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1. Arundhati Devi


21-08-2019/arundhati-devi.jpg Arundhati Devi, born to Bibhuticharan Guha and Thakurta, on 29th April 1924, was an Indian actress, writer, singer, and director from Barisal ( now Bangladesh) known for her works in the Bengali film industry. Her excellent work in the industry made her an evergreen actress and is still considered one of the greatest and finest talents in the Bengali film...
Date of Birth: 29-04-1924
Date of Death: 16-10-1990
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Female
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 29-04-1924
Date of Death: 16-10-1990
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Female
Language: Bengali
Skills: Writer, Director, Singer

2. Actress Rekha


rekha-actress.png Rekha is a popular South Indian actress, who was born in the year 1970 in Kerala. Her birth name is Josephine and she changed her name to Rekha as the stage name. She completed her education in Ooty. She was introduced to the cinema industry through the veteran Tamil film director Bharathiraja. Kadalora Kavithaigal was her debut movie in the...
Date of Birth: 18-05-1970
Age: 55
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 18-05-1970
Age: 55
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Actress

3. Aparna Sen


Aparna-Sen.jpg A vetern filmmaker and actress, Aparna Sen has been in the industry for over half a century. Born on 25th October 1945 in Calcutta, she completed her Bachelor’s in Arts from Kolkata’s Presidency College. She showed an interest for films even before graduating as she appeared in Teen Kanay, a Satyajit Ray film, at just the age of sixteen.   ...
Date of Birth: 25-10-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 25-10-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Bengali
Skills: Actress, Filmmaker

4. Asha Bhosle


Asha-Bhosle.jpg Asha is considered to be the second greatest female vocalist in India, second to only her sister the great Lata Mangeshkar. Born on September 8th 1933 in Maharashtra to Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, a classical singer and actor. Her father passed away when Asha was only 10 and she and her sister began to sing from an early age to support...
Date of Birth: 08-09-1933
Age: 91
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 08-09-1933
Age: 91
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

5. Omprakash Sharma


15-10-2020/omprakash-sharma.png Om Prakash Sharma, also known as Janpriya Lekhak Om Prakash Sharma, is regarded as one of Hindi detective fiction's best and most gifted writers. He was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, on December 25, 1924, but later relocated to Delhi. Jai Prakash Sharma and Gauri Shankar Sharma are his younger brothers. He worked at the Delhi Cloth Milland resided in...
Date of Birth: 25-12-1924
Date of Death: 14-10-1998
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 25-12-1924
Date of Death: 14-10-1998
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Writer

6. Jabbar Patel


15-10-2020/jabbar-patel.jpg Dr. Jabbar Patel (born June 23, 1942, in Pandharpur) is an Indian theatre and cinema director who works in Marathi. His 1973 performance of Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal is regarded as a Modern Indian Theatre classic. His father was a railway employee in India. He attended Haribhai Deokaran High School in Solapur for his early education. He graduated from...
Date of Birth: 23-06-1942
Age: 82
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Marathi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 23-06-1942
Age: 82
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Marathi
Skills: Director

7. Yash Choudhary


25-09-2018/yash-choudhary.jpg "Yash Choudhary is an individual who offers significance to each work he gets as an entertainer despite the distinction in a little and disparaging job in Indian Television. The sole reason he has been grabbing shows like, 'Dread Files,' 'Savdhaan India,' 'Shapath,' and 'CID.' Like a ton of different on-screen characters in this exchange, he also is hanging tight for...
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: TV Actor

8. G Aravindan


12-08-2020/g-aravindan.jpg G. Aravindan, full name Govindan Aravindan was an exceptional personality with many talents. Aravindan was a screenplay writer, painter, director, and cartoonist of Indian origin. He was born in Kottayam in present-day Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 1935. He was born to a family of artists, his father being M.N. Govindan Nair – a comedy writer. Aravindan went to University College in...
Date of Birth: 23-01-1935
Date of Death: 15-03-1991
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 23-01-1935
Date of Death: 15-03-1991
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

9. Naushad Ali


24-04-2017/naushad-ali.png Naushad Ali the son of Wahid Ali was an Indian virtuoso and is also known as 'The Mughal-E-Azam of Music', he was one of the most prodigious singers and is considered to be the soul of the Indian music industry. He was prominent for the classical music and introducing the industry with the tremendous rhythm and compositions....
Date of Birth: 26-12-1919
Date of Death: 05-05-2006
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 26-12-1919
Date of Death: 05-05-2006
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director

10. M. S. Sathyu


m/0/0/s/0/0/m.-s.-sathyu.jpg Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu is a prolific film director, art director and stage manager who is known best for his debut as a film director in Garam Hawa. He was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri in 1975. Born in Mysore in India, on July 6, 1930, he is also well-known for his collaboration with Google for the reunion ad series, which...
Date of Birth: 06-07-1930
Age: 94
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills:
Date of Birth: 06-07-1930
Age: 94
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills: Director

11. Aribam Syam Sharma


19-04-2017/aribam-syam-sharma.png Aribam Syam Sharma was born on March 21st, 1936 at Imphal, Manipur. He started his career as a film director as well as a composer from the state of Manipur in India. He made his first appearance in The Manipuri movie Queen as an actor for the motion picture Matamgi Manipur. Besides acting, he directed his first show Lamja Parshuram...
Date of Birth: 21-03-1936
Age: 89
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 21-03-1936
Age: 89
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

12. Adoor Gopalakrishnan


adoor-gopalakrishnan.png Born into a family in Kerala, Adoor Gopalakrishnan started doing amateur plays at a young age. Later, he wrote and helmed few plays. His interest in this field was imbibed in him by his family. He had studied Economics, Political Science and Public Administration at Gandhigram Rural University in 1961. Then he studied screenwriting and filmmaking at the Pune Film...
Date of Birth: 03-07-1941
Age: 83
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 03-07-1941
Age: 83
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

13. Edida Nageswara Rao


edida-nageswara-rao.png He is a well-known producer of the Tollywood film Industry. He has his productions named ‘Poornodaya Movie Creations’ and through this production house, he had produced several blockbusters in the Tollywood which include ‘Sankarabharanam’ and ‘Swayam Krushi’. These movies also appeared at the Moscow Film Festival. He was born on 24th of April in the year 1934 in Kothapeta located...
Date of Birth: 24-04-1934
Date of Death: 04-10-2015
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 24-04-1934
Date of Death: 04-10-2015
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Producer

14. Mohammed Zahur Khayyam


mohammed-zahur-khayyam.png Mohammed Zahur "Khayyam" Hashmi is known to the film circle as Khayyam. Khayyam is a music composer in Hindi movies. He is best known for his compositions in popular movies like ‘Umrao ‘Jaan,' ‘Kabhie Kabhie,' ‘Noorie,' ‘Trishul,' ‘Razia Sultan,' etc. Even today the songs ‘Kabhie Kabhie’ and ‘Umrao Jaan’ are pretty hummable. Especially, several songs from the film ‘Umrao Jaan’,...
Date of Birth: 18-02-1927
Date of Death: 19-08-2019
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 18-02-1927
Date of Death: 19-08-2019
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director

15. Satyajit Ray


satyajit-ray.png Biographies reveal bare details about the maverick filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Even today not much is known about this extraordinary filmmaker. But people still have a passion for doing research upon his classic films as he is an extraordinary filmmaker. Satyajit Ray was India’s first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Academy Award (Honorary Oscar) in 1992. He is also a recipient...
Date of Birth: 02-05-1921
Date of Death: 23-04-1992
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 02-05-1921
Date of Death: 23-04-1992
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali

16. S P Balasubrahmanyam


s/0/p/0/b/a/s-p-balasubrahmanyam.jpg S P Balasubrahmanyam is still considered to be one among the best musicians in the past three decades, in spite of the surge of various new comers. This legendary singer is reputed for his intense voice, profound knowledge of music, and a style of singing which is appreciated even today. SPB, as he is fondly called, has given his voice...
Date of Birth: 04-06-1946
Date of Death: 25-09-2020
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 04-06-1946
Date of Death: 25-09-2020
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

17. Goutam Ghose


goutam-ghose.jpg Gautam Ghose is a special man. He has won numerous awards, and his work has been appreciated across cultures and boundaries. He is the most celebrated Bengali Film Director. He is known for his films, and has won numerous National and International Awards for his performance. To say the least, he has won 16 National Awards and many Filmfare Awards....
Date of Birth: 24-07-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 24-07-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director

18. Shashi Kapoor


14-03-2017/shashi-kapoor.png Shashi Kapoor, a name that needs no introduction, is the son of Prithviraj Kapoor and brother of Raj and Shammi Kapoor, who are considered the legends in the Hindi film industry. Shashi Kapoor was born on 18th March 1938 in Calcutta. He is a producer, actor and a director who initially worked as the assistant director for the movies like ‘post box 999, guest house...
Date of Birth: 18-03-1938
Age: 87
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 18-03-1938
Age: 87
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Producer, Actor

19. Prakash Jha


14-03-2017/prakash-jha.png Prakash Jha, a director, film producer and screenwriter, was born on 27th of February 1952. ‘Prakash Jha Productions’ is his production venture. Hailing from Bihar, Prakash Jha went on to study B.Sc Honors in Ramjas College. Eventually he stopped studies and came to Mumbai, wanting to be a painter. As he was preparing for entrance exam for a course in...
Date of Birth: 27-02-1952
Age: 73
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 27-02-1952
Age: 73
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

20. Om Puri


o/m/0/p/u/r/om-puri.jpg Om Rajesh Puri is one of the widely noted senior actors in the Indian film industry and he was born on 18th October 1950 in Patiala, Punjab. He is one of the few Bollywood actors to act in mainstream commercial English movies. The alumnus of National School of Drama was also a classmate of renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah of the...
Date of Birth: 18-10-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 18-10-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor

21. Shyam Benegal


Shyam-Benegal.jpg Shyam Benegal is a renowned Indian director and screenwriter. He created, what is today referred to as ‘middle cinema’. His work has widely received critical acclaim in India as well as in the International Film Circuit. He was born on 14 December 1934 in Secunderabad. He is a cousin of Guru Dutt. His paternal grandmother and Guru Dutt’s maternal grandmother...
Date of Birth: 14-12-1934
Date of Death: 23-12-2024
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 14-12-1934
Date of Death: 23-12-2024
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director, Screenplay

22. P Bharathiraja


28-03-2017/p-bharathiraja.jpg Director P Bharathiraja is a popular person, who ruled the Tamil cinema industry once. He is one among the super directors of Indian film industry, who produced many talented actors to the Film industry. He has given many super heroes and heroines to the Tamil film industry including R. Radha, Karthik Muthuraman, Radhika Sarathkumar, K Bhagyaraja, Rathi Agnihothri, Revathi, Ranjitha...
Date of Birth: 17-07-1941
Age: 83
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 17-07-1941
Age: 83
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

23. Lokendra Rajawat


Lokendra-Rajawat.jpg Lokendra Rajawat, known as Lokendra Singh Rajawat, also known as Lokendra C. S. Rajawat, is an up and coming Indian television actor. He has become famous with his renowned character ‘Shamsuddin Muhammad Atgah Khan’ in one of the recent television shows to become popular, ‘Jodha Akbar’, which is a drama of a part of Indian History, and which is presently...
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: TV Actor

24. Ashok Mehta


Ashok-Mehta.jpg Twice the winner of National Film Award in the category of Best Cinematography, Ashok Mehta is a notable Indian film cinematographer. His famous works include movies like Bandit Queen, Utsav, Ram Lakhan, etc. He has worked with prolific mainstream Bollywood directors such as Aparna Sen, Mukul Anand, Subhash Ghai and Shyam Benegal. Most of his films have been critically acclaimed...
Date of Birth: 1947
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1947
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Cinematographer

25. Kasinadhuni Viswanath


29-09-2017/kasinathuni-viswanath.jpg Kasinadhuni Viswanath is a famous south Indian film actor, writer, director. He is from Repalle, Andhra Pradesh. Kasinathuni Viswanath’s father’s name was Subrahmanyam and mother’s name was saraswathamma. He married Jaya lakshmi and he has 3 children and their names are Ravindhranath, Nagendhranath and Padhmavathi. And he has 4 grand children: pranav, hema, swarna, and naren. His mother tongue is...
Date of Birth: 19-02-1930
Date of Death: 02-02-2023
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 19-02-1930
Date of Death: 02-02-2023
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Director

26. K. Balachander


06-01-2020/k.-balachander.jpg Kailasam Balachander or most popularly known as K. Balachander is a legendary film producer, director and screenwriter who dedicate his life in the film industry for almost half of his life. He was born on July 9, 1930 in a Tamil family in the Tanjore District of Nannilam, Madras Presidency, British India. He stated that, since his eight year, he’s...
Date of Birth: 09-07-1930
Date of Death: 23-12-2014
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 09-07-1930
Date of Death: 23-12-2014
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Director

27. Vijay B. Chandra


15-10-2020/vijay-b.-chandra.jpg Bio coming soon......
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Producer