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Anand Kumar
Indian mathematician and educationalist
His life and work had been portrayed in the 2019 film, '' Super 30'', where Kumar is played by Hrithik Roshan.
Bollywood director Vikas Bahl has directed a film titled '' Super 30'', with Hrithik Roshan as Anand Kumar, based on his life and works.
Hrithik Roshan
He earned praise for his portrayal of a thief in ''Dhoom 2'' (2006), Mughal emperor Akbar in '' Jodhaa Akbar'' (2008) and a quadriplegic in ''Guzaarish'' (2010).
In 2008, Roshan was cast in Ashutosh Gowariker's '' Jodhaa Akbar'', a partly fictionalised account of a marriage of convenience between the Mughal emperorJalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (played by Roshan) and the Rajput princess Jodha Bai (played by Rai).
For the role, Roshan learned sword-fighting and horse-riding, and also took Urdu lessons. '' Jodhaa Akbar'' earned {{INRConvert|1.2|b}} worldwide.
Raja Sen of Rediff.com thought that Roshan "proves a very good Akbar.
Anand Kumar
Indian mathematician and educationalist
In April 2011, Kumar was selected by Europe's magazine ''Focus'' as "one of the global personalities who have the ability to shape exceptionally talented people." Kumar also helped Amitabh Bachchan in preparing for his role in the film '' Aarakshan''.
Amitabh Bachchan
Indian film actor
Some prominent films featuring his narration are Satyajit Ray's 1977 film '' Shatranj Ke Khiladi''. and Ashutosh Gowarikar's 2001 film '' Lagaan''.
Satyajit Ray
Indian filmmaker (1921–1992)
Salman Rushdie's ''Haroun and the Sea of Stories'' contains fish characters named ''Goopy'' and ''Bagha'', a tribute to Ray's fantasy film.
Anand Kumar
Indian mathematician and educationalist
Super 30 received praise from United States President Barack Obama's special envoy, Rashad Hussain, who termed it the "best" institute in the country. '' Newsweek Magazine'' has taken note of the initiative of mathematician Anand Kumar's Super 30 and included his school in the list of four most innovative schools in the world.
Barack Obama
This was only the fifth occurrence since the start of the 20th century of a head of state's being extended this invitation, following Charles de Gaulle in 1960, Nelson Mandela in 1996, Queen Elizabeth II in 2002 and Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.
Nelson Mandela
Mandela was very self-conscious about being a man and regularly made references to manhood. He was heterosexual, and biographer Fatima Meer said that he was "easily tempted" by women. Another biographer, Martin Meredith, characterised him as being "by nature a romantic", highlighting that he had relationships with various women. Mandela was married three times, fathered six children, and had seventeen grandchildren and at least seventeen great-grandchildren.
Fatima Meer
She was a strong supporter of the Iranian Revolution and boycotted Salman Rushdie's trip to South Africa in 1998, claiming that he was a blasphemer.
Anand Kumar
Indian mathematician and educationalist
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav spoke in favour of Anand Kumar and said that "propaganda is being run in media influenced by feudal mindset to discredit and defame Anand Kumar." Union Cabinet Minister and former actor, Shatrughan Sinha, has also spoken in Kumar's favour on Twitter.
Rabindranath Tagore
Some controversies{{efn|Tagore was no stranger to controversy: his dealings with Indian nationalists Subhas Chandra Bose{{Sfn|Sen|1997}} and Rash Behari Bose,{{Sfn|Dutta|Robinson|1995|p=214}} his yen for Soviet Communism,{{Sfn|Dutta|Robinson|1995|p=297}}{{Sfn|Dutta|Robinson|1995|pp=214–215}} and papers confiscated from Indian nationalists in New York allegedly implicating Tagore in a plot to overthrow the Raj via German funds.{{Sfn|Dutta|Robinson|1995|p=212}} These destroyed Tagore's image—and book sales—in the United States.{{Sfn|Dutta|Robinson|1995|p=214}} His relations with and ambivalent opinion of Mussolini revolted many;{{Sfn|Kundu|2009}} close friend Romain Rolland despaired that "[h]e is abdicating his role as moral guide of the independent spirits of Europe and India".{{Sfn|Dutta|Robinson|1995|p=273}}}} involving Tagore, possibly fictive, trashed his popularity and sales in Japan and North America after the late 1920s, concluding with his "near total eclipse" outside Bengal.{{Sfn|Sen|1997}} Yet a latent reverence of Tagore was discovered by an astonished Salman Rushdie during a trip to Nicaragua.{{Sfn|Dutta|Robinson|1995|p=255}}
