What are the most successful and unsuccessful Indian actors in terms of box-office collection?

 The most successful actors list can vary from industry to industry. In Bollywood there are some actors who have amazing success ratio. Very surprisingly one of the most successful actors of Bollywood is barely talked about. Her name was Sadhna.

In an industry where even the legendary actors have less than 50% she had a success ratio of above 80% before she had to cut her career short due to health issue. She did made a comeback to revive the fortune of her bankrupt husband and delivered husband. Her last few films were all delayed films which ruined her otherwise great track record.

She gave hits after hits starting from Love in Shimla, Parkah, Hum Dono, Asli Naqli, Ek Musafir ek Haseena, Mere Mehboob (her biggest blockbuster), Aarzoo, Wo Kaun thi, Rajkumar, Mera Saaya, Waqt, Dulhan Dulhan, Inteqam, Ek Phool do Mali, Geeta Mera naam (she was credited as the director but in reality the film was directed by her husband Rk Nayyar).

In terms of number of hits I would say the most successful actresses were Hema Malini and Reema Roy both having 50 hits.

Among the male actors we have Amitabh Bachchan who has only 5 flops between 1977–88 which is a terrific record. His films guaranteed recovery and he has one of the best box office records for his time as per success ratio. Dharmendra and Mithun also had steady steam of hits but they also had a lot of flops to their credit. Plus Amitabh has managed to give hits even at this age with hits like Piku, Pink, Badla, where he had a central character.

SRK, Salmna and Aamir also have success ratio more than 50%. Akshay Kumar has more number of hits than SRK but his success ratio is just above 35%. SRK has the best success ratio among the last tbatch of superstars with 36 hits out of 64.

Now coming to the worst. As mentioned earlier, Dharmendra and Mithun have more than 150 flops in their career. But in terms of ratio of failure the king is Raj Babbar who worked in around 230 films with barely 35–40 successes which makes around 85–90% of his films a failure which is not a good record. Even Art film actors like Naseer have hundreds of flops but then these films are festival films with limited commercial value and immense critical appreciation.

Who are the best Indian musicians of all time?

India is gifted with great musical talent.

MS Amma : MS Subbulakshmi , Bharat Ratna awardee, was known as night angle of India.

Her classical Bhajans and Ragas are integral part of many renowned shrines.

Her songs were loved by seers , householders and students alike.

Lata Mangeshkar : Lata ji, Bharat Ratna awardee, was soul of hindi film songs.

During her long distinguished career, she sang many beautiful songs.

She had a rare talent to sing a soothing Bhajan and catchy film song alike.

Burmans: SD Burman and RD Burman were renowned Indian music directors.

They were acknowledged prodigies, who composed and sang wonderful songs.

Their songs are still played by various music channels.

Salil Chaudhary : One of the best musicians of India.

He brought in rare eastern Indian music to mainstream cinema.

His songs were very soothing and classic.

Shiv Hari : Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hari Prasad Chaurasia were renowned classical artistes.

Shiv ji had mastery over Santoor and Hari Prasad ji had mastery over flute.

They both composed legendary hindi film songs.

MM Kreem : MM Kreem is adored across southern India.

He composed wonderful songs in hindi cinema and southern movies.

This multi awardee (Academy award, Golden Globe, National award) is admired for his talent.

Fact : Many Indian musicians (Kishore Kumar, Rafi, Mukesh, Sri Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Illayaraja, AR Rehman have enriched music world)

Well : “Music is the highest art and, to those who understand is the highest worship” : Swami Vivekanand

Pic Credits : Google Images/ Web

What are the divisions in the Indian Railways?

 As of now there are 74 Railway division including New railway zone South Coast Railway Zone which is split into 4 Railway division

Newly created zone - division Under South Coast Railway , Andhra Pradesh (4):- Guntakal, Guntur, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam

⭐Zonal state wise Railway Division:

a) Central Railways, Maharashtra (5) :- Mumbai CR, Pune, Nagpur CR Bhusawal, Solapur

b) Eastern Railways division, West Bengal (4):- Howrah, Sealdah, Malda and Asansol

c) East Central Railway Division to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand (5) :-

Danapur, Samastipur Sonpur, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Dhanbad

d) East Coast Railway Division, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh (3) :-

Khurda Road division (New Bhubaneswar), Sambalpur and Waltair

e) Konkan Division, Goa and Karnataka (1) :- Karwar

f) Northern Railways Division, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Union Territory Jammu & Kashmir (6):-

Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Moradabad, Lucknow and Firozpur

g) North Central Railway Division, Uttar Pradesh (3) :- Prayagraj, Agra, Jhansi

h) North Eastern Railway Division, Uttar Pradesh (3):- Lucknow, Izzatnagar, Varanasi

i) North East Frontier Railway division, Bihar, West Bengal and North Eastern 7 states (5):-

Katihar, Alipurduar, Tinsukia, Rangiya Lumding

j) North Western Railway, division, Rajasthan (4):-

Jaipur, Ajmer Bikaner and Jodhpur

k) South Central Railways Divisions, Telangana (2):- Secunderabad, Hyderabad

l) South Eastern Railway Division, Jharkhand and West Bengal (4):-

Ranchi, Adra, Kharagpur, Chakradharpur

m) South East Central Railway Division, Maharashtra and Chattisgarh (3):-

Nagpur SECR, Raipur and Bilaspur

n) Southern Railway, Tamilnadu and Kerala (6) :- Chennai Salem Trichy, Madurai, Thiruvanthapuram, and Palakkad

o) South Western Railway Division in Karnataka (3):- Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli

p) Western Railways Division, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh (6):-

Mumbai WR, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Ratlam

q) West Central Railway Division, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan (3):-

Jabalpur Bhopal and Kota

•Conclusion:-

Kolkata Metro Railway Zone does not have its division, rather it's a independent railway and is not subdivided into any smaller railway divisions. 19th zone.

Uttarakhand state is covered by both Northern and North Eastern Railway Divisions

Himachal Pradesh Railway Division is controlled by Ambala Division of Northern Railways

Chandigarh Being a capital city of Punjab and Haryana and also Union Territory is covered by Ambala Division of Northern Railways

Pondicherry Railway network, being a union territory Pondicherry and Karaikal is covered by Tiruchirapalli Division and Mahe Railway Station is covered by Palakkad Division of Southern Railways.

What is wrong with Indian TV shows?

 Come on its been a long time we’ve ridden on a roller-coaster, let's go. (Gifs works still?)

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Naagin!

Just see her, she didn’t even need a toothbrush. Where you can find any other girl like her?

Here we see a stomach gas problem.
Naagin: A show where the cute looking girls can breathe fire and make tornados, imagine her powers in the nuclear power station.

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Sasural Simar ka

SSK: A family whose life gets interesting when they take Simar to their house. Like giving us new suicide ideas. Which we never needed!!

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CID

CID: A group of specially trained people(don’t know in what) who comes to investigate anything I repeat anything!. Every person in their team has a special power.
Let me present to you Daya.

A guy who holds the power of Teleportation by a single slap.

Waitttt, there’s more!

One more guy!

Did you see that guy? Yes, the runner and jumper! Legends say “He’s the lost brother of the Powerpuff Girls”

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Let me present to you! My favorite show our High-Level DESI BEAUTY AND THE GORILLAAAAAaa!!——(Thapki)

I have 2 questions well actually have several but now 2 questions: What did the writer smoke that night when he came by this idea? and From where they find this soooo romantic Gorilla!?

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You wanna know how I react when I first see my crush?

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And when the show started to get some money and the director gives a job to a new actor, see how they introduce them.

The more effects mean more powerful character

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Now let's get serious.

And just remember this:

Who were the Naga's in Indian mythology?

 

Ulupi

Ulupi was a Naga Princess and she married Arjuna and with her free will. She had a son named Iravan who fought from his father's side and died in Mahabharata war. Ulupi is known to be a free willed and independent lady who married Arjuna because she fell in love with him.

Sulochana

Sulochana was also a Naga Princess and she was daughter of Sheshnaga. She was married to Indrajit (Meghnad) and when he died in the war, she went to Shri Ram to take back his cut head. He offered her to revive Meghnad as she wanted to self immolate herself but she refused and took the head and followed her husband in death.

Kumudvati

Kumudvati was second wife but Chief Queen of Kusha, King of Ayodhya. She had wished to marry him and they got married after he threatened to annihilate her entire race if he didn't find his arm bracelet which he lost when he was sporting in the waters of Sarayu with his first wife Champika and his other junior wives. Her brother Kumud offered the bracelet and her hand and he accepted her. Their eldest son Atithi became the new King after his death and she followed Kusha in his death as she couldn't live without him.

Nagas are divine creatures, descendants of Kadru and Kashyap. They worship lord of Nagas. Kumudvati was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva and Kusha had built Nageshwarnath Temple near Sarayu river for her to pray.

What is the significance of memorial stones in Indian history?

 Memorial stones, also called as hero stones are stone inscriptions erected to honor the death of a person who died fighting a war or battle to protect his village or region.

It is found in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, etc.

In Karnataka it is called as veeragallu, in Maharashtra it is called as veeragal.

Usually they are in the form of a stone monument and may have an inscription at the bottom with a narrative of the battle. According to the historian Upinder Singh, the largest concentration of such memorial stones is found in the Indian state of Karnataka. About two thousand six hundred and fifty hero stones, the earliest dated to the 5th century have been discovered in Karnataka.

This hero stone is normally divided into 3 parts, upper part will have a God’s image like a Shivalinga, middle part will depict the journey to heaven and last part at the bottom will have the description of the battle.

Few pics of veeragallus from Karnataka.

All the above pics taken from Wikipedia belongs to olden times like 10th, 12th century, etc.

But I found one interesting picture in FB today, it was a pic of hero stone in a place called Badami in Karnataka, of a soldier who was martyred during 1999 Kargil war.

Attaching the pic.

We can see a Shivalinga on the top, they have written date as May 27, 1999.

Below we can see image of Kargil war.

What are the advantages of the First AC coach in Indian railways?

 

1. The main differences between First AC and other AC Classes on the Indian Railways are privacy and space. There are a total of 18 passengers in a First AC Coach. To revisit the question of space, compare the number of passengers in a First AC coach to the total number of passengers in a coach in the other classes of accommodation:
   
   AC First: 18-24
   AC Two Tier: 46-54
   AC Three Tier: 64-72
   Non-AC First Class (Very rare): 26
   Sleeper Class (Non AC): 72-78
   Unreserved Second Class: Officially 90, in actuality as many people as can be crammed into the coach!
2. you can carry a dog in First AC/First Class. Dogs cannot be carried along with you in the coach in any other class. However, the carrying of the dog in First AC is subject to the following conditions:
   i. You must have reserved an entire two-berth coupe or four-berth cabin [If you don't have the entire coupe/cabin and other passengers object to the dog, the dog will have to travel in the 'dog box' in the guard's van, which will probably be the most traumatic experience ever for your dog.
   ii. You must purchase a luggage ticket for the dog at the luggage booking office.
3. The ability to keep the door of your cabin/coupe bolted from the inside. No other class (except First Class Non-AC) offers this; even in AC Two Tier and AC Three Tier, the only 'protection' offered is a curtains.
4. Thus, for people carrying expensive luggage (For example, if you're a photographer and are carrying all your camera equipment), the door could provide peace of mind.
5. Primarily in the Rajdhani Expresses, especially the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Calcutta Rajdhanis. Here, food is prepared personally in the Pantry Car and passengers have much more choice (Unlike the other classes where food is prepared and packaged at intermediate stations and loaded onto the train). However, this is applicable more only to premium trains. Even in normal trains, however, First AC passengers tend to get better service.
6. Interaction in First AC is extremely low. Generally, the higher the class, the less the interaction. This can be a plus or a minus depending on your orientation and the purpose of your travel.

Does nepotism exist in Indian cricket? If so, what are some examples?

 Yes . Nepotism do exist in cricket.

N SRINIVASAN

In 2008 when Virat Kohli was selected over S Badrinath,the then BCCI treasurer N.Srinivasan was strongly upset his felloe Tamil Nadu player being axed from the team.This was later revealed by Dilip Vengsarkar as

“He (Srinivasan) asked me on what basis was Badrinath axed & I told him about Virat's performance in the Emerging players tour to Australia.He argued that Badrinath has scored 800 runs for TN in that domestic season & when will he be given chance as he is already 29 & the next day he took Srikanth to Sharad Pawar & that was the end of my tenure”

Another such examples of Nepotism were:

Rohan Gavaskar

He wasn't even a shade of what his father used to be.He failed terribly as a cricket.He played for Bengal & then represented the country for 10 Odis. He started his second innings as a commentator

STUART BINNY

He was the son of Roger Binny,member of WC winning team 1983.He will be remembered for his record braking figures of 6/4 against Bangladesh.He is still a prominent player for Karnataka but the emergence of H Pandya & V Shankar has closed doors for the 34 year old.

Binny was selected for national team when Roger Binny was the member of selection committee . So Stuart was always been blamed & trolled for this.

There were allegations on Msd favouring Csk players.He once played with 6 csk players.

There are people who doubts KL Rahul selection in the Indian team despite a string of successive failures & they even abused VK on social media.

Which of the Indian trains pass through 12 Indian states?

 As of now, no train passes through 12 states, However 16317/Kanyakumari Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Himsagar Express is the train (very close to 12 states) which passes through 10 states and 2 union territory

Starting from Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab

And 2 union territory, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir was officially declared and established as a Union Territory on October 31, 2019

It doesn't pass through Karnataka, It passes through Rajasthan only for short stretch Dholpur.

It covers 3790 km, one of the longest distance covering train from South India, (Tamilnadu) to North India (Jammu & Kashmir),

Its a weekly train , operates on Friday.

However in past, 16687/Mangalore Central -Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Navyug Express used to be train passing through 12 states including Karnataka state. Before Jammu & Kashmir used to be state.

Only difference is it starts departs at Mangalore Central in Karnataka and goes via Kozhikode, Shoranur Jn in Northern Kerala, then proceeds the journey of same route of Himsagar Express.

Now that train is officially discontinued after COVID. Back to days it used to run as Link Express with Tirunelveli Katra Express.