Famous People with Name Rahul

Rahul Bose            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rahul Bose: an Indian actor, screenwriter, film director, social activist, and rugby union player. He is notable for his involvement in the relief efforts that followed the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and is also the founder of the anti-discrimination NGO, The Foundation.[1].Rahul Bose started his acting career at age six when he played the lead in his school play, Tom, the Piper's Son. He has performed on the Bombay stage as well as abroad in venues such as the Leicester Haymarket in England where he starred in Tim Murari's The Square Circle. His first film, English, August became a cult favourite. Other notable films include Split Wide Open (Best Actor, Singapore Film Festival, 2000), Mr. And Mrs. Iyer, and Jhankaar Beats. Despite his roles in more mainstream movies like Thakshak and Chameli, Bose has been called "the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema" by Time magazine and "the Sean Penn of Oriental cinema" by Maxim.[2] He is scheduled to begin shooting his adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel, Moth Smoke in early 2009.

Rahul Khanna            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rahul Khanna: an Indian actor.He is the son of the actor (and MP) Vinod Khanna and brother of Akshaye Khanna, both popular in Indian cinema.Rahul was raised in Bombay and went on to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute as well as the School of Visual Arts in New York.Rahul began his career as a VJ (video jockey) with MTV Asia. His immense popularity across Asia was established by continuously tremendous press and reviews.

Rahul Sankrityayana            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rahul Sankrityayana: was one of the most widely-traveled scholars of India, spening forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home. He became a buddhist monk (Bauddh Bhikkhu) and eventually took up Marxist Socialism. He was also an Indian nationalist, having been arrested and jailed for three years for creating anti-British writings and speeches.

Rahul Sankrityayan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rahul Sankrityayan: was one of the most widely-traveled scholars of India, spending forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home. He became a buddhist monk (Bauddh Bhikkhu) and eventually took up Marxist Socialism. Sankrityayan was also an Indian nationalist, having been arrested and jailed for three years for creating anti-British writings and speeches.

Rahul Deshpande            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rahul Deshpande: an Indian classical music singer.Rahul is the grandson of noted singer Pandit Vasantrao Deshpande of Patiala Gharana.Rahul developed his interest in vocal music by studying the music of Pandit Kumar Gandharva. Initially, he sought guidance from Ushatai Chipalkatti and Pandit Kumar Gandharva's son Mukul Shivputra. He further learned music under the tutelage of Pandit Gangadharbuva Pimpalkhare and Dr. Madhusudhan Patwardhan. He also learned playing tabla from Pandit Suresh Samant.

Dr. Barys Rahula            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Dr. Barys Rahula: was a Belarusian military commander and politician and Canadian doctor.Barys Rahula was born near Navahrudak and spent his young years in Poland-occupied West Belarus. In 1938 he became student at the University of Vilnius but was mobilized into the Polish army after the German invasion.[1] He soon became German POW but in 1940 escaped from German prison to West Belarus that was occupied by the Soviets.