The 55 year old Kamal Haasan also added: “I’m looking
forward to the next 10 years which I hope will be the best years of my career.”
It proves beyond doubt that there is nobody who is more passionate about cinema
than the master himself.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni
said: “A retrospective gives people an opportunity to view works of art on a
vast spectrum. It is a visual treat for movie buffs. It is important to view
classics, as they make a tremendous impact on society. We have cinematic
diversity in our country. Our brand entity is not only because of Bollywood,
but also because of the creative genius of all languages.”
The minister also said: “This is an acknowledgement of your
contribution for the past 50 years. After his debut in Kalathur Kannamma in
1959, Kamal has been honoured with several awards. In fact, he may be the most
awarded person in the country.”
Trisha Krishnan ({{lang-te|}; born on 4 May 1983) is an
Indian film actress and model who has prominently been appearing in Tamil and
Telugu films. After her first appearance in the 1999 Tamil film Jodi, as a
supporting role character, she won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for
her first lead role in the 2002 film Mounam Pesiyadhe. She later rose to fame
after starring in the successful films, Saamy (2003) and Ghilli (2004) in Tamil
cinema and Varsham (2004) in Telugu cinema, for which she secured her first
South Filmfare Best Actress Award. She will make her debut in Bollywoodwith the film Khatta Meeta.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known
professionally as Shakira (pronounced , Spanish., or [ʃaˈkiɾa]),
is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and
philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of
her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with
rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist
on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent
English and Portuguese.
After commercial flops with local producers on her first two
albums, and little-known outside Colombia, Shakira decided to
produce her own brand of music. In 1995 she released Pies Descalzos, which
brought her great fame in Latin America and Spain, and her 1998 album ¿Dónde
Están los Ladrones? was a critical success. Since then she has gained many fans
in semi-Hispanophone countries, and many non-Spanish-speaking countries,
especially the United States.
In 2001, and aided by heavy rotation of the music video, "Whenever,
Wherever", she broke through into the English-speaking world with the
release of Laundry Service, which sold over 13 million copies worldwide.[6][7]
Four years later, Shakira released two album projects called Fijación Oral Vol.
1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2. Both reinforced her success, particularly with the
most successful song in the 21st century to date, "Hips Don't Lie".From
October-November 2009 Shakira released her latest album She Wolf worldwide.
She has won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards,
twelve Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She is
also the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, and the second most
successful female Latin singer having sold over 50 million albums worldwide.
Additionally, she is the only artist from South America
to reach the number-one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the Australian ARIA
chart, and the UK Singles Chart. Shakira is to be given a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
Shakira's latest success story is the superhit "Waka
Waka (This Time for Africa)", the
official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, along with its Spanish language
version, titled "Waka Waka (Esto es África)". The song has received
generally positive critical reception, and has become a worldwide hit
