Mani Ratnam is widely credited with altering the profile of Indian cinema.
Sao Jose do Rio Pardo is a municipality in the state of Sao Paulo in Brazil .. Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo ( state ). Brazil. Brazil. The population is 54,388 -LRB- 2015 est. -RRB- in an area of 419 km ² .. The elevation is 676 m .. It was founded by Colonel Antonio Marcal Nogueira de Barros in 1870 .. In the same year , a chapel to Saint Joseph was built .. Saint Joseph. Saint Joseph. It became a municipality in 1885 , when it was separated from Casa Branca .. Casa Branca. Casa Branca, Sao Paulo. In the late 1800s and the early 1900s the town received a mass of immigration from northern Italy , those immigrants went to town for working in the coffee fields in replacement of the slave workforce , since slaves were set free in 1888 by an act of Princess Elizabeth .