2014-12-24 Photo gallery

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram pay his last respects at the funeral of Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner and veteran film director K Balachander, at his residence in Chennai on Wednesday. PTI Photo

 Superstar Rajinikanth pays his last respects at the funeral of Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner and a veteran film director K Balachander, at his residence in Chennai on Wednesday. PTI Photo

A file photo of Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner and a Veteran film director K Balachander with actors Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan, who passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on Tuesday. The 84-year-old cinema legend was suffering from severe urin...

 Bollywood Actor Johnny Lever during shooting for Film 'Hotel Beautifool', in Mumbai on Tuesday. PTI Photo

An elderly man ferries poster of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MG Ramachandran (MGR) to mark his 27th death anniversary in Coimbatore on Wednesday. PTI Photo

People watch sand sculpture on the eve of Christmas at Puri beach on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actors, Arjun Kapoor, left, and Sonakshi Sinha, attend a press conference to promote their upcoming film 'Tevar' or 'Attitude' in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. The film is scheduled to be released on Jan. 9, 2015. AP Photo

 Passengers wrapped up with warm clothes during a chilly morning at the Allahabad Railway Station as the trains got late due to fog, on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt arrives at his residence after he was granted two weeks' furlough by the state prison authorities in Mumbai on Wednesday. PTI Photo

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Photo sent to us from Switzerland by Sunderraman Natarajan