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Bollywood,s finest actress Deepika Padukone  creates her own image through her effort and tremendous talent only. She did not get opportunity to go inside in film industry. Deepika and her family wasn’t related to film background. Only because of her energetic work in acting,she create millions of fans in all over the world. Here we provide you some known or unknown facts about Deepika Padukone.

1. Deepika,s father ,Prakash Padukone was India,s one of  famous Badminton player and her mother , Ujjala Padukone was a travel agent.

2. In her child days, Deepika was being socially awkward as a child, and did not have many friends.

3. Deepika wanted to pursue a career in badminton throughout her school years, like her father. She played the sport in national level championships. She also played baseball in a few state level tournaments.

4. Deepika was also worked as a child model, first appearing in a couple of advertising campaigns at the age of eight.

5. In her early modeling carrier, she came in front of people   in television ads for the soap Liril, and modeled for various other brands and products.

6. In 2005, she made a debut at the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Suneet Varma, and won the "Model of the Year" award at the Kingfisher Fashion Awards.

7. Then she appeared in 2006 Kingfisher Calendar, whose designer was Wendell Rodricks .

8. At the age of 21, she gained wider recognition by featuring in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song "Naam Hai Tera" in App ka Surur Album.

9. Deepika made her cinematic debut in the Kannada Film “Aishwarya” in 2006 starring opposite actor Upendra. She made her Bollywood debut in Fara Khan,s Movie “Om Shanti Om” as co-Actor of Shahrukh Khan. That Movie became super hit and she got   Film Fare’s best female debut award.

10. After her 1,st movie,her movies were not get satisfactory income  in box office until “Cock-tail”.

11. During the movie “Bachna -a- Haseeno” She fell in love with her Co-star Ranbir Kapoor. She spoke openly about the relationship and sported a tattoo of his initials on the nape of her neck.After few years they broke up their relationship.

12. The movie “Cock-tail” gave her tremendous popularity. People really appreciate her role Veronica. This Movie became one of blockbuster of that year. This movie twisted her carrier in goodway.

13. In 2009,she participated in the World 10K Bangalore marathon, which raised ₹13.1 million (US$210,000) in support of 81 NGOs.

14. In 2010, Padukone adopted the Maharashtrian village of Ambegaon as part of NDTV's Greenathon Campaign, to provide the village with a regular supply of electricity.

15. In 2014, she participated in "SLAM! The Tour" concert  across North America with her co-stars of Happy New Year.

16. In 2013, she launched her own line of clothing for women, in association with the retail chain Van Heusen.

17. In 2008, she got rank 1 in Indian Maxim 's "Hot 100" list.

18. In 2013, she was ranked eleventh on the Indian edition of the Forbes ' "Celebrity 100," a list based on the income and popularity of India's celebrities. Next year she ranked eighth in this category.

19.  UK magazine Eastern Eye 's "World's Sexiest Asian Women" list  continuously she had rank in between 1-10 during 2009-2013.

20. She is an active celebrity promoter of Levi Strauss ,Tissot, Sony Cyber-shot, Nescafe, Vogue eyewear, Maybelline and Pepsi and other. In 2012, she had signed on for an endorsement deal with Garnier worth ₹60 million.

SHAKIRA-50 Unknown facts

1. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 2nd, in Columbia.

2. Her father is a Lebanese, while her mother is a Spanish-Italian. Her father's name is William Mebarak Chadid and mother's name is Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado.

3.  Shakira is the youngest of eight siblings.

4. “Shakira” means grateful in Arabic.

5. When she was two years old her oldest half-brother died in an accident while he was riding a motorcycle and a drunk man hit him with his car.

6. When she was a teenager, she represented Colombia at the Festival Vina del Mar and earned the third place through her own song, "Eres."

7. Her Lebanese grandmother taught her the art of Arabian Belly Dancing so she can stay true to her Middle Eastern roots.

8. She recorded her very first album when she was only 13.

9.   One of her first songs was called 'Tus Gafas Oscuras' (Your Dark Glasses), about her father's grief at the loss of his son in a car accident.

10. Her album "Laundry Service" is her first English Album. It's been certified 4 times platinum. She named it "Laundry Service" because she loves she feels "clean and fresh".

11. Steven Spielberg offered her a part in his film 'The Mask of Zorro' in 1998. However, she felt unable to accept, as she believed her English wasn't good enough. The role went to Catherine Zeta Jones.

12. Doll manufacturer Mattel has made several dolls inspired by the 'Shakira' look.

13.  She was granted Humanitarian award on April 3, 2006 for starting a charitable foundation, Barefoot, to help children in her native Colombia escape violence.

14. She's fluent in Portuguese, Italian, English, Spanish and Arabic.

15.Shakira doesn't drink alcohol and coffee, nor does smoke.

16. Teamed up with fellow Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez to launch a child poverty foundation, "America Latina en Accion Solidaria" or Latin America in Solidarity Action, aimed at fighting poverty in Latin America (December 2006).

17. She is immortalized with a 5-meter (16-foot) iron statue in her home city on Colombia's Caribbean coast.

18. If she wasn't a singer, she would like to be a psychologist or an astronomer.

19.Her favorite flowers are daisy and sunflower.

20.Her nickname is Shaki.

21.She is an avid painter and one of her favorite things to paint is fried eggs.

22. She is a huge fan of Gloria Estefan and appreciates what she has done for Latin music.

23. Her favorite colors are black and white.

24. Her favorite bands are The Police and U2 whose song, "With or Without You," is her most favorite tune.

25. Her favorite food is mojarra fried with patacon, Arabian food, seafood, and chocolate balls.

26.Her favorite book is Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet," while her favorite author is Oriana Falacci.

27. Shakira is a smarty-pants with an IQ of 140. The average is 100.

28. Shakira began dating the son of the then president of Argentina, Antonio de la Rúa in 2000. However, in 2011, after 11 years together, the couple announced their plans to separate.

29. She does not like her ears so that she does not like her hair up and often tries to cover them while her hair is arranged in ponytails.

30. Her favorite actor is Hugh Grant

31. Auctioned off more than 40 stage costumes she wore on her 2007 Oral Fixation tour on Website eBay Giving Works to raise funds for her "Bare Feet Foundation," a leading project to build a school for impoverished kids in Colombia (February 2008).

32. Despite having adoring fans, she did have a run in with a fanatic fan who had a bag of cement and attacked her. Fortunately, she was not hurt in the process.

33.She is not fond of wearing jewelry.

34.Shakira loves chocolate but is not fond of candy.

35. Her record label Sony maintsays Shakira is the biggest selling Colombian artist of all time, with sales between 50 to 60 million albums.

 36. “Hips Don’t Lie” is one of the biggest hits of the 21st Century so far.

37. She has made cameo appearances on Ugly Betty and Wizards of Waverly Place, both times playing herself.

38. Shakira was invited to The White House by President Obama in 2010 to discuss early childhood development and in 2011 was appointed as a member of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

39. Shakira received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.

40. Shakira met Gerard Pique in 2010 when he appeared in her video for "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)," the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

41. To date, Shakira has won 4 American Music Awards, 6 Billboard Music Awards, 2 GRAMMY Awards, 8 Latin GRAMMY Awards, and 5 MTV Video Music Awards.

42. Shakira revealed in March 2011 that she is in a relationship with Spanish footballer Gerard Pique, who is ten years her junior.

43. Shakira and Gerard Pique share the same birthday, February 2nd.

44. The couple welcomed their baby boy Milan to the world on January 22, 2013.


45.  Returned to work two months after giving birth to her son Milan in order to begin coaching on "The Voice".

46. Shakira is 5′ 2″, while Pique is 6′ 4″.

47. She owns homes in the Bahamas; Miami; Barranquilla, Colombia; and Barcelona, Spain.

48.  She has three dogs - Coquito, Chan and Gordita.

49. She likes to play golf, tennis, basketball and swimming.

50. "Poem to a Horse" was written and produced by Shakira.

HUGH JACKMAN-30 interesting Facts

1. Attended Pymble Public School (primary school) and Knox Grammar School. Hugh enrolled at the University of Technology in Sydney and graduated with a BA in Communications, as well as the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts of Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia, from which he graduated in 1994.

2. Hugh Jackman is left-handed.

3. His childhood was kind of tough. His parents separated when he was eight, and soon after his mom abandoned the family to return to her native England, leaving Jackman's dad to raise five children alone. Hugh broke down with tear, when he spoke to "60 Minutes" about the ordeal in 2012.

4. He is quoted as saying he was an "angry kid" and that rugby saved him because it's just a game of organized violence, after all.

5. He always had a soft spot for performing. As a kid, he put on magic shows for his four siblings. We're sure the experience came in handy for his role in 2006's "The Prestige."

6. Another factor in his choice to take on acting was his love for the "Friday the 13th" movies. He told Jay Leno he used to dream of one day playing Jason.

7. Before he became one of Hollywood's most ruggedly handsome stars he worked as a gas station attendant and a birthday party clown.

8. Jackman also had a love for something other than rugby as a kid: Olivia Newton John. The "Grease" actress and pop singer was his idol as a child -- he even kept a poster of her under his desk that he would smooch from time to time.

9. He sings at weddings -- well, at his friends' weddings. Hugh serenaded Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban during their 2006 nuptials.

10. We all know Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, but the Aussie actor almost took on another iconic character: Bond, James Bond. Jackman was offered the role of 007 in 2006's "Casino Royale," but because of scheduling conflicts, Daniel Craig ultimately nabbed the part.

11. Has very poor vision. He can’t read a menu without the aid of contact lenses.

12. Considers sushi to be his comfort food.

13. Favorite drink (alcoholic) is a gin and tonic.

14. If deserted on an island, Hugh said he’d want an album of Rolling Stones songs carefully compiled by himself.

15. His favorite play is Shakespeare’s Henry V and his favorite line within the play is when Prince Hal states, “We few. We happy few.”

16. Took stunt driving lessons for his role in “Swordfish”.

17 . Hugh also almost played another infamous character: Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, in 2008's "The Dark Knight."

18. He currently holds the record for number of times playing the same character in a movie: Wolverine, seven times.

19. For his most recent stint as the clawed mutant, Jackman told the L.A. Times he stuck to a 6,000 calorie a day diet to bulk up.

20.  Aside from singing, dancing, and acting Hugh also dabbles in wrestling -- or at least he did in 2011. While promoting his film "Real Steel," Jackman appeared on WWE Raw and "fought" wrestler Dolph Ziggler.

21. Way before he stepped into the ring, Jackman practiced his wrestling moves on extras -- sort of. While filming 2004's "Van Helsing" he accidentally broke an extra's hand during a stunt gone awry.

22. While he is most known for his tough guy action roles, in 2006 he took on a gentler part when he played Mumble's (Elijah Wood) father, Memphis, in "Happy Feet." We gotta say, his Elvis impression is spot-on.

23. Along with singing, Hugh can also play the piano, guitar, and violin.

24. Hugh used to be afraid of heights a child, but his brother helped him get over the fear. Together, they would jump off a diving board, with each one getting progressively higher. He’s said that they repeated this over and over until he wasn’t scared anymore.

25. On the other hand, Hugh does not like when dolls come to life. In his younger years, he was especially afraid of Chucky.

26. The final scene of X2 was shot in London because Hugh Jackman was already in Prague filming Van Helsing. Wolverine’s hair looks especially big in this scene because Hugh’s long hair was tucked under a wig.
27. Of the claws Hugh had to done for his role as Wolverine, he said, “I use them as back scratchers.”

28. If he weren’t an actor, Hugh has said that he would have become a daytime television host or a stockbroker.

29.  A talented singer, Hugh also sang at his friend Nicole Kidman’s wedding to Keith Urban.

30.Both children, Oscar and Ava, are adopted.

A.R. REHMAN - 26 unknown facts of great music legend of india

1. When Rehman was a kid, he wanted to become a computer Engineer. But he left his choice on the path of music.

2. His Father R.K.Sekhar is a famous Music Director in Malayalam Film Industry. So we can say that he has music in his blood.

3. At the age of thirteen, he played a four keyboard on T.V. in a children program called “WONDER BALLOON”.

4. His first religion was Hindu and His first name was A.S Dileep Kumar .But after his family changed religion he has the name as Allah Rakha Rehman. The reason was When Rahman’s sister fell seriously ill in 1988, Pir Qadri, who cured her, advised the family to convert to Islam and they did!

5. He didn’t complete his school, Because of poor attendance he had to left school at the age of 15.

6. During important film festivals Rahman is very conscious about his wardrobe. His wife Saira and a Mumbai based designer Deepak decides about his dresses.

7. The 1st biography of Rehman was released by Penguin Publishers. But due to some reason he didn’t accept it as his biography.

8.  He is very serious about his privacy. Only director Maniratnam is the only person outside of his family who can meet him any time at his choice.

9.  Rahman’s Oscar award winning song “Jai Ho” was initially composed for the Bollywood movie Yuvvraaj!. But it later became a part of Slumdog Millionaire.

10. Rahman is the only Indian to be featured in ‘List of best-selling music artists of the world’.

11. It is believed that Rahman likes composing at night as he is not disturbed by phone calls during that hour.

12. He does not let his wife or children inside the studio when he’s working.

13. Rahman doesn’t go to any kind of recreational places like theatres and parties. When he gets free time he just spends it with his family.

14. He has three kids Khatija, Rahima , and son Ameen. He loves to play games with them.

15. Rahman adds lots of sugar in his cup of coffee. The ratio is 1/4 of the size of the cup. People are amazed when they share a cup in his house.

16. He studied at Trinity college of Music at OXFORD University.

17. Rahman was 9, when his father passed away. He joined Illaiyaraja’s troupe as a keyboard player to earn for his family.

18. In 2006, he launched his own music label KM Music.

19. In 2004, he was appointed as a Global Brand ambassador of the Stop TB Partnership, a project by WHO.

20. He has been honored with the Padma Bhushan award and Padma Shri award from the Government of India.

21. In 2007, Rahman was entered in the Limca Books of Awards as “Indian of the Year for Contribution to Popular Music”.

22. He is the only music director to receive Natinal Film award for best music as a debut for the film ROJA.

23. Rahman is the first Asian to win two Oscars in same year and be nominated twice in the same category for the same film.

24. A street was named on his honor in Markham, Ontario, Canada in November 2013.

25. In 2012, Rahman revealed that he had received a Christmas card from the family of the President of the United States and dinner invitation at the White House.

26. Normally, he has no nick name in family. But his fans popularly nicknamed him as, 'The Mozart of Madras'.

BRUCE LEE-27 unknown facts may be you don,t know

Bruce Lee was one of great Action Actor of Holly-Wood. May be he is dead now. But his fan he is one of greatest Celebrity of a century. Read to know something unknown facts about him.

   

1. Bruce Lee had the ability to snatch a dime off a person’s open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.

2. In 1962, Bruce lee landed 15 punches, a kick and knocked out his opponent in a fight that lasted only 11 seconds. 

3. Bruce Lee’s kicks were so fast that while filming for one scene in Enter the Dragon, they had to re-film it in slow motion (34 frames) so that it wouldn’t appear fake. 

4. Bruce Lee was a fan of The Great Gama, the only undefeated wrestler in the world. Great Gama’s career spanned 50 years.

5. Bruce Lee was known to be a great Cha-Cha dancer. He had won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha Championship in 1958. 

6. A statue of Bruce Lee was placed in Mostar, Bosnia because he was something that all ethnicity liked and could agree on. The statue was later vandalized and destroyed. 

7. Bruce Lee’s speed in terms of reacting + punching from a distance of three feet away was found to be around five hundredths of a second (0.05 second). 

8. Bruce Lee was a big Muhammad Ali fan and used to would watch his fights on film obsessively.

9. The San Francisco Giants eradicated their Seagull problem with a Red Tailed Hawk named “Bruce Lee”

10. Yip Man who taught Bruce Lee opened his own martial arts school so that he could afford opium.

11. Bruce Lee had the ability to catch a grain of rice in mid-air with chopsticks. 

12. Bruce Lee kicked a man so hard that it broke a bystander’s arm when the man fell into him. 

13. Bruce Lee’s last movie (Game of Death) contains footage of his actual funeral with close ups of Lee in his coffin.

14. When asked who would win in a fight to the death, Chuck Norris once said “Bruce [Lee] of course, nobody can beat him.” 

15. Bruce Lee was able to perform 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups and it has been said that he performed pushups with upto 125lb of weight on his back. He only weighed approx. 130lbs. 

16. Jackie Chan began his film career as a stuntman in the Bruce Lee films, Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon. 

17. Bruce Lee’s first notable film (Golden Gate Girl) was shot in the USA, but wasn’t released in the USA until 5 years after it was released in China. He was just 1 at that time. 

18. Bruce Lee was part German (his mother is half German). 

19. Bruce Lee was taught “wing chun” by Grandmaster “Y”Ip Man when Bruce was 13. 

20. Bruce Lee was one of Hong Kong’s most prominent child actors, with 20 movies to his name by the time he was 18.

21. There was a cultural phenomenon called Bruce ploitation, in which numerous Bruce Lee look-alikes starred in cheap knock-off movies to cash in on the obsession with Lee after he died. 

22. Bruce Lee’s secret hobby was writing poetry, and he was actually pretty good at it. 

23.JEET-KUNE-DO is his special martial art technique, which was invented by him.

24.He was so fast he could take a coin from your open hand and replace it by another before you had time to close it.

25. Bruce Lee, s father sent him to San Francisco at 18  from Hong-Kong, because he would always get in trouble with Hong-Kong police for being known as well known street fighter.

26.He had capable to make a hole in a soda-can by punching with his finger and at that time soda can were made with freaking steal.

27.He also had capable to do push-ups by his single hand ,thumb and by index finger only.