The essential trivia guide to India's new tourism minister

1) His favourite hill station is Ooty.

2)u00a0His favourite film actor is Sean Connery.

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3)u00a0His favourite human beings are Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi.

4)u00a0His favourite comedian is Charlie Chaplin.

5)u00a0He was the first Indian film star to have his own website.

6)u00a0His earlier hit movies are given to distributors and exhibitors for free whenever they lose money on any of his new releases. His old movies are still good grossers at the box office.

7)u00a0His first fees as an actor wasu00a0Rs 1,116 for the Telugu movie Manavoori Pandavulu.

8)u00a0He uttered his first dialogue on February 11, 1978.

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9)u00a0Two of his films: Pasivadi Pranam and Swayam Krushi have been dubbed in Russian.

10)u00a0His real name is Konidela Sivashankara Vara Prasad.