Asian Power Couples Hot 100 - 2013 | Page 18

Asian Power Couples Katrina Kaif & Ranbir Kapoor Katrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi film Telugu and Malayalam films. Katrina was born in Hong Kong to an Indian Kashmiri father and an English mother. From Hong Kong, the family moved around the world eventually coming to her mother’s home country of England. Katrina has enjoyed success in a number of films including ‘Namastey London’ and ‘Raajneeti’, where she appeared opposite her real life love interest Ranbir Kapoor. As she has a number of product endorsements, she is currently one of the highest paid Bollywood actresses. Katrina Kaif & Ranbir Kapoor Manpreet Romana/AFP Getty Images Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian film actor. He is the recipient of five Filmfare Awards, and is a leading actor of contemporary Hindi cinema. He is the son of actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, and the grandson of actor-director Raj Kapoor. Ranbir completed his pre-university education in Mumbai, after which he moved to New York City to pursue film-making and method acting at the School of Visual Arts and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, respectively. Warsha & Rahul Kale Warsha Kale is a lawyer working Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP in London and is co-chair of the firm’s India Group. A graduate of Columbia University Law School, she has a Masters degree from Cambridge University. Warsha has extensive experience of advising private and public sector bodies in relation to EU and competition law. She is qualified as a Barrister in the UK and has been admitted to the New York Bar. Warsha & Rahul Kale Rahul Kale is Director of International Business & E-Commerce at Typhoo Tea Ltd. After gaining an MBA from Henley Management College, he joined Tata International in 1994 as Area Director for Russia & CIS. This was followed by a four-year stint as Online Sales Director for Tata Communications Ltd leading to his current role at Tata-owned Typhoo Tea Ltd. Ashok & Anna Kallumpram Ashok Kallumpram is the owner and Managing Director of Premier Textiles Ltd, one of Europe’s leading importers of yarns and fabrics, and he is Joint President & Board Director at TiE UK North. Following a degree in Politics from University of York he founded Premier Textiles in 1981. He is charitable having raised funds for Multiple Sclerosis, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, The Burned Childrens’ Club and The British Asian Trust. Ashok is married to Anna Eapen Kallumpram who is from Malaysia. She studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, University of London and Middle Temple and works at Premier Textiles Ltd. Abhishek & Dipika Khaitan Abhishek Khaitan is a Partner of Bower Cotton Khaitan Solicitors and serves as an Executive Director of Radico Khaitan Ltd. An LLB (Hons.) graduate and solicitor, he has served on the boards of numerous companies in India and theUK. He has a Bachelors degree in engineering in industrial production, as well as qualifications in managerial finance and managerial accounting from Harvard University, USA. Dipika Khaitan 18 Dipika Khaitan is Head of Philanthropy at education charity The Akshaya Patra Foundation. Following a Bachelor of Commerce qualification from the Modern High School, Kolkata, India, Dipika joined G McKenzie & Co in 1999. From 2009 to 2011 she was Marketing and Sales Director at India Today International before taking up her current role at the charity.