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Gauri Shinde is an Indian feature films and ad-films director who won the Filmfare award 2013 for her debut feature film English Vinglish as best debut director.

Gauri Shinde is an Indian director and ad-maker who came to limelight after the success of her debut feature film English Vinglish which was released in the year 2012. In the same year, she was nominated in list of ‘Bollywood’s 5 Best Directors of 2012’ by Rediff. Her schooling was completed in Pune and then she came to Mumbai for her internship with Sidharth Kak. She completed her graduation from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication, Pune. She has worked with Bates Clarion and IBW as an ad-film maker. She has also worked with Lowe Lintas. After that, she went to United States to further her studies.

In 2001, she made a short film titled Oh Man! This short film was selected to be premiered in the Berlin Film Festival. Her full length feature film English Vinglish was premiered in the Toronto Film Festival. During an interview, she commented that her movie English Vinglish was based on her own relationship and experienced with her mother. Her debut film got many accolades and appreciations from critics and viewers. Gauri Shinde won Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director for English Vinglish and she also got Laadli National Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity. Along with that, she also won Zee Cine Awards, Max Stardust Award, Star Guild Award, and Toifa Awards 2013 as best debut director of a feature film.

Alia Bhatt is a trendsetting actress from Mumbai, India. Her date of birth was 15th March, 1993 and her parents are Mahesh Bhatt, who is a popular director and actress Soni Razdan. She is an actress cum singer wherein she had sung songs in her movies itself. Her debut film was as a kid artist in a thriller movie of Sangharsh in the year 1999. Her first movie as an adult happened out to be Student of the year (2012), a romantic drama. In the year 2014, she acted three blockbuster movies that were welcomed by a good opening record. 

Alia Bhatt has an elder sister namely, Shaheen. She had also been quite active in stage shows and she launched her own line of clothing for women. Alia Bhatt had studied at Jamnabai Narsee School IBDP and passed out in May 2011. Alia Bhatt had performed in prestigious award ceremonies so far like Maybelline, Garnier, and Coca Cola. 

In the year 2014, she had her association with the online fashion portal Jabong.com. She had also become the celebrity endorser for many products. In the year 2013, she was ranked 19 by the Times of India's Most Desirable Woman of 2012. In the same year, she was also ranked 1 for the Most Promising Female Newcomer by Times of India's Hotlist. Alia Bhatt had acted in 5 movies and 1 short film namely Going Home. Her future projects are Shaandar (2015), Udta Punjab (2016), Kapoor and Sons (2016). Alia Bhatt gave her splendid dance shows at various film award fests, which also includes the overseas function. It is very evident that she is also a part of the playback singing in Bollywood films. 

Alia Bhatt had won 5 awards and nominated for a couple of times for the movie Student of the year (2013). As a whole, she had won 12 awards for her acting. The awards include Big Star Entertainment, Lions Gold, Filmfare , Screen, Zee Cine, Satr Dust, and Star Guild. She had been nominated for the Best Actress award by IIFA Awards for the movie “2 States”.

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Born on Ocotber 8 1970, Gauri Khan (originally known as Gauri Chibber) is an interior designer, costume designer and a movie producer. She is happily married to Bollywood Superstar Shahrukh Khan. This couple are blessed with three children.

Gauri Khan collaborated with her husband in founding Red Chillies Entertainment. Main Hoon Na, directed by Farah Khan, is her first film as a producer and the film turned out to be the second biggest grossing film of that year. If one remembers, Gauri Khan had anchored a music show for MTV during the 90s, she has also the credit of being in the front page of the acclaimed Vogue magazine. She is even called by Vogue magazine as “First Lady of Bollywood”. Gauri Khan made a brief appearance in her home production “Om Shanti Om”.

Though Gauri Khan maintains a low profile and is reticent towards the media she is considered as a stylish lady of Bollywood. There is no doubt that she carries herself well. She even once earned the title of “Most Stylish Woman of Bollywood”. Though Gauri Khan is not a Bollywood actress, she is famous for her style.

Gauri Khan has an eye for art and her hobby is undoubtedly interior designing. She took this passion seriously and later ventured into a partnership with Susanne, wife of Hrithik Roshan. Gauri Khan is actively producing movies alongside her husband. Her friendship with Bollywood biggies Karan Johar and Susanne Khan is noteworthy. Gauri Khan produced around 12 films and most of them starred her husband Shahrukh Khan.

On her personal front, Gauri married her long time beau Sharukh during 1991 after facing many hurdles. Her relationship with her husband Shahrukh Khan is indeed commendable and they are very much together, even after facing several tests of time. The couple is married for more than two decades and still they are very much in love. Their love story is indeed an inspiration for many..

Kausar Munir is a prominent Bollywood screen writer and lyricist. She was born and raised up in Bandra, Mumbai in India. Music and songs has always been her passion. She studied at Xavier’s College in Mumbai, where she took an English Literature course.

Jasleen Royal is a famous Indian singer, songwriter, and composer. She was born on 1st august 1991 in Ludhiana, Punjab in India. She is currently living in Mumbai, India. She can sing in Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati, and English as well. The first instrument she ever learned was the keyboard. She is a self-taught musician and completed her B.Com HONS from Hindu College, New Delhi. In 2009, she went on the first season of India’s Got talent and cleared through to semi-finals. She shone bright like a diamond with her abilities to play multiple instruments together like the keyboard, guitar, mouth organ, flute, and a tambourine while singing and was nicknamed ‘One woman band’ by the judges of the show.

Nandini Shrikent has a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Communication Media (SCM) from Mumbai. Like most of the Casting Directors, Nandini joined the profession coincidently and in her case, it was Zoya Akhtar who played the role of giving Nandini a chance to explore as a Casting Director. Nandini had started as an Assistant Director but later, made a shift to Casting. She still assists the Directors and is well known in the Bollywood industry. Nandini is in this business from considerably a long time but it was that one internship she recalls, under Govind Nihlani in Takshak which helped her to make right choices in Bollywood. 
Nandini was responsible for casting the entire cast for her first ever project for Farhan Akhtar’s Lakshya. It was her first gig and she had to cast all the soldiers in the movie who were about seventy. She took this up as a challenge and the results obviously paid off. She claims that most of her movies that she worked as a Casting Director has faired well in the box office with few exceptions like Luck By Chance but she still stands proudly about her choice of actors. 
She explains the process of Casting as reading the script ,discussing with Director, getting an idea of what the Director wants and begin taking auditions. Her suggestion to the newcomers is to have patience and perseverance. She advises them to practice every day and insists on keeping it neat and natural with an optimistic approach to the whole ‘getting the big break’ scenario. 
Nandini is seen working closely with Excel Entertainment. She is responsible for successful and eye-catching cast in movies like Dil Dhadaknedo Do, and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. She was much appreciated for her casting in Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do, for having wonderful and a long line of the cast which included Anil Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma and Ranvir Singh. 
Nandini has also done some projects for Dharma Productions for Karan Johar as Casting Director and cast for Student Of The Year among others. She started with Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham as AD with Karan and she was successful with all her projects with Dharma Productions. However, it is said that Nandini was in long search of a new face, a new talent for Students Of The Year, and Karan Johar came into the picture and it was him who brought up Alia Bhatt and suggested her for the female lead. 
The honor of casting for the infamous and Oscar-winning movie Life Of Pie is credited to Shruti and her skills over the years and her knack for finding the right ‘fit’ was clearly visible. This gives Nandini that edge of working with Bollywood and Hollywood. She has experience in casting a couple of Hollywood films and also sought after for advertisements and Hindi serials for television. This is one versatile persona who kicked off her career in early 2000 and recently completed her latest project Basmati Blues and The Valley. Having a Casting department in a movie house reduces the burden of finding the actors for each role considerably says Nandini. 
Nandini seeks perfection in her line of work and she is irked if she does not get the right actor even if it is for a supporting role in casting. She believes that her job is the most important one as she is the connecting medium between the roles (Director’s vision) and the actors and it is her search for perfection that has got her going strong in the industry. She is a calm person on most of the days and with patience, she gives the opportunity for the actor to take the audition and read the lines. She strongly feels in not giving up until she gets a perfect actor. 
This forty-year-old actor is married to NH10 actor Neil Bhoopalam (33) in 2013 and is said to have a happy life with him. Neil and Nandini were dating for quite long and they got hitched accordingly. Though there were talks about the age gap between the two, it did not seem to bother them. He journey continues with several projects in hand and she wishes to direct one day. 

Hemanti Sarkar is an Indian film editor who works in Hindi films and documentaries. She has worked in Bollywood movies like English Vinglish, M Cream, Airlift, and many others. Hemanti hails from Kolkata in West Bengal. She started a film editing course at the Film Institute of India in Pune, Maharashtra in 1993. Hemanti made her Bollywood debut as an assistant editor with the movie Pardes, written and directed by Subhash Ghai. The film hit the screens on 8th December 1997 and won three Filmfare Awards in 1998. She was also the assistant editor of Godmother in 1999. Hemanti made her debut as an independent film editor for the movie “Sur: The Melody Of Life,” written and directed by Tanuja Chandra. The film hit the screens on 2002 and was nominated for a Filmfare Award and two Screen Weekly Awards.

Ira Dubey is among the brightest, most talented young actresses in the country today. Born on August 1, 1984, Ira grew up in a family of actors and claims that theatre was imprinted in her personality. Her father, Ravi Dubey is the senior vice president and her mother, Lillete Dubey is an actress.

Karan Johar is one among the top ten celebrities in the Indian cinema, who is popular in almost all the important fields in the cinema. He was born in the year 1974 in Mumbai to Yash Johar and Hiroo Johar. This man is a multi talented personality, who shines in the field of direction, screenplay writing, producing, costume designing and acting. He has also worked as host in the television industry. Karan Johar is a graduate in Commerce, who studied in H. R. College of Commerce and Economics. He is also a post graduate degree holder in French. His debut to the film industry started as an assistant director in the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. After three years, he made his directorial debut through Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, a film with Sharukh, Salman, Kajol and Rani. This was a block buster hit and Karan Johar reached fame in his first movie, itself. This film won the National Award for the Best Entertainment Film. It has also bagged eight Awards from Filmfare including the Best Director and Screen Play. Kabhie Kushi Kabhi Gham, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, My Name Is Khan, Student Of The year and Gippi are the films directed by Karan Johar. He has produced many hit films including Kal Ho Na Ho, Wake Up Sid and I Hate Love Stories. Karan Johar has also acted in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, apart from his assistant direction. He has also performed as a costume designed for the popular celebrities like Sharukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Amitabh Bachchan. Koffee With Karan was the popular show hosted by Karan Johar, which made him popular among the TV audience. This program got aired for four seasons till 2014. He was also a part of the show Jalak Dikhhla Jaa, judging the participants along with Madhuri Dixit.

Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent Indian film actor, television personality and producer. He was born on November 2, 1965 in New Delhi, India. He is often called as the ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’, ‘King Khan’ and ‘King of Bollywood’. The actor has done more than 80 films in Bollywood. He was cited as ‘The World’s Biggest Movie Star’ by the Los Angeles Times. Khan is also one of the wealthiest actors in the world, with over $400–600 million net worth. He also won several accolades including the 14 Filmfare Awards.

Khan went to St. Columba’s School in Delhi where he topped in studies and sports like football and hockey, where he got the Sword of Honour Award, a school’s highest award. He acted in several stage plays and gained praises for mimicking Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Mumtaz. He studied at Hansraj College from 1985 to 1988 to get a degree in Economics but the actor spent much of his time in attending the Theatre Action Group (TAG) in Delhi. He studies acting through his mentor, Director Barry John. Later, Khan studied at Jamia Millia Islamia and took up a degree in Mass Communications, but he left it to enter the showbiz industry. He attended Delhi’s National School of Drama on his early years in Bollywood.

He started his career during the late 80’s with some appearances in many television series. He was debuted in Bollywood in the blockbuster hit film, Deewana in 1992. He was also recognized for doing villain roles in movies like Darr, Baazigar and Anjaam. He rose to fame after he was starred in various romantic films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. In year 2002, Khan gained critical acclaimed for his role as an alcoholic in the romantic drama film, Devdas; as a scientist of NASA in Swades; a coach in Chak De! India and My Name is Khan in 2010 where he played the role of a man with Asperger Disorder. For his outstanding contributions to the film industry, he received the Padma Shri Award by the Government of India and the Legion d’honneur and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France.

This year, he became the co-chairman of Red Chillies Entertainment and all its subsidiaries. Khan became one of the owners of the cricket team, Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League. He is also a regular host and stage show performer. The media called him as Brand SRK due to his many endorsements and business ventures. He is also a philanthropy who has given health care and reliefs to the disaster victims. He gained the UNESCO’s Pyramide con Marni Award in year 2011 for supporting the education of many children.

Khan got married to Gauri Chibber on October 25, 1991 and they have been blessed with a son named Aryan and a daughter named Suhana. In year 2013, through a surrogate mother, the couple had another baby named Abram.

Laxman Utekar is a new age Cinematographer working mainly in Bollywood industry. He also is a renowned Director & directed two critically acclaimed Marathi films until now. Utekar was born in a rural area of Maharashtra. He was very passionate about photography from a tender age. After completing his education, he decided to pursue a career in cinematography. Utekar was very talented & his style was unique from contemporary cinematographers. After shooting a few ads, Utekar got his first chance as a cinematographer in 2007 film Khanna & Iyer. Although the movie was a failure, his works with the camera caught the attention of many viewers.

Ilaiyaraaja is a renowned film composer, known around the world for his finest works. With more than 5000 songs, he is known to be one of the best composers India has yet to produce. Ilaiyaraaja is also widely acknowledged as a songwriter, conductor, singer, and instrumentalist. Ilaiyaraaja’s works stand out particularly due to his talent for fusing traditional Indian instrumentation with symphonic orchestration.

Gulzar is the pen name of the author, poet and popular lyricist Sampooran Singh Karla. He was born on the 18th of August in 1934 in Dina, Jhelum district of British India to parents Makhan Singh Karla and Sujan Kaur. His career kicked off under the directors Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. His songwriting career began with the movie Bandini, released 1963, for the tunes composed by music director Sachin Dev Burman. From then on, he went on to write the lyrics for many memorable songs of the Bollywood industry. He worked with magnanimous music directors like R. D. Burman, S. D. Burman, A. R. Rahman, Lakshmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan and Anu Malik to name a few. The work of the trio Maniratnam, A. R .Rahman and Gulzar is much remembered in the industry. He has also given dialogues and screenplay for movies like Anand, Khamoshi, Saathiya, etc., He even tried his hand as a director through the years 1971 to 1999 during which he directed more than 20 films.

Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.

Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre.

Pritam Chakraborty gave Arjit a chance and signed him for three films; Crook, Golmaal 3, and Action Replayy. He made his debut singing “Phir Mohabbat” for Murder 2 in 2011. This kickstarted his career as a playback singer and led to him singing songs such as; “Raabta", “ Duaa", and “Phir Le Aya Dil", earning nominations for the latter two in Mirchi Music Award With the release of the hit song “Tum Hi Ho” Singh became a common household name. The song helped him win nine awards from various award shows. He has since sung.

Arjit is known as a down to earth, hardworking singer. His hobbies include badminton and writing.

Vishal Dadlani mostly known by duo name Vishal Shekhar in the music world. Vishal is an Indian film music director. He not only composes music in Hindi, but equally famous for composing music in Telegu, Tamil, or in Marathi. Actually dedication brings success to a person and Vishal Dadlani has justified his talent by giving various types of music. Vishal was born on 28th June 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He first came to the limelight when he composed the movie songs in the films ‘Jhanker Beats’, ’Dus’, ’ Bluffmaster’, ’Om Shanti Om’, ‘Bachna Ae Haseena’, ’Dostana’, ‘Anjana Anjani’ and many such famous filmy songs, the present genres caller tunes or ring tones. Vishal Dadlani was the vocalist of Mumbai based electronic band Pentagram. He worked jointly with Imogen Heap for the song ‘Mind Without Fear’, for an episode of ‘The Dewarists’. The song ‘Tu Aashiqui Hai’ from the film ‘Jhanker Beats', soared him to the zenith of fame,name and prosperity in the film world. Along with Shekhar, he had been awarded the Filmfare R D Burman Award for New Music Talent for ‘Jhanker Beats’. After that he did not turn back. He mixed techno music with Indian sounds. His musical composition in the films ‘Saaki’, ’Door Se’, gave him confidence and he composed many famous films like ‘Bang Bang’, ’Happy New Year’, ‘Chennai Express’, ‘Student Of The Year’ and many more. He himself has owed his voice to the actors. He has given his voice in Tamil, Kannada, and in Marathi films also. His latest appearance in the show ‘Indian Idol’ has gathered a motion to attract people for the show. Vishal has done a cameo role in the films ‘Om Shanti Om’ and ‘Tees Maar Khan’. Vishal has performed in the live show at IIT, Kharagpur. He is famous for giving music to the IPL theme song of the season 3 and the Anthem of Kolkata Knight Riders. We hope he will give us such sweet songs for many years.

Abbas Ali Moghul is a Bollywood Action Director and a stunt coordinator. He has more than 200 films under his name, as of 2017. His career began with the movie Dil, in the year 1990. Ali has worked on projects like Judwaa, Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, Special 26, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, and many more.

Angad Singh Bedi is an Indian actor and model. He was born on 6th of February 1983 in New Delhi. He also plays cricket, and he bats right-handed. While growing up, he studied at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, and then after completing his education, he went on to study at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Because he was unable to tow the line of his father’s success as a cricketer, he ventured into modeling and also took up a career as an actor. Angad Bedi made his acting debut in a Malayalam short story ‘Kaya Taran’. He is currently doing a movie titled ‘The Little Godfather’.
Angad Bedi has also worked in many other Hindi films including Hi Nanna (2023), Chetan Bhagat, A Legal Affair, Ghoomer (2023), Lust Stories 2 (2023), Adipurush (2023), The List (2022), Main Movies like Bhi Barbaad (2021), Baithe Baithe (2021), Mum Bhai (2020), Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020), and Be Strong (2020) are included. 

Born on 18th of Oct in the year of 1977 to a Punjabi family whose ancestors are from Punjab, Kunal Kapoor is one of the promising actors in Bollywood today. Kunal, who is nicknamed as Kunnu, hails from Mumbai, India. Kunal had been in a relationship with the great fame of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan’s niece, Naina Bachchan, who was an investment banker in London, now pursuing theater arts as her profession. They got married in Feb 2015. It was a private marriage with just their family members at Seychelles.

Tahir Raj Bhasin Is an Indian actor. He is a good artist and has a Handsome look. He took his education at the University of Melbourne. Tahir Raj Bhasin was born in Delhi. His father is Punjabi, and Mother is Kashmiri-Maharashtrian. His father and Grandfather both were in Indian Air force, and his mother worked in an Aptech Computers company. His younger brother is also a pilot. He studies in the school Barry John Acting School. He did his undergraduate degree from Hindu College, Delhi University. He got his graduation degree from Australia from the College University of Melbourne. He also takes an alternative subject which are History, screen media, and Philosophy of a Film at the University of Melbourne. He hosted a show at the age of 18 only at news channel which is a campus talk show. At the age of 23 years, he moved to Mumbai “city of dreams” for acting and modeling. Firstly, he learned to act from an Institute. In 2012, He started artist at a professional level in which he did advertisements for a big brand company like Samsung.