Saturday 28 April 2012


Shashank Shende

Shashank Shende is an actor, director, and writer, active in Pune, Maharashtra, India. A member of the Samanvay experimental theatre group, He has appeared in Hindi and Marathi language films including Kaminey (playing Ganesh),Ishqiya (as Firoz), City of Gold (2010 film) / Lalbaug parel (as Anna), Chillar Party (as Minister Bhide), Chittagong (film) (as Kishorilal), Pangira (as Battasha), Aaghaat (as Dr. Budhkar), Fresh Suicide (as Shivram), and Bagh hath dakhawoon (as Krushna).

Friday 27 April 2012


Suresh Joachim


Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World Brampton.
Suresh Joachim Arulanantham is a Tamil Canadian film actor, producer, and multiple-Guinness World Record holder who has broken 60 world records set in several countries in attempts to benefit underprivileged children around the world.

World records

In 1991, Suresh Joachim first discovered the Guinness Book of World Records. He was then inspired to break them himself, as it was the most obvious way he found for an average person like him to become famous.
Joachim's first record attempt involved running in his hometown of ColomboSri Lanka for at least a little bit every hour for 1000 consecutive hours, (August 19-September 26, 1996; 42 days), totaling a distance of 3,495 km.
On his second attempt for record breaking, Joachim traveled 225.44 km, up and down escalators at the Westfield Burwood Shopping Centre, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. Joachim next balanced for 76 hours and 40 minutes at Vihara Maha Devi Park Open Air Stadium, in Sri Lanka.
Farthest distance run, whilst carrying a 4.5 kg brick in a nominated ungloved hand in an uncradled downward position was his next record. Joachim traveled 126.675 km around the Westfield Hornsbymall on Florence Street in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He was unsuccessful the first time, when the brick slipped and cut his hand.
A broadcast by Joachim on Geethavaani Tamil Radio in TorontoOntario, Canada, lasted for a record 120 hours. It was broadcast between 4 p.m. on 23 June and 4 p.m. on 28 June 2003. This record was unsuccessfully challenged a few times by DJ Max Rushden of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, who was aiming for 121 hours.
His wedding to Christa Rasanayagam on September 6, 2003 was held at Christ the King Catholic Church, Mississauga, Ontario. The wedding featured a record 79 bridesmaids, a record 47groomsmen, and a record 60.09 m (197 ft 1 in) long wedding bouquet, held by the bride.
His next four records were all in Greater Toronto Area malls. On 28 November 2004, Joachim earned the record for quickest time reaching 100 miles on a treadmill, in 13 hours, 42 minutes and 33 seconds at the Square One Shopping Centre Mississauga. At the same time, he went the farthest distance in 24 hours on a treadmill, tallying a distance of 257.88 km (160.24 mi) from the 28th to the 29th. With running records in his collection, Joachim participated in the longest dance marathon by an individual. Set at the Dixie Outlet Mall in Mississauga, the 100 hour event lasted from February 16 to 20, 2005.
Joachim set the record for the longest ten-pin bowling marathon, at 100 hours. He broke this record at Playtime Bowl in Toronto from 8 to 12 June 2005.
On March 17, 2006, he set the world record for a couple dance marathon by dancing 31 hours consecutively with Tiffany Lesko. The dances performed included the waltzquickstepcha chasambarumba, and jive.
Joachims recent record was a record for basketball dribbling distance in 24 hours. The attempt happened at Toronto's Elmbank Community Centre. Tyler Curiel has held the record of 174.46 km since 2003, accomplished at Tulane University.

Suresh Heblikar

Suresh Heblikar
BornSuresh Heblikar
OccupationActor / Director/ Environmentalist
Years active1971–present

Suresh Heblikar (Kannadaಸುರೇಶ ಹೆಬ್ಳೀಕರ) is a Kannada filmmakerdirector and actor. He is also a well known environmentalist, founding the Eco-Watch NGO in 1998. He has produced many noteworthy movies in Kannada of which Kadina Benki won Best Director national award and Usha Kiran the Filmfare award. His films are known to have an offbeat theme where "passionate romance" is portrayed. This is attributed by him to a very romantic childhood. His movie themes also involve psychosis and scientific temperaments – which Heblikar humbly attributes to his association with Producer and Psycho Analyst Dr. Ashok Pai. Being an environmentalist himself, his movies depict nature and conservation.

Filmography

Heblikar has directed many movies and also acted in most of them. Here's a list of movies he has acted in.
YearTitleDirectorGenre
1974KankaNaM.B.S. Prasad
1976Rishya ShrungaV. R. K. PRASAD
1979Khandavidheko MaamsavishekoP. Lankesh
1980Vathsalya PathaA. S. R. RAO
1981AalemaneMOHAN KUMAR
1982Amara Madhura PremaRAMDAS NAIDU
1982JyothiMANOHAR REDDY
1983ANTARALAself
1983AparichitaKashinath
1983Maththe VasanthaRAVI
1984Kanoonige SawaalC. S. MANJU
1984ECOLOGY OF THE WESTERN GHATSSelfDocumentary
1984ENERGY 1984SelfDocumentary
1984SMOKING TUNASelfDocumentary
1985AAGANTUKASelf
1987KADINA BENKISelf
1990PRATHAMA USHA KIRANASelf
1991NeduveerppukalSelf
1992CHAMATKARSelf
1994AaghaathaSelf
1999THAI SAHEBAGirish Kasaravalli
1999Aasha Jyothi
1989SoorappaI D Kamalaakar
1994ShhhUpendra
2001Nanna Preethiya huDugiNagathihalli Chandrashekar
2006Care of FootpathMaster Kishan
2010MylariR.Chandru

Suresh Gopi

Suresh Gopi
BornSuresh Gopinathan Nair
June 26, 1959 (age 52)
KollamKerala, India
Other namesSuresh
OccupationFilm actorplayback singer
Years active1965, 1986 - present
SpouseRadhika
ChildrenLekshmi (deceased), Gokul, Bhagya, Bhavna, and Madhav
ParentsK Gopinatha Pillai, V Gyanalaxmi

Awards

Film Critics Awards:
  • Film Critics Best Actor Award (three times)
  • Best Supporting Actor Award (four times)
  • In July 2005, he was considered for the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a mentally distressed person in Ullam and as a doctor in Makalkku, but lost out to Mammootty.
  • Trivia
  • Suresh Gopi's father was a friend of producer Balaji and they both named their sons Suresh. Suresh Balaji is also a well known producer in South Indian industry. Balaji is superstar Mohanlal's father-in-law.
  • Suresh Gopi films of 1990's were criticized for excessive violence and after 2000 Suresh Gopi pledged not to use a gun in any of his movies. This led to a five year downfall to his career. He revoked his pledge in 2005 to appear inBharathchandran I.P.S. in which he appears with a revolver in the first scene.
  • He is a strong supporter of Indian National Congress and was close to former Kerala Chief Minister K. Karunakaran.
  • See also