Celebrity

CELEBRITY Meet T. Haridas, the restauranteur, entrepreneur, philanthropist from Kerala who has won the hearts of the British through healthy and mouth-watering cuisines from God’s Own Country, and that of the Malayalees through his philanthropy.     Some 40 years ago, 21-year-old Thekkumari Haridas went to London on an invitation of his uncle who worked in the Indian Foreign Ministry. Instead of enrolling in a course, a graduate then he

CELEBRITY Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan’s exemplary leadership, passion and enduring work ethics along with a philanthropic bent of mind today inspires many budding entrepreneurs and young achievers to contribute towards nation building. After completing his Masters in Business Management, he started his real estate business. His clear vision, down-to-earth attitude and unceasing determination, steered his companies to great heights and reputation in no time, thus setting new benchmarks for

CELEBRITIES In 2008, People (India) magazine named him the “Sexiest Man Alive”. He was 41 then. This year, he won the National Award for his performance in Bollywood blockbusters Rustom and Airlift. But Akshay Kumar is not just a handsome actor who woos women and men with his looks and stunts; he is a generous contributor to humanity too. A highly organised man, Akshay believes in a disciplined life. He

CELEBRITY Many of our celebs in B-town have been lending their support (physically or monetary) for years now. And this time our cause-maker cum newsmaker is an actor who is known less for commercial cinema and more for parallel cinema. Time magazine entitled him as the ‘superstar of Indian art house cinema’ while Italy’s Maxim magazine bequeathed upon him the title of ‘the Sean Penn of Oriental cinema’. Yes! You

CSR BY CELEBRITIES   When the first phase of the Kochi metro was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July, the audience was ecstatic. The joy of having the first metro in the country which connects rail, road and water transport system was evident, but the whistling and clapping was for the man who led this fastest metro project to completion. The man they cheered for is an engineering

CSR BY CELEBRITY The way he walks, the manner in which he delivers his dialogues or flips his hand to salute, wear his glasses or jacket, and adjust the stole on his shoulder; everything that he does becomes a style statement. Rajinikanth, the king reining the Tamil filmdom for more than four decades now, is admired, loved, worshipped by his fans, and the endless jokes on his mannerism bring a