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Dr.B.R.Ambedkar (Bhimrao Ambedkar) a great social worker, educationalist, writer, a reformist of social justice and fought for the welfare of the untouchables. Besides he was a great writer and drafted the Indian constitution and took an important role in framing it. He worked as minister in Nehru’s cabinet. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1990 for his yeomen service to the country.

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 at Mhow presently in Madhya Pradesh state. He belonged to Untouchable family a Mahar caste and born to Ramji and Bhimabai Sakpal Ambavadkar. His father worked in the British army and hence Ambedkar could get good education. Right from his childhood he suffered caste discrimination in the society and this led him to take active steps for the upliftment of the untouchable caste people. In spite of the discriminations he completed successfully graduation in political science and Economics in merit from the Bombay University. Later he went to United States with a scholarship awarded By Maharajah of Baroda and completed his Master’s degree in Arts and Doctorate in Philosophy in 1916. Later in 1920 with his own money he went to London and completed his studies and took a doctorate in science and became a Barrister.

After completing his studies in London he returned back to India and did a yeomen service for the upliftment of the untouchables socially and politically to bring them forward with the other castes in the society. He tried to bring several reforms for them and started an Outcaste welfare Association. Ambedkar in 1936 established a separate labor party and contested in the elections and several seats were won by his party members. In 1947 after India got independence he won in elections for the assembly and joined as a Law Minister in Pt. Nehru’s Cabinet. He was entrusted for drafting of Indian constitution and was adopted from 26 November 1949. In 1951 he relinquished the position as law minister due to certain differences over the Hindu law bill.

On October 1956 he took Buddhism and wrote books on Buddhism and traveled to Sri Lanka to meet several scholars and Buddhist monks and to study on Buddhism. He wrote a famous book on Buddhism “The Buddha and His Dhamma” and released it posthumously.

On December 6 1956 the great scholar peacefully passed away in sleep due to a chronic illness and depression at home in Delhi. The nation lost a great reformer who fought for bringing social justice to up lift the downtrodden. The nation remembers him for ever and he lives in all those people for whom he fought.

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SRIDEVI-DIVYA BHARATHI

Sridevi ruled the roost in South for three decades (1967-1996) and was active in Bollywood from 1983-1997. She started her film career at the age of four in 1967 through the Tamil film ‘Kandhan Karunai’ and did hundreds of films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages with almost all top heroes in the above mentioned languages. Her first film as heroine was the Tamil film ‘Moondru Mudichu’ in 1976 and her debut film in Hindi was ‘Julie’ (1975) as child artist and ‘Himmatwala’ (1983) as heroine.

Divya Bharati is an Indian actress who entered into films through a Telugu film ‘Bobbili Raja’ (blockbuster) in 1990, acted in about 20 films in Telugu and Hindi and delivered several hits and super hits. She died in a tragic accident after falling from a 5 storey apartment building in 1993.

AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN-SNEHA ULLAL

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is former Miss World (1994) and an Indian actress. She started her film career in 1997 with a Tamil film titled ‘Iruvar’ directed by Mani Ratnam featuring opposite Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and appeared in dual roles. She acted in about 40 films in Hindi, Tamil and English languages put together. She won two Filmfare Best Actress Awards-‘Hum Dil De Cheke Sanam’ (1999) and ‘Devdas’ (2002).

The actress has been the most popular face of Indian cinema internationally. She appeared on the cover of TIME magazine, Asia edition in 2003 and the TIME magazine chose her as one of the world’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ in 2004 and again in 2010. This apart, in October 2004 Rai’s was figure was displayed in Madame Tussaud’s wax museum in London. This World’s Most Beautiful Woman became the international brand ambassador of L’Oreal, Andie Macdowell, Eva Longoria and Penelope Cruz in 2005.

Aishwarya Rai dated Salman Khan from 1999-2001 and end the relationship with him. Later she was married to Abhishek Bachchan, who hails from the legendary Bachchan family. Although 2009 was a dull year for her, the year 2010 has brought back her lost glory with two consecutive hits ‘Enthiran/Robot’ and ‘Guzaarish’.

Sneha Ullal is a Mangalorean born in Muscat, Oman and is best known for her role in the Telugu film ‘Ullasamga Utsahamga’. She made her movie debut in 2005 through a Hindi movie ‘Lucky: No Time for Love’ opposite Salman Khan. Since then, she was noted for her physical appearance with Aishwarya Rai.

BHUMIKA CHAWLA-PREETI JHANGIANI

Bhumika Chawla aka Rachna Chawla is an Indian actress who acted in about 30 films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Bhojpuri and Punjabi. She made her debut as heroine in the year 2000 through a Telugu film ‘Yuvakudu’ and is best known for her critically acclaimed performances in ‘Kushi’(Telugu), ‘Okkadu’ (Telugu), ‘Missamma’(Telugu), ‘Simhadri’ (Telugu), ‘Tere Naam’ (Hindi), ‘Anasuya’ (Telugu), ‘Naa Autograph’ (Telugu), ‘Satyabhama’ (Telugu), ‘Gandhi, My Father’ (Hindi), etc. Hailing from Punjab, Bhumika married a Yoga teacher Bharat Thakur in 2007. She recently established a production house named ‘Downtown Productions’ and produced a youth oriented film on college backdrop titled ‘Thakita Thakita’.

Preeti Jhangiani is a Mangalorean and an actress cum model. Rajashri Productions introduced her to the film world through their music album ‘Yeh Hai Prem’ opposite the handsome hero Abbas. Later she endorsed Nirma Sandal soap and continued to be the brand ambassador of that product for quite long. Although her 1st film was the Malayalam film ‘Mazhavillu’, the turning point of her film career was in 2000 through a Bollywood flick ‘Mohabbatein’, which became super duper hit film. Over all she acted in about 5 languages-Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi and Urdu as well. In March, 2008, she got married to Parvin Dabas and now lives in Bandra, Mumbai.

TRISHA-BHAVANA

Trisha Krishnan is a famous actress cum model in South India who mainly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. ‘Mounam Pesiyadhe’ (2002) was her first film in lead role which also won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Later Tamil films like ‘Saamy’, ‘Lesa Lesa’, ‘Ghilli’, ‘Enakku 20 Unakku 18’, ‘Thirupaachi’, ‘Kireedam’, ‘Unnakum Ennakum’, ‘Abhiyum Naanum’, ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya’ and Telugu films like ‘Varsham’, ‘Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana’, ‘Athadu’, ‘Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule’, ‘Krishna’, etc., have earned her good name and fame. In 2010, she also made her debut in Bollywood through ‘Khatta Meetha’ opposite Akshay Kumar.

Born to Tamil parents, Trisha ventured into modeling career and appeared in many TV ads like Fanta, Vivel, Tata Indicom, etc. Trisha was thrice the winner of Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award besides winning the prestigious AP State Nandi Award and various other awards. Right now, the actress is on cloud nine as her forthcoming Tamil flick ‘Manmadha Ambu’ (Manmadha Baanam) is going to hit screens by end of December 2010. She is very excited about this film as she was cast opposite her favourite star Kamal Haasan which was her long time dream. This apart, she is presently shooting a Telugu film opposite Pawan Kalyan, which is a remake of ‘Love Aaj Kal’.

Bhavana, whose real name is Karthika Menon, is a south Indian actress who appeared so far in over 45 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada launguages. She made her acting debut through a Malayalam film ‘Nammal in 2002, which also fetched her many honors and critical acclaim. This Keralite is a daughter of assistant cinematographer G Balachandran Menon. She has acted with almost all heroes in Malayalam and won a Filmfare award for the Tamil film ‘Chithiram Pesuthadi’, two Kerala State Film Awards-‘Nammal’ and ‘Daivanamathil’ besides winning several other awards.

MEERA JASMINE-SUJITHA

Meera Jasmine is a south Indian actress who acts in films that includes Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She made her debut in the Malayalam film ‘Soothradharan’ in 2001 and won Bharathan Award for Best Female Debut Actress. In 2002, she made her debut in a Tamil film ‘Run’ and won Filmfare Best Female Debut award. In 2003, Malayalam film ‘Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam’ earned rave reviews and also National Film Award for Best Actress, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and Asianet Award for Best Actress. This apart, she won Tamil Nadu State Special Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ‘Kasthuri Maan’. Her debut film in Telugu was ‘Ammayi Bagundi’ (2004) and in Kannada ‘Maurya’ (2004). Meera Jasmine is said to be one of the finest actress in the generation today who had won several awards without a break right from the beginning of her film career.

Sujitha is a leading South Indian TV serial actress, who acts in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam serials. Besides this she also acted in a few films in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. She made her debut as child artist through Chiranjeevi starrer ‘Pasivadi Pranam’ and acted in several films as child artist. She also acted in films ‘Katrukkenna Veli’ and ‘Jathi’ as heroine. Besides that, she played sister to heroes like Ajit, Nagarjuna, Balakrishna, etc. But in real she is the sister of director Surya Kiran, who married actress Kalyani. Her best movie in Malayalam was ‘Wanted’ in which she shared the screen with superstar Mohal Lal. Sujitha married ad film maker Dhanush in Pallachi and still continuing her acting career.

KAREENA KAPOOR-ANUSHKA

Kareena Kapoor, born in a first family of Bollywood is an Indian actress, who is noted for her works from contemporary romantic dramas, to comedies, period films to major commercial films. Youngest daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babitha and sister of Karishma Kapoor (all belonging to Hindi film industry) made her acting debut in 2000 through ‘Refugee’ opposite Abhishek Bachchan who was also a debutant. Her melodrama ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’, her portrayal of a sex worker in ‘Chameli’, her noted performances in critically acclaimed films like ‘Dev’, ‘Omkara’, romantic comedy like ‘Jab We Met’, thriller film like ‘Kurbaan’ and the highest grossing Bolywood film of all time ‘3 Idiots’ all have given her lot of accolades. Altogether she won 5 Filmfare awards of which two were Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Kareena is still the hot and happening heroine in Bollywood with three films in her kitty.

Anushka Shetty, one of the most happening heroines in Tollywood presently, was born in a Bunt family of Bellipady in Mangalore. Interestingly, after completing her education in Bangalore, she was yoga instructor and has trained under yoga guru Bharat Thakur, Bhumika Chawla’s husband. In 2005, Anushka stepped into the glamour world through ‘Super’ opposite Nagarjuna and became familiar with SS Rajamouli;s ‘Vikramarkudu’ opposite the crazy star Ravi Teja. Similarly, ‘Rendu’ costarring Madhavan also fetched her some recognition in Tamil. The right break to her film career came in 2009, when she delivered a block buster hit ‘Arundathi’. She had not only received rave reviews for her performance in this heroine centric film, but also won many awards including the AP state Nandi Award and Filmfare Best Actress Award. From then onwards there was no stopping her. Today, she is the most wanted heroine in Telugu and Tamil as well. She is one actress who is said to be perfectly suitable for any kind of role, be it a glamour role or an off beat role. Two of her films ‘Nagavalli’ and ‘Ragada’ are slated to release in this month only. ‘Nagavalli’ would be yet another challenging role like ‘Arundathi’ for Anushka.

‘Endhiran/Robo/Robot’ is a technological extravaganza gulping about 40Mil USD with the highest paid actor Rajini and the former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai. Its first part was an intelligent entertainment and the second part was a lavish display of the technology one can only dream of. The movie that makes the viewers feel 20 years younger is an out and out entertainer. It sure makes the entire Indian film fraternity proud and a new genius is born in the form of Shankar, the Director of the movie.

Now, giving a break to Rajini’s usual style oriented approach, ‘Endhiran/Robo/Robot’ totally concentrates on capturing the imagination of the director and also the technicians with experience in Hollywood movies. Everyone has reported that it’s a mix of ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Spider Man’ and certain movies in that genre. No doubt they are expressing their personal experience which even a child will express after watching the film.

The unexpected moves and shapes the Robots take in the climax, still being of the shape of Robots are first of its kind and worth the money paid for. If Shankar advices others not to address the budget of the project and just see what the money poured in has churned out, yes, better to respect his feelings.

Director Shankar, who is being compared with James Cameroon, has now learnt the tricks of using the Hollywood technicians to provide something similar in caliber to the ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Terminator’ and ‘Avataar’. Stan Winston Studios in the US has its contribution with its latest technologies and instruments in providing SFX support but for which the movie would have been just yet another masala one.

Rajinikanth’s craze fan following had its effect where there are reports of ardent fans spending to a tune of Rs 1500/- per ticket to watch this film. But if any credit has to go to anyone in the film, it is the director Shankar who steals it by leaps and bounds. Shankar in this profession appears to be not settling for anything less than the box office hits. If we are to go through his record so far like ‘Gentleman’ in 1993, followed by ‘Kadhalan’, ‘Indian’, ‘Jeans’, ‘Mudhalvan’, ‘Nayagan’, ‘Boys’, ‘Anniyan’, ‘Shivaji’ and now ‘Endhiran/Robo/Robot’. He is in the industry since 17 years but settled for only 10 films and they are hits. What else can one look for from a director when they pour money like a bottomless pit?

Now in the case of ‘Endhiran/Robo/Robot’, the movie was conceptualized by Shankar about a decade ago and was ultimately planned for production about 5 years back. Kamal Hassan was to be the hero with the then much wanted Preity Zinta. But money was the problem, and then entered Shahrukh Khan whose association also did not firm up. Finally it was Rajini’s daughter Soundarya’s interest that brought the movie on track and it needed the tonic from Sun Pictures who will not now repent with the movie raking in more than expected and the expectation is not less than Rs 500 crores.

This time the entire India is looking at it as an Indian film rather than a Tamil film. When it comes to Shankar’s tastes, there is no one in the industry to match his abilities to give a feast to eyes. It was in 1998, he went on a world tour to capture all the wonders for his film ‘Jeans’. And there are many heritage sites and picturesque locations, where it was Shankar who set his foot first before anyone in the industry even came to know of it. So Claudia Bruckmann, a historic place at Machu Picchu in Peru and an exotic, dazzling place, known as Lencois Maranhenses in Brazil (where desert of clear and fine sand filled by oasis with lagoons of blue and crystalline water) is being introduced this time in ‘Endhiran/Robo/Robot’ by him.

Like AR Rahman has brought laurels for the entire Indians in world level, now yet another person from same soil, Shankar has just begun his journey. Talent unlimited!!!

Adding to the glory were Venkatesh, Sarath Kumar, Arjun, Karthik, Mohan, Prabhu, Suresh, Naresh, Banuchander, Suman, Ambarish, Ramya Krishna, Radhika, Suhasini, Ambika, Radha, Poornima, Kushboo, Nadiya, Sumalatha and Shobana. With an entry of Suhasini Maniratnam for organizing the programme, the dress code got introduced. It was a rare feast to the eyes on August 29th when all these stars walked in with black dress. Of course, a cake cutting and dancing was part of the programme which ended with a resolution to meet every year in one state or the other. So we can expect such gathering either in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka or Kerala one year down the line. Well done Lissy.

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Many Bollywood stars congratulated the couple on Twitter. Here are some of the tweets- Bips tweeted that ‘Wishing mahi and sakshi a very happy life together forever:)sad that I cnt be there!’, Shilpa Setty posted a tweet saying that ‘Congratulations in order to Mahi and Sakshi, wishing them all the happiness and marital bliss forever..’ and Asha Bhosle tweeted ‘Heard news that Dhoni got engaged. Best wishes to him. Also wondering what would happen if Germany took up cricket’. Yuvraj Singh also congratulated the couple in his tweet ‘Got to know Mahi is getting married! Congratulations Dhoni and Sakshi hope you have a great life together god bless!!’

Dhoni and Sakshi are basically from Uttaranchal and are said to be school friends at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi. Sakshi is a Hotel Management Graduate from Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Aurangabad and is presently working with Taj Bengal, Kolkata. They were engaged last night at Hotel Bhagirath in Dehradun and the news about it was revealed only after the engagement got over. Both of them met for the first time in Bipasha Basu’s house in Mumbai on the occasion of celebrating Bipasha’s ‘Race’ movie release. Their families were known to each other from quite a long time as their fathers worked at MECON, Ranchi.

All the fans are very happy listening to the news of Dhoni’s marriage, at the same time it is a heart breaking news for girl fans of Dhoni. Desicolours Congratulate Dhoni and Sakshi Singh Rawat and wish them a wonderful Married life.

Dhoni with his wife Sakshi Singh Rawat

Friend of Dhoni posing with the newly married couple.

MS Dhoni posing with his classmates

Dhoni-Sakshi Singh Rawat

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