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Arjuna Award- and Padma Shri-winning Indian badminton player and former world number 1, Prakash Padukone was the first to win the All-England Open Badminton Championship from India. A World Cup and Commonwealth Games champion, he co-owns Olympic Gold Quest. He is also known as Bollywood star Deepika Padukone’s father.
Celebrated choreographer Remo D'Souza was a skilled athlete in his school days and quit studies after the 12th standard. The self-taught dancer revered Michael Jackson in his younger days. His choreography in Bajirao Mastani won him a National Award. He has also judged several seasons of Dance India Dance.
Biocon founder and chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a self-made billionaire entrepreneur who made it to Forbes’s Power Women 2020 list. Though she initially wished to be a brewer like her father, she later drifted to the biochemical industry. Apart from revolutionizing the Indian biopharma market, she also heads a charitable organization.
Rhea Chakraborty is an Indian actress and video jockey best known for her association with MTV India where she started her career. Chakraborty made headlines in 2020 when she became entangled in controversies surrounding fellow actor Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide. Rajput's family accused Chakraborty of abetment of suicide and she received backlash on social media.
Known for her match-winning partnership with Jwala Gutta, Indian badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa was born to a hockey player father but chose badminton over hockey. A 2-time Commonwealth Games and a 4-time South Asian Games champion, she is also a former World Championship bronze winner.
Film and theater actor Prakash Belawadi was born to theater artiste parents and thus grew up to follow in their footsteps. The Pratibha Bhushan-winning actor has been part of many Kannada and Hindi films, such as Airlift and Soorarai Pottru. He is also a qualified mechanical engineer.
Hamsalekha is an Indian songwriter and film composer who works predominantly for Kannada cinema. One of the most influential and celebrated music composers of the Kannada film industry, Hamsalekha is credited with popularizing Kannada songs in the rest of South India. He is the recipient of six Filmfare Awards, a National Film Award, and seven Karnataka State Film Awards.
Arjuna Award-winning retired Indian badminton player Anup Sridhar has won a bronze each in the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Championships. He stunned everyone when he defeated former world number 1, Taufik Hidayat, at the 2007 World Championships. He also participated at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
