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In cinema, the way an actor's performance is presented matters a lot, unlike on stage. On stage actor is the master of his/her own performance, but not in cinema. Whether he/ she is to be presented in close up or long shot, in profile view or in a frontal view, what make up and costume he/ she is going to wear, how will he/ she be lit up are various creative decisions that are taken by the others and affect the quality of the presentation of his performance.
Depending upon the character and genre of film making, actors are called as heroes, heroine, villian, character actor, sidekick of the hero / heroin, the comedian / comedienne etc. These labels indicate their importance and position in the story. Over the years Indian mainstream cinema has set pattern of story telling with stock characters and situations, hence their hierarchical system prevailed. The basic difference between an actor and a star is that an actor is known for his/ her acting ability, whereas a star is primarily known for the appeal of his personality. Actor is capable of playing variety of roles, whereas star usually plays himself. Indian film industry is very star driven.
A popular star is considered a safe proposition and attracts financiers. During his/ her days, every star commands a certain audience that will come and watch the film for him/ her.
A film actor is special kind of a human being. Actors give life to a characters dreamt by the writer and directors. Audience form strong emotional connection with them.

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Today's age can be redefined as another ICE Age. The full form of ICE is Information, Communication and Entertainment. From the era when people could only talk to each other through first hand experience to today's era when we can talk and look at any one from almost all corners of the world. Earlier, information has been a priviledge denied to the masses till the early part of twentieth century. The world has shrinked to a ‘global village’. Today the spread of mass media has largely removed the cause of complaint as far as the availability of channels for spread of information are concerned. But the question remains about the quality and efficiency of the information, but there is no doubt that media and their capacity of creating and sharing information in many ways has important political and humanist dimensions.
Information Technology has changed the paradigm. Internet has empowered an individual to post data and receive information. It also opens variety of sources for one information. Not only in the field of information, the paradigm shift can also be witnessed in dissemination of scale, rapidity of opinion generation on a local, national and global scale can be witnessed. The socio-political implications of the new information order has strengthened the democracy by providing public space for the widespread debate.

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In may 1977, the Janata party government appointed a commission of Inquiry headed by Justice J.C. Shah retired chief justice of the supreme court of India, to inquire into several aspects of allegations of abuse of authority, excesses and malpractices committed and action taken in the wake of the Emergency proclaimed on the 25th June 1975. The Commission examined various kind of evidence and called scores of witnesses to give testimonies. The government of India accepted the findings, obsevations and recommendations containedin the two interim reports and third and final report of the Shah Commission.

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When Virendra Sehwag turned up at the Vikas Puri Cricket Coaching Centre as a young lad. Coach A.N. Sharma did not let him bat in the nets for six months. The idea was to test the boy's patience and find out if he was serious about taking up the sport. As the days went by, Sharma was convinced that Sehwag meant business.
“Dilli mein kehte hain uncha khiladi (you call someone special when he is one). What I realised after watching him bat was simple: he was cut out for big time cricket.” Sharma told DNA on Monday. A couple of decades later. Sharma is a satisfied man. His prodigy amassed more than 8,000 runs in both forms of the game. “As far as I am concerned, I am more than satisfied with what he has done. Nobody has played like that.” said Sharma. “Sehwag always had the ability and he always played the game like what you all have seen on television. I never altered his style of play, never made anybody follow that typical cricket maunual. I prefer to see a player play his natural game. Yes, there were minor corrections that I made here and there. The rest was Sehwag and his natural ability.” he added. Sharma gave an example of Sehwag's hunger for runs and his skill to score then quickly. “In Delhi, we play a lot of cricket in the summer because our winters are cold and foggy. We had a good side, To make it tough for us, the organisers would give us two matches a day. One at 6:30 am and the other at 2pm. We had to finish the first match by noon, so I would tell Viru to finish the game fast and come to the next ground for our second game. He would do as instructed. Such was his hunger.” said Sharma.
The coach is , however, unhappy with the BCCI for not giving his boy a proper farewell. “It is just like using him. He deserved better treatment and credit to sign off from the game.” said an emotional Sharma.