Alka Yagnik
Shweta Shetty
Rakhee Gulzar
Rita Bhaduri
Tanvi Azmi
Madhuri Dixit
Urmila Matondkar
Kajol Devgan
Twinkle Khanna
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Manisha Koirala
Vyjayanthimala
Asha Bhosle
Farida Jalal
Aruna Irani
Rakesh Ranjan
Govinda
Sanjay Verma
Kumar Sanu
Javed Siddiqui
Karan Arjun Singh
Bijon Das Gupta
Ashish Vidyarthi
Danny Denzongpa
Mohan Agashe
Rajesh Roshan
Anu Malik
Anand Bakshi
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Mehboob Khan
Ashok Saraf
Johnny Lever
Kader Khan
Amrish Puri
Anil Kapoor
Naseeruddin Shah
Paresh Rawal
Mansoor Khan
Indra Kumar
Aamir Khan
Ajay Devgan
Salman Khan
Rakesh Roshan
Director - Hariharan
Ram Gopal Varma
Aditya Chopra
Udit Narayan
Sunil Dutt
Santosh Sivan
Bobby Deol
Ashok Kumar - Old
Manish Malhotra
A. R. Rahman
Shah Rukh Khan
Mithun Chakraborty
Jackie Shroff
Anupam Kher
Ahmed Khan
1. Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik is a very popular playback singer of the Bollywood film industry. She was born on March 20, 1966. She has been working in the Hindi film industry for three decades. She had bagged seven Filmfare awards out of the thirty five nominations at the Filmfare awards. It was for the best playback singer award category. Her singing is quite beautiful and she was felicitated by many icons. She came to the Bollywood industry as a singer at her early age. This gave her a lot of experience and she groomed herself as a consistent and su...
Age:
58
Gender:
Female
Age:
58
Gender:
Female
2. Shweta Shetty
Shweta Shetty is an Indian pop singer who was born in Mumbai on 20 June in the year 1969. She started taking music lessons in Indian Classical, and was motivated by her mother and continued performing in some different music styles outside of the classical field. Her career came on track with the help of well-known music composer A R Rahman and in one of her interviews she quotes saying "I was very lucky to sing from the very beginning with and for someone like him. Until today, and all through the last decade, he is one of the most influential and important people in the famous Indian film music industry".
Her very first album ‘Johnny Joker’ released in the year 1993 and was a hit in t...
Age:
54
Gender:
Female
3. Rakhee Gulzar
Raakhee attained stardom with her first film itself; it was the Bengali flick Bandhu Baran which helped her in attaining this status. Then Bollywood leading star Sunil Dutt recommended her for the Hindi flick Reshma Aur Shera. But she did Sharmeelee and Jeevan Mrutya even before Reshma Aur Shera. In Sharmeelee, Raakhee shared screen space with Sashi Kapoor and their onscreen chemistry was applauded. This popular pair did 9 flicks together. Out of the 9, 5 were declared superhits. Having worked i...
Age:
76
Gender:
Female
Age:
76
Gender:
Female
4. Rita Bhaduri
If you want to see an actor with years and years of experience then look no further than Rita Bhaduri. She has experiences exceeding almost 40 years and has worked through the 1970s, 80s, 90s and is still working without even breaking a sweat. She was born in the city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh was very keen to get into acting and started her career in the year 1968. She has extensively worked in both movies and television. Although she is not of Gujarati origin, she is highly respected in the Gujarati industry both by her colleagues and audiences. Her first big break came when she was casted as Dimple Kapadia’s best friend in the 1975 Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia starrer ‘Julie’. She ...
Age:
68
Gender:
Female
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5. Tanvi Azmi
Tanvi Azmi is a multi-faceted media personality with her main area of concentration being acting in serials, movies and theatres. She can also be termed largely as a theatre personality. Tanvi Azmi (Nee Kher) was born in a Hindu Marathi Family to doctor parents Dr. Usha Kiran and Dr. Manohar Kher. She was brought up in a very liberated way and was well educated by her [parents whom according to Tanvi instilled a sense of liberty, self-confidence and individuality in her since her childhood days and thus has helped her to shape her in the person she is today. Tanvi Azmi aspired to be an actress since her childhood days but it is only upon completion of her studies, she started to take acting seriously and took it as a career option. After th...
Age:
63
Gender:
Female
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6. Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit is not just known as the also a smile-queen of Bollywood for her pleasant smile also a well-trained dancer whose dance performance in movies were appreciated a lot by critics. This actress was born on May 15, 1967, in a Maharashtrian family to Shankar and Snehalata Dixit. She grew up as the youngest girl with three more siblings in her family. When she was a three or four years old, she could dance non-stop. Hence her parents trained her in Kathak dance for eight years.
When she debuted in Bollywood films, she performed many dances that show her skill as the dancer. Her first film was Abodh, which did not fare well in box office, and she had to wait for thr...
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
7. Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar is an Indian actress born on 4th February 1974 in Mumbai. Her mother tongue is Marathi and she has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil movies. Urmila’s parents are Shivinder Singh and Rukshana Sultana. Her father was a lecturer. In 1977, she appeared in her first film “Karam” as a child artist. And she also achieved success with Kalyug (1981) and Masoom of Shekhar Kapoor at the age of nine. She made her adult debut as an actress with “Bade Ghar Ki Beti” and then she starred in a movie named “Chamatkar”. In 1989, she appeared in her first Malayalam film “Chanakyan” and gained success in Telugu movies with film director Ram Gopal Verma. Her first film with him was “Antham”. “Rangeela”, “Judaai” and “Satya”...
Age:
50
Gender:
Female
Age:
50
Gender:
Female
8. Kajol Devgan
Born on 5th August 1974, Kajol was the heartthrob of Indians during her peak. Her main region of interest is Hindi cinema. Out of the eleven nominations Kajol had got 6 Filmfare awards. In fact, she has a record of winning Best Actress Filmfare Award 5 times in her career. This is matched only by her aunt Nutan. She is also the proud recipient of Padmashree award.
Her first film was Bekhudi which was released during the year 1992. She didn’t even complete schooling at that time. Acting was her passion and hence she called it quits to studying and took up acting...
Age:
49
Gender:
Female
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9. Twinkle Khanna
Twinkle Khanna made herdebut in Indian film industry with film Barsat and won Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance. First daughter of superstar Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, Twinkle was born on December 29th 1974 in Pune, Maharashtra. As belong to the well known background for film industry, Twinkle got acting skills in her genes and made some remarkable heartthrob performance in movies like ‘Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai’, Badshah, Mela and a Telegu movie Seenu. She worked with all leading male actors of film industry like Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Govinda, Bobby Deol, Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar. In year 2001 after her marriage with Akshay Kumar,She left film industry. H...
Age:
49
Gender:
Female
Age:
49
Gender:
Female
10. Kavita Krishnamurthy
Kavita Krishnamurthy is the female playback singer, who has sung maximum good songs with Kumar Sanu. She is a most versatile singer, who has amazing classical voice and perfectly trained. She is one among the few singers, who has versitality in singing.
She was a gifted singer, who had won medals since her school days and she got trained by her aunt in Rabindra Sangeet too. It was her aunt, who met Hemant Kumar, the music composer and singer, and wanted Hemant Kumar to give Kavita a chance to record a song.
It was then at age of nine, she got an opportunity to record a song with Lata Mangeshkar in Bengali. It was after a gap of many years, when K...
Age:
66
Gender:
Female
11. Manisha Koirala
Manisha Koirala, is a Bollywood actress of Nepalese origin. She was born on 16 of August 1970 in Kathmandu, Nepal. She is the daughter of Nepal’s politician, Prakash Koirala and is the granddaughter of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala who was the Prime Minister of Nepal during the late 1950s.
Initially she wanted to be a doctor, but performing a modelling assignment paved her way to becoming an actress. Apart from Hindi, she has acted in several other languages. She made her acting debut through the Nepali movie, ‘Pheri bhetaula’ which was released in 1989. Her Bollywood debut was in the year 1991 with the movie ‘Saudagar’. The movie was a top grossing drama, which helped Manisha to establish herself as one of the leading ladies...
Age:
53
Gender:
Female
12. Vyjayanthimala
Vyjayanthimala Bali is very well known worldwide by just her first name Vyjayanthimala. She is an Indian film actress who was born on August 13, 1936. Besides settling her career in the industry, she has also been a great Bharatanatyam dancer, a Carnatic singer, and a choreographer. She also belongs to the category of the Member of Parliament. She started her career as a Tamil actress and later became popular worldwide because of her magnificent work in Bollywood. Vyjayanthimala was born in Thiruvallikeni, one of the oldest neighborhoods of Chennai, near Parthasarathy Temple, in a Tamil family. She was the daughter of M.D. Raman and Vasundhara Devi. Vasundhara Devi was a Tamil actress who had been flooding al...
Age:
87
Gender:
Female
Age:
87
Gender:
Female
13. Asha Bhosle
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 their family. Asha had a big family with 4 sisters, including Asha, and one brother.
Asha made her debut at the age of 10 in 1943. She got a break to sing for a Marathi film, Majha Bal, and provided her vocals for the song "Chala Chala Nav Bala”. Her first song in Bollywood was “Saawan Aaya” for Chunariya in 1948. Asha began to work for various ran...
Age:
90
Gender:
Female
14. Farida Jalal
Farida Jalal is a veteran film and television actress from India. She was born on March 14, 1949 at New Delhi. Farida was known for doing comedic roles but she also laid her hands to doing lead and supporting roles in more than 100 Bollywood films and has been part of the television industry for quite a long time. The actress started her career in 1960’s after winning the Filmfare’s United Film Producers Talent Hunt. She was luckily selected as finalists, together with Bollywood producer and actor, Rajesh Khanna. Farida got a film offer for the first time to do the film, Taqdeer which was offered by Tarachand Barjatya who is one of the audiences at that time. She gained her popularity after essaying a supp...
Age:
75
Gender:
Female
Age:
75
Gender:
Female
15. Aruna Irani
Aruna Irani is an Indian actress who has acted in over 300 films, mostly doing supporting roles. She was born to a Parsi family on 18th August 1946 in Mumbai. Aruna has mixed origin of Irani Zoroastrian and Hindu background. She was the sister of famous filmmaker, Indra Kumar and actor, Adi Irani. She is married to film director, Kuku Kohli. Aruna Irani was first introduced in the film, Gunga Jumna in 1961. She was just 9 years old at the time when she played the role of Azra.
After that, she did small roles in several films such as Jahanara in 1964, Farz in 1967 and Upkar in the same year and Aaya Sawan Jhoomke in 1969. In 1968, she acted in Aulad along with the comedian, Mehmood Ali. Later, she also acted...
Age:
77
Gender:
Female
Age:
77
Gender:
Female
16. Rakesh Ranjan
Rakesh Ranjan has operated on nearly 170 published films so far. He started as a production sound blender, and progressively toiled his way up to being the sound artist and director of the audiographer. Not until he enlisted in the Film Institute (Pune) did he become sensitive to how music for movies gets recorded. And the main thing that fascinated him to join the FTII was, he was more absorbed in the technology, the microelectronics of it, rather than the music as such. Since childhood, electronic gadgets used to fascinate him.The real attraction to sound was music, film songs. It would perhaps be a sound he heard when he was traveling to his village, Chakwai, now in Bihar, as a youth. The community youngsters would go into the sugarca...
17. Govinda
Govinda is a popular Bollywood star who is known for his spontaneous dancing steps and comic timing.
Govinda is a popular actor of Indian cinema who has gained a lot of popularity because of his dancing abilities and comic roles. His debut film was Ilzaam in 1986 which was a commercial success. Since then, he has worked for more than 165 Hindi movies. Some of his successful comedy movies include Love 86, Hatya, Raja Babu, Aankhen, Coolie No. 1, Hero No. 1, Shola Aur Shabnam, Jodi No. 1, Saajan Chale Sasural, Dulheraja, and Hasina Maan Jayegi. Some of his recent successful movies include Life Partner, Partner, Raavan, and Bhagam Bhag. He also performed in villainous roles for the movies Shikari (2000...
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
18. Sanjay Verma
Sanjay Verma is an Indian movie editor. His works as an editor are generally seen in the Hindi Film Industry or the Bollywood. Sanjay Verma is one of the best editors India has ever produced. He has been in the film industry for almost 32 years. His first film as an editor was, Khoon Bhari Maang, which had the evergreen heroine of Bollywood Rekha in the lead role along with other famous actors like Kabir Bedi, Sonu Walia, Kader Khan, and various other actors. The movie was directed by one of India’s most famous director, Rakesh Roshan.
He also was the director for other big films like Karan Arjun, which released in the year 1995, Kaho Na Pyaar Hai, which released in the year 2000, which debuted the actor Hrithik Roshan, Koi...
Gender:
Male
19. Kumar Sanu
Having chaired over 17,000 songs in the last 27 years inclusive of diverse languages and creating over 8000 new musical pieces, every Indian household and fans around the globe are familiar with the Iconic Kumar Sanu.
He also bossed the music industry in India in the 1990s where he pocketed “The Best Playback Singer” title for a record period of 5 years in successionOriginally named Kedarnath Bhattacharya, by his vocalist and composer father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, he grew up in Kolkata, India and was encouraged to pursue singing and playing table by his father. He graduated in Commerce from Kolkata University and often used to perform small-t...
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
20. Javed Siddiqui
Javed Siddiqui is a well-known and renowned Indian screenplay writer, dialogue writer, and play writer. Javed is known for his predominant contributions in the Hindi and Urdu dialects. Javed is one of the most respected writers in the industry. Siddiqui was born on the 13th of January in the year 1942. Born in a family of freedom fighters, Javed feels extremely blessed. Javed has done his schooling from the Hamid High School. He did his graduation from Rampur. Javed specialized in Urdu literature. After that, he moved to Mumbai in the year 1959. Javed has also worked for the Urdu dailies like Inquilaab and Khilafat Daily. Siddiqui has also led as the owner of a newspaper named Urdu Reporter. In 1977, Javed stepped into the industry as a ...
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
21. Karan Arjun Singh
Karan Arjun Singh is a brilliant foley artist who recreates the sound effects for films. His Foley studio is located in Goregaon, Mumbai. He did his schooling from Seth Anandilal Podar High School. Further, he graduated from Rizvi College of Engineering in Bachelor of Commerce. From January 1989 to December 2003, he worked as a Sound Engineer in B R Films. Then he worked for The Sound people for four years as a Foley Artist.
Currently, he is working in Just Foley as a Foley Artist. He has worked in films like Commando in 1988, Prince in 2008, Tezz in 2012, Joker in 2012, etc. He, with his teammates from Just Foley, also worked in Sultan, Raees, Dangal, Neerja, Jab we Met, Baahubali, Secret Superstar, and many more....
22. Bijon Das Gupta
Bijon Das Gupta is a renowned art director who was associated with many Rajshri films of Barjatya’s. He was born on April 30, 1951, in Bangalore. As a veteran production designer, he was roped in to create massive sets in 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun…!' (1994), and this movie was a blockbuster. People still remember the visual sets that had a family set up. Remember those melodious songs from Hum Aapke Koun? This movie was a trendsetter and viewers understood the creative vision that was required for song-dance sequences, wedding scenes etc. Even the outdoor locales were designed in such a way that Rajshri could retain its unique visual identity as a family entertainer. But his first recognition as an art di...
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
23. Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi is a renowned Indian film performer. He is mainly popular because of his acting dominatingly in Bollywood and Telugu silver screen. He was entitled with “National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor” in 1995. Ashish was conceived in Hyderabad. He was the son of Reba Vidyarthi, an eminent Kathak dance specialist of Bengali style and Govind Vidyarthi, a renowned cinema identity on Malyali stages. Ashish got his surname from his father, who assumed the surname "Vidyarthi" as a tribute to opportunity contender Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi who passed on in Kanpur mobs during the partition of India.He moved to Delhi in 1969 and joined the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Mehta Vidyalaya, where he won recognition for his exhibitions ...
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
24. Danny Denzongpa
For Danny Denzongpa the voyage to the glittering world of films from distant Gangtok in Sikkim, where he was born and had his preliminary education, was quite eventful. In fact his entry into a film career was in many ways a matter of unexpected coincidence. Finishing college from Darjeeling, West Bengal, he made it to the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, for he had always dreamed, like many from his region, to join the Indian Army. This desire was perhaps fuelled by his bagging the Best Cadet Award from West Bengal, and in being selected for the annual Republic Day parade in New Delhi. However, once in Pune, he switched over to the Film Institute instea...
Age:
76
Gender:
Male
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25. Mohan Agashe
Mohan Agashe is a theater based actor who predominantly takes an interest in stage and plays. He was introduced to films by Shyam Benegal, who made the only art-house film. The actor got a chance to play roles in movies like Bhumika, Manthan, Nishant and went to act in Govind Nihalini’s’ Aakrosh’ and Goutam Ghose’s film ‘Paar’ and Satyajit Ray’s film ‘Sadgati’ too. He acted in many films that were produced by National Film Development Corporation. In 1982 epic biographical film ‘Gandhi’ directed by Richard Attenborough, Mohan Agashe got a chance to play Tyeb Mohammed’s (Alok Nath) friend. After a series of art-house films, he chose commer...
Age:
76
Gender:
Male
26. Rajesh Roshan
Being a renowned music composer of Hindi films, Rajesh Roshan was born on May 24, 1955. His father Roshan is a noted music director of Bollywood. Popular Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan is his elder brother and Bollywood’s heartthrob Hrithik Roshan is his nephew. Some of Rajesh Roshan’s notable works are Julie, Swami, Yaarana, Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage, Sabse Bada Khiladi, King Uncle, Mela, Karan Arjun, Kaho Naa.. Pyaar Hai, Koyla, Papa Kehte Hai, Koi Mil Gaya etc. He has composed music for most of his brother’s directorial ventures. Rajesh Roshan debuted into the music industry with the 1974 flick Kunwara Baap, a break given by Mehmood. Rajesh and Mehmood went on to join hands together in several movies. ...
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
27. Anu Malik
Anu Malik is considered as one of the most famous and successful music directors from film industry. He has also established his name as a singer. He began his career as a music director in 1977. He gave the music for the film Hunterwali. He became famous in 1990s by delivering the blockbusters like Baazigar,Janam and so on. We can say 1990 to 2000s was the golden period of his career. He was awarded a National Award for his phenomenal music for the film Refugee. His other blockbusters were Shah Rukh Khan starrer Mai Hoon Na and Baazigar . This movie gave him a Filmfare Award of Best Music Director. He has made a record of winning this trophy for 6 times. Anu Malik has given his versatile music for more than 350 films. He is considered a...
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
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28. 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 2, 1947, Bakshi’s family shifted themselves to Delhi. Initially, Bakshi was in the Indian Army after completing his studies. In the free time, he used to write songs occasionally while working for the army. Bakshi initially tried to become a writer or a singer in the Hindi films, but later he found his talent in writing songs.
His first entry into movies as a lyricist was “Bhaala Aadmi” whi...
Date of Death:
30-03-2002
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
30-03-2002
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
29. Majrooh Sultanpuri
Majrooh Sultanpuri was born in Sultanpur on October 1, 1919. He is an Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist and songwriter. His birth name is Asrar Ul Hassan Khan. He was born in Uttar Pradesh and belongs to Tarin Pashtun family. His father was a policeman. As his father was not able to afford expensive schools, he did not receive English education. So, he went for ‘Madarsa Education.’ He completed Dars- e-Nizami in both Persian and Arabic. It was a seven course, and he went on to be an Alim. He then went to Takmeen-Ut-Tib College of Unani in Lucknow.
In 1938 he graduated and struggled to become an Hakim. The Ghazal he recited in Sultanpur became famous and got apprecia...
Date of Death:
24-05-2000
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
24-05-2000
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
30. Mehboob Khan
Mehboob Khan was a pioneer producer-director of Hindi cinema. He shot to international fame by making social epic ‘Mother India’ (1957) which was a nominee for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign film. He signed Nargis for the role of a suffering mother when she was just 26 years old, but the script required Nargis to perform a much -matured role on the screen. This film is also considered as the best film of Nargis Dutt to date.
Mehboob also supported the growth of film industry by setting up the Mehboob Studios in local Bandra area and brought out color films from his studio. Earlier, he set up his own production company ‘Mehboob Productions&rs...
Date of Death:
28-05-1964
Age:
116
Gender:
Male
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Date of Death:
28-05-1964
Age:
116
Gender:
Male
31. Ashok Saraf
Ashok Saraf was born on 4 June 1947. This popular Indian actor and comedian started his professional career in 1969, with his first acting role in the film Janaki. His career continues with roles in more than 250 Marathi films, such as Donhi Gharcha Pahuna, Haldikunku, Tumcha Aamcha Jamal, Javal Ye LajuNako, Chimanrao Gundyabhau, Deed Shahane, Duniya Kari Salam and a lot more. Most of the films he participated in are comedy films and it is interesting to mention that in a great part of these films he acts with the actor Laxmikant Berde.
His most significant role that was recognized and remembered by the vast audience was the role of Munshiji in the film Karan Arjun from 1995. Apart from acting...
Age:
76
Gender:
Male
32. Johnny Lever
Johnny Lever is an Indian comedy actor who came to prominence with film actor Govinda’s films. As actors like Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor had reached a zenith in their career, it was actor Sunil Dutt who had spotted this actor in a stage (show of Amitabh Bachchan and music composer Kalyanji Anandji) and advised him to take up comedy roles seriously. He is one of the comedians who appear truly funny to make us laugh. He is also known for his wits and smarts and appears to make intelligent jokes and poke fun in many films. After Govinda was overshadowed by the prominence of Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan in the film world, Johnny Lever could make audiences laugh by using his physical appearanc...
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
33. Kader Khan
Kader Khan was born on 12 November, 1937 in Kabul, Afghanistan. His father named Abdil Rehman is from Afghanistan while his mother named Iqbal Begum is from India. Kader Khan is an actor and writer. Kader Khan obtained a Master's Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Institution of Engineers in India. After completing his education, he started working as professor of Civil engineering in M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering in Byculla.
Khan wrote and acted a play on College’s Annual day function. Dilip Kumar was very impressed after watching his acting...
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
34. Amrish Puri
Amrish Lal Puri was born on 22nd June, 1932 in Punjab. He was a popular Bollywood actor and an artist who was known for his ideal performance in the Indian cinema. He was apparently known for his playwrights namely Satyadev Dubey, and Girish Karnad. Most importantly he is known for his negative roles in Bollywood, and also in other Indian and International movies. They were highly a great sign of his performance which did made a real difference to the industry. His movie Mr.India (1987), and Indiana Jones and the Tempel of Doom (1984) are the movies that he had attracted the Indian and the International audiences.
He had four siblings namely Chaman Puri, Madan Puri, Chandr...
Date of Death:
12-01-2005
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
12-01-2005
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
35. Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a very popular Bollywood actor cum producer. He is active in the films right from the year 1979 until the present. He got married with Sunita Kapoor in the year 1984. He has three children, namely Sonam Kapoor, who is a Bollywood actress, Rhea Kapoor, who is a Bollywood producer and Harshvarshan Kapoor. Anil Kapoor is the son of Surinder Kapoor and Nirmal. His father was a very prominent Indian film producer. Anil Kapoor had a profession as a Bollywood actor for ...
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
36. Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah is an experimental actor and associated with theater. He had treated art-cinema as his serious endeavor requiring the dedication, discipline, and integrity. Throughout his career, he subjected his own acting to a process of rigorous artistic self-analysis and reflection. He was the discovery of filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who introduced actors like Shabana, Om Puri, Smita Patil and others in the Indian cinema. Undoubtedly, this actor has acted in some serious films such as Sparsh, Paar and Iqbal( three national awards). For his performance in Paar, he received the best actor in the Venice Film Festival. His growth even in art-cinema was slow, as he had acted in women-oriented films of Shabana Az...
Age:
74
Gender:
Male
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37. Paresh Rawal
The Padma Shri award winner who shot to fame with his role in the 1986 blockbuster film ‘Naam’, which told the story of a poor family that struggled to make ends meet, was born on 30th May 1950 in Mumbai. He completed his graduation from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. Rawal made his debut in the film industry through the movie ‘Holi’ in the year 1984 but it was his next film, ‘Naam’, which brought him all the fame and attention as an actor. Success followed him, and he acted in over hundred films during 1980s and 1990s. Such was his versatility, that he has done roles from lead actor to Main villain. He did the role of main villain in most of...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
38. Mansoor Khan
Mansoor Khan is an Indian film director and producer well known for his work as a writer and director in the movie “Qayamat se Qayamat Tak”. He is also known for his amazing work in “Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander”. He was born in Hyderabad, India. Before entering the film industry, he completed his education at IIT and MIT. His wife's name is Mrs. Tina.
He is a father of daughter Zayn and son Pablo. He is the brother of Taqir Khan, who himself was an Indian Film Actor. He is well known for his work in “Yadon ki Baraat”. He is the cousin brother of well known Movie Star Aamir Khan and Faisal Khan. Irfan Khan is his nephew. Mansoor Khan made his debut in the film industry with “Qayamat Se Qaya...
Age:
65
Gender:
Male
Age:
65
Gender:
Male
39. Indra Kumar
Indra Kumar is a prominent award-winning Indian film actor, producer, and director. He has appeared in several Gujarati films as a comedian and protagonist. He is the brother of Aruna Irani, Adi Irani, and Firoz Irani, who all worked in the same field. In 1985, Indra has co-produced the Bollywood film, Mohabbat, with Anil Kapoor and Vijeta Pandit in the lead roles. He started to direct films in the year 1990 with the Hindi romantic drama film, Dil. It stars Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, Aamir Khan, and Saeed Jaffrey in pivotal roles. The film earned the Best Film Award at the 36thFilmfare Awards, while Aamir Khan and Anupam Kher received the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actors Award respectively.
In 1992, he dire...
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Male
40. Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bollywood’s finest actor. He is a package for the Indian TV industry as he is a producer, director and actor an all-rounder kind of personality. Khan has an estimated net worth of $185 million. Aamir has born on 14th March, 1965 (aged 50) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He did two marriages, first with Reena Dutta in 1986 they were together till 2002, than Kiran Rao came into his life, she is 42 years old, born in November, 1973, and they got married in 2005, now they both are living together happily in Mumbai. Kiran is from Bengaluru and also a director, screenwriter and producer.Aamir’s father was Late Tahir Hussain, who was from a village Akhtiyarpur, Uttar Pradesh. He was also a scree...
Age:
59
Gender:
Male
41. Ajay Devgan
Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor. He is perhaps Hindi cinema’s one of the most talented actor today. He has received two national awards and two Filmfare awards so far. But this talented actor was shamed by critics in the entertainment industry because of his looks. But Ajay has proved all of them wrong. Today, he adds weight to his status as an actor or even as a star but back in the day when he made his debut with film ‘ Phool Aur Kaante’ (1991) many industry people dared to say that he would not make it in the industry due to his looks.
His next film ‘Jigar’ too was successful. Later many successful films followed in his career (Dilwale, Suhaag, Vijaypath). He was then given Mah...
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
42. Salman Khan
Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a producer. He was born as Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on December 27, 1965 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Salman is referred to as one of the most successful actors in Bollywood. His father is Salim Khan who is also an actor and a screenwriter while his mother is Sushila Charak (Salma Khan). He graduated from St. Stanislaus High School in Mumbai. Prior to this, he went to Scindia School, Gwalior together with his brother, Arbaaz Khan. He also studied at Elphinstone College.
Salman started his acting career in year 1988 through the Hindi film, ‘Biwi Ho To Aisi’, where he played as the younger brother of Farooq Sheikh, followed by a breakthrough perfo...
Age:
58
Gender:
Male
Age:
58
Gender:
Male
43. Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath is the original name of Rakesh Roshan. Born on September 6, 1949, he tried his luck in production, direction and acting. The 70s to 90s were heydays in his career.
Rakesh is reputed for directing flicks starting with K. He launched his son Hrithik Roshan with the 2000 flick Kaho Na Pyar Hai which was the blockbuster of the year. A promising star was born in Indian cinema that year. His commendable works are Khoon Bhari Maang, Khudgarz, Karan Arjun, Kishen Kanheiya, Kaho Na Pyar Hai, Koi Mil Gaya, Krrish, etc. Kaho Na Pyar Hai and Koi Mil Gaya fetched him Filmfare Awards for Best Director. Kaho Na Pyar Hai is recorded in Limca Book of Record for fetching the most number of...
Age:
74
Gender:
Male
44. Director - Hariharan
Hariharan is a veteran Indian film executive who has coordinated more than 60 Malayalam films. His striking works incorporate Parinayam, Pazhasi Raja, Oru Vadakan Veeragatha, Amrutham Gamaya, Sargam and Nakhakshathangal, which won him national and global acceptance. Hariharan was a student at the St. Thomas College, located in Thrissur. He has even attended the Universal Arts College, Kozhikode. He arrived in the Malayalam film industry in 1965. In 1979 another blockbuster motion picture Sarapanjaram was discharged with Jayan and Sheela. His movies, for example, Nakhakshathangal, Panchagni, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Valarthumrugangal, Sargam, Parinayam and Ennu Swantham Janakikutty have been inducted in the Indian Panorama of Internationa...
45. Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma is a famed Indian film director and writer, critically acclaimed for his work in the Telugu cinema and Bollywood industry. He speaks a million messages through his films and has been widely appreciated for his realistic portrayal of characters that act as a mirror image of the Indian society.
He won the National Award in 1999 for his socio-political drama, ‘Shool’. After starting his career as a qualified Civil Engineer, Ram Gopal Varma, popularly known as RGV, went on to become a filmmaker. His foray into the film industry has been propelled by the video rental library he set up in Ameerpet, which was inspired from his brief stint in Nigeria.
Like many filmmakers, his film car...
Age:
62
Gender:
Male
Age:
62
Gender:
Male
46. Aditya Chopra
Aditya Chopra is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer. He directed the movies Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge in 1995, then Mohabbatein in 2000 and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in 2008. He is currently the Chair Person of YRF group which has thrived for solid 45 years in the Multi-National film industry.
Chopra has written scripts for acclaimed films like Veer-Zaara in 2004, Fanaa in 2006, Band Baaja Baaraat in 2010,Ek Tha Tiger in 2012, Jab Tak Hai Jaan in 2012 and Dhoom Trilogy in 2004, 2006 and 2013 respectively. Chopra has also produced films like Kabul Express, Chak De India, Rocket Singh and Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Chopra started his film career at a tender age of 18, as an assistant director.
Chopra ...
Age:
52
Gender:
Male
47. Udit Narayan
One of the famous playback singers of Indian Film Industry, who has sung more than 25,000 songs in more than 34 languages. He was born on 1 Dec, 1955 at Bhardaha Village in Saptari District, Nepal. He studied at P.B School, Rajbiraj (Nepal) upto class 10th and intermediate from Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus. Udit passed his initial life with struggles and got a chance to sing in Nepali Radio, meanwhile he also sang songs in Maithli, Bhojpuri and Nepali in 70s. After singing for Radio Nepal, He moved to Bombay on music scholarship to get training in classical music from Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan . He got his first chance to sing for a movie Unees Bees in 1980 , composed by Rajesh Roshan. His dream came true when he also sang a song with his ideal Moh...
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
48. Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt was a great actor, director, producer, and politician. He was named Balraj Dutt at his birth on 6th of June, 1929, in Khurd village, Jhelum district, Punjab province, British India. His father departed from this world when Dutt was only five years old. His family moved to a small village called Mandauli in Yamuna Nagar district that is in Haryana after the Partition of India. After this, Dutt moved to Lucknow, where he spent time till he graduated.
After this, he moved to Bombay, joined Jai Hind College for his undergraduate studies and started working at the city’s BEST transport division. Sunil Dutt worked in the oldest radio station in South Asia called...
Date of Death:
25-05-2005
Age:
94
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
25-05-2005
Age:
94
Gender:
Male
49. Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan (born 8 February 1964) is a film director, producer, and cinematographer, of the Indian cinema. Santosh is an FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) graduate and has so far has done 41 documentaries and 45 feature films. Not only is he a founding associate of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC), but also is the bigger of the highest number of Director of Photography (DOP) award in India. Sivan is the first ever Cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific area to achieve an American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) fellowship.
He has as many as five National Film Awards for cinematography to his name, four of which are for Best Feature Film Cinematogr...
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
50. Bobby Deol
Bobby Deol was a treat to watch when he walks to the tunes of the title song in the Hindi film “Soldier”. With his long hair, dimpled smile and a tousled look he was quite a heartthrob among the young girls. Born on January 27 1969 to a Punjabi family Bobby Deol is born to yesteryear superstar Dharmendra. His sibling is Bollywood actor Sunny Deol. Thriller films are Bobby Deol’s forte and he also played the negative character who is the prisoner of circumstances. His hit list includes Barsaat, Soldier, Gupt, Badal, Dostana, Humraaz, Badal, Bicchoo, Ajnabi etc. The film Gupt skyrocketed his career; his role in the film was very much appreciated. Soldier is also a succes...
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
51. Ashok Kumar - Old
One would be at a loss, wondering where to start when writing about a film legend like Ashok Kumar. After all, he is considered to be one of Indian film industry’s greatest actors, who has performed as the romantic hero, antagonist as well as in various other shades of character roles with equal aplomb. Ashok Kumar really was witness to a very important evolutionary phase of the Indian film industry, and has spread across generations his genius as an actor. From very unpretentious beginnings, having been born as Kumudlal Ganguly in a Bengali family living outside Bengal, he seemed destined to take up a legal profession, having completed his law course from the prestigious...
Date of Death:
10-12-2001
Age:
112
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
10-12-2001
Age:
112
Gender:
Male
52. Manish Malhotra
Manish Malhotra, is an Indian fashion designer, who has designed outfits for many leading actors and actresses in Bollywood. He is widely regarded as one of India’s ‘crowned fashion designers’. He was born on December 5, 1965 in Westminster, London. Manish Malhotra started up his career as a model, while he was studying in ‘Elphinstone College’ at Mumbai. His first professional costume design was for the Bollywood actress ‘Juhi Chawla’ in the movie ‘Swarg’, which was released a couple of decades ago.
He won his first ‘filmfare costume award’, for the movie ‘Rangeela’ in 1995. It gave him much recognizance in Bollywood and paved his way for...
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
53. A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman is a Legendary Music Composer, prominently known for his rocking music for the movie “The Slumdog Millionaire”. He had won a couple of Oscars for this album and made India proud. Allah-Rakha Rahman’s birth name is A.S.Dileep Kumar. He was born on January 6th, 1967 in Chennai. His music journey had begun at the age of 4 when he learned piano. At the age of 11, he joined the Maestro Ilayaraja's troupe as a Keyboard player. He made his debut as a composer with the legendary film-maker G.R.Maniratnam’s film “Roja” which came out in 1992. Some of his popular music albums were for the movies like Rangeela, Bombay, Dil Se and Lagaan: Once up...
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
54. Shah Rukh Khan
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...
Age:
58
Gender:
Male
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55. Mithun Chakraborty
When we talk about the few legends in the Indian film Industry then it becomes inevitable to take the name of Mithun Chakraborty; more commonly known as Mithun Da. His real name is Gouranga Chakraborty, and he was born on 16th of June 1950. He is not only an actor, but also a producer, singer, social worker, entrepreneur, and writer. In addition, he is also a member of the Rajya Sabha Parliament. It was the year 1976 when Mithun Chakraborty made his debut with the art house drama called Mrigayaa. The fact that he won the first National Award of his life right from his debut film gives a sheer proof of his supreme talent. But, it was not the end; after winning the National Award for Best Actor for the art house drama, he won two m...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
56. Jackie Shroff
Intro: Jackie Shroff is a well known Bollywood actor who also has presence on Indian television sector.
Jackie Shroff is a popular actor who has worked for more than 175 movies in various languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Oriya, and Punjabi. He was launched by Dev Anand in his movie Swami Dada in 1978. Subhash Ghai chose him for the movie Hero which became a huge hit and paved the way of success for Jackie Shroff in Bollywood. Some of his movies which became huge commercial success include Karma, Ram Lakhan, Izzat, Tridev, Rangeela, Saudagar, Angaar, Khalnayak, and Aina. He got his first Filmfare award for best actor for the movie Parinda which was released in...
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
57. Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and producer of the Bollywood film industry. His place of birth was Shimla of Punjab and currently, he is living in Himachal Pradesh. His date of birth was 7th March 1955, and he hails from Kashmir. He got married to Kirron Kher in the year 1985. His brother Raju Kher is also a very famous actor cum director. The best part of Anupam Kher is that he got cast in more than hundred movies, and he is known to make this immense record.
He is an actor who acted in Hollywood movies as well, and he got absolute accreditation for it. In fact, he won many prestigious awards for it, and it includes five Filmfare awards for doing comical r...
Age:
69
Gender:
Male
58. Ahmed Khan
Ahmed Khan is a multi talented personality of the film industry. He is a choreographer, director and actor by profession. He is also a writer and producer, he wrote the script of the movie ‘Paathshala’, starring Shahid Kapoor and the film was also produced by Ahmed and his wife Shaira Khan. He lives in Andheri in Mumbai. He studied from The Bishop’s School, Pune, Maharashtra.
He is married to former model and now producer Shaira Khan. They got married a few years back. Ahmed has said many times that he has always believed in love at first sight and that is what happened when he met Shaira. Ahmed proposed to her few months after they met and within a few months they tied the knot. Shaira was just...
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
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