanta directed without Khanna in the eighties were duds. His other close friends from the film industry include Raj Babbar, J. Om Prakash and Jeetendra.
Pyarelal quoted in an interview that “Rajesh Khanna was lucky for us and we were lucky for him too. From the 1969 Do Raaste to the 1986 Amrit, we gave hits together both as films and as music scores.... When we went on our first overseas concert tour in 1984, he came and danced to three songs. He was very particular about his music and would take a tape home if he could not assess a song. He would then give his feedback after a day or two. But if he liked a song at the sitting, he would loudly shout “Wah! Wah!” in appreciation…. It was God’s blessing that we came up with such a vast range of hit songs for him, including in his home productions Roti and films like Chhailla Babu, Chakravyuha, Fiffty Fiffty, Amar Deep and Bewafai. Incidentally, he had a stake in Mehboob Ki Mehndi too. He had great interest in music and a terrific sense of melody too. His music is dominated by Pancham (R.D. Burman) and us and we accepted Shakti Samanta’s Anurodh only because Rajesh Khanna had some misunderstanding with Pancham then and did not want to work with him.”Khanna would always request music directors to fit in Kishore Kumar wherever possible. In fact, Kishoreda was very reluctant to sing "Waada Tera Waada" in Dushman and suggested Laxmikant Pyarelal to get it sung by Rafi. Then Laxmikant made Kishoreda meet Rajesh Khanna and Khanna winked at Laxmikant and told Kishoreda that in that case the song should be scrapped. On hearing this Kishore immediately agreed to sing it by himself for Khanna.
Celebrities of the post-2000 era, like Madhur Bhandarkar, say that they take at least three or four turns in Carter Road even today only to see Khanna.The younger generation stars like Imran Khan still regard Rajesh Khanna as someone who would take the top slot as the most romantic hero of all time. Shahrukh Khan idolises Rajesh Khanna and has opined,"Rajesh Khanna you can’t touch". Actor Tom Alter confessed “I still dream of being Rajesh Khanna. For me, in the early 1970s, he was the only hero – romantic to the core, not larger than life, so Indian and real – he was my hero; the reason I came into films and he still is.” Actor Irrfan Khan accepted in an interview, "The kind of craze witnessed by Rajesh Khanna has not been duplicated by anyone. He was the biggest and the most real star Bollywood has produced. I'd say stardom is that feeling of being possessed by your idol; you are so overwhelmed with euphoria you lose touch with reality." Rajesh Khanna was the last superstar to set fashion trends.The trend of wearing guru kurtas and belt on shirts became famous in seventies and eighties because of Khanna.
Akshay Kumar was a fan of Khanna since his childhood and later when he became Khanna's son-in-law, he told "Look at what destiny had in store for me. I married my idol's daughter! I still can't believe it. Who wasn't his fan in the 1970s? I remember queuing up for hours to watch Aradhana, Amar Prem, Kati Patang. These are among my favourite films of all times."When Action Replayy, a film starring Akshay in the lead released in 2010, Akshay ensured that Rajesh Khanna was the first person to watch the film in theaters. On the eve of the film's release Akshay said "The film is set in the era that belongs to my father-in-law. I am proud of being part of the family now. Mr Khanna will be the first person to watch the film. I'm determined about that." Action Replayy was a film which paid homage to the decade when Rajesh Khanna ruled. Amitabh Bachchan, while presenting the lifetime achievement award to Khanna at the IIFA awards of 2009 acknowledged, "The word superstar in the Indian film industry was for the first time coined for him".
From the early nineties onwards he stopped acting and served as M.P. of New Delhi Constituency from 1991 to 1996. During that period, he returned to acting, appearing in Khudai(1994). He made a comeback as a NRI in Aa Ab Laut Chalen(1999), and Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa(2002). In September 2007, he officially announced his planned return to the big screen, signing a contract for several new films, including some television serials.

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The Great Indians Diary...Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani.

2011-12-27T12:29:00.000-08:00

Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, (28 December 1932 – 6 July 2002) was an Indian business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and one of the 3 privately owned Indian companies in the Fortune 500. Ambani took his company public in 1977. Dhirubhai has been one among the select Forbes billionaires and has also figured in the Sunday Times list of top 50 businessmen in Asia. His life has often been referred to as a true "rags to riches" story.The biography of Dhirubhai Ambani reveals that he was the founder of Reliance Industries. He was born on 28 December 1932. The Dhirubhai Ambani biography profile presents a rags-to-riches story. At present his company has a combined fortune of 60 billion dollars. Dhirubhai Ambani’s name has appeared in the Forbes billionaires list and also in the list of top 50 top businessmen of Asia.

Early life

Hirachand Ambani was a village school teacher with less income given to him. Hirachand and Jamnaben had two daughters - Trilochanaben and Jasuben and three sons - Ramnikbhai, Dhirubhai and Natubhai. Dhirubhai was the second son.Dhirubhai was precocious and highly intelligent. He was also highly impatient of the oppressive grinding mill of the school classroom. He chose work which used his physical ability to the maximum rather than cramming school lessons. When Jamnaben once asked Dhirubhai and Ramnikbhai to help his father by earning money, he angrily replied, "Why do you keep screaming for money? I will make heaps of money one day". On weekends, he began setting up onion/potato fries stall at village fairs and made extra money which he gave his mother. e also used to sell milk powder to make his income.

Just after Dhirubhai was through his annual matriculation examination and even before the result was out, Hirachandbhai called him home to Chorwad. Hirachandbhai had been unwell for quite some time and had grown extremely weak and frail. "Dhiru, do you know why I have called you here?"
Hirachandbhai asked his son the very night he reached home. "Well, I'll tell you. You know I have been unwell for past several months. I cannot work any more. I know you want to study further but I can't afford that any more. I need you to earn for the family. I need your money. The family needs it. You must work now. Ramnikbhai has arranged a job for you in Aden. You go there."
Dhirubhai had really wanted to study for a bachelor's degree, but his ambition melted when he looked into the anxious eyes of his sick father. "I'll do as you say" he said and the very next morning he left for Rajkot to get his passport. Those days Indians did not need a visa for entering Aden but there were rumours around that the no visa regime was about to change any day. So he needed to hurry up before the visa rules changed. In a few days he was in Bombay to board the ship to Aden. It was on board the ship that's Dhirubhai learnt from Gujarati newspaper that he had passed his matriculation examination in second division.
On reaching Aden, Dhirubhai joined office on the very day of his arrival. It was a clerk's job with the A. Besse & Co., named after its French founder Antonin Besse. Those days Aden was the second busiest trading and oil bunkering port in the world after London handling over 6,300 ships and 1,500 dhows a year.
And, there in Aden, A. Besse & Co. was the largest transcontinental trading firm east of Suez. It was engaged in almost every branch of trading business-cargo booking, handling, shipping, forwarding, and wholesale merchandising. Besse acted as trading agents for a large number of European, American, African and Asian companies and dealt with all sorts of goods ranging from sugar, spices, food grains and textiles to office stationary, tools, machinery and petroleum products. Dhirubhai was first sent to the commodities trading section of the firm. Later, he was transferred to the section that handled petroleum products for the oil giant Shell^.
"I learnt business at the Besse which was then the best trading firm this side of the Suez," he used to tell friends in later years. He was quick on the uptake. He learnt the ways of commodity trading, high seas purchase and sales, marketing and distribution, currency trading, and money management. During lunch break he roamed the souks and bazaars of Aden where traders from numerous different continents and countries bought and sold goods worth millions of pound sterling, the then global currency, during the day. He met traders from all parts of Europe, Africa, India, Japan and China. Aden was the biggest trading port of the times, a trading port where goods landed from all parts of the world and were dispatched to the farthest corners of different continents. Speculation in manufactured goods and commodities was rife all over the Aden bazaars
Ten years later, Dhirubhai Ambani returned to India and started "Majin" in partnership with Champaklal Damani, his second cousin, who used to be with him in Aden, Yemen. Majin was to import polyester yarn and export spices to Yemen.The first office of the Reliance Commercial Corporation was set up at the Narsinatha Street in Masjid Bunder. It was 350 sq ft. room with a telephone, one table and three chairs. Initially, they had two assistants to help them with their business. During this period, Dhirubhai and his family used to stay in a one bedroom apartment at the Jaihind Estate in Bhuleshwar, Mumbai. In 1965, Champaklal Damani and Dhirubhai Ambani ended their partnership and Dhirubhai started on his own. It is believed that both had different temperaments and a different take on how to conduct business. While Mr. Damani was a cautious trader and did not believe in building yarn inventories, Dhirubhai was a known risk taker and he believed in building inventories, anticipating a price rise, and making profits.In 1968, he moved to an upmarket apartment at Altamount Road in South Mumbai. Ambani's net worth was estimated at about Rs.10 lakh by late 1970s.Sensing a good opportunity in the textile business, Dhirubhai Ambani along with Amit Mehra, a Delhi based Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary residing in Ashok Vihar, Delhi started the first textile mill at Naroda, in Ahmedabad in the year 1966. Textiles were manufactured using polyester fibre yarn.Dhirubhai started the brand "Vimal", which was named after his elder brother Ramaniklal Ambani's son, Vimal Ambani. Extensive marketing of the brand "Vimal" in the interiors of India made it a household name. Franchise retail outlets were started and they used to sell "only Vimal" brand of textiles. In the year 1975, a Technical team from the World Bank visited the Reliance Textiles' Manufacturing unit. This unit has the rare distinction of being certified as "excellent even by developed country standards" during that period. Amit Mehra had played a pivotal role in helping and supporting Dhirubhai in this success.

Death

Dhirubhai Ambani was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on June 24, 2002 after he suffered a major stroke. This was his second stroke. The first one had occurred in February, 1986 and had kept his right hand paralyzed. He was, latterly, in a state of coma for more than a week. A number of doctors were used. He died on July 6, 2002, at around 11:50 p.m.
His funeral procession was not only attended by business people, politicians and celebrities but also by thousands of ordinary people. His elder son, Mukesh Ambani, performed the last rites as per Hindu traditions. He was cremated at the Chandanwadi Crematorium in Mumbai at around 4:30 PM (Indian Standard Time) on July 7, 2002.
He is survived by Kokilaben Ambani, his wife, two sons, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani, and two daughters, Nina Kothari and Deepti Salgaonkar. Dhirubhai Ambani started his long journey in Mumbai from the Mulji-Jetha Textile Market, where he started as a small-trader. As a mark of respect to this great businessman, The Mumbai Textile Merchants' decided to keep the market closed on July 8, 2002. At the time of Dhirubhai's death, Reliance Group had a gross turnover of Rs. 75,000 Crore or USD $ 15 Billion. In 1976-77, the Reliance group had an annual turnover of Rs 70 crore and it is to be remembered that Dhirubhai had started the business with just Rs.1,50,000 (US$3500)

Dhirubhai Ambani Biography profile revels that he was the son of Hirachand Gordhandhas Ambani who was a school teacher in Gujarat. With a modest income.
Dhirubhai had two sisters and two brothers.
The biography of Dhirubhai Ambani divulges that his introduction to entrepreneurship was by selling bhajias to pilgrims in Mount Girnar.
He passed his matriculation exams at the age of sixteen. Then he travelled to Aden in Yemen. He worked as a gas station attendant and then as a clerk in oil company. He opened a textile trading company.
Dhirubhai Ambani Biography profile features that after ten of living in Aden he came back to India and started a Majin Corporation with Champaklal Damani as a partner. Champaklal had accompanied him to Yemen. This partnership ended in 1965.

Achievements

Dhirubhai Ambani Biography profile reveals that he in 1966 he opened his first textile mill at Naroda in Ahmednagar. He started the brand Vimal. A World Bank team visited the manufacturing unit and highly appreciated the level of excellence. By 1980 his fortune crossed the 1 billion mark.
In 1982 Ambani began to introduce diversification in his business thorough chemicals, petrochemicals, plastic, power etc.
According to the Dhirubhai Ambani Biography profile he was criticised for bending government rules to suit his own needs and thus acting unethically on various grounds. Nevertheless his entrepreneurship skills were highly praised.

The biography of Dbhirubhai Ambani says that he died on June 24 2002. He is survived by his wife Kokilaben Ambani and his two sons Mukesh and Anil and two daughters Nina Kothari and Deepti Salgaonkar. Reliance Industries ahs also entered the Telecom, Insurance and Internet Businesses sector. The biography of Dhirubhai Ambani shows that his saga embarked upon a new era following which several entrepreneurs have come up and received global recognition.

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The Great Indians Diary...Ratan Naval Tata.

2011-12-27T12:05:00.000-08:00

Ratan Naval Tata (born 28 December 1937) is the present chairman of Tata Sons and therefore, Tata Group.He is also the chairman of major Tata companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals, The Indian Hotels Company and Tata Teleservices.
The Ratan Tata biography profile tells us that Ratan Naval Tata was born on December 28, 1937 in Mumbai. Ratan Tata biography profile tells us he is the present Chairman of Tata Sons that is the Tata Group. He is also the Chairman of major Tata Companies like the Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals, The Indian Hotels Company and Tata Teleservices. We come to know from the biography of Ratan Tata that he has been serving the nation dedicatedly.

Early life
Biography of Ratan Tata features that he was:

Born to naval Tata and Soonoo Commisaria, he belonged to the prominent Tata family of the Parsi community. He was the great-grandson of the legendary Tata-group founder Jamshedji Tata. He was raised by his grandmother Lady Navajbai Sett.
In the year 1962, he completed his B.S. in architecture with structural engineering from Cornell University.
In the year 1975, he completed his Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School.
According to Ratan Tata biography profile he joined the Tata Group in December 1962 and was the first to be sent to Jamshedpur to work at Tata Steel.

Career at Tata Sons

When he returned to India in 1962 after turning down a job with IBM on the advice of JRD, he was sent to Jamshedpur to work on the shop floor at Tata Steel with other blue-collar employees, shovelling limestone and handling the blast furnace.In 1971, he was appointed the Director of National Radio and Electronics (Nelco), which was in dire straits when he came on board: with losses of 40% and barely 2% share of the consumer electronics market. However, just when he turned it around (from 2% to 25% market share), the Emergency was declared. A weak economy and labour issues compounded the problem and Nelco was quickly near collapse again.
For his next assignment, in 1977 he was asked to turn around the sick Empress Mills, which he did. However, he was refused a Rs 50 lakh investment required to make the textile unit competitive. Empress Mills floundered and was finally closed in 1986.
In 1981, JRD Tata stepped down as Tata Industries chairman, naming Ratan as his successor. He was heavily criticized for lacking experience in running a company of the scale of Tata Industries.
In 1991, he was appointed group chairman of the Tata group. As group chairman, he has been responsible for converting "the corporate commonwealth" of different Tata-affiliated companies into a cohesive company. He has been responsible for the acquisition of Tetley, Jaguar Land Rover and Corus, which have turned Tata from a largely India-centric company into a global business, with 65% revenues coming from abroad. He also pushed the development of Indica and the Nano. He is widely credited for the success of the Tata Group of companies, especially after the liberalization of controls after the 1990s.
In August 2007, Ratan Tata lead Tata Group's acquisition of British steel maker Corus. At that time, this was the largest takeover of a foreign company by an Indian company, and resulted in Tata Group becoming the fifth largest steel producer in the world. According to the BBC, however, some analysts criticized the move, saying that Tata Group had overpaid for Corus and had prioritized national pride before its shareholders.
Tata is set to retire in December 2012 to be succeeded by Cyrus Mistry, the 42-year-old son of Pallonji Mistry and managing director of Shapoorji Pallonji Group.

Personal life

From the Biography of Ratan Tata, we come to know that:

Mr. Ratan Tata has never been married.
He owns a Falcon Jet which he likes to pilot himself sometimes.
Mr. Tata has a metallic blue Masserati and Ferrari California.
Mr. Tata is a withdrawn man and rarely features in the society glossies.

Achievements
The Ratan Tata biography profile is dotted with the many achievements and rewards that have come on the path of this man.

On 26^th January, 2000 ratan Tata was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the highest decoration awarded to any Indian.
In 2006 he was awarded with the first Award for Responsible Capitalis
On 26th January 2008, he conferred the title of Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honor.
In 2009 he was chosen to be an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire.

In 2010, he won the Legend in Leadership award from Yale according to the biography of Ratan Tata.

Honours, awards and international recognition

Ratan Tata serves in senior capacities in various organisations in India and he is a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry. Tata is on the board of governors of the East-West Center, the advisory board of RAND's Center for Asia Pacific Policy and serves on the program board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's India AIDS initiative.
Ratan Tata's foreign affiliations include membership of the international advisory boards of the Mitsubishi Corporation, the American International Group, JP Morgan Chase and Booz Allen Hamilton. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the RAND Corporation, University of Southern California and Cornell University. He also serves as a board member on the Republic of South Africa's International Investment Council and is a member of the Asia-Pacific advisory committee for the New York Stock Exchange. In 2010, he joined BMB Group as an advisory board member.

Year	Name	Awarding organization
2010	Honorary Doctor of Laws	Pepperdine University.
2010	Legend in Leadership Award	Yale University.
2010	Businessman of the Decade	Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce.
2008	Honorary Doctor of Science	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
2008	Honorary Doctor of Law	University of Cambridge.
2007	Honorary Fellow	London School of Economics.
2007	Honorary Citizen of Singapore	Singapore government.
2007	Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
2005	Honorary Doctor of Science	University of Warwick.
2004	Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology	Asian Institute of Technology.
2004	Honorary Economic Advisor	Hangzhou, China.
2001	Honorary Doctor of Business Administration	Ohio State University.

FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism.
26th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education, awarded by Cornell University
recipient of the NASSCOM Global Leadership Awards (2008)

Conclusion

Ratan Tata biography profile reveals he is the man who walked on the path of the legendary Jamshedji Tata and is contributing endlessly for the development of India. He is a suitable man indeed of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry and the advisory board of RAND's Center for Asia Pacific Policy.

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A coffee with Salman Khan.

2011-12-26T11:05:00.000-08:00

Salman Khan (born Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on 27 December 1965)is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan is the eldest son of screenwriter Salim Khan and his first wife Salma (Sushila Charak), his paternal grandfather came to India from Afghanistan and settled in Madhya Pradesh whereas his mother is a Marathi Hindu. Khan himself had once said that he is half Hindu and half Muslim. His stepmother is Helen, a former actress, who has co-starred with him in a few films. He has two brothers, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan, and two sisters, Alvira and Arpita. Alvira is married to actor/director Atul Agnihotri. Khan finished his schooling through St. Stanislaus High School in Bandra, Mumbai, as did his younger brothers Arbaaz and Sohail. Earlier, he studied at The Scindia School, Gwalior for a few years along with younger brother Arbaaz.

Trade Mark

His dancing style
His Smile
Removing his shirt

Trivia
Frequently gets rid of his T-Shirt in his films to show his muscles.
Hindi megastar
One of the four Khans that ruled Bollywood from the 1990s onwards. The other three are Saif Ali Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.
Son of Salim Khan, half of the famed Salim-Javed writing team.
Frequently visits sick children in hospitals, and also goes often to donate blood.
Exercises daily. Feels the day was incomplete without a workout.
Loves visiting London.
Was voted 7th best-looking man in the world by People Magazine.
Brother of Sohail Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Alvira Khan and Arpita Khan.
Not only is he a health freak, he also loves to initiate people who aren't as health-conscious as himself into workouts. He forced co-star Anil Kapoor to work out at the gymnasium every day. While Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan are his early trainees.
His favorite actor is Sylvester Stallone.
Model turned actress Malaika Arora is his sister-in-law. Actor turned director Atul Agnihotri is his brother-in-law.
He was an excellent swimmer in his school days and was even tipped for representing the country one day.
In his early days as a struggling actor he never used his father's name and influence like many other heroes with relatives in the industry. He used to visit producers on his own and audition for roles.
Always believes in giving newcomers a chance. So he spares time in between shots to listen to their script ideas and credits this to his memory of when he was a newcomer.
Has a mannequin of himself in Madame Tussaud's Museum in England. Along with Kareena Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Has his own charitable organization known as Being Human Foundations.
All time favorite actress is Hema Malini.
Highest paid Bollywood Star.
Was the first Bollywood Star to work in the Hollywood film industry and his debut film was Marigold: An Adventure In India.
All time favorite actors are Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan.
Brother-in-law of Malaika Arora and Seema Sachdev Khan.
Was working as a model before he became a successful actor and television host.
Fond of Luxury Cars like BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota Land Cruiser, owns a number of them including the latest models. His current list includes a BMW M5, BMW X6, BMW 5 Series, Audi A8, Range Rover Vogue, Lexus LX470, Toyota Land Cruiser, Audi Q7 and etc. He is also fond of Luxury Motorbikes and has a good collection of them.
He is an excellent painter.
Father's name is Salim Khan, mother's name is Salma Khan and stepmother's name is Helen.
Has 4 nephews, Aydan, Arhaan, Nirvaan, Aslam, and 1 niece, Alizeh.
Has his own non-profit charitable foundation, Being human - The Salman Khan Foundation, whose emphasis is on health care and education. Proceeds from the sale of watches he has designed, paintings he has done, and the Being human t-shirts go to the foundation.
Works frequently with brothers Arbaaz and Sohail Khan, and brother in-law Atul Agnilhotri.
Lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India with his family.
Wears a Feroza (turquoise) stone bracelet on his right hand wrist. He believes very strongly that it wards off the evil forces around him, and keeps him safe from the evil eyes. He has been wearing it for the past 15 years.

Personal Quotes

The only person I have hurt is myself.
For me acting, comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don't act at all. I think that to feel the character's pain I have to be myself. Somewhere audiences see that.
On his childhood problems and his father's second marriage to Helen: It was very difficult in the beginning, when everybody was talking about it. My mother just couldn't take it. It hurt her terribly. She used to worry all the time, go in to depression frequently. When she cried, we children used to cry with her.
In life go straight and turn right.
(From a TV-interview) I can get caught in many things but there is one thing I will never get caught in, and that is acting - because I don't act. On screen I am like I am in real life.
Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children. I wanted to marry to make babies, but now I have them, so marriage isn't that important, is it?

Career

1980s

Salman Khan made his acting debut with a supporting role in the 1988 film Biwi Ho To Aisi. His first leading role in a Bollywood movie was in Sooraj R. Barjatya's romantic family drama Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), one of India's highest grossing films. It earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, as well as his first nomination for a Best Actor at Filmfare.

1990s

1990 saw one film release starring Khan, Baaghi: A Rebel for Love. The film was a box office success,followed by four hit films in 1991, Patthar Ke Phool, Sanam Bewafa, Kurbaan and Saajan.Despite these early successes, nearly all of his 1992–1993 releases resulted in box office failures.
Khan returned to success in 1994 with his second collaboration with director Sooraj Barjatya in the romance Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, co-starring Madhuri Dixit. This film was the biggest hit of that year, and turned out to be one of Bollywood's highest-grossing films ever, becoming the fourth-highest earner of all time. In 1995 he starred in Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun alongside Shahrukh Khan. The two played brothers who are reincarnated after being killed by family enemies. The film was the second biggest hit of the year, and his role of Karan once again put his name among the nominees for the Best Actor award at the Filmfare, which was eventually won by his Karan Arjun co-star Shahrukh Khan for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.
In 1996, Khan performed in two movies, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's directional debut Khamoshi: The Musical, a box office failure, but critically acclaimed; and Raj Kanwar's action hit Jeet. He had two releases in 1997: Judwaa and Auzaar. The former was a comedy directed by David Dhawan where he played a dual role of twins separated at birth.
Khan worked in five different films in 1998, his first release being the comedy Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya opposite Kajol, one of the biggest commercial successes of that year. This was followed by the moderately successful drama Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai. Khan played a young man who has to take a child who claims to be his son, under his custody. Khan's performance in the film earned him several positive notices and favourable reviews from critics. He rounded of the year with an extended cameo in Karan Johar's directorial debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai for which he earned a second Filmfare Award under the Best Supporting Actor category.
In 1999, Khan starred in three films: Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United and Biwi No.1, two of the highest grossing films that year; and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which earned another Best Actor nomination at the Filmfare.

2000s

Salman Khan at the Jaan-E-Mann and UFO tie-up party (2006)

In 2000, Khan acted in films including Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega and Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. Chori Chori Chupke Chupke addressed the issue of surrogate childbirth; Khan played the role of a rich industrialist, who hires a surrogate mother after his wife becomes infertile. Critics noted his turn towards a more serious role, which reportedly had more substance in comparison to his previous roles. In 2002 he starred in the delayed release Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam.
For Tere Naam, (2003) Taran Adarsh said of him, "Salman Khan is exceptional in a role that fits him to the T. He breathes fire in sequences that demand uneasiness. But beneath the tough exterior lies a vulnerable person and this facet in particular comes to the fore in the latter reels. His emotional outbursts are splendid..." He subsequently continued his success at the box office, with comedies like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) and No Entry (2005). Khan's work in 2006 included Jaan-E-Mann and Baabul .
Khan started 2007 with the ensemble film Salaam E Ishq. His next release Partner did very well at the box office, receiving a blockbuster verdict. He next appeared in the Hollywood movie, Marigold: An Adventure in India which told the love story of an Indian man and an American woman.
Khan starred in three films throughout 2008, all of which underperformed.
Khan hosted the second season of 10 Ka Dum in year 2009 which turned out to be even more successful than his first season as host of the game show in year 2008. The show got very high TRPs for Sony Entertainment Television and according to reports, the show helped Sony TV regain its third position in the Indian television ratings.
Khan's first film of 2009, Wanted directed by choreographer turned director Prabhu Deva. In the same year, he appeared in two other films, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna and London Dreams. While London Dreams doing average business, only due to the uninspiring music, but Main Aurr Mrs Khanna made 21 crores through DTH Premiere.

2010s

Khan's first release of 2010 was Anil Sharma's commercially and critically unsuccessful film Veer. His next release, Dabangg, was produced by his brother Arbaaz Khan, and released on 10 September 2010. It made a record opening at the box office and Box Office India declared it an all-time blockbuster. For his performance in Dabangg, Khan received a Star Screen Award for Best Actor and a Stardust Award for Star of the Year – Male and was nominated for his sixth Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Anupama Chopra from NDTV wrote about his performance, "It's the role of a lifetime and Salman Khan bites into it like a starving man devours a feast. He inhabits it fully, strutting and swaggering and even, spoofing himself."
Khan's first release of 2011 was Ready which released on 3 June. The film broke several box office records and is currently the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time. He next appeared in Bodyguard. Upon release, the film Became a Blockbuster at the box office, with Khan's performance receiving favourable comments from critics and is currently the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time.

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The list of the films of Salman khan,

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1988	Biwi Ho To Aisi	Vicky Bhandari
1989	Maine Pyar Kiya	Prem Choudhary	Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1990	Baaghi: A Rebel for Love	Saajan Sood
1991	Sanam Bewafa	Salman Khan
1991	Patthar Ke Phool	Inspector Suraj
1991	Kurbaan	Akash Singh
1991	Love	Prithvi
1991	Saajan	Akash Varma
1992	Suryavanshi	Vicky/Suryavanshi Vikram Singh
1992	Ek Ladka Ek Ladki	Raja
1992	Jaagruti	Jugnu
1992	Nishchaiy	Rohan Yadav/Vasudev Gujral
1993	Chandra Mukhi	Raja Rai
1993	Dil Tera Aashiq	Vijay
1994	Andaz Apna Apna	Prem Bhopali
1994	Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...!	Prem Niwas
1994	Chaand Kaa Tukdaa	Shyam Malhotra
1994	Sangdil Sanam	Kishan
1995	Karan Arjun	Karan Singh/Ajay	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1995	Veergati	Ajay
1996	Majhdhaar	Gopal
1996	Khamoshi: The Musical	Raj
1996	Jeet	Raju	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
1996	Dushman Duniya Ka		Special appearance
1997	Judwaa	Raja/Prem Malhotra
1997	Auzaar	Inspector Suraj Prakash
1997	Dus	Captain Jeet Sharma	Incomplete film
1997	Deewana Mastana	Prem Kumar	Special appearance
1998	Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya	Suraj Khanna	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1998	Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai	Suraj Dhanrajgir
1998	Sar Utha Ke Jiyo		Special appearance
1998	Bandhan	Raju
1998	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	Aman Mehra	Extended guest appearance Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
1999	Jaanam Samjha Karo	Rahul
1999	Biwi No.1	Prem	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
1999	Sirf Tum	Prem	Special appearance
1999	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Sameer Rafillini	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1999	Hello Brother	Hero
1999	Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United	Prem
2000	Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge	Raja Oberoi
2000	Chal Mere Bhai	Prem Oberoi
2000	Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega	Raj/Romi
2000	Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke		Special appearance
2000	Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye	Prem Kapoor
2001	Chori Chori Chupke Chupke	Raj Malhotra
2002	Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge	Veer Singh Thakur/Ali
2002	Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam	Suraj
2002	Yeh Hai Jalwa	Raj 'Raju' Saxena/Raj Mittal
2003	Love at Times Square		Special appearance
2003	Stumped		Special appearance
2003	Tere Naam	Radhe Mohan	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2003	Baghban	Alok Raj	Special appearance Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2004	Garv: Pride and Honour	Inspector Arjun Ranavat
2004	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi	Sameer Malhotra
2004	Phir Milenge	Rohit Manchanda	Extended guest appearance
2004	Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa	Rishabh
2005	Lucky: No Time for Love	Aditya
2005	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?	Dr. Samir Malhotra
2005	No Entry	Prem	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
2005	Kyon Ki	Anand
2006	Saawan... The Love Season	Sameer Sam	Extended guest appearance
2006	Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar	Ayaan
2006	Jaan-E-Mann	Suhaan Kapoor
2006	Baabul	Avinash Kapoor
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love	Rahul
2007	Partner	Prem Love Guru
2007	Marigold: An Adventure in India	Prem	English language film
2007	Om Shanti Om	Himself	Special appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi"
2007	Saawariya	Imaan	Extended guest appearance
2008	God Tussi Great Ho	Arun Prajapati
2008	Hello	Cheetan Bhagat	Special appearance
2008	Heroes	Balkar Singh/Jassvinder Singh
2008	Yuvvraaj	Deven Yuvvraaj
2009	Wanted	Radhe/Rajveer Shikhawat
2009	Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	Samir Khanna
2009	London Dreams	Mannu (Manjit Khosla)
2009	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani	Himself	Special appearance
2010	Veer	Veer
2010	Prem Kaa Game	The Sutradhaar (Narrator)	Special appearance
2010	Dabangg	Inspector Chulbul Pandey (Robinhood Pandey)	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2010	Tees Maar Khan	Himself	Special appearance in song "Wallah Re Wallah"
2010	Isi Life Mein	Himself	Special appearance
2011	Ready	Prem Kapoor
2011	Bodyguard	Lovely Singh
2011	Tell Me O Kkhuda		Cameo
2011	Do Aur Do Paanch		Extended guest appearance
2012	Ek Tha Tiger		Filming
2012	Sher Khan		Pre-production
2012	Dabangg 2	Inspector Chulbul Pandey (Robinhood Pandey)	Pre-production

The inventor of Computer : Mr. Charles Babbage.

2011-12-25T11:22:00.000-08:00

Mr. Charles Babbage.
Birthdate: 26 December 1791
Death : 18 October 1871

Biography and Education:
Charles Babbage was born in London Dec. 26, 1791, St. Stephan day, in London. He was son of Benjamin Babbage, a banking partner of the Praeds who owned the Bitton Estate in Teignmouth and Betsy Plumleigh Babbage. It was about 1808 when the Babbage family decided to move into the old Rowdens house, located in East Teignmouth, and Benjamin Babbage became a warden of the nearby church of St. Michael.

The father of Charles was a rich man, so it was possible for Charles to receive instruction from several elite schools and teachers during the course of his elementary education. He was about eight when he had to move to a country school to recover from a dangerous fever. His parents sentenced that his "brain was not to be taxed too much"; Babbage wrote: "this great idleness may have led to some of my childish reasonings."
Then, he joined King Edward VI Grammar School in Totnes, South Devon, a thriving comprehensive school that's still operative today, but his fragile health status forced him back to private teaching for a period. Then, he finally joined a 30-student closed number academy managed by Reverend Stephen Freeman. The academy had a big library, where Babbage used to study mathematics by himself, and learned to love it. He had two more personal tutors after leaving the academy. One was a clergyman of Cambridge, and about him Babbage said: "I fear I did not derive from it all the advantages that I might have done.". The other one was an Oxford tutor who teached Babbage the Classics, so that he could be accepted to Cambridge.

Babbage arrived at Trinity College, Cambridge in October 1810. He had a big culture - he knew Lagrange, Leibniz, Lacroix, Simpson... and he was seriously disappointed about the math programs available at Cambridge. So he, with J.Herschel, G.Peacock, and other friends, decided to form the Analytical Society.

When, in 1812, Babbage transferred to Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was the best mathematician; but he failed to graduate with honours.
He received an honorary degree later, without even being examinated, in 1814.

In 1814, Charles Babbage married Georgiana Whitmore at St. Michael's Church in Teignmouth, Devon. His father, for some reason, never gave his approvation. They lived in tranquility at 5 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London.
Only Three of their 8 children became adult.
Tragically, Charles' father, his wife and one of his sons all died in 1827.

Babbage's accomplishments
In 1824 Babbage won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society "for his invention of an engine for calculating mathematical and astronomical tables".

From 1828 to 1839 Babbage was Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge. He contributed largely to several scientific periodicals, and was instrumental in founding the Astronomical Society in 1820 and the Statistical Society in 1834.

In 1837, responding to the official eight Bridgewater Treatises "On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation", he published his Ninth Bridgewater Treatise putting forward the thesis that God had the omnipotence and foresight to create as a divine legislator, making laws (or programs) which then produced species at the appropriate times, rather than continually interfering with ad hoc miracles each time a new species was required. The book incorporated extracts from correspondence he had been having with John Herschel on the subject.

Charles Babbage also achieved notable results in cryptography. He broke Vigenère's autokey cipher as well as the much weaker cipher that is called Vigenère cipher today. The autokey cipher was generally called "the undecipherable cipher", though owing to popular confusion, many thought that the weaker polyalphabetic cipher was the "undecipherable" one. Babbage's discovery was used to aid English military campaigns, and was not published until several years later; as a result credit for the development was instead given to Friedrich Kasiski, who made the same discovery some years after Babbage.

Babbage also invented the pilot (also called a cow-catcher), the metal frame attached to the front of locomotives that clears the tracks of obstacles in 1838. He also performed several studies on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western Railway.

He only once endeavoured to enter public life, when, in 1832, he stood unsuccessfully for the borough of Finsbury. He came in last in the polls.
Parts of Babbage's uncompleted mechanisms are available for visits in the London Science Museum. In 1991 a difference engine was completed, starting from Babbage's original plans, and it functioned perfectly.

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Vande Mataram !!! Shahid Udham Singh !!!

2011-12-25T10:44:00.000-08:00

Udham Singh (December 26, 1899 – July 31, 1940) was an Indian independence activist, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer in March 1940 in what has been described as an avenging of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.^[1]
Udham Singh changed his name to Ram Mohammad Singh Azad, symbolizing the unification of the three major religions of India: Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism. Singh is considered one of the best-known of the more heroic revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle; he is also sometimes referred to as Shaheed-i-Azam Sardar Udham Singh. Bhagat Singh and Udham Singh along with Chandrasekhar Azad, Rajguru and Sukhdev, were the more famous names out of scores of young firebrand freedom fighters in the early part of 20th-century India. These young men believed their motherland would win her freedom only through the jolting up the sleeping British rulers. For their strong belief in display of courage to achieve India's freedom, a nervous England labelled these men as "India's earliest Marxists".
In 1940, almost 21 years after the Amritsar Massacre of 1919 in Punjab province of India, Singh shot the unsuspecting 75 years old Michael O'Dwyer while he was attending a lecture meet at Caxton Hall in London. O'Dwyer had been Governor of the Punjab in 1919, when Brigadier General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer mercilessly ordered British troops to fire on a congregation of unarmed punjabis who had gathered at the Jallianwalla Bagh on the holy day of Baisakhi.
On 1 April 1940, Udham Singh was formally charged with the murder of Michael O'Dwyer. While awaiting trial in Brixton Prison Udham Singh went on a 42-day hunger strike and had to be forcibly fed daily. On 4 June 1940, he was committed to trial, at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, before Justice Atkinson. When the court asked about his name, he replied "Ram Mohammad Singh Azad", which demonstrated his transcendence of race, caste, creed, and religion.Singh explained: "I did it because I had a grudge against him. He deserved it."
Singh was convicted, and Atkinson sentenced him to death. On 31 July 1940, Udham Singh was hanged at Pentonville Prison. As with other executed prisoners, he was buried later that afternoon within the prison grounds. In March 1940, Indian National Congress leader Jawahar Lal Nehru, condemned the action of Udham as senseless, but in 1962, Nehru did an about turn and applauded Singh with the following statement in the daily Partap: "I salute Shaheed-i-Azam Udham Singh with reverence who had kissed the noose so that we may be free."

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The great memories...(Mohammad Rafi Saheb)

2011-12-23T22:36:00.000-08:00

Mohammad Rafi ( मोहम्मद रफी Birthdate: December 24, 1924 – July 31, 1980), was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India.

Rafi has sung 7,516 Hindi film songs, 112 non-Hindi film songs, and 328 private (non-film) songs from 1945 to 1980. His singing career spanned about 35 years, and his songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans. He had a strong command of Hindi and Urdu and a powerful range that could accommodate this variety. Primarily noted for his Hindi-Urdu songs, he also sang in other Indian languages including Konkani, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Maghi, Maithili and Assamese. He recorded a few English, Persian, Spanish and Dutch songs.

He is best known for romantic and duet songs, which he playback sings with the technique to mould the voice according to characters of the actor on the screen.

Rafi's first public performance came at the age of 13, when he was allowed to sing at a concert in Lahore featuring K. L. Saigal. In 1941, Rafi, under Shyam Sunder, made his debut in Lahore as a playback singer in the duet "Soniye nee, Heeriye nee" with Zeenat Begum in the Punjabi film Gul Baloch (the film was released in 1944). In that same year, Rafi was invited by All India Radio Lahore station to sing for them. He made his professional debut in the Shyam Sunder-directed 1941 Punjabi film Gul Baloch and the earliest debut in Mumbai film was Gaon Ki Gori in 1945.

On Thursday, 31 July 1980, Rafi died at 10:50 p.m., following a heart attack. His last song was "Shaam phir kyun udaas hai dost" (Aas Paas), which he had recorded with Laxmikant-Pyarelal few hours before his death.

Rafi was buried at the Juhu Muslim cemetery. It was one of the biggest funeral processions Mumbai had ever witnessed, with over 10,000 people attending.[citation needed]

In 2010, his tomb was demolished to make space for new burials. Fans of Mohammed Rafi who arrive twice a year at his tomb, on 24 December and 31 July, to mark his birth and death anniversary, use the coconut tree nearest to his grave as a marker.

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Shri Dattaguru Jayanti Special Darshan!

2011-12-09T13:04:00.001-08:00

Welcome Friends,
It's Shri Dattaguru Jayanti today (10 th December 2011), and hence I would like to share my feelings with you.

श्री दत्तजयंती

एक सांप्रदायिक जन्मोत्सव. मार्गशीर्ष पौर्णिमेच्या दिवशी मृग नक्षत्रावर सायंकाळी दत्ताचा जन्म झाला, म्हणून त्या दिवशी दत्ताचा जन्मोत्सव सर्व दत्तक्षेत्रांत साजरा होत असतो.

   पूर्वीच्या काळी भूतलावर स्थूल व सूक्ष्म रूपांत आसुरी शक्‍ती मोठ्या प्रमाणावर वाढल्या होत्या. त्यांना दैत्य म्हटले जात असे. देवगणांनी त्या आसुरी शक्‍तींना नष्ट करण्यासाठी केलेले प्रयत्‍न असफल झाले. तेव्हा ब्रह्मदेवाच्या आदेशानुसार वेगवेगळया ठिकाणी वेगवेगळया रूपांत दत्त देवतेला अवतार घ्यावा लागला. त्यानंतर दैत्य नष्ट झाले. तो दिवस `दत्तजयंती' म्हणून साजरा करतात.

दत्तजयंतीचे महत्त्व

   दत्तजयंतीला दत्ततत्त्व हे पृथ्वीतलावर नेहमीच्या तुलनेत १००० पटीने कार्यरत असते. या दिवशी दत्ताची मनोभावे उपासना केल्यास दत्ततत्त्वाचा जास्तीतजास्त लाभ मिळण्यास मदत होते.

जन्मोत्सव साजरा करणे

   दत्तजयंती साजरी करण्यासंबंधाने शास्त्रोक्‍त असा विशिष्ट विधी आढळून येत नाही. या उत्सवापूर्वी सात दिवस गुरुचरित्राचे पारायण करण्याचा प्रघात आहे. यालाच गुरुचरित्रसप्‍ताह असे म्हणतात. दत्तमंदिरामध्ये भजन, कीर्तनादी कार्यक्रम आयोजीत केले जातात. दत्तगुरूंची पूजा, धूप, दीप व आरती करून सुंठवड्याचा प्रसाद वाटप करतात. दत्ताच्या हातातील कमंडलू व जपमाळ ब्रह्मदेवाचे प्रतीक आहे. शंख व चक्र विष्णूचे आणि त्रिशूळ व डमरू शंकराचे प्रतीक आहे.

   महाराष्ट्रात औदुंबर, नरसोबाची वाडी, गाणगापूर इत्यादी दत्तक्षेत्रांत या उत्सवाला विशेष महत्त्व असते. तामिळनाडूमध्येही दत्तजयंतीची प्रथा आहे. काही ब्राह्मण कुटुंबांत या उत्सवानिमित्त दत्तनवरात्र पाळले जाते व त्याचा प्रारंभ मार्गशीर्ष शुद्ध अष्टमीपासून होतो.

May god Dattatreya Bless us!!!

Reason behind the name Rudrashakti11.

2011-11-17T10:18:00.001-08:00

Hello friends,
Welcome again! I would like to tell you something about this blog. I know that you are thinking about the name of the blog i.e. Rudrashakti11. You have many questions about the name i.e. What's the meaning of Rudrashakti11? What's the reason behind it? and so on...
Ok! The reason is by observing the name you will find two names in the name i.e Rudra + Shakti. I would like to tell you that the name Rudra is for the lord Shiva and the name Shakti is for the lord Parvati i.e wife of lord Shiva. Hence you are also thinking about What's 11? It's very simple. 11 is for the type of Rudras. There are 11 Rudras in the world.

Lord Shiva

Lord Shiva,Goddess Parvati with Lord Ganesha

The name of the 11 Rudras are following.

1. Mahadeva, 2. Shiva , 3. Maha Rudra, 4. Shankara, 5. Neelalohita, 6. Eshana Rudra, 7. Vijaya Rudra, 8. Bheema Rudra, 9. Devadeva, 10. Bhavodbhava and 11. Adityatmaka Srirudra.
Their 11 consorts of these 11 Rudras are:- 1. Dhee devi, 2. Dhritti devi, 3. Ushna (Rasala) devi, 4. Uma devi, 5. Neeyut devi, 5. Sarpi devi, 7. Eela devi, 8. Ambika devi, 9. Ieravati devi, 10. Sudha devi and 11. Deeksha devi respectively.

Now I think you got it better the reason behind the name Rudrashakti11.

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Welcome to the Rudrashakti11!!!

2011-11-16T01:47:00.000-08:00

Hello friends!!!
I am glad to open this blog to get connected with people and make them happy. You are also going to join me by the blog so please stay connected with Rudrashakti11.
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