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Another year has gone by, and here you are – another grey hair, and hopefully, a little wiser. While you’re bracing yourself (and your liver) for a night of debauchery, check out this list of icons whom you share your special day with.
They just might be your idols, and who knows, you could one day be as famous as them!
Among Tarantino fans, Austrian-German actor Christoph Waltz is a household name. While he has acted in many of renowned Hollywood films, Waltz is perhaps best remembered for his character SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009).
Like many well known actors, Waltz began his career as a stage actor, and then moved to television acting between 1980 and 2000. Before that, he studied method acting with eminent actor-filmmakers Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler. He received formal training as an actor at Vienna’s Max Reinhardt Seminar.
Eminent Indian actor Paoli Dam started her career in Bengali television serials. She made her TV debut with the 2004 drama Jibon Niye Khela, and then went on to act in prime time Bengali TV serials like Tithir Atithi and Sonar Harin.
While Dam made her entry into Bengali cinema with Teen Yaari Katha, which was (finally) released in 2012, it was the 2009 film Kaalbela by National Award-winning director Goutam Ghose, which shot her to fame.
The actor, who is turning 37, made her Bollywood debut with the 2012 film Hate Story.
How many of you who claim to love the Star Wars franchise are familiar with the name Marcia Lucas? You may be more familiar with the name of George Lucas, Marcia’s first husband and the creator of Star Wars.
For her work on Scorsese’s iconic film Taxi Driver (1976), Marcia won a BAFTA nomination. Marcia and George met at film school at the University of Southern California, and married soon after, only to part ways in 1983.
The Malayali poet, known for his bohemian way of life, is remembered for his verses on the natural beauty of his home Kerala, which he managed to seamlessly weave into narratives about the harsh reality of his times.
He was a wanderer, and spent his time meeting people across the length and breadth of his state and beyond.
“Mahakavi P” as he is also known, has written a number of plays and stories too, although he is best known for his poems. Much of his work also draws on the traditional dance-drama of Kerala, Kathakali.
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