Vijay Amritraj, is a former
tennis player, a sports commentator and an actor from India. He is the first
Indian to turn fully professional in sport and is often considered amongst the
greatest in the history of Indian sport. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's
fourth highest civilian honor, in 1983. Amritraj also had a brief acting
career. His most notable appearance is probably as the MI6 intelligence
operative, in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. He has since gone on to
become a sports commentator, he has been a judge at the Miss Universe pageant
and has also developed a successful multimedia business.
In Conversation with Vijay Amritraj is Andre Agassi, a former World No. 1 player, is the only male
player ever to win all four Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal. In
July 2011, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. At the age of
24, he created the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education. Over 17 years, the
Foundation has honed its mission to focus on transforming public education.
Each year the Foundation’s primary fundraising vehicle, the Grand Slam for
Children, brings together international stars to raise awareness and money. Agassi
poured his energies into charities and is also citied as the most charitable
athlete of his generation. In November 2009, he released his autobiography
Open, which reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.