Sukumari cricketer

Tan Sri B.C. Sekhar, her husband, had put Malaysia on the map by distinguishing himself as the father of the modern rubber industry, and her children – Datuk Dr Vinod Sekhar, who is Petra Group chairman and group chief executive; Jayan, Sujatha and Gopinath – simply adored their mother. As Sujatha said, “her heart was open to the world” and, as a “constant optimist”, their mother attracted friendships and camaraderie wherever she went. Yesterday, Sukumari, for one final time, brought people together for her send-off at the Loke Yew Crematorium here. Her Puan Sri Sukumari Sekhar’s son, Petra Group chairman and group chief executive Datuk Dr Vinod Sekhar being consoled by his wife, Datin Dr Winy Sekhar, at the Loke Yew Crematorium in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. – SADIQ ASYRAF/The Vibes pic, March 10, 2021 As a young student growing up in Jalan Bandar Hilir, Melaka, Sukumari Nair (as she was then known) proved to be a good student and was admitted to University of Malaya in Singapore as a young undergraduate in the Faculty of Arts. It was while she was attending university that Sukumari was introduced to Tan Sri V.C. George, who himself later made a name in the legal fraternity and who remembers her as a “sweet young thing”. Met at the funeral, V.C. George said he remained lifelong friends with Sukumari and the Sekhar family since that moment. However, there was more to Sukumari as, over the years, she became involved with the National Council of Women’s Organisation (NCWO) as it...

Match Bat Bowl Date Ground Format GG Women vs UPW Women 5 -- 20-Mar-2023 Brabourne WT20 GG Women vs RCB Women -- 0/18 18-Mar-2023 Brabourne WT20 GG Women vs DC Women -- -- 16-Mar-2023 Brabourne WT20 India D vs India A -- -- 26-Nov-2022 Raipur OTHERT20 India D vs India A 31 -- 24-Nov-2022 Raipur OTHERT20

By Priya Nagi: “You are here because you are either family or like family,” said Ajit Andhare, the producer of Shabaash Mithu — The Unheard Story of Women in Blue. It was a brief opening remark for the people, including former and current players and media persons, invited to the private screening of the film inspired from the life of former India cricketer Mithali Raj. “The story is not per say my story; it is a story from my vision, my perspective about women's cricket,” Mithali clarified to India Today on whether the film is her biopic. While Andhare continued with his welcome message, Mithali and actress Taapsee Pannu, in titular role, smiled ear to ear. Throughout her cricketing career, Mithali ensured her emotions remained under control on the field, but on the film screening day, for the selected audience, her happiness knew no boundary. Mithali's child-like excitement throughout the screening as well as concern towards elderly people were clearly visible. She didn’t leave any opportunity to sneak out a couple of times to catch up with her former teammates and officials, and obliged to n number of photographs. Mithali attended to her guests and made sure no one felt left out. Everybody wanted a piece of Mithali and the Indian cricket legend was happy to spend time with her well-wishers. She was the reason for everyone's smile and as the film ended people were left spellbound. It was a rare occasion to see a cricketer, especially a woman cricketer, being surrounded b...

Running time 156 minutes Country India Language Hindi Budget ₹48 crore Box office est. ₹2.89 crore Shabaash Mithu is a 2022 Indian Synopsis [ ] The film based on her life chronicles the events of her life's journey in the world of women cricket. It presents her struggles and euphoric rise in the women cricket. Cast [ ] • • Inayat Verma as Young Mithali Raj • • • • • Swayam Joshi as an unnamed young boy • • Aditi Aryan as Sresha Badyal • Nirali Oza as Preeti Valhar • Priya Kumari as Roma Kwatra • Ramya Suresh as Himakshi Ganeshan • Titeeksha Tawde as Khushi Anvekar • Kajal Shishodia as Kajal Sutar • Manashree Gavande as Manashree Gavande • Vaishnavi Desai as Vaishnavi Madiga • Ramsingh Falkoti as Peon Bala • • Anushree Kushwaha as Noorie • Kasturi Jagnam as Young Noorie • Nishant Pradhan as Mithun Raj, Mithali's brother • Kalyani Jha as Perizad • Sampa Mandal as Nilu Paswan • Production [ ] Development [ ] After the The biopic was planned to shoot in 2019. Raj said, "I think Priyanka Chopra will be a great choice (to play me in the biopic). Our personalities match a lot. I am not a movie buff, so I'd love the experts to do their job." Shabaash Mithu, to be directed by Rahul Dholakia in 2020. Preparation and training [ ] On 3 December 2019, coinciding with the birthday of Mithali Raj, the film was finalized with Taapsee Pannu in the titular role and Rahul Dholakia as director. In January 2021 Pannu posted her training photos from 3 December 2019, 29 January 2020 and 27 Janua...

“Her work was her religion,” says actress Sukumari’s son Dr Suresh Bhimsingh. Sukumari died on March 26 following a cardiac arrest. She had been hospitalised after sustaining burns when her dress caught fire on February 27 while lighting a lamp at home. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, a close friend of the actress, visited her when she was in hospital. Jayalalithaa told doctors, “Please save her life, she is special to me.” Sukumari has played Jayalalithaa’s mother in the Tamil film, ‘Pattikada Pattanama’. In a career which stretched over six decades and spanned 2,000-plus films, Sukumari acted in Hindi, Oriya and Bengali films, besides Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. She had the ability to take on any character on screen with an ease. She brought to life the Anglo-Indian mother in K.S. Sethumadhavan’s ‘Chattakkari’ and later transformed to play a Brahmin widow and grandmother in Mohan Sharma’s ‘Graamam’. The former role won her a Kerala state award while the latter brought her national acclaim as Best Supporting Actress in 2011. She would enact both tragic and comic roles with elan, remember her performance as Dickiammayi in Priyadarshan’s laugh riot ‘Boeing Boeing’? Born in 1940 in Trivandrum, Sukumari was the eldest child of Madhavan Nair and Sathyabama Amma. When she was in the fifth grade, she accompanied her paternal aunt Saraswati and her cousins, the Travancore trio — Padmini, Lalitha and Ragini — to Chennai. “Actually, she had gone to the station to bid th...