Bhagwan Dada

Bhagwan Dada (1913- 4th February 2002), was an actor, producer and film director. He was well known for his social movie Albela. His real name was Bhagwan Abhaji Palav. His father was a textile mill worker. Though,he worked as a labourer but his ultimate destination was Hindi Film Industry. He always dreamt of films. Bhagwan Dada got his first break with small roles in silent films.

From 1938 to 1949,he directed many low budget movies, their genere was action. Bhagwan Dada used to play a naive simpleton. In the year 1962, he became a producer and owned Jagriti Studios, Chembur. He made a social movie named Albela on the advice of Raj Kapoor. The movie was a huge hit, it's song Shola Jo Bhadke is still remembered.

Bhagwan Dada's later life was not so good, he gave up direction, sold his cars and bungalow and shifted to a chawl. Most of his near and dear ones left him in the time of his need but his friends Om Prakash, lyricist Rajinder Krishnan and C.Ramachandran used to come to meet him even in his chawl. He died at age 89.

Balraj Sahni

Balraj Sahni (1 May 1913–13 April 1973, (Taurus),was a noted Hindi film actor. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family from Bhera, his real name was Yudhishthir Sahni. Balraj Sahni was the brother of Bhisham Sahni who was famous actor, writer and playwright. He has done M.A in English from Lahore after that he went to Rawalpindi to join his family business.


Balraj Sahni has also done Bachelors in Hindi, followed by Masters in English from Punjab university. After completing his studies, he married Damayanti Sahni who was a heroine. Balraj Sahni has also worked with Mahatama Gandhi for a year. In the year 1939, he went to England to join B.B.C London's Hindi service as an announcer on Radio. He came back to India in 1943. He began his acting career with the plays of the IIPTA-Indian People's Theatre Association, his first movie was Insaaf(1946).

Balraj Sahni's most memorable movie was Kabuliwala, penned by Rabinmdra Nath Tagore. Some of his movies are Seema (1955), Sone Ki Chidiya (1958), Satta Bazar (1959) and Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan(1961). Balraj Sahni was a great writer,his early writings were in English, then he switched to Punjabi and became a renowned writer in Punjabi Literature.He wrote many short stories and poem.He has written his autobiography called 'Meri Filmi Aatmakatha'. In the year 1969, he was entitled with Padma Shri award.

Madan Puri

Madan Puri was an actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He was born in 1915, Nawanshahr, Punjab, India. His father's name was Lala Nihal Chand and mother's was Ved Kaur.Madan Puri had three brothers and one sister, his elder brother Chaman Puri,younger brother Amrish Puri(an Indian actor),younger brother Harish Puri and a younger sister Chandrakanta Meh.


Madan Puri has spent over 40 years in Indian cinema,he has done more than 300 films.He made a debut with movie Ahinsa in 1946. He has performed different kinds of roles in the movies, playing not only negative characters,but also the hero's or heroine's father, uncle, brother, grandfather,politician and police officer .Madan Puri has appeared in many Punjabi movies like Jatt Punjabi and Jatti.

Madan Puri left the world in 1985 at the age of 69. He died of a heart attack. Many films he had completed were released after his death right until 1989, his last film was Santosh. Some of his movies are-Anmol Ratan (1950), Deewana (1952), Howrah Bridge(1958), Taqdeer(1958), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964) and so on.

Asrani -" Hum Angrezon Ke Zamane Ke Jailor Hain"

Asrani was born on 1 January 1941(Capricorn), Jaipur, India. His real name is Govardhan Asrani, popularly known simply as Asrani.He has spanned over 35 years in Bollywood.He belongs to a middle class Sindhi Family,his father came to Jaipur and opened a shop selling carpets. Though, Asrani had no interest in business, he wanted to become an actor.

Asrani has done his matriculation from Xaviers School and graduation from Rajasthan College, Jaipur. During his graduation, he worked as a voice over artist on All India Radio, Jaipur.From 1960 to 1962, Asrani began to learn acting from Acting Guru- Sahitya Kalbhai Thakkar. He came to Bombay in 1962 and began his hunt.In 1963, Hrishikesh Mukherjee advised him to learn acting professionally. He joined Film Institute in Poona from 1964-1966.

Asrani got his first break in a Gujrati movie. His first Hindi movie was Umang followed by Baawarchee. This movie opened the way for comic roles like Abhimaan, Chupke Chupke , Chala Murari Hero Banne, Chhoti si Baat and his most remarkable role as the Jailor in the movie Sholay.

Asrani was also appeared in the films- Chup Chup Ke, Hera Pheri, Deewane Hue Paagal and Hulchul. He has acted in over 300 films.

Awards:

* Filmfare Award for best Comedian for Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973)
* Filmfare Award for best Comedian for Balika Vadhu(1976)
* Best Actor, Best Director Award from Gujarat State Government for "Saat Qaidi"(Gujarati)

Mehmood-'Man who made the Nation Laugh'

Mehmood Ali (September 29, 1932 – July 23, 2004) was a well known comic actor, he has acted in more than 300 movies. Mehmood Ali, popularly known as Mehmood was an actor, producer and director. Before stepping into the spot light, Mehmood use to drive cars and run errands for a few rupees. He worked as a driver for the Director P.L. Santoshi.

He is a son of actor-dancer Mumtaj Ali, he had an elder sister and six siblings were younger than him. Mehmood's first movie was Kismet. Director P.L.Santoshi's son Rajkumar Santoshi gave him a chance in his venture Andaz Apna Apna, he was hired to teach table tennis to Meena Kumari. Later he married Madhu ( Meena Kumari's sister).

Mehmood got a small break in the movie C.I.D followed by Do Beegha Zameen and Pyasa. He was well known for his comedy. Mehmood's first break as an actor and a director was the movie Bhoot Bangla, he followed the footsteps of Jhony Walker. His remarkable movies as a comedian are- Love In Tokyo, Padosan, Pyaar Kiye Ja. As Director, his well known movie is Kunwara Baap.

Awards:

* Filmfare Best Comedian Award twice for - Vardaan and Pyar Kiye Jaa
* Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-Dil Tera Diwana.

Vikram Gokhale 'the star of Marthi Theatre'

Vikram Gokhale is known for his outstanding work in Marathi Theatre, Television and Hindi Films. Vikram Gokhale has been contributing his skills since 52 years and his contribution towards Indian Cinema is unforgettable.He is called as 'the star of Marathi Theatre'. Vikram Gokhale has a long way to move ahead, after on screen he will show his skills off camera.

Lets have a glimpse of his personal life .Vikram Gokhale is a proud son of well known film actor and veteran of Marathi theatre ChandraKant Gokhale who has performed in 16 Hindi films along with 68 Marathi films. He has been in the profession of acting since 52 years but he got proper recognition as an actor 30 years ago. Though he never agrees that he is an Icon.. Durgabai Kamat who was the first female artist of Indian Screen is his grandmother and his mother is Kamlabai Gokhale very first female child artist of Indian cinema, he is married to Hemavati Gokhale .

Vikram's most memorable movies are 'Tum Bin', 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam', `Hey Ram', Bhul Bhulaiya, Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein. A good news for his fans,presently he is directing his debut directorial film Aghat, it is written by Dr Nitin Lavangare with a star cast of Dr Amol Kolhe and Mukta Barve. He has made a great mark in Hindi film industry.

Himesh Reshamiya

Very versatile he is an Indian Music Director , Actor and Singer well you have guessed right he is Himesh Reshamiya born on 23 July 1973, Leo. Himesh has made his own place with a lot of hard work and struggle. As bollywood more or less is fascination then how Himesh can prevent himself from controversies, from time to time he has been on highlights whether is it a Reality T.V show or his most talked about movies.


Himesh is a son of Vipin Reshamiya and Madhu Reshamiya, Himesh has struggled a lot he got proper recognition as Music Director with the movie Tere Naam that opened the doors of success for him in bollyood but actual success came in front of him with his movie Aashiq Banaya Aapne that really made him the rage of the Nation. Himesh is regarded as most popular singer of India. His unforgettable numbers are Zara Jhoom Jhoom,Tanhaiyan and Tera Suroor.

Himesh has been followed by billions of people his music albums and cds were best selling and his songs were top chart busters. Himesh tried his hands in the field of Acting although people have not yet accepted him as an actor. Himesh is looking forward for the movie Kajraare that is going to release on 6th of August.
Himesh won :

* Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for "Aashiq Banaya Aapne"

Irrfan Khan

His real name is Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan popularly known as Irrfan Khan born on 30th November 1962 a Sagittarius . Irrfan is an actor who has performed in Television, Theatre and Films. He has given outstanding performances in the movies like The Warrior in 2001,Maqbool in 2003, Haasil in 2004, in 2006 The Namesake and the year 2008 brought him out with Slumdog Millionare.


Do you still remember the Vodafone Commercials ? These ads have given him a unique identity as he has got a very appealing and different style of acting .He has won two Filmfare Awards, along with Screen Actors Guild Award, with a nomination of Independent Spirit Award. Irrfan belongs to Jaipur's Muslim Nawab family and his mother's name is Sayeeda Begum father was Jagirdar of Khajuriya village .

Irrfan earned a scholarship to pursue his study at National School of Drama when he was studying for M.A degree,his acting has got a lo of intensity tht directly touches the hearts. Irrfan has tied a knot with writer Sutapa Sikdar who was an NSD graduate having two children Ayan and Babil . Irrfan is also called as the gem of Jaipur, Irrfan's chain of awards is:

* 2003 Filmfare Best Villain Award for Haasil
* 2007 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Life in a Metro
* 2007 Independent Spirit Award: Best Supporting Male for The Namesake
Nominated
* 2008 IIFA Award:IIFA Best Supporting Actor for Life in a Metro
* 2008 Stardust Best Supporting Actor Award for The Namesake
* 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Slumdog Millionaire

Karan spoils his actors-Imraan Khan

Well the most talked about movie I Hate Love Storys has really got a youthful feel whether it is off screen or on screen, the movies promotion campaign is on its peak and every one is so excited about the movie including the starcast and specially Imraan Khan and above all producer Karan Johar is very happy as he has left the whole venture in the energetic hands of Youngistaan brigade.


As the movie is going to knock the theatres on July 2nd and the team is regarding it as a welcome change and there is a blend of new things that has been offered to the viewers, among all Imraan Khan, is in a chirpy mood and he is looking forward something really exciting with his bright workmates, he says "Karan spoils his actors. And though this is my first film with him, I never really felt that way".

Imraan is very excited in doing more films with Karan, he i really inspired by the Director Punit Malhotra as he is terrific, young and has got wonderful sense of humour he felt a very good level of comfort while working with him ,it was like a dream team, even the director Punit praises and adds Karan is a wonderful producer and every director in town should work with him.

Zayed Khan

His full name is Zayed Abbas Khan, born on 5th July 1980, sun sign is Cancer ,son of bollywood actor Sanjay Khan and interior designer Zarine Khan, yes he is Zayed Khan, among four siblings he is the youngest, he is a cousin of bollywood actor Fardeen Khan, his elder sisters are Simone Khan, Farah Khan Ali and Sussane Roshan, Zayed Khan has a long way to go ahead as Bollyood has got lots of opportunities for him.

Zayed Khan went to Welham Boys School, Dehradun, after that he attended Kodaikanal International school at Kodaikanal, he was studying there with childhood friend Esha Deol as well as Mallaika Parekh she later became his wife, as they tied knot on on 20 November 2005 in an Islamic Nikah Ceremony, he has a son Ziddan born on 18 January 2008.

Zayed knocked the doors of bollywood with the movie Chura liya hai tumne, and he was nominated for Zee Cine Award as Best male debut, but the milestone of his career was Main Hoon Na a real big success of his career, he played the role of younger brother of Shahrukh Khan, the movie was embedded with all the big stars, then Zayed came up with the movie Dus.

Then Mission Istanbul, a special appearance in Om Shanti Om, with Yuvvraaj and Blue, his solo movies were Rocky: The Rebal and Chura liya hai tumne, now he is looking forward for "Anjaana Anjaani" and "Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene"

Legendary Kishore Kumar

Synonym of acting, an acting institution in itself owner of versatility yes he is one and only Kishore Kumar 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987, was an actor as well as playback singer, even today he is remembered for his heart touching acting and singing, as Kishore Kumar was one of the leading singers of bollywood, he has ruled over film industry, he is known as Master of acting and singing.

He was a prolific vocalist and has given his touching and melodious voice in so many languages like Hindi, Marathi, Asamese, Bengali, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya , Bhojpuri and Malayalam, he was an outstanding personality as he got achieved notable success as a director,lyricist, composer,screenwriter , producer and scriptwriter.He was born in to a Brahmin family, his birth name was Abhas Kumar Ganguly.

Kishore Kumar's father was a lawyer, his mother belonged to wealthy family, he was second youngest among four siblings, Ashok Kumar eldest, Sati Devi and Anoop Kumar. He regarded Kundan Lal Saigal as his Guru and followed his singing style, he achieved success from the movie New Delhi in 1957 along with his home production Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, he sang for all leading actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Sanjiv Kumar ,Dharmendra, Jackie Shroff and Mithun.

Feroz Khan the "style icon"

Feroz Khan a versatile personality he was an actor, director, film editor and producer 25 September 1939 – 27 April 2009, ha had his own different and unique style he discovered a new definition of style in Indian cinema with cowboyish swagger and the grand persona of cigar toting that really revolutionised Indian film industry, Feroz Khan was known as the style icon of bollywood as was called as Clint Eastwood of the east.

Feroz Khan has performed in around 50 films, he was really a best loved actor and became heart favourite of every one in the movie Qurbaani, he was a wonderful director as well as his creation is Dayavan in the year 1988 along with the movie Janbaaz in the year 1986, in the year 1970 he won Filmfare Best Supporting Actor award for the movie Aadmi aur Insaan, in 2000 he was entitled with Film fare Lifetime Achievement Award.

He was born in Bangalore, father Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli, an Afghan mother an Iranian, he got education from Bishop Cotton Boys' School Bangalore and St. Germain's Boys High School, Bangalore itself, bothers are Sanjay Khan , Akbar Khan(director), Shahrukh Khan (business man) and Sameer Khan having a sister Dilshad Bibi, he made his debut as second lead in 1960 the movie was Didi. He has a son named Fardeen Khan who is an actor.

Vinod Khanna

Very handsome and talented actor of his time, he was a heart beat of so many girls well if you are guessing about Vinod Khanna then you are absolutely right, his father was KC Khanna and mother was Kamla, his father was a businessman who used to deal in textiles,chemicals and dyes, he has three sisters and a brother as he was born and brought in a joint family. He has done his schooling from St Xavier’s High School and Queen Mary’s School and did graduation from Sydenham
College.


Vinod Khanna tied a knot with Geetanjali,two sons Akshaye and Rahul Khanna he became a follower of Osho (Acharya Rajneesh), in 1980 he moved to Rajneeshpuram, he cleaned dishes and did gardening there this caused so much of stress in his married life finally resulted in divorce, in 1990 he married with Kavita his second wife.He made a debut with Man Ka Meet as a villain, he did negative roles in the movies like Purab aur Paschim, Mera Gaon Mera Desh.

In the year 1974 he got Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Haath Ki Safai, in 1999 Vinod Khanna was entitled with Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, Stardust Awards - Role Model for the Year in 2006 and in 2007 Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement. His hit list is in the year 1977 with Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish and Khoon Pasina, year 1980 also brought him out with The Burning Train,Qurbani and in 1978 with Muqaddar Ka Sikander .

He left the film industry for eight years in 1979, in the year 1990 he introduced his son Akshaye with Himalay Putra, his recent outcomes are Deewaanapan (2002) and Risk (2007), presently he is doing T.V serial Mere Apne produced by Smriti Irani, aires on new channel 9x. In the year 1997 he joined BJP, he was elected from Gurdaspur constituency from Punjab.

Dara Singh "Jatt Sikh Punjabi wrestler and film actor"

His name is well known since decades, yes he is Jatt Sikh Punjabi wrestler and film actor you guessed right he is one and only Dara Singh was born on 19 November 1928, he belongs to Village Dharmchuk, Distt Amritsar, Punjab,India. Presently he has gained the poisition of president of All India Jat Mahasabha. Dara Singh is a well known wrestler, he had a long journey from an Indian Wrestling Champion to
the World Championship.


This great wrestler as well as an actor has competed against big names like Lou Thesz. he defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko, due to his strong physique Dra Singh deviated towards Pehlwani, it is an Indian style of wrestling, these fights are usually done at akhara, he has shown his wrestling talent in haats and melas , he has wrestled in foreign countries , aftre his came back to India he got immense popularity.

Then he stepped to silver screen and got so much of fame by doing acting in Hindi movies. Upon his return to India he gained unprecedented popularity by having wrestling bouts across the country in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, including a very popular series of matches with Lou Thesz in the late '60s.[4] He then translated this to celluloid fame by making a large number of Bollywood films which had him in the lead. One of his notable finds was the actress Mumtaz with whom he had performed in 16 Hindi films.

He then went on to 1980s and 90s television fame, when he played the role of Hanuman in the television adaptation of the epic Ramayan. The series is amongst the most widely viewed in history. He has acted in over 100 films. His latest Hindi movie is Jab We Met and his latest Punjabi movie is Dil Apna Punjabi.He also acted in National Award winner film MAIN MAA PUNJAB DEE(Director Balwant Dullat). He also worked in some television serial shows, most notable is 'Had Kar Di' which was aired on Zee TV. He has two sons named Vindu Dara Singh and Amrik Singh and also 3 daughters. Vindu stays in Mumbai while Amrik stays in Chandigarh. Singh retired from active wrestling in 1983. [4] In 1996 he was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

Aaftab Shivdasani

He is known as the shy guy of bollywood,born on June 25 th 1978, his nick name is Faffy, and he knocked the doors of bollywood with the movie Mast, he is Aftab Shivdasani,he has done his education from HR College, Mumbai.he has done Bachelor of Commerce,he won Filmfare Best Debut Award for "Mast" for his wonderful performance.


Along with that he won Zee Cine Best Villain Award for "Kasoor" and Nation Honor Awards for "Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai", well Aftab has been doing work since his child hood, in late 80's and early 90's he performed in the films like "Shahenshah", "Mr. India" "Insaniyat". and "Chaalbaaz", as his lead role he came out Mast that was not successful but he gained appreciation he was opposite Urmila .

Aaftab Shivdasani did "Kasoor" he was casted opposite Lisa Ray,it was a thriller and he cme out with negative performance, he has worked in almost more than dozen movies and he got mixed responses for all that,his hit list is "Hungama, "Masti" and -"Awara Paagal Deewana",he is still active and getting favourable reviews for his acting even from the critics.

His parents are from different religious backgrounds,father is Hindu and mother is a Parsi,he has done his schooling from St. Xavier's High School, Mumbai and he shares his birthday with his father.

Jackie Shroff 'Jaggu Dada'

He is 'Jaggu Dada' of bollywood and performed very well, hr has got his special place in the hearts of people and of course he is very talented yes he is none other than Jackie Shroff,was born on 1st February, 1957 his nick name is Jagga, he made his wonderful presence in the bollywood with his first movie 'Swami Dada', and for his outstanding roles he got Filmfare Best Actor Award for "Parinda"that
was the first award .

Jackie got two more awards as Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for "Rangeela" and for "1942 A Love Story", he was introduced by Dev Anand, and he got one night fame as he got a lead role in Subhash Ghai's film "Hero, that movie made him star, he formed a wonderful pair with another actor Anil Kapoor ,togethr they bring out so many memorable movies.

Their combined hits were "Ram Lakhan","Parinda" and "Karma", in the movie Angaar he left his great impression by playing the role of frustrated youth who is fed up of corruption and crime, the movie Gardish gave him new dimensions, his other outstanding outcomes were "1942 a Love Story, "Tridev" ,"Khalnayak","Devdas and "Rangeela" .

Presently he was appeared in the role of supporting actor in the movie "Bhagam Bhag" and "Apna Sapna Money Money, he has set up his production company named 'Jackie Shroff Entertainment Limited'. His real name is Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff , he tied a knot with Ayesha and has two children, Jackie Shroff is a fan of former actress Asha Parekh.

Dharmendra

"Main Jat yamla pagla Diwana" well you guessed right this punjabi jat of bollywod has made his special place of its own in the hearts of the people, very talented actor Dharmendra was born on 8th December, 1935. He i the He- man of bollywood, Dharmendra was entitled with Filmfare Life Time Achievement Award, he knocked the doors of bollywood with his very first movie named "Dil Bhi Tera, Hum Bhi
Tere".


Dharmendra was born at Phagwara in Punjab, he initially casted as romantic hero, he was signed by Arjun Hingorani but his major hit was "Phool Aur Patthar". He has also proved his talent in the movie "Chupke Chupke, that was a pure comedy flick and really an unforgettable masterpiece of Hrishikesh Mukherjee. In the year 1970 he emerged out as an action hero .

As there was an era of action movies, he changed his image from a romantic hero to an action star,the quality of Dharmendra is that he is versatile he can do romance, comedy and action all the flavours at the same time, his most memorable outcome well it would be better to call it as a milestone of Hindi movies yes the movies Sholay where he was casted with Amitabh Bachchan, he is the only actor that has got the opportunity to work with all the Kapoors except Prithviraj Kapoor
and Kareena.

Dharmendra got married to Hema Malini after opting Islam religion, he has two daughters Esha and Ahana, and two sons Sunny and Bobby deol from his first wife Praksh Kaur,his latest film are "Metro" and "Apne" they were hits, in th movie "Johnny Gaddar" he came ou as performing villainous role. His important movies are Sholay, Ayee Milan Ki Bela, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, Trinetra,Soorma Bhopali, The Burning Train and Dream Girl.

Legendary Guru Dutt

Born on 9th July 1925, this legendary actor has given a new definition of acting to Indian Cinema, he knocked the doors of bollywood with the movie : "Chand", and his most memorable movie is "Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam" that fetch him Filmfare Best Film Award , yes he is Guru Dutt, he was an actor with deep sense of intensity, as it was clearly reflected in his acting.

Guru Dutt was born on at Bangalore in Karnataka his father was Shivsankar Rao Padukone and mother was Vasanthi Padukone,he has done his schooling from Kolkata, then he joined Uday Shankar India Culture Centre at Almora, Uttaranchal where he got a scholar ship for five years of Rs. 75 annually. Then he moved to Mumbai,he got a job with Prabhat Film Company in Pune, under three year contract, it was arranged by his uncle.

Where he met Dev Anand and Rehman, and they became good friends, besides acting he assisted director Vishram Bedekar the movie was "Lakhrani".As the Prabhat Film Company collapsed he moved to Mumbai, where Guru Dutt worked with Gyan Mukherjee and Amiya Chakravarthy,he also directed movies his movie was Baazi as a director, the movie got big success.

As an actor and director he gave so many movies like "Pyasa", "Aar Paar","Sailab", "C I D" Chaudhvin Ka Chand' , "Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam", Kaagaz Ke Phool were some of his remarkable movies, he was married to Geeta Dutt, famous play back singer , his family life was not happy he smoked heavily, drank heavily, Guru Dutt left this world on 10th October, 1964.

Rishi Kapoor

His nick name is Chintu, was born on 4 September 1952 , son of
legendary Raj Kapoor yes he is Rishi kapoor very talented bollywood
actor, director and producer. He was born in Mumbai, his brothers are
Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor. He belongs to punjabi hindu khatri
origin. He is an uncle of Karisma and Kareena, and a proud father of
Ranbir and Riddhima kapoor.



He knocked the doors of bollywood with the movie Mera Naam Joker in
1970, where he played his father role as a child, in the year 1973 his
popular film Bobby became an instant hit among youngsters, he was
casted with Dimple Kapadia, he has done wonderful roles in hundreds of
movies, his filmy journey is so long as till the year 2000 he appeared
as a leading romantic hero.

After that he switched to supporting roles in the movies like Hum Tum
(2004) and year 2006 came with Fanaa, he is director of the movie Aa
Ab Laut Chalen that came in the year 1998, his movie Saagar was sent
to Oscars in which he acted with the veteran actor Kamal Haasan , very
recently he performed in the movie Namaste London along with that he
did an English-language film named Don't Stop Dreaming.

Rishi tied the knot with bollywood actress Neetu Singh, in the year
1974 he won Filmfare Best Actor Award for Bobby and in the year
2008 he came out with Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.

Amjad Khan "Gabbar Singh"

He is the Gabbar Singh of bollywood, and has done unforgettable roles
in Hindi movies, he is an acclaimed actor of Indian film industry yes
he is Amjad Khan, born on 12 November 1940 and left the world on 27
July 1992, he has worked in around 130 films in twenty years, he
gained so much of popularity in the role of villain in Hindi movies,
and his most memorable role in the movie sholay as "Gabbar Singh".



Amjad Khan was born in Hyderabad, his parents were Muslim, his father
was legendary actor Jayant, as a child artist he apeared in the movie
Ab Dili Dur Nahin, he is from Peshawar, Pakistan. He has done his
schooling at St Theresa's High School, Bandra, then he attended R D
National College, Bandra, well he was very famous as "dada" being
heavyweight.

He tied knot with Sheila Khan, he has two sons and one daughter, his
son Shadaab Khan,acted in few films, Amjad Khan also assisted K. Asif
in the movie Love and God, finally in the year 1973 he made his
debut with the movie Hindustan Ki Kasam. His dialogue in the movie
Sholay is still very popular today screen as his evil character is
totallu unforgettable, "Arre O' Sambha, Kitne Aadmi The".

Amjad Khan had an accident on the Bombay-Goa road, in the year 1976,
the drugs he take to recover made him over weight for the rest of his
life, resultantly the death in the year 1992 suffering from a heart
failure at the age of 51.

Sanjeev Kumar

Most prominent actor of bollywood yes he is one and only Sanjeev Kumar, who has made his special place inn the hearts of people, he was on born on 9 July 1938 and left this world on 6 November 1985, his real name is Harihar Jariwala basically he is from Gujarati family that is based in Mumbai, it was just a co-incidence that a stint in the film school opened the ways for him for the bollywood where he has done incredible performances.


Sanjeev Kumar remained a bachelor all his life, in the year 1985 he passed away of the heart disease, he is a National Award Winner in the year 1971 he won National Film Awards for Best Actor for Dastak and the year 1973 bring him out with National Film Awards for Best Actor for Koshish, he knocked the doors of Bollywood from the movie Hum Hindustani in 1960, as a hero he came out with the movie Nishan in
1965.

Aftre that the movies were Khilona in the year 1970, well the movie made him a star the success followed up with hits like Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) and Manchali (1973), his unforgettable performance was in the movie of Gulzar named Aandhi (1975), really this film is treated as his one of his best movies. Sanjeev Kumar's blockbusters are Sholay (1975) and Trishul (1978).

Legendry Dilip Kumar

He himself is an acting school, and he is called as milestone of Indian Cinema yes he is one and only Dilip Kumar, his real name is Yusuf Khan, he changed his name to Dilip Kumar, he is regarded as greatest and one of the finest actors on Indian Cinema, Dilip Kumar was also a member of Parliament , he resides at Pali Hill in the Mumbai suburb of Bandra.He has done incredible work, he is an ideal for today's generation of actors.


Dilip KumarHe entered in Hind films in the year 1944,he has ruled over the cinema like a King he worked for four decades 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1980s. His work is regarded as  epitome of emoting in Indian Cinema, Dilip Kumar is a  very first actor to get a Filmfare Best Actor Award,he has the record for getting most number of Filmfare Awards, he is very versatile personality and has added to colours of acting to Indian
cinema.

He has performed outstanding roles in the movies like Andaz (1949),with swashbuckling Aan (1952),in 1955 his unforgettable dramatic Devdas , and his everlasting historical romance Mughal E Azam (1960) , an 1961 he came out with Ganga Jamuna .

After doing wonderful roles he took a break of five years, in the year 1981 he came out with blockbuster film Kranti followed by Shakti (1982),in 1986 Karma and Saudagar (1991), his last performance was Qila in 1998. Dilip Kumar tied a knot with beauty queen and actress Saira Banu in 1966,at that time he was 44 and she was 22,and their marriage has become one of the longest lasting marriages in
Bollywood.

Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar a very talented actor was born on 23 June 1952 , he has acted in both Hindi an Punjabi movies is a Hindi and Punjabi film actor, he is active since 1977. Presently he is Member of Parliament from Firozabad he defeated Dimple Yadav, she is a daughter in law of Mulayam Singh Yadav .Presently he is availing fourth term as MP, previously he was the part of samajwadi party.

Raj Babbar has performed very well in so many movies , he has got his special place in Hindi film industry.He was born in Tundla, India,in 1975 he got alumni from National School of Drama renowned school of acting and drama in India, he has done his graduation from Agra College,as Raj babbar has got training from NSD basically he was associated with street theatre.

He went to Mumbai after getting training in Delhi, his made his debut by starring opposite very well known actress of bollywood Reena Roy, he got proper recognition with B.R. Chopra's Insaaf Ka Tarazu , then he did so many films with B.R. Chopra Banner, his most memorable movie was Nikaah, Aaj Ki Aawaz where he was casted with Smita Patil he later had an affair with her and got married inspite having two children.

Raj Babbar has performed well in Punjabi cinema hi remarkable movies are Chan Pardesi (1980), in 1986 it was Long Da Lishkara, he mostly worked on serious themes , his another Punjabi outcomes are Marhi Da Diva (1989) and Shaheed Uddham Singh (2000), it has been said that he does Punjabi films for free to how his love and generosity to Punjabi cinema.

Ashok Kumar an acting legend

He is a legend of acting, has left an incredible impression in the hearts of people yes he is Ashok Kumar, who ruled over Indian cinema.You would be wondered to know that Ashok Kumar started his career in films accidentally, his first movie was Bombay Talkies film "Jeevan Naiya", the story behind his coming in the film is that the hero of that movie ran away.


Now the company faced the need a new hero and search began, Ashok Kumar was working as laboratory assistant in that production company, director of the movie Himanshu Rai, called Ashok Kumar to act in the movie well this was the glorious beginning of a six-decade-long acting career. He formed on screen pair with Devika Rani they did so many films together.

The movies are Savitri, Nirmala, Izzat, somehow his performance was overshadowed by devika then he came out with the movies like Bandhan, Jhoola and "Kangan. He has sung his own songs, he was called Dadamuni and produced so many films for Bombay Talkies his unforgettable movie was "Mahal" opposite Madhubala, in the late 1960's he came out by playing roles of grandparent, dirty old man and parent.

Ashok kumar performed wonderfully with tragedy queen, one of the finest actresses of bollywood Meena Kumari, he also appeared on television and did very popular soap opera called Hum log and also played title character in the unforgettable 'Bahadur Shah Zafar. Ashok kumar's last film was "Aankhon Mein Tum Ho came in the year 1997. His awards are BFJA Best Actor for "Gumrah", Filmfare Best Actor
Award for "Aashirwaad , Filmfare Best Actor Award for "Rakhi", Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for "Afsana " for Aashirwaad he got National Film Awards as well as BFJA Best Actor, he was also entitled with Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Amol Palekar

He is a synonym of sensibility as well as comedy, his unforgettable film is Golmaal yes he is Amol Palekar, he is born on 24th nov 1944, he has done post graduation in fine arts, he got his Best Movie Awards for the movie "Akriet", his debut was Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe" in Marathi and h appeared on the silver screen of bollywood with the movie "Baaton Baaton Mein" , - Amol Palekar is a great performer.



Amol Palekar quotes that he is no here to impress people, he just do his work up to his best possible, if more people enjoy it he would b happy to do it.He believes be an atheist as he has been brought up in a Hindu Family. This brilliant actor was born in Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin family, he was totally dedicated to arts to polish this he joined Sir J. J. School of art in Bombay.He i the person who began street theatre in Maharashtra.

He is known for middle class comedy the line of his movies are "Golmaal, Naram Garam". and "Chhoti Si Baat" , most frequently worked wih th directors Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Chatterjee , he s an actor turned director, he directed the Marathi film "Aakriet", another chain of his directed movies include "Ankahi", "Dhyaas Parva", , "Thodasa Rumani Ho Jaye" "Daayraa"Bangarwadi" and "Kairee".

Amol Palekar's movie "Paheli has got the honour of having India's official entry for the Oscar Awards in 2006 unfortunately could not make its plce in Oscar Final nominations.His chain of movies are Baat Ban Jaye, Safed Jhoot, Aanchal, Do Ladke Dono Kadke, Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi, Kanneshwara Rama, Jeevana Jyoti, Gharaonda,Agni Pareeksha,Taxi Taxi and Chitchor.

Irfan Khan

His acting reflects in his eyes a very versatile actor, yes he is Irfan khan, Irfan is considered as most talented actor of Bollywood as he has come out with lots of struggle in his life and made his special place in the bollywood even in the hearts of people , Irfan has got Fellowship at National School of Drama, he knocked the doors of bollywood with the movie "Salaam Bombay", Irfan is a great performer. Entitled with an award as Best Supporting Actor in "Life in a Metro".



Irafan was born in Jaipur, ,he is an NSD graduate then he switched to Mumbai to try his luck in the field of acting, he acted in so many T.V serials like Darr, Banegi Apni Baat", Starbest Sellers and Chandrakanta. He has done theatre and he got critical acclaim for the movie "Ek Doctor Ki Maut". After that there was no looking back he got so many offers of many bollywood movies.

Irfan Khan has also performed as supporting actor in so many movies but things changed when he performed lead role in the movie "The Warrior",the flick was directed by Asif Kapadia a London based director.H is movie created magic in international film festivals in 2001 and he got the required recognition which he was looking for since long. He came to lead roles his first film was Rog, although the movie was flop at box office.

His most memorable movie Maqbool where ha came out with title role, this movie was an adaptation of Shakespear's story , for the movie Haasil he won Filmfare Award in Best Villain category, his another english film called "The Namesake has biggest overseas, His another international outcome is "A Mighty Heart".

Javed Jaffery

Javed Jaffery a very god dancer and actor, has his own name in bollywood. He was born on 4th December 1963, he knocked the doors of bollywood with the movie "Meri Jung" and he fetch an IIFA Award forbest comic role in "Salaam Namaste" , Javed Jaffery has his own style of working , in fact he is an inspiration for his unique dancing style most of the young sters follow him as far as dancing is concern.



Javed Jaffery is the son of Syed Jawaher Ali Jaffrey, and was born in Mumbai, he played a negative role in his very first movie "Meri Jung" , Javed is remembered for his wonderful performances. He tried out his hands in the movies but non of it get enough recognition, also none was his movie was a hit. In the year 2006 he came out with an an IIFA Award for huis wonderful performance in the movie Salaam Namate.

He is well known for his comedy, his got an ultimate name and fame for his Maggi tomato ketchup advertisements., he has also worked with M.TV. Javed Jaffery is also famous for his portrayals of tapori of Bombay hoodlums. How can we forget his dubbed commentry in the famous Japanese show Takeshi' castle, on Pogo T.V and a milestone of dancing shows in India is Boogie Woogie on Sony T.V.

He co-hosts with his brother Naved and friend Ravi.Javed has tied a knot with Habiba and has two kids, as he is Shia Muslim by religion, he speaks english and hindi. His chain of movies are Victoria No. 203, Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India,, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon,7 Saal Baad, Dhamaal,Jajantaram Mamantaram, 100 Days,Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge and Hanuman.

Dino Morea

Very stylish and handsome, well he is the heart beat of girls guessed right! Dino Morea. He was born on 9th December 1975, he has done his graduation from St Joseph College Bangalore, he knocked the doors of bollywood with his wonderful movie special favourite of young sters "Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi", Dino is a model turned actor, he is a successful and has earned a big name in the field of modelling.



Dino's father is an Italian and his mother is an Indian, in the year 1999 he came out winning Gladrags Super Model Contest, he entered in the modelling and introduced by Prasad Bidapa and after that there was no looking back really as he got his very first break in Hindi movies with the flick "Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi" opposite Rinkie Khanna although the movie was a flop.

He got proper recognition and further a role in Rajiv Menon's "Kandukondain Kandukondain", a fanatstic addition to his career graph horror flick Raaz, this movie was a wondeful hit on the box office , that movie established him as an actor after that he showed his performance in the movies like "Gunaah", Rakht, "Plan" "Dus Kahaniyaan" and , "Aap Ki Khatir". But his other movies were not as successful as Raaz, most of the movies bring him out as supporting actor..

He has also performed in so many commercials like 'Live In jeans' and 'Close-Up', he was also featured in Alisha Chinai video "Vah Vah", dino has made his different position in Bollywood as he is very handsome with cute dimples on his face, he is a star of fashion shows. Dino has one elder brother and a younger one. He has also opened a restaurant with his brothers. He spent his early life in Italy.

Arbaaz Khan

Brother of one of the Khan trio Salmaan Khan, vry talented and stylish yes he is none other than Arbaaz Khan. He was born on 4th August, 1967. And knocked the doors of bollywood the movie "Daraar" and his very first film fetch an award of Filmfare Best Villain such an achievement . Arbaaz Khan is married to bollywood's thrilling diva Malaika Arora. She is still remembered for her stunning performance in the movie Dil Se" Chhaiya Chhaiya".



He has a son whose name is Arhaan, talented Arbaaz is a son of renowned name of bollywood and a well known script writer Salim Khan, every had so much of expectations with his very first flick "Daraar", the movie bring him out as a Psychotic wife beater, the role was very much appreciated and he got chance to show his talent to the people. He appeared as supporting in so many films.

The movies are "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, "Hello Brother,"Maa Tujhhe Salaam" and "Garv". The other names are "Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge""Yeh Mohabbat Hai" and Soch etc, in the movie "Qyamat" he again played the negative role the movie was successful at the box office, he ia a versatile actor because he has come out with a sprinkle of comedy in the movie Hulchul directed by Priyadarshan. Other comedy flicks were "Bhagam Bhag and "Malamaal Weekly .

In the movie "Fool and Final he played monster and a police officer in the multistarrer "Shootout at Lokhandwala" , in the year 2003 he appeared in the T.V serial"Karishma: A Miracle of Destiny", his films are Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story,Sham Ghansham,Kuch Naa Kaho ,Dus Kahaniyaan.

Bobby Deol

Very talented actor from Deol family, he is Bobby Deol who is born on 27th January 1967.He knocked the doors of Hindi film movies with his wonderful performance in Barsaat and this results him winning the Filmfare Best Debutant Award for it. He is the son of very popular star Dharmendra, the second child of Deol family and younger brother of Sunny Deol.



His first movie was directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.It was a major hit, it followed by 'Gupt' that was also a big hit, it raised the hopes and expectations of thye people. His performance was accalimed by critics and thge fans really liked his personality as it reflects the Deol's aura, other outcomes were "Aur Pyar Ho Gaya", "Kareeb","Soldier","Bichoo, Humraaz, "Ajnabee" and Badal got mixed reviews.

He was nominated for Best Actor Filmfare award for his stunning performance in the movie Humraaz.His movie "23rd March 1931: Saheed" did not fetch good box office response, in "Shakalaka Boom Boom" he came out in a villainous role, the movie failed in India but performed good in overseas, he appeared with his father Dharmendra and Brother Sunny Deol in the movie Apne. Bobby Deol has tied a knot to Tanya Ahuja, he has two sons Dharam and Aryaman.

Akshay Khanna

Well another star son has got his place in your hearts, he is Akshaya Khanna came up with many expectations in the year 1997, he brought up with so many hopes. He was his father who gave him very first break in the movie 'Himalayputra' that was the launching movie of him. As Akshay Khanna is the stylish son of very talented bollywood actor Vinod Khanna, so it was very lawful to have big expectations of everyone with his first knocking at silver screen.



Akshay Khanna has got the gift of charming smile as well cute dimples that really make the girls dizzy. He has been focused to his work since beginning, at the time o his launching every one wanted to more about him and was very curious. Akshay is a quite actor, as his first movie 'Himalayputra' although did not do well at box office but he was welcomed with whole heart.

Akshay is a wonderful performer he has shown his talent in so many movies like Border, in which his role is unforgettable.The film broke box office records and he has got two awards for his fantastic performance.After having this hit he also had to face some flops like 'Mohabbat' (1997), in the year 1998 it was 'Laawaris' (1998) and 'Kudrat'. He has a close competition with Bobby Deol, though he had so many big banners in his hands, Akshay was acclaimed for his spontaneity.

In 1999 he came up with Rishi Kapoor's 'Aa Ab Laut Chalein' , 'Taal' (1999) brought a new turn in his filmy career. His movies like Hulcul, ,Hamraaz, 36 China town and Race has contributed a lot ot make his position very strong in the bollywood.

Devan

When you are driven by your passion it becomes very crucial to understand what basically you want another example of this is Devan who really left his engineering studies to pursue a career in the music , because he was really passionate about music, he explains his true love for music by saying that he sang with 350 people in Harmony was really wonderful but it was difficult for him to convince his parents for his desire. As it was not easy for him to break the standards.

Devan always wanted to move in a different way , it was not very easy for him to break standards of Indian Thinking of becoming a doctor or an engineer , but he followed his heart and made singing his profession he moved on with all kinds of music. Devan never misses a chance to play guitar or the piano when ever he gets free, his slight Anglicised pronunciation make him apart from other Tamil singers.



He has his own particular style, Jesudas concert in New York was the turning point of his life, he was very young and got a fortunate chance to be a part of it , he met with the legend Jesudas, he made it memorable and still cherishes every moment of first meting. After three months Devan got a chance to play for a SPB concert and he was quite clear that he wants to make his career in Indian Music.

He got various Hindi Projects , Devan also played guitar and sang at various programmes , that made him enter in Hindi Movies . Music legend A.R.Rahman was really impressed by his talent and gave him very first chance for the song `O! Maria... and after that there was no looking back , songs like Mac Mac Macarena... ' (Kushi), Manjal poosum... ' (Friends), made his place very strong. He has also done a significant role in the movie `Partheepan Kanavu,' .

Ashish Vidyarthi

Very talented actor born on 19th June 1962 , winner of National Film Award, he is Ashish Vidyarthi. Year 1995 make him won Best Supporting Actor award for the movie Drohkaal. Ashish Vidyarthi has worked in regional film industries. He is well known for his wonderful acting along with that he has acted in South Indian Hit Films. They are Aa Dingalu in Kannada, in Tamil it is Ghili , in Malyalam it was CID Moosa .

In telugu it is Pokiri and in bengali it is Bombaiyer Bombete presently he is playing major role in Vaaris of Zee T.V. Ashish Vidyarthi was born in Kerela Tellichary , his father's name is Govind Vidyarthi and mother's name is Reba Vidyarthi, his father is a Mlkayli Theatre personality.



In 1969 Ashish Vidyarthi ca,e to Delhi an studied in Delhi public school, he got big appreciation for his roles in comedy and dramatic roles, he did his B.A in history from S.V college. He started acting for small roles and finally got his break for S.V Paranjpe serial. Ashish Vidyarthi appeared in Ghutan a major Hindi serial of 1990.
Ashish Vidyarthi's first hindi break was Najyaz and Baazi .

He started appearing the roles of villians, he wascriticlly acclaimed for his negative role in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai , followed by Ek Rishtaa, Jodi No. 1 and Haseena Maan Jayegi . He got married to actress Rajoshi an having a son Arth. Rajoshi is a daughter of actress Shakuntala Barua..

Sameer Dattani

He is a new face, very handsome and charming well still single , he is Sameer Dattani. He is also known as Dhyan in Kannada Movies. Sameer Dattani was born on 27 Jan, 1983 . This handsome hunk of bollywood has made his debut with Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai. He is a known face and has lot of talent although the way i long because he has to compete with bollywood heroes to make his position very strong.



Handsome Sameer is from Gujarati Family. He as born and brought up in Mumbai, and you would be mazed to know that he started working when he was just 17 years old, he firstly faced the camera when he was 17 years old, before coming to bollywood he has done modelling and so many advertisements of television. Sameer began his career from a really big break and that was the movie of Rajshree Films.

The film's name was Uff Kya Jadoo Mohabbat hai and his role was appreciated unfortunately the movie could not do well at box office in fact he was liked by audience as well, although he has to struggle a lot to make his position strong, he is looking forward with the movies like Marathon and Mani Shankar’s Mukhbiir , versatile Sameer is an owner of Chinese restaurant of Mumbai's Kala Ghoda.
Sameer likes Shahrukh Khan, Dimple Kapadia and Sridevi . His favourite cuisine is Chinese .

Sunil Shetty

With unforgettable performances in the wonderful movies Mohra, Refugee and Border well guessed right, he is Sunil Shetty . Very talented bollywood actor he was born on 11th August 1961, versatile Sunil Shetty is an actor, film producer and Hotelier specialized in Udupi Cuisine, he also has fashion boutique,.Sunil Shetty was born in Mulki which is near Mangalore. Sunil has struggled a lot in Bollywood to make his place, he started on as action hero. His acting debut was the movie Balwaan in 1992,well that movie was a moderate success.



Sunil Shetty's big hit was Mohra an action thriller, that was a block buster of 1994, followed by romantic drama Dilwale with the comedy come out of Gopi kishan, he was a hero of 1990's , he performed very outstanding in the in action thrillers, well Border is a milestone of his career this movie gave new dimensions to his career, he came up of with so many patriotic roles in the movies like Refugee, LOC Kargil and Qayamat The City Under Threat , the movies were acclaimed as well as hi performance.He has tried to give quality every time.

With the movies like Hera Pheri , Awara Paagal Deewana, De dana Dan and Phir Hera Pheri, he really mesmerised with his performances. In the year 2001 he won a film fare award for performing Best Villian in the movie Dhadkan , he was entitled with SAIFF (South Asia International Film Festival), for a wonderful role in the movie Red Alert : The War Within. He tried his luck in production and formed production company called Popcorn Motion Pictures Ltd,that produced Films like Khel, Bhagam Bhag and Rakht. he played small roles in Multi Starred films.
Sunil Shetty also appeared in an English Movie Don't stop Dreaming and Tamil film in 12B with Biggest Looser Jitega. He also hosted Sahara one's Biggest Lopser Jitega.

Paresh Rawal

Brilliant acting with his graceful and heart touching performances in the movies he is none other than Paresh Rawal. He was born on May 30, in 1950, he is having Gujrati background, with his outstanding acting talent he has made his unique position among masses. He was born in Jasalpur, Gujarat India, h tied a knot with Swaroop Sampat who won Miss India Contest in 1979, this couple has two sons Anirudh and Aditya. He came to Mumbai at an age of 22, basically he wanted to be a civil engineer but destiny has written something else for him.



Paresh Rawal is an alumnus from Narsee Monjee Institute of management and Higher Studies, Ville Parle Mumbai, he ia a great actor and comedian, his debut film was Holi in 1984, interestingly he has done around 100 films, throughout in 1980s and 1990s he has done wonderful work, his milestone movie was Hera Pheri in 2000. Year 1991 came out with a recognition for his memorable role of bank robber in Kshana Kshanam, his intense acting and mannerisms made him heart favourite of everyone. He also performed in Telugu films.

Year 1994 brought him National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his fantastic work in the movies like Sir and Woh Chokri. Sir made him won Filmfare Award for Best Comedian, Ketan Mehta's Sardar made him get national as well as International recognition and acclaim. Paresh Rawal's unforgettable performance in Tamaana, role of third gender created big hype. How can we forget Babu Rao Ganapat Rao Apte of Hera Pheri, brought into Filmfare Best Comedian Award.

His chain of noticeable movies is as Aankhen,Garam Masala , Awara Pagal Deewana, Golmaal Weekly, Chup chup ke , Bahgam Bhag along with that he produced Hindi Serials of Zee Tv's Teen Bahuraniyan and Main aisa kyu hoon of Sahara one's.

Aftab Shivdasani

Very stylish and handsome, with heart touching smile he is Aftab Shivdasani. This stylish bollywood actor was born on 25 th June 1978, in Mumbai Maharashtra India and spread the magic of his wonderful acting. Aftab did his schooling from St. Xavier's High School, (Fort) at Lokamanya Tilak Marg, Mumbai. From H. R.College of Commerce, Mumbai he pursued graduation. His parents have totally different religious backgrounds. Father Prem Shivdasani, belongs to Hindu Family, his mother Sherry is from Parsi Family.



Aftab Shivdasani has an older sister whose is name Afsana Shivdasani. His knocked the doors of glamour world when he was just 14 months old, fortunately he was selected as Farex baby and the interesting journey begins, he shot so many T.V commercials, in 1980's and 90's he emerged as most promising child star, his very first bollywood outcome was Mr.India he debut as a kid then he appeared in the films like Insaniyat, Shahenshah and Chaalbaaz. Aftab performed very well, in Chaal baaz his role was appreciated as he played Sridevi's younger brother.

Along with the movies he kept on doing modeling for commercials till the age of 19, his effort turned into fruit when he got his first break in the movie Mast opposite Urmila Matondkar, directed by very Talented Ram Gopal Verma, the point he got the break he was studying at H.R college, unfortunately the movie didnot do well and he was not acclaimed by critics as he looked too young to play the lead role. Although he won years 2000 Filmfare Awards as well as best newcomer.

He turned up after two years with the movies like Kasoor, Love ke liye Kuch Bhi Karega, his career was a mixture of hits and flops his hitlists are Awara pagal Deewana, Darna Mana Hai, Masti and Hungama. In 2009 he featured in Acid factory as an aggressive, violent and hyper,presently he is working for Aao wish karein.

Harman Baweja

Most of the people say that he looks like Hrithik Roshan, very stylish and handsome ,Harman Baweja. He was born on 13 November 1980, he started his filmy career with the movie Love Story 2050, son of Harry Baweja had eyes of everyone on his very first movie along with big expectations. After that his another turn up was Victory followed with his latest release in 2009 was What's Your Raashee? Two of the movies were paired with Priyanka Chopra whom he had an affair later they broke up.



Harman is the son of Director Harry Baweja and Pammi Baweja, he belongs to an Arora Sikh Family, Harman got his education in Mumbai began with Jamnabai Narsee School. After completing his school
education he joined Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Institute well as every one knows that there was an affair between Priyanka and him as they hve been dating till 2009 even today every one along with media want to know about their relationship status.

Harman's present project is Anees Bazmee's It's My Life, well Harman is still waiting for a success and probably for that he has changed his name from Harman Baweja to Harman S Baweja as per numerology. S is a tribute to grandfather, Harman is the first bollywood star who
performed to tribute Michael Jackson in February 2010 at Wave Pearls Award.

Bhikhu Mahatre of Satya Manoj Bajpai

Owner of very sensible and emotional acting, holds with his immense expressions well guessed right he is one and only Manoj Bajpai. Manoj Bajpai was born on 23 April 1969 very sensible Hindi film actor very well recognised for playing really unconventional and offbeat roles. An unforgettable acting with his breakthrough role that gave him big fame is Ram Gopal Varma's film, Satya. in 1997. Manoj Bajpai was born in Belwa very small village in West Champaran, Narkatiaganj, Bihar. He did his education from K R High school, Bettiah, for pursuing graduation he came to Ramjas College.



Manoj Bajpai has done theatre with Barry John.He is an synonym of talent really Manoj started his career with T.V serial Swabhimaan on Doordarshan.His acting was acclaimed after that he did small roles in the movies like Bandit Queen and Droh Kaal in 1994 before arriving as Bhikhu Mahatre in Ram Gopal Verma's Satya. This outstanding performance brought him with several awards , another remarkable role was played by him is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's film Aks 2001 again brought him so many awards.

Manoj Bajpai did unforgettable movies like Zubeidaa in 2001 and in 2003 it was Pinjar for that he got National Film Award , in 2004 it was Veer Zara that showcased his utmost acting talent. He married a girl from Bihar, he left her after two months, then he married Neha whose real name is Shabana Raza, an actress of Bollywood.

Tusshar Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor a well known bollywood actor has made his place among masses wih his talent and acting skills, which are still being refined film by film. Tusshar Kapoor is coming out promisingly film by film and he has somehow successful to some extent as his latest movies have brought him up wih new chances, and people are expecting something good and new from him.

Tusshar Kapoor born on 20 November 1976 in Mumbai, Mahrashtra India. He is son of Bollywood's evergreen actor Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor, brother of serial queen Ekta Kapoor. He completed his education at University of Michigan, did his graduation from Stephen M. Ross School of business, one of the top business schools.



As born and brought in film family so it was quite sure of his enterance in Bollywood. He knocked the door of bollywood after completing his studies. Tusshar's bebut movie was Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai opposite Kareena Kapoor, both kapoor's created magic and this film raised the expectations of people. The film was released in the year 2001, his acting was noticed.

Tusshar's next two years witnessed box office flops, in 2003 he came out with Kucch To Hai and got a real recognition with Ram Gopal Verma's Gayab in 2004. He played a role of shy boy. In 2004 he came out with Khakee with Amitabh Bachchan, that film proved very beneficial for him, he played fantastic role in Golmaal and Golmaal Returns , his new outcomes are going to be from Balaji Production going to be directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi and Satish Kaushik.

Abhay Deol

His acting is characterised as most down to earth, very realistic, emotional and sensible well guessed right he is none other than Abhay Deol. He decided to get into acting when he was just 18, but it took him ten years to come because he didn't want to leave his studies. Abhay Deol was involved in theatres from there a passion for acting arouse. He doesn't want get recognised by the name of his uncle and cousins.

Abhay Deol made his debut with Socha Na Tha in 2005, he performed very well, his second turn up was Ahista Ahista in 2006, his acting was praised as somehow it seems realistic in 2007 his multi cast film released Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd, turned out as major box office hit. 2007 followed by his second release that was Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, then Manorama Six Feet Under was another outcome in 2007.



That film won Best Film at the MIAAC film festival in New York City and bring him best actor award, 2008 came with a major hit that is 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye, this film established him as main stream actor. In 2009 he became a modern version of Devdas with the movie Dev.D, well there were comparisons too but he wanted to concentrate on work rather comparisons.As this was critically acclaimed all over, it can be said as path breaking movie.

He is preparing himself for his home production Basra as action star, he has learned Israeli hand-to-hand deadly combat tactics Krav Maga. Under training this deol boy had to under go through a mixed aerobic as well as anaerobic workout, for that he used heavy pads to protecthis body. Abhay Doel has got place on the cover of Man's World and Time Out Mumbai too. As now he has been called as perfectionist by some film makers.

Arshad Warsi a choreographer turned an actor.

Arshad Warsi a famous bollywood actor, was born in Mumbai, India and completed his schooling at a boarding school named Barnes School, Deolali located in Nashik district, Maharashtra. He has done a lot of struggle to make his position as he was an orphaned at the age of 14, he had to earn for his livelihood and survival.

To do that he started as a door-to-door salesman for a cosmetics company at 17 years then he worked in photographic lab but his hobby was dancing and fortunately he joined Akbar Sami's Dance group in Mumbai. That was just the beginning of his dancing career. Now lets have a look on how he entered the films. In 1987 he got a chance to assist renowned Director Mahesh Bhatt in Kaash and Thikana. As dance was his passion and he was made for it! He won the Indian dance competition in 1991 , when he was 21, in 1992 he won Fourth Prize in Modern Jazz category, World Dance championship, London. He formed a dance troop and opened his dance studio. Now what destiny has written see, Maria Goretti joined him. She was a student of St. Andrews College. Arshad was a National level Gymnast during his school time.



His career graph was rising as he got an opportunity to choreograph title track of Roop ki Rani Choron Ka Raja in 1993. His acting career started with an offer of ABCL's first production Tere Mere Sapne. He continued his acting but after six years Munnabhai MBBS was a milestone for his career with a nomination at the Filmfare for Best Actor in a Supporting role. Other unforgettable films were Mine Pyar Kyu Kiya, Salaam Namaste, Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Current hit outcomes are Golmaal, Golmaal returns, Dhamaal and Ishqiya.

Now his Hum Tum aur Ghost is going to release with the third sequel of Munnabhai MBBS named Munnabhai Chale Amerika. On television he hosted Big Boss Season1, for Sony then Sabsey Favourite Kaun for star gold and for Zee it was Razzmatazz.

He married Maria Goretti on Feb 14 1999, their son named Zeke Warsi, born on 10 August 2004 and a girl child Zene Zoe Warsi on 2 May 2007.

His awards and recognitions
2004:Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for Munna Bhai M.B.B.S
2005:GIFA Best Comedian Award for Hulchul
2007:Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Lage Raho Munna Bhai
2007:Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Media Baron of Rann - Sudeep

Sudeep a Brahmin boy from Shimoga, Karnataka is a Actor, Producer and a Director in Kannada Cinema Industry. Sudeep was a clever and bright student with degree of mechanical engineering from Dayanand Sagar College of engineering. The Actor is born to a hotelier Mr. Sanjeev , who also has started producing films. The Actor is a father of a daughter, Saanvi.

Sudeep has done wonders in the Kannada cinema Industry and has many fan following gradually. The Actor has started his career as a supporting actor in the movie Thayava and Prathyartha. Finally he was seen in a lead category in the movie Sparsha directed by Mr. Sunil Kumar Desai. In 2003, the actor has gathered a huge fan following after the release of his movie "Huchcha". This movie was one of his big hits and has given him the position where he is today. With this movie he has made up the marks in the eyes of the people by his tremendous good performance.



Sudeep has also acted in television serial which was aired on Udaya TV called Prema Kadambari which was directed by Sudhakar Bhandari. The Actor has received two Flimfare Awards.

Sudeep has made his debut in Bollywood in 2008 in Ram Gopal Verma's Phoonk, and his second project in Bollwood was as a media baron in the movie Rann, where the actor has successfully proved his spunk in Bollywood with this extraordinary performance. Sudeep has proved his presence in Bollywood by standing up with the giants of the Bollywood Industry , Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.

With his unbeatable performance, the actor has grabbed many movies in his kitty for the coming years.

Amrish Puri- The Undisputed King of Bollywood Baddies

Born on June 22, 1932 Amrish Puri was an iconic theater and film actor of bollywood. This actor had worked with some of the notable playwrights of the time like Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad. He played various roles in Hindi cinema but he is popularly remembered for playing some iconic negative roles. One of his most popular role has bee Mogambo from the movie Mr. India. He also worked in a hollywood movie called Indiana Jones and the temple of doom. He played the character called Mola Ram in this movie.



Amrish Puri was born in Punjab. His parents were Lala Nihal Chand and Ved Kaur. The actor did his graduation from Himachal Pradesh. Amrish was supported by his brother Madan Puri in Mumbai because Madan himself was an established actor at that time. You will be surprised to know that Amrish got failed in his first screen test. He found a jod for himself with LIC.

Along with the LIC job, Amrish kept on working with the Prithvi Theater. Slowly he became a well known stage-actor. He also won the Sangit Natak Akadami Award. Afterwards he also got certain tv commercials to work with. Amrish had worked in over 400 movies and will always be remembered as a great actor with an effective voice. In January 2005 this great actor passed away. He was indeed the undisputed king of Bollywood baddies.