Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861. He was a Bengali who went on to become a legend by the beauty of what he inked and his contribution to the freedom struggle of India against the British. Rabindranath was a rare man of different merits. He was a novelist, dramatist, artiste, essayist, music composer, philosopher, academic, linguist and social reformer. The versatile personality throughout his life enriched Bangla literature through his writings. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his English version of Gitanjali.

India’ first superstar Rajesh Khanna who mouthed “<em>Yeh lo, phir tumhari aankho main paani! Maine tumse kitni baar kaha hai ki, Pushpa mujhse ye aansu dekhe nahi jaate</em>. I hate tears,” in <em>Amar Prem</em>, passed away this afternoon leaving behind tears to everyone’s eyes.

She’s been a bold kitten in Bengali cinema, open to dropping clothes, do risqué scenes, if the role and the character demand it. But to Hindi television audiences she is best known as the demure Devyani from DJ's A Creative Unit's <em><a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/maryada-go-air-13-april>Maryada… Lekin Kab Tak</a></em>? on Star Plus.