Ticket Collector to Tremendous Captain

"Captain Cool" Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known to us as a star player who has risen to top position in a short span of time and many of us think he was very lucky to rise to stardom quickly. However most of us do not know times when Dhoni was working for a monthly salary as a "Ticket Collector" in Kharagpur Railway Station, West Bengal. Dhoni was working as a Ticket Collector for 3 years 2001 to 2004 to meet his financial needs. 

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Sachin & Rajini - The "Three" things common between them

The "Little Master" and the "Super Star" are recognized as one of the greatest living legends in their respective fields. There are also great commonalities between these legends. Here are the 3 most significant commonalities - a) Both are Left Handed in Writing b) Both are born in a Marathi Family c) Both have the same educational qualification of 10th Standard pass. 

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Samantha's Twin Trophies!

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is only the second actress to receive 2 filmfare awards for Best Actress in Tamil and Telugu in the same year. She won the Best Actress award in Tamil for Neethane En Pon Vasantham and the Best Actress award in Telugu for Eega for the year 2013.

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Rahman's Super 10!

The "Mozart of Madras" A.R.Rahman holds the record for maximum number of Filmfare awards for Best Music Director. He has won this award 10 times out of 14 nominations which is a fabulous record. He has won the award for - Rangeela ( 1996 ), Dil se ( 1999 ), Taal ( 2000 ), Lagaan ( 2002 ), Saathiya ( 2003 ), Rang De Basanti ( 2007 ), Guru ( 2008 ), Jaane Tu Jaane na ( 2009 ), Delhi 6 ( 2010 ), Rockstar ( 2012 ).

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Software Engineer Sivakarthikeyan

Sivakarthikeyan is the most talked about "rising" star in Tamil Cinema. Almost everyone knows Sivakarthikeyan became an actor after his stint as TV anchor for Vijay TV shows. Not many know that Sivakarthikeyan is basically a BE Computer Science graduate from JJ college of Engineering, Trichy.  Siva also holds an MBA from IIPM, Chennai. Infact Sivakarthikeyan has worked on a Face Recognition Algorithm project during his final year in college and has won accolades for the project.

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Action Hero Santhanam

All of us know Santhanam as a blockbuster Comedian who features in almost all films of the big stars in Tamil Cinema. However Santhanam was more of a serious person in childhood and he had got trained in Karate in his young age. For his recent movie Vallavanuku Pullum Aayutham, Santhanam restarted his Karate avatar by getting trained in Karate in Japan from top masters. So we can both enjoy his comedy tit-bits and action sequences from here on in his movies.

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The Rise of Vijay Sethupathi!

8 years of wait and 10 film appearances gave him a spectacular break as a Hero in Twenty Twelve ( 2012 ).  Vijay Sethupathi started his film career by doing a junior role in M.Kumaran S/o Mahalakshmi back in 2004. He had a long wait of 8 years performing junior artist roles in 10 films before becoming an acclaimed hero in Pizza and Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom in 2012. Since then there was no looking back for Vijay Sethupathi and he is currently one of the busiest hero in the industry with more than 5 films in the anvil.

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Mechanic to Mass Hero!

AjithKumar aka "Thala" is the most charismatic hero of Tamil Cinema. He has a huge fan follower base in every nook and corner of TamilNadu. However not many know that Cinema was not a first passion for Ajith. Ajith was always passionate about Racing and he dropped from his school after completing 10th to join an automobile company as a "2-wheeler mechanic". He learned the nuances of automobile since then and went on to participate in Formula 2 Racing in the latter years.

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The Unknown Doctors!

The two women - Anjali Tendulkar and Vijeta Dravid are better known as spouses of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid respectively. However the lesser know fact is that both of them were doctors by profession. They stopped practicing  medicine to take care of the family as their husbands were too deeply entrenched with their profession of cricket.

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Deepika's Racket

All of us know Deepika Padukone as the famous Bollywood actress. However Deepika's connection with Racket is driven by the fact that Deepika Padukone is the daughter of former World No 1 Badminton champion - Prakash Padukone. Prakash Padukone won 3 world championships and was ranked No 1 during his period.

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"A" for Agaram

Agaram Foundation is an organization working towards empowering the under-privileged children with quality education. Agaram Foundation was set up in 2008 by the South Indian Actor - Surya Sivakumar. Agaram Foundation has so-far sponsored 700 students to pursue their Engineering and Medical courses in top colleges in TamilNadu. Hats-off to this noble initiative by Surya Sivakumar.

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RajniKanth Beats Bill Gates

Bill Gates is the worlds richest person. However he lags Super Star Rajnikanth in Twitter - by the measure of number of followers in the 1st day after joining Twitter. Bill Gates had 2,02,000 followers on the first day after joining Twitter. Super Star Rajnikanth had 2,15,000 followers on the first day after joining Twitter. 

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The "Super Star" Uncle

"Why this Kolaveri di ?" fame Anirudh Ravichander is none other than nephew of Super Star Rajinikanth's wife, Latha Rajnikanth.  Super Star is Anirudh's uncle. Anirudh and his cousin Aishwarya Dhanush worked for their short films before Aishwarya chose Anirudh as the music composer for her film - "3".

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The Laddu Connection

Telugu Mega Star Chiranjeevi started his political career in Tirupathi on 2008 by launching his political party "PrajaRajyam". He contested for state Assembly elections from Tirupathi in 2009 and was elected as MLA from Tirupathi Assembly Constituency.

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Rahman's Fantastic Four!

The Mozart of Madras, A.R. Rahman has won 4 National Awards for Best Music Director for the films - Roja ( 1992 ), Minsara Kanavu ( 1997 ), Lagaan ( 2002 ) and Kannathil Muthamittaal ( 2003 ). 

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Mike & Pen

Harsha Bhogle and Chetan Bhagat are distinguished alumni of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.  Harsha Bhogle graduated from IIM-A in the batch of 1987 and went on to become a highly renowned Commentator while Chetan Bhagat graduated from IIM-A in the batch of 1997 and became a famous author. 

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Chennai Super Queen

This Chennai Super Queen - Prithi Narayanan is Chennai Super Kings off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's wife. She was Ashwin's childhood friend and got married with Ravichandran Ashwin on November 2011. Recently Priti was spotted cheering CSK in IPL matches. 

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Akash

Akash Ambani is the younger son of Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani ( owners of Mumbai Indians in IPL ).  Akash Ambani was part of MI team in IPL 2014 auction along with Nita Ambani. Akash Ambani recently joined Reliance Industries.

KM Music Conservatory

A.R Rahman is aiming for the next Oscar not for himself but for his students through his Music School - KM Music Conservatory (KMMC), a higher education institution founded in 2008 by the A. R. Rahman. Located in Kodambakkam, Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Conservatory provides students with a strong artistic, intellectual and technical foundation for nurturing the students into world class musicians. KMMC students graduate in Western Music and Music technology.

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Jan Koum

Jan Koum is CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Inc. in February 2014 for US$19 Billion. With this deal, Jan Koum became a billionaire over night with worth of $7 Billion.

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