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The Harry Potter Films are among the most popular movies of all time. Millions of people all over the world have seen these movies. However, if questioned, how many movie trivia questions do you think that they would be able to answer? How many would you be able to answer?

When was the first Harry Potter film released? The first film in the Harry Potter series of movies was released in 2001. This film was directed by Chris Columbus. There are a number of different directors who worked on these movies. David Yates and Mike Newell are among them.

This series of movies begins when the young Harry Potter turns eleven. There are seven books in the series by J. K. Rowling. Each book covers a year in Harry’s life. The movies, however, do not follow this exact timeline. The last book was made into two movies and was not released until 2011.

The role of Harry Potter was done by Daniel Radcliffe and Hermione Granger by Emma Watson. The part of Professor Albus Dumbledore was played by Richard Harris in the first two films. Sadly, he passed away before the movies were completed and the role of Albus was taken over by Michael Gambon.

Worldwide, the total box office sales for these films is over 7 billion dollars.

Kalki Subramaniam is a well known social activist and the founder of the ‘Sahodari Foundation’. She is the first transgender heroine and she is the proud owner of two degrees (not bachelors but the masters). These achievements will speak for her achievements and her determination.

Kalki Subramaniam as a teenager was insulted in her college days due to her gender, but these taunts made her more and more strong. She completed her studies with flying results. Kalki Subramaniam strongly believes that the growth of the transgender community lies in no one’s hand, but themselves.They need to be empowered and regroup themselves.

She has conducted various entrepreneurship training programs for them and she has been a vociferous campaigner against any kind of discrimination to them. It will be interesting to know that she has lectured in several colleges and universities all over the country and even in USA where she was very much appreciated for her field works.

In the studio of GK films, Nickelodeon, and Blind Wink, a new animated movie was born. The new born movie in the distribution of the Paramount Pictures is the Rango Movie. This Rango Movie was first viewed in theaters nationwide on the 4^th day of March, 2011. Gore Verbinski played the biggest part in the initiation of the Rango movie. Gore Verbinski is the director, and at the same time the story writer and producer. It was also his Blind Wink studio that was used in the Rango movie filming, along with GK Film studio and Nickelodeon Movies.

It was the ILM (Industrial Light and Magic), actually a company specializing on special effects, who was assigned for the CGI animation of the Rango Movie. The viewing time of the Rango movie is about 107 minutes. The music was the responsibility of Hans Zimmer. John Logan was responsible for the screen play.

The sherlock holmes game of shadows online is a sequel of a blockbuster movie, named as the Sherlock Holmes. This movie is entirely based on the mysteries of a famous detective, which has some extraordinary abilities and instincts. These abilities have always been unmatchable. But this time, this detective has to face his life’s worst challenge. In this challenge, his rival is equally powerful as the Sherlock Holmes. This means that his rival, Professor Moriarty, also possesses all the extraordinary abilities. Due to which, the detective will have to take some help from his friends to defeat his worst enemy. His friends are Dr. John Watson, Sim and his elder brother, Mycroft Holmes. The releasing date of the Sherlock Holmes game of Shadows online has been announced and it is 16^th of December, 2011 in the United Kingdom and the United States, while it is 25^th of December, 2011 in other countries.