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Coming from a small town in Maharashtra, Darshan Yewalekar has worked on several Bollywood projects over two decades and has styled some of the biggest stars like Ranveer Singh, Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan.

"I may not be a professor or an expert, but I am happy I can make people invest time in reading," says Ponmariappan. Pretty cool, right?

The vision of Shivaji’s Swaraj would have been long lost in 1660, when General Siddhi Johar laid the siege of Panhalgad to capture the Maratha warrior. But the sacrifice of a barber, Shiva Kashid, foiled Johar’s attempt, saving Shivaji.

Beating acute poverty and lack of resources, Ramesh Babu revived his late father's saloon in the 90s while building a luxury car-rental business on his own.