famous stars from managlore
anil kumar
Vijay Mallya:
Devi Shetty:
?Dr.Devi Shetty : He is originally from the erstwhile Mangalore - South Kanara District of Karnataka state in India (now divided into Mangalore and Udupi District). After completing his graduate degree in Medicine and post-graduate work in General Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore(Karnataka state), he trained in cardiac surgery at Guys Hospital in the United Kingdom. He gained valuable experience in heart operations in the West Midlands rotation. He returned to India in 1989 and initially worked at B.M. Birla Hospital in Kolkata in Eastern India. After some time, he moved to Bangalore and started the Manipal Heart Foundation at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. He has many patients and admirers in Bangladesh and from all over the world, especially Southern Asia.
George Fernandes :
He is a trade union activist, former defence minister in the NDA Government (1998-2004).
Oscar Fernandes:
Muthappa Rai:(black star of Mangalore)-
Early on, as a Congress worker he was involved in a knife attack to protect his friend who was contesting a local level election. He was a clerk in Vijaya Bank (Nationalised bank)in Puttur. He later opted for a transfer to Mumbai and married his friend a girl from Coorg against his family wishes. It is said that in Bombay he got introduced to various underworld people and their "Gun Culture".
Aishwarya Rai (Aishwarya Bachchan):
Aishwarya Rai (Aishwarya Bachchan):was born on November 1, 1973 in Mangalore, the South Indian state of Karnataka, to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine engineer, and Vrinda Rai, a writer on 1 November 1973. Her ancestors are from the Bunt community of Mangalore. Her family later relocated to Mumbai (Bombay). Rai has one elder brother, Aditya Rai who is a film producer.
is a three-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian actress. She was Miss World in 1994 and has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English films. Rai is married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan and is daughter-in-law to Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan.
Sunil Shetty:
Sunil Shetty made his Bollywood debut in 1992 with the film Balwaan. The film was a success, largely due to some dangerous stunts he performed in the movie, without a double, and started his career. His breakthrough role came with the film Mohra (1994)?
Shilpa Shetty:
Shilpa Shetty: (born 8 June 1975 in Mangalore, India) is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress and Supermodel. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993),?
Shamita Shetty:
?Shamita Shetty (born 2 February 1979 - Mangalore) is an Indian actress. She is the younger sister of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. She made her debut with the 2000 blockbuster Mohabbatein. Since Mohabbatein, she mostly found success in item numbers, She is the eldest daughter of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty, manufacturers of tamper-proof caps for the pharmaceutical industry, and her native language is Tulu although she can speak nearly ten other languages?
Sneha Ullal:
Sneha Ullal: born December 18, is a Bollywood film actress.
Sneha Ullal, a Mangalorean born in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, is a Bollywood actress of Indian origin and Hindu. She rose to stardom with her first movie Lucky opposite Salman Khan, who discovered her. She did her initial schooling at the Indian School Muscat. She then attended Durelo Convent High School in the suburbs of Bandra. Later, she went to MMK College, Mumbai, with Khan's younger sister Arpita, who told her brother about her. Indian media shot her to fame for her performance in Lucky.
She bears an uncanny resemblance to Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai. It is believed she got the role in Lucky because of her resemblance to Aishwarya Rai who was the girlfriend of Salman Khan. (Ullal Famous Coastal place of Mangalore-Karnataka)
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?Amrita Rao:
Amrita Rao (born June 17, 1981) chitrapur north canara near Mangalore is an Indian model and Bollywood actress.
Amrita was born to well-to-do Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. She speaks English, Hindi, Marathi & Konkani ===============================
Deepika Padukone:
Deepika Padukone: (born in Mangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian super model. She is the daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone. Deepika has been modelling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril soap, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca. She started by starring in the music video for Naam Hai Tera a song from the pop album Aap Ka Suroor, an independent album by popular singer-composer Himesh Reshammiya.
Hansika Motwani:
She started her career as an child artist and went on to undoubtably become on of the best child artists the Indian Film and TV Industry has ever seen. She entered the film industry in the movie Yahoo where she acted as a child artist with Juhi chawla and Govinda the film though was delayed and never actually hit the silver screen, She played major roles in popular TV serials like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Desh Mein Nikla Hoga Chaand, Shaka Laka Boom Boom etc. She also kept appearing in a number of ad films which she love doing. She appeared in the commercials of popular brands like Samsung, Bournvita, Pepsi Hyundai Santro advert with Shahrukh khan.
She acted in Rakesh Roshan's super hit film Koi Mil Gaya which starred Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta. She has also done films like Hawa and Escape from Taliban, Hum Kaun Hai etc.In the second inning as a mature artist she started her career as a heroine in Puri Jagannadh's Telgu film Desamuduru along with Alu Arjun. In this picture she played a role of crime reporter and fall in love with a Sanyasi. This film was very much popular because of the excellent performance by this talent. Hansika Motwani is now again in news with her playing the lead role in Himesh Reshammia's "Aap Ka Sarur- The real love story"
Upendra :
Upendra , popularly known as Uppi born 18 September 1967 Kota, Udupi - near Mangalore, Karnataka is a Kannada cinema director, actor and script writer. Born in a lower middle classs family, Upendra started his career off with film director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director. His first directional venture was 'Tharle Nanmaga'.
In the late 90's he broke into the scene with the extremely violent Om, which also starred actual Bangalore gangsters. He followed this up with A, in which he starred.
Gurukiran:
Dr. B. R. Shetty :
Dr. B. R. Shetty - Founder Partner, Managing Director & CEO of NMC.
born in Udupi near Mangalore
Dr. Shetty has been providing community services as Chairman of Abu Dhabi Indian School; President of Abu Dhabi Cricket Council and Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Cricket Control Board; founder and president of numerous Indian business and cultural organizations; Founder Patron of Toastmasters International in the United Arab Emirates; Founder and Vice President of the Swiss Business Council and Member of the Executive Panel of Dubai's Pharmaceutical and Health Equipment Trading Business Group under the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
M.V Kamath:
Dr. T.M.A. Pai:
Dr. Tonse Madhav Ananth Pai, (abbreviated: Dr. T.M.A. Pai), (April 30, 1898 - May 29, 1979, Mangalore), was an Indian country doctor, educationist, banker and philanthropist, most well known for building the university town of Manipal, in udupi near Mangalore Karnataka, India.
He was first to a start private, self financing medical college offering MBBS in India. Pai established the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (KMC) in 195 3 and Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1957, which was followed by a string of other education institutions including Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI). He also established Syndicate Bank, which has its headquarters in Manipal. He was responsible for its popular Pigmy Deposit Scheme.
He is the present Chancellor of Manipal University, (formerly known as MAHE).
From one medical college in 1953, their educational empire has expanded to 24 professional colleges in 12 professional streams with 9 campuses and 2 universities. The Manipal Group has gone global with campuses in Nepal, Malaysia, Dubai, Muscat, Sri Lanka and Antigua. It has its presence in 20 countries.
Rev Fr.Lawrence John Saldanha:
(Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan)
Sandeep Chowta:
Sandeep Chowta: is an Indian Bollywood music director. He has also sung some of his songs.
Sandeep Chowta is from Mangalore. He started his Bollywood career with the movie Mast. He also sang the title track for the album.
Shirish Kunder:
Shirish Kunder born in Mangalore, he is an Indian editor and film director working in the Hindi Film Industry, also popularly known as Bollywood.
He was an Electronics Engineer by profession and worked for Motorola. He graduated as an electronics engineer from SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka He then turned to directing and his directorial debut is titled Jaan-E-Mann, for which he also wrote the story, screenplay, dialogues, edited and composed the background music score
?Daya Nayak:
Daya Nayak belongs to the Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins(RSB) which mainly reside along the western coast of the state of Karnataka and Maharastra
Yajnesh Shetty
Better known as?Cheetah Yajnesh Shetty. He is a physical trainer for many Bollywood stars. He taught the 14 year old Hrithik roshan Martial Arts. He turned director with his movie- Hum tum pe marte hain.He is a good friend of DayaNayak.
Ravi Shastri:
Ravishankar ("Ravi") Jayadritha Shastri pronunciation (born 27 May 1962 in Mumbai (Bombay), India) is a former Indian cricketer. He was recently assigned the post of the coach of the Indian cricket team. , Shastri's family originally came from Mangalore in Karnataka but he was born and brought up in Mumbai, then called Bombay. His father, Jayadratha Shastri, was a doctor and the family had a strong academic tradition. It was only as a teenager that he took cricket up seriously.
Guru Dutt:
Guru Dutt (July 9, 1925 - October 10, 1964) His parents were Chitrapur Saraswats, originally settled at Panambur- Mangalore South Kanara district of Karnataka. Guru Dutt was an famous Indian film director, producer, and actor. He is most famous for making lyrical and artistic films within the context of popular Indian cinema of the 1950s, and expanding its commercial conventions, starting with his 1957 masterpiece, Pyaasa.
Alwyn Fernandes:
Alwyn Fernandes is from Vamanjoor, Mangalore, he is Movie Music Director and is actively involved in the Kannada, Telugu and Hindi film industry. he is also the Music director of famous Kannada Movie Prana, he is young, energetic, talented, figure from Konkanni music world. Presently he is One of the leading Member of Famous Band Group Karma6 Promoted by Sandeep Chowta,
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Other /notable People related to Mangalore:
Karnad Sadashiv Rao, U. Srinivas Mallya, V. S. Kudva, M. Veerappa Moily, Margaret Alva, Janardhan Poojari, P. Dayananda Pai, M. R. Pai, T. V. R. Shenoy, U. Ramadas Kamath, Prakash Rai, U.R.Rao B.V. Seetaram, Prakash Padukone, Sheethal Malhar Prakash Bhandary, Ananth nag, Shankar Nag Shivaram Karanth, Girish Karnad, Suresh Kalmadi, Ashish Ballal, Ananth Murthy, P.Gururaj Bhat Ram Shetty, Kashinath, Suresh Shetty, Vittal Mallya, Harish Bijoor, Gopalkrishna Adiga, Govind Pai, Ganesh Hegde, Veerendra Heggade ,Naren Koduvattat, Abhijith D'Souza etc..
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