| G.S Pradeep(Malayalam-ജി.എസ്. പ്രദീപ്) | |
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| Born | May 15, 1972 Thiruvananthapuram |
| Nationality | India |
| Known for | Reverse Quiz |
Gangatharanpillai Soudaminithankachi Pradeep(Malayalam-ജി.എസ്. പ്രദീപ്) (Born 15 May 1972, Kerala) is known for his High Intellectual and Analytical Skill with great knowledge of history and contemporary world affairs. He has been in the limelight through "Reverse Quiz" on television and has also been featured on the Limca Book of Records. He is also a State Level Carrom Player, has written 5 books and also a very proficient orator.
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Born on 15 May 1972 as the younger son of Mr. P K G Pillai, a former high school headmaster and a veteran political activist and late Mrs. K S Thankachi, district education officer, G S Pradeep was a childhood prodigy, read Ramayana and Mahabharata at the age of 4 and reading thousand books in ten years he has became a surprise to one and all who knew him. During the school level he has been awarded as the state best speaker at many time and his college days were to witness much more honors.He entitled six years continuous best speaker of Kerala University. He was crowned with the most coveted 'Kalaprathibha' during 1993. During his college times he started a rapid speaking performance in the All India Radio regularly and that assigned him the title "oru nimisham pradeep". joined in the govt service at the age of 20 and left the job very soon by becoming grandmaster through the most famous reverse quiz 'Aswamedham' in Kairali TV. That show went on air for 1500 episodes and he was invited by Star TV to perform the same in Tamil and Kannada. He has won 1283 awards so far. Some are entry in Limca book of world records, K Balakrishnan award, P Kesavadev award, Mini screen star of the year award and much more. For the last two years he has been doing his programmes in six channels in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. After recognizing his caliber and capability, International Tamil University came forward with a D-lit degree to honor him on behalf of the Tamil People. Memory wizard title 2010 by the United Nations Organisation, Srilanka is another major title which came to his way. Kerala has become fortunate to bring back the oratory and intellectual genius to Malayalam TV by his current hit program ' Vachakaraja' in Surya TV airing on every Saturday at 10pm. Recently he has been declared as the ' suvarnaprathibha' award winner by the ABC cultural trust. The India today magazine has featured him as one of the 10 great media men in the last 20 years history of Kerala. Most recently The Asian Television Organisation announced him as the Most Influential Asian Television Personality. Y's man PWAF grand master Dr.G S Pradeep is the president of Trivandrum pearls. His latest venture was Rananganam in Jai Hind channel which comprises three stages. Mr.SASI THAROOR MP had been the best candidate in that show.
Beyond the circle of television, he is an orator who entertains and educates people. His high value high speed speeches always had welcomed by the mob. Each and every speech encourages people to think about their abilities and disabilities. The Grandmaster style of speech is a direct interaction between the people and the podium. G S Pradeeps name is there in the literature world also. His pen has contributed the golden threshold of five books into the field of Malayalam literature. This contains books about mathematics, memory retention and IQ development and a book the poems of Grandmaster. BRAIN MAGIC- a book among them was well accepted by all groups of people and became the best seller of that period. His ability as writer is being utilized by the magazines and news papers also. Another invaluable ability that this master brain contains is that the ability to teach. He is a man who loves to share his knowledge with others. He seems like a magician rather than a teacher when he takes classes. It’s because that he is a man who is having a brain full of tricks and solutions for all sort of people. His career guidance classes made critical positive changes among the youth and their path of thinking. This talented energetic brain is also a little bit sporty too; he is a state level carom player and won several titles inside Kerala. His showman play has got a caption - beauty mixed with thought.
Grand master, the first of its kind reverse quiz game show has gained immense popularity among audiences' young and old alike. The Grandmaster G S Pradeep with his high intellect cracks the most difficult of personalities that are on the opponent's mind. His skill in identifying the personality within the 21-question limit has truly left the audience in awe.He recently won the most influential Asian television performer 2009 award at sharjah cricket stadium .
Challenge is not new to the Grandmaster after taking on 3 contestants at the same time in his show and cracking the answers within 21 questions; the Grandmaster now takes on a new challenge. In this format, he faces a team of three contestants who are to think of three different categories. One contestant has to think of a famous personality while the other to think of a famous city; and the third to think of a famous event.
The show will also be anchored by Kavitha. There are 2 juries so that if the contestant makes a mistake, it can be calculated as lifelines.
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Ahmed Aslam defeats the Grand master and wins 5 gold coins