Walton is planning to launch mobile phone set within Tk.1000 ($12)

In Bangladesh, Walton does not need any introduction. It is one of the most well-established electronics brand in Bangladesh. The company locally manufactures different electronic products including motor cycle, refrigerator, Television, and mobile handsets. The good news is, Walton is looking forward to introduce mobile handsets within Tk.1000 ($12) in Bangladesh.

Recently, BizBDNews website did an interview of Uday Hakim, Senior Deputy Director, Head of Creative and Publication, Walton. In the interview he mentioned that his organization is now planning to launch mobile phones within Tk.1000 ($12).

Mobile is currently very much popular in Bangladesh and its popularity is growing day by day. Currently, Bangladeshi market is flooded is with Chinese brand phones. These phones are also cheaper compared to the regular brand phones of Bangladesh but they are of poor quality. Hence, many people suffer after buying these phones. If Walton can come with a fairly reliable product at Tk.1000 price point then it will be a big hit in the mobile phone market of Bangladesh.

Top Ten Indian Male Singers of All Time

Song is an important part of the Indian film. Fans cannot think Indian movie without song. It plays very important role to attract millions of fans to come and watch films on silver screen. Indian music industry has a rich history and it is getting rich day by day. The person who plays vital role behind its popularity is called singer. They are also getting popular with their songs.

Here, I have made a list of top ten male singers of Bollywood. They have been selected based on their popularity, versatility and voice. If you have any information to share then feel free to mention it in the comment section.

Kishore Kumar:

Kishore Kumar is a very household name among the Indian movie lovers. He has got equal success as an actor and playback singer, but received more success for his voice. Very few actors got as much success as like him.

After the release of Aradhana in 1969, he reached at the top of his popularity. Here, he lent his voice in a song titled “Roop Tera Mastana” which became hit. After that, movie lovers saw him ruling the next two decades.

Without having any formal training in music, he touched the hearts of millions of listeners around the world with his golden voice. As a singer, his popularity was increasing in such a way that past greats like Mohammad Rafi found it hard to compete with him.

He had good connection with Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan and had the chance to work with almost all lead actors and music directors of his time. With bagging 8 Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer, he holds the record for the most number of Filmfare Awards won for that category. Madhya Pradesh government gave him "Lata Mangeshkar Award" for his contribution to Indian cinema.

Mohammad Rafi:

Mohammad Rafi is one of the greatest playback singers in the history of Indian cinema. There is no one who can be compared with him. He was the dominant figure in the Golden Era of Hindi Cinema. In his 35 years of career from 1945 to 1980, he has sung 7,516 Hindi film songs, 112 non-Hindi film songs, and 328 private (non-film) songs and performed all types of songs.

In his time, he has worked with almost all the music directors and actors. He won National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, Indian government honored him with Padma Shri award.

Mukesh Chand Mathur:

He is widely known as Mukesh to his millions of fans. As his voice was extremely suitable for the tragic films, he was called the king of sad songs. He was deeply influenced by the legendary singers- KL Saigal, Rafi and Kishore, of his time, and he had to struggle hard to come out of their shadows. For his voice, he was compared with KL Saigal.

However, music director, Naushad, helped him to create his own style and to come out of his saigal style. Though he had to go through many ups and downs, his career spanned for three decades and he is still popular today.

Manna Dey:

Born as Prabodh Chandra Dey, he got commonly known by his nick name “Manna Dey”. He has shared equal success in both Bengali Assamese and Hindi films.

Though he performed all types of songs from Pop to folk, he is ranked as one of the best classical singers among all singers of Hindi film music.

His great voice, versatility and command over classical music helped him to be a great singer. He has sung more than 3500 songs over the course of his career.

He was honored with the Padma Shri award in 1971 and the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007 by the Indian government.

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay:

Commonly Known as Hemanta Mukherjee, was the legendary singer, music composer, producer and one of the leading supporters of Rabindra Sangeet. He was the doyen of Bengal and Hindi music.

He was trained by Ustad Faiyaz Khan but his guidance was cut short by Ustad’s untimely death. He was blessed with versatility but limited by range. Despite performing a limited number of songs, he is still popular today.

Bhupen Hazarika:

Bhupen Hazarika is blessed with multifaceted talent. He has successful footstep in almost all the cultural arenas, including, writing poetry, lyrics, composing music, singing, acting, journalism and film-making, with highest repute. However, he is mainly known as singer to his fans and a living pioneer of Assam’s film industry in the Northeast.

In his songs, he talked about ordinary people and their sufferings that made him popular among all class of ethnic and religious communities not only in Assam but also in other countries outside India. He was a strong supporter of communism and that is why, fans could find the themes of communal amity, universal justice, empathy and humanity.

Most of his songs were mainly sung and written in the Assamese language by him, but have been translated and sung in many languages, especially in Bengali and Hindi.

In his long career, he won many major awards in India and performed more than 1,500 songs.

Rahul Dev Burman:

The son of singer and Bollywood music composer Sachin Dev Burman and his wife Meera, Rahul Dev Burman, is a gift in the Hindi film industry. He kept very important contribution in the Hindi film industry by revolutionizing the filmi music in Hindi films for which he is credited. His style and techniques are still followed by the composers of today. Besides composing music, he also lent his voice in eighteen movies for which he himself composed the scores.

It is said that he used to get tunes in his dreams. Being advised by his father, he used to get up as soon as he dreamt of a tune and wrote it down.

Kumar Sanu:

For his singing style, Kumar Sanu often compared with an Indian legend singer, Kishore Kumar. However, he came out of Kishore’s shadow and developed his own singing style. In the early 1990s, he reached at the top of his popularity at a time when Gulshan Kumar ruled the music industry. He has given a number of hit song to his fans.

He has been criticized for not having a range or a good voice. He won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. In 2009, he was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.

Mahendra Kapoor:

Mahendra Kapoor is another Indian playback singer who got huge popularity among fans for his Rafi like voice and ability to sing at higher end of the octave. His career spanned five decades and sang over 25,000 songs in various regional languages. Some of his memorable songs are ‘Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono’ in Gumrah, ‘Neele gagan ke taale’ in Hamraaz. But he became identical to the patriotic songs like ‘Mere Desh Ki Dharti', in Manoj Kumar’s film Upkaar.

Indian government honored him with the Padma Shri award in 1972.

KL Saigal:

Kundan Lal Saigal, shortly called as KL Saigal, is a legendary figure in the Indian film industry. The singer-actor is known as the first superstar of the Hindi film industry. He died long times ago but his popularity is still intact. It became possible because of the magic that he had in his voice.

Top Ten Australian Cricket Players of All Time

Cricket is the most popular sports in Australia. They have the most successful team in the world and they have won the World Cup 4 times. Naturally they have produced some outstanding players and some of them are really outstanding. Here, I have made a list of top ten Australian players of all time. I hope that you would agree to at least 50% of the players that I have included here. You are most welcome to let me know your opinions in the comment section.

Sir Donald Bradman:

The Australian batting legend, Sir Donald Bradman, should be included first in the list of best Australian cricketers of all time and there is no doubt about his position. If we consider him great among the Australian cricketers then it should be wrong because he is the greatest batsman of the world who ever lived as well as the greatest cricketer of the 20^th century.

What helped him get such prestigious position is his career Test batting average of 99.94 which has been marked as the greatest achievement in any major sports. In his two decades of cricket career, he played just 52 Tests where he scored 6996 runs with 29 centuries and 13 half-centuries.

He is perhaps the only player who has more than double Test centuries than half centuries. Apart from his batting average record, he also holds the record for the most double centuries (12) and triple centuries (2). With scoring 974 runs, he became the most run scorer in one-series.

Had he been a player of today and played with today’s bat and pitch then he would get more runs, money and popularity.

Shane Warne:

There is no need to give any explanation about this veteran bowler. If we look at his bowling records in both Test and ODI cricket format then we can easily understand why he is called as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of cricket game. This right-arm leg-spinner showed how much a ball can turn. With his prodigious turn, he deceived many veteran players like Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar of his time.

Shane Warne also kept a very important role in the victory against competitive teams like Pakistan, South Africa and England. However, Shane Warne did not do well in India and it might give him pain.

Since making his debut in Test cricket in 1992, he has played 145 Tests and taken 708 wickets which was the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket until it was broken by Muttiah Muralitharan.

Playing 194 ODI games, he got 293 wickets but he will be remembered for his performances in the 1996 and 1999 world cup semi-finals. His 5-wicket spell in the 1996 world cup and in the 1999 world cup helped his team to get impossible victory.

Steve Waugh

History of Australian cricket will be incomplete without Steve Waugh. He was a great allrounder and perhaps the greatest captain of all time. Under his captaincy, Australia won 15 consecutive matches and it is a record that speaks for itself. He scored 10,927 playing in 168 test matches. He achieved a lot but he failed to get a series win in Indian soil. Of course, it is a very difficult thing to achieve for any touring side.

Adam Gilchrist:

The former Australian wicketkeeper has got huge recognition for his aggressive batting. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest entertainers in the ODI format of cricket game. He entertained the cricket fans with the bat. Making his international debut in 1996, he has played 96 Tests and 287 ODI matches and scored respectively 5570 and 9619 at an average of 47.60 and 35.89.

Adam Gilchrist is regarded as the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman of all time. As like his batting, he was more effective behind the wicket. In ODI, he has 417 catches and 55 stamping while in Test, he took 379 catches with 37 stamping.

It is really hard to get any player like him and still no one could void his place in the Australian cricket team.

Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath was not the fastest bowler on the pitch when he played but he surely was the most successful fast bowler and his record of 641 wickets in test cricket is yet to be surpassed by any fast bowler. Of course, ahead of McGrath, there are 3 bowlers with more test wickets but all 3 of them are spinners not pacers. It was his accuracy that killed the opponents. He played in 124 test matches- a rare achievement for a fast bowler. He played an important role in the World Cup tournaments of 1999, 2003 and 2007 and you know that Australia won all 3 of them.

Ricky Ponting

What an eventful career Ricky Ponting had? He won World Cup in 1999 as a player and then in 2003 and 2007 as a captain. So, he played crucial roles in these 3 successive championships for Australia in World Cup Cricket. Well, not only Ricky Ponting was a great captain but he was also a great individual player. He got 12,913 runs in 160 test matches and 13,686 runs in 370 ODIs. So, you see that Ponting was equally successful in both ODI and Test Cricket. He took 188 and 157 catches respectively in Test and ODI.

Allan Border

Allan Border started playing for Australian cricket team at a time when a number of their top players were almost out of their prime. So, he had to become captain at a difficult time but this was the best thing happened to the team and for himself as well. Under his captaincy, the greatest moment for Australian cricket came in 1987 world cup as they become the champion for the first time. Under his captaincy, Australia won many things in many places but not a series win in the West Indies. Who cares for that? Border scored 11174 in 156 test matches and it was a world record that time. He is first great captain for Australia and his captaincy laid the foundation of Aussie supremacy in cricket for years to come.

Dennis Lillee

The people of this generation may know much about Dennis Lillee but he was a fearsome fast bowler and any batsmen in front of him was afraid to face him. It was a nerve wrecking experience for any batsman in the world facing this great Australian bowler. In just 70 test matches, he captured 355 wickets and it was a world record that time. On 23 occasions, he got 5 or more wickets in an innings. In first class cricket, he captured 882 wickets. We have to remember the matter that Denis Lillee played at a time when West Indies fast bowlers dominated but Lillee just never ever knew to give up on becoming the best.

Mark Waugh

I often feel that Mark Waugh got somewhat overshadowed by his twin brother Steve Waugh. After all, he scored 8029 in 128 test matches and 8500 in 244 ODIs. By the way, he was a prolific run scorer in first class matches too with 26855 from 368 FC matches and he was a decent par time bowler too. He together with his brother Steve helped to take Australia to the number one team for years during the 1990s. Oh, I forgot to say that Mark Waugh was perhaps one of the top 3 slip fielders of all time. If you don’t agree with me then what you will say about his 181 test catches? It is not a small feat my friend.

Richie Benaud

To be honest, I wanted to include Mark Taylor in this top ten list and I am sure that his fans won’t be happy for omitting him. However, I felt that I simply cannot just leave Richie Benaud alone. He was a good batsman and spin bowler, he was a better captain but he was one of the greatest figures in cricket. In fact, he has devoted his life to cricket and he is one of the greatest commentators of the game.

Qubee Laptop Fair 2012 in Dhaka: Some Information

Despite being a third world country, Bangladesh is observing steady growth in computer. Laptop is currently one of the fastest ICT products in the country. To cater the needs of the laptop users, QUBEE Laptop Fair 2012 is going to be held this year. The fair will start in January 12, 2011 and continue till January 14, 2011 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka Hotel. Some of the major reasons behind the success of laptop are- it takes up very small space, its portable and most importantly, it runs on battery which means, the laptop users can use it even when there is no electricity. Here is the press release of the “QUBEE Laptop Fair 2012:”

“QUBEE Laptop fair 2012” is starting from January 12

‘QUBEE Laptop Fair 2012’ is starting on January 12 in Dhaka with the slogan “Enlighten up the Technology”. This fair will continue till January 14 at The Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka Hotel. Event management organization `Maker Communication’ is organizing the laptop fair for the 10th time in Bangladesh. Yesterday (Monday) in a press conference, the organizers briefed the media on eve of the fair.

Qubee’s Head of Brand & Communications Mr. Syed Ashiqur Rahman, General Manager of Executive Technologies Mr. Salman Ali Khan; Manager, Market Communications of Samsung Mr. Mahmud Bin Kaiyum, Channel Marketing Manager of HP personal Systems Group Mr. Pratap Saha & Qubee Laptop Fair 2012 Coordinator Mr. Fabian Khan were present at press conference. Fabian Khan informs, this time the fair is being arranged at much wider space for customers to have a congestion free fair and shopping experience.

Syed Ashiqur Rahman Said that Qubee is patronizing the laptop fair for the third time. The rate of Laptop sales have increased considerably for the last few years in Dhaka. The Laptop Fair has massive contribution in this laptop trend. Customers will get a winter jacket with every purchase of Qubee modem with monthly package. This offer can only be availed at the fair.

According to the organizers, this is the 10th time Maker Communication is organizing the Laptop Fair after successful completion of 6 laptop fairs in Dhaka & 3 in Chittagong in the last four years. The evolving laptop trend is causing the laptop price to hike down to the purchasing capability of the middle class of the country. The electricity problem is another reason for which the consumers are choosing laptops over desktop. The mass gathering of the visitors, huge sales of the laptops and enormous consumer interest involving the fair testifies this. The organizers are expecting another shopping spree this year.

Qubee is the title sponsor of the fair. And the co-sponsors are Acer, ASUS, HP & Samsung.

Fair updates will be available at facebook. To avail the fair updates, the user will have to like the facebook page: www.facebook.com/QubeeLaptopFair. The organizers have announced prizes for the 10 randomly selected facebook page visitors.

This year, the fair consists of 12 pavilions & 60 stalls comprising of Qubee, HP, Samung, Computer Source, Smart Technologies, Global Brand, Computer Village, Executive Technologies, Excel Technologies, RM systems and many others. They are offering special discounts on renowned brands like ASUS, Toshiba, HP, Samsung, Dell, Fujitsu, Prolink, Apple, Acer, MSI, Compaq, Gigabyte and other laptop brands. Number of new laptop models will be unveiled at the fair.

The fair will be open from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm. The entry fee is TK 20 for the fair. A raffle draw will be held on the entry tickets which have attractive prizes including Laptops & Mobile Phones.

‘Qubee Laptop Fair 2012’ at a glance

Slogan: Enlighten up the technology

Place: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka

Date: January 12 to January 14, 2012

Time: 10.00 am to 8.00 pm

Organizer: Maker Communication

Sponsor: QUBEE

Co-sponsors: Acer, ASUS, HP & Samsung

Partners: Bdjobs.com; akhoni.com, Radio ABC, Orator PR

Entry fee: BDT 20

Number of Pavilions: 12

Number of stalls 60

Top Ten Indian Female Models of All Time

Models are not like ordinary people. They are far more than them because of their direct connection with art work and fashion. With the help of models, designers can represent their visions throughout the world. Whatever model does is called modeling. It is totally different from other types of public performance such as an acting, dancing or mime artist.

Modeling is a big industry in India and models are not less popular than actress. Perhaps the easiest way of making entrance into the film industry is to becoming a top model.

Here, I have made a list of top 10 Indian female models of all time. I have selected the models based on their performance on the ramp, glamour, fitness etc. If you find any problem about this list then give your own opinion on the comment section.

Noyonika Chatterjee:

There is no need to give any further description about Noyonika Chatterjee. She is widely regarded as one of the best female models of all time in India. For her contribution and dominance on the ramp for over a decade, she earned the title of ramp-queen.

For her dark body color, she is often compared with the British model, Naomi Campbell, and called the Naomi Campbell of India. In 1988, she got her first modeling offer and was flooded with assignments.

When she started modeling, there was demand on light-skinned model. However, she became one of the first models to break this trend. Still now, she is remembered in the hearts of her fans for her warm complexion and dusky beauty.

She is not working on the ramp now. Instead, she keeps herself busy in training new models and choreographs beauty contestants. Some of the Bollywood actresses she had trained are Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra and Dia Mirza.

Nina Manuel:

With her dusky beauty, Noyonika Chatterjee created a trend in the modeling industry and became one of the first models to break the stereotype of light-skinned. However, her new trend was followed by a number of models. One of the most popular faces of this new wave is Nina Manuel.

Nina Manuel will thank her mother for becoming such a popular face in the modeling industry. Her mother asked her to participate in Femina Look of the Year contest in 1995. It was the beginning of her career and after that she didn’t have to look back.

She was first seen in the San Miguel advertisement as the sexy waitress. She has also campaigned for Levi’s, Coke, Indian Express and Kodak. Besides appearing in TV adds, she has worked in music videos with Baba Sehgal, Remo and Anaida.

She has also appeared in a couple of shows- Late Night V and After Hrs on different TV channels. For her blessed looks and potential, she is considered as one of the most celebrated models in India.

Sheetal Mallar:

Another dusky beauty who deserves to be in the list is Sheetal Mallar. Discovered by the photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha for Danabhai Jewelers, she came at the centre of public attention after winning the Femina Look of the Year in 1994 beating Madhu Sapre. In the same year, she was placed she was also placed among the 12 finalists in the Elite supermodel contest.

She has campaigned for Maybelline, McDowells, LG Electronics, Gold Flake, Grasim Suitings, Motorola etc. She works as the face of Maybelline cosmetics.

After staying at the peak of her career for many years, she bid farewell to the ramp modeling.

Madhu Sapre:

Madhu Sapre is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful models in India. She is the former Miss Universe participant. She represented her country at the 1992 Miss Universe pageant. In this beauty contest, she became the second runners-up in this contest.

She will be remembered for her daring task that kept big contribution in the formation of a revolutionary change in the perception models in India. She took a nude photo with model Milind Soman with whom she was briefly engaged. It was not an easy task for her do in a country like India. She is said to be one of the most daring models.

Diandra Soares:

Diandra Soares is blessed with versatility. She is an Indian model, anchor and actress. She won the Miss Bombay beauty contest in 1995. After winning this prestigious title, she pursued her career in modeling and became one of the leading models of the ramp.

She surprised the whole world with her bald head appearance. Perhaps she was the first model to be ever seen on the runway on bald head. It was obviously shocking but her bald head gesture put her into the limelight and helped her to get fame.

According to Huffington post, she is the most beautiful bald model ever seen.

Bipasha Basu:

Bipasha Basu is a well-known figure in Hindi film industry. She is considered as one of the most sought after actresses of her time. She has got huge popularity and fame with her acting skill and dark body color. For her bold roles in Indian cinema, she has established herself as a "Sex Symbol".

Before making her entrance to film industry, she was a top ranked model. Suggested by Mehr Jessia Rampal, she participated in the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest in 1996 and won the title. It was the beginning of her career and she never looked back as she went on to become one of the most sought after models of her time.

As she got bored in modeling, she pursued her career in acting and there she got equal success.

Nethra Raghuraman:

Hailed from South India, she has become a well-known name on the ramp for almost a decade. She also made her appearance on silver screen also and acted in a number of films. Some of her notable films are Thakshak, Bhopal Express, Avgat and Inteqam. Despite getting good response as an actress, she never left modeling and fashion.

Nethra Raghuraman participated in the Look of the Year in 1997 and won the title. In 2000, she won the Best female newcomer title at Star Screen Awards. She participated at the TV show, Khataron Ke Khiladi, hosted by Bollywood actor, Akshay Kumar and was the winner.

Ujjwala Raut:

Ujjwala Raut is the first model who represented not only India but also the Asian modeling industry in the international arena. She walked the ramp for Roberto Cavalli, Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci, Valentino, Oscar de la Renta and Victoria's Secret.

Anaita Shroff Adjania quoted her as “the perfect model” while Atul Kasbekar said about her, “One of the finest models we have produced in this country”.

She came at the centre of attention in 1996 after becoming the winner of Femina Look of the Year at the age of 17. In Elite Model Look of the Year in Nice, she was among the top 15 contestants.

Carol Gracias:

Whenever we think about any model with beautiful complexion walking on the ramp then the name that comes to our mind is Carol Gracias. She is well known for her wardrobe malfunction that she experienced during the 2006 Lakme India Fashion Week in Mumbai. However, she showed her professionalism handling the wardrobe quickly and completed the walk. Still now, her attendance at any show adds class to it.

She won the India's L'Oreal/Elite "Look of the year" title. Besides walking on the ramp, she also made short appearance in the movie Being Cyrus. She was seen in the music video for the song Right Here Right Now from the movie Bluffmaster.

Carol also participated in the Indian version of Celebrity Big Brother, Bigg Boss, and she became the runner-up. She also took part in the second level of the khatron ke khiladi.

Jesse Randhawa:

Jesse is also known as the runway tigress. Her magnanimous presence at the ramp overshadows all others. Married to choreographer Sandeep Soparkar, Jesse has also evolved to become a great dancer. Modelling or dancing, Jesse knows how to do it best.

Jesse Randhawa, who is known as runway tigress, is well known for her different look that made her separate from the typical Indian women models when she started her career as model in the 90s.

At her time when models were seen with long hair, fair complexion and light eyes, she made a breakthrough appearing in short hair. Designers were not accustomed to her different look. So at the beginning of her career, she had to struggle a lot to find enough work to prolong her career in the modeling industry.

With her generous presence at the ramp, she outshines all others. She also acted in some Hindi movies. Apart from modeling, she is known for her dancing.

Top Ten Cricket batsmen of all time

Batting is one of the most important parts in cricket game. The person who hit the ball with the bat and makes runs for his team is called batsman. Batsman plays the most crucial part in the game. Winning the match mostly depends on them. A little mistake can change the whole game plan. That is why, they get more importance. For their role, they are also much adored.

Here, I have made a list of top ten batsmen of all time in cricket. Players have been selected based on their performances and records. So, many legend players have not been selected in the list despite having good scores and records. So, many of you may argue about this list. In that case, I ask apologize.

Sir Don Bradman:

When we think of the greatest batsmen of all time then the first name that comes to our mind is Sir Donald George Bradman. The Australian legend player deserves to be on top of the list for his contribution to the cricket game.

Don Bradman who is often referred to as “The Don” is generally recognized as the greatest batsman of all time and will remain greatest because of his records that are almost impossible to reach by other batsmen.

In his two decades of cricket career, he has achieved many records that are almost impossible to break. Batting 80 innings in 52 Tests, he has scored 6996 runs at an average of 99.94 which is still highest no one is close to him. If he could score 4 more runs in his last innings then total score would be 7000 runs and most importantly his average would be one hundred. Unfortunately, he got bowled out for a duck.

In his 29 Test centuries, he has hit 12 double centuries. He is the first batsman to have scored triple century twice in Test cricket. After him, only Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag have this achievement.

It is sad for him that he was not born on that time. If he was born on that time then he could earn more fame along with money by playing cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar:

The player who comes after Sir Don Bradman is Sachin Tendulkar. This Indian legend player is considered as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. However, he is known as “Master Blaster” and “Little Master” to his fans around the world. He is called the God of cricket game. He is India’s leading run scorer and century maker in both Test and ODI format of cricket game. With the bat, he has broken almost all the records in both format of cricket game.

He has made his debut in international cricket in 1989 and spanned more than two decades. He has achieved many records in his cricket career. He has appeared in the highest number of ODI and Test matches.

He has 99 centuries in international cricket, including 48 centuries in ODI and 51 in Test cricket. Now, millions of cricket fans are eagerly waiting to celebrate his 100^th international ton. He is also the highest run getter in both ODI and Test cricket. He was the first batsman to score double century in an ODI against South Africa.

With his records, he has surpassed many legends in the game of cricket. He has also got many awards for his contribution to cricket game. Indian government awarded him with the Padma Vibhushan and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

Brian Lara:

Brian Lara, who is fondly called "The Prince of Port of Spain", is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. For his batting techniques and style, he is called the classic batsman. He is considered as the pure Test batsman for his several long innings.

The Caribbean batting legend is the only player to have scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career. His 400 not out against England and unbeaten 501 for Warwickshire against Durham still remain the highest individual score in Test and First class cricket. It is perhaps that these two records will remain unbeatable.

With scoring 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003, he made the record of scoring most runs in a single over in Test cricket. For his performances, he was awarded the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards in 1994 and 1995. He is also the first West Indian batsman to have scored more than 10000 runs in Test cricket. He is one of the three cricketers to receive the prestigious BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.

Ricky Ponting:

Ricky Ponting has all the quality to be included in the list of Greatest Batsman of all time. He is the most successful captain in the history of Australian cricket. With 48 victories out of 77 Tests between 2004 and 31 December 2010, he has become the most successful captain of all time.

Under his guidance, Australia was one of the most powerful cricket teams. He and his team mates ruled the cricket world for a decade.

The specialist right-handed batsman is also the leading run scorer in both Test and ODI cricket. He has scored 39 centuries in Test and 30 centuries in ODI. According to the number of Test centuries, he is just behind Sachin Indian Tendulkar (51), and South African Jacques Kallis (40). In ODI, he is the second highest run scorer after Sachin Tendulkar.

Ricky Ponting is the highest run scorer in Australian cricket team. He is considered as one of Australia’s finest cricketers in the modern era.

Viv Richards:

Viv Richards, who is better known by his nick name as Viv or King Viv, is one of the giant West Indian cricketers. This former West Indian cricketer is well-known for his style and elegance on and off the field. He is also compared with Smokin' Joe, an Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion, across the world.

He got huge popularity for his aggressive style, but he had the complete control of his batting. Whenever cricket fans think of him, they can see him batting on the crease without helmet.

He is the most successful captain in the history of West Indies cricket. Under his leadership, the Caribbean won two world cups. He led the West Indies team in 50 Tests and didn’t have to loss a test series.

He is considered as one of the greatest attacking batsmen in cricket history. He holds the record for the fastest Test century against England. He scored century from just 56 balls.

Wisden magazine selected him as the greatest ODI batsman of all time, and the third greatest Test batsman of all time, after Sir Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar. In 2000, he was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century.

Garfield Sobers:

The former West Indian player is undoubtedly one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He was blessed with versatile geniuses. He is effective in both batting and bowling. That is why, he is considered as one of the greatest ever all-rounders in cricket. Since making his debut in 1954 against England, he has spanned two decades and made many records.

Garfield Sobers was the first player to hit six sixes in a single over in first-class cricket. With scoring 365 not out, he became the highest individual scorer in Test cricket until it was broken by his own native Brian Lara.

In 93 Tests, he has scored 8032 runs at an average of 57.78, including 26 centuries and 30 fifties. Playing equal amount of Test matches, he took 235 at an economy rate of 2.22. He played only one ODI where he could not score any single run and took only one wicket.

In 1975, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom rewarded him as the “Knight”.

Wally Hammond:

If we look at his batting average then we can easily understand that this former English player is worthy of being included in this list. Wally Hammond is a very excellent cricketer and is said to be the greatest ever batsman of all time. He is also the best batsman ever in England team. In 85 Tests, he has played 7249 runs at an average of 58.45. He has outstanding first-class cricket record with scoring 50551 runs and 167 centuries.

This legend player made a record of seven double centuries which was later broken by Bradman and Brian Lara. Scoring 336 not out, he became the highest individual run scorer in Test which was later overtaken by Len Hutton in 1938.

Allan Border:

Allan Border is the highly acclaimed Australian player. For his success as a captain, he is also considered as one of several ideal ever captain for Australia. He captained Australia in 93 matches. Under his captaincy, Australia won heir very first world cup championship in 1987. He became the first player to score 10000 runs in Test cricket. He held the record for the most Test runs scorer in Australia which was surpassed by fellow Australian Ricky Ponting. His record of playing 156 Tests was surpassed by another fellow Australian Steve Waugh. However, no other batsman even today could break his record of most consecutive appearances in Test matches-153 matches.

In 156 Tests, he has scored 11174 runs at an average of 50.56, including 27 centuries and 63 fifties. His performance in ODI is not bad at all. Playing 273 ODIs, he has scored 6524 runs at an average of 30.62 with 3 hundreds and 39 fifties.

Considering his performance in both Test and ODI, it can be said that the Australian legend is one of the greatest batsmen of all time in cricket.

Sunil Gavaskar:

There is no need to give any explanation about this batting legend. Cricket fans, especially Indian cricket fans, should have heard this name. Sunil Gavaskar is well-known as one of the greatest opening batsmen in the history of cricket. He held the record for the most Test runs and most Test centuries during his career.

In his less than two decades of cricket career, he scored 34 centuries in Test cricket and scored 10122 at an average of 51.12. His record was broken by his Indian fellow Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005.

He will be remembered and admired for his technique against fast bowling. He played very important role in the development of Indian cricket. He played at a time when India was not a strong team like today.

Sir Jack Hobbs:

Former English cricketer, Sir Jack Hobbs, has eye catching performance to make his place in the list of top ten greatest batsmen. Giving nicknamed "The Master", he was the most prolific batsman in cricket. He is generally known as one of the greatest-ever opening batsman in cricket. He still retains the record of scoring the most runs in first-class cricket. In 834 first-class matches, he scored 61760.

Playing 61 matches, he scored 5410 at an average of 56.94 with 15 centuries and 28 half-centuries.

Top Ten Male Australian Open Tennis Players

Australian Open is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments in tennis. The first Grand Slam tournament of a calendar year, Australian Open has a history of over hundred years as it started in 1905. Until 1987, the tournament was held on grass court, which was replaced by hard court in the following year. Today, Australian Open is one of most popular sporting events in the world in terms of television viewers. In 2010, the tournament drew 653,860 attendances, which is around 50,000 more than what turned up the previous year.

Here, I have made a list of top ten best singles male tennis players in the history of Australian Open. So, while making the list, I mainly considered players’ performances and records in the singles event of Australian Open. I hope you will enjoy the list, but you can let us know your choices in the comment section.

Roy Emerson

One of the greatest male tennis players of all time, Roy Emerson won 6 our of his 12 Grand Slam titles in Australian Open, a record for Australian Open tournament. Five out of his six Australian Open titles came in successive years, starting from 1963 to 1967. His 12 career Grand Slam titles was the highest for a male tennis players at the time of his retirement, which was so far surpassed by only two players: Roger Federer and Pete Sampras.

Besides his tremendous success in Australian Open, Roy Emerson became the first male tennis player to win all four Grand Slam titles at least twice during his career, and was the first male to win all the Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles events.

Roger Federer

Many believe that Roger Federer is the all-time greatest male tennis player in the history. The Swiss tennis maestro is currently the most successful male tennis player of Grand Slam with a record 16 titles to his possession. He has won Australian Open 4 times in between 2004 and 2010. Some of you may consider him above Emerson due to the fact that all his Australian Open titles came in Open era.

Federer is just one of the seven male tennis players who have completed career Grand Slam. Moreover, he also holds the record for remaining world no. 1 in ATP rankings for 237 consecutive weeks.

Andre Agassi

Another great of Open era, Andre Agassi also won 4 Australian Open titles during his career. Well-known for his return of serve and baseline game, the American made Australian Open his favorite Grand Slam tournament as he won half of his total career Grand Slam titles in Australian Open. Alike Emerson and Federer, he also accomplished a career Grand Slam.

Unlike many players, Andre Agassi was a multi-surface specialist as he won titles on all surfaces including hard, clay and grass. The former world no. 1 was very popular throughout his career not only for his success on the court, but also his effervescent personality.

Ken Rosewall

Kenneth Robert Rosewall, popularly known as Ken Rosewall, is another Australian great of tennis. The eight-time Grand Slam winner, Rosewall was among the first tennis stars in the post World War II era. He also achieved 4 Australian Open titles during his career and the 16-year gap between his second and third Australian Open title is one of the longest in the history of the tournament.

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During his illustrious career, Rosewall also won French Open and US Open titles, but he could never win Wimbledon, despite his four appearances in the final of this tournament. His contribution to tennis in the post-war era helped develop the game and reach where it stands today.

Jack Crawford

One of the early greats of tennis, Jack Crawford won 6 Grand Slam titles of which 4 came in Australian Open. The Australian tennis star was one of the dominant players of 1930’s. He came agonizingly close to winning all four Grand Slam titles in a calendar year in 1933 when he won Australian, French and Wimbledon, but he lost to Fred Perry in a five-set classic final in the US Open.

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Besides his success in the singles, Crawford also won 6 doubles and 5 mixed-doubles Grand Slam titles during his glorious career, including 3 doubles and 2 mixed-doubles titles in Australian Open. The former world no. 1 was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1979.

Rod Laver

The Australian great could have easily ended up in the top three or four, if it was a list of all time greatest male tennis players. Rod Laver was undoubtedly the best male tennis player of 1960’s, a decade during which he won all of his 11 Grand Slam titles including 3 in Australian Open and remained world no. 1 for seven years.

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Rod Laver holds many records of tennis. He is the only tennis player in the history who have won all four Grand Slam tournaments in a calendar year, first as an amateur in 1962 and then in 1969 during the Open era. Today, he is just one of the three tennis players (including both male and female) who won all four Grand Slam singles titles twice. Laver was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981.

Mats Wilander

The seven-time Grand Slam winner, Mats Wilander was one of the most dominant male tennis players of 1980’s. His 3 titles in Australian Open easily earned him a place in this list. Through he could not accomplish a career Grand Slam due to his unsuccessful campaigns in Wimbledon, no one can doubt about his class and greatness. Interestingly, his only Grand Slam title in doubles came in Wimbledon.

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The Swedish tennis star won all the Grand Slam singles titles, except Wimbledon, in 1988. His first two Australian Open titles came when the tournament was played on grass courts, and thus, he became one of only five male players to win Grand Slam singles titles in grass, hard and clay courts. By the time he turned 20, Mats Wilander had already achieved 4 Grand Slam titles, a record that still stands.

Adrian Quist

Though Adrian Quist is now considered to be one of the greatest doubles players of all time, the Australian also achieved considerable success in Australian Open singles. He secured all of his 3 Grand Slam singles titles in Australian Open in between 1936 and 1948. Besides, Quist also won 10 doubles titles in Australian Open, all of whom coming in ten successive tournaments.

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Known for his superb backhand and classical forehand, Adrian Quist won 14 doubles Grand Slam titles during his career on his way to completing career Grand Slam in doubles.

Jim Courier

The four-time Grand Slam singles winner, Jim Courier bagged 2 Australian Open titles during his career. The former world no. 1 defeated Stefan Edberg in the 1992 Australian Open final, before defending it successfully against the same opponent the following year.

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The American still holds the record for being the youngest male tennis player to reach the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments when he was 22 years and 11 months old. Courier was also the runner-up of 1991 US Open and 1993 Wimbledon tournaments.

James Anderson

Anderson is one of the two players, placed in this list, who did not win any Grand Slam singles title, except Australian Open, during their career. His three Australian Open titles came in 1922, 1924 and 1925. The Australian also won the Wimbledon doubles title in 1922, his only success in Grand Slam doubles.

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Some of you may not agree with his inclusion in this list, but considering his success in Australian Open, James Anderson deserves a spot among the top ten all time best of the tournament.

Some other great players who could make it to the list: Boris Becker, Ashley Cooper, Stefan Edberg, John Bromwich, John Newcombe, Pete Sampras, Rodney Heath, Johan Kriek and Ivan Lendl.

Top Ten Indian Actors of All Time

Indian film industry has always been dominated by actors. They play a very crucial part in the film. Even the success of the film also depends on them. Actors are treated more than stars. They are like demi-gods to their fans.

Here, I have made a list of top ten Indian actors of all time. Actors have been taken from different region films based on their performances, popularity, success, skill and contribution to the film industry.

You may agree or disagree with me as some of the legendary figures have not been included in this list. That is why, I ask apologize to all readers.

Dilip Kumar (Hindi):

Dilip Kumar is a living legend actor in Hindi film industry. Though he was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan, this Indian actor and former Member of Parliament started his acting career in 1944 in Jwar Bhata with a screen name, Dilip Kumar, given by Hindi Author Bhagwati Charan Varma.

Since his debut on a big screen, Dilip Kumar has spanned five decades and acted over 60 films and appeared in diverse roles such as the romantic Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling Aan (1952), the dramatic Devdas (1955), the comical Azaad (1955), the historical Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and the social Ganga Jamuna (1961).

His debut film could not give him much success as a leading actor. However, he didn’t have to wait for a long time as he got first major success with the film Jugnu released in 1947.

For his performances in the romantic melodramas Mela (1948), Andaz (1949), Deedar (1951), Daag (1954), Devdas (1955), Naya Daur (1957), Yahudi (1958) and Madhumati (1958), he got the screen image "Tragedy King".

Dilip Kumar has been described as the greatest actor ever. Legendary figures like Amitabh Bachan and Satyajit Ray has described him as "the Ultimate, the best" and "the ultimate method actor". He is considered to be one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He is also known as the acting king of Hindi cinema.

For his performance in the 1952 film Daag, he got Filmfare Best Actor Award and became the first Indian actor to receive such prestigious award and with eight wins, he shares the record along with Shahrukh Khan for the most number of Filmfare Awards won for that category.

Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi):

Amitabh Bachchan is undoubtedly one of the most popular figures in Hindi film industry. Despite his late sixties, he is still considered to be one of the most powerful actors in Bollywood. He is also regarded as one of the greatest and powerful actors in the history of Indian cinema. He has spanned more than four decades and acted in over 180 Indian films. For his acting performance, he is called Big B, Shahenshah etc.

It was not easy for him to make his entrance in the film industry. At first, he made his debut as a voice narrator in 1969 in Mrinal Sen's National Award winning film Bhuvan Shome. He got his first acting opportunity in Khwaja Ahmad Abbas directed Saat Hindustani as one of the seven protagonists.

He was not well accepted as a hero because of his tall height and fair body color. He had to struggle hard to cement his place as a hero. However, he gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema.

In his career, he has won numerous major awards including four National Film Awards, and fourteen Filmfare Awards. With 36 nominations overall, he has become the most-nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare.

Amitabh Bachchan is a man with versatile geniuses. He is well known as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter. He hosts the television game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. His company ABCL produced many films and unfortunately most of the films were flop. He also entered politics briefly.

Kamal Haasan (Tamil):

Kamal Haasan is one of the very few lucky actors who has gained equal popularity in almost all the major Indian language films- Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. He is also one of very few actors to have completed 50 years in cinema.

In his long acting career, he has starred in more than 150 movies including all the major Indian languages and a big portion of his acted films are Tamil. He won several Indian film awards, including four National Film Awards and numerous Filmfare Awards. He is perhaps the one and only Indian actor bagging more than 18 Filmfare awards.

He made his acting debut as a four-year-old child artist in Kalathur Kannamma where he starred alongside the veteran Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan. It helped him to get the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. He went on to act as a child actor in five other Tamil films. He is considered to be one of the method actors in the Indian cinema.

Kamal Haasan made his debut as an adult in the 1975 drama Apoorva Raagangal, in which he played a rebellious youth in love with an older woman. After that, he went on to act in several romantic films. Some of his notable films are 16 Vayadhinilae, Nayakan, Guna, Mahanadhi, Hey Ram and Alavandaan.

Rajinikanth (Tamil):

If you are a fan of Indian cinema then you should have heard the name of Rajinikanth. He is said to be one of the most powerful actors in Indian cinema. Casting Rajinikanth in the male lead role always work like a magic. His name was enough to attract millions of fans and make a film box-office hit.

His way of delivering speech, style and mannerisms helped him to get huge popularity. Because of these qualities he could ruled the film industry for more than three decades. He has acted in almost all of the Indian film industries but most of his films were in Tamil language.

Before making his entrance to the film industry, he had to do all types of odd jobs, including carpenter, coolie, buss conductor. K. Balachander directed 1975 Tamil movie Apoorva Raagangal gave him the opportunity to make his debut as a co-star alongside Kamal Haasan. His role was small and less important but he could catch the attention of movie lovers. After that, he went on to act as a co-star in several films.

However, he was cast as a main hero in the 1978 film Bairavi. This film was box office hit and he didn’t have to look back. With Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum, he made his Malayalam film-debut released in 1979. He also made his entrance in Bengali cinema through Bhagya Debata, which released at the end of 1995. In his 2007 film Sivaji, he was paid 26 crore (US$5.9 million) for his role and became the highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.

He had acted in more than 150 films across various film industries of India and has won a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award and six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including four Best Actor Awards and two Special Awards for Best Actor.

For his contribution to Indian cinema, he was given to Padma Bhushan in 2000. Except acting, he also worked as a producer and screenwriter.

Vikram Kennedy (Tamil):

Vikram Kennedy is one of the most popular faces in Tamil film industry. He is undoubtedly one of the best actors in Indian cinema. He is also highly talented and handsome actor. He will be remembered to the minds of his fans for his acting skill and style.

He made his acting debut in 1990 with the film En Kadhal Kanmani and during 1990s; he acted in a number of small-budget films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages. However, his first breakthrough came in 1998 with the Sethu directed by Bala. In this film, Vikram appeared as a rogue turned lover and it helped him to get fame as an actor.
In 2000, he appeared in a number of masala films, with Dhill (2001), Gemini (2002), Dhool (2003) and Saamy (2003). These films got commercial success. His career has spanned more than two decades and acted in almost 50 movies.

For his performances in Tamil movie, he has got Filmfare Award for Best Actor four times and one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

Uttam Kumar (Bengali):

Uttam Kumar is a legendary figure in Bengali film industry. He is regarded as the super star of Bengali cinema and the most popular Bengali film actor ever. The void that was created because of his death more than thirty years ago could not be replaced by anyone till now. He was blessed with versatility. He was a talented actor, director, producer, singer and music director and because of his multifaceted talent he was gained much acclaim and adulation.

He was born as Arun Kumar Chatterjee in 1926 to a middle class family in Calcutta, but he is widely known as Uttam Kumar and Mahanayak. Nitin Bose directed Drishtidan was his first released film which got released in 1948. Before this film, he acted in Mayador which was not released. After that, he acted in a number of films but Basu Paribar helped him to get popularity.

Uttam Kumar had successful on screen pair with Suchitra Sen. This pair’s first film was Sharey Chuattor (74 and a half anna), but his first breakthrough film with Suchitra Sen was Agni Pariksha. With this film, Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen got huge popularity as romantic pair and their combination became a very house hold name to Bengali movie lovers. After that, they gave several successful films.

Uttam Kumar also acted in some Hindi films such as Chhoti Si Mulaqat, Amanush, Anand Ashram, Dooriyaan, and Kitaabwith, but he could not gain that much success in Bollywood.

He died on 24th July 1980 at the age of 53.

Mammootty (Malayalam):

Mammootty is a big name in Malayalam film industry. Those who watch Malayalam cinema should know this legendary figure.

Since making his debut in 1971 with the film Anubhavangal Paalichakal directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan, he has acted in more than three decades and acted in more than 360 films. He is the second Indian actor after Prem Nazir to act in the number of lead roles in Indian films. In his long acting career, he also appeared in duel roles nine times in Malayalam films which is still highest in number.

Besides acting in Malayalam films, he also appeared in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. Some of his notable films are Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989), Mathilukal (1990), Ponthan Mada (1994), Vidheyan (1994), and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000).

For his performances in movies, he got numerous awards, including the National Film Award for Best Actor three times, five Kerala State Film Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards. For his contribution to Indian cinema, he was given the Padma Shri award and became the first Malayali actor to get this honour.

He was given Doctor of Letters by University of Kerala in January 2010 and by University of Calicut in December 2010.

Mohanlal (Malayalam):

Mohanlal is a name of a popular Malayalam actor who is blessed with versatility. He got well reuptation for his natural acting in Indian cinema. There is no doubt about his talent in acting. He was good in both comedy and serious roles. It is obviously a rare talent that not too many actors can expose with the same ease. Fans should remember him for his comedy roles and unique style of dialogue delivery. He is considerd as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema and is a cultural icon.

His first film was Thiranottam which was not released. However, he started his career in a villain role in Manjil Virinja Pookkal in which Fazil also made his directorial debut. It was also the debut film for both Shankar and Poornima Jayaram who played the lead roles. After the success of this film, Mohanlal did not have to look back and went on to give many hit films.

He has spanned more than thirty years in the film industry and acted over hundreds of films and bagged numerous awards, including four Indian National Film Awards and one Award for Best Film as producer along with six Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor.

He was given to India's fourth highest civilian honour, Padma Shri, award for his contribution to Malayalam film industry.

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (Telugu):

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao is a well-known Telugu actor. He is widely known as NTR and fondly referred to as Anna Garu. He was an actor with versatile geniuses. Besides acting, he had directed and produced many films. He was also actively involved in politics.

Though he made his debut as an actor in Mana Desam (1949), he got stardom in the early 1950s as "messiah of the masses" and has become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Telugu cinema. After that, he acted in a number of films in a antagonistic roles. In Palletoori Pilla, he was selected as a hero for the first time.

He will be rememberd to the hearts of Telugu movie lovers for his portrayals of Hindu idols, especially Lord Krishna and Lord Rama. He was the founder of the Telugu Desam Party in 1982 and served 3 terms as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 1983 and 1994. For his contribution to Telugu cinema he was Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1968.

Chiranjeevi (Telugu):

Chiranjeevi is a towering figure in Telugu film industry. He is also widely regarded as "Megastar" in the media. He has huge fan following in Andhra Pradesh.

Apart from this power packed performances in movies, this macho man is well known for his extraordinary dances and fights.

His real name is Siva Sankara Varaprasad but with a screen name “Chiranjeevi” suggested by his mother, he made his acting debut in the film Punadhirallu. His first released film was Pranam Khareedu.

He started getting fame with the 1981 film Initilo Ramayya Vidhilo Krishnayya. His screen persona along with his film roles contributed to a change in the concept of a Telugu film lead actor. He has acted different types of characters and won numerous awards.

He has already taken retirement from acting and now keeping his life busy in politics and humanitarian works. Forming Praja Rajyam Party in 2008, he entered into politics and in 2009, he was elected as the State Assembly from Tirupati constituency.