Sunand Tryambak Joshi is an Indian American literary critic, and a leading figure in the study of Howard Phillips Lovecraft
and other authors of weird and fantastic fiction. Besides having written what critics such as Harold Bloom and Joyce Carol
Oates consider to be the definitive biography of Lovecraft, Joshi has written about Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken, Lord Dunsany,
Algernon Blackwood and M.R. James, and has edited collections of their works. He currently resides in Seattle, WA.
Bhaskar Chandavarkar (16 March 1936 – 26 July 2009) was an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer who
worked with directors of Indian cinema, in various languages including Marathi, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam, Mrinal Sen,
Girish Karnad, Aparna Sen and Amol Palekar and was known for his blending of Indian classical and western music..
Nilu Phule (died 13 July 2009) was an Indian actor known for his roles in the Marathi language movies and Marathi theatre.
Nilu Phule had acted in around 250 Marathi and Hindi movies during his film career. Phule was also a social worker, and was
associated with Rashtra Seva Dal.
Hamsika Iyer is an Indian singer based in Mumbai—born in Pune and brought up in Bombay. She studied at the SIES college of
Arts and Science in Sion. She is a regular voice with ad world jingles, Marathi tele-serials, and has sung songs in Tamil
and Hindi movies.
Snigdha Akolkar (born on May 3, 1981 in Pune, India) is an Indian actress and model. She has acted in several Hindi and Marathi
TV serials and in Tamil films. She is noted for her item number role in the movie Anjathey, with Narain and Vijayalakshmi.
Poonam Bajwa is a popular South Indian actress concentrating in Tamil and Telugu language films. She starred in Boss opposite
superstar Nagarjuna and Nayantara. She is making her debut in Kollywood through a film titled Seval opposite Bharath. Most
of her films are successful. She usually plays the role of a second heroine in most of her films.
