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Ekta Jeetendra Kapoor (एकता कपूर:Hindi)(ايڪتا ڪپوُر : Sindhi/Urdu) (b. 7 June 1975) is an Indian TV and film producer. She is the Creative Director and Joint Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, her production company.

1 Biography
2 Productions
3 References
4 External links

Kapoor is the daughter of Hindi film actors Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor. Her younger brother Tusshar Kapoor is also a Bollywood actor

She has produced numerous soap opera, television series and movies. Her television series include Hum Paanch, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Kaahin Kissii Roz, Kkusum, Kutumb, Kahiin To Hoga, Kasamh Se and Bandini . She is currently producing Pavitra Rishta, Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain and Parichay.

She has also produced five Bollywood movies: Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta, Kucch To Hai, Krishna Cottage, Koi Aap Sa and Kyaa Kool Hai Hum . She also co-produced Shootout at Lokhandwala, Mission Istanbul and produced Love Sex aur Dhokha, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Shor in the City and Ragini MMS . She is also producing the upcoming film The Dirty Picture .Main article: Balaji Telefilms

Ekta Kapoor has produced several TV serials, most of which use to air on her first network STAR Plus. While some of her other productions air on Zee TV, Sony Entertainment Television, STAR One, Imagine TV and Colors TV.

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Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at Lower Merion High School, where he was recognized as the top high school basketball player in the country. He decided to declare his eligibility for the NBA Draft upon graduation, and was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets, then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. As a rookie, Bryant earned himself a reputation as a high-flyer and a fan favorite by winning the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest.

Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. A heated feud between the duo and a loss in the 2004 NBA Finals was followed by O'Neal's trade from the Lakers after the 2003–04 season. In 2003, Bryant was accused of sexual assault after having sex with a hotel employee in Colorado. In September 2004, prosecutors dropped the case after his accuser refused to testify, and Bryant had to rebuild his image while becoming the cornerstone of the Lakers franchise. He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, setting numerous scoring records in the process. In 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points scored in a single game in NBA history, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point performance in 1962. In the 2007–08 season, he was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award After losing in the 2008 Finals, Bryant led the Lakers to two consecutive championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named NBA Finals MVP on both occasions.

As of July 2011, Bryant ranks third and sixth on the league's all-time post-season scoring and all-time regular season scoring lists, respectively. He is also the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. Since his second year in the league, Bryant has started in every NBA All-Star Game that has been held with thirteen All-Star appearances, winning the All-Star MVP Award four times (2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011). Bryant is tied for the most All Star MVP Awards in NBA History. He is a thirteen-time member of the All-NBA team and eleven-time All-Defensive team, and is the youngest player ever to receive defensive honors. At the 2008 Olympics, he won a gold medal as a member of the USA national team. In 2009, Sporting News and TNT named Bryant the NBA player of the 2000s decade.
1 Early years
1.1 Childhood and youth
1.2 High school
2 NBA career
2.1 1996 NBA Draft
2.2 First three seasons (1996–99)
2.3 Three-peat (1999–2002)
2.4 Coming up short (2002–04)
2.5 Playoffs disappointments (2004–07)
2.6 MVP year (2007–08)
2.7 Repeat (2008–10)
2.8 2010–11 season
3 International career
4 Player profile
5 NBA career statistics
5.1 Regular season
5.2 Playoffs
6 Accomplishments and records
7 Off the court
7.1 Personal life
7.2 Sexual assault allegation
7.3 Endorsements
7.4 Music
7.5 Philanthropy
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Kobe Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the youngest of three children and the only son of former Philadelphia 76ers player and former Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe "Jellybean" Bryant and Pamela Cox Bryant He is also the maternal nephew of John "Chubby" Cox. His parents named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu.Bryant was raised Roman Catholic When Bryant was six, his father left the NBA and moved his family to Italy to begin playing professional basketballBryant became accustomed to his new lifestyle and learned to speak Italian and Spanish fluently. During summers, Bryant would come back to the United States to play in a basketball summer league He started playing basketball when he was 3 years oldand his favorite team growing up was the Lakers Bryant's grandfather would mail him videos of NBA games, which Bryant would study.At an early age he also learned to play soccer; his favorite team is AC MilanHe has said that if he had stayed in Italy, he would have tried to become a professional soccer playe Bryant is a big fan of former FC Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard and their former player RonaldinhoUpon Joe Bryant's retirement from playing basketball in 1991, the Bryant family moved back to the United States.

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Anushka Sharma (Hindi: अनुष्का शर्मा pronounced [əˈnʊʂkaː ˈʃərmaː]; born 1 May 1988) is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract and made her screen debut in Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She later received acclaim for her role as Shruti Kakkar in Band Baaja Baaraat (2010)Both films fetched her a Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards ceremony.

* 1 Early life and background

* 2 Career

* 3 Filmography

* 4 Awards and nominations

o 4.1 Filmfare Awards

o 4.2 Star Screen Awards

o 4.3 IIFA Awards

o 4.4 Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards

o 4.5 Zee Cine Awards

* 5 References

* 6 External links

Sharma was born in Bangalore, but her parents are from Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Her father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. She has an elder brother named Karnesh who was a state-level cricketer and now, is in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She later moved to Mumbai to further pursue her modelling career, where she currently resides.

Career

Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films.She began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer '07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella

Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her performance was appreciated with film critic Taran Adarsh stating, "Anushka looks the character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK and Anushka manages it very well from start to end. Her second film, Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7, 2010. Harshita Kohli of StarBoxOffice.com said, "Anushka Sharma goes from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi housewife to super hot chic in Badmaash Company While Taran Adarsh added, "Anushka is a revelation. She looks stunning, her performance is livewire and the chemistry with Shahid is electrifying

"I was very young when I was in RNBDJ and that journey had enabled me as an actor. I am not very confident of my growth as an actor but I am very confident of my growth as a person.".

—Sharma talking about her journey from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi to Band Baaja Baaraat

She starred in her third Yash Raj Film, Band Baaja Baaraat, directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh Band Baaja Baaraat was released on December 10, 2010 to positive reviews and became a sleeper hit. This time Adarsh wrote, "Anushka is truly wonderful. The toughest part of her job must have been to speak like a typical Delhi Punjabi girl and she does it so skillfully. For the first time in her 3-film career, a film rests mainly on Anushka's shoulders, as opposed to her prior films , and she handles the responsibility so well For her performance, she received her second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and earned several awards and nominations at different award ceremonies