Friday 30 November 2012

Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar - Ashok Kumar father Kunjalal Ganguly was a lawyer and his mother Gouri Devi came from a wealthy Bengali Kulin Brahmin family. The "Ganguly family" was based in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. His brothers Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar also acted in films. The three brothers worked together in the comedies Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi and Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi. Ashok, though the eldest of the three by quite a margin, survived them both. In fact, he stopped celebrating his birthday after the youngest brother, Kishore, died on that day in 1987.

Ashok Kumar's sister, Sati Devi, was married to Sashadhar Mukherjee of the Mukherjee-Samarth family. Ashok Kumar married Shobha. They had a troubled marriage due to his wife being an alcoholic. Ashok Kumar daughter, Preeti Ganguly acted in numerous Hindi film, during 1970s, later she started the 'Ashok Kumar's Academy of Dramatic Arts', Mumbai in 1993. His other daughter, Rupa Ganguly and son Arun Ganguly never joined films, Rupa is married to actor Deven Verma.

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Dev Anand

Dev Anand - Dev Anand was born Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand on 26 September 1923 in the Shakargarh tehsil of the Gurdaspur district in Punjab. Dev Anand father Pishori Lal Anand was a well-to-do advocate. Dev was the third of four sons born to Pishori Lal Anand. One of Dev's younger sister is Sheela Kanta Kapur, who is mother of Shekhar Kapur. His older brothers were Manmohan Anand and Chetan Anand and younger one was Vijay Anand. Dev Anand spent his early years in Gharota village near Gurdaspur, Gurdaspur town. He did his schooling till matriculation from Sacred Heart School, Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh and went to college Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh before going to Lahore to study. Later Dev Anand ompleted his graduation in English Literature from the Government College, Lahore in British India.

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After graduating in English Literature from the Government College, Lahore, Dev Anand left his hometown for Bombay in the early 1940s. He began his career in the military censor's office at Churchgate, for a monthly salary of Rs. 165. Later he joined as a clerk in an accountancy firm for a salary of Rs. 85. Dev Anand joined his older brother, Chetan, as a member of the Indian People's Theater Association. Dev Anand aspired to become a performer after seeing Ashok Kumar's performance in films like Achhut Kanya and Kismat. Dev Anand quoted in an interview that "I remember when I gatecrashed into the office of the man who gave me the first break, he kept looking at me – Babu Rao Pai of Prabhat Film Studios. At that time he made up his mind that this boy deserves a break and later mentioned to his people that ‘this boy struck me because of his smile and beautiful eyes and his tremendous confidence." 

Then he was soon offered the lead role in Prabhat Films' Hum Ek Hain , a film about Hindu-Muslim unity, where Dev Anand played a Hindu boy and was paired opposite Kamala Kotnis. While shooting the film in Pune, Anand befriended the actor Guru Dutt. Between them, they agreed that if one of them was to become successful in the film industry, they would help the other to be successful. They formed a mutual understanding that when Anand produced a film, Dutt would direct it and when Dutt directed a film, Anand would act in it.
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Wednesday 28 November 2012

Anushka Sharma in Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Anushka Sharma in Jab Tak Hai Jaan - In December 2011, Anushka Sharma re-united with her Band Baaja Baarat team of Ranveer Singh and Maneesh Sharma for Yashraj Films's Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Despite negative media perception, the film was a moderate success at the box office. In 2012, Anushka Sharma is featuring in Jab Tak Hai Jaan, along with Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif. This would be her second film with Shah Rukh Khan, opposite whom she made her Bollywood debut with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. In an interview with businessofcinema.com Anushka said, “Shah Rukh is lovely, gracious, and funny. It is always fun when he is on the set. I am so happy to be able to work with him again. I didn’t think I’ll get the chance."

Anushka Sharma has signed for Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet opposite Ranbir Kapoor and movie scheduled to go on floors in April 2013. Meanwhile, Anushka has completed shooting for Vishal Bharadwaj's Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, opposite Imran Khan. “I have completed shooting for the film. I was very happy to work with Vishal Bharadwaj. He makes very different and true films. All the characters are very well-written. Each character has a well defined beginning and end in the story,” she said.

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Anushka Sharma in Saree

Anushka Sharma in Saree - Anushka Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films. She began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer '07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.

Anushka Sharma first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her performance was appreciated with film critic Taran Adarsh stating, "Anushka looks the character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK and Anushka Sharma manages it very well from start to end." The film received positive reviews and was declared a blockbuster, and had been concluded as the second-highest grossing film of all-time to that point by the end of the year.

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Anushka Sharma Wallpapers - Anushka Sharma is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films and made her screen debut in Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Anushka Sharma later received acclaim for her role as Shruti Kakkar in Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).Both films fetched her a Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards ceremony.

Anushka Sharma's father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. Her father is from Uttar Pradesh and mother from Garhwal. Anushka Sharma has an elder brother named Karnesh, who was a state-level cricketer and now, is in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. Anushka Sharma later moved to Mumbai to further pursue her modelling career, where she currently resides.

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