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!
Christoph Waltz
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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).
Another role which won Waltz critical acclaim for is as the bounty hunter Dr King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). For his role as Landa, Waltz received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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.
Paoli Dam
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.
Dam didn’t always have her eyes set on the spotlight. In fact, during her university days as a postgraduate student of chemistry at Kolkata’s Rajabazar Science College, Dam aspired to become either a pilot or a researcher.
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.
Marcia Lucas
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.
Marcia Lucas, who has mostly remained behind the scenes, quite literally, is responsible, most notably, for editing Star Wars (1977), which also won her an Academy Award. She is also well known for editing Martin Scorsese’s early 1970s films.
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.
P Kunhiraman Nair
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.
The people he met became a part of his poetry, as did the experiences he had during his travels.
“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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