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Kalyanji–Anandji (कल्याणजी–आनंदजी)
Kalyanji–Anandji (कल्याणजी–आनंदजी), brothers Kalyanji and Anandji Virji Shah, were Hindi film composer duo from Gujarat, active 1958–1992, scoring over 250 films including Don, Upkar, and Saraswatichandra, and winning the National Film Award, Filmfare Award, and Padma Shri.
Kalymnos (Κάλυμνος)
Kalymnos (Κάλυμνος), Greek Dodecanese island between Kos and Leros, famed for sponge diving and over 3,500 rock climbing routes; area 111 km², capital Pothia, incorporated into Greece in 1948.
Kalyn Ponga
Kalyn Ponga (born 1998, Port Hedland) is a rugby league fullback and captain of the Newcastle Knights, 2023 Dally M Medallist, Queensland Maroons representative, and since 2026 a New Zealand Kiwis international.
Kalyug (2005 film)
Kalyug (कलयुग), 2005 Hindi crime thriller by Mohit Suri, Vishesh Films; honeymoon video posted on porn site, bride's suicide, husband's revenge in Zurich; released 9 December 2005, ₹4 crore budget.
Kam Bakhsh
Kam Bakhsh was the youngest son of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who seized the Bijapur fort in 1707, declared himself a sovereign emperor, and died in 1709.
Kam Buckner
Kam Buckner is an American Democratic politician representing Chicago's 26th district in the Illinois House, where he has served as Speaker Pro Tempore since January 2019.
Kam Chancellor
Kam Chancellor, nicknamed Bam Bam, was a Seattle Seahawks strong safety (2010-2017), Legion of Boom anchor, four-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl XLVIII champion, retired after a 2017 neck injury.
Kam Eshghi
Kam Eshghi is a storage-industry executive and co-founder of Lightbits Labs, the San Jose company that developed NVMe over TCP for flash storage over Ethernet networks.
Kam Fong Chun
Kam Fong Chun (Kam Tong Chun, 1918-2002), Honolulu police officer turned actor, played Detective Chin Ho Kelly in 241 episodes of Hawaii Five-O (1968-1978) after auditioning for Wo Fat.
Kam Jones
Kam Jones (Kameron Deshun Jones), born 2002, American guard from Memphis; Marquette's second all-time scorer; drafted 38th overall in 2025 by San Antonio, traded to Indiana; now Bucks two-way guard with Wisconsin Herd.
Kam Patterson
Kam Patterson (Kameron Patterson), born 1999 in Orlando, Florida, is an American stand-up comedian and actor, a Kill Tony podcast regular and Comedy Mothership performer who joined Saturday Night Live as a featured player in season 51 (2025).
Kam people
The Kam people, also known as the Dong people (Dòngzú) or Gaeml, are a Tai-Kadai-speaking minority of southern China living mainly in eastern Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi.
Kam Pirak wall
Kam Pirak wall: a roughly 60 km rammed earth (pakhsa) defensive wall near Kumsar, Balkh Province, Afghanistan, enclosing the Balkh oasis; attributed variously to Achaemenid, Kushan, and Kushano-Sasanian builders.
Kam Shan Country Park
Kam Shan Country Park (金山郊野公園), designated 24 June 1977 in Sha Tin District north of Kowloon, covers 339 hectares with four reservoirs, wild macaques on Monkey Hill, and Gin Drinkers' Line wartime bunkers.
Kam W. Leong
Kam W. Leong is a Columbia University biomedical engineer, a pioneer of nanotechnology for drug and gene delivery and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Kam Yin Lau
Kam Yin Lau is a Hong Kong-born American electrical engineer at UC Berkeley whose high-speed semiconductor laser work underpins broadband access; he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2026.
Kam-Biu Luk
Kam-Biu Luk (陸錦標) is an experimental particle physicist who co-led the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, which made the first definitive measurement of θ13 in 2012.
Kama
Kama (काम, kāma), Sanskrit for desire, love, and pleasure, is the third purushartha in Hindu thought, codified in the kama-shastra tradition including the Kamasutra of Vatsyayana and personified as Kamadeva.
Kama Crowd
Kama Crowd (株式会社KAMA-CROWD) is a Japanese company in Kamakura, Kanagawa, founded in January 2020, that runs a subscription marine sports club and corporate offsite meeting venues in the Shonan area.
Kama Steliga
Kama Steliga is a Canadian community-services administrator listed as executive director of the WorkBC Centre Lillooet in Lillooet, British Columbia, an employment center founded around 2020.
Kama Sutra (कामसूत्र)
The Kama Sutra (कामसूत्र) is a Sanskrit treatise on erotic love and the art of living, covering topics from sexual positions to marriage and life as a courtesan.
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love is Mira Nair's 1996 erotic drama set in 16th-century India, starring Indira Varma, Sarita Choudhury, and Rekha, censored in India and released unrated/NC-17 in the US.
Kama Sywor Kamanda
Kama Sywor Kamanda, born 1952 in Luebo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a French-language poet, novelist, playwright, and storyteller known for the Kamanda Tales and winners of the Prix Paul Verlaine and Heredia prizes.
Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal (कमाल धमाल मालामाल)
Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal (कमाल धमाल मालामाल), 2012 Hindi comedy directed by Priyadarshan, remake of Malayalam Marykkundoru Kunjaadu, starring Nana Patekar, Shreyas Talpade, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal; released 28 September 2012, flopped with about ₹5.87 crore India net.
Kamaal R. Khan
Kamaal R. Khan (KRK, कमाल राशिद खान), born 1975, Indian actor-producer of Deshdrohi (2008) and self-proclaimed film critic known for scathing Bollywood reviews, Bigg Boss 3 expulsion, feuds with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn, and repeated arrests.
Kamabhu
Kamabhu (कामभू) was a Buddhist monk of the Pali canon, remembered through three Saṃyutta Nikāya suttas: one dialogue with Ānanda at Kosambī and two with the layman Citta.
Kamaboko (蒲鉾)
Kamaboko (蒲鉾) is the Japanese surimi fish cake, steamed or broiled on a board, first recorded in the Heian period; Japan produced about 361,691 tons in 2025 after decades of decline.
Kamadeva (कामदेव)
Kamadeva, also known as Manmatha and Ananga, is the Hindu god of love and desire, best known for being burned to ashes by Shiva's third eye and restored bodiless.
Kamadhenu (कामधेनु)
Kamadhenu (कामधेनु), also called Surabhi or Nandini, is the divine wish-granting cow of Hindu mythology, mother of all cows, born from the churning of the ocean of milk and central to the Vasiṣṭha–Viśvāmitra epic legend.
Kamadudha rasa (afi afi-kamadudarasa)
Kamadudha rasa (कामदुधा रस, Kamdudha Ras) is a mercury-free Ayurvedic powder of pearl, coral, shell, conch, red ochre and Tinospora extract, dosed 125–500 mg twice daily for hyperacidity, bleeding disorders, and chronic fever.