If it’s your birthday today, you already have enough reasons to celebrate. You must already be feeling so special.
But we bring to you a few more reasons to feel special today!
Hema Malini
Hema Malini is an Indian actor, director, producer and politician. She made her acting debut with the 1963 Tamil movie, Ithu Sathiyam. Her first lead role in a movie was in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968).
Malini received the title of “Dream Girl” in 1977 and starred in a film with the same name. Throughout her acting career, she received eleven nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, winning the award in 1973. In 2000, she won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and also the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India.
From 2003 to 2009, Malini was elected to Rajya Sabha, the upper House of parliament, as a representative of BJP. In 2014, Malini was elected to the Lok Sabha. She has been actively involved with charitable and social ventures.
Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik is an Indian politician who is the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. Leader of the Biju Janata Da party, Patnaik is also a writer and has published four books.
Patnaik is a writer and had been away from both politics and Odisha for most part of his youth, but after his father and former chief minister of Odisha, Biju Patnaik's demise, he entered politics in 1997 and a year later founded the Biju Janata Dal, named after his father, which won the state election with BJP as its alliance and formed the government and Patnaik became Chief Minister.
Prithviraj Sukumaran
Known for his work in Malayalam cinema, Prithviraj Sukumaran is an Indian film actor, producer, and playback singer. He has also acted in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films.
Prithviraj made his acting debut with “Nandanam”, a 2002 romantic drama film. In a career spanning over a decade, Prithviraj has starred in over 90 films. Prithviraj co-produced films under his production company, August Cinema based in Trivandrum, where he ended his partnership in 2017.
He has won two Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor, one Tamil Nadu State Award, and a National Film Award as a producer.
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