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Rajinikanth is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 170 films, mainly in Tamil cinema. He began his film career by playing antagonistic and supporting roles before graduating to a lead actor. After starring in numerous commercially successful films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he has continued to hold a matinée idol status in the popular culture of Tamil Nadu. Writing for "Slate", Grady Hendrix called him the "biggest movie star you've probably never heard of." Rajinikanth has also worked in other Indian film industries such as Bollywood, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali. Overview. He made his cinematic debut with K. Balachander's 1975 Tamil drama "Apoorva Raagangal", in which he played a minor role of an abusive husband. He had his first major role in Balachander's Telugu drama film "Anthuleni Katha" (1976), and got his breakthrough in Tamil with "Moondru Mudichu" (1976)—also directed by Balachander. His style and mannerisms in the latter earned recognition from the audience. In 1977, he acted in 15 films, playing negative characters in most of them, including "Avargal", "16 Vayathinile", "Aadu Puli Attam" and "Gaayathri". He had positive roles in "Kavikkuyil", the Kannada film "Sahodarara Savaal", and the Telugu film "Chilakamma Cheppindi", in which he played the protagonist for the first time in his career. His role as a failed lover in S. P. Muthuraman's "Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri" (1977) won him critical acclaim. In 1978, he was cast as the main lead in the Tamil film "Bairavi". The same year, he received critical acclaim for his roles in "Mullum Malarum" and "Aval Appadithan"; the former earned him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor. He
Vijay is an Indian actor who works in Tamil language films. He made his cinematic debut in the 1984 drama "Vetri", directed by his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar. After appearing in Chandrasekhar's films as an child artist in nearly 9 films, Vijay made his debut as a lead actor with "Naalaiya Theerpu" (1992). He followed it with a supporting role opposite Vijayakanth in "Sendhoorapandi" (1993). Vijay went on to play lead roles in his father's directorial ventures such as "Rasigan" (1994) and "Deva" (1995). Some which were successful at the box office but unsuccessful critically. Vijay's first breakthrough was in 1996 with Vikraman's romance film, "Poove Unakkaga". His subsequent films, Vasanth's "Nerrukku Ner" (1997) and Fazil's "Kadhalukku Mariyadhai" (1997), were critically and commercially successful. His performance in the latter won him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. "Thulladha Manamum Thullum" (1999) earned him a Tamil Nadu state Award. Vijay began the new millennium with critically and commercially successful films such as "Kushi" and "Priyamanavale". The following year, he performed in three films: "Friends", "Badri" and "Shahjahan". All of which had a 100-day theatrical run. His subsequent films "Vaseegara" and "Pudhiya Geethai" did not do well at the box office. The success of his masala film "Thirumalai" (2003), where he was paired opposite Jyothika, changed his on-screen persona to that of an action hero. He appeared next as a kabaddi player opposite Trisha in Dharani's "Ghilli" (2004), which went on to become the most commercially successful Tamil film of the year. It was also the first Tamil film to earn 500
Vivek (born 19 November 1961) is an Indian film actor and comedian. He has won three Filmfare Best Comedian Awards for his performances in "Run", "Saamy" and "Perazhagan". In April 2009, Vivek received the Padma Shri award by the Government of India for his contribution to the arts. He was introduced to filmdom by renowned director K. Balachander. This is a complete list of films acted by comedian Vivek. His debut as a hero, Solli Adippen, however, remains unreleased.
This following is a complete list of all the films Vijayakanth has acted in: Filmography. As producer. Vijayakanth with his brother-in-law L. K. Sudheesh has produced films under the company Captain Cine Creations.
Kamal Haasan is a screenwriter, director, producer, playback singer and choreographer who works primarily in the Tamil film industry.  Overview. He debuted as a child actor in the 1960 Tamil movie "Kalathur Kannamma", which won him the President's Gold Medal. Since then he has acted in over 200 movies in several languages including: Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali. After a few projects as a child artist he took a break to continue his education. He later concentrated on dance choreography and worked as an assistant choreographer. During this time, he made uncredited appearances in a few films which he worked on. In 1973, Kamal landed his first adult role as Thiagu in the movie by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor. He continued to act in minor roles in several movies such as "Sollathaan Ninaikkiren" (1973) and "Naan Avanillai" (1974), most of which were directed by Balachander. His breakthrough as an independent lead actor came with the 1974 Malayalam movie "Kanyakumari". His work in it won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Malayalam). Following that, he starred in a series of movies in both languagesTamil and Malayalam. His breakthrough in Tamil cinema came with Balachander's "Apoorva Raagangal" (1975); the movie earned him a second Filmfare Award, his first in Tamil. Between 1974 and 1978, he won six Filmfare Awards including four consecutive wins for the Best Tamil Actor. Kamal turned producer for "Raja Paarvai" (1981), in which he played the lead role of a blind musician. The movie was produced under the "Hasan Brothers" banner which was later renamed Raaj Kamal Films International. Kamal debuted in Bollywood with Balachander's "Ek Duuje Ke Liye" (1981), which was a remake of his 1978 Telugu movie "Maro Charitra". His role as a school teacher who looks after an amnesic
S.S. Manivannan (31 July 1954 – 15 June 2013), popularly known mononymously as Manivannan, was an Indian film actor and director. In a career spanning three decades, Manivannan went from being a story and dialogue writer for veteran director Bharathiraja from 1980–82 to a successful director who thrived in experimenting with different genres, before becoming an actor. With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan was one of the most experienced actors in the field and has directed exact 50 films. Manivannan was mainly a supporting actor in films and often played the comedian or the villain's role. The following is Manivannan's filmography. He has worked as a director, script and dialogue writer and as an actor. Manivannan has acted in over 400 films and directed 50 films throughout his career.
Sino-Korean vocabulary, or hanja-eo (hangul: 한자어, hanja: 漢子語) are Chinese loanwords in the Korean language. Like Japanese, Korean is unrelated to the Chinese language. Chinese is a Sino-Tibetan language while Korean is a language isolate (meaning that no known languages are related to it), but Chinese has influenced Korean so much that it made many changes to the Korean language. Chinese loanwords make up around 60% of the language's vocabulary, even though Koreans tend to use native Korean words a lot more in everyday speech. This is similar to how around 50% of English words come from Latin, French, or Greek, but English speakers tend to use native English words a lot more. Also similar to Japanese, Chinese serves as one the three main sources for Korean words, the other two being native Korean words and words from other foreign languages, especially English. When some Chinese loanwords changed meanings in Japanese, their meanings also changed in Korean because Korea was a Japanese colony at the time these words changed. Since Koreans were forced by law to speak Japanese and forbidden to speak Korean, the Chinese loanwords adopted the new Japanese meanings when Koreans were allowed to freely speak their own language again. Since the Korean Peninsula split into two different countries, North Korea and South Korea, the different dialects developed very differently from each other. South Korea. Today, South Koreans write using a mix of hangul (the native Korean alphabet) and hanja 漢子 (the Korean version of Chinese characters), although they write using the latter far less than Chinese and Japanese do. Since Chinese words often sound similar to each other even in Chinese, they also became homophones when they came into Korean, but since Korean lacks tones, they sound even more alike in Korean. South Koreans usually write only in hangul, but sometimes when a word has many homophones and the meaning of the word is unclear from context, Koreans sometimes write the word in hanja so that there is no confusion between words. For example, since the Korean word "sudo" (hanja: 수도) has many homophones and can have meanings like "spirit
In statistics, a "p"-value is the probability that the null hypothesis (the idea that a theory being tested is false) gives for a specific experimental result to happen. "p"-value is also called probability value. If the "p"-value is low, the null hypothesis is unlikely, and the experiment has statistical significance as evidence for a different theory. In many fields, an experiment must have a "p"-value of less than 0.05 for the experiment to be considered evidence of the alternative hypothesis. In short, a low p-value means a higher chance of the null hypothesis being false.
This is a list of movies that have been released or are soon to be released by Pixar. Films. Upcoming. In-development projects. Additionally, Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates have been working on their respective untitled feature films, all of which would be based upon original ideas. In November 2023, creative director of the "Cars" franchise Jay Ward said he was working on multiple projects for the franchise. In October 2024, Pixar was looking to cast Romani actors to voice two Romani characters for an unannounced film project. Production cycle. In July 2013, then-Pixar president Edwin Catmull said that the studio planned to release one original film each year, and a sequel every other year, as part of a strategy to release "one and a half movies a year". On July 3, 2016, Pixar's current president Jim Morris announced that the studio might move away from sequels after "Toy Story 4" and Pixar was only developing original ideas with five films in development at the time of the announcement. Cancelled projects. "Monkey". Back when Pixar was still a part of Lucasfilm in 1985, it started pre-production on a film called "Monkey". After Pixar spun off as a new company in 1986, however, it was still working on it. In the end, Pixar abandoned the project due to technical limitations. "The Yellow Car". In 1995, Jorgen Klubien started writing a script for a film titled "The Yellow Car". He wrote the first draft of the script with Joe Ranft. Then in 1998, the film was scrapped in favor of "Toy Story 2" (1999). In 2001, "The Yellow Car" would eventually be reworked into "Cars" (2006). "1906". In 2005, Pixar began collaborating with Disney and Warner Bros. on a live-action film adaptation of James Dalessandro's novel "1906", with Brad Bird announced as the director. It would have marked Pixar's first involvement in a live-action production and its first collaboration with a major production company other than Disney. Disney and Pixar left the project due
A Cornish Assembly is a law making parliament that some Cornish people and politicians argue should exist as part of a devolution agreement with the United Kingdom. So far the Parliament of the United Kingdom has not allowed it to be made. See Cornish nationalism.
"Daylight" is a song performed by American pop rock band Maroon 5. The song was released as the third single from their fourth studio album, "Overexposed" (2012). Lead singer Adam Levine co-wrote and co-produced it with Max Martin and Mason "MdL" Levy, with additional writing from Sam Martin. The song is a soft rock ballad. Reception. The song received a mixed reception from music critics. Some criticized Levine's vocals and called it a filler among the dance-oriented tracks on the album, while others felt a Coldplay inspiration in the end of the chorus. The song has charted in many countries, reaching the top-twenty in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, and the United States.
A wrinkle is a fold, ridge or crease in the skin, similar to those that can form on the surface of fabric. The medical term is "rhytide."  Causes. Skin wrinkles are common as a result of aging , reoccurring sleeping positions, loss of weight, or as the result of being under water for long periods of time. Age wrinkling in the skin is affected by constant facial expressions, aging, sun damage, smoking, poor hydration, and various other factors.
According to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), nine nations possess nuclear weapons Here are nine countries with nuclear weapons:
Gilbert Stork (December 31, 1921 – October 21, 2017) was an American organic chemist. He was born in Brussels, Belgium. He was the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University. The Stork enamine alkylation is named in his honor. He was responsible for the first planned stereo-controlled synthesis as well as the first natural product to be synthesized with high stereo-selectivity. Stork was a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1962 and Foreign Member of the French Academy of Sciences.
Atle Jonas Hammer (11 March 1932 – 22 October 2017) was a Norwegian engineer and jazz musician (trumpet, Flugelhorn), central on the jazz scene in Oslo. He was born in Oslo. He was known from several international cooperation. From 1980 to 1985, he led his own quintet with among others Terje Venaas (bass), Eivin Sannes (piano) and Tom Olstad (drumes), and this was followed by a quintet with Harald Bergersen (saxophone), Erling Aksdal (piano, 1985–89). During the 1980s and 1990s he played in bands with Thorgeir Stubø, Per Husby Quintet, Magni Wentzel Quintet, and in Big Bands like the one led by Harald Gundhus/Ole Jacob Hansen and Erling Wicklund's «Storeslem». Hammer died in Oslo on 22 October 2017 at the age of 85.
Ian Robert Cathie (24 October 1932 – 25 October 2017) was an Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne. In 1964 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor member for South Eastern Province; he was defeated in 1970, but in 1976 was elected to the Legislative Assembly seat of Carrum, which he held until 1988. From 1994 to 1997, Cathie was a Commissioner of the City of Greater Dandenong. In 2010, he was elected President of Glen Eira University of the Third Age (U3A). Cathie died on 25 October 2017 in Melbourne at the age of 85.
Ali Ashraf Darvishian (‎; 25 August 1941 – 26 October 2017) was an Iranian story writer and scholar. He was born in Kermanshah, Iran. He was often called the "Iranian Charles Dickens". He taught Persian literature in Australian colleges and universities during his career. He was a guest of the Iranian Centre for Democracy and presented a number of lectures on a broad range of social and cultural issues. Darvishian died on 26 October 2017 in Tehran of respiratory failure at the age of 76.
Arnett Elysus Girardeau Sr. (July 15, 1929 – October 26, 2017) was an American dentist, civil rights activist and former politician in the state of Florida. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 16th distrist from 1976 to 1982. He then served in the Florida Senate from 1983 through 1992. Girardeau died on October 26, 2017 in Jacksonville of a heart attack at the age of 88.
Minister Alen VonShea Norman (November 2, 1971 – October 26, 2017), who went by the stage name Shea Norman, was an American gospel singer-songwriter. He started his music career, in 2004, with the release of "My Heart Depends on You", by Verity Records. This would be his breakthrough release upon the "Billboard" Gospel Albums chart. The song, "'Tis So Sweet", was placed on the "WOW Gospel 2005". Norman died of complications from diabetes in Memphis, Tennessee on October 26, 2017 at the age of 45.
Nelly Olin (23 March 1941 – 26 October 2017) was a French politician. She was a Minister of Environment in France under Dominique de Villepin's government from 2005 through 2007. From 2004 to 2005, Olin was the Minister-Delegate for Social Security. She was a Senator for the Oise department. Olin served as Mayor of Garges-lès-Gonesse and Senator, both offices from 1995 to 2004. Olin died on 26 October 2017 in Paris of complications from breast cancer. She was at age 76.
Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory (abbreviated ZF) is a system of axioms used to describe set theory. When the axiom of choice is added to ZF, the system is called ZFC. It is the system of axioms used in set theory by most mathematicians today. After Russell's paradox was found in the 1901, mathematicians wanted to find a way to describe set theory that did not have contradictions. Ernst Zermelo proposed a theory of set theory in 1908. In 1922, Abraham Fraenkel proposed a new version based on Zermelo's work. Axioms. An axiom is a statement which is accepted without question, and which has no proof. ZF traditionally contains eight axioms. Two of these axioms (specification and pairing) are redundant, they can be deduced from the axiom schema of replacement. Nevertheless, these extra axioms are useful; replacement is rarely used for proving theorems in common mathematics. Axiom of choice. The axiom of choice says that for any set X, if the empty set is not an element of X then there exists a function f whose domain is X, such that for each element e of X, f(e) is an element of e. For example, given the set formula_14(call it A), the axiom of choice asserts the existence of a function that "picks" exactly one element from each of the elements of A (in this case A has two elements), but it doesn't tell us what combination it is. For finite sets, this axiom can be proved from the other axioms, but not for infinite sets.
The Second Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict that took place on the Indian Subcontinent from 1780 to 1784. The war ended without a clear victory on either side. The Treaty of Mangalore restored the situation to the state before the war broke out. The war involved the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company. The Kingdom of Mysore was a large kingdom, in the South of India. It was an ally of the French. The East India Company was on the side of the English. Hyder Ali, the ruler of Mysore, committed himself to a French alliance to seek revenge against the British. The British had problems with Mysore because it had an alliance with the French. France was already fighting Britain in the American Revolutionary War and helped Mysore to weaken the British. Hyder Ali And Tipu Sultan. The army of Hyder was one of the largest armies in India. In 1780, his army swept down the Eastern Ghats (mountains) and burnt the villages. Hyder set about forming a confederacy against the British. This included the French, the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad. Hyder Ali overthrew the government and established his authority over the Mysore state. Hyder Ali tried to made a treaty with the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad, but both of them decided not to take up arms against the British, so Hyder Ali ended up fighting the war on his own. Hyder died in 1782 but Tipu Sultan proved to be a worthy successor, He introduced many reforms to overhaul and reorganize the administrative machinery. He also modernized the army. The Treaty. The battle remained indecisive and peace was finally concluded with Tipu on 28 June 1784. The war ended by signing the peace treaty in 1784. The treaty was named as the treaty of Mangalore because the treaty was signed in Mangalore. The Treaty of Mangalore was signed between Tipu Sultan and the British East India Company on 11 March 1784. It was signed in Mangalore and brought an end to the Second Anglo-Mysore
Abdul Taleb Zaki () was a Hazara politician and jihadist from Afghanistan. Abdul Taleb Zaki, son of Abdul Wahid born in 1960 in Bamiyan Province of Afghanistan. He was a commander and a member of Hezbe Wahdat political party in Afghanistan. He was the governor of Bamyan Province for four years from 1994 to 1998. He died in 1998 in Ghazni Province.
Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, composer, and singer. He was popularly known as "Mellisai Mannar" (Tamil for "The King of Light Music"). He composed songs in 1200 movies from Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi languages. He worked primarily in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu movies. Viswanathan died on 14 July 2015 in Chennai, India of respiratory failure at the age of 87.
Mohamed Abshir Muse (, ), (1 July 1926 – 25 October 2017) also known as Mahamed Abshir Musa, was a well known Somali military person. He was active from 1940s to 1950s. He served General and the first Commander of the Somali Police Force. He was trained at the Carabinieri, Italy's national military training base. Muse resigned in 1969 from his job at the police force. He was later jailed by the military dictator Siad Barre for speaking out against the regime. Muse died on 25 October 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota aged 91.
Manfredi Nicoletti (16 June 1930 – 29 October 2017) was an Italian architect. He was born in Rieti, Italy. He was known for his projects Fontvieille, Monaco, the cancelled Helicoidal Skyscraper in New York City, the Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, Millennium Park in Abuja, Courthouse of Arezzo, the Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall and the Millennium Tower. Nicoletti died on 29 October 2017 at the age of 87.
Manuel Sanchís Martínez (26 March 1938 – 28 October 2017) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He was born in Alberique, Spain. His son was Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo. Sanchís represented Real Madrid and Spain. They were one of only three father/son pairs to have won the European Cup/Champions League, and he played in 213 La Liga games over the course of ten seasons. An international during nearly two years, Sanchís appeared with the national team at the 1966 World Cup. Sanchís earned 11 caps for Spain, and represented the nation at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. During the group stages, he scored a rare goal in a 2–1 win against Switzerland. Sanchís died on 28 October 2017 in Madrid, aged 79, from pulmonary embolism.
A pasty is a kind of pastry filled with meat or vegetables and baked, a bit like a pie. They are linked to Cornwall and Devon in England, where they were first made. Description. Pastry dough is rolled out and cut in a circle. The raw filling is placed on half the circle, then the pastry is folded in half over the filling to cover it. The edges are then sealed by crimping (firmly pressed together), and baked. The baking time for the filling and the pastry is the same. A pasty is made as a single-serving portion, for one person's meal. It is made to be held in the hand and does not need any cutlery. It may be eaten hot, warm, or at room temperature. Uses. A pasty is portable and convenient to eat. It can be easily be taken to the workplace and kept until a mealtime break. No refrigeration is required if eaten the same day. The sealed, baked dough keeps the filling warm for hours after baking. A pasty could also be reheated by placing on or near a heat source - even by holding over a candle where no oven is available.