Thursday, February 12, 2015

Sri Satya Sai Baba (Religious Thinker)

Sri Satya Sai Baba the self proclaimed bhagavan (God) from India was born on November 23rd, 1926 in a village Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. His father is Peda Venkama Raju and mother Iswaramba. Earlier called Sathyanarayana Raju he later became Satya Sai Baba. The word 'Sathya' means truth, 'Sai' means mother and 'Baba' means father.
Even from a young age he was different from his fellow mates. He used to lead his school mates in devotional songs and be their 'guru'. In 1940, when Satya was 13, a change came over him. He went into a deep state of Samadhi (trance) and had to leave High School. He began to perform miracles like manifesting things out of thin air and show powers of  tracing lost property, reading others thoughts and so on. So people began to have faith in him.
 Soon afterwards, Satya Sai Baba announcing that he was reincarnation of the late holy man Shirdi Sai Baba, abandoned his family and set himself for what he believed in, the uplift of mankind - regardless of race, belief or background - without interruption or any kind of leisure. His followers grew in number and he  established Prashanti Nilayam (abode of Eternal peace), an ashram where people could seek his guidance.

 Satya Sai Babha now has more than 6000 spiritual service centres around the world dedicated to the study and practical application of the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba which strongly emphasizes on service to community. His charitable work include providing free education in the colleges he has established, providing free medical care in the super specialty hospital near his ashram and also in other hospitals and clinics. The members of the service centers are involved in feeding the hungry, visiting hospitals, working with needy children and caring for the aged. As an educator he has inspired the development of a humanistic and spiritual educational programme (Education in Human Values) which has been accepted as a curriculum in elementary schools in India.
Eighty-five-year-old Sathya Sai Baba died on 24th April, 2011 after a prolonged illness, plunging millions of his followers across the world into gloom.

Annie Besant (Social Reformer)

Annie Besant was born in London to Irish parents. In 1893, she left for India having been influenced by the Indian culture and civilization. She was famous as a social worker, educationalist and journalist. 
She became a staunch supporter of Indian Independence Movement and her contribution to India's freedom struggle was remarkable. She founded the Home-Rule League. She revived the Theosophical Society. In 1915, she chaired the Calcutta session of the Indian  National Congress. She also edited 'New India'. She established Indian Boy Scouts Association. She received a prestigious award for her work for scouts. She also studied Hinduism. India is indebted to Annie Besant for her immeasurable work for freedom struggle, educational advancements and social reforms. She died at the age of 86.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (politician)

Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the ex Prime Minister of India, is a multi faceted political personality. He was born  on 25th  December 1924, at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh to parents Krishna Bihari Vajpayee, a school teacher and Krishna Devi. He was educated at Victoria alias Laxmibai College, Gwalior and D.A.V. College, Kanpur and holds a Postgraduate degree in Political Science. 
Shri Vajpayee's first brush with nationalist politics was in his student days, when he joined the Quit India Movement of 1942 which hastened the end of British colonial rule. A student of political science and law, it was in college that he developed a keen interest in foreign affairs, an interest he has nourished over the years and put to skilful use while representing India at various multilateral and bilateral foray. For a while he studied law, but midstream he chose to become a journalist. This choice was largely influenced by the fact that as a student he had been an activist in India's struggle for freedom. Shri Vajpayee had embarked upon a journalist's career, which was cut short in 1951 when he joined Bharatiya Jana Sangh. 
As a founder-member of the Jana Sangh, 1951-1977 (now known as Bharatiya Janatha Party) he served as the party's president and took it to new heights. He served as the BJP's president for the first five years of its existence, laying the foundation for the party's awesome growth in the last one decade. As a parliamentarian, he has been elected to the Lok Sabha nine times and to the Rajya Sabha twice. He is the only parliamentarian elected from four different States at different times namely UP, Gujarat, MP and Delhi. He served as External Affairs Minister in the Morarji Desai Government from 1977 to 1979. He was elected to various positions including Prime Minister and Leader of Opposition (1993), Lok Sabha; Chairperson of a number of parliamentary committees. He served as Prime Minister for a short stint in 1996. Later on March 19, 1998, he took charge as Prime Minister of India and again on October 13, 1999 for the second consecutive term as the head of a new coalition government, the National Democratic Alliance. He is the only Prime Minister since Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to have become Prime Minister of India through three successive mandates. 
Apart from politics, Shri Vajpayee has participated in various social and cultural activities. The Krishna Bihari Vajpayee Trust set up by him in the name of his late father promotes a number of constructive activities for the uplift of the deprived and poor as well as children. He has been a Member of the National Integration Council since 1961. Some of his other associations include being President of All India Station Masters and Assistant Station Masters Association (1965-70); Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Smarak Samiti (1968-84); Deen Dayal Dham, Farah, Mathura, U.P; and Janmabhomi Smarak Samiti, 1969 onwards. 
Vajpayee has many literary and artistic accomplishments to his credit. Well known and respected for his love for poetry and as an eloquent speaker, Shri Vajpayee is known to be a voracious reader. He edited Rashtradharma (a Hindi monthly), Panchjanya (a Hindi weekly) and the dailies Swadesh and Veer Arjun. His published works include 'Meri Ikkyavan Kavitayen' and 'Amar Aag Hai' (collection of poems), 'Sankalp Kaal', 'Shakti-se-Shanti', 'Meri Sansadiya Yatra' (in four volumes), 'Four Decades in Parliament' (speeches (1957-95) in three volumes), 'Lok Sabha mein Atalji' (a collection of speeches); 'Mrityu Ya Hatya', 'Amar Balidan', 'Kaidi Kaviraj Ki Kundalian' (a collection of poems written in jail during Emergency), 'New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy' (a collection of speeches delivered as External Affairs Minister during 1977-79); 'Jan Sangh Aur Mussalman' etc .'Baapji' as affectionately called by his close friends and relatives is a family man. He finds time to spend with his adopted daughters Namita and Neharika in between his hectic schedules. He is fond of Indian music and dance. He loves nature and one of his favorite retreats is Manali in Himachal Pradesh. 
India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, was conferred upon him in 1992 in recognition of his selfless dedication to his first and only love, India, and his more than half-a-century of service to society and the nation. In 1994, he was named India's 'Best Parliamentarian'. Over the decades, he has emerged as a national leader who has mass appeal and commands respect for his liberal worldview and commitment to democratic ideals. 

Asha Bhonsle (Musician)

The famous playback singer, Asha Bhonsle has sung over 20,000 songs in practically every Indian language and also in English. She has a unique style of singing.



ASHA BHONSLE Asha was born on 8th September, 1933 in Goar, Maharastra to a family of musicians, the Mangeshkar's. Asha started her career in her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar's shadow. Her first song was from the movie 'Chunaria' (1948) and her first solo was for the movie 'Raat Ki Raani' (1949).

 
In the beginning her talents were not known much and it was music directors like O.P. Nayyar and R.D. Burman who gave her a chance and helped Asha to get out of the image of her sister. 'Teesri Manzil', 'Ijazat', 'Khushboo' with R.D.Burman; 'Mere Sanam', 'Kashmir Ki Kali', 'Ek Musafir Ek Haseena', 'Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye' and many others with O.P.Nayyar, Asha has given a lot of unforgettable songs to the Hindi film industry for the last four decades.She has a unique voice- a sexy, cheerful style of singing of her own. Famous hits like 'Piya tu', 'Dum Maro Dum' are a proof of her unique style.

Asha has also sung for private albums; Hindi pop and ghazals. She is at ease with both ghazals as well as fast numbers. She has sung Qawali numbers like 'Nighan Mila Ne Ko Jee Chahta Hai', 'Raaj Ki Baat Kahdu To' and 'Hum Kisise Kum Nahin'; Bhajan, 'Sun Le Pukar'; Gazal, 'Is Akhon Ki Masti Ke'.

Asha has received accolades of awards for her talent. - National Award twice in 1981 for ' Dil Cheez Kya Hain' (Umrao Jaan) and in 1986 - for 'Mera Kuch Samaan' (Ijazat), the Filmfare award eight times, from 1967 to 1977 besides many other awards. She was the first Indian Singer to be nominated for the Grammy Award in 1997 and in 2001 she won the Dada Phalke Award and Dayawati Modi Award.

Arundhati Roy (Literary)

Susanna Arundhati Roy the first Indian woman to have won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize,  was born on 24th November 1961 in Bengal and grew up in Aymanam village, Kottayam, Kerala. 
She was born to parents Mary Roy a well known social activist who won a landmark Supreme Court verdict that granted Christian women in Kerala the right to their parent's property and father a Bengali Hindu tea planter. Arundhati's parents separated when she was small and she did her formal education in Corpus Christi school run by her mother in Kottayam District, Kerala. When she was just 16, she left her home and settled in Delhi. There she did her degree in Architecture at the Delhi School of Architecture. During this period she met Gerard Da Cunha a  fellow architecture student and married him but their marriage lasted only four years. After a brief stint in the field of architecture, she found that it was not for her. She left for Goa, making a life out at the beach, got tired of it after a few months, came back to Delhi. She took a job at the National Institute of Urban Affairs, met Pradeep Krishen, a film director now her husband who offered her a small role in 'Massey Saab'. She went to Italy on a scholarship for eight months to study the restoration of monuments. She realised she was a writer during those months in Italy. 
After she returned from Italy she worked with Pradeep Krishen and they planned an episode television for Doordarshan called the 'Banyan Tree' which didn't materialise and was shelved by the producers after shooting 2-3 episodes. She wrote and starred in 'In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones', a film on college life in India, based on her experiences in the University of Delhi, and wrote the screenplay for Pradip Krishen's film 'Electric Moon' (1992). She quickly became known for her work as screenwriter. Then she wrote a series of essays called 'The Great Indian Rape Trick' which attracted media attention, in defense of former dacoit Phoolan Devi, who she felt had been exploited by Shekhar Kapur's film 'Bandit Queen'. Then came her debut novel 'The God of Small Things' which shot her into prominence in 1997, by winning the prestigious British Booker prize in London and becoming an international best seller. The book, which took almost five years to complete, gives an insight to the social and political life in a village in South India through the eyes of seven year old twins and how it effects/disrupts their small lives. The book won £20,000 as prize and sold nearly 400,000 copies globally by October that year.
In the years following her success, she has turned to activism, writing 'The Cost of Living' a book comprising two essays 'The Greater Common Good'(1999) and 'The End of Imagination'(1998); the former against Indian Governments massive dam projects which displaced millions of poor people and the latter; its testing of Nuclear weapons. She has been an active participant in public demonstrations against the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river in Western India and has donated a substantial amount around 1.5million rupees, equivalent to her Booker Prize money, for the cause. She was even arrested along with other protestors for campaigning for the cause. 'Power Politics' her latest book published, takes on Enron the power corporation based in Houston trying to take over Maharashtra's energy sector. She has also spoken on and published several articles such as 'Promotion of equal rights' supporting equal rights for lower caste in India and 'War on Terrorism' (2001)against the Iraq war. Roy was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in May 2004 for her work in social campaigns and her advocacy of non-violence. In January 2006 she was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award for her collection of essays on contemporary issues, The Algebra of Infinite Justice, but she declined to accept it.
With her latest publications, Arundhati is carving a niche for herself as a political journalist. This unusual women who has been on several lists of 'the 50 most beautiful women in the world' is not intimated by her success and fame but is an inspiration to all those who seek to speak up against the powers in support of the poor and the oppressed. She now lives in Delhi with her husband Pradip Krishen, who has two daughters Pia and Mithva from his previous marriage

Amitabh Bachchan (Actor)

Amitabh Bachchan can be categorized as India's most popular and successful hero of  Hindi films. He was born at Allahabad in 1942. He has been hailed as a 'super star' in India. Because of his immense popularity, he has been labeled 'one man industry'.
Before joining films, he was working as an executive in a shipping firm at Kolkata. His career graph took an upward swing with the release of  'Janjeer' in 1973. He monopolized the Hindi cinema after providing his worth as an accomplished actor when pitted against Rajesh Khanna in 'Anand' and Dilip Kumar in 'Shakti' (1982). 
His most successful film are: Anand(1970), Namak Haram(1973), Abhiman(1973), Milli(1975), Deewar, Sholay(1975), Mukaddar ka Sikandar(1978), Trishul(1978), Silsila(1981), Agni-Path (1990).  Amitabh features best in song and dance sequences. His rendering of 'Khai Ke Paan Banaraswla' (Don) and Jumma Chumma dede (Hum) became a craze with the younger generation. He has won Filmfare Award, National Award and has been conferred Padma Shri for his histrionic achievements.
Amitabh Bachchan retired from the film industry to briefly enter politics by winning a seat in parliament from Allahabad constituency in 1984, but within a short span of time, he resigned from the Parliament.
After a pause for some time he is back to silver screen to perform some selective roles. He has established his own company. Amitabh Bachchan corporation Ltd (ABCL) concerning Various facets of entertainment including film distribution, culture and music. In the same year, Amitabh Bachchan once again re-entered Indian popular culture by anchoring the hugely popular quiz program Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?He is also active in television with the popular Hindi show 'karorepathi'.
Amitabh married Jaya Bhaduri, a well known actress. It was on the sets of Ek Nazar (1972) that Amitabh and Jaya Bhaduri fell in love. The couple has two children Swetha and Abishek and Abhishek has already followed his father's footsteps having starred in such movies as Refugee, L.O.C, Kuch Na Kaho etc.

Azim Hasham Premji (Businessmen)

Azim Hasham Premji, founder of Wipro Limited, India's biggest and most competitive IT company based in Bangalore, was born on July 24th 1945 in Bombay. Premji was forced to leave his studies in computer science from Stanford University, California, USA at the age of 21 to take over the family business of vegetable oils when his father M.H. Premji, suddenly passed away in 1966. He has since after a gap of over thirty years completed his degree in Electrical Engineering. 
The Amalner-based vanaspathi manufacturing company, the Western India Vegetable Product later became Wipro Products Ltd, Wipro Technologies and Wipro Corporation. Under Premji's leadership Wipro embarked on an ambitious phase of expansion and diversification. The Company began manufacturing light bulbs with General Electric and other consumer products including soaps, baby care products, shampoos, powder etc. In 1975, Wipro Fluid Power business unit manufacturing hydraulic cylinders and truck tippers was started. But Premji's ambitions did not stop there. In the 1980s Wipro entered the IT field, taking advantage of the expulsion of IBM from the Indian market in 1975. Thus, Wipro became involved in manufacturing computer hardware, software development and related items, under a special license from Sentinel. As a result, the $1.5 million company in hydrogenated cooking fats grew within a few years to a $662 million diversified, integrated corporation in services, medical systems, technology products and consumer items with offices worldwide. 
The company's IT division became the world’s first to win SEI CMM level 5 and PCMM Level 5 (People Capability Maturity Model) certification, the latest in quality standards. A large percentage of the company's revenues are generated by the IT division. Wipro works with leading global companies, such as Alcatel, Nokia, Cisco and Nortel and has a joint venture in Medical Systems with General Electric company. 
Premji's story of success and prominence clearly shows how determination and perseverance, when coupled with knowledge, clear vision and proper planning, enable one to reach the peak of success and leadership. A straight forward person, he doesn't believe in resorting to bribery or corruption to get things done and associates quality with integrity. He is an absolute workaholic and according to him work is the only way to success and survival in a competitive environment. A tough employer, he expects his employees to be competent and will not tolerate lies or deception from anyone. 
Azim Hasham Premji finds himself in the Forbes Billionaire List 2000, placed in 41st position with a wealth of $ 6.4 billion. Over the years, Azim Premji has been privileged with many honors and accolades. He was chosen as the Business India's 'Businessman of the Year 2000',  He was named by Fortune (August 2003) as one of the 25 most powerful business leaders outside the US, Forbes (March 2003) listed him as one of ten people globally,  Business Week featured (October 2003) him on their cover with the sobriquet 'India's tech king'. The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and the Manipal Academy of Higher Education have both conferred honorary doctorates on him. He is also a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee for Information Technology in India.
In the year 2001, Premji established Azim Premji Foundation, a not-for-profit organization with a vision of influencing the lives of millions of children in India by facilitating the universalisation of elementary education. The foundation works closely with the state governments of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh etc and the programs cover over 5000 rural schools. Premji  contributes the financial resources for the foundation.
Personally, Premji is known for his humility and helping mentality. Easily one of the richest men in the world, he always travels in economy class. One of his favorite recreational activity is hiking. He leads a quiet life with his wife Yasmin Premji who had worked for 'Inside Outside' (editorial) in Mumbai and his two sons in a simple, but elegant villa in Bangalore. The elder son, Rishad, works in the USA for GE and the younger one, Tariq, has co-founded a dotcom and works from Bangalore. Mr. Premji who holds 78% stakes in the company does not believe in naming one of his sons as his successor just for the norms.

Alarmel Valli (Bharatanatyam Dancer)

Alarmel Valli is a foremost exponent of the Pandanallur tradition in BharataNatyam. She is hailed as a creative artist who brings depth, intensity and naturalness to her work. She has won laurels several times in the major festivals in India and in almost all the cultural capitals of the world.


Born in 1957, Valli at the age of 16 was invited to perform at the International Dance Festival, of the Sarah Bernardt Theatre De La Ville in Paris. From then on she has toured widely and received acclaim for her performances in leading theatres almost all over the world. Along with the performances she has also given lecture demonstrations, classes, workshops and seminars and has helped to create an international awareness of Bharatanatyam.

Alarmel Valli was trained by renowned gurus, Shri Chokkalingam Pillai and his son Shri Subbaraya Pillai. Valli has studied ' Padams' and ' Javalis' for many years under the eminent musician Smt.T.Muktha, of the renowned Veena Dhanammal style of music.

She has also learned Odissi under renowned Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and his disciple Guru Ramani Ranjan Jena. Valli has done research for around 12 years on classical Tamil anthologies of Sangam poetry (2000 years old) and she has worked to give the richness of the poems a visual and melodic dimension. Valli has evolved her own distinct style and extended her tradition within the broad framework of classical Bharatanatyam.

Alarmel Valli has many honours and awards to her credit. She is the recipient of numerous State and National awards.  Alarmel Valli received the 'State award of Kalaimamani' in 1979 and was made the 'State Artist of Tamilnadu' between 1981 & 84. She was awarded the prestigious title of 'Nrithya Choodamani' in  1985 and was the youngest dancer to be conferred the President's award of 'Padmasri' in 1991. In 1997, she was honoured by the City of Paris, with the 'Grande Medaille de la Ville de Paris' and in 2001, receive the Award of the Sangeet Natak Akademy. In 1984, Alarmel Valli founded 'Dipashikha' a Centre for Performing Arts which imparts training for budding talents. Alarmel married to Bhaskar Ghosh, former I&B secretary and former director general of Doordarshan.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Beauty Queen)

The lovely green  eyed Miss world 1994, Aishwarya Rai popularly known as Ash was born on 1st November 1973 at Mangalore. 



Born to parents Krishna Raj and Vrinda Rai, she and her brother Aditya, were brought up in a middle class background. Aishwarya did her schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz in Mumbai and junior college from Jai Hind. She pursued her graduation in Architecture from Rachana Sansad School, Mumbai. By this time, Aishwarya started getting modelling assignments in Fashion shows and advertisemnet campaigns. She won the Famous Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of 17. From that point there was no looking back. She participated in the Miss India Femina contest 1994 and became the Ist runner up which paved her way for winning the Miss world crown 1994. Aishwarya Rai's career took off as soon as she became 1994 Miss World.
She made her debut into films with Mani Rathnam's ' Iruvar' in which she did her part wonderfully, but it was 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' that made her popular as an actress. She has acted in several films like 'Taal', 'Josh', 'Khakee', 'Mohabbattein', and has won the Filmfare Awards for the Best Actress category for 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam not only gave her the real breakthrough but also proved her mettle as an actress
Aiswarya Rai reteamed with Sajay Leela Bhansali in 'Devdas' which was released world wide and received a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival. The Bengali film 'Choker Bali', adapted from Rabindranath Tagore's novel 'Binodini' fetched her critics acclaim.
Aishwarya is the first Indian actress to be on the jury of the Cannes International Film Festival (2003). She was also featured on the cover of the Time magazine.
2004 saw Aishwarya take on the lead role in her first English language film for Gurinder Chadha in "Bride & Prejudice" (of "Bend It Like Beckham" fame) and Rituparna Ghosh's 'Raincoat'.
2005 started with appearances on "60 Minutes", "David Letterman Show" and the most watched television program in the world the "Oprah Winfrey Show". Aishwarya was seen in more Hollywood flicks like 'Mistress of Spices' by director Paul Berges, Jag Mundhra's 'Provoked', and legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis's 'The Last Legion' opposite Colin Firth and Sir Ben Kingsley.
In 2006 she is back in Bollywood with movies like Sanjay Gadhvis' 'Dhoom-2', JP Dutta's 'Umrao Jann', Mani Ratnam's 'Guru', and Ashutosh Gowariker's 'Jodha- Akbar', in which she plays the title role of Mughal king Emperor Akbar's Hindu wife and queen.
Aishwarya’s life has been eclipsed by an unhappy affair with  bollywood star Salman Khan. After years of speculation she declared that she would never work with him again for personal reasons. She was also linked to Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi and now it is said that, she is dating Abhishek Bachchan and was frequently seen in public with him and his family, fueling rumors of an engagement. After much gossips concerning their relationship, her engagement to Indian actorAbhishek Bachchan was announced on January 14, 2007. The event was heavily covered by the media. And finally they got married on April 20, 2007 in a private ceremony held at the Bachchans' bungalow Prateeksha.
On the personal front, Aishwarya campaigns for many social causes. She has generously volunteered to donate her eyes and has set an example for the rest of the world. Lovely Aishwarya Rai  has proved her mettle in whatever she does especially in acting, and still remains one of the leading actresses in the tinsel world.  

Diana Hayden (Beauty Queen)

Diana Hayden (born 1 May 1973) is a Supermodel and beauty pageant title holder from India. She won the Femina Miss India contest in 1997 and was crowned Miss World 1997 at the age of 24 years.


Early life and background
Diana Hayden was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, in an Anglo-Indian Christian family. She attended St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad She studied Acting & Drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, UK. She starred in the Bollywood movie 'Ab Bass' & Indian TV show Bigg Boss 2.

Before she began modeling, she worked for an event management company called Encore. She then worked as a Public Relations Officer at BMG Crescendo, where she assisted in managing the careers of singers Anaida and Mehnaz Hoosein. On Anaida's recommendation she entered herself into the Miss India contest in 1997.

Career
Diana Hayden won the Femina Miss India World crown in 1997, and then went on to win the Miss World crown in the same year. By doing so, she became the third Indian or part-Indian woman to win the Miss World pageant, after Reita Faria in 1966 and Aishwarya Rai in 1994.

Following her tenure as the global representative for the Miss World organization, Hayden moved to the UK and studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She also studied at the Drama Studio London, where she concentrated on the works of Shakespeare and earned a Best Actress nomination from the studio. In 2001, she made her screen debut in the film version of Shakespeare's Othello in South Africa. In 2002, she hosted Miss Europe 2002 in Lebanon along with Miss Lebanon 1997 and Julien Lepers. Diana was signed by the Avalon Academy in 2006 as the face of the Academy and currently serves as a celebrity Guest Lecturer for airline personnel training programs.

In 2008, Diana Hayden became a wild card entry on the second season of the popular Indian TV show Bigg Boss. She was voted off Bigg Boss during Week 13; the episode was aired on 7 November 2008.

She wrote a book called A Beautiful Guide which is an "encyclopedia on grooming and also deals with personality development and confidence building". She took two years for completing the book which was released on August 6, 2012.

Personal life
Diana Hayden married Collin Dick from Las Vegas, USA on September 13, 2013. Collin has been working in Mumbai for an international NGO.

Filmography
Othello: A South African Tale (2006)
Ab Bas (2004)
Tehzeeb (2003)
Holby City (TV Series) (2003)
Lorie/the loving doll (2012)