Madhu Bala
Born	Madhubala Raghunath (1972-03-26) 26 March 1972 (age 40) India
Spouse	Anand Shah (m. 1999) «start: (1999)»"Marriage: Anand Shah to Madhoo" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.db.wn.com/index.php/Madhoo)
Children	Ameyaa (b. November 16, 2000(2000-11-16)) Keia (b. November 9, 2002(2002-11-09))
Relatives	Hema Malini (aunt)

Madhoo (born 26 March 1972) is an actress in Indian films. She has acted in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She was named after the late Hindi actress Madhubala. She has acted with almost all leading actors in India. Madhoo is the niece of actress Hema Malini.

She made her debut in the Malayalam film Ottayal Pattalam opposite Mukesh, and was later introduced to Tamil by noted Tamil film-maker K. Balachander through the movie Azhagan (1991) co-starring Mammooty, Bhanupriya and Geetha. She made her Hindi movie debut with another newcomer Ajay Devgan in Phool Aur Kaante (1991). The title role in Mani Ratnam's Roja (1992) made her very popular. She married Anand Shah on 19 February 1999. She has two daughters Ameyaa (16 November 2000) and Keia (9 November 2002).^[1]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Madhoo at the Internet Movie Database

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Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya, born in Kolkata) is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer.^[1] He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009.^[2]

Early life[link]

Kumar Sanu's father Pashupati Bhattacharya was a vocalist and composer. He trained Sanu as a singer and tabla player. After getting a degree in commerce from Calcutta University, Sanu began performing publicly in 1979, singing at shows and restaurants around Calcutta. He modeled his singing style after Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar.^[3] Later he developed his own singing style.^[3]

Career[link]

In 1987, music director and singer Jagjit Singh offered Sanu the chance to sing in the Hindi film Aandhiyan. Sanu then relocated to Mumbai, where Kalyanji-Anandji gave him chance to sing in the film Jaadugar. Kalyanji-Anandji suggested that he change his name from Kedar Nath Bhattacharya to Kumar Sanu.^[3]

Sanu started off singing Jagjit Singh's film songs, and went on to work with composers including Naushad, Ravindra Jain, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Pt.R K Razdan, Kalyanji Anandji, and Usha Khanna.

For the 1990 film Aashiqui, music directors Nadeem-Shravan got Sanu to sing all but one of the songs which included "Ek Sanam Chahiye", "Tu meri zindagi hain", "Nazar Ke Saamne", "Jaane Jigar Jaaneman", "Ab Tere Bin Jee Lenge Hum" and "Dheere Dheere Se". He won the first of his record five consecutive Filmfare awards as Best Male Playback Singer. His next Filmfare Awards came for songs in the movies Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993), and 1942: A Love Story (1994).

Sanu often collaborated with Nadeem-Shravan. Some of their collaborations include songs in movies like Aashiqi (1990), Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991), Sadak (1991), Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Dil Ka Kya Kasoor (1992), Kal Ki Awaz (1992), Shreeman Aashique (1993), Salami (1993), Damini: Lightning (1993), Dilwale (1994), Agni Sakshi (1996), Raja Hindustani (1996), Jeet (1996), Pardes (1997), among others.

In a career spanning two decades he has sung with composers including R.D. Burman, Anand-Milind, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit, Nadeem-Shravan, Himesh Reshammiya, Ismail Darbar, Kalyanji Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Rajesh Roshan, Sajid-Wajid, Viju Shah, Uttam Singh for Dushman, Raam Laxman, Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen, Anand Raj Anand, Aadesh Shrivastava, Vishal-Shekhar, M. M. Keeravani & Vishal Bharadwaj.

He has also created music for Indian films and also produced the Bollywood film, Utthaan. Currently Kumar Sanu team up with Rakesh Bhhatia and together they produced Hindi feature film based on the four street children of Mumbai. All four children are doing shoe- polish on railway platform in order to earn their daily bread and butter. Mithun Chakraborty is acting in his movie as a lead role. Recently Kumar Sanu has sang for epic Bengali film Hason Raja, which directed by UK-based filmmaker Ruhul Amin.

Sanu was in the panel of judges on Sony TV for Waar Parriwar, a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana (family of singers) and on Zee Bangla TV in a music reality show called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Vishwa Sera.

Awards[link]

• 2009: Padma Shri: India's 4th highest civilian honour given by Government of India.

Filmfare Awards[link]

Won[link]

Nominated[link]

Star Screen Award[link]

Notable Bollywood Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Kumar Sanu at the Internet Movie Database

Ayub Khan may refer to:

• Ayyub Khan (Kipchak leader) (?-1117), Kipchak leader
• Ghazi Ayub Khan (1857-1914), who fought against Britain in the Second Anglo-Afghan War
• Ayub Khan (actor), Indian film and television actor and nephew of Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar
• Gohar Ayub Khan
• Ayub Khan (Field Marshal) (1907-1974), President of Pakistan
• Omar Ayub Khan

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Arvind Swami (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian film actor. He has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. Popular movies to his credit include Roja, Bombay, Minsaara Kanavu, Indira, Devaraagam, Alaipayuthey. He had taken a break from films to concentrate on his business.

Early life[link]

Arvind Swami was born on June 18, 1970 in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu to television actor Delhi Kumar.^[1] At an early age, he was adopted by his uncle, industrialist V. D. Swami.^[2][1] Arvind Swami studied in Sishya School and later in Don Bosco and completed his schooling in 1987. He then graduated from Loyola College, Chennai in 1990 in business. He went to the United States to do his Masters in International Business from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

Film career[link]

He was introduced to the movie industry by Mani Ratnam through his Thalapathi. His first film, as lead hero, was Mani Ratnam's Roja. The movie became a hit throughout the country and Arvind Swami's impressive performance established his position as an actor. He was very selective about his roles. Though he has acted in only a few films, most of them went on to become blockbusters, highly rated by film critics. Roja and Bombay, both having a national integration theme won many awards at the State and National levels. Arvind has won several awards, popular and critical, for his films. He was also reviewed by Time Magazine and was appreciated by the magazine for his 'soulful' performance in the film Bombay.

Arvind Swami retired from acting in 2000. In spite of his superstar status, he decided to quit acting and pursue other interests. After a long break, he will be the villain in the upcoming Vishal-Trisha film directed by Thiru. The actor, who kept on refusing offers from the directors, was reportedly impressed with Thiru's script.^[3]

Arvind Swami will be seen playing a very crucial role in Kadal, which is set in the backdrop of the lives of fishermen in Rameswaram.^[4]

Personal life[link]

He went to pursue his Masters in Business Administration at Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA, but unfortunately he returned shortly to India due to his mother's ill health. He lost his mother in 1993.

Arvind Swami got married to Gayathri Ramamurthy in 1994 and they had a daughter, Adhira (b.1996) and a son Rudra (b.2000). However, the couple had a strained relationship and lived separately for 7 years until 2010, when they filed for divorce.^[5] Arvind Swamy continues to live with his children.^[6]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Arvind Swamy at the Internet Movie Database
• Twitter - thearvindswami

Prabhu Deva
Born	Prabhu Deva Sundaram (1973-04-03) 3 April 1973 (age 39) Mysore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Film actor, director, choreographer
Years active	1989—present

Prabhu Deva born 3 April 1973 is an Indian dancer, choreographer, film actor and director. He has performed in a wide range of dancing styles. He has also been labelled as Indian Michael Jackson and holds Michael Jackson as his dance idol.^[1]

Early life and career[link]

Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhudeva at the first look launch of the movie.

Prabhu Deva was born in Mysore, Karnataka and grew up in Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.^[2] Prabhu Deva was inspired by his father, Mugur Sundar (known as Sundaram Master), who was a choreographer for popular South Indian movies. Prabhu took dancing as his passion, learning Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam as well as Western styles. He is widely considered to be one of Indian cinema's greatest dancers and choreographers; Prabhu Deva has revolutionized some of the aspects of dance and choreography in modern popular Indian cinema.^[3] His brothers Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are also established South Indian choreographers.

Prabhu Deva's first movie as a choreographer was Vetri Vizha (1989). Before that, he had appeared as a background dancer for a song in the Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. He has since then choreographed in over 100 movies. From choreography, he went on to establish himself as an actor. His first film as an actor was Indhu (1994) with actress Roja. In 1999, Deva, Shobhana and A. R. Rahman performed with a Tamil cinema dancing troupe at the "Michael Jackson and Friends" concert in Munich, Germany. He has a significant fan following in the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries. He acted alongside his brothers in the movie 123. As of 2010, he serves as chairman and director of the Prabhudeva's Dance Academy in Singapore.^[4] He planned to release his first video album called It is boring (in Tamil போருடா) in 2012.^[5] He is acting in lead role in the film ABCD (Any Body Can Dance), the first 3D dance film in India, co-starring with So You Think You Can Dance contestant Lauren Gottlieb.^[6]

Personal life[link]

Prabhu Deva was married to Ramlath for 15 years and had three children; their eldest son (Basavaraju/Vishal) died in 2008 after suffering from cancer.^[7][8] During the making the film Villu in 2008, reports suggested that he was in a serious relationship with actress Nayantara, with some sources later even claiming that they had married secretly in June 2009.^[9] She had tattooed his name on her wrist and began appearing with him in public, while keeping silence neither denying nor confirming the relationship.^[10][11]

In September 2010, Prabhu Deva openly confessed his love for Nayantara and further stated that he would marry her soon. The issue soon gained media attention and turned into a controversy, since Prabhu Deva was not divorced from his wife Ramalath. Unwilling to agree for a divorce, she filed a petition at the family court, seeking directions against her husband and Nayantara from marrying, attending functions together and receiving awards as husband and wife, and requesting a reunion with him. In 2012, Nayantara confirmed that she had ended her relationship with Prabhu Deva.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

Other appearances[link]

Prabhu Deva's performance in 2012 Indian Premier League

• Prabhu Deva was also noticed when he made brief appearances in solo items such as "Rajathi Raja" in Agni Natchathiram (1988), "April Mayile" in Idhayam (1991), "Lallaku Doldapi Ma" in Suriyan (1992), "Chinna Rasave" in Walter Vetrivel (1993), and "Chikku Bukku Rayile" in Gentleman (1993).
• He performed with Madhuri Dixit for the song "Ke Sera Sera" in the movie Pukar.
• He acted along with Lawrence Raghavendra in the hit movie Style.
• He performed with Apache Indian in the song "No Problem" in the film Love Birds.
• He made a special appearance in Pokkiri (which was directed by himself) with Vijay in the song "Aadungada".
• He performed in the film Abra Ka Dabra for the song "Om Sh".
• He performed in the Nana Patekar – Karisma Kapoor film Shakti for a song.
• He performed with Vijay in the movie Villu for the song "Hey Rama". This was a guest appearance. The film was also directed by him.
• He performed with Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Govinda for a song in the 2009 movie Wanted.
• He performed with Hollywood actress cum popular singer Katy Perry at the 5th edition of IPL opening ceremony on 03 April 2012 in Chennai along with Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. This event was special to Prabhu Deva as the actor shared his 39th birthday on the same day.^[17][18] He foot-tapped to some popular numbers including Main aisa kyun hun from Lakshya and Tera hi jalwa from Wanted.^[19]

Awards[link]

• He is a two-time winner of the National Film Award for Best Choreography for his work on the film Minsaara Kanavu (1997) in Tamil and Lakshya (2004) in Hindi, as well as a Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu) for the Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) and Filmfare Award Best Choreography for film Lakshya (2004).
• In 2001, he was nominated for the Star Screen Award for Best Choreography, for choreographing the dance sequences in the Hindi film Pukar (2000).
• In 2005, he won the Star Screen Award for Best Choreography, the Filmfare Best Choreography Award, and the National Film Award for Best Choreography, for choreographing the dance sequences in the Hindi film Lakshya.
• In 2007, he won a Vijay Award for Favourite Director and a Mathrubhumi Award for Best Director in Tamil for the film Pokkiri.
• He has been honoured with a life membership at the International Film and Television Research Centre of the Asian Academy of Film & Television by Sandeep Marwah.

Benny Lava[link]

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On 18 August 2007, a music video for the song "Kalluri Vaanil" from the Indian-Tamil movie Pennin Manathai Thottu was uploaded to YouTube by Mike Sutton (Youtube user Buffalax).^[20] The video was created as a soramimi, edited to include incorrect English subtitles that phonetically approximate the original Tamil lyrics.

The name Benny Lava comes from Sutton's homophonic translation of the Tamil lead line "Kalluri vaanil kaayndha nilaavo?" as "My loony bun is fine, Benny Lava!" (original meaning: "The moon (metaphor for 'my love') that scorched the college campus"). This video led other YouTube users to refer to Prabhu Deva as "Benny Lava".

Reactions to the "Kalluri Vaanil" soramimi were mixed. Some felt that the video was done in "good fun" while others worried that their culture was being mocked.^[20] The video was described by the Philippine Daily Inquirer as a "Catchy melody, a battalion of back-up dancers, colorful costumes, impressive vocal gymnastics, jaw-dropping choreography this music video has it all. And if those aren't enough, the person who uploaded this vid also provided subtitles so you can sing along. They aren't the real lyrics though, but just what they sound in English, resulting in a lot of nonsense." [sic]^[21] The music video was featured on The Colbert Report on 4 December 2008^[22] and appeared on the Heavy Metal documentary Global Metal. As of at least April 1, 2011, the original video has been removed because of the disabling of Buffalax's YouTube account. However, several other users have uploaded copies of the original video on their YouTube accounts.

Filmography[link]

As actor[link]

As director[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Prabhu Deva at the Internet Movie Database

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