Actors:

Hollywood: Charlie Chaplin, Clint Eastwood, Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, John Travolta, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, and Tom Hanks.
Indian Cinema: Brahmanandam, Danny Denzongpa, Kader Khan (no more), Naresh & Allari Naresh, Nutan Prasad, Rajan P Dev (Malayalam/no more), Rajendra Prasad, and Shobhan Babu.

Actresses:

Hollywood: Ashley Judd of Double Jeopardy fame; Catherine Zeta-Jones of The Mask of Zorro and Entrapment fame.
Bollywood:
Disha Patani (‘Seagram Ad’), Jahnvi Kapoor (‘Myntra’ ad), Mehreen Peerzada, Raveena Tandon, Sadaf, & Sara Ali Khan (daughter of Amrita Singh-Saif Ali Khan). Disha, Jahnvi & Sara more for their beauty rather than for their acting abilities.

Books:
(1) Jaya — Devdutt Pattanaik;
(2) The Da vinci code — Dan Brown;
(3) The other side of me — Sidney Sheldon ;(4) First among equals — Jeffrey Archer; (5) Congo — Michael Crichton …. (Borrowing a sentence from Jeffrey Archer, Chetan would want to say, ‘I still write long hand before digitising all my articles – be it scientific, fiction or nonfiction …’) …

Dream tourist destinations:
(1) Jerusalem, Israel; (2) Angkor Vat, Cambodia; (3) Petra, Jordan.

Food: Vegetarian. Of course Chetan does relish poultry eggs as well.

Hobbies: Numismatics, Philately, Collecting Watches/Bracelets, Painting, Day dreaming.

Movies:

Hollywood Movies Chetan likes:

Absolute Power, Amistad, A time to kill, Basic Instinct, Ben Hur, Blue Lagoon, Broken Arrow, Castaway, Cliffhanger, Contact, Diabolique, Double Jeopardy, End of Days, Entrapment, Event Horizon, Face-off, Fugitive, Jingle All the Way, Mel Gibson’s – The Passion of The Christ, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List, Skyfall, Sphere, Swordfish, Ten Commandments, The Great Dictator, Tomorrow Never Dies.

Bollywood Movies Chetan appreciates:

Deevar, Dhundh, Dhadkan, Mira Nair’s Kamasutra – A tale of love, Shyam Benegals’ The Making of the Mahatma.

Tollywood (South Indian) Movies Chetan would love to watch:

Most of the Rajendra Prasad’s, Allari Naresh’s, Naresh’s movies, Iruvaar (Tamil).

Music:

Chetan appreciates music of all genres except Heavy metal (Just that he does not have the talent to appreciate this kind of music).

Favorite singers/musicians/performers (in alphabetic order):

Alisha Chinai, Backstreet Boys, Daler Mehndi (particularly the ‘Kudiyan Sheher Diyan’ song in the movie Arjun Pandit), Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, Gurudas Maan (particularly the ‘Dekho Zara Kaise Balkhake Chali’ song in the movie Sirf Tum), Hassan Jahangir, Late Dr. Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna, Late Kadri Gopinath (Saxophone), Late Michael Jackson (MJ), Late MS Subbalakshmi, Madonna, Nazia & Zoeb Hasan, Remo Fernandes, Sapna Mukherjee (particularly the ‘Pyar Do Pyar Lo’ song in the movie Janbaaz), Sharon Prabhakar, Shweta Shetty (particularly the ‘Kaale Kaale Baal Gaal Gore Gore’ song in the movie Ziddi), Sukhwinder Singh (particularly the ‘Rabba Rabba’ song in the movie Aks), Tina Turner — Reflections (Goldeneye title track), Usha Utup, Zubin Mehta, and many more. Just that CDP did not have time and space to list all his favorite songs.

The selection of music genre and performers mentioned briefly appears crazy and bizarre. But when you listen to the ones’ listed here you will realize that these musicians are genuinely exceptional and are a cut above the rest. No doubt their works stands the test of time.

Phobias: Chetan suffers from the following two phobias:
(1) Agoraphobia (for reasons not known to him, Chetan is now-a-days afraid of crowded places); and
(2) Herpetophobia – An unpleasant incident involving a garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) occurred when Chetan was six years old which left its own indelible mark on his psyche. Ever since he is scared of reptiles.

Politicians: USA — Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama; Russia — Vladmir Putin; India – No hurry!

Spiritual Leader (Iran) — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Tea-Coffee: Once upon a time, Chetan was addicted to coffee. Having overcome the addiction, now-a-days, he relishes a freshly brewed cup of coffee or tea of any brand. Chetan’s advise to enjoy your cup of tea ─ “Never corrupt the taste of tea with sugar…”