Lokesh Chandra

Prof. Lokesh Chandra (1927 -- ) is a prominent scholar of the Vedic period, Buddhism and the Indian arts. Presently he is the president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations. He is also the Director of the International Academy of Indian Culture. He has also served as a member of the Indian Rajya Sabha, Vice-President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research.

In 2006 he was recognized with India's Padma Bhushan award.

He is the son of the famous Sanskrit scholar, linguist and politician Raghu Vira.

He was awarded a Ph.D. by the State University of Utrecht in 1950 in recognition of his contributions to the critical editing the Gavamayana portion of the Vedic work Jaiminiya Brahmana with the help of newly discovered manuscripts. In the Netherlands, he also studied with the famous Indologist Jan Gonda.

Prof. Lokesh Chandra has studied many languages including English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Pali, Avesta, Old Persian, Japanese, Chinese, Tibetan, Malayalam, Mongolian, Indonesian, Greek, Latin, German, French, Tamil, Old Javanese, and Russian.

Lokesh

Lokesh (Kannada: ಲೋಕೇಶ್; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian stage actor turned film actor, who appeared in Kannada feature films. His wife Girija Lokesh is a film actress and film director. His father was Subbaiah Naidu, who is credited to be first hero of Kannada silent movies.

He had thrice won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor during his career, for Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu (1974), for Parasangada Gendethimma (1978) and for Banker Margayya (1984).

Selected filmography

My Son Is Gay

My Son Is Gay is 2016 Tamil-language Indian feature film. The independent film is written and directed by Lokesh Kumar, a filmmaker from Chennai, India. The film is an emotional journey and struggles of a mother and her gay son. It stars Anupama Kumar, a noted Tamil actress, as the mother.

Plot

The story of Lakshmi, a mother, and her son Varun, who is gay. Varun struggles to accept his identity and opens up to Lakshmi, who couldn't accept him. The film is a journey of their struggles to accept reality.

Production

The film is currently in Pre-production.

Cast

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