Indian talent in foreign Art

India is never short of talent in any field that we look on. Major tech companies like google, Microsoft, Intel prefer Indian engineers over others. Likewise, in the field of entertainment also, we Indians are not far behind. So here I present you some of the talented actors of Indian origin working in foreign films and other contents.

1. Kal Penn

His real name is Kalpen Suresh modi and was born in New Jersey, USA. I first saw him in the movie Harold & Kumar, an adult comedy movie where he played the role of Kumar Patel.  He has acted in more than 30 films and TV series. His major movies and TV series include House, designated survivor, the namesake, superman returns and Harold & Kumar film series. He also worked for Barack Obama's as his Associate Director of Public Engagement for 2 years from 2009-11 and then left this job to act in how I met your mother TV series.

2. Mindy Kaling

Her real name is Vera Mindy Chokalingam. She is actor comedian. She is famous for role in the series The Mindy project. She was born in Massachusetts, USA. Her movies and TV series include the 40 year old virgin, license to wed, night at the museum, no strings attached, the office, the Muppets and The sesame street. She is going to star in a major movie ocean’ eight which will release next year.  She has won some major awards for her TV shows like Screen actors guild award, critics’ choice awards and readers’ choice awards.

3. Aziz Ansari

He is and American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is famous for the TV series Parks and recreation and for the critically acclaimed Netflix series Master of none for which he won an Emmy award. He is a Tamil Muslim and was born in South Carolina. His movie stints include the rockers, I love you man, 30 minutes or less, and this is the end and many more. He also did a major standup comedy session in Donald trump’s presidential inauguration ceremony.

4. Padma Lakshmi

She is an Indian American author, actress, mode, television host and producer. She is famous as the host of the famous US TV reality show Top Chef. She also won Primetime Emmy award for hosting Top Chef. She was born in Chennai, India. She was one of the first international Indian model who worked in Paris, Milan and New York for various big fashion houses and designers. She is the ex-wife of famous novelist Salma Rushdie. In her life she had met some damaging accidents and diseases which has coped up with. Her first cookbook Easy Exotic was awarded Best First Book at the 1999 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards at Versailles.

5. Indira Varma

She is British actress who was born in Somerset, England. Her debut movie was Kama Sutra: A tale of love. She has acted in other major TV series with prominent roles like the Canterbury tales, Rome, Luther and the latest being Game of Thrones. Her movie list includes Bride and prejudice, basic instinct 2, mindscape, exodus: gods and kings and many more.

6. Ben Kingsley

His real name is Krishna pandit Bhanji and was born in England. He is most famous for his role as Mahatma Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi. His movie career spans over 40 years during which he has won Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, golden globe and screen actor guild awards. His major movies include Schindler’s list, shutter island, Hugo, iron man 3, Bugsy and many more. He is a Guajarati Indian. He is a Knight bachelor of Buckingham palace and also a Hollywood walk of fame.

7. Dev Patel

He was born in London to Indian parents. His breakthrough movie was Slumdog millionaire which went on to win many Oscars. His other major movies include the last air bender, chappie, the man who knew infinity. He has also won BAFTA award for the movie Lion in 2016. He also acted in TV series which include his debut one skins, mister eleven and the newsroom. His mother is the reason the actor he is today.

8. Kunal Nayyar

He is British indian-american actor who is famous for his role as Rajesh in the famous TV series the big bang theory. He was born and brought up in Delhi and did his schooling from St Columba’s school and later on went to USA for Graduation. His movies include SCIENCE, consumed, the scribbler and TV series include NCIS, Sullivan and son to name a few. He also does theatre in London and New York. He has won the Garland award and was also nominated for screen actors’ guild award. He is married to Miss India 2006 Neha kapur.

9. Frieda pinto

She was born in Mumbai and graduated from St Xavier’s college in Mumbai. She like Dev Patel shot to fame with the Movie the Slumdog millionaire. Her biggest commercial movie is rise of the planet of the apes released in 2011. She has won Screen actors’ guild award and Palm Springs international fil award. She was critically praised for her role in Desert dancer. Her inspiration and reason for taking up acting is Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe. She has even got rejected from more than 100 films during her starting days. She has been featured in people’s and Vogue magazine. She also works for girl power and development.

AR, VR & MR explained!

The new types of reality technology that have come up in the tech market is the Virtual reality or VR, Augmented Reality or AR and Mixed Reality or MR. these realities helps the people to do various research studies as well takes our way of entertainment to another level. Let me explain the 3 realities in layman’s language.

Virtual reality

is the technology through which we can watch movies, play games in a 3D environment. This technology came before AR and MR. it is commercially available and is used by many people with the help of their smartphones. You just need a VR headset or you can make your own DIY Headset at home with a cardboard and attach lenses to it and then fix your smartphone into the cardboard and watch your videos in full closed view in 3D.

Augmented reality

is a technology which was first introduced by Google through their google glasses. In this a computer generated image is placed in the real world view. The biggest example of this technology is the Pokémon go game which was blockbuster hit among the gamers as it introduced a new interactive tech where you could see computer generated pokemons nearby you in the real world scene, on your lap, on the chair, floor, everywhere. No external device was needed but just a smartphone.

Mixed reality

is the latest tech introduced by Microsoft. It is actually an advanced version of AR where you can interact with the images generated by the computer in the real world. You could move the image, touch it and add/remove according to your needs and not just view it as in AR. You can treat the digital objects as they are real ones. You can use Microsoft hololens

or Acer mixed reality headset

to use this advanced technology in your daily lives.     

Major Differences (source: futurism.com)      

Virtual Reality(VR)	Augmented Reality(AR)	Mixed Reality(MR)
Special headsets used for display purposes like VR headset, Samsung Gear.	Holo displays used and smartphones and tablets also.	Holo displays like Microsoft Holo lens and Acer Headset.
Computer graphics or real images developed by computers.	Combination of computer generated digital images and real life objects.	Combination of computer generated digital images and real life objects.
Completely digital environment.	Virtual and real life objects are combined.	Virtual and real life objects are combined.
Virtual objects will change the position and size according to user’s view in the virtual world.	Virtual objects will change the position and size according to user’s view in the real world.	Virtual objects will change the position and size according to user’s view in the real world.
Feeling of being transported into a different 3D world with no sense of real world.	Feeling of being in the real world with added objects and interactive elements.	Feeling of being in the real world with added objects and interactive elements.
Virtual objects can’t be properly distinguished from the real world objects.	Virtual objects can be properly distinguished from the real world objects such as Pokémon creature.	Virtual objects can’t be properly distinguished from the real world objects.
360* like concept and not at all reactive.	Real world content and computer graphic generated content do not interact with each other.	Real world content and computer graphic generated content interact with each other.

So VR or Virtual reality is viewing the real world in a 3D form or 360* view.

AR or Augmented reality is adding a computer generated text or image into a real world,

MR (Mixed Reality) = AR+ VR+ Human Interaction