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Extraaa Innings T20
''Extraaa Innings T20'' (also popularly called 'Extra Innings') is a cricket based show telecast in between match sessions during the Indian Premier League (IPL) that covered match analysis and expert opinions from commentators, retired players and other experts in the sport. In any typical match, the show took place with a pre-match analysis, discussion during the match break and post match analysis. The show was hosted by television personalities along with ex-cricket players in Mumbai's RK Studio. The hosts took turns to traverse between the studio and stadiums during random match days which made it easier for them to have interactions and interviews with players during the course of the match. Drummers, dancers and cheerleaders were an integral part of the show. This, along with the stadiums almost always having a full house attendance with a carnival-like atmosphere had given the tournament a high television viewership since its inception in 2008. All these factors have mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navjot Singh Siddhu
Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 20 October 1963) is an Indian National Congress politician, television personality and retired international cricketer. He is the former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs in the state government of State of Punjab. As a professional cricketer, Sidhu had a career spanning over 19 years after his first-class debut in 1981–82. After losing his place in the national team following his international debut in 1983–84, he returned to score four half-centuries in the 1987 World Cup. Playing mostly as a top-order batter, Sidhu went on to play in 51 Tests and 136 One-Day-Internationals for his country. He came to be known for his six-hitting ability and earned the sobriquet "Sixer Sidhu". After retirement, he turned to commentary and television, most notably as a judge of comedy shows, and as a permanent guest in '' Comedy Nights with Kapil'' (2013–2015) and later ''The Kapil Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archana Vijaya
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 is the fifth season of the dance reality show, ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa''. It premiered on 16 June 2012 on Colors and concluded on 30 September 2012. The series was hosted by Manish Paul and Ragini Khanna. Contestants Status Contestants & Choreographers Original contestants * Gurmeet Choudhary and Shampa Gopikrishna, winners on 30 September 2012 * Rashami Desai and Deepak Singh, second place on 30 September 2012 * Rithvik Dhanjani and Sneha Kapoor, third place on 30 September 2012 * Isha Sharvani and Salman Yusuff Khan, fourth place (quit) on 30 September 2012 * Bharti Singh and Savio Barnes, eliminated (quit) on 22 September 2012 * Karan Wahi and Mohena Singh, eliminated on 15 September 2012 * Darsheel Safary and Avneet Kaur, eliminated on 1 September 2012 * Shibani Dandekar and Punit Pathak, eliminated on 25 August 2012 * Giaa Manek and Nishant Bhat, eliminated on 18 August 2012 * Ravi Kishan and Kunjan, eliminated on 11 August 2012 * Sushil Kumar and Ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiyang Chang
Meiyang Chang (born 6 October 1982) is an Indian actor, television host, singer and a dentist. He came to prominence as a contestant on the third season of the singing reality show '' Indian Idol''. Following this, he began his acting career with the film '' Badmaash Company''. He also appeared in other films like ''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy'', ''Sultan'' and '' Bharat''. His latest work includes '' Undekhi'' and ''Modern Love Mumbai''. Early life Meiyang is an alumnus of the De Nobili School (Dhanbad), Colonel Brown Cambridge School Dehradun and Wynberg Allen School Mussoorie. Chang is a third generation Indian-Chinese, with roots in China's Hubei province. He is also a qualified dentist with a BDS degree from Vokkaligara Sangha Dental College & Hospital, Bangalore. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiv Panditt
Shiv Pandit (born 21 June 1984), known professionally as Shiv Panditt, is an Indian actor, model, emcee, radio jockey and television host. He is the brother of Gayatri Pandit, who has been an assistant director on the films ''Desi Boyz'' (2011), ''Boss'' (2013), ''Roy'' (2015), ''Shivaay'' (2016), '' Om The Battle Within'' (2021) and Arjun Pandit, an ex sports anchor on NDTV and STAR Sports. Shiv is also the co-owner of the ''Chandigarh Cubs'' cricket team in the Box Cricket League (B.C.L.) along with actress Anita Hassanandani. Education Panditt attended The Doon School in Dehradun, and then went to Hindu College, University of Delhi, for graduation. Career Films Shiv Panditt made his screen debut in 2011 with the critically and commercially successful Hindi film 'Shaitan' where he got noticed and was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He went on to debut as a lead actor in the Tamil film ''Leelai''. The film opened to positive reviews, with Panditt's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sameer Kochhar
Samir Kochhar (born 23 May 1980) is an Indian actor and television presenter known for being the host of the pre-match Indian Premier League show, ''Extraaa Innings T20''. He currently stars in Netflix India's Sacred Games. Career Kochhar started his career with Doordarshan's AIDS awareness cum travel show ''Haath Se Haath Mila'' which he anchored with Sugandha Garg. He made his Bollywood film debut in 2003 with Sumeer Sabharwal's bilingual film ''Valentine Days''. Kochhar made his television debut with ''Dangerous'', a talk show on sex, which was broadcast on Zoom. He appeared as Rajat Kapur in the soap opera ''Bade Acche Lagte Hain''. In 2005, he appeared in Mohit Suri's ''Zeher'' (2005) and followed it with the thriller ''Jannat'' (2008), where he played a police inspector. Kochhar was part of ''Island City'' directed by Ruchika Oberoi, that received rave reviews at the Venice International Film Festival as well as the JIO MAMI Film Festival 2015 in Mumbai. He will also be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lekha Washington
Lekha Washington is an Indian actress, artist, and product designer who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films. She was first recognised for her work as a sculptor in 2002 and then as a theatre actress in Chennai based stage plays. After appearing as a video jockey with SS Music, Washington's breakthrough film role was as an independent estranged sister in ''Jayamkondaan'' (2008), whilst she has gone on to portray roles in the multi-starrer '' Vedam'' and the comedy '' Va''. Early life Lekha Washington was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to a father of mixed Burmese, Italian and Punjabi ancestry, and a Maharashtrian mother. Despite the mixed heritage, Washington has stated that she prefers herself as Tamilian due to her upbringing in Chennai and speaks English, Tamil and Marathi at home. She is a huge fan & supporter of Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Washington did her schooling in Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai and later pursued a degree in Fine Arts a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayanti Langer
Mayanti Langer (born 8 February 1985) is an Indian sports journalist, anchor and broadcaster working with Star India on cricket matches. She has hosted many tournaments like ''Football Cafe'' on Zee Sports, 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on ESPN, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2014 Indian Super League, 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, 2018 Indian Premier League, 2019 Indian Premier League and 2019 Cricket World Cup. Media career Her interest in football grew when she was a student in the United States. She was in her college football team and was a guest anchor for a broadcast of FIFA beach football. . televisionpoint.com. With the success of the broadcast, she was offered a spot as host and associate producer for ''Football Cafe'' on |
Shonali Nagrani
Shonali Nagrani (born 20 December 1981) is an Indian actress, television presenter and IPL host. She has also appeared in Hindi language films. She entered the Femina Miss India pageant in 2003 and was crowned Femina Miss India International, allowing her to compete in Miss International 2003, where she was crowned the 1st runner-up. Alongside appearances as a model, Nagrani has hosted IPL for four consecutive years. She was voted as one of India's "50 Most Desirable Women" for the year 2011 and 2012 by the ''Times of India''. Early life Nagrani hails from a Sindhi family in Delhi. She studied at Good Shepherd English School in Bengdubi, Bagdogra and Army Public School in Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi. She graduated from the Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi in 2003. Nagrani's family also consists of a military background, as her father is a retired Indian Naval officer. In 2013, she married her boyfriend Shiraz Bhattacharya in Kerala. Career Modelling She was crowned Femina Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karishma Kotak
Karishma Kotak is a British model, actress and TV presenter. Early life Kotak was born on 26 May 1982 in North West London, England. She is a Gujarati. Her father is from Gujarat and her mother is from East Africa. Her immediate family lives in London and consists of her mother and a younger brother named Sunny Kotak. She did a part of her schooling from a boarding school. She later pursued a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Marketing. Initially, she wanted to become a teacher and had enrolled for a course in teaching. Career Modelling and advertisements - UK Karishma began her modelling career at the age of 16 and worked for an adult magazine like Just Seventeen and other projects in Essex. When she was around 20, she visited India and realized the huge potential that the Indian fashion had to offer. In the meantime, she continued doing projects and fashion shows in the UK including regional campaigns. She did catalog work for brands like Toni & Guy and FCUK. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda (born 5 March 1990) is an Australian actress of Indian descent, and a classical Indian Bharathanatyam dancer. Her film credits include Oscar nominated film ''Lion'' (2016), Bollywood films ''Begum Jaan'' (2017) and ''Hawaizaada'' (2015), and comedy Australian film '' Save Your Legs!'' (2012) and Les Norton, Australian teleseries. She has worked in Hindi films like ''My Name Is Khan'', ''Dus Tola'', '' Besharam'', ''Hawaizaada'', and ''Begum Jaan''. In 2021, Sharda starred in ''Tom & Jerry.'' Her latest release is the 2022 rom-com '' Wedding Season'' with Suraj Sharma. Early life Sharda was born in an Indian family in Perth, Western Australia to Hema Sharda, and Nalin Kant Sharda. Both her parents are IIT alumni and have PhDs in science and engineering. They migrated to Australia in the 1980s before she was born. Sharda came to Melbourne as a toddler where she grew up in the outer north-western suburbs. She went to school at Lowther Hall in Essendon where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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