Beech (Fagus) is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.

The southern beeches (Nothofagus genus) previously thought closely related to beeches, are now treated as members of a separate family, Nothofagaceae. They are found in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Argentina and Chile (principally Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego).

The leaves of beech trees are entire or sparsely toothed, from 5–15 cm long and 4–10 cm broad. The flowers are small single-sex (monoecious), the female flowers borne in pairs, the male flowers wind-pollinating catkins, produced in spring shortly after the new leaves appear. The bark is smooth and light grey. The fruit is a small, sharply three–angled nut 10–15 mm long, borne singly or in pairs in soft-spined husks 1.5–2.5 cm long, known as cupules. The nuts are edible, though bitter (though not nearly as bitter as acorns) with a high tannin content, and are called beechnuts or beechmast.

Sushant Singh Rajput (born on January 21, 1986^{[citation needed]} in Delhi, India^{[citation needed]}) is an Indian television actor best known for playing the role of Preet in Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil and Manav in Pavitra Rishta and also known for his dancing skills post Zara Nachke Dikha and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4.^{[citation needed]}

Sushant, a Delhi-ite^{[citation needed]}, was born to the Rajput family^{[citation needed]} originally from Patna, Bihar^{[citation needed]}. He defied his parents to follow his dreams of joining the glamour industry, promising to return if things did not work out.^{[citation needed]} However, once he started, he had no reasons to look back at all. Today he is one of the biggest^{[citation needed]} stars on television, having made his mark as an excellent^{[citation needed]} actor and dancer.

Sushant turned to dance after he saw a performance by the troupe of choreographer Shiamak Dawar.^{[citation needed]} He joined that troupe and went on to perform in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and Filmfare Awards.^{[citation needed]} Upon his return he also joined Barry John's theatre classes.^{[citation needed]} Moving to Mumbai, Singh danced with Ashley Lobo's troupe, learned martial arts from Allan Amin and assisted Mohit Suri during the making of Raaz 2.^{[citation needed]} He continued his involvement in theatre during this period and was a member of Nadira Babbar's Ekjute theatre group.^{[citation needed]}

Sushant Singh ( सुशाँत सिंह ) is an Indian actor, born in 1971.

He hails from Bijnor District in Uttar Pradesh. He did his schooling from a residential public school in Nainital - Birla Vidya Mandir. He did his post graduation in English Literature from Kirori Mal College and was involved with the fine arts. Sushant Singh came into the limelight for playing the villain in Ram Gopal Varma's Jungle. His supporting roles in Dum and Legend of Bhagat Singh were noticed. His role as a UP don in Sehar alongside Arshad Warsi was very much appreciated.

He is the member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television.

Awards of the International Indian Film Academy
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Popular Award Performance in a Negative Role for: Jungle (2000)

Screen Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Screen Best Supporting Actor for: The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
2001 Nominated Jungle (2000)

Parineeti Chopra (born 22 October 1988) is an Indian actress who was introduced to Bollywood by director Maneesh Sharma who helped her in appearing in Hindi films. In 2011, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films and made her screen debut in Maneesh Sharma's Ladies VS Ricky Bahl. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2012, she received critical and commercial success for Ishaqzaade.

Parineeti Chopra was born on 22 October 1988 in Ambala, Haryana, in a Punjabi family to Pawan Chopra and Reena Chopra. She is the cousin of actress Priyanka Chopra. Parineeti Chopra did her schooling from Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala. She later joined Manchester Business School, UK to study Finance and Economics. She went to Mumbai and joined as a Marketing & PR consultant at Yash Raj Films since 2009 until she auditioned for movie roles and bagged Ladies VS Ricky Bahl and Ishaqzaade.

Rati Agnihotri (Hindi: रति अग्निहोत्रि, Urdu: رتِ اَگنِہوترِ, born 10 December 1960) is a veteran Indian actress. Her portfolio mainly includes films in Hindi-Urdu, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She was born to a Sikh family.

Although she came from a traditional, conservative Punjabi family, she was allowed to model at age 10. When she was a teenager, her father relocated the family to Madras, Tamil Nadu because of his job. There, she attended Good Shepherd's Convent School and acted in a school play. Bharathiraja, one of Tamil film's famous directors, was in the audience and was searching for a heroine to star in his new film. He met with Rati's father and promised the film would wrap in a month. Her father reluctantly agreed, and a sixteen-year-old Rati was very excited to star in her first film, Pudhiya Varpukal (1979).

It was also her hero Bhagyaraj's first film, and he coached her with her lines by teaching her Tamil. The film became a blockbuster, with Rati an overnight sensation. Bharathiraja soon directed her in her second film, Niram Marada Pookkal (1979). Even though she was Punjabi, South Indian audiences embraced her as one of their own. She reciprocated by calling herself "Tamilian at heart" and calling Madras her home. She also starred in Telugu and Kannada films and made 32 films in just three years.