Leander Paes with Wife [Picture]

spiderman123 · Feb 6, 2012

Paes: player, husband, dad.

Leander with family at a wedding of two Indian movie stars. The guy standing next to Leander in the first picture also acts in some Indian movies.

Don't blame his daughter for being shy. There must be a million cameras over there.

Tammo · Feb 6, 2012

Leanderthal look so weird in something besides tennis clothes.

sureshs · Feb 6, 2012

That is his Wimbledon outfit

ATXtennisaddict · Feb 6, 2012

The guy is the first picture is ONLY Shahrukh Khan. No, nobody famous.

sureshs · Feb 6, 2012

ATXtennisaddict said:
The guy is the first picture is ONLY Shahrukh Khan. No, nobody famous.

I mistook him for Don 2

ATXtennisaddict · Feb 6, 2012

sureshs said:
That is his Wimbledon outfit

That would be BAD ASS.

Sentinel · Feb 6, 2012

sureshs said:
That is his Wimbledon outfit

It's still better than Roger's infamous one.

Bjorn99 · Feb 6, 2012

Nice picture, thanks.

sureshs · Feb 6, 2012

SRK has a mouse face like Daniel Craig. It has always bothered me how these people got selected. When SRK was coming up, I used to voice this opinion, but people did not take kindly to it so I stopped. But he is a good actor.

Sid_Vicious · Feb 6, 2012

ATXtennisaddict said:
The guy is the first picture is ONLY Shahrukh Khan. No, nobody famous.

Never heard of him.

tusharlovesrafa · Feb 6, 2012

leander is wearing traditional Indian dress known as "KURTA PAJAMA"..

DjokovicForTheWin · Feb 6, 2012

Looks like a moo moo.

Maui19 · Feb 6, 2012

sureshs said:
That is his Wimbledon outfit

Dang that is FUNNY! :lol:

Deleted member 3771 · Feb 6, 2012

why is he wearing a maternity dress on top of his cricket uniform.

Sentinel · Feb 6, 2012

sureshs said:
SRK has a mouse face like Daniel Craig. It has always bothered me how these people got selected. When SRK was coming up, I used to voice this opinion, but people did not take kindly to it so I stopped. But he is a good actor.

SRK was okay as a TV serial actor in something called Fauji. How he progressed to the big screen was a shock to many then. I am sure you do have an idea how these selections are made and what forces are behind all this. You do know a lot of what's happening here.

roysid · Feb 8, 2012

This photo is very recent after AO' 2012. They were at marriage of Riteish and Genelia, two Bollywood stars after a 7 year old romance.

Leander's wife Rhea Pillai is the ex-wife of Sanjay Dutt another big Bollywood star. She was his teacher at "Art of Living" course.

Before that Leander has dated a lot of women including another actress "Mahima Chaudhary". She is said to be the reason for original split between Leander and Mahesh Bhupathi as both were chasing her at that time.

Mahesh Bhupathi also hitched up with another Bollywood actress Lara Dutta and got married and now became father.

813wilson · Feb 9, 2012

I thought it was Ray Romano standing next to Leander....

Sentinel · Feb 9, 2012

roysid said:
This photo is very recent after AO' 2012. They were at marriage of Riteish and Genelia, two Bollywood stars after a 7 year old romance.

Leander's wife Rhea Pillai is the ex-wife of Sanjay Dutt another big Bollywood star. She was his teacher at "Art of Living" course.

Before that Leander has dated a lot of women including another actress "Mahima Chaudhary". She is said to be the reason for original split between Leander and Mahesh Bhupathi as both were chasing her at that time.

Mahesh Bhupathi also hitched up with another Bollywood actress Lara Dutta and got married and now became father.

So is this Art of Living some dating service for superstars, or some place for married people to have fun on the side.?

Nostradamus · Feb 9, 2012

Leander is the richest man in India. he can have 12 wives if he wanted. lol

sureshs · Feb 9, 2012

Sentinel said:
SRK was okay as a TV serial actor in something called Fauji. How he progressed to the big screen was a shock to many then. I am sure you do have an idea how these selections are made and what forces are behind all this. You do know a lot of what's happening here.

My wife is a big fan of the SRK in Fauji.

Now, it is said that he did NOT have Bollywood connections and came up the hard way. There is something about his acting that appeals to people - I think his emotions come out as very realistic.

sureshs · Feb 9, 2012

Sentinel said:
So is this Art of Living some dating service for superstars, or some place for married people to have fun on the side.?

It is by S.S. Ravi Shankar. it is HUGE. Happens here regularly. Have attended a few of them casually for an hour. But never when he was there. For that, you have to track when he comes to somewhere nearby (like LA), and then the whole local population seems to vanish for the event. I have watched him many times on TV.

Don't confuse him with our man of Daily Bliss (Nithyananda)

sureshs · Feb 9, 2012

roysid said:
Mahesh Bhupathi also hitched up with another Bollywood actress Lara Dutta and got married and now became father.

After divorcing his first wife

spiderman123 · Feb 9, 2012

sureshs said:
Don't confuse him with our man of Daily Bliss (Nithyananda)

LOL! We managed to connect Paes and Nithyananda in a thread.

spiderman123 · Feb 9, 2012

Nostradamus said:
Leander is the richest man in India. he can have 12 wives if he wanted. lol

Just in case someone here believed that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indians_by_net_worth

Leander is not even the richest sportsman in India.

BeGreat · Feb 10, 2012

sureshs said:
SRK has a mouse face like Daniel Craig. It has always bothered me how these people got selected. When SRK was coming up, I used to voice this opinion, but people did not take kindly to it so I stopped. But he is a good actor.

Ohhhh no you di'int.

He's the worst actor! Overacts on everything and always have to have the perfect angle on him, with his perfect hair. He's more concerned about how he looks in each shot than trying to portray a particular emotion and scene effectively. He is aaaalways posing. He's almost as bad as Hritik Roshan.

Now, Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Dutt...that's where it's aaat.

Mike Sams · Feb 10, 2012

BeGreat said:
Ohhhh no you di'int.

He's the worst actor! Overacts on everything and always have to have the perfect angle on him, with his perfect hair. He's more concerned about how he looks in each shot than trying to portray a particular emotion and scene effectively. He is aaaalways posing. He's almost as bad as Hritik Roshan.

Now, Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Dutt...that's where it's aaat.

Sanjay Dutt is too damn old now. He should be playing Grandfather type roles with his wrinkled up, drugged up self the same way Amitabh and Mithun are doing.

Mike Sams · Feb 10, 2012

Sid_Vicious said:
Never heard of him.

Yup. Unless you watch Indian films, nobody will know him. He hasn't managed to make a movie which transcends Bollywood.

sureshs · Feb 10, 2012

Mike Sams said:
Yup. Unless you watch Indian films, nobody will know him. He hasn't managed to make a movie which transcends Bollywood.

Don 2 was better than MI 4. Bruce Willis? How old is he? A young 105?

Mike Sams · Feb 10, 2012

sureshs said:
Don 2 was better than MI 4. Bruce Willis? How old is he? A young 105?

Everybody in India knows Bruce Willis and Tom Cruise. Nobody other than Indians know Shah Rukh Khan. That's my point. SRK hasn't made anybody other than India take notice of him. Not one movie which has transcended the Bollywood industry.

Mike Sams · Feb 10, 2012

Don 2 is a joke! Seen that same type movie before in Hollywood. Funny how when Indians try to make an MI rip-off, it's supposed to be ground-breaking. :lol: Even Doom was hilarious.
Bollywood should stick to the formula which works. Boy chasing girl, girl wanting to marry boy and lots of song and dance.

Best indian movie is Sholay...even after all these years. They don't make actors like them anymore.

sureshs · Feb 10, 2012

Mike Sams said:
Don 2 is a joke! Seen that same type movie before in Hollywood. Funny how when Indians try to make an MI rip-off, it's supposed to be ground-breaking. :lol: Even Doom was hilarious.
Bollywood should stick to the formula which works. Boy chasing girl, girl wanting to marry boy and lots of song and dance.
Best indian movie is Sholay...even after all these years. They don't make actors like them anymore.

No way. Bollywood copies a lot of Hollywood movies (including parts from different movies) but the end result is better than the original. Hollywood movies have become dark and gloomy - used to be called the film noir genre, now every movie is like that. Dark and gloomy or doomsday scenario or too much realistic violence or filthy language or stupid animations with animals talking like humans - everything has been taken too far. The "lesser" Bollywood versions are more humanized and cheerful.

Polaris · Feb 10, 2012

sureshs said:
It is by S.S. Ravi Shankar. it is HUGE. Happens here regularly. Have attended a few of them casually for an hour. But never when he was there. For that, you have to track when he comes to somewhere nearby (like LA), and then the whole local population seems to vanish for the event. I have watched him many times on TV.

Yes, many people who get really deep into the A.o.L courses end up being brainwashed into worshipping Ravi Shankar (or Sri Sri as they like to call him). I've known people who have him on their desktop wallpapers, screen-savers, and so on

. It is a cult-like following.

sureshs · Feb 10, 2012

Polaris said:
Many people who get really deep into the courses end up being brainwashed into worshipping Ravi Shankar (or Sri Sri as they like to call him).

He is a very good psychologist. That is what makes him special. He can understand what troubles people, and speak to that. He has adapted religion into simple ideas which people feel comforting, so they flock to him.

tusharlovesrafa · Feb 10, 2012

Mike Sams said:
Sanjay Dutt is too damn old now. He should be playing Grandfather type roles with his wrinkled up, drugged up self the same way Amitabh and Mithun are doing.

Mike Sams said:
Yup. Unless you watch Indian films, nobody will know him. He hasn't managed to make a movie which transcends Bollywood.

Shahrukh is a great actor but his movies are made only to appeal us(indians)..I think when it comes to appealing to mass/world audience then Aamir Khan has done better then him..I remeber his movies such as "LAGAAN" and "PEEPLI LIVE" being selected for OSCAR..

Mike Sams said:
Everybody in India knows Bruce Willis and Tom Cruise. Nobody other than Indians know Shah Rukh Khan. That's my point. SRK hasn't made anybody other than India take notice of him. Not one movie which has transcended the Bollywood industry.

Mike Sams said:
Don 2 is a joke! Seen that same type movie before in Hollywood. Funny how when Indians try to make an MI rip-off, it's supposed to be ground-breaking. :lol: Even Doom was hilarious.
Bollywood should stick to the formula which works. Boy chasing girl, girl wanting to marry boy and lots of song and dance.
Best indian movie is Sholay...even after all these years. They don't make actors like them anymore.

You are an American,right?It's amazing you know so much about indian movies..
I remember watching MATRIX in 97-98 when i was only 7 yrs old and i was amazed by the action and it's special effects...I was spellbounded,couldn't believe what was happening..lol..I am a big rocky fan..I have seen it's every part nearly 3 times(6*3=18 )..

I agree with what mike has to say about the movies such as DON2 and DHOOM..Their action scenes weren't that spectacular as in comparison to Hollywood counterparts.I think big differences arises due to financing,whereas a typical bollywood costs between 15 to 35 millions and a hollywood producer could eaily invest anywhere between 100 to 500 million(sAvatar was made for 500 million,right?)..So when the investment is less,your special effects ain't the same and eveything technical goes down..I hope you understand what I am saying..

Mike Sams · Feb 11, 2012

tusharlovesrafa said:
Shahrukh is a great actor but his movies are made only to appeal us(indians)..I think when it comes to appealing to mass/world audience then Aamir Khan has done better then him..I remeber his movies such as "LAGAAN" and "PEEPLI LIVE" being selected for OSCAR..

You are an American,right?It's amazing you know so much about indian movies..
I remember watching MATRIX in 97-98 when i was only 7 yrs old and i was amazed by the action and it's special effects...I was spellbounded,couldn't believe what was happening..lol..I am a big rocky fan..I have seen it's every part nearly 3 times(6*3=18 )..

I agree with what mike has to say about the movies such as DON2 and DHOOM..Their action scenes weren't that spectacular as in comparison to Hollywood counterparts.I think big differences arises due to financing,whereas a typical bollywood costs between 15 to 35 millions and a hollywood producer could eaily invest anywhere between 100 to 500 million(sAvatar was made for 500 million,right?)..So when the investment is less,your special effects ain't the same and eveything technical goes down..I hope you understand what I am saying..

True. I also liked the movie Sarkar which was based on The Godfather. And another movie I liked was called Pitaah starring Sanjay Dutt and Om Puri.

Fedalfan · Feb 11, 2012

Wow! I'd no idea there are so many Indian ppl on this forum. I'm an American, but live in Mumbai since last year, so I'm starting to figure Bollywood out. But I don't think I could ever watch an SRK movie. I'm totally fatigued out with all those commercials he does - any where you look, it's SRK. He advertises for sodas, sofas, phones, jewelry...every damn thing!

forthegame · Feb 11, 2012

Dus numbri.
Nagin.
Burning train.
Seeta or Geeta.
Yeh vadha raha.

Apologies for spelling errors.

Sentinel · Feb 11, 2012

sureshs said:
It is by S.S. Ravi Shankar. it is HUGE. Happens here regularly. Have attended a few of them casually for an hour. But never when he was there. For that, you have to track when he comes to somewhere nearby (like LA), and then the whole local population seems to vanish for the event. I have watched him many times on TV.

Don't confuse him with our man of Daily Bliss (Nithyananda)

I happen to be familiar with all these "shows". I used to follow the news on these guys closely. These are all "spiritual businesses", no matter how nice they may sound, and how nice they may make you feel, for a short while. People with good oratory skills who read the Vedas and a few more books and then start wooing the masses.

Ultimately they are all into money, and getting more and more people, what you call MLM schemes. This very much includes AoL. Possibly they also become pawns in the hands of politicians, or partners, but that's an angle i kept out of and did not even want to fathom. They are all very well connected, and no one can touch them.

tusharlovesrafa · Feb 12, 2012

Mike Sams said:
True. I also liked the movie Sarkar which was based on The Godfather. And another movie I liked was called Pitaah starring Sanjay Dutt and Om Puri.

SARKAR was a nice movie..Do you watch it with english sub-titles??

Fedalfan said:
Wow! I'd no idea there are so many Indian ppl on this forum. I'm an American, but live in Mumbai since last year, so I'm starting to figure Bollywood out. But I don't think I could ever watch an SRK movie. I'm totally fatigued out with all those commercials he does - any where you look, it's SRK. He advertises for sodas, sofas, phones, jewelry...every damn thing!

Yeah there are lots of indians here..Many of them are NRI's (non residential indians)living in other parts of the world..
LOL..SRK has become old and he's desperately trying to hold on to his past glory..He earns more money from ads then films..

forthegame said:
Dus numbri.
Nagin.
Burning train.
Seeta or Geeta.
Yeh vadha raha.

Apologies for spelling errors.

WOW!!amazing..i have only seen burning train and rest are old for me..

sureshs · Feb 12, 2012

Sentinel said:
Ultimately they are all into money, and getting more and more people, what you call MLM schemes. This very much includes AoL.

Is MLM like a pyramid scheme? Never heard of it.

I have gone to the free AoL gatherings or whatever when they are close by and convenient - just a bunch of people singing, with a large SS's photo. If they ask for money, of course I will think twice.

mandy01 · Feb 12, 2012

Mike Sams said:
Everybody in India knows Bruce Willis and Tom Cruise. Nobody other than Indians know Shah Rukh Khan. That's my point. SRK hasn't made anybody other than India take notice of him. Not one movie which has transcended the Bollywood industry.

Not really. Only the affluent people in India ( sometimes not even them) know those two. And such people are in a minority. Also, a large part of this knowledge comes due to the knowledge of English language which is widely spoken in the country.

sureshs · Feb 12, 2012

Mike Sams said:
Everybody in India knows Bruce Willis and Tom Cruise. Nobody other than Indians know Shah Rukh Khan. That's my point.

But SRK's movies are not made in English, nor are they targeted deliberately for an international audience.

Don 2 was targeted, and succeeded.

BTW, the narrower definitions of audience has to be changed. Some Bollywood movies, even those that flopped at the BO, make good DVD money in US, UK, Mid East, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. If Don 2 was widely watched in the US, even by a niche audience, it does indicate global reach.

Sentinel · Feb 12, 2012

sureshs said:
Is MLM like a pyramid scheme? Never heard of it.

I have gone to the free AoL gatherings or whatever when they are close by and convenient - just a bunch of people singing, with a large SS's photo. If they ask for money, of course I will think twice.

I think MLM (multi-level marketing) refers to stuff like what Amway does. Each member has to get more members and based on that they rise. So you are pressed into getting more people, which means you have to lie or exaggerate about benefits in order to get more.

No doubt, the money and MLM aspect is not noticeable to outsiders and first-timers. But once you join and start getting involved, then the demands start rising. Large donations are expected, you are expected to bring in more people etc. The extreme in this case was perhaps an American called Adi Da Samraj (many names but this was the last one, i think). One of the biggest in India went by the name Kalki (Vijay Kumar) but changed names to save himself. Another was the recent Nithyananda.

JoelDali · Feb 12, 2012

I would GOAT him if he wore that to my villa in Milan.

His wife is hot too.

Mike Sams · Feb 12, 2012

tusharlovesrafa said:
SARKAR was a nice movie..Do you watch it with english sub-titles??

Yeah there are lots of indians here..Many of them are NRI's (non residential indians)living in other parts of the world..
LOL..SRK has become old and he's desperately trying to hold on to his past glory..He earns more money from ads then films..

WOW!!amazing..i have only seen burning train and rest are old for me..

I understood 98% of sarkar without subtitles.

I am an International Man!

Mike Sams · Feb 12, 2012

SRK has actually tried to reinvent himself. He now exercises and goes shirtless more than he did in his younger days as he sees the new generation of bollywood stars are all exercising, modelling off Salman, Roshan, Amir Khan, etc.
But again, having a good physique doesn't mean you will be a star. If you're not a good actor and have no charisma than no amount of exercise will help you.
Just like being pretty doesn't guarantee success for a woman in Bollywood.

SRK is a good actor and has good screen presence. Most of these young guys coming in don't have his qualities.

Mike Sams · Feb 12, 2012

sureshs said:
But SRK's movies are not made in English, nor are they targeted deliberately for an international audience.

Don 2 was targeted, and succeeded.

BTW, the narrower definitions of audience has to be changed. Some Bollywood movies, even those that flopped at the BO, make good DVD money in US, UK, Mid East, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. If Don 2 was widely watched in the US, even by a niche audience, it does indicate global reach.

They speak much much more english now in Bollywood movies than they ever did before. Because they're basically targeting an international audience. I would not be surprised if in 20 years, Bollywood goes completely Hollywood and every Indian actor MUST be able to speak fluent english.

Why target a niche market of Indians when you can target a mass market of all nationalities by speaking in a language which they can understand without a need for subtitles?
And also, Indians also believe that fair skin and speaking english means you must be of a high class. That's why skin bleaching is so popular. Dark skin is reflective of your caste.
Darker skin means lower caste in the eyes of Indians. Why else are SRK, Salman, Roshan, Amir, etc looking more and more like Hollywood actors than Bollywood actors? They all look more similar to Stallone than they do to Dharmendra. They all are white skinned, muscular, and speak english a lot.

sureshs · Feb 12, 2012

Mike Sams said:
Why target a niche market of Indians when you can target a mass market of all nationalities by speaking in a language which they can understand without a need for subtitles?

Because it is not just the language. The situations will also not make sense to many people. Even French and Italian cinema cannot make it to the US mass market even though there is so much more cultural closeness. How many people will watch Fellini?

tusharlovesrafa · Feb 12, 2012

Mike Sams said:
They speak much much more english now in Bollywood movies than they ever did before. Because they're basically targeting an international audience. I would not be surprised if in 20 years, Bollywood goes completely.
Darker skin means lower caste in the eyes of Indians. Why else are SRK, Salman, Roshan, Amir, etc looking more and more like Hollywood actors than Bollywood actors? They all look more similar to Stallone than they do to Dharmendra. They all are white skinned, muscular, and speak english a lot.

Wow You surely have quite a huge data base when it come to Bollywood films..Allthough i am not a big movie buff but still enjoy watching it frm time to time..
Its sad to see that people at times here differenciate them on the basis of colour..Fairer plus fluent english is seen as higher class people where as people with more tanner skin and no english language are looked down upon..Its something ingrained in our society..Here u can see both women and men using skin fairness cream

tusharlovesrafa · Feb 12, 2012

mandy01 said:
Not really. Only the affluent people in India ( sometimes not even them) know those two. And such people are in a minority. Also, a large part of this knowledge comes due to the knowledge of English language which is widely spoken in the country.

i concur..Many ppl here know english but they dont follow hollywood movies much as they dont seem to connect to it due to the cultural gap or simply struggle to understand American ascent(even i struggle to understand at times)but in last few years nearly every channel(HBO,STAR MOVIES AND ETC) showing english movies have started showing subtitles so its easier to understand it now..

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