Vijay Amritraj speaks to Madhavrao Scindia about AIDS to create awareness about it: archival footage from the late 1980's / early 1990's. He thanks to Madovrao Scindia and Mrs. Scindia dor accepting invitation for this AIDs awareness program and giving away the prizes. The Harry Collection, SRF, Synthetic Chemicals, Zandu Balm, Kinetic Honda and Britannia Industries Ltd. were the sponsors of the event at Siri Fort. The title sponsor was American Express Bank. This Super Star Challenge evening event took place at the Taj Palace Hotel in Delhi, and the event ranged from 26th to 28th March. Vijay Amritraj, born on December 14, 1953, kept the Indian flag flying high, with his notable performances at the international tennis circuit. Amritraj, along with the father-son duo of Ramanathan and Ramesh Krishnan, is among the handful of Indians to have fared reasonably well in Grand Slam tournaments. Throughout his glorious career, Amritraj distinguished himself by getting the better of some of the greatest names of tennis history. Stalwarts like Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Newcombe fell before his aggressive serve and volley game. Read on to know more about the profile of former tennis player Vijay Amritraj. Vijay Amritraj achieved his first significant success in his career in tennis in 1973, when he made it to the quarter-finals at the two Grand Slam Men's Singles events. In 1973, he reached the quarterfinal of Wimbledon, but lost to eventual champion Jan Kodes, in a thrilling five-setter. The same year, in the U.S. Open, he lost the quarterfinal clash to tennis great Ken Rosewall after getting the better of Rod Laver in an earlier round. Amritraj repeated his feat in 1974, when he finished eighth after defeating Bjorn Borg in the second round at Forest Hills. In 1974, Vijay Amritraj teamed up with Shashi Menon, Jasjit Singh and brother Anand Amritraj, to take India to the Davis Cup final for the second time. However, India refused to play South Africa in protest of the racist regime prevailing there. Vijay reached his career-high ranking in July 1980, when he was ranked World No. 16 tennis player. In 1981, Vijay Amritraj again reached the quarterfinal of Wimbledon, but a spirited Jimmy Connors rallied from a two-set deficit, to get the better of the Indian great. Amritraj had an equally impressive Davis Cup record. Source: www.iloveindia.com/ This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India a