Some actors from Kollywood…
2. Raghava Lawrence as a group dancer in Prabhudeva troop in the film Gentlemen (1993) starring Arjun and Madhoobala
3. Vijay Sethupathi as a gang member in the film Pudhupettai (2006) starring Dhanush and Sneha. He has also acted in uncredited roles in films like, Lee, Naan Mahan Alla, M.Kumaran s/o Mahalakshmi, Vennila Kabadi kulu.
The film is Anjaam
Song- Chane ke Khet Me
I don't know what the makers and lyricists trying to imply with this song. But the song vividly describes an ass**lt if one look at the lyrics closely.
Atharah Baras ki Kanwari kali thi (I was an unblossomed bud/unmarried girl)
Pahle to zulmi ne pakdi kalai (first the cruel one held my wrist)
Phir usne chupke se ungli dabai (Then slowly he pressed my finger)
Mere aage peeche shikaariyon ke ghere (There are hunters all around me)
Baithe wahan saare jawaani ke lootere (All the robbers of youth are sitting there)
joban pe chunri gira ke chali thi (I was walking hiding my youth with a scarf)
Haathon mein kangna saja ke chali thi (I was walking adorning a bangle on my hand)
Choodi tooti (The bangle broke)
The song is not merely suggestive it is very visually descriptive in its statement. Even though the visuals itself is not vulgar (compared to Madhuri’s other suggestive songs like Choli ke peeche and Dhak Dhak) and thus people may think it is a dance song but the lyrics are somehow unsettling for this song.
Pretty much all of the popular ski resorts.
Colorado is home to several popular ski towns:
These towns/cities/resorts are world-famous for their views, luxury, and of course, ski slopes.
They started to attract tourists in the 1960s for the burgeoning sport of skiing. They rose in popularity over the years until eventually almost all of the cities’ industries catered towards tourism.
That’s not bad, right? Tourists come, and there are lots of businesses to serve them. Right?
Eventually the wealthy, like Hollywood stars and business elites, decided to purchase vacation homes there. Why mix with the rabble when you can have your own home there, near the slopes?
This led to housing shortages as non-residents were buying up homes, which remained vacant most of the year. So more homes and condos were built. But demand outstripped supply, so home prices shot up. In most cases way up.
Property taxes also rose, because they’re based on a home’s worth. And now, many residents of these towns are getting priced out of their homes. Many of these people have lived in these towns for decades, but are being priced out of their own homes because of an insane rise in property values. Some of these people have nothing to do with tourism, and just lived in the towns because of that’s where they grew up or just liked the natural scenery. But now they’re being forced out because of insanely high property taxes.
And many of the people who work in tourism have incredible difficulty finding affordable housing. Housing they need so they can work at the resorts!
I get the attraction; these towns are scenic and the skiing is world-class. But now the people who made the towns what they are are being forced out.
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Katrina Kaif may not be a good actress at all. But her career graph has remained really high for the most part of her career. She has carefully chosen male centric films which became major hits because of the male hero but she has garnered multiple hits one after another.
She has around 23 hits in Hindi films starting from Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya and Sarkar in 2005 but she gained stardom in 2007–08 with back to back 6 hits- Namastey London, Partner, Welcome, Apne, Race and Singh is King. She was part of the best phase of Akshay Kumar and then she was part of the best phase of Salman Khan when she gave 11 hits between 2010–14 with films like Raajneeti, Tees Mar Khan (critically bashed but commercially successful), Ek tha Tiger, Jab tak Hai Jaan, Zindagi na Milegi Dobara, Dhoom 3, Mere Brother ki Dulhan, Bang Bang etc. She gave big hits like Ajab Prem ki gajab kahani and Raajneeti with Ranbir Kapoor. She also gave commendable performance in another hit film New York
It is since 2015 that her career show a slump though she gave a blockbuster in Tiger Zinda hai but due to the slump in Salman and SRK after this affected her career badly. Salman and Katrina worked in two semi hits Bharat and Tiger 3 which though successful were underperformers. SRK’s zero was a disaster and Akshay had his last major success in Sooryavanshi as lead with Katrina. With Salman and Akshay struggling themselves Katrina doesn't have many options now and with she turned 40+ her limited acting skills won't help her much in getting character oriented roles. Her experimental films like Phone booth and Merry Christmas failed.
2. Milind Soman: The heartthrob of 1990’s , Indian Super model held India National Swimming championship for 4 years and completed Ironman challenge in his first try
3. Katrina Kaif : when she entered bollywood, nobody knew her and she did a B grade movie called Boom which had intimate scenes with Gulshan Grover
4. Sobhita Dhulipala: Everyone must have seen this actress in made in heaven, she gave a wonderful performance and stole everyone's heart. She came second in Miss India 2013 and represented India in Miss Earth
5. Karishma Kapoor and Abhishek Bachan : The couple engagment was announced on Amitabh Bachchan 60th Birthday after they dated for 5 years , but was later called off . Nobody knows the real cause but it is said the reason was Karishma's mother Babita, Karishma was a star then and Abhishek had just started his career, Babita asked Amitabh Bachchan to transfer some of his wealth in Abhishek's name for her daughter's security, the demand didn't go well with the Bachans and Abhishek called off the wedding
6. Rakul Preet Singh : De De pyaar de starrer Rakul is incredibly talented , is a national level golf player, blue belt in karate, and came 5th in Miss India 2011
7. Ajay Devgan : Ajay Devgan dated Raveena Tandon and left her for Karishma Kapoor and later told that the dating rumours were false and when Raveena Tandon said she had love letters , he asked her to see a psychiatrist ( this looks similar to Hrithik Roshan And Kangana Ranaut )
In 1990’s Chiranjeevi is the highest paid actor in India and he is the first actor in India to take 1 crore remuneration
He was paid the highest remuneration of Rs.1.25 crores per movie. No other actor in India received that much remuneration then. This news was published by noted national English magazine 'The Week' in its 13 September edition, 1992, with the heading 'Bigger Than Bachchan'.
He enjoyed this demigod image in Telugu states until he floated a Political party . His image is par with Rajinikanth in South .
After turning into a politician , he made a joke out of him in politics and lost all his fame in politics . Remember , there was same pressure on Rajinikanth also to enter politics . But Rajinikanth continued in films by acting in massive subjects like Robo/Enthiran . If Chiru didn’t step into politics , there is no exaggeration in saying that he had that calibre , stamina and same capacity of what Rajinikanth delivers at Box office
He may be a failure in politics . But he is the No.1 hero in Tollywood after NTR and his following in mass is Never before and Never after
He laid a base for his family members to enter into film industry .
Now , what his brother Pawan Kalyan enjoys is 1/4 part of what Vintage Chiranjeevi used to enjoy during his career peak
He is coming back into movies after a long gap of 9 years as a lead hero and I hope he can repeat the same magic once he created a long back
Awara : This 1954 hindi movie was a mega hit in USSR (now Russia).
It happened to the most successful commercial movie in USSR.
Shri 420 : This hindi movie was also quite popular in erstwhile USSR.
Its songs were often played by orchestras and music bands.
Disco dancer : This 1982 hindi movie was well appreciated by Russian youth.
Its dance and songs are still played by many.
Pushpa : This 2022 multilingual movie was super hit in Russia.
Audience admired its dance and songs ; cinematography ; out of box story.
Facts : Russians admire Indian movies for their entertainment.
Indian actors are quite popular in Russia.
Many Indian movies are shot in Russia for its exquisite locales and technical facilities.
Russians are family oriented ; emotional and practical human beings.
Perhaps, they acknowledge turns and twists of life like their Indian counterparts.
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Kannada film industry's one of the most famous actors Upendra’s full name is Upendra Rao. His proper is Thekkette, Koteshwara, Kundapur Thakuk, Udupi district, Karnataka.
He was born in Bangalore in 1968 to Manjunath Rao and Anasuya. He is the second son, his elder brother is an Army officer. Upendra graduated in Bachelor of Commerce from APS College of Commerce, Bangalore.
Since his college days he was interested in acting, he used to participate in plays and often formed troups with his friends. Actor, director Kashinath is Upendra's distant relative, he was associated with him since his college days.
Upendra is also known as Uppi in the Kannada film industry. In 1989 he began his filmy career as a writer and as an assistant director to Kashinath. Kashinath is also an actor and a film director.
Before becoming an actor Upendra received major recognition and success by directing films, his first directorial film was Tharle Nan Maga which was released in 1992. In 1993 he directed horror suspense film Shhh! and it was a major box office success As a director he got a big name with the block-buster film Om in 1995, in which Shiva Rajkumar was the leading hero. Later he made it in Telugu as Omkara.
In 1998, Upendra became an actor with his own directorial film ‘A’ which had become a major hit film. Its Telugu dubbed version was also a big hit and was screened for 100 days in Andhra Pradesh.
Before A he appeared in cameo roles, in 1989s Kashinath‘s film Ananthana Avantara, he did the role of Lord Kamdeva in a song Come on Come on Kamanna. After that he did cameo roles in Ajagajantara, Shhh! in 1999 and Operation Antha in 1995.
In 1999 the film Upendra brought him further fame and success, the film made many box office records and became a much bigger hit than film A in both Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. In this film Upendra he had casted the Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon. He is in the film Industry since more than 35 years and acted in more than 60 films and directed 10 films.
His several films have completed 100 days such as , A, Upendra, Preethse, Kutumba, Rakta Kanneeru, Gokarna, Gowramma, Auto Shankar, Super, Budhivanta and Uppi 2.
In the film industry he worked in various fields as an actor, director, producer, dialogue writer, screen writer, lyricist and playback singer.
In 2015, he directed and acted in Uppi 2, though it received mixed reviews because of its confusing storyline and screenplay, it was a commercially hit film. It became the second highest grossing Kannada film of all time in the US.
In 2023 Upendra starred in Kabzaa and it couldn't impress the audience due to its similarity with KGF series.
After Uppi 2 he took a long break from direction. In 2024 his directorial film UI got released.
Referring to Upendra's political journey:
In 2017, he joined a political party by name Karnataka Prgnyavanta Janatha Paksha but he quit the party in 2018 due to internal differences.
On 18th September 2018, Upendra launched his own political party, Uttama Prajaakeeya Party (UPP) with a new manifesto based on ART (Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency) of governance . Prajaakeeya means people's centric as opposed to Rajakeeya.
Upendra's party UPP contested in 2019’s Lok Sabha Elections with candidates in all 28 constituencies in Karnataka, they followed a strict rule, only ordinary citizens with no criminal records or any corruption charges against them had contested. So being a celebrity Upendra himself didn't contest in the elections.
Party candidature is extrnded to the open public and candidates are chosen via a written test (based on the candidates reason for joining politics, their developmental plans and many more), an interview and extensive background checking is in the procedure. Apart from all these the candidates are expected to wear a uniform resembling a working structure as in any private establishment.
Referring to his personal life:
In 2003 Upendra got married with actress Priyanka, she was also Miss Kolkata. the duo starred together in two films, Telugu film Raa and Kannada film H2O. The couple have 2 children.
Upendra is known for directing his films in a naturalstic way. He never hesitated to project his ideas or thoughts on the silver screen. So Kannada people fondly called him as the Real Star of the Kannada Cinema and as such he holds this title. He got appreciated for his acting talents and direction skills, at the same time he got criticized for projecting the things in extreme ways. But is is true that he has his own talents in many fields of the film field, he has his own ideas in filmmaking and he has come up with his own talents, capabilities and efforts.
In 2011, during a private screening of Upendra's film Super, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth called Upendra a great actor and director and said that there is hardly anyone in the Indian cinema who would think like Upendra and he also added that he likes upendra's films and he also expressed his desire to work in Upendra's films.
Upendra's upcoming films are Kannada film Buddhivanta 2 ( the sequel of 2008 block-buster Budhivanta) and Tamil film Coolie in which he has a prominent role, starring alongside Rajinikanth. He returned to the Tamil film industry after acting in Vishal starred film Satyam in 2008.