Gulshan Rai
Gulshan Rai (2 March 1924 – 11 October 2004) was a producer and distributor for Hindi films. He produced successful films in the 1970s directed by Yash Chopra and in the 1990s directed by his son Rajiv Rai.
Gulshan Rai was born in Sri Lanka, Colombo and moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1947. He started off his career in the film industry as a distributor. In 1970, he started his production company Trimurti Films and the first film produced was Johny Mera Naam (Johny is my name) which was a success.
In the 1970s, his Yash Chopra-directed films made Amitabh Bachchan a superstar and launched successful careers for script writers Salim-Javed. The notable films were Deewar (The Wall) (1975) and Trishul (The Trident) (1978).
In the 1980s and 90s, he produced films in the action genre directed by his son Rajiv Rai, and were notable for their music (composed by Kalyanji-Anandji & later by Viju Shah). They were Tridev (The three gods), Vishwatma, Mohra (The Pawn) and Gupt (Secret).
However, Trimurti Films suffered failures with Rajiv's movies in 2000s, Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (Love, Amour and Romance) and Asambhav (Impossible), both were attempts to launch Arjun Rampal as a hero but flopped and were unable to make Rampal, a successful hero.
Rai (India)
Rai is a historical title of honour in India.It was conferred by the British Raj on certain landlords. It showed association of person with power and wealth in the period of British rule. The British recognised prominent Hindus as Rai Bahadur or Rai Sahib; their equivalent for Muslims was Khan Bahadur or Khan Sahab. Rai means noble person .Give your thought on certain topic or Give your Rai on certain topic is same meaning. All most all Bhuinhar Brahmins of Poorvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh uses Rai as their main or recognized surname apart from that Bhars , Kayasth ,Rajput , Brahmha Bhatt or Bhatt Brahmins also uses Rai surname , In Bihar Mostly Ahirs uses Rai surname as their recognized surname apart from that Brahmins & Bhatt Brahmins , Babhans also uses Rai Surname. Many peoples in Jharkhand, M.P. ,Rajasthan , Haryana , Karnataka , Punjab , Jammu and Arunachal Pradesh uses 'Rai' as their surname irespective of their castes.In Bengal people uses Roy surnames. Apart from India this surname is also found in Pakistan , Nepal , Bangladesh , Europe, Japan.
Rai (Kuwait)
Rai (Arabic: الرَّي) is an area in Farwaniya Governorate in Kuwait. It is the home of the Avenues Mall, the world's second largest shopping mall after Dubai Mall. It is also the home of Sooq al-Hamām pets market.
Coordinates: 29°18′32″N 47°56′42″E / 29.309°N 47.945°E / 29.309; 47.945
Rai (paradise)
The term rai in Slavic languages is a term for a heavenly or earthly paradise. In some of these languages the term is a synonym with the Greco-Persian term paradise.
Etymology
The etymology of Common Slavic rai is disputed. It is now generally regarded as a direct borrowing from Iranian ray, "heavenly radiance, beatitude". If so then two Persian words ray ("radiance") and pardeis ("park") both separately passed into some Slavic languages; for example Russian where "paradise" is generally rai (Рай) but paradiz (Парадиз) from English is also encountered. Alternative derivations have included:
The term passed from Slavic usage into Romanian.
Usage
Slavonic
Usage of rai in Slavic languages differs from that of "paradise" in Western languages due in part to the influence of Old Church Slavonic versions of the Bible, which were translated from the Greek Septuagint. This influence is felt even in Protestant Slavic traditions such as Czech:
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