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Green Sea Turtle

A Hawaiian green sea turtle swims in just a few feet of water.

Polihua Beach, Lanai

Polihua Beach on Lanai, Hawaii. One of the most deserted beaches in Hawaii.


Lady Amitabh Bachchan: Vijayashanti's profile


Vijayashanti is an Indian film actress and a politician from Andhra Pradesh. She has acted in over 185 movies in seven languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.

Prior to joining politics in 2004, she was a leading actress in Telugu and Tamil films.

The actress was born as Shanti on 24th June 1966. Yester years Telugu film actress Vijaya Lalitha is her aunt.

She began her acting career in 1979 at the age of 13 as the leading lady in the Tamil film Kallukkul Eeram ("The moisture inside stone / rock") directed by the legendary Tamil film-maker Bharati Raja.

The same year, she debuted in her native Telugu with the movie Kilaadi Krishnudu, pairing opposite superstar Krishna.

For the first few years, she portrayed mostly glamour roles. Notable among them is her role in the Telugu film Satyam-Shivam (1981), the cast of which included the two legends of Telugu Cinema - NTR, and ANR.


Vijayashanti's first break as a performer came in the 1983 Telugu film Neti Bharatam directed by T. Krishna.

The next few years saw her in performance-oriented roles. In films like Desamlo Dongalu Paddaaru, Vandemaataram, Pratighatana, Aruna Kiranam, Repati Pourulu, and Devalayam she appeared in roles which demanded good acting skills. She also played parts which required a certain allure in films like Challenge, Desodhdhaarakudu, Pasivaadi Praanam, Muddula Krishnaiah, Agni Parvatam, and Gang Leader.

By 1985 she was exclusively acting in Telugu films. She became a Glamour Queen of the Telugu film industry.

In 1990, the blockbuster movie Karthavyam, her performance as a tough cop (modeled after real-life supercop Kiran Bedi) won her the National Film Award from Indian Government and an Andhra Pradesh State award for best actress. She became third women to win national award for best actress from Telugu industry. The success of this movie saw her moving away from glamorous roles and limiting herself to tough lady roles. These tough lady roles made her a lady super star in Telugu.


In 1990, Kartavyam was dubbed into Tamil as Vijayanthi IPS and its success brought her actress in Tamil cinema as well. It was also remade in Hindi as Tejaswini, with herself playing the lead role. As expected, Tejaswini did very well at the Hindi box-office.

Following the success of Vijayanthi IPS, the producers of her films began releasing Tamil versions of her movies simultaneously with the Telugu Movies. After she started concentrating on Action roles. some thing special is her nativity showing.


Her mindblowing performance in "Osey Ramulamma" earned her a Nandi Award for Best Actress in 1997.

In 2009, the actress will appear in a film, Zamaanat (2009), which has Amitabh Bachchan and Karishma Kapoor in the lead roles.

From 1999 her movie appearances decreased as she focused on her political career. By 2004 she had stopped signing new films.


In 1997 she started her political career by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Soon she was made the secretary of BJP's Women's Wing (Bharateeya Mahila Morcha). During the 1999 Indian general elections she was named BJP's contestant from the Cuddapah (or Kadapa) Lok Sabha seat against Sonia Gandhi of Congress(I) (however, she withdrew from the race after Sonia Gandhi decided to contest from Bellary).

She started her own political party, Talli Telangana, which merged into Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) due to lack of strenght and support, in January 2009.

In 2009 General Election of 15th Lok Sabha she won Medak seat. She is actively participating in the telangana agitation for a separate state for the telangana region.

She is credited as "The Lady Superstar" of South Indian cinema. At the peak of her career, she was among the highest paid movie stars in India.


She was mostly paired with Chiranjivi in 19 films, and then Bala Krishna (in 17 films), Krishna (in 12 films).

She played a wide variety of roles including glamorous roles, action heroine, tough cop, Goddess, sentimental roles and proved herself in all roles. She is ever rememberd for her versatality including acting, dancing, fighting skills.

She is believed to be married Srinivas Prasad and having two children. It's never disclosed to public.

Lady Amitabh Bachchan: Vijayashanti's profile


Vijayashanti is an Indian film actress and a politician from Andhra Pradesh. She has acted in over 185 movies in seven languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.

Prior to joining politics in 2004, she was a leading actress in Telugu and Tamil films.

The actress was born as Shanti on 24th June 1966. Yester years Telugu film actress Vijaya Lalitha is her aunt.

She began her acting career in 1979 at the age of 13 as the leading lady in the Tamil film Kallukkul Eeram ("The moisture inside stone / rock") directed by the legendary Tamil film-maker Bharati Raja.

The same year, she debuted in her native Telugu with the movie Kilaadi Krishnudu, pairing opposite superstar Krishna.

For the first few years, she portrayed mostly glamour roles. Notable among them is her role in the Telugu film Satyam-Shivam (1981), the cast of which included the two legends of Telugu Cinema - NTR, and ANR.


Vijayashanti's first break as a performer came in the 1983 Telugu film Neti Bharatam directed by T. Krishna.

The next few years saw her in performance-oriented roles. In films like Desamlo Dongalu Paddaaru, Vandemaataram, Pratighatana, Aruna Kiranam, Repati Pourulu, and Devalayam she appeared in roles which demanded good acting skills. She also played parts which required a certain allure in films like Challenge, Desodhdhaarakudu, Pasivaadi Praanam, Muddula Krishnaiah, Agni Parvatam, and Gang Leader.

By 1985 she was exclusively acting in Telugu films. She became a Glamour Queen of the Telugu film industry.

In 1990, the blockbuster movie Karthavyam, her performance as a tough cop (modeled after real-life supercop Kiran Bedi) won her the National Film Award from Indian Government and an Andhra Pradesh State award for best actress. She became third women to win national award for best actress from Telugu industry. The success of this movie saw her moving away from glamorous roles and limiting herself to tough lady roles. These tough lady roles made her a lady super star in Telugu.


In 1990, Kartavyam was dubbed into Tamil as Vijayanthi IPS and its success brought her actress in Tamil cinema as well. It was also remade in Hindi as Tejaswini, with herself playing the lead role. As expected, Tejaswini did very well at the Hindi box-office.

Following the success of Vijayanthi IPS, the producers of her films began releasing Tamil versions of her movies simultaneously with the Telugu Movies. After she started concentrating on Action roles. some thing special is her nativity showing.


Her mindblowing performance in "Osey Ramulamma" earned her a Nandi Award for Best Actress in 1997.

In 2009, the actress will appear in a film, Zamaanat (2009), which has Amitabh Bachchan and Karishma Kapoor in the lead roles.

From 1999 her movie appearances decreased as she focused on her political career. By 2004 she had stopped signing new films.


In 1997 she started her political career by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Soon she was made the secretary of BJP's Women's Wing (Bharateeya Mahila Morcha). During the 1999 Indian general elections she was named BJP's contestant from the Cuddapah (or Kadapa) Lok Sabha seat against Sonia Gandhi of Congress(I) (however, she withdrew from the race after Sonia Gandhi decided to contest from Bellary).

She started her own political party, Talli Telangana, which merged into Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) due to lack of strenght and support, in January 2009.

In 2009 General Election of 15th Lok Sabha she won Medak seat. She is actively participating in the telangana agitation for a separate state for the telangana region.

She is credited as "The Lady Superstar" of South Indian cinema. At the peak of her career, she was among the highest paid movie stars in India.


She was mostly paired with Chiranjivi in 19 films, and then Bala Krishna (in 17 films), Krishna (in 12 films).

She played a wide variety of roles including glamorous roles, action heroine, tough cop, Goddess, sentimental roles and proved herself in all roles. She is ever rememberd for her versatality including acting, dancing, fighting skills.

She is believed to be married Srinivas Prasad and having two children. It's never disclosed to public.

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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo known as Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer.

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Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer, whose tales of fantasy and dreamworlds are classics of the 20th-century world literature. Borges was profoundly influenced by European culture, English literature, and such thinkers as Berkeley, who argued that there is no material substance; the sensible world consists only of ideas, which exists for so long as they are perceived. Most of Borges's tales embrace universal themes – the often recurring circular labyrinth can be seen as a metaphor of life or a riddle which theme is time. Although Borges's name was mentioned in speculations about Nobel Prize, Borges never became a Nobel Laureate. 

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The Glamdoll Lakshmi Rai's biography


Lakshmi Rai (or Lakshmi Roy) is an Indian film actress and model from Belgaum, Karnataka, predominantly appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films.

Lakshmi Rai is born on 5th May 1981 in Hubli, Karnataka. Her nickname is Krishna.

Her father Ram Rai is a businessman and her mother Manjula is a housewife. She has two elder sisters Reshma and Ashwini, who have no interest in films. She is from the Bunt community of coastal Karnataka

Lakshmi Rai started her career as a child artist at the age of eight years, appearing for some ads shot in Belgaum.

The glamorous tamil actress was crowned ‘Miss Belgaum’ in 2003 and retained the title with her hot beauty from 2003 to 2004.


Lakshmi Rai initially worked as a model before entering the film industry. She appeared in several television ads such as Sylcon Footwears, Josco Jewellers and Emmanuel Silks.

She made her acting debut in 2005 in the Tamil film Karka Kasadara opposite Vikraanth ( Actor Vijay's cousin).


However, she shot to fame with her glamourous debut in Kanchanamala Cable TV, a Telugu flick that won her accolades from the critics and fans for her brilliant performance.

Subsequently she appeared in a number of unsuccessful Tamil films, including Kundakka Mandakka (2005), Dharmapuri (2006), and Nenjai Thodu (2007).

In 2008, she began working in more serious films such as the drama film Velli Thirai, in which she played herself, and the action thriller Dhaam Dhoom. Her portrayal of a lawyer in the latter garnered her a Filmfare Award nomination in the category for Best Supporting Actress.

While most of her Tamil releases performed poorly at the box office, she rose to fame with the popular Malayalam language films and establishing herself as one of the leading actresses in the Malayalam film industry.


She made her debut in Malayalam in 2007, starring in Rock & Roll opposite Mohanlal,she was noticed by the film field although film was a commercial failure. But she followed it up with several successful films such as Annan Thambi, 2 Harihar Nagar (2009), Evidam Swargamanu (2009) opposite Mohanlal, and Chattambinadu (2009) opposite Mammootty.

She is getting into Controversies one after another. The Glamdoll although being famous for her filmography was sometimes in the news for all the wrong reasons been romantically linked to Indian cricketers, M. S. Dhoni and Sreesanth & most notably the rumour of her involvement in flesh trade getting snaps of her nude photo session hitting the headlines.


Recent rumors that her name being linked with her personal trainer Prashanth. However, she promptly refused the claims of the tabloid about this and clarified the air in this regard in a press note.