Abhinaya Anandis is a supremely talented and renowned South Indian film actress and model , who has featured in over 47 movies so far (mostly in Tamil, Telegu, English, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada) and many more are underway. She has won innumerable awards for her performances including Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress for Naadodigal (2009) , Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Telugu for Shambo Shiva Shambo in 2010 and many more. Despite her mainstream success, her humility and genuine concern for the people around her is refreshingly rare. She was born on November 8 1991 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her father MD. Gyananand who has had a major influence on her life was in army, and worked as a film artist, taking up small roles. Her mother, Hemalatha was a home-maker. Abhinaya was born with deafness and was unable to walk. Her parents moved to Hyderabad in few months, and found themselves shocked and clueless. They took he
Manan Shah (Manan Rameshbhai Shah) is a charismatic youth leader from Gujarat and an experienced International Sign (IS) Interpreter . He was one of the very few deaf youth leaders from India who have done the coveted ' Frontrunners ' training program on 'International Deaf Youth Leadership' from Denmark in 2011. He has so far travelled to 12 countries, participated in various youth camps, conferences and done multiple freelance assignments. He is part of a unique initiative as Course Facilitator and Manager, Orjet Foundation, Ahmedabad teaching Indian Sign Language (ISL) online to the young deaf kids (age 2.5 to 10 years) of deaf parents. Manan does anchoring, interpreting, event management on free lance basis along with organizing fascinating interviews with deaf leaders on his Instagram channel as the Developer and Provider, Inspiring Educative Creativity Games for the Deaf (@iecgd21). He is the General Secretary at Akhil Gujarat Badhir Vikas Sangh (AGBVS) &am