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PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA
2008-05-15 17:30:00
There are a few still alive, who are as old as independent India. Some of them had not even seen a Bus. These villagers drove into 21st century in 2004 when their village was connected to the rural road network under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). This is the story of many of India?s 600000 villages where modern life has changed nay, arrived at humble homes. This PMGSY is not an outcome of intellectual discussions or any policy blabber. It was in October 1999 when Nitin Gadkari, a BJP leader called up the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It is heard that Mr. Vajpayee asked this Maharashtra MP if there is an over bridge of flyover to connect Bharat with India. Upon this Gadkari shared his experience of connecting 16000 villages including 100 adivasi villages in Melghat in Maharashtra. Since Gadkari had an experience of the construction of India?s most modern Six-lane expressway between Mumbai and Pune, under his belt, he knew the maths. Vajpayee...
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GENERATION-Y EMPLOYEES: NEW FACE OF INDIA
2008-05-14 17:30:00
The new generation employees challenge the training to be imparted to them. This is a new challenge confronting HR as leaders and management know what this new generation is all about. Doing what it takes in the corporate world to succeed, loyalties to the company, appreciating the opportunity were the principles followed conventionally by the leaders and the managers in the past. With perseverance, hard work, commitment and discipline they thought they have got where they are. The thought they have earned their right to at the top. Generation Y believes the contrary. In the world that is changing with the speed of thought they have all the information through internet which helps them keep the finger on the pulse of changing technology. Websites like ORKUT, FACEBOOK etc gives them a network to communicate, share and spread ideas, sending and receiving data. This pace of their world defines their lifestyle. Slow things or time taking procedures and processes are boring...
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GITA PRESS: A HOLY WOR(L)D
2008-05-14 15:48:00
In Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, there is one place where printing press works overtime. The only task this press does is to roil Hindu spiritual literature. From Ramayan to Mahabharata, SrimadBhagwat Geeta to Puranas coupled with children books like panchtantra and Badon ke jeevan se shiksha. Yes, we are talking about GEETA PRESS- country?s most trusted and authentic source for ancient scriptures. This press was set up almost 90 years back. Till date it has produced more than 6.5 crore copies of GITA and RAMCHARITMANAS. Surprisingly, it is still not able to meet the demand from readers. This press runs its monthly magazine KALYAN which was started in 1927. It is a platform to promote moral and social values of Hindu society. This magazine is famous for its special issues which publishes original Hindu Scriptures along with a Hindi translation. This press is responsible for evolving a completely new book culture in the world. Its popularity spans the entire country. You oft...
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OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN; CHANGING LIFESTYLES.
2008-05-13 15:29:00
Urban children would never want to eat fresh fruits or vegetables which are considered a healthy meal for them. On the other hand, to a plate of junk food they eat like anything. This goes worse when it comes to drinking. The figures compiled by the ministry of child and women developments suggests that at least 13% of the children of metros are at risk of heart disease and diabetes in adulthood which is an outcome of  unhealthy dietary habits and sedentary lifestyle. Metro children often shun their outdoor activities. With play stations and video games at home children like being at home living in the virtual world. Often noticed, the little amount of exercise which they get is at schools only. Children obesity leads to all sorts of complications later from hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and psychological problems. It is growing in leaps and bounds. Many of these conditions can only be managed in adulthood. Before the ailment becomes acute, it is mandatory to detec...
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PUNJABI AMBITIONS IN TECHI COLOUR
2008-05-13 15:25:00
Long established Bollywood giants from Punjab- Raj, Shammi, Shashi, Randhir and Rishi, Karishma and Kareena. Balraj Sahni, Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna the original filmy HE-MAN Dharmendra, Raj Babbar, Ranjeeta, Neetu Singh. Not to forget Dara Singh. Also the bad guys Amrish Purl, Pran, Premnath, Shakti Kapoor. Kalbhushan Kharbanda, Ajay Devgan, Preity Zinta, Om Puri, Achala Sachdev and many others. The list is going on and on. They, however, deserve credit for making a path to Bollywood and inspiring many from Punjab to catch the train to Mumbai. We have many of them already there making their way to the stardom gradually. Topping the chart is Sonu Sood. This Moga boy is riding high on the success of JODHAA AKBAR, where he played brother of Aishwarya. He started his career with Tamil & Telegu movies. With Shaeed- E-Azam Bhagat Singh (he played the lead role) he was not only recognized but was also nominated for many awards. In Anurag Kashyap?s DEV D, oppo...
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TASHAN IS TENSION
2008-05-13 06:03:00
Yash Chopra has always loved love. DAAG, KABHIE KABHIE, LAMHE, CHANDNI, VEER ZAARA- his body of work is rich. His son, Aditya, has a passion for grandness. DHOOM, DHOOM 2, TA RA RUM PUM, JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM, LAAGA CHUNARI MAIN DAAG, AAJA NACHLE- all style, no substance. At the heart of TASHAN, again style is there. A latest masala pot-boiler from chopra?s stack. From fights, songs, locations everything is designer. A UP clod turned mafia dons BHAIYYAJI (Anil Kapoor), delicate seductress POOJA (Karina Kapoor), indigenous muscle hunk who is Bhaiyyaji?s recovery agent BACHCHAN PANDAY (Akshay Kumar), and desi call center employee JIMMY (Saif Ali Khan). All are searching for wealth of Bhaiyaaji who got the money through his illegal ways of extortion, bars etc as dons of Hindi films earn. This money is buncoed by Pooja by conning Jimmy. The money is hived up in different cities. Now this is where the director got an opportunity to take all of us to DESH- VIDESH KI YATRA by ...
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INDIA INC- EMPOWERING THE POOR
2008-05-11 15:43:00
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group chairman Anil Ambani?s wife Tina Ambani donated Rs 5 crores to Mukesh Gandhi, Co- founder and Director- Finance MAS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (MFSL). An organisation in retail financing which marked entry of R-ADAG into the India n micro financing world. With a vision to provide finance to the grass root level they would serve the rural and semi-urban areas. Group has committed to play a serious role in bringing standard and value to the lives of the aged and the underprivileged in India. This would be an extra mile walked by the group in that direction. This cheque of Rs  5 crores is to be given away in the form of loan though at the a competitive interest rates as compared  to what is offered by the banks, but importantly, it would be given to the organizations like MFSL which would be an  added avenue to raise resources. R-ADAG financial services company RELIANCE CAPITAL LIMITED (RCL), is already working in collaboration with a Gujarat base...
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BURGLARY REDEFINED
2008-05-11 15:39:00
Burglary means an act of breaking into premises to commit theft. A burglar may use some kind of tools to break a lock of a building and abscond with the valuables. The insurance companies however have a different concept. A burglary should have a mandatory component- violent or forcible entry and exit. This is the reason, in the absence of this component they refuse to indemnify losses caused because of burglary. That is why many claims related to burglary insurance end up as a dispute between the policy holder and the insurance company, and come up before the consumer court. The recent ruling of the supreme court of India which constitutes ?forceful or violent entry and exit? should go a long way in protecting the rights of policy holders.  The supreme court made two highly relevant points: (a) if the entry is effected by exercise of any force, howsoever slight, it is sufficient to constitute a forcible entry as defined in the policy; (b) an entry obtained by picking the lock o...
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LET?S BUSINESS IN ENGLISH.
2008-05-10 15:33:00
He is son of a factory worker whose father worked to give his son the education that he didn?t get. The son graduated as an engineer and took off for Bangalore to get a job. He had a living money for six month which he got from his father. He didn?t get a job for six month, not because he didn?t knew what he was talking about but because his English was not so good so he was not able to communicate who he was, what he knew, how hungry he was to learn and how hard he could work. He got hired as a trainee. This workplace exposure helped him to work on his communication and confidence and after nine month he was able to infiltrate into Infosys. It is unfortunate to learn that most of the students from the non English medium educated students do not complete their story the same way.English is the language to look outside. It is the language of the business. Even in India. Since English or say language is an emotional subject, so one should stick to the facts that too basic. Just as th...
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Mancation: a no women party.
2008-05-10 15:29:00
Just a few days back I have come across a new term- Mancation. This is the name given to the felling when men find themselves pulled between their secret desires and an attack of conscience. One can find solace in the fact that most men think along the same lines. So what?s a male only vacation about? Well ask any man and he will answer the same way. It is all about engaging in sports, camping, gambling, chasing women and most of all drinking. There should be no wives, mistresses or girlfriends. It allows men to get in touch with their male- primal roots. This word was supposed to have originated by Vince Vaughn in the film THE BREAKUP in which he splits from his partner and wants to get away without his female friend. Though one cannot say that this was the actual origination place of the word but one thing is for sure that MANCATION is the latest buzzword in the tourism sector. Also this concept has travelled very quickly from Hollywood to India. When asked men partying in no wo...
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POWER CUTS- WELCOME SUMMERS
2008-05-09 15:17:00
Summers are here and like yester years, once again entire nation is all set to face power cuts. One of the major shortcomings of our system in this season. This would apparently add to the other existing problems during the season like water shortage, mosquitoes, malaria & dengue. With a joint venture of NTPC-SAIL commissioned in Bhilai in the month of April for an added 250 mega watt of supply. We are yet to see the months of June and July when the heat would be at its peak. God knows what would be situation.  Though the Power minister said that the government has a target of adding 335 MW of power for the month of May. Government is monitoring closely the targets of May to ensure there should be no backlogs.   Officials acknowledged that for yet another month power generation is set to fall short which raises concerns about the ever widening gap of demand and supply of power levels. The government though set a 310 mega watt capacity in addition to the existing levels fo...
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CONTROL INFLATION PLEASE!
2008-05-08 17:39:00
The major challenge the Government o f India is facing today is the inflation. Though the growing economy of the country has withstood higher rates of inflation in the past and anything like 7.5% is not a great trouble if it did not precipitate even a higher rate of inflation tomorrow.  Most importantly, there is no time for pulling each other?s leg as to who is responsible for this situation and who must accept the blame as is the situation in the political arena of the country. The economic growth of the country and the welfare of common man have to suffer heavily if the situation remains the same. This crisis may turn uncontrollable if appropriate measures are not taken that too in timely fashion. RBI other than the measures like controlling liquidity and suppressing demand should look how to raise the confidence of the investor and reverse the expectations about continuing inflation. The first cause which is constrained supply, which actually is controlling liqu...
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CONDOTELS: A NEW CONCEPT
2008-05-08 17:35:00
How would like to own a hotel? Can?t afford it? No problem- what about owing a room in a hotel? If this prospect sounds interesting, here?s the low down on the concept of a Condotel. A relatively new phenomenon that is fast ?catching fire? in realty circles, as a safe and secure ?investment?, Condotel are as good as any commercial hotels, but are jointly owned by a group of people whose stake is usually limited from 1-2 rooms in that hotel. So, a 300-room Condotel could have as many as 300 unit owners. It works like this. A company normally decides to come up with a Condotel and launches the project to the public. It then invites investors to won a stake by purchasing rooms in the hotel. Condotel units are generally sold during the pre-construction phase of development. They are often built on prime locations, such as facing a beach or in the heart of a city and often in places where the flow of tourists is really high. The difference between a hotel and a Condotel is...
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ARTICLE 370: IS IT STILL IMPORTANT?
2008-05-07 17:35:00
It has been more than 60 years since independence of India; this state has been accorded a special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. Yes, we are talking about Jammu & Kashmir. It is this article which originally granted an unprecedented degree of autonomy to India?s only Muslim majority state. This article confines the writ of central government to defense, foreign affairs and communication only. It also has the power to permit the state to determine which feature of the Constitution of India could be extended to it. This article still remains a matter of debate to rest of India. For some it is inevitable and desirable to erode the provisions of Article 370.Since the first State assembly ratified in 1954, the accession of Kashmir to India, so there is no reason to maintain the status quo. They hold it mandatory for the integration of the country. There are some that hold government should respect the wishes of the populace there and should not ...
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A LOT HAPPENED OVER CUP OF COFFEE.
2008-05-07 17:30:00
More than just a drink- that?s what coffee is. For that first date of a hesitant Indian teenager, it has long been an excuse. For the intellectuals of 1970?s it was a fuel, who raised storms over injustices committed, brought out anti- bourgeois literature and consecrated to change the world. All this happened over a cup of coffee. A life style statement, drinking coffee is a wifi- connected chill zone where you have to 10 times more than what the cup actually cost. This is because in the new culture of disposable incomes and shrinking spaces, social life is measured in coffee spoons. The habit of coffee drinking was restricted to the beans growing areas only in the country which primarily has been a tea- drinking nation.  Smell of leaves brewing instead of beans mixing owes thanks to the colonial lineage which resulted into the lack of coffee culture. With 80,000 tonne of annual consumption of coffee in the country, per capita consumption in India is only 80 Gms. ...
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THAT STAGNANT REVOLUTION
2008-05-06 17:04:00
In 1966, India was besieged on another front, almost an year after the war with Pakistan: daunting food insecurity, worsened by the failure of monsoons. With food grain imports, mainly from the US, spiralling to 10 million tonne, India was forced into a ship-to-mouth existence.  India imported 18,000 tonne of wheat seed from Mexico, which turned self-sufficient in wheat production by the late ?50s by growing dwarf, high-yielding varieties of the grain. 2.5 lakh bags of 10 kg each were transported by road to Punjab and distributed before the Rabi season of 1967. Two Spanish varieties, Lermarojo and Sanavra-64, were sown across the state.   Market arrivals leapfrogged from three lakh tonne to 16 lakh tonne in April 1968 as farmers reaped a bumper crop of wheat. The schools were being shut down so that their buildings could be used to store the produce before distribution to food grain deficit states. The green revolution marked the deliverance from food imports and Punjab?s soci...
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A PLOT OF HIS OWN
2008-05-06 16:53:00
A small farmer, who owns five acres of land on which he grows maize and ribbed gourd. Now, it is in three holds in Babaguda village in the northern suburbs of Hyderabad but he wants to consolidate them into one plot which would be easier to cultivate. Under the Andhra Pradesh Government?s e-governance system, which involves using computers for registry of land, has made his task easier is the ease of verification of land records and registry Referred to as, Computer-Aided Administration of Registration Department CARD, this initiative has radically changed the way the subregistrar?s offices (SROs) throughout the state deal with registry of land.  At any of the 387 SROs, a citizen can register a document for a nominal fee, provided it pertains to the geographical domain of that office. Now, one can present the papers, go shopping to the local market and return after four hours to collect the final document and go home. During the days registry was done manually, one had to make ...
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Zayed Khan
2008-05-04 16:14:00
Zayed Khan was born on 5th July, 1980 to Sanjay Khan and Zarine and grew up in Mumbai before moving to Dehradun and later, Kodaikanal to complete his schooling. His family roots in acting took him to the London film school which he attended for his acting to be taken seriously.   His Bollywood break came opposite her childhood friend Esha Deol in the thriller ?Chura Liya Hai Tumne? which also saw the cricketer Salil Ankola among its cast. The film did not perform exorbitantly at the box office but definitely caught good attention of the media. His next movie ?Main Hoon Na? broke a goof number of records for performance at the box office and Zayed Khan rose to instant fame. He was seen playing an honest cop in his next movie ?Dus? where he chooses to die in order to save the city. As expected, the movie performed well and Zayed Khan became.   Zayed?s later releases like ?Rocky: The Rebel?, ?Shabd? and ?Vaada? did not do well but his upcoming projects like ?Mission Istanbu...

Esha Deol
2008-05-03 16:50:00
Esha Deol is the daughter of Bollywood superstars Dharmendra and Hema Malini and half-sister of Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. She had represented India as a National football player. Under the supervision of her mother, she started practicing Bharatnatyam and Odissi at a very early age and is now a very accomplished dancer. She has also attended a 2 month course in United States in jazz dance and ballet. Her debut was with ?Koi mere dil se pooche? for which she won the Filmfare best female debut award. The movie was on the bold topic of marital violence and blue films where Esha co-starred with Sanjay Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani. Her first major hit was ?Dhoom? alongside Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham. Fortune started favoring her and she delivered hits like ?Kaal?, ?No Entry?, ?Ankahee?, ?Dus? and ?Darling?. She got great reviews for her role in ?Ankahee? and ?Darling? where she played an obsessive character and a ghost respectively. She was showered with critical acclaim for...
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Mohit Suri
2008-05-03 16:31:00
Mohit Suri was born in 1981 and is one of the youngest directors in the industry at the moment. He started his career as an assistant director of the Bhatt family and worked with Mahesh Bhatt closely who also happens to be his uncle. He worked in ?Foothpath?, ?Awara paagal deewana? and ?Kasoor? as an assistant director.   He debuted as a director with the movie ?Zeher? which starred Emran Hashmi, a cousin of his. Out of his four movies released till date, Emran Hashmi was acted in three of those which include ?Zeher?, ?Awarapan? and ?Kalyug?. Mohit seems to be a strong believer in family bonds which is yet again proven by the fact that he chose to cast his cousin Smilie Suri in ?Kalyug?. The script of ?Kalyug? was written by Mohit Suri himself. His movies have enjoyed moderate success at the box office. Two of his films ?Awarapan? and ?Kalyug? were appreciated critically but only the later achieved commercial success. Among the major failures of his was ?Who lamhe? starring...
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Vivek Oberoi
2008-05-03 16:11:00
Vivek Oberoi had a dream debut in Ram Gopal Verma?s ?Company? for which he received the Filmfare best debut and the best supporting actor awards. The movie was a great success and also, received much critical acclaim making him one of the best debutant in the industry in the last decade.   He followed up ?Company? with power packed performances in ?Road?, ?Dum? and ?Saathiya?. Each of these movies brought him fame and huge appreciation of his talent while the movies enjoyed moderate success at the box office. He changed gears to star in a comic role in the movie ?Masti? which became a box office hit. Fortune seemed to be smiling for Vivek as his performance in the critically acclaimed movie, ?Yuva? was again well received followed up by the successful ?Kaal?. His roles in ?Omkara? and ?Shootout at Lokhandwala? won him public acclaim again and Vivek?s role received special mention for the later at almost all the award functions. Vivek was not lucky to escape a few flops durin...
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Kunal Kohli
2008-05-02 16:29:00
Kunal Kohli?s career began as a host on a Zee TV show ?Chalo Cinema? reviewed the box office performance of Bollywood movies. Meanwhile, he got a few lucky breaks to direct the music videos for a few albums of Bally Sagoo, Bali Brahmabhatt, Shaimak Davar and Hema Sardesai. But destiny had bigger plans for Kunal who then, joined the Yash Chopra camp as a director. He has worked on three of their projects with the first one being ?Mujhse dosti karoge? starring Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan which released in 2002. The movie bombed at the box office but Chopra camp?s faith in him did not.   Year 2004 saw him return with ?Hum Tum? which became one of the biggest hits of the year and won five Filmfare awards. Kunal himself received the award for the best director defeating his own mentor Yash Chopra. Controversies did not escape his next movie ?Fanaa? as the movie got banned in Gujarat due to protest against the lead man of the movie. But such hiccups did not aff...
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Upen Patel
2008-05-02 16:08:00
Upen Patel was born in India on 16th August 1980 but has been brought up in United Kingdom. He is a computer science graduate from Hertfordshire. He started out as a model for numerous brands like Hugo Voss, Paul Smith and Zegna but the desire to make an entry into Bollywood inspired him to shift to the music video industry where he featured in the video of a remix song alongside the female actor, ?Udita Goswami?.   Such efforts were good enough for him to be noticed and he debuted in the murder mystery film ?36 China Town? which also starred Akshaye Khanna, Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. The film enjoyed good success at the box office and his role as a Casanova was very much appreciated. His next venture, ?Namastey London? was a huge hit and though his role was a supporting one in the movie but the success of the movie can equally be attributed to Upen as well. His only movie till date as the lead ?Shakalaka Boom Boom? did not boom and was declared a flop. His upcoming pro...
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Celina Jaitley
2008-05-01 16:44:00
Celina Jaitley is one of the few personalities who were born abroad in Kabul, Afghanistan on 24th November, 1981 and went on to become Miss India in 2001. Her mother was also a former Afghan beauty queen. Her brother is following in their father?s footsteps and is serving the Indian army. She spent a major portion of her childhood in Kolkata.   She began her career as a model and then, made foray in music videos industry where she featured in a few albums including Bombay Vikings? ?Zara nazroon se kehdo?. Her first feature film was ?Khel? opposite Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty and the famous cricketer Ajay Jadeja where she played Jadeja?s love interest. Her other movies include ?Janasheen?, ?Silsiilay?, ?No Entry?, ?Jawaani Diwani?, ?Tom Dick and Harry?, ?Apna Sapna Money Money? and ?Shakalaka Boom Boom?. Most of these movies had hit music and so did moderate business.   She is currently working on her first international movie ?The Quest of Sheherzade? which has been shot i...
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Farhan Akhtar
2008-05-01 16:26:00
What happens when your family background includes the likes of a scriptwriter, poet, lyricist, screenplay writer and an actress? Farhan Akhtar was born on 9th January, 1974 to Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani and went on to become an actor, writer, producer and director. His entry in Bollywood as a director was with ?Dil Chahta Hai? which wooed the youth world over and earned him a Filmfare nomination for the best director. Though Farhan did not earn the award but the movie won a few awards including the Filmfare best screenplay award. ?Dil Chahta Hai? is considered by many as one of the greatest movies ever made in Bollywood.   His next movie ?Lakshya? starring Hrithik Roshan which was appreciated by critics released in 2004. The movie saw the father-son combination work as director-writer together. The movie was nominated for Filmfare best director award as well but the same still allured Farhan. Among his other popular projects was the remake of 1978 classic ?Don? which saw Sha...
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Shahid Kapoor
2008-05-01 16:06:00
Shahid Kapoor started his career as a dance artist, since was trained under Shaimak Davar, working in various music albums and also, as a background dancer in movies like ?Taal?. He also featured in a Pepsi ad opposite Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukherjee in 1998. His debut as the lead actor of a movie came in 2003 in the movie ?Ishk Vishk? opposite Amrita Rao and he won both the IIFA and the Filmfare best debut award for his role in the movie. He had seven more releases before he had his first major box office success with Suraj R. Barjatya?s ?Vivah?. Meanwhile, he earned great reviews for his roles in ?Fida?, ?36 China Town? and ?Dil Maangey More?. He established his superiority over other new comers with ?Jab we met? which had unprecedented success at the box office and has also earned him nomination for the best actor from both Filmfare and IIFA. Among his other appreciated roles is the one in ?Shikhar? even though the movie was a big flop. ?36 China Town? and ?Chup Chup K...
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Ayesha Takia
2008-04-30 16:41:00
Ayesha Takia was born with an Anglo-Indian Muslim origin on 10th April, 1986 in Mumbai and started acting by the time she was 18 and therefore, never enrolled for graduation. Her onscreen debut was a child artist for Complan alongside Shahid Kapoor with whom she later starred in three movies. She featured in two music videos: one with Falguni Pathak but the other one ?Shake it daddy? made her popular.   Her debut movie was ?Taarzan: The wonder car? and despite the disastrous performance of the movie, she won the Filmfare Best Debut award that year. Most of her movies have failed at box office, but her roles have stood out in almost all of them. Her moist powerful role till date remains in ?Dor? where she played a young widow who wants to enjoy her life despite the death of her husband. She won much acclaim and awards for her role.   ?Socha na tha? was supposed to be her debut movie but got delayed and by then, she was a two movie veteran. Her other movies include ?Dil Ma...
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Apoorva Lakhia
2008-04-30 16:22:00
Apoorva Lakhia is one of those Indian directors who have done most of their initial projects in Hollywood as an assistant director. He started his career as an assistant director in the movie ?Kama Sutra: A tale of love? and then, left for Hollywood projects where he worked on movies like ?The ice storm?, ?A perfect murder? and ?Addicted to love?. Having earned exposure to great learning projects abroad, he came back to India to work as an assistant for Ashutosh Gowarikar?s Oscar nominated movie ?Lagaan: Once upon a time in India?. His resume caught the attention and fancy of many producers and he finally got the big break in 2002 with ?Mumbai se aaya mera dost? starring Bachchan Jr. His next movie saw the Big Bachchan joining the cast as he tried to remake ?Man of fire? in Bollywood as ?Ek ajnabee?. ?Shootout at Lokhandwala? became his most successful box office movie and was a multi-star cast with both the Bachchans appearing together this time. This movie was based on the life o...
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Sanjay Suri
2008-04-30 16:03:00
Sanjay Suri started his career as a model when he reached New Delhi and promoted brands like Gillette, Nilkamal Furniture and Times of India. He made his Bollywood entry with ?Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi? with co-actors Dino Morea and Rinkie Khanna. His supporting role in the movie was highly appreciated even though the movie flopped.   Success at the box office eluded Sanjay despite power packed performances in all of his movies since ?Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi?. His releases during that period included ?Daman: A victim of marital violence? with Raveena Tandon and ?Filhaal? and ?Dil Vil Pyar Vyar?. All his roles established him as a great actor but the movies bombed. Another release of his, ?Pinjar? with Urmila Matondkar was set on a story line during the Indo-Pak partition and earned critical fame but commercial success still remained a dream.     His success at the box office came with the movie ?Jhankaar Beats? where he played the lead opposite Juhi Chawla and succeeded i...
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Dia Mirza
2008-04-29 16:50:00
Dia Mirza was born on 9th December, 1981 to a German-Bengali couple in Hyderabad. The actress retains a Muslim name though she practices Hinduism. She became Miss Asia Pacific 2000 after being a second runner up in the Miss India competition that year.   Dia gave up her graduation in Arts as she got busy with her modeling assignments and movies. Her Bollywood entry was far from a dream one as most of her movies were disastrous at the box office. Her first film was ?Deewanapan? closely followed by ?Rehna hai tere dil mein? opposite Madhavan and Saif Ali Khan. Her other projects were ?Tumko na bhool payenge?, ?Tehzeeb?, ?Pran jaye par shaan na jaye?, ?Dum?, ?Stop?, ?Tumsa nahi dekha?, ?Kyun! Ho gaya na..?, ?Blackmail?, ?Parineeta?, ?Dus?, ?Phir hera pheri?, ?Lagey raho Munnabhai? and a few others. Among these movies, ?Dum? is the only hit movie with her as the female lead. Her performance as a supporting artist was well appreciated in the movies ?Dus?, ?Parineeta? and ?Lagey r...
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