Autograph - Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman (Cricket)

Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman (born 1 November 1974), commonly known as VVS Laxman, is a former Indian cricketer and currently a cricket commentator. Laxman was a right-hand batsman known for his elegant strokeplay who played mostly in the middle order. He was a Test match Specialist and is regarded as one of the Best batsman in the longest format of the game. He is known for his numerous match-winning and match-saving innings, and his special ability to consolidate unprecedented support from non-specialist tail-end batsmen to do this has accorded him a unique status among cricketing legends.

Laxman performed outstandingly well against the best team of his time, Australia, and his knock of 281 against them in Eden Gardens in 2001 is often considered as the greatest ever test-innings. In 2011, Laxman was awarded the Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award. He is the mentor of IPL franchise team SunRisers Hyderabad.

Laxman is one of the few players to have played 100 Tests without ever playing in a Cricket World Cup. In domestic cricket, Laxman represented Hyderabad. He also played for Lancashire in the English county cricket. He was also the captain of the Deccan Chargers team in the Indian Premier League during its inaugural season. In 2002, he was named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year. Later, he played for the Kochi Tuskers IPL team. In 2012, Laxman retired from international cricket.

CINEMA POSTCARD 07 - HINDI FILM KALYUG

Kalyug (Age of vice) is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film, directed by Shyam Benegal. It is known as a modern-day version of the Indian epic Mahabharat, depicting an archetypal conflict between rival business houses. Kalyug went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Film in 1982.

The screenplay and plot are quite different from Mahabharat. However, the characterization and the critical events had a striking similarity with the epic. Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Raj Babbar, Supriya Pathak, Anant Nag, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sushma Seth, Akash Khurana, Victor Bannerjee, Reema Lagoo, and A.K. Hangal played major roles, while Urmila Matondkar appeared as a child artist.

CINEMA BOOKLET 12 : YUGANDHAR

Yugandhar is a 1993 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by N. Chandra, starring Mithun Chakraborty and Kabir Bedi in lead roles. Sangeeta Bijlani was paired with Mithun. Other actors included Sangeeta Bijlani, Paresh Rawal, Kiran Kumar, Dilip Tahil, Johny Lever and other. Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal

SPECIAL COVER : EKLO CHALO RE 2019

Thirteen Special Covers was released during the six days ‘Ekla Cholo Re’, West Bengal State Level Philatelic Exhibition held at Kolkata (November 16-21, 2019).

Four covers was designed by Dipok Dey

1.      Poets of Bengal –       Date of release : 17.12.19

Illustration: Jibananda Das, Sudhindranath Dutta , Premendra Mitra and Subhash Mukhopadhyay

2.      Melodies of Bengal - Date of release : 18.12.19

Illustration: Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Mitra and Satinath Mukherjee

3.      Sports Legend of Bengal  - Date of release : 19.12.19

Illustration: Pankaj Roy, Leslie Walter Claudius and Sailendra Nath Manna

4.      Writers of Bengal -    Date of release : 20.12.19

Illustration: Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and Manik Bandopadhyay

INDIA COIN - ONE NAYE PAISA

The Indian One Naya paisa was a unit of currency equalling 1⁄100 (one-hundredth) of the Indian rupee. The symbol for paisa is ‘p’. In 1955, India adopted metric system for coinage and amended the "Indian Coinage Act". Subsequently, one paisa coins were introduced on 1 April 1957. 

From 1957 to 1964, one paisa coin was called "Naya Paisa" and on 1 June 1964, the term "Naya" was dropped and the denomination were simply called "One paisa". Naya paisa coin has been demonetized and is no longer a Legal tender.

CINEMA BOOKLET 11 : AAG (1994)

Aag is a 1994 Bollywood action drama film directed by K. Ravi Shankar. It is a remake of the Tamil film Maruthu Pandi. It marked the debut of Superstar Sonali Bendre. Other actors included Govinda, Shilpa Shetty, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Vikas Anand, Suresh Chatwal, Avtar Gill, Gulshan Grover, Suhas Joshi, Goga Kapoor, Raju Shrestha, Dinesh Hingoo & Mohnish Bahl.

CINEMA BOOKLET 10 : MADHAVI

Madhavi is a 1969 Bollywood film directed by Tapi Chanakya. It starred Nasir Hussain,  Aruna Irani, Sanjay Khan, Pran, Mehmood, Mukri and others. Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal

CINEMA BOOKLET 09 : SHARARA

Sharara is a 1984 Hindi-language Indian film directed by Rajendra Singh Babu, starring Raaj Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Mithun Chakraborty, Hema Malini, Shakti Kapoor, Ranjeet, Kader Khan and Vijayendra Ghatge. It is a film adaptation of Irving Wallace's 1980 novel The Second Lady. Music was by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

CINEMA BOOKLET 08 : DAULAT KI JUNG

Daulat Ki Jung is a 1992 Indian film starring Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Shafi Inamdar, Paresh Rawal, Tiku Talsania, Dilip Tahil, Kader Khan and Kiran Kumar in leading roles. Directed by S.A. Kader and Produced by Jalil Ahmed, the film was music by Anand-Milind.

CINEMA BOOKLET 07 : DO PREMEE

Do Premee is a 1980 Indian Bollywood film directed by Raj Khosla and produced by Kundan A. Thadani. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Moushumi Chatterjee, I. S. Johar, Deven Verma & Om Prakash. Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.