Prashanth (born 1973) is an Indian actor and businessman.
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Jeans is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film co-written and directed by S. Shankar, and produced by Ashok Amritraj and Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Aishwarya Rai, while Lakshmi, Radhika Sarathkumar, Nassar, Senthil and Raju Sundaram play supporting roles. The background score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman, while Ashok Kumar and the duo B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan handled the cinematography and editing, respectively.
Dev, devs, or DEV may refer to:
Varun is an Indian male given name. Notable people with the name include:
Rahul is a popular male name in India and has a variety of meanings. The earliest meaning found in the Upanishads is "conqueror of all miseries." Later use of the word is attributed to the Buddha, who named his son Rahula as he felt that family ties could be an obstacle in the path to renunciation and nirvana. Buddha uttered Rahul when he first saw his son and gave a new meaning "relationship" and "bondage" to this name. Rahul means Moon, Able/efficient in Sanskrit and Pali. Rahul also means "Traveler" in Arabic.
Prashanth Thiagarajan, known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor and businessman, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. At the peak of his career in the late 1990s, Prashanth was one of the popular actors in South India. He has won a Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in the Tamil film Vaigasi Poranthachu (1990) and went on to feature in other films including Balu Mahendra's Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992), R. K. Selvamani's Chembaruthi (1992), K. Rushendra Reddy's Tholi Muddhu (1993), and Mani Ratnam's action-comedy Thiruda Thiruda (1993). Prashanth rose to stardom with Shankar's romantic comedy Jeans (1998) in which he played a dual role alongside Aishwarya Rai. The success of Jeans saw him garner opportunities to work in bigger film projects and in the late 1990s, he featured in a series of breakthrough films such as Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998), Kaadhal Kavithai (1998), Jodi (1999) and Parthen Rasithen (2000).
Sharma is a Hindu Brahmin surname. The Sanskrit stem ṣárman- can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'. Sarma and Sarmah are alternative English spellings of the name, commonly used by Assamese Brahmins.
Sandeep or Sundeep is a common Indian given name. The name may be derived either from the Sanskrit saṃdīpa, referring to a burning flame or lamp, or from the name of Sandipani, the guru of Krishna.
Siddhartha or Siddharth is the birth name of the founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha.
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Bhandari or Bhandary is a surname found in various Hindu castes and communities in India and Nepal. Bhandari means treasurer, keeper of a storehouse. In Punjab, Bhandaris belong to the Khatri caste. In Nepal, the surname is used by both Matwali and Tagadhari Chhetris, as well as Bahuns.
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Oberoi is a surname used by the Punjabi Khatri caste of northern India.
Amit is a male given name of Indian or Hebrew origin.
Mehra is a Khatri Hindu surname found in India, predominantly in Punjab, Delhi and Jammu Region. They generally comes under Dhai Ghar of Khatri Caste. Mehra surname are mainly Khatri origin but many clans from other states also uses this surname as well. They are also known as Kashyap Rajput. This surname derives from the word Mihir, meaning sun or master.
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Imran Khan is a Pakistani former cricketer and politician who was the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan.
Anand is a name of Indian origin, derived from the Sanskrit abstract noun आनन्द (ānanda), which means happiness or joy.
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Menon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: