Sourav Chandidas Ganguly nickname Bengal Tiger born on 8 July 1972 in Calcutta, Bengal. He is the one of the greatest left hander batsman India ever produce. Saurav Ganguly is a former Indian test cricketer and captain of the Indian national team. Till date, Dada was India’s most successful Test captain to date, winning 21 tests out of 49 tests he captained and leading India into the 2003 World Cup finals. An aggressive captain, Maharaja is credited with having nurtured the careers of many young players who played under him.

Sourav Ganguly Early life

Dada is the youngest son of Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly. Dada father ran a flourishing print business and was one of the richest men in Kolkata. Sourav Ganguly is perhaps one of the richest Indian cricketer of recent times. Dada’s father Chandidas presides over a big joint family of over 50 people, though they all do not live in the same house. There are 22 bedrooms in his house, and the family possesses over 20 cars. Dada had a luxurious childhood and was nicknamed the Maharaja.

Sourav Ganguly is a talented cricketer but it is very surprising that Cricket was not his first love. Like all people who live in Calcutta, Dada’s first love was Football. Though Dada was asked to concentrate on his studies and not to play cricket, he was inspired to do so by his brother Snehasish Ganguly, an accomplished left-handed batsman for Bengal. Though he was actually right-handed, he batted left-handed so that he could use his brother’s equipment. After he showed some promise as a batsman, he was enrolled in a cricket academy. An indoor multi-gym and concrete wicket was built at home for him and his brother, and he would often watch cricket videos, especially those of David Gower, whom he admired.

Sourav Ganguly Married Life

Dada is married to Dona Roy Ganguly, the only child of Sanjeev and Sapna Roy born on August 22, 1976. Dona hails from a well-known Bengali family. The two families were once business partners. who was a next-door neighbour to the Ganguly family. But the relationship was strained and the young couple got married under cover. It was a typical bollywood masala love story where the hero and heroine are separated by their parents and so they run off to get married. And like the movie ends happily their families too joined but end of the marriage. Now they have a daughter name Sana ganguly. For more information see here

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         The movie “Slumdog Millionnaire” is good to watch but only one time,and it is ridiculous to hope for Oscar. It was shocking to know that movie got many Golden globe awards,I think that there were not movies in Golden Globe Awards so they gave many awards to this not so good movie.

              The film maker thinks that the real India lives only in slums,but this view is “Myopic”.Why do people want to watch only poverty in India.India is not  only in slums.India has a glorious history,why can’t they see that side.Don’t they know that India is among those 6 countries who has sent Chandra Yaan on the moon.

             And above all who the hell has authorised an outsider to depict India?How can an outsider depict the real India? All western countries enjoy backward India,they can not digest India as a fast growing country,so they try to degrade India by any means.

            People of India are feeling happy that an Indian movie is getting awards but don’t they know that the film maker who is getting award in not an Indian and this movie is creating a very bad image of India.Many Indian film makers have made many movies on this topic but they didn’t get noticed because they were Indian,but an outsider comes and degrades India and people say “ wow! what a movie.” Why? because he is from western country and he can show anything bad about India.How stupid are we.Aren’t we?

             The music of the movie is good and the actors are good too but I think Darsheel Safari is better than those.

   So in conclusion I think The movie ‘Slumdog Millionnare is creating a bad image about India.

New Delhi, (DMA Newsdesk): Want to embark on a voyage of lifetime and feel like a maharaja too ! then pack your bags and jump on board the Maharaja Express which is all set to criss-cross from Mumbai to Delhi and Delhi to Kolkata rolling out a luxury tourism package en route.

Labelled as Asia’s costliest train yet at Rs 1 lakh per day, is all set to chug in December, with the first one set to be flagged off from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in January 2010.

“India in one word conjures a million images. Tigers, snake charmers, colours, mysticism, royalty, Rolls Royces, cuisines, arts, dances, plays, music, forts, palaces, temples, monuments, people, mountains, beaches, jungles, deserts, romance, dreams… the list is truly endless. If you want to explore all this in one lifetime then you ought to come on board this royal luxury train,” R Tandon, managing director, IRCTC said.

“This is the first time that Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has ventured into the luxury sector. Our partner Cox and Kings is well experienced in this sector so we are banking on them,” Tandon said.

While the minimum tariff is being kept at $800 per person per day, the maximum tariff runs up to $2500. There are four categories of carriages in the train – presidential suite ($2500), suite ($1400), delux cabin ($900) and junior suite ($800). Talks are on with a premium hotel chain to manage the two restaurants (Haveli and Peacock) and a bar (Machan) on board.

“The USP of this train, with its 7-star hotel ambience, lies in the fact that while other luxury trains cater to specific locations in Rajasthan, Karnataka and Maharastra, this is the first pan-Indian train that will take tourists across a mix of cultures and expose them to the finest of Indian culture,” said Tandon.

Tandon said the luxury train never falls short of promising a royal experience, the Maharajas’ Express features five carriages for Deluxe Cabins, six for Junior Suites, two for Suites and one for grand Presidential Suite. Every cabin has large panoramic windows – a design marvel developed by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. So, that one can savour every bit of magnificent India.

He said all passenger Cabins come with individual temperature controls, the first of its kind in India and have state-of-the-art facilities. LCD televisions, DVD players, direct dial telephone and internet, to name a few. In-house movies and live television also keeps the guest entertained through the royal journey. Every cabin also has its own electronic safe deposit box.

With 23 AC coaches, the Maharaja Express will start its seven-day and six-night maiden journey, carrying 88 tourists to Delhi, covering Vadodara, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Ranthambore and Agra on the way from VT station on January 9. The train will return to Mumbai from Delhi on January 17.

The trip from the western metropolis to the national capital will be christened “Princely India Journey”, while the return journey will be called “Royal India Tour”.

The bookings for the inaugural run from Delhi and Mumbai are overwhelming, a senior IRCTC official said. “The trial run of the train will be held in December,” he added.

The Delhi-Kolkata route will cover Agra, Gwalior, Khajuraho, Bandhavgarh, Varanasi and Gaya. The Delhi-Kolkata route will be named “Classical India Journey”, while the return will be the “Celestial India Tour”.

Tourists on both routes — Kolkata and Mumbai –will get an opportunity to catch a glimpse of tigers in the forest that lie enroute. While Ranthambore falls in the Mumbai-Delhi-Mumbai route, Bandhavgarh National Park is on the Delhi-Kolkata-Delhi segment.

“The rich flora and fauna of India has always attracted foreign tourists and this move is going to help in their conservation,” said the IRCTC spokesperson.

“We have given the on-board hospitality service to a leading hotel group so that five-star catering is maintained in the train,” he said.

The train will be operational from October to March and the rest of the year it will be used for chartered service, said the official.

Genelia D’Souza is a new sensation of the Bollywood. Genelia D’Souza nickname is Harini. Genelia is born on 5 August 1981 in Mumbai is an South Indian actress. She started her career as Actress in South Indian Films. Than she made her Bollywood debut in 2003 with the Movie ‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’ apposite Ritesh Deshmukh. Jane Tu Ya Janne Na movie which was a debut of Aamir Khan’s nephew Imran Khan received a lot of publicity and Genelia role as the unrestrained Meow shined through.

Genelia was born in August 5, 1981 in the family of Jeanette D’Souza, formerly secretary to Managing Director with a pharma MNC, and Neil D’Souza, a senior official with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Her family hails from the Mangalorean Catholic community, a prominent Christian community in Bombay. Genelia pet name is Geenu. Genelia famous as Harini to close friends. Genelia studied at the Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra and later joined St. Andrews College (Bandra) to pursue her Bachelor’s Degree of Management Studies.She was also a State level athlete and a National level Football player.

Genelia D’Souza in Bollywood
Genelia first hit the lime-light with a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan and further did a Fair and Lovely 2003 Cricket World Cup ad with Krishnamachari Srikkanth. D’Souza made her debut in Bollywood in 2003. Her first Hindi film was Tujhe Meri Kasam opposite Ritesh Deshmukh. She left Bollywood for a while to concentrate on South Indian films. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam’s stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.

Genelia D’Souza  Record
Genelia now holds a distinct Limca world record of delivering 4 different super hit films in 4 different languages (Satya (Kannada), Santosh Subramaniyam (Tamil), Ready (Telugu) and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Naa (Hindi)) in span of 1 calendar year.

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Animated movies such as Stuart Little, Mowgli, Tom & Jerry, Popeye and some of the top Indian mythological movies like Hanuman, Ramayana, and Mahabharata are a delight to watch . Thanks to the highly developed technology due to which fine quality animation is feasible. Film industry has soared high due to 3D animation. Due to 3D Animation, the lifeless images look dynamic and actual. The history of movies has been changed by these advanced techniques and tools. People usually prefer to watch light animated movies as they want to just relax themselves from the day’s normal schedule. It’s enjoyable and comforting to watch 3D animated movies. 3D animation is fundamentally a method of moving computer or hand drawn images quite swiftly giving you a delusion of movement or motion. Animation has taken a major step and entered the world of movies, it’s not just restricted to cartoons anymore. 3D Animated movies have achieved enormous popularity and trend in the film industry. Animated movies are at par with action and adventurous movies these days. 3D Animated films are not just a preference of kids, even the grown ups have developed huge trend to watch animated series and cartoon characters. Film industry too is highly influenced by 3D animation. With the increasing demand of animated movies, there is a incessant up gradation of technology and computer graphics so that the target audience feels happy and likes the entire series of 3D animated movies. Whether it is movies, cartoon films, TV series, advertising or media, the entire credit for success of a brand goes to the expert animator. Animators are people who use their ingenuity and create movies or advertisement clippings that divert the prospective customer. A perfect combination of unimaginable graphics, special visual and sound effects and advanced technologies has swept the world of movies. It is due to 3D animation, where thoughts can probably change to reality and the impossible becomes possible which brings colors to the lifeless and the unnoticed. 3D animation has not only affected the film industry but has opened new ways for people who wish to make a successful career in this field. It is quite profitable for people choose animation and multimedia as their careers as they can earn good profits for their inventiveness. To effectively convey the message and subject of the animation, one has to have a perfect blend of text, video, graphics, sound effects, interaction and other useful tools, other than 3D animation. Thus, you need to be an skilled technician as well as have a good visualization power and also innovative enough to sway the target audience. It was Walt Disney who dominated the animated film industry and soon the other major player was Warner Brothers who made short animated films to compete Walt Disney characters. And very soon the animated films hit the big screens which fascinated people from all age groups. These days 3D animated movies are a major contributing part of film industry. 3D Animated movies have successfully held its position in the world of cinemas.