Chand Usmani
Mumtaz
Bindu
Sharmila Tagore
Waheeda Rehman
Lata Mangeshkar
Jal Mistry
Kamal Bose
Mukesh Chand Mathur
Chandrakant Kakodkar
Sohanlal Kanwar
Rajinder Singh Bedi
Gopaldas Neeraj
Raj Khosla
Asit Sen
Gulshan Nanda
Sachin Bhowmick
Anand Bakshi
Vijay Anand
Jagdeep
Mohammed Rafi
Shankar Jaikishan
I S Johar
Sachin Dev Burman - S. D. Burman
Sanjeev Kumar
Mehmood Ali
Prem Chopra
Feroz Khan
Dilip Kumar
Rajesh Khanna
1. Chand Usmani
Chand Usmani was an Indian actress. Her work is most notable in the Hindi film industry, from the 1950s to the late 1980s. She is widely known for winning the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1971. She is widely remembered for playing the roles of mother and self-sacrificing wife....
2. Mumtaz
This Bollywood actress got into fame and achieved super stardom with Rajesh Khanna. She was the leading lady ( like Sharmila Tagore) of Rajesh Khanna in many of his films and became the queen in Bollywood in 1970s. She was a dancing diva in those days who could perform both sexy numbers (Mere Sanam or Apna Desh) and even ...
3. Bindu
Glam Queen of 70's, Bindu was born to Gujarati parents on 17 Jan 1951 in Valsad district of Gujarat. When she was only 13 years of age, she underwent a tragedy as her father passed away. Being eldest, she took up the responsibility of the family and started to earn for the family. She started her career in films from a...
5. Waheeda Rehman
She took birth in a Tamil Urdu speaking Muslim family on 3 February 1938, in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu.Her dream was to become a successful doctor but due to circumstances of illness, she dropped this goal. But her parents were too supportive to her debut on silver screen. From the very childhood, she started learning dance forms, especially in the Bharata...
6. Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had formal training in music from her father. Her father ran a theater company in Mumbai, where she began to learn music with her father's grudging approval, and with whom she also sang a song. As her father was a conservative man, film music was not appreciated at her home. After the theater company...
7. Jal Mistry
Jal Mistry (1923–2000) was a well-known Indian cinematographer. He was born on 1 st January 1923. He predominantly worked in Hindi films. Jal is best known for his collaborations with director Chetan Anand and “Navketan Films” on movies such as “Heer Raanjha (1970), Aakhri Khat (1966), and Kudrat (1981).” In addition, he also featured in hit films such as Manmohan...
8. Kamal Bose
Kamal Bose was an Indian photographer who directed most of Bimalroy's masterpieces, including Palineta (1953), De Biga Zamin (1953), Bandini (1963), Devdas (1955) and Sujata (1960). He made a successful switch to the color film era and directed Qurbani (1980), Janbaaz (1986) and Dayavan (1988). During his career, he played five filmfares at Bandini (B / W, 1964), AnokhiRaat (S...
9. Mukesh Chand Mathur
Mukesh Chand Mathur (Mukesh) was a popular playback singer in Hindi cinema. He made a place for himself in his era along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey. He is also regarded as the ghost voice for Raj Kapoor. Being born on July 22, 1923, in Delhi, Mukesh is the son of Zorawar Chand Mathur and Chand Rani. The...
10. Chandrakant Kakodkar
Chandrakant Kakodkar, in full, Chandrakant Kalyanadas Kakodkar was born on 21st March 1921 and died on 23rd November 1988 at the age of 67. Chandrakant Kakodkar was a Marathi novelist. He gained recognition after his first three novels were published, and he started being called the novelist. Chandrakant Kakodkar has translated many English novels into the Marathi language. The famous...
11. Sohanlal Kanwar
Sohanlal Kanwar is an Indian producer, director, and choreographer. He is married to Sheela Kanwar and has a daughter named Anita Kanwar. He worked as an assistant director in Naag Padmani (1957), Anpadh (1962), and Aap Ki Parchhaiyan (1964). He directed the movie Natak (1975), Tadap (1990), and Paisa Yeh Paisa (1985). As a director and producer, his works include...
12. Rajinder Singh Bedi
Rajinder Singh Bedi is an Indian-Director. He mainly worked in the Hindi Film Industry. He was born on 01st September 1915. He is born, and brought up in Sialkot, Punjab, British India. The name of his father is Hira Singh Bedi, and the name of his mother is Seva Dai. He has completed his early education from Sialkot, in the...
13. Gopaldas Neeraj
Golpadas Neeraj is a poet from India. He has a reservoir of poems that mesmerizes the readers. Gopaldas Neeraj always ensures that the public enjoys the best brand of poetry. Neeraj demonstrates mastery in his write-ups. Golpadas contributes significantly to the growth of Hindi Literature. Gopaldas Neeraj’s quality of being ebullient, and determined is propelling this superstar to higher heights...
14. Raj Khosla
Raj Khosla was a director in the Indian film industry who worked mainly in Bollywood. He was among the top Indian director. He was also a producer and a screenplay writer. He was born on 31 May 1925 in Ludhiana which is in Punjab at the time of British India. He had a daughter named Sunita Khosla Bhalla. Earlier, Raj...
15. Asit Sen
Asit Sen was born on 24 September 1922 in Dhaka (now known as Bangladesh), Bengal in British India. His only son name is Partha Sen. He was a cinematographer, screenwriter and film director, who has worked both for Bollywood film Industry and Bengali film Industry. Asit Sen has directed many films in his career. A total 17 films have been...
16. Gulshan Nanda
Gulshan Nanda is a well-known Indian poet, writer, screenplay writer. He is greatly appreciated in the Indian film industry. His work is known in the industry, and many of his work have been adapted in movies like Kaajal, Sharmeelee, Kati Patang, Daag, Khilona and many other hit Hindi movies. He was a very famous in the era of 60's and...
17. Sachin Bhowmick
Sachin Bhowmick was born in West Bengal on 17th July 1930. He is a film director and is also a screenwriter and has written over 94 films. He is an excellent writer and also wrote for a Bengali magazine which wrote articles for the industry....
18. Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi was an old poet and lyricist with his popularity in the Hindi film industry. Anand Bakshi He was born in Rawalpindi, a part of India in 1930 which later got converted into a Pakistan city after independence in 1947. His mother died when he was five years old. Due to the partition of India and Pakistan, on October...
19. Vijay Anand
Vijay Anand also known as ‘Goldie‘ is an Indian filmmaker, producer, director, screenwriter and an actor who made some classic films to date. He is related to actor Dev Anand and directed many in-house films of ‘Navketan Films’ (owned by actor Dev Anand). He was born on 22 January 1934 in Punjab. As an actor, he acted opposite Jaya Bhaduri...
20. Jagdeep
Jagdeep is a veteran comedian-actor in Hindi cinema. He made his acting debut as a child artiste and was selected to play many pivotal child roles in films of A V M Banners. B R Chopra Films and even K A Abba’s films. Later when he acted in film ‘Sholay’, he immortalized his ‘Soorma Bhopali’ character. He is still popular...
21. Mohammed Rafi
Mohammed Rafi is a renowned Indian playback singer who dominated Bollywood for over three decades where no singer could equal his mighty classical voice or even come closer to him in his voice quality; that was appreciated across the globe. He was at the height of his career when actors like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, and Raj Kapoor ruled the...
22. Shankar Jaikishan
Shankar Jaikishan is a duo musical composer in Bollywood who dominated the film industry for three decades. It is an unusual story of two classical musical composers who got united together as they had a personal liking for each other. Although Shankar Singh was born in Telangana and Jaikishan in Gujarat, they met each other in Mumbai in Prithvi Theaters...
23. I S Johar
In the ranked list of the best stand up comedians in the Indian cinema, first and foremost of all the people agree that I S Johar’s dialogue delivery is the best among some funny comedians, but beyond that, he had different styles that approached different types of subject matter. Sometimes, he would be a cop, a detective or even a...
24. Sachin Dev Burman - S. D. Burman
Sachin Dev Burman (S.D. Burman) is a renowned classical Hindi music composer who is known for many melodious songs. He understood the technique ‘hummable’ in music so well that every song that he had composed remained close to music lover’s heart. He was distinguished from other famous Hindi music directors as he was very careful with the understanding of lyrics...
25. Sanjeev Kumar
Sanjeev Kumar was born on July 9th, 1938 in Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay), India. His original name was Harihar Jethalal Jariwala. He was an actor by profession who worked in Bollywood. He moved to Surat after birth. His family again moved to Mumbai. He has three siblings- one sister and two brothers. Sanjeev didn’t get married ever. He was in a...
26. Mehmood Ali
Mehmood Ali is one of our greatest comedian actors, who had acted in over 300 Hindi films. Born on 29 September 1932, his memorable films include Kunwara Baap, where he acted with versatile actress Manorama from Tamil film. The story had a message on polio vaccination and was essayed on the backdrop of a newly born son who was rescued...
27. Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra is a legend of Hindi cinema and he has acted in over 400 films. Prem Chopra has been in Bollywood since its inception. He has a long spanning film career of over 50 years. He has not only acted in Hindi films, but also in several Punjabi films. He has made a great contribution to Hindi films and...
28. Feroz Khan
Feroz Khan is a legendary Indian film actor, editor, producer and director, popular in Bollywood. He was born on September 25, 1939 in Bangalore. His father, Pathan is an Afghanistan while his mother is an Iranian. Feroz studied at Bishop Cotton Boy’s School in Bangalore and attended St. Germain High School. His brothers are Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan, Sanjay Khan,...
29. Dilip Kumar
Muhammad Yusuf Khan was born on the 11th of December in year 1922. Dilip Kumar was born in Peshawar. He is a Bonafide personality with his unique style and aura. He is an Indian Bollywood Actor. This magnificent industry gave him the name of TRAGEDY King. He started his career in the year 1944 with his movie Jwar Bhata, which...
30. Rajesh Khanna
Born as Jatin Khanna on 29th December 1942, the charismatic actor renamed himself as Rajesh Khanna and shot to fame in Bollywood. He was a man of many talents – he worked as an actor, a director, and as a politician. However, he is best known as India’s original, first and foremost film superstar, with fifteen consecutive blockbuster hit movies...