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Impressive beauty: MEERA JASMINE's biography
Meera Jasmine is an Indian film actress, who appears in regional Indian films that includes Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.
She won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 and is a two time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award, the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, as well as the Kalaimamani Award from the government of Tamil Nadu.
Meera Jasmine was born on 15th February, 1984 in Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala. Her father's name is Joseph Philips and mother's name is Aleyamma. She is a Syrian Christian by birth.She has two sisters and two brothers.
She completed her schooling in Bala Vihar, Thiruvalla and Marthoma Residential School, Thiruvalla. She appeared for her Higher Secondary Exams in March 2000. She had enrolled for a BSc degree in Zoology at Assumption College, Changanassery and completed nearly three months when she was spotted by director Blessy (who was then an assistant director to director Lohithadas) and offered a role in Soothradharan.
Meera Jasmine was introduced to the film industry by Lohitadas. Her debut film was Malayalam movie "Soothradharan" in 2001.The film was directed by Lohithadas starring opposite Dileep. But the film did not do well at the box office. However, she continued to receive offers from Malayalam and Tamil film-makers.
She got real attention in Malayalam cinema with the movie Kasthoorimann directed by her mentor Lohithadas. She was able to enact both comedy and sentimental scenes with equal fervor. She received her first film fare award for her performance in Kasthoorimann.
Meera's Tamil film entry made with "Run" opposite to Madhavan and "Bala" in 2002. The success of Tamil films Run and Bala in 2002 have given her the chance to work with popular actors of the Tamil industry. She won the Filmfare Best Female debut actress award for Run. The success of the films led her to work with famed directors like Mani Ratnam in Aayudha Ezhuthu and SS Stanley in Mercury Pookkal.
Meera Jasmine became famous in Telugu film industry with her first film (dubbed from Tamil) "Run". She has not only showed her presence in the Telugu films in 2004 with Ammayi Bagundi and Gudumba Shankar.
She also acted in Kannada cinema in 2004 with the film Mourya, in which she co-starred with Puneet Rajkumar.
After making her entry into all four South Indian languages, she has acted concurrently in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her successful movies include Achuvinte Amma (Malayalam), Bhadra (Telugu) and Rasatantram (Malayalam).
Her 2005 Tamil film Sandakozhi completed 200 days at the box office.
is reported by media that she will be marrying U. Rajesh, a mandolin artist. Rajesh and Meera have formally confirmed the love they have for each other. Rajesh is the brother of notable mandolin artist U. Srinivas. However, according to Meera Jasmine, she will not be marrying Rajesh for another two years, till her on-going film commitments are over.
She offered prayers and bowed to Lord at Raja Rajeshwara temple at Taliparamba in Kerala where the entry of non-Hindus is prohibited. This led to a controversy and sparked off a protest by Hindu devotees. Later, she paid Rs. 10,000 as penalty to the temple authorities.
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Dulcet RICHA GANGOPADHYAY's biography
The vibrant, attractive and determined Richa Gangopadhyay is an Indian film actress, model and former beauty queen.
Richa Gangopadhyay was born on 20th March 1989 in a Bengali Brahmin family, to Utpal and Paula Gangopadhyay, in New Delhi and brought up in Michigan, USA. Her real name is Antara Gangopadhyay.
Her father works as the COO of Netshape Technologies, while her mother works as a Director of Education at The Henry Ford Museum in Detroit. Her parents settled in the USA in 1989 with Richa being brought up in Pennsylvania and Michigan. While attending Okemos High School, she was featured in the local media for founding a youth-tutoring program for at-risk children in Lansing, which she ran for four years. She went on to major in Dietetics and Health Administration at Michigan State University, Michigan.
After appearing in commercials, she made her film debut in the 2010 Telugu political drama Leader. Since then, she went on to win critical acclaim for her role in Nagavalli and commercial success with her role in Mirapakaay.Her first Tamil film is Mayakkam Enna in which she has received positive reviews for her acting.
In August 2007, Richa won the Miss Michigan pageant and in December, she was crowned Miss India USA 2007 at the 26th annual pageant held at Royal Albert's Palace in New Jersey. She had secured the title of Miss Photogenic and qualified to represent USA in the 17th Annual Miss India Worldwide Pageant held in Johannesburg. She won awards for Miss Beautiful Eyes and Miss Photogenic. She had also won Miss Congeniality award in miss India USA contest.
Richa left the USA in 2008 to Shastrinagar, India to embark on a career in films. She subsequently graduated with a diploma in acting from Anupam Kher's acting school, Actor Prepares, and completed her portfolio, earning offers for work in fashion shows and for modelling.
In early 2009, Richa featured in a commercial for Vatika Almond Hair Oil alongside Preity Zinta. She also worked as a model for Peter England, Malabar Gold and Kalaniketan.
Richa was signed on to portray the lead role in the 2010 Telugu film, Leader produced by AVM Productions and directed by Sekhar Kammula. She was recommended to an assistant director of Leader whilst at a gym, who in turn recommended her to Sekhar Kammula. Richa moved to Hyderabad and auditioned for the film on her birthday. She was selected instantly and shooting started 2 days later.
In the film, she played the role of Archana, a CEO of a TV channel and a daughter of a politician who falls in love with the title character, played by debutant Rana Daggubati. The film opened to positive reviews and did well commercially, with Richa's performance described as "pretty and charming" and "good in a performance oriented role" by critics.
After the success of the film, director P. Vasu signed her up to appear in Nagavalli, a sequel to his 2005 film Chandramukhi. The film featured an ensemble cast of Venkatesh, Anushka Shetty, Shraddha Das and Poonam Kaur. The film also opened to average reviews, with Richa's portrayal of a girl psychologically possessed by the ghost of Nagavalli, leading to critics dubbing her as "impressive" and "convincing".
Her first release in 2011 was the action film Mirapakaay also featuring Ravi Teja and Deeksha Seth in lead roles. She was signed after the director of the film, Harish Shankar, had noticed her at the success party of her previous film Leader. He initially offered her the role played by Deeksha as she was an NRI, but when they met to review the script, he was convinced that Richa would do justice to the character of Vinamra, a traditional Brahmin girl. The film opened to good reviews with Richa's performance being described as "just about okay" by critics.
Richa will next be seen in two Tamil films; the first being Mayakkam Enna, a drama film based on marriage featuring Dhanush and directed by Selvaraghavan.
Furthermore she signed on to appear alongside Silambarasan in a leading role in Dharani's Osthe, the Tamil remake of the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg which has gone on to be a box office hit.
She makes her debut in Bengali which is her mother language, through the film, the remake of Vikramarkudu in Telugu and Siruthai in Tamil.
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A fixed exchange-rate system is a currency system in which governments try to keep the value of their currencies constant against one another.In a fixed exchange-rate system, a country’s government decides the worth of its currency in terms of either a fixed weight of gold, a fixed amount of another currency or a basket of other currencies. The central bank of a country remains committed at all times to buy and sell its currency at a fixed price. The central bank provides foreign currency needed to finance paymThe gold standard or gold exchange standard of fixed exchange rates prevailed, before which many countries followed bimetallism.The system was a monetary order intended to govern currency relations among sovereign states, with the 44 member countries required to establish a parity of their national currencies in terms of the U.S. dollar and to maintain exchange rates within 1% of parityby intervening in their foreign exchange markets.The U.S. dollar was the only currency strong enough to meet the rising demands for international currency transactions, and so United States agreed both to link the dollar to gold at the rate of $35 per ounce of gold and to convert dollars into gold at that price.The period between the two world wars was transitory, with the Bretton Woods system emerging as the new fixed exchange rate regime in the aftermath of World War II. It was formed with an intent to rebuild war-ravaged nations after World War II through a series of currency stabilization programs and infrastructure loans. The early 1970s witnessed the breakdown of the system and its replacement by a mixture of fluctuating and fixed exchange rates
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The exchange-rate regime is the way a country manages its currency in relation to other currencies and the foreign exchange market. It is closely related to monetary policy and the two are generally dependent on many of the same factors.Fixed rates are those that have direct convertibility towards another currency. In case of a separate currency, also known as a currency board arrangement, the domestic currency is backed one to one by foreign reserves. A pegged currency with very small bands and countries that have adopted another country's currency and abandoned its own also fall under this category.The basic types are a floating exchange rate, where the market dictates movements in the exchange rate; a pegged float, where a central bank keeps the rate from deviating too far from a target band or value; and a fixed exchange rate, which ties the currency to another currency, mostly more widespread currencies such as the U.S. dollar or the euro or a basket of currencies.
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The International Monetary Fund is an international organization that was conceived, originally with 45 members and came into existence when 29 countries signed the agreement, with a goal to stabilize exchange rates and assist the reconstruction of the world’s international payment system. Countries contributed to a pool which could be borrowed from, on a temporary basis, by countries with payment imbalances. The IMF works to improve the economies of its member countries. Describes itself as an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty. The organization's stated objectives are to promote international economic cooperation, international trade, employment, and exchange rate stability, including by making resources available to member countries to meet balance of payments needs.All member states participate directly in the IMF. Member states are represented on a executive board, and all members appoint a governor to the IMF's board of governors.The powers of the other countries within the organization are represented on a proportional scale to their population and economic rank in the world.The number of IMF member countries has more than quadrupled from the 44 states involved in its establishment, reflecting in particular the attainment of political independence by many developing countries and more recently the dissolution in 1991 of the Soviet Union. The expansion of the IMF’s membership.
Unforgettable South hero-in SOUNDARYA's profile
Soundarya was a film actress who appeared in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She acted in more than 90 films, most of them in Telugu.
She had a successful career of 12 years as heroine in films until her death in a plane crash near Bangalore.
Soundarya was born on 18th July, 1972 in the village of Ashtagrama. Her real name is Sowmya. She was a Smartha Brahmin.She brought up in Bangalore.
She was the daughter of Kannada film producer and writer K. S. Satyanarayan.
In 1992, she was offered a role in the film "Gandharva" a Kannada movie by her father's friend, while she was studying in her first year of MBBS.
She discontinued her medical education (MBBS) to enter the film industry in 1992.
She moved on to Telugu films, where she achieved greater popularity and success. She reigned over the Telugu silver screen almost until her death. The major chunk of her career was spent in Tollywood and Soundarya became a household name in Andhra Pradesh. She acted with almost all the major stars of Telugu cinema like Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh and Balakrishna among many others. Soundarya is considered to be one of the all time best actresses of Telugu cinema.
Soundarya also acted in one Hindi film, Sooryavansham opposite Bollywood star actor Amitabh Bachchan.
She produced and acted in the Kannada film Dweepa, with Girish Kasaravalli as director. The film won the Golden Lotus, which is given for best film of the year. It also won the Karnataka state awards for Best Actress, Best Film and Best Cinematography, and was featured in five international film festivals.
Soundarya was offered the role of Draupadi in the remake of Narthanashala. Soundarya along with Balakrishna started shooting for the film, but the film got shelved due to financial reasons and the actress died before the shooting of the film continued.
She got many awards and accolades for her performance.She received 6 filmfare awards in a short span of 12 yrs for the following: Ammoru (1994), Anthapuram (1998), Raja (1999), Dweepa (2002)(2 awards as best actress and best producer), Aaptamitra (2004). Karnataka State Award in 1998-99 (Doni Saagali),dweepa for 2002. Nandi Award given by Andra Pradesh Government (Ammoru,Pavitra Bandhanam and Antahpuram). Not just as an actress but was also a producer for Dweepa directed by Girish Kasaravalli bagged the Swarna Kamal award.
She married her maternal uncle's son and childhood friend, Software Engineer G. S. Raghu, on 27 April 2003.
Soundarya died on April 17, 2004, in a plane crash near Bangalore, when the four-seater Cessna 180 caught fire immediately after take-off. She was on her way to Andhra Pradesh to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party for the coming elections. Her brother, Amarnath, a producer of Kannada films, also died in the accident.
She planned on promoting public welfare. Her husband and sister-in-law founded the Amara Soundarya Social and Educational Trust (ASSET). Soundarya maintained an orphanage in Bangalore. She had donated money to numerous educational institutions during her lifetime.
Her last film was the immensely successful Kannada film, Aaptamitra. Now 'Soundarya Memorial award' was kept and issued by Karnatandhra Lalitkala academy on memory of Soundarya for every ugadi.
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The hot bombshell URVASHI SHARMA
Urvashi Sharma is one of the hottest Indian actresses and has been regarded as one of the most talented actress’s in Bollywood. She is a model too.
Urvashi Sharma is an Indian model born on 13th July, 1984 in Delhi. She is 5 feet 8 inch tall.
Urvashi Sharma comes from a middle-class Punjabi family in Delhi and has no filmi connections. Her filmography includes very few movies and all these movies have done moderate business at the box-office.
She has three siblings. Her eldest sister Sucheta Sharma is a model too, who took care of her when she decided to moved to Mumbai to see her Bollywood dreams materialize. There is only one year difference between both the sisters. It is said that her sister is also going to join Bollywood very soon. Urvashi Sharma and her sister Sucheta Sharma look pretty alike.
She had done her part of home work before joining the film Industry.She enrolled herself in Vidhur's Creating Characters acting school and joined Kathak classes. She is a very good dancer.
As a model- Urvashi Sharma started her modeling career with Ponds. She has done modeling for many brands. Some of them are- TBZ, Globus and Garnier, Monte Carlo, i10 and kit Kat
She also performed in a hot music video "Something Something Meri Jaan" with Mika. She played a heartbroken girl in Atif Aslam "Doorie" song, where she made her face and tears do all the talking.
The acting career of Urvashi Sharma in Bollywood began from the movie Bul Bulaiyaa in year 2007. This movie did moderate business at the box-office. But Urvashi Sharma was not noticed from this movie.
It was her second movie Naqaab which was also released on 13th July, 2007. Her cast as the leading lady in the thriller Naqaab opposite Bobby Deol and Akshaye Khanna. The movie received a lukewarm response. She takes risks and added to her gutsy reputation during the shooting of 'Naqaab' in Dubai. She opted to do a stunt on a speed boat all by herself and when the cameras started rolling, she went off at a breakneck speed and got her crew worried. She believes in doing her homework well.
She acted in Telugu flick named "Three" directed by Sekhar Suri.
While shooting for Priyadarshan’s film in Kerala, Urvashi Sharma suffered from a case of wardrobe malfunction. She was shooting for a song when a wayward button gave way, and her blouse opened. She was quick on the uptake and hurriedly caught it with her hands. She was then covered and rushed to the vanity van. Fortunately for her, there were not many people present except for the choreographer Pony Verma and the unit.
Urvashi Sharma is said to be dating with Bipin Deore, who is advt. film director in Mumbai. It is also said to be she is in a love relationship with the son of gutka baron and both of them are trying to keep their love relationship a secret story.
She has been honoured with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television by Sandeep Marwah.
She loves to live her dreams. She believes that her flexibility and penchant for surviving always holds her in good stead. She believes that she is a very spontaneous person. She loves people or situations where something new, interesting and different is thrown at her. She has faced rejection but that has strengthened her resolve.
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