Ranveer Singh

Ranveer Singh

Ranveer Singh born Ranveer Singh Bhavnani on 6 July 1985 in Mumbai. He is an Indian actor working in Bollywood. Following his Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, Singh returned to India to pursue his dream of being an actor. In 2010, Singh auditioned for the lead role in the Yash Raj Films venture called Band Baaja Baaraat, and got selected. The romantic comedy was set in the world of wedding planning and required Singh to portray a typical Delhi guy called Bittoo Sharma. After its release, Band Baaja Baaraat became a critical and commercial success, with Singh's portrayal of Bittoo being lauded by critics. He went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut at the 56th Filmfare Awards.

Singh continued experimenting with different roles including a con artist in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (2011), a disguised robber in the critically acclaimed Lootera (2013) and a Gujarati boy based on the character of Romeo (from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet) in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013), which emerged as Singh's biggest commercial success to date.

Life and career

Ranveer Singh

Singh pursued his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Indiana University Bloomington

Ranveer Singh was born Ranveer Singh Bhavnani on July 6, 1985, in Mumbai, to Jagjit Singh Bhavnani and Anju Bhavnani. He has an elder sister named Ritika Bhavnani. His cousins are actress Sonam Kapoor and producer Rhea Kapoor, daughters of actor Anil Kapoor and wife Sunita Kapoor; Singh is their cousin from Sunita Kapoor's side née Bhavnani.

Singh had always wanted to be an actor, and after joining school he started participating in the school plays and debates. Once when he had gone for a birthday party, his grandmother asked him to dance and entertain her.[9] Singh remembers that he suddenly jumped in the lawn and started dancing to the song "Chumma Chumma" from the 1991 Bollywood action film, Hum. He felt the thrill of performing and was interested in acting and dancing. "I always wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little kid. I knew that I had to do something related to performing arts and I enjoyed acting the most as it incorporated so many different art forms. I must say, I was a very filmy kid. I used to watch a lot of TV and get very influenced by Bollywood", he recalls. However, after he joined junior college at H.R. College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai, Singh realised that getting a break in the film industry was not at all easy, as it was mostly people with a filmy background who got the prime opportunities in Bollywood. Feeling that the idea of acting was "too far-fetched", Singh focussed on his second passion, that of creative writing. He went to the United States to pursue his Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.

While there, he decided to pursue acting classes besides studying. On the first day, the instructor asked him to do an impromptu act. Singh was again convinced that performing arts and acting was what he wanted to do, and took up theatre as his minor. After completing his studies and returning to Mumbai in 2007, Singh worked for a few years in advertising as a copywriter, with agencies like O&M and JWT. Then he started working as an Assistant Director, but left it to pursue acting seriously. He decided to send his portfolio to directors. "My ambition was always to bag a lead role in a film and hence I refrained from doing any ads, TV serials, music videos as I felt that a fresh face always works much better. It was a gamble and I took that gamble telling myself that I will give it my all to bag a lead role", he says. For the next three years, Singh went to producer's offices, showing his pictures and asking for work. He would go for all kinds of auditions, but did not get any good opportunities, while only getting calls for minor roles once in every four or five months. "Everything was so bleak. It was very frustrating. There were times I would think whether I was doing the right thing or not."

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Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma born 1 May 1988. She is an Indian film actress and model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films and consequently made her acting debut in Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She later received critical acclaim for her role as an ambitious wedding planner in the 2010 romantic comedy Band Baaja Baaraat. Both films earned her Best Actress nominations at the Filmfare Awards. Sharma later gathered critical appreciation for her performance in the 2012 romantic drama Jab Tak Hai Jaan, which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Due to these prime achievements, Sharma has often been noted as one of the most promising contemporary actresses of Hindi cinema.

Anushka Sharma

Early life and background

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

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Transformers 4

Transformers 4

Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura stated that a fourth film is in the works aiming for a 2014 release with Michael Bay to direct and produce the film. On the same day, Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay announced a June 27, 2014 release date for a fourth film. Ehren Kruger will pen the script and Steve Jablonsky will score the film. The film will take place four years after the events in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Shia LaBeouf will not return in any future installments. Mark Wahlberg has instead been cast in the lead role. In November 2012, casting began to search for two more leads. Isabelle Cornish, Nicola Peltz, Gabriella Wilde and Margaret Qualley were all considered to play the daughter of Mark Wahlberg's character while Luke Grimes, Landon Liboiron, Brenton Thwaites, Jack Reynor and Hunter Parrish were all considered to play the race car driving boyfriend.[ It is also reported that the three leads are contracted for three films. Bay announced on his website that Reynor is the race car driving boyfriend and that the fourth film will start the next installment in the overall series. The film will be a darker sequel to Dark of the Moon and that Transformers 4 will have a different feeling. Peter Cullen, who voiced Optimus Prime in the films, will reprise his role. Tyrese Gibson is in talks to reprise his role. Glenn Morshower stated that he was contracted for two films and he will reprise his role, but was later confirmed that Morshower would not be returning. Filming is expected to take place between April and November 2013 in London with a budget of $165 million once Pain & Gain, a film that Bay is also directing, is finished editing.

On January 8, 2013, it was announced that Reynor would be joining Wahlberg in the lead. On the Michaelbay.com forums, Nelson, the administrator of the website, confirmed that filming will take place in Chicago. On March 20, 2013, The film's plot reads: As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control – all while an ancient, powerful Transformer menace sets Earth in his crosshairs. The epic adventure and battle between good and evil, freedom and enslavement ensues. But it was later to be inaccurate.

On March 26, 2013 Nicola Peltz was cast as the female lead. Bay confirmed that the movie will be in 3D. Bay revealed to Collider that actor Stanley Tucci has joined the cast, and that the film will be the first feature film to be shot using smaller digital IMAX 3D cameras. On May 1, 2013, actor Kelsey Grammer is cast as the lead human villain named "Harold Attinger". On May 6, 2013, actress Sophia Myles is cast in a major supporting role. That same month, Chinese actress Li Bingbing and comedian T. J. Miller joined the cast. Some reports revealed that Dinobots, including fan favorite Grimlock (and possibly Swoop), Lockdown, Galvatron (a reborn Megatron), Drift as a former Decepticon Samurai who joins the Autobots, and Hound will be featured in the fourth film.

Actor T. J. Miller has been confirmed to have joined the cast, playing Mark Wahlberg's character's best friend who is a mechanic. Also revealed are two unknown Autobots who will have the following alternate modes - a black and blue 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse - using production name "Drift", and a green 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray concept - using production name "Slingshot". Also revealed is a truck from Western Star Trucks will be Optimus Prime's new alternate mode for the new movie. Bumblebee's new alt mode has been revealed to be a modified vintage 1967 Chevy Camaro SS. A green military vehicle (later confirmed to be Hound) and a white Emergency Response Vehicle have also been revealed.

Filming is scheduled to begin in June 2013 with filming occurring in Detroit, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles and Hong Kong.

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Avatar 2

Avatar 2

Release Date: December, 2014 

Studio: 20th Century Fox 

Director: James Cameron 

Screenwriter: James Cameron 

Starring: Not Available 

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi 

MPAA Rating: Not Available 

Official Website: Avatarmovie.com 

Review: Not Available 

DVD Review: Not Available 

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Plot Summary: Cameron, who had always viewed "Avatar" as the creation of a new world and mythology, will begin work on the scripts in early 2011 with an eye towards commencing production later in 2011. Cameron will decide if he will shoot the films back-to-back after he completes the scripts, but the release of the first, as yet untitled sequel, is targeted for December 2014, with the third film contemplated for a December 2015 release. 

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Boss (2013 Bengali film)

Boss is a 2013 Bengali romantic action film which is the remake of superhit Telugu film Business Man. The film is directed by choreographer Baba Yadav (his first directorial debut) and produced under the banner of Reliance Entertainment and Grassroot Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. The film stars Jeetand Subhasree Ganguly in lead roles and Chiranjeet Chatterjee in supporting roles.

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RED 2 (film)

RED 2

RED 2 is an upcoming American action-comedy film and sequel to the 2010 film RED, which was inspired by the limited comic book series of the same name created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, and published by the DC Comics imprint Homage. The film stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, with Dean Parisot directing a screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber. RED 2 is scheduled to be released on July 19, 2013.

While trying to lead a normal life, Frank is notified that Interpol is hunting for him. When he tries to clear his name, he is told of a Cold War project to sneak a nuclear weapon into Russia, and that it may have been assembled and activated. In order to successfully defuse it, he is reacquainted with the man who helped set up the project (who has been confined to a mental hospital) and finds himself hunted by Victoria (who has apparently left retirement) and one of the best assassins in the business. It doesn't help that he is also reunited with an old flame who is eager to rekindle their relationship...

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Krrish 3

Krrish 3

Krrish 3 is an upcoming Bollywood superhero science fiction film. The film will be produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan. The film will continue the story of Rohit Mehra and his superhero son Krrish, after Koi... Mil Gaya and Krrish, this being the third film of the Krrish film series. Both the earlier films have received blockbuster status at the box office. The film will be released during Diwali 2013 along with its 3D format on November 4, 2013.

Filming commenced on 1 December 2011 with Oberoi, Ranaut and Chopra. However, Hrithik Roshan did not participate in the first schedule due to a back injury. Actress Shaurya Chauhan met with a freak accident while shooting for the film in Hyderabad, due to which the film has faced some delays. The film was previously expected to release on November 1, 2013 but has now been postponed to a post-Diwali November 4 release.

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Dhoom 3

Dhoom 3 is an upcoming Hindi action thriller film, written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and produced by Aditya Chopra. It will be the third installment of the popular Dhoom series. Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra will reprise their roles as Jai Dixit and Ali Khan while Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif form the antagonist duo. Dhoom 3 will be released on 25 December 2013 in regular 2D and IMAXformats.

On 2 January 2011, the producer of the previous Dhoom films, Aditya Chopra confirmed that the third installment of the Dhoom series would begin principal photography at the end of 2011. Initially, the producers and the lead actor Aamir wanted to release the film on Christmas of 2012, but the plan was scrapped in favor of an early release date in 2013, mainly due to a forecast that a Christmas release would force a rushed post-production schedule, which was unfavorable given the high degree of technicality required for the film.

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Chennai Express

Chennai Express is an upcoming 2013 Indian action romantic comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under her production banner Red Chillies Entertainment. The film features Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. This is the second collaboration between Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone after the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om and the first collaboration between Shah Rukh Khan and Rohit Shetty. Chennai Express is about a man's journey from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens along the way after he falls in love with the daughter of a don. Principal photography began on 27 September 2012. Filming began in October 2012 and was wrapped-up by May 2013.

Sandeep Mishra and Rohit Shetty had originally planned to team up for a remake of the 1982 film Angoor. After the 2011 blockbuster Singham, Rohit Shetty had begun writing the script of the film but left it mid-way. Incidentally, he had the script of Chennai Express ready to be narrated to Khan as a back-up due to the difficulty of obtaining the actor's filming dates. Upon being narrated the script, Khan was impressed with the idea of Chennai Express and agreed to star in it before the Angoor remake. With this development, the remake of Angoor was pushed back.

When Rohit was asked about the story of the film, he said, "It's a hard-core commercial film with a romantic angle. The story is about this man's travel from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens during the journey."

Chennai Express

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Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year, commonly referred to as BOTY, is an annual international b-boying series that began in 1990. It is a crew (as opposed to individual) competition. Regional qualifying tournaments, also known as preliminaries, are held worldwide culminating in the BOTY International, the world finals event which was held at the Volkswagenhalle in Braunschweig, Germany until 2009. Since 2010, the world finals take place in Montpellier, France. Battle of the Year is widely regarded as the premier b-boying tournament in the world, frequently referred to as the "World Cup of B-Boying". Battle of the year creates "spaces for a globalization at the bottom, bringing people together across the barriers of geography, language, and race".Benson Lee filmed a documentary on the Battle of the Year called Planet B-Boy which gives a point of view on what type of people take part in the Battle of the Year. "BOTY becomes more and more international and that means more and more popular. So the capacity of the venues grows and every year there are some more key men in the BOTY-team. One of their aims is to integrate young and motivated people. And it's necessary to do it because it is getting harder and harder to fulfill all the claims". BOTY audiences increased over the years - in 1997, 4000 people watched the finals. The BOTY finals in 2000 held in Hannover, Germany had the largest audience, with 10000 people watching the finals. In 2001, "A change of direction" was added to the BOTY logo as decisions were made to change the format due to the increased popularity and to make it more manageable.

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The Hangover Part III

The Hangover Part III

The Hangover Part III is a 2013 American comedy film produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the sequel to 2011's The Hangover Part II, and the third and final film in The Hangover film series. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Heather Graham, Jeffrey Tambor, Justin Bartha, and John Goodman with Todd Phillips directing a screenplay written by himself and Craig Mazin. The film follows the "Wolfpack" (Phil, Stu, Doug, and Alan) as they try to get Alan the help he needs after facing a personal crisis.

The Hangover Part III was announced days before the release of The Hangover Part II and Mazin who co-wrote Part II was brought on board. In January 2012, the principal actors re-signed to star. In March 2012, Warner Bros. announced a U.S. Memorial Weekend release. The supporting roles were cast between June and September 2012. Principal photography began in September 2012 in Los Angeles, California before moving to Nogales, Arizona and Las Vegas Nevada. The film was released on May 23, 2013. Despite negative reviews from film critics, The Hangover Part III had the second biggest worldwide box office opening for an R-rated comedy following The Hangover Part II in 2011.

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Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction action film. It is the twelfth installment in the Star Trek franchise and the sequel to 2009's Star Trek. It was directed by J. J. Abrams from a screenplay written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof, based on the series of the same name created by Gene Roddenberry. Lindelof, Orci, Kurtzman and Abrams also serve as producers, along with Bryan Burk. Chris Pine reprises his role as Captain James T. Kirk, with Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy, John Cho, and Bruce Greenwood reprising their roles from the previous film. Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller and Alice Eve round out the film's principal cast.

After the release of Star Trek, Abrams, Burk, Lindelof, Kurtzman and Orci signed up to produce the film. In 2011, the supporting cast was rounded out with Cumberbatch, Weller and Eve brought in to portray key roles. Filming began in January 2012. The film was shot entirely in California. The film's visual effects were handled by Industrial Light & Magic.

The film was converted to 3D in post-production. Star Trek Into Darkness premiered at Event Cinemas in Sydney on April 23, 2013, and was released on May 9, 2013, in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and parts of Europe and Peru, with other countries following. The film was released on May 16, 2013, in the United States and Canada, opening at IMAX cinemas one day earlier. The film was a commercial success and received positive reviews.

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The World's End (film)

The World's End

The World's End is an upcoming British science-fiction comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost. The three and the film's producer Nira Park have previously worked together on the television series Spaced, as well as the other two films in the so-called "Cornetto trilogy", Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007). The film follows a group of friends reattempting an epic pub crawl during an alien invasion.

The film is being produced by Big Talk Productions, StudioCanal and Working Title Films. Filming began in September 2012 at locations in Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth Garden City. Part of the film was also shot at High Wycombe railway station in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Filming ended on 22nd December, 2012.

The film is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on 19th July, 2013 and in the United States on 23rd August, 2013.

Five childhood friends reunite after twenty years to repeat a legendary pub crawl from their youth (which they originally failed) returning to their hometown once again to attempt to reach the fabled pub "The World’s End". Over the course of the night, they begin to realise that the real struggle is "not just theirs but humankind’s", and completing the crawl becomes the least of their worries 'tonight we are going to get totally annihilated'.

Wright has described the film as an example of the social science-fiction genre, in the tradition of John Wyndham and Samuel Youd.

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Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World (also known as Thor 2) is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It will be the sequel to 2011's Thor and the eighth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Alan Taylor directed the screenplay by Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, which stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins.

Development of Thor: The Dark World began in April 2011, when producer Kevin Feige announced plans for a sequel to follow the crossover film The Avengers. In July 2011, Kenneth Branagh, the director of Thor, withdrew from the project. Brian Kirk and Patty Jenkins were considered to direct the film before Taylor was hired in January 2012. The supporting cast filled out in August 2012, with the hiring of Eccleston, Dennings and Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Principal photography began in September 2012 in Surrey, England with filming continuing in Iceland and London, before wrapping up in December 2012. Like the first film, Thor: The Dark World will be converted to 3D in post-production.

Thor: The Dark World is scheduled to be released on November 8, 2013.

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This Is the End

This Is the End

This Is the End is an upcoming apocalyptic comedy film directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, and written by Rogen, Goldberg, and Jason Stone. The film stars James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson as fictional versions of themselves in the aftermath of a global apocalypse. The film will be released on June 12, 2013.

After a series of cataclysmic events ravage Los Angeles, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson must face the true meaning of friendship and redemption as the world ends around them. 

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Man of Steel

Man of Steel

Man of Steel is an upcoming 2013 American superhero film directed by Zack Snyder, produced by Christopher Nolan, and scripted by David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Superman, the film will be a reboot of the Superman film series, portraying the character's origin story. The film stars Henry Cavill in the title role, with Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, and Russell Crowe as Jor-El. Man of Steel will launch a shared fictional universe of DC Comics characters on film.

Development began in 2008 when Warner Bros. Pictures took pitches from comic book writers, screenwriters and directors, opting to reboot the franchise. In 2009, a court ruling resulted in Jerry Siegel's family recapturing the rights to Superman's origins and Siegel's copyright. The decision stated that Warner Bros. did not owe the families additional royalties from previous films, but if they did not begin production on a Superman film by 2011, then the Shuster and Siegel estates would be able to sue for lost revenue on an unproduced film. Nolan pitched Goyer's idea after story discussion on The Dark Knight Rises. Snyder was hired as director in October 2010. Principal photography started in August 2011 in West Chicago, Illinois before moving to Plano, Illinois and Vancouver. The film is scheduled to be released on June 14, 2013, in conventional, 3D and IMAX theaters.

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Dhoni banter at ODI shield presentation

Dhoni banter at ODI shield presentation

As MS Dhoni received the ICC ODI Championship Shield and a cheque of US$175,000 at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff, a few of his team-mates - including Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja - standing on the balcony outside the dressing room gave their captain a standing ovation. Receiving the award from David Morgan, the former ICC president and current Glamorgan president, Dhoni made a witty remark: "They are clapping for their share."

And when the time came to sign off, DhoniDhoni asked with a smile.

Dhoni's casual banter seemed strange, given the atmosphere that is currently enveloping Indian cricket in the wake of the tumultuous events of the past three weeks checked with the ICC official as to whether he could keep the shield or should hand it over to the BCCI. "Yeh mera hain, ya BCCI ka (Is this mine or should it go to BCCI)?"

Dhoni had remained silent on the alleged corruption before he flew out from India and immediately after he landed in England. Today was no different, as the Indian players maintained a safe distance while passing the sm

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Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist

Adam Craig Gilchrist, (born 14 November 1971), nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy",is a former Australian cricketer who has captained Kings XI Punjab and Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national team through his aggressive batting. He is considered to be one of the greatest wicket-keeper–batsmen in the history of the game. He holds the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket keeper in One Day International (ODI) cricket and the most by an Australian in Test cricket. His strike rate is amongst the highest in the history of both ODI and Test cricket; his century against

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V. V. S. Laxman

V. V. S. Laxman

Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman About this sound pronunciation (born 1 November 1974), commonly known as V.V.S. Laxman, is a former Indian cricketer. Laxman represents Hyderabad in domestic cricket and has played for Lancashire in English county cricket. He was the captain of the Deccan Chargers team in the Indian Premier League in its first year before being replaced by Adam Gilchrist for the next year. In 2011, Laxman was awarded the Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India.

Laxman bats right-handed and occasionally bowls off-spin. He is noted for his superb timing and the ability to hit against the spin, reminiscent of his role model Mohammed Azharuddin. Laxman is particularly noted for the skilful use of his supple wrists, which allow him to

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Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag About this sound pronunciation (born 20 October 1978), affectionately known as Viru and the Nawab of Najafgarh, also called the Zen master of modern cricket, or the Viv Richards of this era by columnists, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test cricket team in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the only Indian to be honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008, subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009.

Sehwag holds multiple records including the highest score made by an Indian in Test cricket (319), which

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Salman Khan defends his ‘Mental’ co-star Sana

Salman Khan

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan believes that his 'Mental' co-star Sana Khan, who has been charged with alleged attempted abduction of a 15-year-old girl for rejecting her cousin's marriage proposal, is innocent.

Expressing grief over the entire Sana Khan episode, Salman Khan takes to twitter to defend her. "Poor Sana, so sad. First let her b cm famous then try n get sm publicity from her. This is the problem chappo any thing galat bhi ho toh," he tweets.

He adds, "Y would a girl kidnap a 15 year old? For money? To get her married, At 4pm in a populated area. Investigate the complainants. Kamaal hai yaar."

Sympathising with his co-star, who is believed to be absconding, he tries to give possible explanation for Sana's absconding status, "Obviously must b scared n running around n hiding , they hv a arrest warrant on her , 5 dharas , jail is not big boss's house dude. SAD."

He also added "Obviously those people must have sm ulterior motives. Worked vit her on Bigg Boss, u hv seen her fr 3 months every day wat do u think."

Sana Khan was Salman's favourite in Bigg Boss's 6th edition. She has featured in three TV commercials with Salman and has also appeared in advertisements with Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan. She was making her Bollywood debut with Mental.

source: Timesofindia

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni About this sound pronunciation (help·info) (born 7 July 1981), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni, is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team and the Chennai Super Kings cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.

He is captain of India in all three forms of

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Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh-Karthik

Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik (KKDK) (born 1 June 1985) is a wicketkeeper-batsman who made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004 and has been a regular member of the team for varying periods since then, including a stint in 2007 as a specialist opening batsman and non-wicket-keeper. Karthik was a batsman in his junior career, but turned to wicket-keeping in order to improve his future prospects. Throughout his career, Karthik has been criticized for unreliable glove-work symptomatic of a non-specialist wicket-keeper.

Rising through the junior ranks, Karthik made his first-class debut in late-2002 for Tamil Nadu as a 17-year-old, and was dropped in his

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Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj_Singh

Yuvraj Singh About this sound pronunciation (born 12 December 1981) is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. Yuvraj Singh is a left-hand middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Yuvraj Singh has been a member of the Indian cricket team in ODIs since 2000 and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice-captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. At the 2007 World Twenty20, he

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Kohli

Virat-Kohli

'Kohli' is a well-known surname originating from Punjab in north-western India.

The Khukhrain are a group of eight specific clans of the Khatri sub-caste. The names of the Nine clans are Anand, Bhasin, Chadha, Chandhok, Kohli, Sabharwal, Sethi and Suri,

History

The Kohli clan originated in the Gujrat region of Punjab Pakistan. One majority of the Kohli clan migrated to the towns of Nurmahal and Jamsher in the doaba region (Distt Jalandhar), about 700 years ago. The town of Nurmahal till date, has a 'Kohlian da Mohala' (the Kohli boulevard). Nurmahal a common phrase referenced to

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My heart only beats for Madhuri Dixit: Ranbir Kapoor

Ranbir Kapoor

Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor has confessed that his heart beats for dancing diva Madhuri Dixit, with whom he did a special song for his upcoming film 'Yeh Jaawani Hain Deewani'.

The 30-year-old actor, who is often linked with his co-stars, said he considers the actresses in his films as his 'friends'.

"They (my co-stars) are my friends. I work with them in films and

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Sreesanth a small fry, big names are involved: Kerala Police

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KOCHI: Even while Mumbai and Delhi police departments are betting big on their catch of bookies including IPL cricketers in IPL spot-fixing scandal, top police officials of Kerala Police. Sreesanth might be small players and many big shots are involved in the betting in which crores of money is being circulated.
are of the opinion that the cricketers like
"Sreesanth is just a small fry. Many other people are involved in it. Let's see how the probe is turning out to be," the police officer said and

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Ranbir and I come closer post break-up: Deepika Padukone

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Deepika Padukone talks about Ranbir Kapoor

Deepika on Ranbir

The co-star
Come on, we all know the actor that he is. What I found really amazing is that I've never seen him prepare or rehearse; you don't see any kind of effort. Usually actors get into their zone, for instance, if it is sad scene they don't want to be disturbed, they listen to music. But Ranbir is the same whether he is doing a happy scene or an emotional one.

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Are Shraddha-Aditya more than 'good friends'?

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Sources say something's brewing between Alia-Varun; Shraddha-Aditya

Through the highly advertised Student Of The Year one thing that the makers kept in low focus is the growing 'friendship' between Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt.

According to sources, this young couple discovered each other on set and during one of the outdoor schedules, they managed to raise antennas.

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Salman's advice has been invaluable for Katrina

Katrina Kaif

In an exclusive interview to a leading daily, Bollywood's most sought after actress Katrina Kaif has opened her heart out about her mentor Salman Khan and said that Salman's advice is invaluable for her career.
On being asked whether Salman's advice has been important to her or not, this is what the actress said.

"Yes, it's been invaluable. He's had a very strong basic sense of the working of the film industry, so yes; I think it's been invaluable. But it's quite

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'Baazigar' sequel not without SRK: Ratan Jain

Shahrukh Khan and Producer Ratan Jain

Producer Ratan Jain currently has no plans for "Baazigar" sequel, but says he may do it after couple of years, but not without Shah Rukh Khan.

"Yes, I am contemplating with the idea of the sequel to 'Baazigar', but not right now. I am busy with my other projects. May be three to four years down the line, I will make a sequel to 'Baazigar'," Jain, whose brother Ganesh Jain had produced the crime thriller, told IANS.

"However, I will not make the sequel without Shah Rulh. So let's see how things fall in place. It's too early to comment on anything at this point of time," he added.

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Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid  (born Rahul Sharad Dravid; 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer, who captained the national Test and One Day International (ODI) teams. Born in a Marathi family, he started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented the state team at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels. Hailed as The Wall, Dravid has been described as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He was named one of the best five cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000 and received the Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year awards at the inaugural ICC awards ceremony in 2004. In December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.

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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ( born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen in One Day International and second only to Don Bradman in the all time greatest list in Test cricket. In 2002, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.

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Mohammad Kaif

Mohammad Kaif

Mohammad Kaif (Hindi: मोहम्मद कैफ) About this sound pronunciation (born 1 December 1980) is an Indian cricketer. He is a thinly built cricketer who made it to the national team on the strength of his performances at the Under-19 level, where he captained the Indian team to victory in the Under-19 World Cup in 2000. He can be both defensive and aggressive, as variable strike rates in Test and ODI cricket suggest. He was the one of the best Indian fielders at his time along with Yuvraj Singh at the covers such as the current Raina-Kohli duo.

Personal life

Mohammad Kaif was born on 1 December 1980 in Allahabad. He Started his Career from Green Park Hostel . His father Mohammad Tarif has

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Salman Khan

Salman Khan

Salman Khan (Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan ) born  on 27 December 1965) is an Indian film actor, producer, television presenter, and philanthropist. The son of actor and screenwriter Salim Khan, Khan began his acting career with Biwi Ho To Aisi but it was his second film Maine Pyar Kiya in which he acted in a lead role that garnered him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. Khan has starred in several commercially successful films, such as Saajan (1991), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!(1994), Karan Arjun (1995), Judwaa (1997), Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998), Biwi No.1 (1999), and Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999), having

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Katrina Kaif's Background

Katrina Kaif

kaif was born in Hong Kong, to an Indian Kashmiri father,Mohammed Kaif,and an English mother, Susanna Turquotte, who is a British citizen. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif once stated, "My dad, unfortunately, and not out of choice, has had no influence on our upbringing, on our religious or social or moral bearings." When she came to India, she changed her surname to that of her father's, Kaif, because it was Indian in origin. Furthermore, Ayesha Shroff has

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Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif (born Katrina Turquotte; on 16 July 1984) is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. Being a British citizen, she works in India on an employment visa.

Kaif made her acting debut in 2003 with Kaizad Gustad's Boom. In 2007, she earned commercial success with Vipul Shah's Namastey London and later she earned recognition for playing glamorous roles in male-centric films such as Partner (2007), Race (2007) and Singh Is Kinng (2008); all of which were box office successes. Kaif subsequently played more prominent roles in films like New York(2009), Rajneeti (2010), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), and Ek Tha Tiger (2012, the second highest-grossing Bollywood film to date). Despite earning mixed reviews from critics for her acting prowess, she has established herself as a commercially successful actress of Hindi cinema.

Source:  Wikipedia

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