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Rahul Narwekar

Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and MLA for Colaba

Rahul Suresh Narwekar is an Indian lawyer, politician, and senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party serving as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and representing the Colaba constituency in South Mumbai. Born into a political family in Mumbai, Narwekar practiced law before embarking on a career in state politics. He served as a spokesperson for Shiv Sena and later joined the Nationalist Congress Party, under which he contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Maval and was appointed to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in 2016. Ahead of the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, Narwekar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and successfully won the Colaba seat. In July 2022, he was elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, becoming one of the youngest individuals to hold the constitutional office in India. He gained national attention for presiding over crucial disqualification petitions and legislative hearings following party realignments in Maharashtra. Narwekar successfully retained his Colaba seat in the 2024 state assembly elections.

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Deborah Snyder

American Film Producer and Co-Founder of The Stone Quarry

Deborah Snyder is an American film and television producer best known for her producing partnership with her husband, director Zack Snyder, and her instrumental role in shaping major Hollywood blockbusters. Originally starting her career in advertising at Backer Spielvogel Bates in New York, she produced high-profile television commercials before transitioning into feature film production. In 2004, alongside Zack Snyder and Wesley Coller, she co-founded the production company Cruel and Unusual Films, which was later rebranded as The Stone Quarry. Snyder gained prominence serving as executive producer on the action epic 300 (2006) and producer on the graphic novel adaptation Watchmen (2009). Over the following decade, she became a key creative architect of the DC Extended Universe, producing blockbuster superhero titles including Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Justice League (2017), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). Beyond superhero cinema, Snyder has produced a diverse array of action, fantasy, and sci-fi projects including Sucker Punch, Army of the Dead, and the two-part space opera Rebel Moon.

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