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Dr. Rajasekhar (Telugu: రాజశేఖర్; born 4 February 1962) is an Indian Film actor in Tollywood and Tamil Cinema.^[1] Rajasekhar and his wife joined Indian National Congress.^[2] Later he quit the congress and joined the newly formed party called YSR Congress floated by Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy ( son of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh) in 2010.^[3] Later he quit YSR Congress, laying the allegations of an insult made by party working president Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy. Mr and Mrs Rajashekar also joined TDP and NTR-TDP in the past and left them as they were not respected in any of the political parties.They joined BJP in april 2012.

Early life[link]

Rajasekhar was born in Lakshmipuram, Theni district of Tamil Nadu. His father is sekar, while his mother Andalu pillai ^[4].He did his medicine from Chennai.^[5].

Career[link]

Rajasekhar made his Telugu film acting debut in 1985 with Vande Matharam. It was followed by some more movies like Balarama Krishunulu (1992),Aaveshem (1994), Raja Simham (1995), Maa Aayana Bangaram (1997), and Deergha Sumangali Bhava (1998.

During 1990s, he has acted in successful films like allaripriyudu,agraham,ankusam,stationmaster,sruthilayalu,shivaiah,magadu etc.He is noted for his Angry man and Cop roles in Telugu films.

He has acted in more than 50 films in Telugu and Tamil languages.

His movie Idthu thaanda police was a huge hit in Tamil.

He was then offered more movies in Tamil viz., Meesaikaran, Mannikka Vendugiren, Aambala, Adiyaal, Akka etc. He was living in Nashik in his early days

Personal life[link]

Rajasekhar is married his co-star Jeevitha. The couple has two daughters, Sivani and Sivatmika. Both Rajasekhar and Jeevitha have got inspired by Dr.YSR and joined politics .They are congress supporters. Their daughter Sivani will be debuting into films soon.

Awards[link]

• Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu - Ankusam(1990)

Filmography[link]

Telugu[link]

• Dingiri Baba

• Apthudu (2004)

• Villain (2003)

• Ayudham

• Bharatasimha Reddy

• Seshu (2002)

• Simharaasi (2001)

• Maa Annayya (2000)

• Rajasimham

• Neti Gandhi (1999)

• Deergasumangalibava (1998)

• Suryudu

• Subhakaryam

• Papa kosam

• Maa Ayana Bangaram (1997)

• Ratha Yatra

• Sivayya

• Omkaram

• Ghatotkachudu (1995) - Karna

• Aagraham (1993)

• Allari Priyudu (1993) - Singer

• Ahankari (1992)

• Balarama Krishnulu (1992) - Krishna Murthi

• Ankusam (1990) - Honest Cop

• Gundayijam Nashinchali

• Aahuthi (1988)

• America Abbayi (1987)

• Aradhana (1987)

• Vintadongalu

• Sruthi Layalu(1987) - Narayana Murthy

• Talambralu (1987)

• Pratighatana (1986)

• Repati Pourulu (1986)

• Vande Mataram (1985)

• Anna (1994)

• Vetagadu (1994)

• Amma koduku

• Aavesham

• Indhradanasu

• Misterhero

• Navabharatam

• Challaniramayya chakkani sitamma

• Moratodunamogudu

• Nyayamkosam

• Stationmaster (1988)

• Arunakiranam

• Gangmaster

• Akka Mogudu

• Mamathala Kovela

• Okkadu Chalu

• Inspector Rajashekar

• Evadaite Nakenti ( 2007 )

Tamil[link]

• Idhu Daanda Police
• Mannikka Vendugiren
• Meesaikkaran
• Aambalai
• Akka
• Dingiri Baba
• om

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rajasekhar at the Internet Movie Database
• Dr. Rajasekhar car Attacked
• Biography
• Film review
• Filmography

Pawan Kalyan
Born	Konidala Kalyan Babu (1971-09-02) 2 September 1971 (age 40)[1][2] Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India [3]
Residence	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Pawan Kalyan, Power Star[4][5]
Occupation	Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Action Choreographer, Choreography, Playback Singer, Producer
Years active	1996 – present
Spouse	Renu Desai (2009 – present)[6]
Children	Akira Nandan Aadhya
Parents	Venkat Rao Konidala Anjana Devi Konidala
Relatives	Chiranjeevi Konidala (brother) Nagendra Babu Konidala (brother) Ram Charan Teja Konidala (nephew) Arjun Allu (2nd nephew) Aravind Allu (brother-in-law) Rama Lingaiah Allu (father-in-law of brother)

Pawan Kalyan (Telugu: పవన్ కళ్యాణ్; born Konidala Kalyan Babu on 2 September 1971)^[2] is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter and action choreographer in Telugu cinema. He is the brother of Indian actor Chiranjeevi. He made his acting debut in 1996 with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi.

In 1998, he was starred in Tholi Prema which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that Year. He is known for his works in other blockbusters like Gokulamlo Seetha, Suswagatham, Thammudu, Badri, Kushi, Jalsa and Gabbar Singh ^[7]

Personal life[link]

Born to Konidela Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi,^[8] Pawan Kalyan is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu.^[9] After his divorce from Nandini,^[10] Pawan Kalyan married Renu Desai on 28 January 2009. She co-starred with him in the films Badri and Johnny^[10] and has worked as costume designer for most of his films. The couple have two children, a son named Akira Nandan born in 2004 and a girl named Aadhya born in 2010. Akira was named after Pawan Kalyan's favorite director Akira Kurosawa.

Kalyan is trained in martial arts.^{[11][12][13][14]} He holds a black belt in karate^[15] and has displayed his skills in several of his films. He publicly performed his martial arts skills at several auditoriums.^[16] He was awarded the title "Pawan", symbolizing Hanuman. From then, Kalyan Babu became popular as Pawan Kalyan.^[17][18][19]

His brother-in-law Allu Aravind is an Indian film producer. Ram Charan Teja Konidala and Allu Arjun are other actors from the family. Pawan Kalyan is a vegetarian. He is highly influenced by Che Guevara, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Swami Vivekananda's philosophy.^[20]

Career[link]

Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi (1996) as Kalyan Babu in which he performed martial arts action sequences. His second movie was Gokulamlo Seetha (1997), which is a remake of the 1996 Tamil film Gokulathil Seethai. He also starred in Suswagatham, which is also a remake of a Tamil film Love Today (1997).

In 1998, Tholi Prema released and received 6 Nandi Awards and National Award for the Best Feature Film (Telugu).^[21] After Tholi Prema, Pawan acted in Thammudu (1999) playing the role of a kickboxer. Pawan In 2000, he featured in Puri Jagannadh's first directorial venture Badri. Pawan acted in Kushi (2001) directed by S. J. Surya.

After the release of Kushi, Pawan Kalyan took a long gap of two years in his film career. He went to Japan for a brief period to learn a martial art called Aikido. He learnt this stunt to use in his first directorial venture Johnny. His next releases were Gudumba Shankar, Balu ABCDEFG, Bangaram and Annavaram

In 2008, Jalsa directed by Trivikram Srinivas released. His subsequent release Puli arrived on 10 September. The audio sales reached a total of 1.6 lakhs of CDs in the first three days, which is an all-time record in Telugu film history.^{[22][relevant? – discuss]}

Pawan Kalyan first release of 2011 was Theenmaar directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee in which he portrayed the two contrasting characters of present and yesteryear generations. Following this, Pawan Kalyan appeared in a Vishnuvardhan's gangster film Panjaa.This film is now set to release in Tamil.^[23] In September 2011, Pawan began shooting for the movie Gabbar Singh. The movie is being directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Bandla Ganesh. The movie is a remake of the Hindi film Dabangg.^[24] In 2012, Pawan is slated to work in Puri Jagannadh's Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu. The film is being produced by D. V. V. Danayya and filming is set to begin in May 2012.^{[25] [26]}

A social networking community on his name in the popular social networking website orkut is the second most active community in india. After orkut 'India' community, orkut 'Power Star Pawan Kalyan' community takes second place in Top 10 orkut National communities.^[27][28]

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

Action Choreographer[link]

Playback singing[link]

Choreography/Songs Visualization[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Pawan Kalyan at the Internet Movie Database

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Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia at Manish Malhotra - Lilavati Save & Empower Girl Child show, 2012
Born	(1980-08-27) 27 August 1980 (age 31) Cochin, Kerala, India
Other names	Chhotu or Chotu
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2000–present
Website
nehadhupia.net

Neha Dhupia (Punjabi: ਨੇਹਾ ਧੂਪੀਆ) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen and winner of Femina Miss India 2002.

Early life[link]

Dhupia was born in Cochin, Kerala to a Punjabi Sikh family.^[1] Her father, Commander Pradip Singh Dhupia, served in the Indian Navy and mother, Manpinder, is a homemaker. She went to Naval Public School then transferred to Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi.^[2] She graduated from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University majoring in History.^[3]

Career[link]

Dhupia made her acting debut in a play in New Delhi called Graffiti. Thereafter she appeared in a music video for Indipop band Euphoria and also modeled for various advertisement campaigns. She then appeared in the TV serial "Rajdhani ^{[disambiguation needed ]}". In 2002 she entered the Femina Miss India pageant finishing in first place, winning the Femina Miss India Universe title, and was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2002 pageant in Puerto Rico. She was placed in the top 10.

Film career[link]

Dhupia made her film debut in the 2003 Bollywood film Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003), which performed averagely at the box office. She rose to fame with her role in the film Julie and then appeared in Sheesha (2005) in a dual role of twin sisters, but the film did not do well at the box office. She then starred in films such as Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (2005) and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), which did well at the box office, and also featured in a segment of the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan (2007).

In the following years, Dhupia appeared in supporting roles in multiple critically and commercially acclaimed films including Chup Chup Ke (2006), Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (2007), Mithya (2008), Maharathi (2008), Singh Is Kinng (2008) and Dasvidaniya (2008). In 2011, she plays Eva Braun in the film Dear Friend Hitler -a film about Mahatma Gandhi.

Her most recent films are Paying Guest, Action Replayy De Dana Dan and Pappu cant dance sala . She has also worked on her first international project with Chris Kattan in IFC's Bollywood Hero.

Charity work[link]

Dhupia is involved with the Concern India Foundation, an NGO which assists lower income women and children as well as the elderly. She has run in the Mumbai Marathon to support the charity and helped to raise over 5 lakhs.^[4] She also helped to raise money for victims of the 2011 Sikkim earthquake.^[5]

Filmography[link]

She performed in the GR8 Womens Award 2012.

See also[link]

• List of Indian film actresses
• Femina Miss India

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Neha Dhupia

• Neha Dhupia at the Internet Movie Database
• Detailed Profile
• Neha Dhupia Home Page

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Tulip Joshi
Born	(1979-09-11) 11 September 1979 (age 32) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Height	5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown

Tulip Joshi (born 11 September 1979) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bollywood.

Early life[link]

Joshi was born in Mumbai^[1] to a Gujarati Indian father and an Lebanese Armenian mother. She was brought up in Mumbai where she attended the Jamnabai Narsee School, and later Mithibai College from where she graduated majoring food science and chemistry. She excelled in sports, competing in athletics at the National level. She has two sisters, Salpi and Monalisa. Her sister Monalisa is married to Bollywood actor Rajat Bedi. She has a nephew, Vivann, and niece, Vera.

Tulip entered the Femina Miss India in 2000. She did not make it to the list of winners, but was noticed by many advertising agencies. She appeared in a number of advertising campaigns for big brands (Ponds, Pepsi, Siyaram, BPL, Smirnoff etc.). She also appeared in a video made as a tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Film career[link]

Joshi entered movies quite by chance. She was a friend of the bride of Aditya Chopra, the son of director Yash Chopra. The family noticed her at their wedding and asked her to appear for an audition, following which they cast her in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai. Not being fluent in Hindi, she trained in Hindi diction and in acting at Feroz Khan's studio. She was also advised by the film-makers to change her name to something more Indian, as audiences might have difficulty in accepting a heroine with such an unconventional name. She chose the name Sanjana, she was playing the character of Anjali in that film. The film was quite a success.^[2] Despite the good reviews and success, Tulip was heavily panned for her acting.

After a two-year hiatus, she reappeared in Matrubhoomi - a dark film about a futuristic world with almost no women. Her performance in it was praised and established her credibility as an actress. Dhoka movie also gave her some recognition.

Reverting to her given name, Tulip next appeared in the Telugu film Villain. Her next Hindi movie was Dil Maange More with Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia and Soha Ali Khan. The film got average reviews but it was not a box office success.

She appeared in her first Punjabi film in 2009 called Jag Jeondeyan De Mele with famous Punjabi singer and actor, Harbhajan Maan. She again acted with Harbhajan Mann in 2011 in Yaara O Dildaara, the Punjabi movie.^[3]

In 2010, she acted in a Kannada film directed by Upendra titled Super. The movie was a superhit in Kannada. This movie is also being dubbed in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.^[4]

Controversy[link]

A case of cheating was filed at Kalamassery Police Station against Joshi in January 2011 by producers of the movie Dam 999. Sohan Roy, director of the movie, claimed that Tulip didn't complete the shooting despite being paid 8.5 lakh. Roy is also the CEO of Aries Telecasting Limited, the parent company of Middle East based Marine BizTV, which was producing the movie. The FIR said that Joshi didn't turn up for shooting after arriving for initial first two days, and then didn't respond to producer's request to settle the matter by returning the payment. Joshi was supposed to play role of Razia, a Pakistani character in the film, and was eventually replaced by Megha Burman.^[5][6][7]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Tulip Joshi at the Internet Movie Database