Prabha Sharma
Prabha may refer to: People with the given name * Prabha Atre (born 1932), Indian classical singer * Prabha Bannabilaya (1885–1948), princess of Siam * Prabha Bharti (d. 2000s), one of the first Indian women qawaali singer (fl. 1960s-1990s) * Prabha Kiran Jain (born 1963), Indian poet and author * Prabha Ranatunge (born 1926), Sri Lankan female radio personality * Prabha Rau (1935–2010), Indian politician * Prabha (actress), South Indian actress * Prabha Sinha (born 1950), Indian actress * Prabha Thakur (born 1949), Indian politician People with the surname * B. Prabha (1933–2001), Indian artist * Rama Prabha (born 1947), Indian actress Other * ''Andhra Prabha'', a Telugu daily newspaper launched in 1938 * ''Kannada Prabha'', a morning daily newspaper from the house of The New Indian Express Group See also * Prabhas (born 1979), Indian film actor in Telugu Cinema * {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prabha Atre
Prabha Atre (born 13 September 1932) is an Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana. She has been awarded all three of the Padma Awards by the Government of India. Early life and education Atre was born to Abasaheb and Indirabai Atre in Pune. As children, Atre and her sister, Usha, were interested in music, but neither of them planned to pursue music as a career. When Atre was eight, Indirabai was not keeping good health, and at a friend's suggestion that classical music lessons would help her feel better, she took a few lessons. Listening to those lessons inspired Atre to learn classical music. Her music training was in the Guru-shishya tradition. She learnt classical music from Sureshbabu Mane and Hirabai Badodekar from the Kirana gharana. She acknowledges the influence of two other greats, Amir Khan for khyal and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan for thumri, on her gayaki. She also has formal training in Kathak dance style. While studying music, Atre earned a Bachelor of Sc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prabha Bannabilaya
Princess Prabha Bannabilaya ( th, ประภาพรรณพิไลย; ; 13 August 1885 – 8 September 1948) was the Princess of Siam (later Thailand. She was a member of Siamese Royal Family. She is a daughter of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam. Her mother was Chao Chom Manda Phrom (daughter of Phraya Phitsanuloka Thibodi). She had 3 siblings; 1 elder sister, 1 younger brother and 1 younger sister; * Princess Prabai Bannabilas (13 August 1885 – 17 September 1886) Princess Prabha Bannabilaya' twin younger sister. * Prince Samaya Vudhirodom (13 September 1888 – 9 December 1889) * Princess Vapi Busbakara (25 June 1891 – 15 December 1982) Princess Prabha Bannabilaya and Princess Prabai Bannabilas were the only twin couple of King Chulalongkorn, and they were the 4th twin couple in Chakri Dynasty. The three previous twin couple were: * Prince and Princess twin of Prince Boworn Maha Senanurak and Chao Chom Manda Sabaya, they died after birth in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prabha Bharti
Prabha Bharti (died 2000s) was a noted Indian qawaali and ghazal singer of the 1960s to the 1990s. She was one of the first women qawwali-singer (qawwal) of India, a form of Sufi devotional music traditionally a reserve of male singers. She is known for her album, "Rang-e-Qawwali" (1978), which features qawaalis, "Chhaap Tilak" and "Mai Ni Mai", besides album, "Prabha Bharti Ghazal & Qawali" with music by Kesar Singh Narula released by Gramophone Company of India (HMV-EMI). Career When she started her career, she found herself being "taken in more as a prop", however subsequently the trend of female qawwals became popular. Later filmi qawwali in Bollywood started depicting the battle of sexes, wherein male and female qawwal competed against each other. Born in a Hindu family, she was a sought after singer in Sufi circles, and performed at commercial as well as private venues and shrines. At the peak of her career in the 1970s and 1980s, he was a leading qawwal in states of Delhi, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prabha Kiran Jain
Dr. Prabhakiran Jain (born 1963) is a poet and author. Biography She has a Ph.D. in Political Science and has worked extensively in creating awareness about contribution of Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha. She has been featured on TV Channels including Doordarshan Network, NDTV, Star Plus, SAB TV, Sony Entertainment Television, India TV, Sudarshan TV, Sahara TV, Focus TV, Mahua TV, Total TV, as well as on Radio networks in various countries including India, Australia & New Zealand. She represented Indian Council For Cultural Relations The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, involved in India's global cultural relations, through cultural exchange with other countries and their people. It was founded on 9 Apri ..., Government of India in United Kingdom and has participated in literary events in the United States of America, Australia and South Africa etc. Prabhakiran runs a non-profit organisation called ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prabha Ranatunge
Prabha Ranatunge (1926-2017), also known as Prabha Perera, was a Sri Lankan radio personality who was the first Sinhala female announcer in Sri Lanka. She joined Radio Ceylon in the 1950s as the first ever woman announcer for the station. After her marriage, she worked as a radio announcer with the name Prabha Ranatunge. Death Ranatunge died on 5 May 2017. Her remains are lying at the Jayaratne funeral parlour in Borella. See also * List of Sri Lankan broadcasters This list of Sri Lankan broadcasters includes notable broadcasters from the country of Sri Lanka. A *Chitrananda Abeysekera *Karunaratne Abeysekera B * K. S. Balachandran * Leon Belleth *Nihal Bhareti * Jimmy Bharucha C *Vernon Corea *Vij ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranatunge, Prabha 1926 births 2017 deaths Sri Lankan radio personalities ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prabha Rau
Prabha Rau (4 March 1935 – 26 April 2010) was an Indian politician and the Governor of Rajasthan state of India when she died. She was appointed Governor of Rajasthan after she was transferred from Governor of Himachal Pradesh after Urmila Singh took charge on 25 Jan 2010 at Shimla. Initially following the death of previous governor of Rajasthan S.K. Singh, she got additional charge as Governor of Rajasthan along with charge of Governor of Himachal Pradesh. She was the governor of Himachal Pradesh since 19 July 2008. She was the former president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. She hailed from Wardha. She has a brother named Arun Wasu. She was Member of Parliament in 13th Lok Sabha and was elected from Wardha (Lok Sabha constituency) in Maharashtra. She was elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1972 from Pulgaon for the first time. She was a former athlete and had represented Maharashtra in the long jump, high jump, hurdles, discus throw, and running. She ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prabha (actress)
Prabha is an Indian actress and Kuchipudi dancer from Andhra Pradesh. She has acted about 125 films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada alongside popular Tollywood actors such as N. T. Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.She won two Nandi Awards. Career Dancer She learnt Kuchipudi dance as a child, but took it up full-time when she found the right guru. Her dance debut and marriage both happened at the same time. She gave 40 performances in the USA. Accident When she was in a film shoot she met with an accident where the car was tilted over and boiling water from the radiator spilled onto her legs. She suffered from those burns for nearly two months. She has mentioned this in a Telugu television Talk show called ''Alitho Saradaga'' which telecasts on ETV. Filmography Telugu * ''Needa Leni Aadathe'' (1974) - Debut in Telugu * ''Bhoomi Kosam'' (1974) * ''Ammayilu Jagratha'' (1975) * ''Annadammula Katha'' (1975) * ''Ramayya Thandri'' (1975) * ''Athavarillu'' (1976) * ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prabha Sinha
Prabha Sinha is an Indian film and television actress. She entered the television scene around the time there was a boom of soap operas. She gained popularity with her performance in Mahesh Bhatt's ''Swabhimaan'' (1995), written by Shobha De. Biography Granddaughter of Rai Bahadur Mukteshwar Prasad, she excelled in academics with first class first honors in Sociology. Coming from a family of mostly doctors and lawyers, she entered the television scene accidentally after she had 2 daughters (both Software Engineers in US now). She also likes doing social work. TV career Best known for her portrayal of the character ''Sheela'' in the television serial ''Swabhimaan'', opposite Deepak Parashar, which was DD's second daily soap just after '' Shanti''. It was later telecasted on Star plus. She starred in ''Itihaas'', which was Balaji's first daily soap on DD. ''Itihaas'' was centered on the story of three sisters, one of which was played by her. This was followed by ''Parampara'' on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prabha Thakur
Prabha Thakur (born 10 September 1951) is an Indian politician, Congress leader, renowned Hindi poet and social worker. She was the Rajya Sabha MP for two consecutive terms from Rajasthan during 2004 to 2014 as well as Lok Sabha MP from Ajmer during 1998-99. Thakur also the President of the All India Mahila Congress. Thakur has also produced, directed and sung for some Hindi and Rajasthani films. Early life Prabha Thakur was born on 10 September 1951 to father Devi Singh Barhath, an RAS officer and mother Sushila Devi, and belonged to Chota Udaipur (or Udaipur Khurd) village in Kishangarh, Ajmer. Career Thakur was a member of 12th Lok Sabha from Ajmer constituency in Rajasthan from 1998 to 1999. In 2009, she was openly critical of the Left Front rule of the state of Bengal, saying that crimes against women have been growing in the previous 33 years of rule. In 2014, she was part of a group of women who supported an ''Aam Sabha'' for the 33% Women's Reservation Bill. She st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rama Prabha
Rama Prabha is an Indian actress who performs in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She has acted in more than 1,400 films and is credited as a character artist who shared screen space with superstars across all generation of South Indian Cinema with a career spanning over six decades. She formed a noted pair on Telugu screen during the 1970s and 1980s with comedian Raja Babu. She acted opposite Nagesh in Shanti Nilayam and many other films from 1968 onwards. She acted in Hindi opposite Mehmood in the movie ''Do Phool''. Personal life When she was two months old, her aunty adopted her and they shifted to Ooty. Rama's childhood was spent in that place up to 14 years then they shifted to Chennai. Currently lives in Vayalpadu, near Madanapalle. She had adopted her sister's daughter Vijaya Chamundeswari, when she was a 1-year-old child. Vijaya is married to actor Rajendra Prasad Selected filmography Awards * She won Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian - Lahiri Lahiri Lahiri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andhra Prabha
''Andhra Prabha'' - ''Journalism first'' is a Telugu language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The newspaper is one of the oldest running Telugu-language daily newspapers of India. The newspaper and website (''www.prabhanews.com'') were owned by the New Indian Express Group of Companies but the newspaper was sold to entrepreneurs from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The newspaper is owned by Mootha Gopalakrishna (spelled as "Muttha Gopalakrishna"), former M.L.A of Kakinada city (Assembly Constituency). The newspaper publishes neutral news not in support of any political organisation and is the one of the most balanced and close-to-reality Telugu language daily newspapers. Early history Andhra Prabha was started in Madras (now, Chennai) on August 15, 1938 by Ramnath Goenka under his ''Indian Express'' group and published from major towns inside Andhra Pradesh from the 1950s to challenge the prominence of the then leading Telugu newspap ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kannada Prabha
''Kannada Prabha'' is a morning daily jointly owned by Jupiter Capital a company founded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar who is Bharatiya Janata Party’s member of parliament and ''The New Indian Express'' Group, is a major Kannada newspaper in Karnataka. The tag line on its masthead is ''The Most Powerful Kannada Newspaper''. It was founded by Ramnath Goenka. History Started on 4 November 1967 with one edition in Bengaluru, today this newspaper, headquartered in Bengaluru is spread across the state with 5 other publication centers viz. Gulbarga, Mangalore, Shivamogga, Hubballi, Belagavi and chithradurga Kalaburagi. Jupiter Capital, owned by Rajeev Chandrasekhar purchased a 51% stake in the newspaper in 2011. Ravi Hegde took charge as Editor in Chief in January 2017. Kannada Prabha has won the ''Karnataka Media Academy award'' for the Best Designed Newspaper successively, three times since the inception of the award in 2005. Sister publications * ''The New Indian Express'', an I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |