Vinay Rai

Vinay Rai (born 18 September 1979) is an Indian film actor, commonly appearing in Tamil films, as well as modelling and catwalking in noted fashion shows.

Career

Vinay was originally a ramp model in Bangalore, but since has now made his debut as an actor in director Jeeva's Unnale Unnale co-starring Sadha and Tanisha Mukherjee. The film became a large success upon release and opened up more acting offers for Vinay Rai.

Since his debut film, he has appeared in a Telugu language film, Vaana, which flopped at the box-office and a critically successful Tamil film, in Jayamkondaan, for which his performance was acclaimed. In 2009, he appeared in Saran's Modhi Vilayadu alongside Kajal Aggarwal which also fared poorly at the box office, while two of his films Veelle and Nootruku Nooru were stalled during their production stage. He made a comeback in 2011 with a role in the English film, Dam 999, though the film met with a poor commercial and critical response. His only 2012 release was the Tamil film Mirattal. The film, which also starred Sharmila Mandre opposite him, got an average response.

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: