View allAll Photos Tagged Armaan,
Karan Grover is the famous, hot Dr. Armaan of DMG on star one.
he stole the hearts of millions of girls across the globe. now in jalak!
he came.. and left..
`kon tha?.. kahan gaya?.. mujhey mila.. armaan jaagey.. soya mera naseeb...
dedicated to pizza uncla, Hatam Hatul, Taqaddus, pinky, kanto, ujappa, and vanilla.. Love you pagals! you guys rock my world!
Hope you all had a happy and safe time with your friends and family..!! :)
Hi frens please leave your facebook page link on my fb page..
I would like and leave my comments there as I am less active here on flickr..
www.facebook.com/sirajuddin.photography
please like and leave your comments on my fb page..
Mumtaz Jehan (February 14, 1933 – February 23, 1969), more popularly known as Madhubala (literally "honey belle"), was an Indian Bollywood actress who appeared in classic films of Hindi Cinema.[2][3] She was active between 1942 and 1960. Along with her contemporaries Nargis and Meena Kumari, she is regarded as one of the most influential personalities of Hindi movies.[4] She is also considered to be one of the most beautiful actresses to have worked in the industry.[5][6]
Madhubala received wide recognition for her performances in films like Mahal (1949), Amar (1954), Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955), Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958), Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Barsaat Ki Raat (1960). Madhubala's performance in Mughal-e-Azam established her as an iconic actress of Hindi Cinema. Her last film, Jwala, although shot in the 1950s, was released in 1971. Madhubala died on 23 February 1969 after a prolonged illness.
Early life
Madhubala was born Mumtaz Jehan Dehlavi,[7] on 14 February 1933 in Delhi, British India.[1] She was a native Pashto-speaker.[8] Her father was Attaullah Khan, a Yusufzai[1] Pashtun from the Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in British India (present-day Pakistan), and her mother was Ayesha Begum.[9] She belonged to an orthodox middle-class family[10] and was the fifth of eleven children. After her father lost his job at the Imperial Tobacco Company in Peshawar,[11] he relocated to Delhi followed by Mumbai. There, the family endured many hardships. Madhubala's three sisters and two brothers died at the age of five and six. The dock explosion and fire of April 14, 1944 wiped out their small home. The family survived only because they had gone to see a film at a local theater.[12] With his six remaining daughters to provide for, Khan, and the young Madhubala, began to pay frequent visits to Bombay film studios to look for work. At the age of 9, this was Madhubala's introduction to the movie industry, which would provide financial help to her family.[9]
Early career
Madhubala's first movie, Basant (1942), was a box-office success.[13] She acted as the daughter to a mother played by actress Mumtaz Shanti. As a child actress she went on to play in several movies. Actress Devika Rani was impressed by her performance and potential, and advised her to assume the screen name 'Madhubala',[10] literally meaning "honey belle". Her first lead role, at the age of 14, was with producer Kidar Sharma when he cast her opposite Raj Kapoor in Neel Kamal (1947).[13] This was the last film in which she was credited as Mumtaz before assuming her screen name 'Madhubala'. She achieved stardom and popularity in 1949 when she was cast as the lead in Bombay Talkies studio's Mahal – a role intended for well-known star Suraiya. Madhubala, with established actresses, screen-tested for the role before she was selected by the film's director Kamal Amrohi. The film was the third largest hit at the 1949 Indian box office. Following the success of Mahal, Madhubala appeared in the box office hits Dulari (1949), Beqasoor (1950), Tarana (1951) and Badal (1951).
Hollywood interest
In the early 1950s, as Madhubala became one of the most sought-after actresses in India, she attracted interest from Hollywood. She appeared in the American magazine Theatre Arts where, in its August 1952 issue, she was featured in an article with a full page photograph under the title: "The Biggest Star in the World - and she's not in Beverly Hills". The article described Madhubala's immense popularity in India, and explored her wide appeal and large fan base. It also speculated on her potential international success.[12] Academy Award winner American director Frank Capra, while visiting Bombay for International Film Festival of India, was keen to give her a break in Hollywood, but her father Ataullah Khan declined.[14]
Stardom
Madhubala's co-stars Ashok Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Rehman, Pradeep Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Sunil Dutt and Dev Anand were the most popular of the period. She also appeared with Kamini Kaushal, Suraiya, Geeta Bali, Nalini Jaywant, Shyama and Nimmi, notable leading ladies. The directors she worked with, Mehboob Khan (Amar), Guru Dutt (Mr. & Mrs. '55), Kamal Amrohi (Mahal) and K. Asif (Mughal-e-Azam), were amongst the most prolific and respected. Madhubala also became a producer with the film Naata (1955), in which she also acted.[15]
During the 1950s, Madhubala took starring roles in almost every genre of film being made at the time. Her 1950 film Hanste Aansoo was the first ever Hindi film to get an "A" – adults only – rating from the Central Board of Film Certification.[16] She was the archetypal fair lady in the swashbuckler Badal (1951), and following this, an uninhibited village beauty in Tarana (1951). She played the traditional ideal of Indian womanhood in Sangdil (1952), and produced a comic performance as the spoilt heiress, Anita, in Guru Dutt's satire Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955). In 1956, she acted in costume dramas such as Shirin-Farhad and Raj-Hath, and played a double role in the social drama Kal Hamara Hai (1959). In the mid-1950s, her films including the major ones like Mehboob Khan's Amar (1954) did not do well commercially.[17] However, she bounced back between 1958 and 1960 when she starred in a series of hit films. These include Howrah Bridge, opposite Ashok Kumar where she played the role of an Anglo-Indian Cabaret singer involved in Calcutta's Chinatown underworld. In the song Aaiye Meherebaan from this film, she lip-synced a torch song dubbed by Asha Bhosle which has remained popular to this day. Among other successful films, she played opposite Bharat Bhushan in Phagun; Dev Anand in Kala Pani; Kishore Kumar in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi; and Bharat Bushan again in Barsaat Ki Raat (1960). Then in 1960, she appeared in the magnum opus Mughal-e-Azam.
Madhubala acted in as many as seventy films from 1947 to 1964, and only fifteen of which were box office successes.[17] Dilip Kumar regrets that "(h)ad she lived, and had she selected her films with more care, she would have been far superior to her contemporaries ..."[18] Kumar also points out that "actresses those days faced a lot of difficulties and constraints in their career. Unable to assert themselves too much, they fell back on their families who became their caretakers and defined everything for them."[19]
Mughal-e-Azam and later work
It was the film Mughal-e-Azam that marked what many consider to be Madhubala's greatest and definitive characterization, as the doomed courtesan, Anarkali. Although the film took nine years to complete, it was not until 1953 when Madhubala was finally chosen to play the role. Bunny Reuben in his Book Dilip Kumar: Star Legend of Indian Cinema claimed that Dilip Kumar's role was instrumental behind this selection.[20] Mughal-e-Azam gave Madhubala the opportunity of fulfilling herself totally as an actress, for it was a role that all actresses dream of playing as Nimmi acknowledges that "as an actress, one gets a lot of roles, there is no shortage of them, but there isn’t always good scope for acting. With Mughal-e-Azam, Madhubala showed the world just what she could do."[21]
Madhubala in Mughal-e-Azam
However, by the late 1950s, her health was deteriorating fast, and Director K. Asif, probably unaware of the extent of Madhubala's illness, required long shooting schedules that made physical demands on her, whether it was posing as a veiled statue in suffocating make-up for hours under the studio lights or being shackled with heavy chains. It was also a time when Madhubala's relationship with Dilip Kumar was fading out, and "the lives of Madhubala and her screen character are consistently seen as overlapping, it is because of the overwhelming sense of loss and tragedy and the unrelenting diktat of destiny that clung to both and which neither could escape".[22]
Mughal-e-Azam was released on 5 August 1960, and became the biggest grossing film at that time, a record that went unbroken for 15 years until the release of the film Sholay in 1975. It still ranks second in the list of all time box-office hits of Indian cinema. Madhubhala was nominated for a Filmfare Award for her performance in Mughal-e-Azam.
In 1960 Madhubala was at the peak of her career and popularity with the release of Mughal-e-Azam and Barsaat Ki Raat. She did have intermittent releases in the early 1960s. Some of these, like Jhumroo (1961), Half Ticket (1962) and Sharabi (1964), performed above average at the box-office. However, most of her other films released during this time were marred by her absence and subsequent lack of completion due to her prolonged illness. These films suffer from compromised editing, and in some cases the use of "doubles" in an attempt to patch-in scenes that Madhubala was unable to shoot.[23] Her last released film Jwala, although filmed in the late 1950s, was not issued until 1971.
Personal life and controversies
In their 1962 book Self-Portrait, Harish Booch and Karing Doyle commented that "(u)nlike other stars, Madhubala prefers a veiled secrecy around her and is seldom seen in social gatherings or public functions" (p. 76), and went on to say that "(c)ontrary to general belief, Madhubala is rather simple and unassuming" (p. 78).[10][24] This is echoed in Madhubala's sister's interview with the Filmfare: "(Madhubala) became a craze because she was never seen in public. She wasn’t allowed to attend any function, any premiere. She had no friends. But she never resisted, she was obedient. Being protective, my father earned the reputation of being domineering".[25] Dilip Kumar added, "She was extremely popular ... and I think the only star for whom people thronged outside the gates. Very often when shooting was over, there’d be a vast crowd standing at the gates just to have a look at Madhu ... It wasn’t so for anyone else. That was her personal effect on fans. Her personality was vivacious."[26] But, "she was aware of her beauty," reminisces B. K. Karanjia, former Filmfare editor and a close friend of both Madhubala and her father, "and because there were so many in love with her, she used to play one against the other. But it was out of innocence rather than shrewd calculation."[27] Dev Anand recalled in a similar way: "(s)he liked to flirt innocently and was great fun."[28][29] However, with Dilip Kumar she had a long association.
Dilip Kumar and Madhubala first met on the set of Jwar Bhata (1944), and worked together again on the film Har Singaar (1949), which was shelved. Their relationship began two years later during the filming of Tarana (1951). They became a romantic pair appearing in a total of four films together. Actor Shammi Kapoor recalled that "Dilip Kumar would drive down from Bombay to meet Madhubala ... she was committed to Dilip ... he even flew to Bombay to spend Eid with her, taking time off from his shooting stint ..."[30] "They even got engaged", said Madhubala's sister.[25] But, Madhubala's father Ataullah Khan did not give them permission to marry.[31] Dilip Kumar said, "She was a very, very obedient daughter",[32] and who, in spite of the success, fame and wealth, submitted to the domination of her father and more often than not paid for his mistakes.[33] "This inability to leave her family was her greatest drawback", believed Shammi Kapoor, "for it had to be done at some time."[34] The Naya Daur (1957 film) court case happened in 1956 when Dilip Kumar testified against Madhubala and her father in favor of the director B.R. Chopra in open court. This struck a fatal blow to the Dilip-Madhubala relationship as it ended any chance of reconciliation between Dilip Kumar and Madhubala'a father.[35] Reflecting on this, while Dilip Kumar said he was "trapped",[36] Shammi Kapoor felt "this was something which went beyond him (Dilip) and he couldn’t control the whole situation ..." [37] However, Madhubala's sister Madhur Bhushan claimed that "(Madhubala) said she would marry him (Dilip), provided he apologised to her father. He refused, so Madhubala left him. That one 'sorry' could have changed her life."[38]
Madhubala married Kishore Kumar in 1960, and according to Leena Chandavarkar (Kishore's fourth wife): "When she realized Dilip was not going to marry her, on the rebound and just to prove to him that she could get whomsoever she wanted, she went and married a man she did not even know properly."[39] B. K. Karanjia assumed that "Madhubala may have felt that perhaps this was her best chance" because by this time she became seriously ill, and was about to stop working completely; however, he added that "it was a most unlikely union, and not a happy one either." [40] Madhubala’s illness was known to Kishore, but like all the others, he did not realize its gravity; Ataullah Khan did not approve of his son-in-law at all, but he had lost the courage to disapprove.[41] Ashok Kumar reminisced in a Filmfare interview: "She suffered a lot and her illness made her very bad-tempered. She often fought with Kishore, and would take off to her father's house where she spent most of her time."[42] Madhubala's sister echoes this view albeit in a slightly different tone: "After marriage they flew to London where the doctor told her she had only two years to live. After that Kishore left her at our house saying, ‘I can’t look after her. I’m on outdoors often’. But she wanted to be with him. He’d visit her once in two months though. Maybe he wanted to detach himself from her so that the final separation wouldn’t hurt. But he never abused her as was reported. He bore her medical expenses. They remained married for nine years."[25]
However, Madhubala's love-life continued to be the subject of media speculation. Mohan Deep wrote an unofficial biography of Madhubala titled Mystery and Mystique of Madhubala, published in 1996, where he claims that Kishore Kumar regularly whipped Madhubala, who would show her lashes to Shakti Samanta.[43] Mohan Deep also questions whether Madhubala was really ill or whether her ailing was a fiction.[44] Shammi Kapoor, a long-term colleague of Madhubala, refuted Mohan Deep's claims, which he described as being "in bad taste". Paidi Jairaj, and Shakti Samanta, both of whom worked with Madhubala, rejected Deep's biography emphasizing the glaring difference between fact and fiction, and film journalist M.S.M. Desai, who had worked as a journalist on Madhubala's sets, questioned Deep's method of research saying, "Mohan Deep was not around at the time of Madhubala, so how is he capable of writing about her without resorting to hearsay?"[45]
Final years and death
Prithviraj Kapoor visiting the grave of Madhubala in 1969
Madhubala had ventricular septal defect (hole in her heart) which was detected while she was shooting for Bahut Din Huwe in Madras in 1954.[46] By 1960, her condition aggravated, and her sister explains that "due to her ailment, her body would produce extra blood. So it would spill out from the nose and mouth. The doctor would come home and extract bottles of blood. She also suffered from pulmonary pressure of the lungs. She coughed all the time. Every four to five hours she had to be given oxygen or else would get breathless. She was confined to bed for nine years and was reduced to just bones and skin".[25] In 1966, with a slight improvement in her health, she made a valiant attempt to complete her work in Chalak opposite Raj Kapoor, which needed only a short spell of shooting, but she could not even survive that strain.[47] When acting was no longer an option Madhubala turned her attention to film direction. In 1969 she was set to make her directorial debut with the film Farz aur Ishq. However the film was never made as during pre-production, she died on February 23, 1969, shortly after her 36th birthday. She was buried with her personal diary at the Santa Cruz Muslim cemetery by her family and husband Kishore Kumar.[48] Her tomb was built with marble and inscriptions included aayats from the Quran and verse dedications. Controversially, her tomb was demolished in 2010 to make space for new graves.[49]
Madhubala's strong presence in the public memory has been evidenced by all recent polls about top actresses or beauties of the Indian cinema.[50][51][52] Every year, on her birthday, numerous articles are printed and television programmes aired to commemorate her, to the present day. Her posters are still in demand and sold alongside contemporary actresses, and modern magazines continue to publish stories on her personal life and career, often promoting her name heavily on the covers to attract sales.[53] Many believe, however, Madhubala remains one of the most underrated actresses as "her beauty attracted more attention than her talent."[54]
In 2004, a digitally-colorized version of the original Mughal-e-Azam was released, 35 years after her death. In 2012, her 1962 release Half Ticket was also remastered, digitally coloured and re-released.
On March 18, 2008, a commemorative postage stamp featuring Madhubala was issued.[55] The stamp was produced by India Post in a limited edition presentation pack. It was launched by veteran actors Nimmi and Manoj Kumar in a ceremony attended by colleagues, friends and surviving members of Madhubala's family. The only other Indian film actress that was honoured in this manner was Nargis Dutt, at that point of time.[56]
Filmography
Year Film Director Notes
1942 Basant Amiya Chakravarty as Manju; credited as Baby Mumtaz
1944 Mumtaz Mahal Kidar Sharma as a child artiste
1945 Dhanna Bhagat Kidar Sharma as a child artiste
1946 Pujari Aspi as a child artiste
1946 Phoolwari Chaturbhuj Doshi as a child artiste
1946 Rajputani Aspi as a child artiste
1947 Neel Kamal (1947 film) Kidar Sharma First film as a heroine
1947 Chittar Vijay Mohan Sinha
1947 Mere Bhagwan Mohan Sinha
1947 Khubsoorat Duniya Mohan Sinha
1947 Dil-Ki-Rani Mohan Sinha as Raj Kumari Singh
1948 Parai Aag Najm Naqvi
1948 Lal Dupatta K.B.Lall
1948 Desh Sewa N.Vakil
1948 Amar Prem N.M.Kelkar
1949 Sipahiya Aspi
1949 Singaar J.K.Nanda
1949 Paras Anant Thakur as Priya
1949 Neki Aur Badi Kidar Sharma
1949 Mahal Kamal Amrohi as Kamini
1949 Imtihaan Mohan Sinha
1949 Dulari A. R. Kardar as Shobha/Dulari
1949 Daulat Sohrab Modi
1949 Aparadhi Y.Pethkar as Sheela Rani
1950 Pardes M.Sadiq as Chanda
1950 Nishana Wajahat Mirza as Greta
1950 Nirala Devendra Mukherjee as Poonam
1950 Madhubala Prahlad Dutt
1950 Hanste Aansoo K.B.Lall
1950 Beqasoor K. Amarnath as Usha
1951 Tarana Ram Daryani as Tarana
1951 Saiyan M. Sadiq as Saiyan
1951 Nazneen N.K.Ziree
1951 Nadaan Hira Singh
1951 Khazana M.Sadiq
1951 Badal Amiya Chakravarty as Ratna
1951 Aaram D. D. Kashyap as Leela
1952 Saqi H. S. Rawail as Rukhsana
1952 Deshabakthan Amiya Chakrabarty
1952 Sangdil R. C. Talwar
1953 Rail Ka Dibba P. N. Arora as Chanda
1953 Armaan Fali Mistry
1954 Bahut Din Huye S.S.Vasan as Chandrakanta
1954 Amar Mehboob Khan as Anju
1955 Teerandaz H.S.Rawail
1955 Naqab Lekhraj Bhakri
1955 Naata D. N. Madhok as Tara
1955 Mr. & Mrs. '55 Guru Dutt as Anita Verma
1956 Shirin Farhad Aspi Irani as Shirin
1956 Raj Hath Sohrab Modi as Raja Beti/Rajkumari
1956 Dhake Ki Malmal J.K.Nanda
1957 Yahudi Ki Ladki S.D. Narang
1957 Gateway of India Om Prakash as Anju
1957 Ek Saal Devendra Goel as Usha Sinha
1958 Police Kali Das
1958 Phagun Bibhuti Mitra as Banani
1958 Kala Pani Raj Khosla as Asha
1958 Howrah Bridge Shakti Samanta as Edna
1958 Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi Satyen Bose as Renu
1958 Baghi Sipahi Bhagwandas Varma
1959 Kal Hamara Hai S.K.Prabhakar as Madhu/Bela
1959 Insaan Jaag Utha Shakti Samanta as Gauri
1959 Do Ustad (1959) Tara Harish as Madhu Sharma
1960 Mehlon Ke Khwab Hyder as Asha
1960 Jaali Note Shakti Samanta as Renu/Beena
1960 Barsaat Ki Raat P.L.Santoshi as Shabnam
1960 Mughal-e-Azam K.Asif as Anarkali; Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1961 Passport Pramod Chakravorty as Rita Bhagwandas
1961 Jhumroo Shankar Mukherji as Anjana
1961 Boy Friend Naresh Saigal as Sangeeta
1962 Half Ticket Kali Das as Rajnidevi/Asha
1964 Sharabi Raj Rishi as Kamala
Sau Aasmaan Baar Baar Dekho Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif Amaal Mallik Armaan Malik, Neeti M Full Hd Video,Mp4,Mp3,Lyrics. This fresh holiday jam written by Amaal Mallik, performed by his brother Armaan Malik and Neeti Mohan.
Song Name:- Sau Aasmaan
Movie :- Baar Baar Dekho
Music :- Amaal ...
punjabitoday.com/bollywood/sau-aasmaan-baar-baar-dekho-si...
hazaaroN KHwahishaiN 'eisee ke har KHwahish pe dam nikle
bohot nikle mere armaaN lekin fir bhee kam nikle
nikalna KHuld se aadam ka sunte aayaiN haiN lekin
bohot be_aabru hokar tere kooche se ham nikle
English translation:
A thousand desires such as these,that each takes a lifetime (an eternity)
I found many desires and yet they aren't enough
I have heard of Adam coming from Heaven
Disgraced a lot I came from your street (home)
Self Portrait
© 2008, All Rights Reserved by Shashwat Nagpal
via Blogger ift.tt/2emHYaA
Bewafa Shayari (New Shayari)
Bewafa Shayari in Hindi Font, Hindi Bewafa Shayari, New Bewafa Shayari 2016 - 2017, Shayari for Bewafa, Shayari on Bewafa, Best Bewafa Shayari for Whatsapp Facebook, Bewafa Shayari for Girlfriend Boyfriend, GF BF, Him Her, Husband Wife, Latest Bewafa Shayri, True Love Shayari, Sad Shayari, Heart Break Shayari.
Sad Shayari, Gut gut kar jeena to koi zindagi nahi hoti
घुट घुट कर जीना तो
ज़िन्दग़ी नहीं होती,
नफरत से सर झुकाना
बन्दग़ी नहीं होती,
वो ग़ुनाह माफ़ी के
लायक नहीं है,
जिसमें शामिल कोई
शर्मिन्दग़ी नहीं होती ।
Bewafa Shayari, Wafa ki talash
वफ़ा की तलाश करते रहे हम
बेबफाई में अकेले मरते रहे हम,
नहीं मिला दिल से चाहने वाला
खुद से ही बेबजह डरते रहे हम,
लुटाने को हम सब कुछ लुटा देते
मुहब्बत में उन पर मिटते रहे हम,
खुद दुखी हो कर खुश उन को रखा
तन्हाईयों में सांसे भरते रहे हम,
वो बेवफाई हम से करते ही रहे
दिल से उन पर मरते रहे हम|
Bewafa Shayari, Toote huye dil ne
टूटे हुए दिल ने भी उसके लिए दुआ मांगी,
मेरी साँसों ने हर पल उसकी ख़ुशी मांगी..
न जाने कैसी दिल्लगी थी उस बेवफा से,
के मैंने आखिरी ख्वाहिश में भी उसकी वफ़ा मांगी….
Bewafa Shayari, Kash ke hum
Kash ke hum unke dil pe raaj karte,
Jo kal tha wohi pyar aaj karte,
Hume gum nahi unki bewafai ka,
Bas Armaan tha ki hum bhi apne pyar pe naaz karte.
Bewafa SHayari, Itni bedardi se dil
Itni bedardi se dil ko mere voh tod degi,
Yeh maloom na tha mujhe akela voh chhor degi,
Aey mere masoom dil tu tanhai se pyar kar le,
Bewafa bhi ab wafa ka saath chhor degi.
ift.tt/2emI41L Bewafa Shayari, Dard Shayari, Hindi Shayari, Sad Shayari
Rom Rom Romantic Mastizaade Sunny Leone 2016 Hindi Movie Full Audio Songs Mp3 Free Download
Rom Rom Romantic Mastizaade Hindi Movie Mp3 Songs Information:
Song Name: Rom Rom Romantic.
Singers: Mika Singh, Armaan Mallik, Amaal Mallik.
Movie: Mastizaade (2016).
Starring: Sunny Leone, Tushar...
songs-pk.download/rom-rom-romantic-mastizaade-movie-mp3-s...
Qutub Minar in red and buff sandstone is the highest tower in India. It has a diameter of 14.32m at the base and about 2.75m on the top. Qutb-ud-din Aibak raised the first stories, to which were added three more stories by his successor and son-in-law, Shamsu'd-Din IItutmish (AD 1211-36). All the stories are surrounded by a projected balcony encircling the Minar and supported by stone brackets, which are decorated with honeycomb design, more conspicuously in the first story.
Inspired by the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan and wishing to surpass it, Qutb-ud-din Aibak, the first Muslim ruler of Delhi, commenced construction of the Qutub Minar in 1193; but could only complete its basement. His successor, Iltutmish, added three more stories and, in 1368, Firuz Shah Tughluq constructed the fifth and the last story. The development of architectural styles from Aibak to Tuglak are quite evident in the minaret. Like earlier towers erected by the Ghaznavids and Armaan in Afghanistan, Qutub Minar comprises several superposed flanged and cylindrical shafts, separated by balconies carried on Muqarnas corbels. The minaret is made of fluted red sandstone covered with intricate carvings and verses from the Qur'an. Numerous inscriptions in Arabic and Nagari characters in different places of the Minar reveal the history of Qutb. According to the inscriptions on its surface it was repaired by Firoz Shah Tughlaq (AD 1351-88) and Sikandar Lodi (AD 1489-1517).
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, to the northeast of Minar was built by Qutbu'd-Din Aibak in AD 1198. It is the earliest mosque built by the Delhi Sultans. It consists of a rectangular courtyard enclosed by cloisters, erected with the carved columns and architectural members of 27 Hindu and Jain temples, which were demolished by Qutbu'd-Din Aibak as recorded in his inscription on the main eastern entrance.
Later, a coffee arched screen was erected and the mosque was enlarged,hams by robin din laden Din IItutmish (AD 1210-35) and Alau'd-Din Khalji. The Iron Pillar in the courtyard bears an inscription in Sanskrit in Brahmi script of 4th century AD, according to which the pillar was set up as a Vishnudhvaja (standard of Lord Vishnu) on the hill known as Vishnupada in memory of a mighty king named Chandra. A deep socket on the top of the ornate capital indicates that probably an image of Garuda was fixed into it.
The Qutub Minar comprises several superposed flanged and cylindrical shafts, separated by balconies carried on Muqarnas corbels. The minaret is made of fluted red sandstone covered with intricate carvings and verses from the Qur'an. The Qutub Minar is itself built on the ruins of the Lal Kot, the Red Citadel in the city of Dhillika, the capital of the Tomars and the Chauhans, the last Hindu rulers of Delhi. The complex initially housed 27 ancient Hindu and Jain temples, which were destroyed and their debris used to build the Qutub minar.[1] One engraving on the Qutub Minar reads, "Shri Vishwakarma prasade rachita" (Conceived with the grace of Vishwakarma.)
The purpose for building this monument has been variously speculated upon. Some say the minaret was used to calling people for prayer in the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosqueoffer prayer but it is so tall that you can't hear the person standing on the top. The earliest extant mosque built by the Delhi Sultans. Many historians believe that the Qutub Minar was named after the first Turkish sultan (whose descendant- Wajid Ali Shah-repaired it), Qutub-ud-din Aibak,[2] but others contend that it was named in honour of Qutubuddin Bakhtiar Kaki,[3] a saint from Transoxiana who came to live in India and was greatly venerated by Iltutmish.
The nearby Iron Pillar is one of the world's foremost metallurgical curiosities, standing in the famous Qutub complex. According to the traditional belief, anyone who can encircle the entire column with their arms, with their back towards the pillar, can have their wish granted. Because of the corrosive qualities of sweat the government has built a fence around it for safety.
The minar did receive some damage because of earthquakes and lightnings on more than a couple of occasions but was reinstated and renovated by the respective rulers. During the rule of Firoz Shah, the minar's two top floors were damaged due to lightning but were repaired by Firoz Shah. In the year 1505, an earthquake struck and it was repaired by Sikandar Lodi. Later on in the year 1794, the minar faced another earthquake and it was Major Smith, an engineer who repaired the affected parts of the minar. He replaced Firoz Shah's pavilion with his own pavilion at the top. The pavilion was removed in the year 1848 by Lord Hardinge and now it can be seen between the Dak Bungalow and the Minar in the garden. The floors built by Firoz Shah can be distinguished easily as the pavilions was built of white marbles and are quite smooth as compared to other ones.
Source : Wikipedia
via Blogger ift.tt/2e9WMal
तेरी गली में आकर के खो गये हैं दोंनो.!
मैं दिल को ढ़ूँढ़ता हुँ दिल तुमको ढ़ूँढ़ता है.!!
Humari shayari padh kar bas itna sa bole wo,
kalam cheen lo inse.. ye lafz dil cheer dete hai.
तुम आए थे, पता लगा, सुन कर अच्छा भी लगा,
पर गैरों से पता चला, बेहद बुरा लगा !!
Aaj Koi #Shayari Nhi Bas Itna Sun Lo,
Main Tanha hun Aur Wajah Tum Ho
Jee Chahe Ki Duniya Ki Har Ek #Fikra Bhula Kar..!!
Kuchh shayari Sunau Me Tujhe Pass Bitha Kar..!!
Ab woh armaan hain, na woh sapnay..
Sab qabootar urra gaya koi!
औक़ात नही थी जमाने में जो मेरी कीमत लगा सके,
कबख़्त इश्क में क्या गिरे, मुफ़्त में नीलाम हो गए..
अकसर भुल जाती हूँ मैं तुम्हें शाम की चाय में चीनी की तरह,
फिर जिंदगी का फीकापन तुम्हारी कमी का एहसास दिला देता है !!
मुझसे नफरत ही करनी है तो इरादे मजबूत रखना,
जरा से भी चुके तो महोब्बत हो जायेगी
तेरी जरूरत, तेरा इंतजार और ये तन्हा आलम,
थक कर मुस्कुरा देती हूँ, मैं जब रो नहीं पाती !!
सीने में धङकता जो हिस्सा है,
उसी का तो ये सारा किस्सा है !
ift.tt/2ea0KQ5 2 Line Shayari
Its difficult to capsule oneself into 16 Randoms but still I tried Aleem.
www.flickr.com/photos/eye_4_beauty/
All my friends pardon me if you all feel that it’s too big to read.
1. Name: Humayun Fur. Origin: Sanskrit. Meaning: “one who favours; champion”. Originally my name was Imtiaz to rhyme with my fathers name Niaz .. but later name changed and kept on the Mughal Emperor Humayun.
2. Cant do without - Family - doters - friends - computer (photoshopping FB Flickr all comes under this) and photography.
3. I stand 5 feet 11 inches, neither thin nor fat (hmmmmm ... m i lying .. let me think .. ) lets move ahead .. I wear contacts and specs.
4. I am highly emotional and a sensitive person. Moody, love life to the fullest, don’t drink, don’t smoke and no affairs (wish I could but as I know my wife will kill me so its better to be alive than dead (hahahaha). Likes to lead then to led. I am generous, warmhearted, creative, broad-minded, faithful and loving.
On the other side of the coin I am pompous, flirtateous, bossy, interfering, intolerant and a bit dominant. Have a big ego like most leos have.
5. I like speculative ventures (but in last 3 years this trait of mine seems to have taken a back seat), lavish living, childrens and doing thing as how i like and prefer. Now things have changed a bit and now I think hundred times in doing things and I tend to play safe. I dislike ordinary day to day living, small minded people, penny pinching and mean spiritedness.
6. I am a model (just for the sake of boasting - was listed in the Limca Book of Records as the only model to has done the maximum advertisements in India). I am into acting as well but no projects to speak of now more for personal reasons than profesional. I have a theater group called ‘United Models’ and we keep doing short experimental plays, in which I act or direct sometime.
7. I have produced and directed two short films ‘Dreamers of Peace’ and ‘Toba Tek Singh’ both on the subject of Peace. I have also directed and edited ‘Strugglers’ a short film on the trials and tribulations faced by strugglers who wants to make name in the Indian Film Industry as actors.
8. I have learnt and still learning Photoshop. I want to delve more into the art of filmmaking, so felt that I should learn film editing as well. So learnt and still learning Final Cut Pro and edited ‘Toba Tek Singh’ and “Strugglers’ on FCP.
9. Photography in the past was limited to shooting birthday pictures of kids. Though as model one is always connected to different photographers, consciously or subconsciously noticing, imbibing and appreciating their art. But a time came when emotionally, I was down and out due to personal health issues of my mother who medically suffers from this ailment called ‘Vascular Dementia’. From past 3 years my time and energy is all focused on her and trying every trick in the medical world to get her back to normal. So to disconnect myself from what was and is hapenning to her and keep my mind connected to something other then that, I decided to buy Nikon D70s and went all over the city of Mumbai and shot landmarks, towers and whatever came my way. Photography has now become an emotional release for me to make me forget all the sorrows and pain, which surrounds me and my near and dear ones. I owe my mental stability to photography, to flickr and to all my flickr friends who liked and appreciated my work as a photographer. If not for photography, photo shopping and flickering I would have myself lost my mental equilibrium as it not easy being a relative to a elderly person who suffers from this dreaded disease called Dementia. (In 09 .. thnks to Dr. Sushil Nanaware .. she is fine now and she no longer suffers from it).
10. I am very greedy, there is so much I want to do in the medias I have mentioned above. I want to come back to Acting .. I am missing modeling .. I am missing acting .. I miss being in front of camera .. I miss my directors saying "Humayun - Action". I know being out of sight is out of mind .. but I will be back soon ... Insha Allah. Due to my mother's illness I have stopped meeting friends .. directors .. media .. stopped going for auditons .. its not easy to tell everyone about one's personal issues ..
11. Want to improve my skills on Photoshop and master the technique of HDR more then what I already possess.
12. I work on Nikon D90 and Mac OSX Leopard. Photography is slowly becoming my passion and I eat, drink and think photography. Every moment of mine now goes as to how I should improve and learn more and more skills in this addictive art called Photography. I go through humber of tutorials on photography and photoshop skills. Experimenting and trying what I learn in the picture I click. Sometime I fail and some time I am hapy with the results. Miles to go.
13. I have few friends who are my support system and they are Sir Haresh Daftary (elder bro I did'nt have), Aloke Bhai, Shabir Patel, Naresh Nagda, Rashid Khan, Altaf Tamboo, Parvez Achwa, Imran Patel, Javed Mulla, Khalid Siddique, Husain Khan and Arif Kazi (Guru). They have stood by me .. rock solid.
14. Been an ardent fan of Rajesh Khanna. Lately it’s Salman Khan all the way. I love Laxmikant Pyarelal, R D Burman and Khayam Sahab’s music. I have to listen to Lataji’s songs once a day. World and India should be proud that a voice like her exists and makes us so happy and makes us forgets our sorrows by her lilting mesmerizing koel like voice. World and India wont see another Lata Mangeshkar ever. Salute to you Lataji. My favorite song/bhajan which I listen to everyday without fail has the vocals of Ghazal King Mehndi Hasan Sahab and Talat Aziz Sahab. The Bhajan goes like “Main Aatma tu parmatma”. Its most soothing bhajan ever with profound lyrics.
15. Wish list: To see not only India but world united. To do more for peace. To learn playing Harmonica. To have 6 packs (zyada bol diya .. ab bol diya hai to bana lenge). To learn Persian and Urdu as both my parents are masters in these languages. To visit Kutch, Junagadh, Madai, Deolali, Aurangabad, Agra and Kuwait to shoot many landmarks of these beautiful places. To make a small little place in the world of acting and photography … phew the list is endless. The great Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s sher would be apt here “hazaaron Khwahishain 'eisee ke har Khwahish pe dam nikle bohot nikle mere armaan lekin fir bhee kam nikle”. Roughly translated as “thousand desires and each one worth dying for, many of them were fulfilled yet so many remain unfulfilled”.
16. Lastly I wish and pray to Allah that he blesses us all with his choicest blessing and we all brothers of the world live happily ever after. Hatred should die .. love should flourish. Ameen.
Photograph taken by Late Shri Narayan Masurkar of IPA Studio, Mumbai.
Miss you Narayan bhai . You have been so very helpful and so very generous in teaching me lighting and photography. May your soul rest in peace. Amen
Rom Rom Romantic Sunny Leone Mastizaade 2016 Hindi Movie Full HD Video Songs Free Download
Rom Rom Romantic Sunny Leone Mastizaade Hindi Movie Video Songs Information:
Song Name: Rom Rom Romantic.
Singers: Mika Singh, Armaan Mallik, Amaal Mallik.
Movie: Mastizaade (2016).
Starring: Sunny Leone,...
songs-pk.download/rom-rom-romantic-sunny-leone-video-song...
Dhalte Suraj ke saath, aaj kuch aur vaade tutenge
Kal ek nayi subha ke sath, phir kai aur armaan jagenge....
Subject: Sunset And Couple
Location: Mumbai - India
Photo Info:
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Nikkor 70-300mm
Focal Length: 140mm
Exposure Time: 1/500s
Aperture: F5.0
ISO: 1000
Tripod: No
Flash: No
via Blogger ift.tt/2dQ5M5S
ज़िन्दगी के लिए जान जरुरी है,
पाने के लिए अरमान ज़रूरी है,
हमारे पास चाहे हो कितना ही गम,
पर आपके चेहरे पर मुस्कान ज़रूरी है.
Zindagi Ke Liye Jaan Jaroori Hai,
Jeene Ke Liye Armaan Jaroori Hai,
Hamare Paas Chahe Ho Kitne Bhi Gham,
Tere Chehre Par Muskan Jaroori Hai.
ift.tt/2eg8Oia Hindi Shayari, Life Shayari
Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian film actor working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards, all for films which showcased him in multiple roles. In addition to his acting, Ajith, in a sabbatical, participated in the 2004 British Formula Three season as a Formula Two racing driver and was ranked the third best motor car driver in India at his peak.[3][4]
He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995),[5] before going on to establish himself as a romantic hero with Kadhal Kottai (1996), Aval Varuvala (1998) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. He was later seen in method roles as in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001)[6] before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films, including Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Attagasam (2004), Varalaru (2006), Billa (2007), Mankatha (2011), Arrambam (2013) and Veeram (2014).
Ajith remains a popular figure in the media of Tamil Nadu, making headlines for his relationships before his marriage to former actress Shalini,[6] and his controversial statements in a few occasions.[7] Ajith was listed No. 61 in Forbes India's Top 100 Celebrities for the year 2012[8] He was one of the Most searched South Indian Actor on Google in 2013[9]
Acting career
Early career
Ajith Kumar was born to a middle-class family in Secunderabad, a city north of Hyderabad, to a Palakkad Iyer father and a Sindhi mother and was brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[3] He dropped out of Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School in 1986 before completing his higher secondary.[10] He took up work as a two wheeler auto mechanic, and got himself a driver's license to coincide with his interests, that of car and bike racing. In childhood he was fan of M. G. Ramachnadran and Rajesh Khanna. During his teens he became fan of Kamal Hasan. At 18, Ajith had to take up a job to support his career in racing. Joining as an apprentice, he rose to be a merchandiser with a garment export company, doing small-time press ads and TV commercials occasionally. He had put a lot of money into racing and would borrow tyres from his friends who used to help when the chains wore out as there was no money in racing at that time. Following an accident, several business agencies pushed him into modelling for advertisements in print media. He had to make a choice between films and racing, and as the films were happening and generating him some money, he began concentrating on it.[10] He debuted in En Veedu En Kanavar (1990) in a minor role as a school student.[11]
Aged 20, Ajith was selected by Telugu FILM productions, Lakshmi Productions, to star in their film; however shooting was stalled soon after filming began, following the death of the film's director.[12] Ajith then started his film career at the age of 21 appearing in the low budget Telugu film, Prema Pustakam in 1992, which remains his last direct Telugu film to date. His first Tamil film Amaravathi, directed by then newcomer Selva, was a moderate success and his voice was rendered by fellow actor, Vikram.[10] After the release, Ajith whilst training for an amateur motor race, suffered a fall, injuring his back and underwent three major surgeries resulting in a bed rest for one and a half years.[12] Following the injury in 1993, Ajith played a small role in the Arvind Swamy starrer, Paasamalargal, before appearing in a supporting lead role in the family drama, Pavithra, which featured him as an ailing patient shown maternal affection from Raadhika.[13]
1995–1999
In 1995, after a supporting role in the Vijay starrer Rajavin Parvaiyile, Ajith appeared in his first major success, Aasai. The film directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam, featured him in the lead role opposite Suvalakshmi, whose brother-in-law infatuates about her. The film became a big success and established Ajith as an upcoming actor in the Tamil film industry.[5][14] He later played the lead in Kalloori Vaasal co-starring Prashanth and Pooja Bhatt.[10] Ajith's second blockbuster came in the form of National Award winning Kadhal Kottai, in which Ajith reunited with Agathiyan, the director of the earlier project Vaanmathi.[15] The film which told the tale of two people falling in unconditional love without seeing each other until the climax. The film paired him opposite Devayani, with Heera Rajgopal, who Ajith fell in love during the making of the project, playing a supporting role.[6]
After the success of his films in 1996, the following year saw a series of five failures,[12] the most notable being Amitabh Bachchan's Tamil production Ullaasam with Maheswari, in which he was paid a salary of Rs. 2 million for the first time.[10] Ajith returned in 1998 with another successful project in Saran's Kadhal Mannan, with the "masala film" setting the foundations for an expanding fan base.[10] He also began acting in Vasanth's Nerukku Ner, and was later replaced by Suriya co-starring Vijay.[16] Following films Aval Varuvala and Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen also became successes, with the latter featuring Ajith in a guest role. Except for Uyirodu Uyiraga which flopped, his other 3 films released in 1998 and 6 in 1999 were box-office hits. Ramesh Khanna's Thodarum, Sundar C's romantic drama Unnaithedi opposite Malavika set the tone for a series of big successes.
1999–2002
S. J. Suryaah's thriller, Vaali, which portrayed him in dual roles for the first time opposite Simran, became one of his biggest hits following its release.[12] The film told the story of a deaf and mute brother setting his eyes on his younger brother's wife, with Ajith's portrayal of the two brothers winning him his first of many awards for Filmfare's Best Actor.[17] Furthermore Ajith's portrayal of the brothers was also praised, with critics claiming that the film was an"instant classic" with Ajith showing that he is a "talented actor".[18] The two following supporting roles in the drama films Anandha Poongatre and Nee Varuvai Ena also brought Ajith plaudits for his portrayals. His final film before the new millennium was another blockbuster, Amarkalam directed by Saran and featuring Shalini, whom he married shortly after the film. Amarkalam told the story of a negelected child who grew up and fails to show feelings of love or affection, becoming a gangster in the process, with Ajith's depiction of his rogue character appreciated by critics.[19]
His next, Mugavaree, won him commercial and critical praise.[20] The film revolved around the life of a struggling music composer who faces sacrifices to proceed in his career. The film featured dual endings, one with Ajith succeeding in his career, the other with Ajith dejected. Ajith's performance was yet again praised with critics from Rediff, claiming that "Ajith is the real winner", drawing an allusion with the film's script, whilst adding that "it is amazing to see how Ajith has grown as an actor. He brilliantly portrays the vulnerable and sad Sridhar".[21] He also appeared in A. R. Rahman's 2000 musical Kandukondain Kandukondain directed by Rajiv Menon. The blockbuster featured Ajith alongside prominent actors Mammooty and Abbas and actresses Aishwarya Rai, Tabu and Srividya.[22] In a similar role to his previous film, Ajith played a struggling film director facing an oscillating relationship with Tabu, with the pair being unanimously praised for their roles.[23][24] After giving 6 straight hits in 1999 and having had Mugavaree and Kandukondain Kandukondain in 2000 as success, Aith had a flop Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven co-starring Simran.[19][25]
In 2001, Ajith appeared in 3 commercially successful Tamil films. Dheena, A. R. Murugadoss's debut film co-starring Laila Mehdin and Suresh Gopi, indirectly marked the beginning of a new image of Ajith, that of an action hero that would appeal to the masses.[26] Furthermore from the successful film, Ajith's nickname in the film, Thala, Tamil for Leader, became a new identity for the actor amongst his fans.[27] In the same year, he was offered a role in Nandha, which he rejected.[28] His next was the much-hyped thriller, Citizen, portraying Ajith in ten different get-ups and it became an above average success at the box office, despite being labelled a disappointment from critics.[29] A role in the family drama, Poovellam Un Vasam followed opposite Jyothika and was a success commercially and critically earning a Special Best Actor Award from the Tamil Nadu State.[30] The year ended off with an appearance in Santosh Sivan's Hindi project, Asoka, in which Ajith appeared in a brief negative role alongside Shah Rukh Khan, which flopped.[31] 2002 saw Ajith appear in three films, the first two; Red[32] and Raja[33] being box office disappointments, the former further building up his image as an action hero. The third film, Villain, in which Ajith appeared in dual roles, one as a mentally ill handicap, became a blockbuster and in return earning Ajith his second Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award.[34][35]
2003–2005
The following years, from 2003 till 2005, saw Ajith appear in fewer films due to his career in motor racing becoming more prominent.[36] 2003 saw the release of his long-delayed Ennai Thalatta Varuvala and the police drama Anjaneya, both failing commercially. In that period, four blockbuster films, namely Saamy, Kaakha Kaakha and Ghajini, were turned away by the actor due to various reasons.[28][37]
His next film, Jana with Sneha, also became a big failure, with the Saran film, Attagasam, being his only hit in the period.[38] The film, saw Ajith portray dual roles, with a song, "Thala Deepavali", penned to promote his action image. In 2005, the failure of the Linguswamy film Ji, despite garnering positive reviews and taking a strong opening, saw Ajith take a sabbatical from acting to re-work his image.[39][40] Of the five films released between 2003 and 2005, his only box-office hit was Attagasam.
2006–2008
During 2006, Ajith returned from his hiatus by appearing in P. Vasu's Paramasivan for which he had lost twenty kilograms to portray the lead role.[41] The film enjoyed a moderate success, scoring over Vijay's Aadhi, which also released in the same week, at the box-office.[42] Critics from The Hindu stated Ajith looked "trim and taut" in the film with "only his eyes seeming to have lost some of its sparkle", following the major weight loss.[43] Furthermore, for Paramasivan and his two other projects in 2006, Ajith sported long hair, which was being grown for Bala's project, Naan Kadavul, which Ajith eventually opted out of.[44] Similarly his next, AVM Productions's, Thirupathi directed by Perarasu performed above average business at the box-office, despite garnering poor reviews, with Rediff critics citing that the film is "anything but sensible" but that Ajith "salvages the situation with a spirited performance".[45] Ajith summed up a successful comeback by the release of his long-delayed film, Varalaru which went on to become his biggest success til date. The K. S. Ravikumar film co-starring Asin, portrayed Ajith in three roles, including that of a classical dancer, with his portrayals being critically praised.[46][47] Moreover, the film fetched Ajith his third Filmfare Best Actor Award, on its way to becoming a blockbuster.[48] In 2007, media reports hinted that the actor would do a project with Shankar.[49] Ajith's first release in 2007, Aalwar became a debacle at the box-office, with his previous film still continuing to run in theatres even after Aalwar had stopped its brief theatrical run.[50] Kireedam, a remake of the 1989 National Award winning Malayalam film of the same name was released to positive reviews, with the film also becoming a moderate success.[51] During the shoot of the film, Ajith developed a further spinal injury, a recurrence of his problem earlier in his career.[52]
Ajith then starred in Billa, a remake of the 1980 Rajinikanth starrer of the same name, which became a blockbuster, the Vishnuvardhan directorial fetched critical praise for Ajith, becoming a trend-setter for stylish art direction and cinematography in India.[53] Billa, yet again, featured Ajith in dual roles one of a notorious don whilst the other played an innocent person who had to act as the don, following the former's death. After Billa, Ajith appeared in the film Ayngaran International production Aegan, directed by the choreographer turned director Raju Sundaram. The film, a remake of the 2004 Hindi comedy Main Hoon Na, failed at the box office.[54]
2010–present
Following a year's worth of production, Ajith's Aasal released in February 2010, taking a grand opening at the box office. The film, which also featured Ajith in dual roles, also failed at the box office despite its bigger expectations.[55]
After a second foray into motor racing, Ajith signed up to star in a film directed by Venkat Prabhu, titled Mankatha, which notably became his 50th project.[56] The film featured him in a full-length negative role as Vinayak Mahadevan, a suspended police officer who lusts after money. His performance and his decision to portray a character with negative shades, breaking the stereotype hero image in Tamil cinema,[57][58] were lauded by critics, with reviewers from Sify and Rediff terming the film as an "out and out Ajith film" that worked "only because of Ajith".[59][60] Heaping praise on the actor's performance, the former noted that he "rocks as the man with ice in his veins as the mean and diabolic cop" and that he played "the emotionless bad man, to perfection",[59] while the latter wrote that he had "carried practically the whole film on his capable shoulders".[60] Mankatha brought Ajith Kumar his best ever opening in his career and went on to become a financially successful venture as well.[57]
Ajith then starred in Billa II, a prequel to his 2007 blockbuster Billa, which released on 13 July 2012 to mixed reviews with critics praising Ajith's screen presence and stunts, film's cinematography, pace and style while criticizing the climax to be poor and blaming the director.[61][62][63][64][65] However it had a wonderful opening and was declared a commercial success.[66][67][68]
He has starred in Vishnuvardhan's Arrambam alongside Arya, Nayantara and the film released on 31 October to very high positive reviews from both critics and audience.[69] The movie collected a heavy sum of INR1 billion (US$17 million) worldwide in just 10 days.[70] His next film post Arrambam is director Siva's Veeram, which is scheduled to release in Pongal 2014.[71]
Ajith is a keen race car driver and has driven in circuits around India in places such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. Ajith is one among very few Indians to race in International arena and only Indian actor to compete in Formula championships. He has also been abroad for various races, including Germany and Malaysia. He drove in the 2003 Formula Asia BMW Championships.[72] He raced in the 2010 Formula 2 Championship along with two other Indians, Armaan Ebrahim and Parthiva Sureshwaren.[73]
Formula BMW Asia (2003)
After a one-off race during the Formula Maruti Indian Championships in 2002, where he finished in fourth place, Ajith signed a contract with manager Akbar Ebrahim confirming his participation in the inaugural Formula BMW Asia Championship. Despite spinning out in the first lap of his first race, Ajith successfully completed the season by finishing seventh in the season.
Formula 2 (2010)
After a six-year sabbatical, Ajith signed up for his third season of car racing by participating in the 2010 season of the FIA Formula Two Championship.[74] The decision to be involved in the sport was made after Ajith's film directed by Gautham Menon was delayed, allowing Ajith to participate for the whole season.[75] Prior to signing up, Ajith competed in the final round of the MRF racing series in Chennai in February 2010, but failed to finish the race due to mechanical problems. Further trials in Sepang, Malaysia followed suit as he practised for the season's beginning in April 2010 in his Formula Renault V6 car with Eurasian Racing, shedding 11 kilograms during training.[76]
Family
Ajith Kumar was born on 1 May 1971 to a Palakkad Iyer Iyer named P. Subramaniam and his wife Mohini, of Sindhi origin from Kolkata, West Bengal.[3][77] Ajith later created the non-profit organisation "Mohini-Mani Foundation", named after his parents, in order to promote self-hygiene and civic consciousness and to help ease the problems of urban sprawl.[78] Ajith Kumar was the middle son out of three brothers, the others being Anoop Kumar, a stockbroker in New York and Anil Kumar, an IIT Madras graduate working in Seattle.[79] Moreover, Ajith had younger twin sisters, both of whom died young.[3] Through his marriage to actress Shalini, Ajith became brother-in-law to actor, Richard Rishi, and actress Shamili, who appeared as his sister-in-law in Rajiv Menon's Kandukondain Kandukondain.
Relationships
In 1999, during the shoot of Saran's Amarkalam, Ajith began to date his co-star Shalini. At that time, their involvement made him a regular subject of tabloid gossip, a role to which he was accustomed following his previous relationship. Ajith proposed to Shalini in June 1999, and following consultations with her family, she agreed.[6] They were married in April 2000 in Chennai in a grand ceremony. As both were of different religions, Ajith being a Hindu Brahmin and Shalini being Protestant Christian, they were married together under the customs of both religions. After their marriage, Shalini retired as an actress and became a full-time housewife, following the completion of two unfinished projects.[80] On 3 January 2008, their daughter, Anoushka, was born in Chennai.[81]
It’s Diwali and the tsunami named Salman Khan has again hit the box-office. While critics have said that Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is not too contemporary, the junta is lapping up the big-budget extravaganza studded with grandiose sets, hummable songs, family values and a double dose of the superstar himself. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted that the film raked in Rs 40.35 crore on Thursday and Rs 31.03 crore on Friday making it a total of Rs 71.38 crores in the domestic territory. It is expected to cross the Rs 100 crore mark by Saturday and it is terrific news for the trade. As per trade analyst Taran Adarsh Day 2 of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is bigger than Day 1 of Kick (Rs 26.40 cr) and Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Rs 27.25 cr).
The South version of the film made Rs 1.5 crore on the first day. News came in yesterday that it is doing exceedingly well in the foreign markets as well. It grossed around $1.6 million on the first day, which is spectacular considering that it was not a holiday in overseas markets. In Indian rupees, it translates to around Rs 10.62 crores. The highest figures have been in the UAE-GCC belt and US and Canada.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo also stars Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Armaan Kohli in pivotal roles. It marks the return of Salman Khan to the Rajshri camp after a span of 16 years. It has been released at over 4,500 screens across India. Salman Khan’s opening collections for Bajrangi Bhaijaan are nowhere close to PRDP. It managed only Rs 27 crore on day. From the looks of it, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo has scorched the box office and how!
#PremRatanDhanPayo Thu 40.35 cr, Fri 31.03 cr. Total: ₹ 71.38 cr. Hindi version. India biz. Should cross ₹ 100 cr today [Sat]. TERRIFIC!— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 14, 2015
#PremRatanDhanPayo *Day 2* is BIGGER [₹ 31.03 cr] than *Day 1* of #Kick [₹ 26.40 cr] and #BajrangiBhaijaan [₹ 27.25 cr]...— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 14, 2015
#PremRatanDhanPayo is being patronised in a big way by families and that reflects in its biz. Fri was FAB, crosses ₹ 70 cr in 2 days...— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 14, 2015 filmiy.in/bollywood/prem-ratan-dhan-payo-box-office-colle...
ARMAAN THA PEHNAOU GI POSHAK SHAHANI
AFSOS KE RAAS AAYI NA TUJH KO YEH JAWANI
KESA THA MUQQADAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
KEHTI THI YEH MAA KHOON BHARI MAYYAT SE LIPAT KAR
HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
1. ARMAAN THA PEHNAOU GI POSHAK SHAHANI
AFSOS KE RAAS AAYI NA TUJH KO YEH JAWANI
KESA THA MUQQADAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
2. ITNA TO ZARA TEHRO TUMHE DULHA BANA LU
PHIR EK JHALAK SEHRE KI SUGHRA KO DIKHALU
BE CHAIN THI KHUWAHAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
KEHTI THI YEH MAA KHOON BHARI MAYYAT SE LIPAT KAR
HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
3. ATHAARA BARAS PAAL KE PARWAAN CHARHAYA
WO GASUAOU WALA HAI MERA KHOON MEI NAHAYA
YEH KYA HUWA DILBAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
4. MAA TERI JUDAI MEI BHALAA KESE JIYE GI
MAR JAYEGI SUGHRA JO KHABAR TERI SUNE GI
AB KYA KARU JI KAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
KEHTI THI YEH MAA KHOON BHARI MAYYAT SE LIPAT KAR
HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
5. KARTI THI ZIYARAT MAI PAYAMBAR KI TUJHI SE
AB GHAR MEI KISE DUNGI MEI TASHBIH NABI SE
HAM SHAKAL PAYAMBAR
HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
6. TUM HICHKIA LE LE KE JO DAM TOR RAHE HO
MU MAA SE HAMESHA KE LIYE MORR RAHE HO
KYUN ROTHE HO DILBAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
KEHTI THI YEH MAA KHOON BHARI MAYYAT SE LIPAT KAR
HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
7. AAYE JO HAME LOOTNE KHAIME ME SITAMGAR
MAA DE GI SADAYE ALI AKBAR ALI AKBAR
CHIN JAYEGI CHADAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
8. JAB KOI JAWAN LASH NAZAR HAI MAHSHAR
AIK YAD SUWEH KARB-O-BALA JATI HA MAHSHAR
DIL ROTA HAI KEHE KAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
KEHTI THI YEH MAA KHOON BHARI MAYYAT SE LIPAT KAR
HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR HAYE HAYE ALI AKBAR
DJ Kamal Mustafa Tu Mil Jaye remix album featuring emraan hashmi arijit singh toshi jubin and armaan amaal malik
“What’s the best advice you can give to someone?”
“Make sure that everything you put your 100% in and that you love it. Because at the end of the day, it’s your life. If you’re doing something for someone else, they’re not going to be there while you’re reflecting on it yourself.
Basically, my goal is to look back in any point in life for every decision I make and say that that was the right decision I made at the time with all the information and knowledge I had at that moment. But if I make a bad decision, the only thing I can do is learn from it and strive to be better.”