Ramoji Rao Biography and success story

Sri Ramoji Rao 

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The Indian Business Tycoon & Media Entrepreneur, Cherukuri Ramoji Rao,  was born on 16th November, 1936, in Gudivada, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, into an agricultural family. 

Popularly Known as, Chairman Garu, to his people and Telugu Bidda to Telugu speaking people and Media Baron to media fraternity in the country. Sri Ramoji Rao is very pleasant & simple soul. Chairman of Ushodaya enterprises has Head Office at Hyderabad city of Andhra Pradesh

The personality is the owner of the world’s largest film production facility, “Ramoji Rao City (RFC)”. The film city also has been recognized by the Guinness book of world records as the largest film studio complex in the world. Ramoji’s group comprises of:

Ramoji Film City (RFC) is the world’s largest integrated film studio complex at over 2,000 acres of land. RFC is also a popular tourism and recreation centre, containing both natural and artificial attractions including an amusement park. It is situated near Hayathnagar and Peddamberpet in Hyderabad - Vijayawada, NH9 highway, about 25 km South-East of Hyderabad.

E TV, a 12-channel source of infotainment, speaking to audiences in the language of their choice: Telugu, Bangla, Marathi, Kannada, Oriya, Gujarati, Urdu; and Hindi to viewers in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. ETV has created a dedicated infotainment channel for each of the four Hindi-speaking states.

Ushakiran Television Carries out TV content development for the ETV Network. Employing over 1000 workers it has divisions all over India.

Ushakiran Movies was founded in 1983 and has produced nearly 80 films in Telugu and Hindi languages. The production house produced films like Pratighatana, Mayuri and Sitara which were super hits.

The flagship company of the group, Margdarsi Chit Fund, founded in 1962 in a small rented building on Himayat Nagar road is one of the chit fund (financial instrument) companies, with a subscriber base of 3,60,000 members. 

Priya Foods involved in manufacturing and marketing such products as all kinds of pickles, condiments, confectionery and edible oils.

Dolphin Chain of Hotels is in the hospitality industry for over 25 years. The company operates a range of hotels at Ramoji Film City – from luxury Hotel Sitara to budget property Tara. The company set up Dolphin, Visakhapatnam’s first ever three-star establishment, in the 80s.

Kalanjali is a large shopping mall that offers arts, crafts and textiles from all parts of India.

Mayuri Film Distributors A company founded in 1983 which revived the old style exhibition of films on commission basis that provides not only integrated movie distribution but a relationship between producer of the film and distributor. Mayuri has been distributing films for over two decades under Ushakiron Movies.

The Uniquely Professional & Motivational Personality, Mr. Ramoji Rao, has bagged many awards.

Ramoji Rao is able to handle his varied businesses because he believes in delegating authority and maintaining transparency.

The Persona of Ramoji Rao chalks out clearly in his milky white dress mostly in safari with white socks and shoes which suits to his personality. Off late Ramoji Rao faced off many controversies but he is such a brave hearted, simple soul that it would not be a great surprise that he sails through unscathed.

Ramoji Rao never forgets to tell the stories of his stint at Delhi to any ‘Dilliwala’ and claims with smile that he equally knows Delhi very well.

He started his professional journey from Waltaire, known as Visakhapatnam at present where he launched his first magazine with the name “Annadata” and as the name mentions content of Annadata is meant for the welfare of farmers. Having born in agricultural family launch of Annadata magazine created very positive response from Coastal Andhra Pradesh and readership of the magazine grew multifold. This reflects the great business acumen of Ramoji Rao which is second to none. 

The Big Personality, Now, has become the Life & Livelihood for millions of employees, Motivation & Leader for the budding and upcoming performers; and is already been respected as Live God by number of his followers!!

The Big Man !! With as Big & Soft Heart !!

Mahesh Biography

Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975 ) is an Indian film actor best known for his work in Telugu cinema. Born to actor Krishna in the Ghattamaneni family, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in 1979'sNeeda. His first leading role was in the film Rajakumarudu, which was released in August 1999.

Early Life:

Mahesh Babu was born in Chennai, to prominent Telugu Cinema actor Ghatamaneni Siva Rama Krishna and Smt. Indira Devi on 9 August 1975. He is the younger brother of actor turned producer Ramesh Babu Ghattamaneni. He also has two elder sisters, Padmavathi and actress-producer Manjula Ghattamaneni and one younger sister Priyadarshini. All siblings have acted in films as child artistes. Mahesh's childhood was spent mostly in Madras under the care of his maternal grandmother, Smt. Durgamma, and the rest of his family.

His father made sure all the children spent sufficient time with him on location and on his film sets, especially during holidays. Many times, Mahesh has said that this was where his interest for acting began. The film sets were a second playground and he did not hesitate to face the camera when asked to do a small role in his brother Ramesh Babu's debut film, Needa, at the age of four. He acted in seven of his father's films as a child actor.

Mahesh studied at St. Bede's School in Chennai while continuing to attend his dad's filming during holidays. Tamil film actor Surya was one of his schoolmates. Mahesh obtained an Honours Degree in Commerce from Loyola College, Chennai.

Personal Life:

Mahesh dated Bollywood actress and former Femina Miss India Namrata Shirodkar for five years. She was his co-star in the movie Vamsi. They got married on 10 February 2005 in Mumbai. They have two children, son Gautam Krishna (born 31 August 2006) and daughter Sitara (born 20 July 2012).

Popularity:

Mahesh Babu is considered as one of the most popular actors in Telugu cinema. He was listed 5th in the Times 50 Most Desirable Men in India for the year 2011, becoming the only South Indian to have been so. He climbed to the 2nd position of the same list the following year, beating the likes of Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan. In January 2013, Mahesh was ranked 31st on business magazine Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list. Based on recorded earnings between September 2011 and October 2012, Forbes listed Mahesh 15th among India's highest earning celebrities. With earnings of over 422.5 million(US$6.8 million), he was the highest earning South Indian celebrity in 2012.

                                        

Power Star Pawan Kalyan Biography

Date Of Birth: 

Thursday, September 2, 1971

Star Sign: 

Virgo

Height: 

1.82 m

Full Name: 

Konidala Kalyan Babu

Father: 

Venkata Rao Konidala

Mother: 

Anjana Devi Konidala

Siblings: 

Chiranjeevi, Nagendra Babu

Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Babu on September 2, 1971) is an Indian film Actor, Director, Screenwriter and Action choreographer in Telugu cinema. He made his debut in 1996 with Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi and then went on to star in blockbuster films like Tholi Prema, Thammudu, Badri, Khushi, Gabbar Sing, Atharintiki Daredhi

Personal life:

Pawan Kalyan is born to Konidela Venkat Rao and Anjana Devi. He is the youngest brother of Chiranjeevi, a prominent Actor, Politician in Andhra Pradesh and Producer Nagendra Babu. After the divorce with spouse Nandini, Pawan Kalyan was married to Renu Desai on 28 January 2003, an actress who co-starred with him in the movies Badri and Johnny.The couple is blessed with two children, a son named Akira Nandan born in 2004, and a baby girl named Aadhya born in 2010. Pawan Kalyan's favorite director is Akira Kurosawa and hence he named his son after him as Akira Nandan. His wife Renu Desai is an Actress and a Costume designer for most of his films. For the third Pawan Kalyan as married Anna Lezhneva on September 30, 2013. This news is confirmed by  Hyderabad South joint sub-registrar M.Z. Basith Siddiqui to Media.

Kalyan is trained in martial arts. He holds a black belt in karate and has displayed his skills in several of his films. He publicly performed his martial arts skills at several auditoriums. He was awarded the title 'Pawan', symbolizing Hanuman. From then, Kalyan Babu became popular as Pawan Kalyan.
His brother-in-law Allu Aravind is an Indian film producer. Ram Charan Tej and Allu Arjun are other actors from the family. Pawan Kalyan is a vegetarian. He is highly influenced by Che Guevara, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Swami Vivekananda's philosophy.

Pawan Kalyan is highly followed by his fans not just only because of his films, but social activities that he takes part in. He has offered many donations to Charities. 

Filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Director	Role
1996	Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi	E. V. V. Satyanarayana	Kalyan
1997	Gokulamlo Seetha	Muthyala Subbaiah	Pawan Kalyan
1998	Suswagatham	Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao	Ganesh
1998	Tholi Prema	A. Karunakaran	Balu
1999	Thammudu	P. A. Arun Prasad	Subhash
2000	Badri	Puri Jagannadh	Badrinath
2001	Kushi	S. J. Surya	Siddhartha Roy
2003	Johnny	Himself	Johnny
2004	Shankar Dada MBBS	Jayanth C. Paranjee	Uncredited Cameo Appearance
2004	Gudumba Shankar	Veera Shankar	Shankar
2005	Balu ABCDEFG	A. Karunakaran	Balu/Ghani
2006	Bangaram	Dharani	Bangaram
2006	Annavaram	Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao	Annavaram
2007	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Prabhu Deva	Suresh (Cameo Appearance)
2008	Jalsa	Trivikram Srinivas	Sanjay Sahu
2010	Puli	S. J. Surya	Komaram Puli
2011	Theenmaar	Jayanth C. Paranjee	Arjun Palwai, Michael Velayudham
2011	Panjaa	Vishnuvardhan	Jai Dev
2012	Gabbar Singh	Harish Shankar	Venkataratnam Naidu (Gabbar Singh)
2012	Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu	Puri Jagannadh	Rambabu
2013	Attarintiki Daredi	Trivikram Srinivas	Gowtham Nanda
2014	Gabbar Singh 2	Sampath Nandi

DhiruBhai Ambani Biography

Born: December 28, 1932
Died: July 6, 2002

Achievements: Dhiru Bhai Ambani built India's largest private sector company. Created an equity cult in the Indian capital market. Reliance is the first Indian company to feature in Forbes 500 list 

Dhirubhai H. Ambani, the Founder Chairman of Reliance Group, is credited to have brought about the equity cult in India in the late seventies. He is regarded as an icon for enterprise in India. A man far ahead of his times, he epitomized the dauntless entrepreneurial spirit 'dare to dream and learn to excel'. He dared to dream on a scale unimaginable before in Indian industry.

The life journey of the most enterprising Indian entrepreneur is reminiscent of the rags to riches story. He is remembered as the one who rewrote Indian corporate history and built a truly global corporate group. His life and achievements prove that backed by confidence, courage and conviction, man can achieve the impossible.

Dhirubhai Ambani alias Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani was born on December 28, 1932, at Chorwad, Gujarat, into a Modh family. His father was a school teacher. Dhirubhai Ambani started his entrepreneurial career by selling bhajias to pilgrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends. He moved to Aden, Yemen after completing his matriculation at the age of 16. He worked there as a gas-station attendant, and as a clerk in an oil company. He returned to India in 1958 with Rs 50,000 and set up a textile trading company.

He started his first textile mill at Naroda, near Ahmedabad in 1966 and started the brand 'Vimal'. He built India's largest private sector company, Reliance India Limited, from a scratch. Over time he diversified his business into a core specialization in petrochemicals with additional interests in telecommunications, information technology, energy, power, retail, textiles, infrastructure services, capital markets, and logistics.

Dhirubhai Ambani is credited with revolutionizing capital markets in India by attracting millions of retail investors in a market till then dominated by financial institutions. From nothing, he generated billions of rupees in wealth for those who put their trust in his companies. Due to his efforts and with the help of innovative instruments like the convertible debenture, Reliance quickly became a favorite of the stock market in the 1980s. In 1992, Reliance became the first Indian company to raise money in global markets. Reliance also became the first Indian company to feature in Forbes 500 list.

From a humble beginning, he went on to create an enviable business empire within a span of just 25 years. Under Dhirubhai Ambani's outstanding visionary leadership, the Reliance Group emerged as the largest business conglomerate in India, and carved out a distinct place for itself in the global pantheon of corporate giants. The Group's track record of consistent growth is unparalleled in Indian industry and perhaps internationally too. Today, the Group's turnover represents nearly 3 per cent of India's GDP. The Reliance Group is a living testimony to Dhirubhai's indomitable will, single-minded dedication and an unrelenting commitment to his goals.

Besides being firmly rooted in traditional Indian values, Dhirubhai was also the quintessentially modern man, the man of the new millennium. This was clearly reflected in his passion for mega-sized projects, the most advanced technology and the highest level of productivity. The corporate philosophy he followed was short, simple and succinct: "Think big. Think differently. Think fast. Think ahead. Aim for the best". He inspired the Reliance team to do better than the best—not only in India but in the world.

The number of revolutionary precedents set by Shri Dhirubhai Ambani is legion. His unique vision redefined the potential of the Indian corporate sector as he challenged conventional wisdom in several areas. He was probably the first Indian businessman to recognize the strategic significance of investors, discover the vast untapped potential of the capital markets and channelize the same for the growth and development of industry. He was supremely confident that finance would never be a constraint in executing his projects because, as he said proudly, Indian investors would provide him with the necessary resources. And the investors never let him down.

Dhirubhai Ambani succeeded in creating an investor base of historic proportions for the Reliance Group. He was able to create an unbreakable bond of implicit trust between him and his shareholders, who placed their savings in his care. He worked with unflinching sincerity to get them the best returns. Thereby, he brought happiness and prosperity into the homes of millions of investors. For him, his people were his most important asset. He scouted around for the best and most talented professionals, nurtured them and continuously propelled them to aim for still higher goals.

Dhirubhai visualized the growth of Reliance as an integral part of his grand vision for India. He was convinced that India could become an economic superpower within a short period of time and wanted Reliance to play an important role in realizing this goal. His actions were inspiration for others. Whatever he did became a standard for others to follow. His sterling leadership qualities, remarkable foresight, uncompromising pursuit of excellence, humility, prodigious capacity to motivate and trust people will continue to guide and inspire future generations.

Truly, men like Dhirubhai Ambani are rare. They come gifted with the power and the vision to change the destiny of nations, to alter the course of corporate history. They are the empire builders, the stuff that legends are made of. Some of his notable quotes are: "Our dreams have to be bigger. Our ambitions higher. Our commitment deeper. And our efforts greater. This is my dream for Reliance and for India."; "You do not require an invitation to make profits."; "Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation."; and "Don't give up, courage is my conviction."

Dhirubhai Ambani won many words and accolades during his life. He was named the Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th Century by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). In June 1998, he was awarded the Dean's Medal by The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, for setting an outstanding example of leadership. A poll conducted by The Times of India in 2000 voted him "greatest creator of wealth in the century".

In November 2000, he was conferred the 'Man of the Century' award by Chemtech Foundation and Chemical Engineering World for his contribution to the growth and development of the chemical industry in India. He was lauded for his dynamic, pioneering and innovative genius. His success story fired the imagination of the younger generation of Indian entrepreneurs, business leaders and progressive companies. He was an icon for them, a role model to be emulated.

Dhirubhai Ambani died on July 6, 2002 at Mumbai after suffering a brain stroke. His legacy is being carried on by his sons Mukesh and Anil.

Azim Premji Biography

Born: July 24, 1945

Azim Premji is the Chairman of Wipro, one of the largest software companies in India. Its headquarters are in Bengaluru, the Indian Silicon City.

Azim Premji was rated the richest person in the country from 1999 to 2005 by Forbes.

His wealth in 2006 was estimated at US$14.8 Billion which places him as the fifth richest Indian. Azim H. Premji was born to M.H. Hasham Premji.

His grandfather was the rice king of Burma. His father had declined an invitation from M.A.Jinnah to go to Pakistan. Premji attended St. Mary`s School I.C.S.E. in Mazagaon, Mumbai.

He was just finishing his undergraduate engineering studies at Stanford University in 1966 when his father passed away.

He immediately returned to India where he took over the family`s fledgling vegetable oil business, Western Indian Vegetable Products Limited (now called Wipro). Premji started off with a simple vision: to build an organization on a foundation of values.

During the 80s, Azim Premji altered the company which produced soap and cooking oil in global player in IT services. He preserved the acronym: Wipro. Azim Premji holds 84% of the company listed in Bombay and New York. According to Forbes, he is the 36th richest man in the world with a fortune estimated at $ 16.8 billion. Azim Premji is nicknamed the “Indian Bill Gates”. 

The company employs 80,000 people around the world, including 15,000 outside the territory of India and counts among its clients Sony, Alcatel, Nokia, Siemens or Cisco. 

In forty years, Azim Premji has transformed a company that realized a turnover of $ 2 million in food and cosmetics’ sales in a giant in software ($ 1.1 billion of turnover). The company was certified CMM5, the highest level of maturity in software quality. 

Wipro is organized around five business segments: industrial, retail, healthcare, energy, and telecommunications. It bought the integrator Portuguese Enabler, specializing in the distribution. In France, Wipro has a strong position in insurance and banking. 

Azim Premji has created his Foundation and he has co-chaired the annual meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos in 2010. 

He eventually received permission to take correspondence art courses to complete the requirements for his bachelor`s degree in Electrical Engineering. Premji has been recognized by BusinessWeek as one of the Greatest Entrepreneurs of All Time for his vision and leadership that has been responsible for Wipro emerging as one of the world`s fastest growing companies.

Premji is the only Indian to make it to the list. In 2000, he was conferred an honorary doctorate by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

He was also declared the Businessman of the Year 2000 by Business India and is featured in the Business Weeks all-time top 30 entrepreneurs of the world in 2007.

He is a member of the Prime Minister`s Advisory Committee for Information Technology in India.

As of October 6, 2007, he is the 5th richest Indian, with a net worth of $13.6 billion. Azim Premji Foundation was set up with financial resources contributed by Azim Premji.

Programmes of the Azim Premji Foundation focus on creating effective and scalable models that significantly improve the quality of learning in the school and ensure satisfactory ownership by the community in the management of the school.

This Foundation is also involved in computer-based assessment in Andhra Pradesh (50,000 students took part in early 2005), a learning guarantee programme, and a policy planning unit in Karnataka.