nana patekar

Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar

Biography of Nana Patekar

Born Vishwanath Patekar in Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar (a painter) and his wife Sanjanabai Patekar. He is an alumnus of the Sir J. J. institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai. During his college years he was active in inter collegiate dramatics. After graduating he has starred in a number of Bollywood movies with some of the most prominent film directors of Bollywood. He is married to Neelakanti and they have a son Malhar.


He is known to give generously to the poor.


He acted in movies such as Mohre (1987) and Salaam Bombay! (1988) and was noticed by the mainstream Bollywood industry for his portrayal of the villain in the 1989 film, Parinda. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the role. He also won the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar.


In the movie Ab Tak Chappan (2005) he plays a police officer whose main task is to rid the streets of underworld dons. In 1994 he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Krantiveer (1994). He also won the Filmfare Award and the Star Screen Awards in the best actor category.


Patekar has played various type of roles. He has played the occasional villain but has played a hero in most of his films. He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer (1994), a wife beater in Agni Sakshi (1996), a deaf and dumb father to his then off-screen lover Manisha Koirala in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and a schizophrenic in Wajood (1998). He has also played some villainous roles. Patekar has also done Comic roles in the recent film Welcome (2007) in which he plays a powerful crime lord who once desired to be an actor in films.


He turned director with his movie Prahaar: The Final Attack co-starring Madhuri Dixit. His other films as an actor include Hu Tu Tu and Bluff Master. For his performance in Apaharan, he received the Filmfare Best Villain Award as well as the Star Screen Award Best Villain. He is going to be in Sangeeth Sivan's next film, which is a remake of the Telugu film Athadu(2005) and as the character Anjaneya Prasad (CBI Officer), Which was originally played by Prakash Raj.


Patekar has also done some playback singing in the films Yeshwant (1997), Wajood (1998) and Aanch (2003).


He has an honorary Captain's Rank from Indian Army. He underwent training for his role as a Army officer in the movie Prahaar. He was thus awarded the rank. He joined the Territorial Army (India) in early 90s. At the age of 54 he took up the sport of rifle shooting. He qualified for the G.V. Malvankar Championships.


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Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari

Biography for Asif Ali Zardari 

Date of Birth
21 July 1956, Karachi, Pakistan 


Height
5' 8½" (1.74 m) 


Spouse
Benazir Bhutto (18 December 1987 - 27 December 2007) (her death) 3 children


Trivia
After their arranged marriage was announced on July 29, 1987, Asif sent Benazir roses every day and gave her a heart shaped ring of diamonds and sapphires.


Has three children from the marriage to former prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (b. 1988), Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari (b. 1990) and Asifa Bhutto Zardari (1994).


Brother-in-law of Sanam Bhutto.


Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari named their Karachi house "Bilawal House". Bilawal is the name of their son.


Brother of Farial Talpur (politician).


His wife was assassinated in a suicide attack in Rawilpindi after a successful speech on 27th of December 2007.


Their house in Dubai is in Emirates Hills region.


Is three years younger than his wife Benazir Bhutto.


He is a citizen of Dubai.


His daughter Bakhtawar migrated from Dubai to London in order to complete her education in Oxford university where her brother also is a student.


In January 2007, there were rumors that Benazir and Asif were divorcing but soon PPP contradicted these reports, terming them "baseless propaganda" against the PPP and its leaders. Benazir Bhutto's spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that it was a "baseless, false and bogus story". He said that Benazir and Zardari were living together and had no differences and they were still in love.


At the family home in Dubai, where she lived in exile, Benazir Bhutto's bedroom is locked. On the bedside table sits the manuscript of a book she finished writing a day before she was killed. "I sleep in the next room, because the children and I don't want to lose her scent,". says Asif Ali Zardari Bhutto's widower.




Personal Quotes
I cannot abandon my dear wife and children. I would rather die than abandon all of you.


Benazir Bhutto is like the Shakespearean tragedy. The people of Pakistan want her, the world appreciates her, her qualifications are beyond comparison in Pakistan, but yet some feel they can do without her. She has managed to keep herself intact, her charisma intact, me intact in prison, the party intact, the public support intact. You must remember the tremendous odds that she was fighting against. For a singular party or a singular lady, or even a man for that matter, to bear it and manage to survive is a great victory. There is nothing that the establishment didn't do against us. I told one establishment representative that there are people in politics around because of you and some are there despite you, so please give us that respect. - (on Benazir Bhutto (2005))


It's not a sad day...it is the darkest, gloomiest day in the history of this country and in my whole life. (On Benazir Bhutto's assassination.)


(on his wife in United Nations General Assembly - Sep 2008) The Bhutto doctrine of reconciliation is a road map not only to a new Pakistan, but to a new era of peace and co-operation between East and West, between people of all faiths, a road map that if followed will avoid a clash of civilizations and clash of religions that is the terrorists' ultimate goal. The Bhutto doctrine is the new century's equivalent of the Marshall Plan that saved Europe after World War II.


Benazir Bhutto's assassination was a kind of shock that could shake Pakistan for years.

asif ali zardari

Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari

Biography for Asif Ali Zardari 

Date of Birth
21 July 1956, Karachi, Pakistan 


Height
5' 8½" (1.74 m) 


Spouse
Benazir Bhutto (18 December 1987 - 27 December 2007) (her death) 3 children


Trivia
After their arranged marriage was announced on July 29, 1987, Asif sent Benazir roses every day and gave her a heart shaped ring of diamonds and sapphires.


Has three children from the marriage to former prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (b. 1988), Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari (b. 1990) and Asifa Bhutto Zardari (1994).


Brother-in-law of Sanam Bhutto.


Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari named their Karachi house "Bilawal House". Bilawal is the name of their son.


Brother of Farial Talpur (politician).


His wife was assassinated in a suicide attack in Rawilpindi after a successful speech on 27th of December 2007.


Their house in Dubai is in Emirates Hills region.


Is three years younger than his wife Benazir Bhutto.


He is a citizen of Dubai.


His daughter Bakhtawar migrated from Dubai to London in order to complete her education in Oxford university where her brother also is a student.


In January 2007, there were rumors that Benazir and Asif were divorcing but soon PPP contradicted these reports, terming them "baseless propaganda" against the PPP and its leaders. Benazir Bhutto's spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that it was a "baseless, false and bogus story". He said that Benazir and Zardari were living together and had no differences and they were still in love.


At the family home in Dubai, where she lived in exile, Benazir Bhutto's bedroom is locked. On the bedside table sits the manuscript of a book she finished writing a day before she was killed. "I sleep in the next room, because the children and I don't want to lose her scent,". says Asif Ali Zardari Bhutto's widower.




Personal Quotes
I cannot abandon my dear wife and children. I would rather die than abandon all of you.


Benazir Bhutto is like the Shakespearean tragedy. The people of Pakistan want her, the world appreciates her, her qualifications are beyond comparison in Pakistan, but yet some feel they can do without her. She has managed to keep herself intact, her charisma intact, me intact in prison, the party intact, the public support intact. You must remember the tremendous odds that she was fighting against. For a singular party or a singular lady, or even a man for that matter, to bear it and manage to survive is a great victory. There is nothing that the establishment didn't do against us. I told one establishment representative that there are people in politics around because of you and some are there despite you, so please give us that respect. - (on Benazir Bhutto (2005))


It's not a sad day...it is the darkest, gloomiest day in the history of this country and in my whole life. (On Benazir Bhutto's assassination.)


(on his wife in United Nations General Assembly - Sep 2008) The Bhutto doctrine of reconciliation is a road map not only to a new Pakistan, but to a new era of peace and co-operation between East and West, between people of all faiths, a road map that if followed will avoid a clash of civilizations and clash of religions that is the terrorists' ultimate goal. The Bhutto doctrine is the new century's equivalent of the Marshall Plan that saved Europe after World War II.


Benazir Bhutto's assassination was a kind of shock that could shake Pakistan for years.

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Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

  

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi Biography
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was born on 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, popularly known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer and current One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in the international circuit. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.

Afridi is from the Afridi tribe of the Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and hails from a Pashtun family. He is married and has two daughters, Aqsa and Ansha.

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket. Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is the leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 41 matches.

In June 2009 Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI captain against Sri Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Test captaincy but resigned after one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Test cricket; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup.

His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname “Boom Boom Afridi”. Moreover, out of the six fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them. As of 27 February 2011, he has an ODI strike rate of 113.83 runs per 100 balls, the third highest in the game’s history. This attitude has been transferred to Test cricket as well, with Afridi scoring at a relatively high strike rate of 86.13. He has an approach to batting that can change the tempo of a game and inspire the mood of an audience, as shown when a mass exodus of spectators occurred in Pakistan in late 2005 following his dismissal from the crease.

Having started as a fast bowler, Afridi decided to start bowling spin after someone told him he was throwing. He modelled himself on Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir. Afridi began his career as primarily a bowler, however after scoring the fastest century in his maiden ODI innings more was expected of him with the bat. He considers himself a better bowler than batsman. While he is renowned for his aggressive batting, he is also a handy leg-spinner capable of producing a good mix of wicket taking balls.

He has over 300 International wickets, most of which are from the ODI format. While his stock ball is the leg break, his armoury also includes the conventional off break and a ‘quicker one’ which he can deliver in the style of a medium-pacer. He bowls at a high speed for a spinner, resulting in lesser turn, and relying more on variations in speed. He occasionally sends down a bouncer to a batsman, which is very rare for a spin bowler.