#FunFactz:
If you look at @sachin_rt 's profile on Cricinfo, you will notice that he doesn’t have a strike rate in test cricket. The reason is that we do not have info about the number of deliveries he faced in the test against Sri Lanka at Chandigarh. espncricinfo.com/series/16566/s…
Madhav Apte, who played 7 tests for India, is probably the only person to have played with Sachin Tendulkar AND Prof DB Deodhar.
Sachin played the Kanga league against Madhav Apte’s team. Madhav Apte was also the president of CCI, when rules...
.. were modified to allow a then 14 year old Sachin Tendulkar to be made a playing member.
Also, Prof. DB Deodhar, is one of 2 people to have played 1st class cricket before WW1 and after WW2
Back to Dr.Rajkumar.
He acted in only 1 non-Kannada movie, a Telugu film named 'Kalahasti Mahatyam', which in turn was a remake of his own Kannada film 'Bedara Kannapa'. The movies are based on the legend of Kannappa, who plucked his eyes to offer to Shiva. #HBDDrRajKumar
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This film, starring Supriya Pathak & Hugh Grant, is based on a novel by Mircea Eliade.
Its the story of a 23-year-old Mircea who came to Calcutta to study under philosopher Surendranath Dasgupta.
There, he fell in love with Maitreyi - teacher's daughter.
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In this novel, Mircea fictionalizes how his love story was cut short because Surendranath Dasgupta was unhappy about the relationship. The relationship was "exposed" by Maitreyi Devi's sister.
The novel was published in 1933, a couple of years after Mircea's time in Calcutta.
For some additional context, Maitreyi was a savant! Maitreyi was mentored by Rabindranath Tagore, and she even wrote a book Mongpute Rabindranath (Tagore by The Fire Side) about the time spent with the great poet.
20 years ago, we were reminded that good films need not make money, & films that make good money need not be great!
On June 18, 2004, Lakshya was released, telling the story of an aimless rich youngster who joins the Indian Army & discovers his true goal.
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Lakshya was written by @Javedakhtarjadu: He was told by senior army officers about the declining enrollments to the Indian army each year, prompting him to promise to write a film addressing the issue!
The script marked Akthar's comeback as a scriptwriter after ages!
Lakshya was a departure from the kinds of war movies made at the time like Border, LOC Kargil etc.
In fact, director @FarOutAkhtar's goal was to tell a story about a boy who finds himself in the backdrop of Kargil War.
On June 15, 2001, the world saw the release of a monumental film in scale & vision, with its main plot revolving around a cricket match between India & the British Empire!
A thread 🧵on Lagaan, the film that convinced Aamir Khan to pursue the kind of films he believed in.
After two failed attempts at films, @AshGowariker's confidence was low.
He then conceived a story where a key battle is resolved by a cricket match. He pitched this to Aamir in 4 lines, who told him not to waste time on this.
Lagaan was @AshGowariker’s third foray into direction after his earlier two movies – Pehla Nasha and Baazi.
Baazi is famous for the “Item number” by Aamir Khan. Pehla Nasha had Aamir and SRK in the same movie with some cringe worthy puns
This is freedom fighter Raj Narain, who achieved the greatest electoral upset in India's history.
In the 1977 elections held after the lifting of the Emergency, Raj Narain defeated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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The story begins with the 1971 election.
Originally scheduled for 1972, Indira Gandhi called for early elections, catching opposition by surprise.
The opposition quickly recovered and nominated Raj Narain to contest against Mrs. Gandhi in Rae Bareli.
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Indira Gandhi was probably displeased with the nomination.
At a campaign rally she said, "Mr. Narain had been chosen by the opposition parties to contest from Rae Bareli because he was a well-known Nehru hater and baiter."
This song is very familiar to Indians, but it strikes a chord with people in Pakistan too.
The Pakistani film Bedari (1956) was a remake of the Hindi blockbuster Jagriti (1954).
Bedari lifted the plot, songs, & lead child actor too - Makki ka Makki!
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The lead role in both Jagriti and Bedari is played by Nazir Rizvi (better known by his screen name Rattan Kumar).
Nazir migrated to Pakistan in the 1950s and went on to act in many Lollywood movies thereafter.
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Actor Ratan Kumar was already very famous before the release of Jagriti, thanks to his important roles in classics such as Do Bigha Zameen, and Boot Polish.