It was reported on August 20, 2012, that former Miss World Aishwarya Rai attended the grand party hosted by billionaire Mukesh Ambani to celebrate the recently launched coffee table book "India Fantastique" by designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.
Designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla completed a 25 years in the fashion industry, dressing the most prominent celebrities of India.
The party had a huge lineup of celebs. Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Sussane Roshan, Gauri Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shweta Bachchan Nanda, Karan Johar, Kokilaben Ambani, Isha, Aakash and Anant Ambani, Amrita Singh and Sarah Ali Khan, Anjalie Tendulkar, Kangana Ranaut, Adhuna and Farhan Akhtar, Sonalie Bendre, Arjun and Meher Rampal, Tabu, Deepika Padukone, Kirron Kher, Dipti and Raj Salgaoncar, Shobhaa and Dilip De, Simmi Garewal, Pinky and Sanjay Reddy, Parmeshwar and Adi Godrej, Namrata Dutt, Priya Dutt, Rakesh and Pinky Roshan, Kumaramanglam and Neerja Birla,Yash and Avanti Birla, Natasha and Adar Poonawala, Rukshana Eisa, Rita Dhody, Tanya and Arvind Dubash, Milind and Pooja Deora, Hema Malini, Madhuri Dikshit, Kapil Sibal, Kaajal Anand and lots more attended it."
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Every day, millions of SMSes are being sent via Way2SMS. The numbers are growing rapidly. The following numbers tells the story of how we ve grown over the past 3 years in terms of number of SMS delivered per day.
Users were sending over 3 lakh SMSes per day in 2008. By 2009 that number was 15 lakh SMS per day, and by 2010 it has grown to 75 lakh per day. Today we are delivering more than 15 million SMS per day. That s an average of 250 throughput per second.
As we consider Way2SMS messaging as highly time critical messaging, we have tailored our platform to deliver every single message (either from quick SMS or sent from group SMS) in less than 10 seconds time. Currently our platform can handle up to 1000 SMS per second and can be scaled easily up to 2000 SMS per second.
As an undisputed leader in messaging, we continued our innovation by building top quality platform with redundancy at every level to ensure zero loss of messages during the message transmission. With our engineers continuous efforts, we have achieved over 95% delivery rates in less than 10 sec during the last month.
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Way2sms is the 8th fastest raising search keyword according to google Indiazeitgeist 2010 competing with biggies such as facebook and twitter http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist2010/regions/in.html
Roughly 25000 new members join way2sms every day, that is more than thousand every hour
Way2SMS has the country's largest database of mobile contacts with over 360 million contacts, and is reaching over 55 million mobiles every month.
Way2SMS is generating nearly 400 million page views every monthWay2SMS has delivered over 10 billion messages till today.
Aadhaar is basically a unique identification number consisting of 12 digits issued by UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) and is to be given to every citizen of India. This will be a future identification way for every Indian and will be involved in all phases of life. This number will be stored in centralized database and will be the key to the opening of every citizen’s record from photograph to fingerprints. Once the process of Aadhaar is complete it will be involved in every identification documents to avail certain services and otherwise. After Aadhaar will come into picture, there will be no repeated need to documents once identification before providing any services; it will do once and for all. This will be the magic of this 12 digit UID.
One must be interested to know what is process involved in applying for Aadhaar card. Here are certain protocols and steps to be followed. Anyone who is the resident of India satisfying the UIDAI process can avail Aadhaar card.
1) Documents required are Aadhaar application form, photo identification proof and address proof. 2) One may go to any official Aadhaar enrollment department in India to get your Aadhaar card done.
3) There are 18 identification proof documents and 33 address proof documents that UIDAI accepts as valid proofs. Common among them are voters ID, ration card, driving license and passport.
4) Photo identification proof can be done with likes of PAN card and residence proof can be done with electricity bill and water bill of past three months.
5) At enrollment center you need to fill the Aadhaar application form and may take help of the volunteers there at the center.
6) At enrollment center fingerprints, photograph and iris scan will be required as the part of the protocol to feed into database.
7) A temporary slip with enrollment number will be provided as an acknowledgement.
8) Based on your documents your details will be verified and in case if all comes right an Aadhaar number will be send to your address.
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Kamal hassan, has been inspiring so many upcoming actors and actresses in the film industry. Recently Bollywood Cute actress Rani Mukerji has been inspired by the Kamals Dance.
The 80s’ and South films continue to be a source of inspiration for Bollywood movies and dance numbers. The latest one being the quirky song Dream Wake up from Rani Mukerji’s upcoming film Aiyyaa. A South cult classic number from the eighties filmed on Kamal Haasan is said to be the inspiration behind the song. The song picturised on Rani and South star Prithviraj, who makes his debut in Bollywood, is slated to be launched today. Not only the song, even the dance has been choreographed keeping Haasan’s dance number in mind, informs a source.
Rani is said to have trained extensively for the dance number. Even Vaibhavi Merchant, who has choreographed it, had to research a lot to get the steps rights. “That is because she was trying that dance form for the first time,” adds the source. The song was shot within two days in Hyderabad’s Ramoji Film City to get the setup as well as the essence of the South right. Aiyya releasing next month has Rani playing a Marathi girl, falling in love with a Tamil guy played by Prithviraj.
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, who became a father for the second time on Tuesday, says his newborn daughter resembles his wife Twinkle.
"We are blessed with a lovely baby girl, who looks just like her mother and grandmother (veteran actress Dimple Kapadia)," the 45-year-old said in a statement.
Twinkle delivered the baby, their second child after 10-year-old son Aarav, at the Breach Candy Hospital on Tuesday morning.
Akshay was in Jaipur on Monday evening to promote his forthcoming film Oh My God, but rushed back to Mumbai to be by his wife's side. He is extremely happy.
"I have no words to express my happiness. I would like to thank everyone for their blessings and best wishes," added the actor.
"Twinkle was blessed with a baby girl this morning," Twinkle's mother, veteran actress Dimple Kapadia, told IANS.
The 23-year-old para-medical student was shifted out of Safdarjung Hospital to Medanta Hospital in New Delhi.
There had been rumours earlier that the survivor could be shifted to Medanta Hospital in New Delhi soon. However, the government had also said earlier that she could be sent out of country for treatment on their expenses. Reportedly, some relatives of the survivors were issued visas to accompany her to Singapore for further treatment.
Safdarjung hospital sources said the physiotherapy student was being shifted to Singapore. The name of the hospital was not known immediately.
Sources said the girl, who is on ventilator support since she was admitted to Safdarjung hospital on December 16 after she was gang-raped in a moving bus in South Delhi, was being taken in a special chartered plane.
The condition of the girl had deteriorated and she was placed on ventilator with grave injuries in the stomach and intestines after she was brought to the hospital eleven days ago. She bore signs of having been beaten with a blunt object.
The incident took place on last Sunday night when the girl along with her male friend, who is an engineer and currently working in a firm, took a White Line bus from Munirka in south Delhi to Dwarka at around 10.00 pm. 16-tips-to-prevent-rape-stop-this-shame- Share this with your friends During the journey, the girl was allegedly gand raped by a group of five to six men and even assaulted her when she resisted their attempt. The victim's friend was also beaten up and both were thrown off the bus near Mahipalpur flyover an hour later.
If there was ever a perfect comeback script for a bowler, then Harbhajan Singh made sure the world saw it. His 4/12 will go a long way in staking a claim for a place in the Indian set-up after a considerable gap. Irfan Pathan and Piyush Chawla also did well to take two wickets each after India's batsmen piled on 170 runs. The performances will give MS Dhoni a selection headache but the skipper has gone on record saying that he'd rather have that than a lack of choice.
Zeenat Aman redefined sexiness on 70mm with her bold roles and looks. Be it the modern woman in 'Yaadon ki Baaraat' or 'gaon-hi-gori' in 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram, the actress justified her screen presence with good looks and talent.
Zeenat Aman, who scorched the silver screen in 70s, can still give many actresses a run for their money with her grace and style.
Zeenat Aman went onto become the most popular cover girl of 'Stardust' magazine
Sushmita Sen has dated actor Randeep Hooda in the past. Known for her grace and style, the actress still continues to look as beautiful as ever.
Sushmita Sen, who has two adopted daughters, turns 37 this year.
Sushmita Sen's private life has always been the gossip for magazines. Be it her break-ups or her adoption, the actress has been under the scanner. Sushmita, who started her Bollywood career with 'Dastak', went onto act in innumerable films.
A Great Man for All Times- Bal Thackerayji-Rare Pics
You are in our hearts forever........
The fact that two million people turned out to bid farewell to Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray underscores the legacy of the man who was such an influential shaping force in the politics of Mumbai and Maharashtra. His rise to power has been well documented, but the Shiv Sena website released a series of rare photographs of its founder that showed his many facets and moods. You can see the rest of them here .
At a glance 8.7 megapixels Camera sensor (main camera resolution) Nokia PureView Camera 11.43 cm Display size Snapdragon™ S4 Processor name 10.8 h Talk time (3G) 460 h Standby time (3G) 74 h Music playback time
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Announced 2012, September Status Available. Released 2012, November Body Dimensions 130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm, 99 cc (5.13 x 2.79 x 0.42 in) Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) Display Type IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 768 x 1280 pixels, 4.5 inches (~332 ppi pixel density) Multitouch Yes
EDGE Up to 236.8 kbps Speed HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR NFC Yes USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Camera Primary 8.7 MP (8 MP effective, 3264 x 2448 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Features PureView technology, geo-tagging, touch focus, optical image stabilization Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Secondary Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps Features OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Chipset Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon CPU Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait GPU Adreno 225 Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser HTML5 Radio No GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
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Many people called her ugly as she doesn't look like her mother. May be people have forgotten that she is just a one-year-old kid. Interestingly, Aaradhya has a Twitter account too, obviously it's fake. When Aishwarya Rai was asked why she tried to hide Aaradhya's face from media, she replied, "I think it is the job of media to take pictures or bytes. But as a mother, as a family, we were just trying to be protective. She is too small and new to this world. I did not want her to get hassled. It was just a natural instinct of being protective."
Soon people will start guessing whether Aaradhya will become an actress or will chose a different profession. The best part is, she is just one and too young to understand all this. So no matter what the entire world thinks about her, Jaya Bachchan's 'Strawberry' is having a blast. The Bachchans really want the baby to have a normal childhood. However, going by the scenario so far, it seems really difficult.
Meanwhile, we wish a very happy birthday to Aaradhya Bachchan.
Aaradhya made her mother Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's birthday very special by singing "Happy Birthday to my mamma" on 1 November midnight.
For the first time, Aishwarya Rai addressed the media on her birthday outside her residence Janak in Mumbai on Friday. During the press conference, the Bachchan bahu told reporters how Aaradhya made her birthday special.
"It's the most special experience when Aaradhya sang Happy Birthday to me," she said, adding, "She sleeps very late like all of us. She was awake at that time and she sang Happy Birthday to me on Friday midnight."
"I taught her to sing Happy Birthday song, but she feels it is her birthday so she said Aaradhya!"
"She first wished herself like she did with paa (Amitabh Bachchan) and then she wished me," the former Miss World added. When asked what Abhishek gifted her on the 40th birthday, she said "I think we will leave to Abhishek to share. But of course he has given me a gift."
Aishwarya Rai also said that Aaradhya is the best gift life has given her. "But for life I think the biggest gift is we can have Aaradhya in our life."
Aishwarya Rai, touted as one of the most beautiful woman, celebrated her birthday with just family and close friends. With several events and endorsements, Aishwarya has been busy travelling with Aaradhya and therefore, they were not able to spend time with family.
So she decided to celebrate the 40th birthday with just her husband daughter and her parents.
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Water is the main source for any living organism. This inspires the youth to go to PLANET MARS. This has become the source of inspiration to live on MARS.
Young Indians are all happy people, beaming with enthusiasm and the spirit of exploration. Not sad, not suicidal, as many think the applicants to the ONE-WAY trip to Mars would be. The proposed expedition, organised by an international space research organisation, Mars One, invited entries from across the world, and among the 1,65,000 hopefuls were thousands of Indians. We circled in on three brave hearts from Delhi to know what made them jump in. Vinod Kotiya, 31
His wife thought it’s a joke and his one-year-old daughter Jeannie has no clue daddy may go, but he applied on the very first day the registrations opened. Vinod Kotiya, was, of course, following the project very closely since its inception. “I wanted to be an astrounaut ever since my childhood ... I’d always been fascinated about the scalability and secrets of the universe,” says the manager with a power firm in Delhi, explaining the reason behind the first “go” in his head. He had no second thoughts. “My family is well settled; I’m not shirking my responsibilities. And it’s not a suicidal mission. The first step, the first sprout in the hydroponic garden, the first breath of air ... no matter how trivial, I’ll be one of the first people to have done it on another planet. Every task there will be an achievement.”
Kundan Kumar, 20
Kundan and Amulya are buddies and classmates, so they’re glad they’ll be marooned on Mars with each other, if nothing else! “The no-return aspect of this mission may scare some but not me. There’s always video chat to talk to your folks,” he says, sharing that he hadn’t told his parents before he applied, and after some initial resistance, they are fully supportive of his participation. His reason for playing guinea pig to the experiment: “This way, I can do something for my world, my people and my family,” he adds. Of course, there are things he will miss about the Earth. “If I get selected, I will miss my father, the natural beauty of the earth, and Dilli ke golgappe!”
Amulya nidhi rastogi, 20
The Gurgaon guy, a student of mechanical engineering, has written a poem in tribute to Neil Armstrong, explaining why he wants to go. “I am on Earth, I feel divided ... in a madhouse of religion and greed, watching a world at war with itself ...,” it goes. He reiterates: “I have no regrets. This is serious business.” Hasn’t his family freaked out? “My family still has qualms about the success of the project. But they are very confident and supportive about my candidacy.”
Off to never come back!
Mars One recently closed the first round of public entries for its astronaut selection programme for a one-way trip to colonise Mars with humans in 2023. The one-time registration fee was $7 (R470) for Indians. The selected candidates will be trained for many years before they hit space. While the mission aims to crowd-fund the trip from a televised, audience-voted selection process, American space research organisation NASA has raised doubts over it. Incidentally, space-tourism to moon is currently priced at $100mn a ticket.
YSR Congress party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Saturday continued his indefinite fast even as he was shifted from one hospital to another in view of his deteriorating condition.
Jagan, as the MP from Kadapa is popularly known, was shifted late Friday night to Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) for better treatment but he refused to end the fast, which entered seventh day Saturday to protest bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh without justice to all regions.
Amid tight security Jagan, who is in judicial custody in disproportionate assets case, was shifted from Osmania General Hospital to NIMS.
A team of eight doctors is monitoring the condition of the young leader, who has been admitted to emergency block. As the sugar and blood pressure levels have considerably come down and ketone bodies in urine are high, doctors advised him to agree to take intravenous fluids.
The doctors have warned that his condition may further deteriorate, if he continued his fast.
Jagan's mother Y.S. Vijayamma, wife Bharati and brother-in-law Anil Kumar were not allowed to meet Jagan. They left the hospital after seeing him from a distance.
The MP is only drinking water since he began his fast in Chanchalguda Central Jail Sunday. He was shifted to Osmania Hospital late Thursday night.
Vijayamma, who is also honorary president of the party, and other party leaders had Friday appealed to him to call off the hunger strike.
Jagan's mother and wife filed a memo in CBI court, seeking permission for one of them to stay with Jagan in the hospital. The plea will be heard Saturday.
Jagan is in jail since May last year in a disproportionate assets case.
Independence Day Celebrations -INDIA -RARE INDEPENDENCE REAL PHOTOS-1947-BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS
India celebrates Independence Day on August 15 each year. India became an independent nation on August 15, 1947, so a gazetted holiday is held annually to remember this date.
What do people do?
Independence Day is a day when people in India pay homage to their leaders and those who fought for India's freedom in the past. The period leading up to Independence Day is a time when major government buildings are illuminated with strings of lights and the tricolour flutters from homes and other buildings. Broadcast, print and on line media may have special contests, programs, and articles to promote the day. Movies about India's freedom fighters are also shown on television.
The president delivers the '"Address to the Nation" on the eve of Independence Day. India's prime minister unfurls India's flag and holds a speech at the Red Fort in Old Dehli. Flag hoisting ceremonies and cultural programs are held in the state capitals and often involve many schools and organizations.
Many people spend the day with family members or close friends. They may eat a picnic in a park or private garden, go to a film or eat lunch or dinner at home or in a restaurant. Other people go kite flying or sing or listen to patriotic songs.
Public life
Independence Day is a gazetted holiday in India on August 15 each year. National, state and local government offices, post offices and banks are closed on this day. Stores and other businesses and organizations may be closed or have reduced opening hours.
Public transport is usually unaffected as many locals travel for celebrations but there may be heavy traffic and increased security in areas where there are celebrations. Independence Day flag raising ceremonies may cause some disruption to traffic, particularly in Dehli and capital cities in India's states.
Background
The struggle for India's Independence began in 1857 with the Sepoy Mutiny in Meerut. Later, in the 20th century, the Indian National Congress and other political organizations, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, launched a countrywide independence movement. Colonial powers were transferred to India on August 15, 1947.
The Constituent Assembly, to who power was to be transferred, met to celebrate India's independence at 11pm on August 14, 1947. India gained its liberty and became a free country at midnight between August 14 and August 15, 1947. It was then that the free India's first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru gave his famous "Tryst with Destiny" speech. People across India are reminded of the meaning of this event - that it marked the start of a new era of deliverance from the British colonialism that took place in India for more than 200 years.
Symbols
The sport of kite flying symbolizes Independence Day. The skies are dotted with countless kites flown from rooftops and fields to symbolize India's free spirit of India. Kites of various styles, sizes and shades, including the tricolor are available in the marketplaces. The Red Fort in Dehli is also an important Independence Day symbol in India as it is where Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru unveiled India's flag on August 15, 1947.
India's national flag is a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron (kesaria) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. The ratio of the flag's width to its length is two to three. A navy-blue wheel in the center of the white band represents the chakra. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter approximates to the white band's width and it has 24 spokes.
Its has been a sentiment for the bollywood film makers showing trains with SRK to get success. Now in Chennai Express the trend and sentiment follows..
Romance is not the only constant in a Shah Rukh Khan film. The trailer of 'Chennai Express' is a reminder of how the train and backpack are equally integral to his films.
We take a look at several of his movies that feature the train, the backpack or many a times both.
Films with SRK in trains
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge Dil Se Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Devdas Kal Ho Naa Ho Main Hoon Na Swades Veer Zaara Ra.One Jab Tak Hai Jaan Chennai Express
SRK and trains
Chennai Express Ra.One Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge Dil se DDLJ
SRK and his backpack
Main Hoon Na Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Jab Tak Hai Jaanl Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge Kal Ho Naa Ho Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Main Hoon Na Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Tamil actor Suriya-starrer action-drama "Singam 2" is expected to release in the second of week of June.
"The film ('Singam 2') is currently undergoing post-production work. It will have a grand audio launch on June 1 followed by worldwide release in the second week of the same month," said a statement from the production house.
"Singam 2" is a sequel to highly successful 2010 Tamil action-drama "Singam", which was also remade in Hindi as "Singham" with Ajay Devgn.
Hari Gopalakrishnan, who had directed the first part, wielded the megaphone for the sequel too.
The film also features Anushka Shetty, Hansika Motwani, Vivek, Santhanam, Radha Ravi, Nassar, Vijay Kumar, K. Vishwanath and Manorama.
Having been canned in Chennai, Hyderabad and Kerala, it has also been shot in places such as Malaysia and South Africa.
The film is produced by S. Lakshman Kumar and has music by Devi Sri Prasad, who had scored for the original too.
Bollywood's most eligible bachelor Salman Khan is soon going to enter the married men's club.
According to a report published in Mid-Day.com the Dabangg Khan has a new girl in his life.
According to the report, Salman Khan has been spotted with a blonde girl in Bandra. The mystery girl is none other than Romanian Television actress and anchor Iulia Vantur, whom the actor has known for over two years now.
The report has it that Salman and Iulia have been spotted together almost everyday at a five-star hotel in Bandra.
Salman Khan has in the past dated actresses Somy Ali, Sangeeta Bijlani, Aishwarya Rai and Katrina Kaif but has never been public about his relationship.
But going by the recent reports, the Bodyguard actor is serious about taking his relationship to the next level. - See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/
On the eve of celebrating 100 years (Dadasaheb Phalke’s ‘Raja Harishchandra’ in 1913) cinema this year CNN IBN channel conducted survey poll on Greatest Actor, Actress,Director, Film and Music Composer of all generations. This is to know pulse of the people throughout the country. The following are the results:
Late Telugu actor and former Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) has been named the greatest Indian actor of all time, while Sridevi was voted the best actress, in a CNN-IBN Poll survey conducted in celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema.
NTR garnered 53 percent of total votes, while actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan amassed 44 percent of rest of the votes. Southern actors Rajkumar and Mohanlal shared one percent votes each, and the rest of the actors got less than a percent of votes.
Bollywood diva Sridevi, who recently made a comeback with "English Vinglish", garnered 39 percent votes to be adjudged the best actress, while Madhuri Dixit and Savithri finished second and third respectively with 16 and 12 percent votes.
Aishwarya Rai, Saroja Devi, Madhubala and Smita Patil finished with eight, six, four and three percent votes, respectively, and others on the list ended up with very few votes.
Mani Ratnam's Tamil action-drama "Nayagan", starring Kamal Haasan won 42 percent of votes to be named India's greatest film of all time, and Ramesh Sippy's "Sholay" finished second with 29 percent.
"Swayamvaram" received six percent votes, while "Mughal-e-Azam" and "Pather Panchali" had five percent votes respectively.
Among the directors, Mani Ratnam was adjudged India's greatest director of all time with 29 percent.
Tamil director K. Balachander finished second with 18 percent, while Satyajit Ray finished third with 14 percent and Tamil director S. Shankar came fourth with nine percent.
Music maestro Illayaraja garnered 49 percent votes to be named India's greatest music composer. Oscar-winner A.R Rahman took the second spot with 29 percent.
Singer-composer S.P Balasubramanyam finished third with seven percent, while late R.D Burman garnered four percent votes.
Many surprised after seeing the results. It seems that south (Tollywood Kollywood) dominated the north (Bollywood) in all categories. When compared to North people in south have very much interest in movies. There is no surprise in electing NTR as the greatest ever Actor.
Like in politics he sweeps others in his category. He is not just an actor like other big heroes in INDIA, But also he was a Successful Director, Successful Producer, Successful Screenplay writer, Successful Story writer, and a Most Loveable Cheif Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
He demised almost 16 years back. But he always remains in the hearts of Telugu People. It’s also surprised that why Big B Amitab not included in the list. All of them in the list have contributed for the development of Indian cinema. Long live Indian Cinema.
Rankings in various categories conducted by CNN- IBN
The below video is from the movie Yamadonga, Hero NTR Junior, (Grandson of NTR)...
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