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Age : 48 Marital Status : Married Nationality : Indian Occupation : Former Cricketer, TV commentator. How we know him : Former Indian cricketer, Navjot Singh Sidhu took up television commentary, and politics after taking retirement from the game. Navjot Singh Sidhu had a volatile career as a cricketer from 1983 to 1999. He announced his retirement from cricket in December 1999. He played over 50 Test matches and over 100 ODIs scoring over 7,000 international runs. He has 27 centuries to his credit in an 18-year career. Sidhu restarted his career as a commentator for Nimbus sport when India toured Sri Lanka in 2001. He however later became a commentator with ESPN Star Sports. As a commentator, Sidhu was noted for his one-liners, which came to be known as "Sidhuisms" and regularly appears as a "cricket analyst" on various Indian news channels. He also figured as a judge on the television programme - "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge,...

Age : 29 Marital Status : Single Nationality : Indian Occupation : Model How we know him : Niketan Madhok is a Model who has walked on ramp for famous Indian and International labels. He came into limelight after Lakme India Fashion Week 2002. About Niketan Madhok: Niketan started his career as a model in 1994 with shows in Mumbai and Bangalore. A year later he hit the Delhi ramp circuit.Niketan has worked with a lot of big names in the fashion industry like Rohit Bal, Rajiv Bajaj, Rohit Gandhi, J J Vallaya, Suneet Varma, Muzaffar Ali, Ashish Soni among others. He has walked the ramp at the Lakme India Fashion Week for a host of fashion designers including Rohit Bal, Aki Narula, Rocky S, and Ritu Kumar.

Age : 26 Marital Status : Single Nationality : Indian Occupation : Indian television actress How we know her : Born and brought up in Ahemdabad, Aashka made her acting debut with Balaji Telefilms. She dolled up Ekta Kapoor’s show Kkusum as a protagonist on Sony TV followed by Akela and Virrudh on Sony TV, Kahin To Hoga on Star Plus, Sindoor Tere Naam Ka and Saath Phere on Zee Tv, and Mere Apne on 9x made her popular amongst the television audience. Aashka has done some popular reality shows like Comedy Ka Maha Muqabla and Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi. She was also one of the contestants in the Mr. and Ms. Television, a talent hunt show on Sony Entertainment Television. Aashka has now added one more feather to her illustrious career by opening a beverage outlet in Oshiwara named Isayice along with actor Rohit Bakshi and Sister Jaanki Ravatia. A television actor by profession, Aashka became a household name after her role as Kumud in a daily show, Kussum on Sony T...

Age : 33 Marital Status : Divorced Nationality : Indian Occupation : Actor, Stand-up comedian How we know her : Urvashi is half-Punjabi, half-Gujarati by birth. She was married at age 16, had twin sons at age 17, and was divorced one-and-a-half years later; her sons study in a boarding school. Urvashi first acted in TV commercial of Lux soap with actress Revathi at age six. She made her television acting debut, Though she really started acting after her first major appearance, as actor Vishal Singh's teenage love interest in comedy-TV series, Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993) at age 14, and she has been acting ever since. She had already acted in Zamana Badal Gaya, Mehndi Tere Naam Ki and serials like Ghar Ek Mandir and Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli, when she was offered the role of Komolika, part of the principal cast of Kasautii Zindagii Kay in 2001, the role made her one of most famous vamps on Indian television, in a series which ran till 2008. The role got attention not just fo...

Marital Status : Divorced Nationality : Indian Occupation : Theatre and Indian television & films actor How we know her : Delnaaz Irani is a popular Indian television and film actor, famous for portraying the character of Sweetoo, from the movie Kal Ho Na Ho Delnaaz Irani is an Indian actress of Irani origin. She has acted in both Bollywood movies and Hindi television serials and has over twenty-five plays to her credit. She has worked with some of the biggest names in Bollywood including Shahrukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Salman Khan,Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, and Kareena Kapoor. She was the host of Nach Baliye, a reality dance show with her ex-husband Rajeev. Delnaaz was married for 14 years with Rajeev Paul before they split in 2012.

Age : 25 Marital Status : Single Nationality : Indian Occupation : Actress, Model & Item girl How we know her : Sana Khan is an Indian film actress and model. Best known for her appearance in the Amul Macho ad ‘yeh to Bada toing hai’ Sana Khan is a popular Tollywood actress who was born and brought up in Mumbai. She worked as model in Mumbai, appearing in more than 30 ad films alongside the likes of Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar. She later on, appeared in item numbers in films such as Bombay to Goa and Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, before she was signed in 2008 do to the lead female role in the Tamil film Silambattam opposite Silambarasan, who approached and offered her the role. Playing a talkative, tomboyish brahmin village girl in the film, she won rave reviews for her performance as Jaanu and the ITFA Best New Actress Award in Singapore. Subsequently, she has been signed to do two more Tamil films, Thambikku Indha Ooru with Bharath, Aayiram Vilakku with Shanthnoo B...

Age : 28 Marital Status : Single Nationality : Indian Occupation : Model-turned-Indian television & film actress How we know her : Played the leading role in Aroona Irani’s Naagin in 2007. Sayantani Ghosh is often described as the Bipasha Basu of television. Born and brought up in Kolkata, Sayantani won the Miss Calcutta contest and that brought her under the spot light. Later on, she ventured into Bengali films. Sayantani happened to act with Bengali film superstar Prasenjit. She made her acting debut on television with Kumkum in 2002. After Kumkum, Sayantani was picked to play the lead in Sahara One’s Ghar Ek Sapna. Later, she bagged another leading role in Aroona Irani’s Naagin in 2007. Sayantani showed us her funnier side in Comedy Circus 2 where she was paired with comedian Kuldeep Dubey. She showed her tremendous dancing skills in Zee TV’s reality show Ek Se Badhkar Ek. She was also briefly seen making an appearance in Ronit Roy’s much acclaimed show Adaalat, ...

Age : 35 Marital Status : Single Nationality : Indian Occupation : Theatre and televison actor How we know him : A famous film, television & theater actor who is known for his comic roles in the movies like Golmal triology and Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein Vrajesh has acted in over 40 Gujarati plays and has done a number of successful movies like Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, Golmaal Returns and Tum Bin. He also hosted the show THE MAN'S world SHOW. He is an AIESEC Alumnus (Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales). Recently, he appeared in the water game show Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout as a contestant. He is currently seen in SAB TV sitcom Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother.

सध्या महागाईच्या सतत धगधगणार्या वणव्यात सर्वसामान्य जनता होरपळून निघत आहे. वाढती महागाई ही देशापुढील ज्वलंत आणि गंभीर समस्या असताना ती रोखण्यात सरकार सातत्याने अपयशी ठरल्याची राजकीय वर्तुर्ळातून सातत्याने व्यक्त होत आहे. बाजारात शेतमालाचे भाव वाढत असले तरी त्याचा फायदा मधल्या दलालांनाच.शेतकऱ्यासाठी पीक उत्पादनाचा खर्च भरमसाट वाढलेला आहे.बी-बियाणे,खते, कीटकनाशकांचे भाव,शेतकामगारांचे वेतन,मजुरीचे दर गगनाला भिडले आहेत. शेतीउत्पादनाला बाजारात मिळणारा भाव हा उत्पादन खर्चाची तोंडमिळवणी करण्यासही असमर्थ ठरला आहे. शेती हा तोट्यााचा व्यवसाय झाला आहे. शेतकरी हा सदैव कर्जात बुडालेला आहे.त्याचे जगणे कठीण झाले आहे.त्यामुळेच मृत्युला कवटाळण्याशिवाय त्याला दुसरा पर्याय उरलेला नाही. तनिष्क डिजीटल आय प्रस्तुत,बाबुराव भोर निर्मित पिपाणी या सिनेमातून शेतकऱ्यांची ही व्यथा अधोरेखित करतानाच शेतकऱ्यांना मदत करण्यासाठी केलेल्या सरकारी योजनांचे मधल्यामध्ये नेमके काय होते यावर प्रकाश टाकण्यात आला आहे. . प्रत्येक शेतमालाला उत्पादक खर्चाधारित किमान बाजारभाव निर्धारित करण्याकरिता सरकारने प्रामाणिकपणे प्रयत्न...

शेतकऱ्यांच्या समस्यां हा महाराष्ट्रातला सध्याचा सर्वात ज्वलंत प्रश्न आहे या प्रश्नावर वेगळे भाष्य करणारा आणि हे वेगळे भाष्य परिणामकारक पद्धतीने मांडणारा पिपाणी हा चित्रपट महाराष्ट्रातल्या प्रत्येक मराठी माणसाने आवर्जून पहिलाच पाहिजे असे या चित्रपटाचा नायक मकरंद अनासपुरेने म्हटले आहे. तनिष्क डिजीटल आय प्रस्तुत, बाबुराव भोर निर्मित गजेंद्र आहिरे दिग्दर्शित पिपाणी हा चित्रपट येत्या बारा ऑक्टोबरला प्रदर्शित होत आहे. गजेंद्र आहिरे हा दिग्दर्शक आजवर समस्या प्रधान गोष्टी सातत्याने हाताळतो आहे. इथेही त्याने शेतकऱ्यांच्या सद्य स्थितीचा,त्यांच्या समस्यांचा विषय हाताळला आहे.मकरंदने स्पष्ट केले की, या विषयाचे गांभीर्य तसेच सध्याची शेतकऱ्यांच्या चिंताजनक परिस्थितीची टोकदार जाणीव प्रेक्षकांना करून द्यावी ह्यासाठी ब्लॅक कॉमेडीचा आधार या चित्रपटात घेण्यात आला आहे. हसता हसता प्रेक्षकांना अंतर्मुख करणारा हा चित्रपट आहे. मकरंदने या चित्रपटात गावातल्या सगळ्या गोष्टींशी परिचय असलेला,प्रत्येक घराघराशी संपर्क असलेला आणि मिस्टर ग्रामीण हे विशेषण सार्थ ठरवणारा विदर्भातला पोपटराव साकारला आहे. चुरचुरीत ब...

मराठीत सध्या सिनेमाची संख्या वाढतेय पण या सिनेमांच्या संख्येबरोबर आम्ही ज्यांच्यासाठी सिनेमा बनवतो त्या प्रेक्षकांची तो चित्रपटगृहात जाऊन पाहण्याची ओढ दिवसेंदिवस कमी होते आहे हि चिंतेची बाब आहे असे ‘पिपाणी’ या आगामी चित्रपटात पिपाणी भूमिकेत असलेल्या ज्येष्ठ दिग्दर्शक चंद्रकांत कुलकर्णी यांनी म्हटले आहे. चित्रपट लवकरात लवकर टीव्हीवर दिसणे, एका आठवड्याच्या आतच त्याचा व्यवसाय होणे या काही मर्यादा मराठी चित्रपट व्यवसायाला पडल्या आहेत,त्या खरतर तोडल्या पाहिजेत,त्यासाठी काही चित्रपट प्रेक्षकांनी चित्रपटगृहात पाहायलाच हवेत असे निर्माण होणे गरजेचे आहे आणि मी आत्मविश्वासाने सांगेन कि पिपाणी हा त्या ताकदीचा चित्रपट आहे. बाबुराव भोर निर्मित गजेंद्र आहिरे दिग्दर्शित या चित्रपटाची निर्मितीमूल्य उच्च आहेत, लेखन,संगीत,कलादिग्दर्शन,छायाचित्रण,दिग्दर्शन आणि कलावंतानी त्यांच्या आजवरच्या प्रतिमेला छेद देत उभ्या केलेल्या व्यक्तीरेखा यामुळे हा चित्रपट खऱ्या अर्थाने एक वेगळा सिनेमा आहे. गजेंद्र आहिरे हा दिग्दर्शक आजवर समस्या प्रधान गोष्टी सातत्याने हाताळतो,इथेही त्याने शेतकऱ्यांच्या सद्य स्थितीचा, ...