Dhadkan () is a Bollywood romantic drama movie directed by Dharmesh Darshan. The movie has Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Sunil Shetty and Mahima Chaudhry in the main roles. The movie's music was done by Himanshu Jaykar & Nadeem-Shravan.
The music of the movie went to become very popular of that year. It was also the second most sold Bollywood music album.
Raja Hindustani
Raja Hindustani () is a 1996 Bollywood movie directed by Dharmesh Darshan. The movie has Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor playing the main roles. The music were done by Nadeem-Shravan. The movie won six Filmfare awards and also many other several awards that year.
The music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan. Plannet Bollywood ranks the movie soundtracks at 56 in its all time top 100 Greatest Bollywood soundtracks.
The music album was also the most sold album of 1996.
Teddington
Teddington is a suburban area in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is in south west London, on the north bank of the River Thames, between Hampton Wick and Twickenham. It stretches inland from the River Thames to Bushy Park.
Formerly, it was in the county of Middlesex, which was in its postal county until they were abolished in 1996.
The A309, A310, A313 and B358 roads pass through Teddington.
Teddington has a railway station.
The 33, 281, 285, 481, R68, X26 and N33 bus routes pass through Teddington.
Greer Garson
Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was an English actress. She was very popular during the 1940s. She was born in Manor Park, Essex.
After many stage appearances, Greer Garson was signed to a contract with MGM. She became one of the studio's top ten box office draws. Garson received seven Academy Award nominations and she won the award for "Mrs. Miniver" (1942). After the 1940s, her career declined.
Garson moved to the United States and in 1951 became an American citizen. She died from heart failure at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, on 6 April 1996 at the age of 91.
Peter Van Wagner
Peter Van Wagner (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American movie and television actor. He was in "Boardwalk Empire", "Arthur", and "Tower Heist".
Wagner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Robert Bakker
Bob Bakker (Robert Hethan Bakker, March 24, 1945) was born in Bergen County, New Jersey. He is an American paleontologist and writer, who developed modern ideas about dinosaurs. Bakker studied at Yale University and Harvard University.
Bakker accepted his mentor John Ostrom's idea that dinosaurs were warm-blooded (endothermic). With this as a starting-point, Bakker publicised the "dinosaur renaissance" in paleontological studies. His special field is the ecological context and behavior of dinosaurs.
Bakker has been a major proponent of the theory that dinosaurs were warm-blooded, smart, fast, and adaptable. His main work, "The Dinosaur Heresies", was published in 1986. He revealed the first evidence of parental care at nesting sites for "Allosaurus". Bakker was among the advisors for the film "Jurassic Park" and for the 1992 PBS series, "".
His later book, "Raptor Red", has not been filmed.
Woking
Woking is a large town in Surrey. There are 62,796 people living in the town. Woking is 7 miles (11 km) from Guildford.
Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick (born Wendy Malick, December 13, 1950) is an American movie, television, and voice actress, who is known for her roles as Judith Tupper Stone in "Dream On", Nina Van Horn in "Just Shoot Me!" and Ronee Lawrence on the NBC sitcom "Frasier". She has won a Golden Globe Award and a Emmy Award.
Malick was born on December 13, 1950 in Buffalo, New York. She studied at Williamsville South High School and at Ohio Wesleyan University. Malick has been married to Mitch Glazer from 1982 until they divorced in 1989. She was married to Richard Erickson since 1995.
George Moscone
George Richard Moscone (November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) was an American lawyer and politician. He served the mayor of San Francisco from 1976 through 1978. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Moscone was born on November 24, 1929 in San Francisco, California. He studied at St. Ignatius College Preparatory and at University of the Pacific.
Moscone was married to Gina Bodanza until his death. He had 4 children.
Moscone was mayor when he and Harvey Milk were shot dead by Dan White on November 27, 1978 in San Francisco City Hall. Moscone was later buried.
In the 2008 movie "Milk", he was played by Victor Garber.
Peter Orlovsky
Peter Anton Orlovsky (July 8, 1933 – May 30, 2010) was an American poet, writer and movie actor. He was the lifelong partner of Allen Ginsberg. Orlovsky was in 3 movies: "Pull My Daisy", "Chappaqua" and "Me and My Brother".
Orlovsky was born on July 8, 1933 in New York City, New York and studied at Columbia University. Orlovsky's father was a Russian immigrant. Orlovsky died on May 30, 2010 in Williston, Vermont from lung cancer, aged 76. He was buried in Williston.
Epsom
Epsom is a town in northern Surrey. The town is known for its race course and the horse race held there.
The town also gives it name to epsom salts which are found in mineral water here. By the end of the Georgian period (early 1800s) Epsom was a spa town. Some remains of this are its water pump, wells and exhibits in the town's museum. A housing estate has been built upon the wells in the south-west of the town.
Louis Persinger
Louis Persinger (b. Rochester, Illinois, USA, 11 February 1887; died New York 31 December 1966) was an American violinist and pianist.
Louis Persinger first performed in public when he was 12 years old. He studied at the Leipzig Conservatory with Hans Becker, and later with Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels, and for two summers with Jacques Thibaud in France. He became leader of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra and the Royal Opera Orchestra in Brussels. In 1912 he returned to the USA and played with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski. In 1915 he was appointed leader and assistant conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. He followed Leopold Auer in 1930 as a teacher at the Juilliard School, in New York.
Besides his work performing with orchestras he played chamber music, forming his own string quartet and directing the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco.
Persinger is particularly remembered now as the teacher of several great violinists, including Yehudi Menuhin, Ruggiero Ricci, Isaac Stern. His way of teaching was different from that of most other teachers. He focussed on things that would make his pupils interested and used simple words.
As a piano accompanist he played with Ruggiero Ricci for many recitals and recordings. He also played for Yehudi Menuhin when the 10 year old boy gave his first recital in New York.
On his 75th birthday he gave a recital at the Julliard School of Music, playing half the programme on the violin and the other half on the piano.
Madeleine Stowe
Madeleine Stowe (born August 17 1958) is an American movie and television series actress. She starred in movies such as "Revenge", "Stakeout" and "The Two Jakes". She was born in Los Angeles, California.
William Cobbett
William Cobbett (9 March 1763– 18 June 1835) was a journalist and Member of Parliament for England for the Radicals. He made many journeys around England. He wrote a book called "Rural Rides" about what he saw.
Carol Kane
Carolyn Laurie "Carol" Kane (born June 18, 1952) is an American actress. On television, she won an Emmy Award for her acting on the series "Taxi". She has been in many movies including "Annie Hall", "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "The Princess Bride". On Broadway, she worked on the musical "Wicked". Kane was born near Cleveland, Ohio.
Geddes Plan for Tel Aviv
The Geddes Plan for Tel Aviv was the first master city plan for Tel Aviv. It was designed in 1925-1929 by the Scottish city planner Sir Patrick Geddes. This program designed the center of Tel Aviv and the area now known as "Old North".