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Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 5th January 1986. Deepika is one of the most famous celebrities. She is working in Bollywood films and won two film fare awards. She is the daughter of the badminton trouper Prakash Padukone. Copenhagen was the birth place of Deepika. She was raised in Bangalore. She frolicked badminton in national level championship in her teenage but later on she switched her career from spots and became a model. In 2006 she did receive some offers for Indian films and did her film debut. In 2007 she did double role in her first Indian bestseller film Om Shanti Om. In the same year she won the film fare award for best female debut. In 2009 she performed in an Indian film Love Aaj Kal and in 2010 she acted in a drama Lafangey Parindey. Her performance in Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008 and Housefull in 2010 got negative reviews.

In 2012 her performance in the super hit movie Cocktail was turning point of her career and she won many awards in different ceremonies and she was nominated as the best actress. After that she acted in many super hit films of Bollywood such as Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013, Chennai Express which is also released in 2013 and Happy New Year in 2014. She won film fare in 2013 for the performance and lovely acting in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Deepika Padukone also did many stage shows as well. She has also inscribed posts for Indian newspapers. She is a prominent celebrity and brand ambassador for many brands and products.

Singh Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Farah Khan is an Indian film actress, producer, director and a choreographer. She was born on January 9, 1965 in Mumbai, India. She is the daughter of Menaka, sister of screenwriter and actress, Honey Irani and Daisy Irani. She is also the sister of film actor and comedian Sajid Khan and the cousin of film personalities Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar. Farah was married to Shirish Kunder, a film writer, producer, director, composer and the editor of her directorial film Main Hoon Na in 2004. The two have worked together in films like Jaan-E-Mann, Tees Maar Khan and Om Shanti Om. She gave birth to triplets, composing of one boy and two girls in year 2008. 

She studied Sociology in Mumbai’s St. Xavier College. During this time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller was being telecasted. Farah, though she had not tried dancing before, got inspired and became her vocation. Basically, she just learned how to dance by herself and started her own dance group. She took over to choreographer Saroj Khan, when he walked out of the sports drama film, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar in 1992. After this, she started to choreographed dance routines for more than 100 songs in several Hindi films. Farah has worked in international projects like the 2007 romantic musical comedy film, Marigold: An Adventure in India, the 2001 film Monsoon Wedding and the 2005 Chinese film, Perhaps Love. Her choreography in Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair and Bombay Dreams gained her nominations at the Tony Awards as Best Choreographer in 2004. She already won five times at the Filmfare Awards for the same category. In year 2012, Farah has choreographed the songs Radha and Ishq Wala Love for the film Student of the Year and Jumping Jhapak in 2013. 

Farah is a good friend of Shah Rukh Khan, whom she met during the set of the 1994 Bollywood film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and since then, they started to work together in several projects. Farah, soon became a director as well and her first film Main Hoon Na stars Shah Rukh Khan, produced under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. She was the first female director to be nominated at the Filmfare for Best Director. Her second film, Om Shanti Om also stars Shah Rukh Khan and the debutant actress, Deepika Padukone. This film became a top grosser of all time after it was released. In 2010, her third directorial venture Tees Maar Khan stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. She made her acting debut inn year 2012 after doing the lead role in Bela Bhansali Sehgal’s Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi. 

She also trained the famous Columbian pop star Shakira for her song Hips Don’t Lie, Bollywood version, for MTV Music Video Awards in 2006 and Kylie Minogue in Chiggy Wiggy for Anthony D’Souza’s Blue in 2009. In the same year, she hosted the celebrity chat show entitled Tere Mere Beach Mein, which was aired on Star Plus. She also judged reality television shows like the first and second seasons of Indian Idol, Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star, Dance India Dance Li’l Masters and Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. In 2011, Farah, along with Hrithik Roshan and Vaibhavi Merchant judged the dance reality series Just Dance on Star Plus. She also hosted the special series of the reality show Bigg Boss Halla Bol in 2013. 

In honor of Farah’s triplets, she and her husband started the Three’s Company, a production house in India.

Sonakshi Sinha is a well-known Indian Actress. She is the daughter of veteran actors Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha. Her father is now a politician from Bharitya Janta Party. She was born on 2 June 1987 in Mumbai. She has two brothers Luv and Kush. She did her schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Mumbai and graduation from Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University, Mumbai in Fashion Designing.

Sinha first worked as a costume designer and designed costumes for movie ‘Mera Dil Leke Dekho’. She did Modeling before moving to the big screen and walked the ramp in Lakme Fashion Week, 2008 and 2009.

She made her acting debut in the Salman Khan co-starred Dabangg, which turned out to be a huge success. For this role she had to lose almost 30 kilos. She followed a strict diet and workout regime. She donated the signing amount for the film to Salman Khan’s charitable organization Being Human. After her initial release she worked in many big films such as Rowdy Rathore, Son of Sardaar, Dabangg 2 and many others making unconventional beauty an established name in Bollywood.

She made her kollywood debut in Lingaa opposite to Rajnikanth. Currently she is working on an action-drama Akira which is set to be launched in near future.

She has won numerous awards for her work and received positive comments.

She is an animal lover and active member and face of PETA. She starred in a video asking people to adopt animals and have them sterilized. Sonakshi likes sketching, listening to music, hanging out with friends and watching movies.

Sonakshi has also been in the limelight in past years surrounding various controversies.

She has been romantically linked to her co-star Arjun Kapoor. Both of them were spotted together on many occasions however there is no confirmation from the two.

The Sinha Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

A true Virgo at heart, Prachi Desai was born at Surat, Gujarat, on the 12th of September, 1988 in a traditional Anavil family. She studied from St.Joseph’s Convent, Panchgani and presently resides in Mumbai with her mother and two siblings. Acting flowed in the family as her father and uncle were active participants in Gujarati plays. Prachi’s hobbies include acting, sports, listening to music and sketching.

She is the brand ambassador for cosmetic producing company- Neutrogena. Prachi shares a close relationship with friend and mentor Ekta Kapoor.

Prachi made her debut on television with the highly acclaimed role of Bani Dixit/Walia in the serial Kasamh Se aired on Zee TV. Thereafter she featured in the serial Kasautii Zindagi Kay and as a contestant on the Dance Reality Show – Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. In this contest, she was eliminated in one of the rounds but later re-entered the show via a Wild-card Entry. Thereafter she went on to be declared the winner of the show. Later she entered another dance reality show – Yeh Hai Jalwa. Prachi mentored five college students in this show and trained the “Masti Ki Paathshaala” team.

For her television career, Prachi won several awards. She won 8 television awards for Kasamh Se including Indian Telly Awards 2006 for Best Couple Of The Year with co-star Ram Kapoor and Fresh New Face Of The Year for Kasamh Se.

Prachi Desai got her break in films with Rock On (2008) with Farhan Akhtar in the male lead role. She played the character of his wife. The film was highly acclaimed. It won the National Award For Best Feature Film in Hindi and Prachi won the award for Best Debut in this movie. She also won the Successful Bollywood Breakthrough Award in the Indian Telly Awards for Rock On.

Thereafter, Prachi acted in other Hindi movies such as Life Partner (2009), Once Upon A Time In Mumbai (2010), Teri Meri Kahaani etc. Again for Once Upon A Time In Mumbai, she received several awards including Zee Cine Awards, Lions Gold Awards, Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards and Stardust Awards for Best Actress In Supporting Role (Female).

In the coming few months, Prachi will be seen in I,Me Aur Main, directed by comedian turned director Kapil Sharma having John Abraham as the male lead.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a popular Indian actress and is a high-profile celebrity in India. She was born on November 1, 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India to Krishnaraj, an Army Biologist and Brinda, a homemaker. She has one brother named Aditya Rai, an engineer-turned-producer, who produced her film Dil Ka Rishta in 2003. Her family shifted to Mumbai and she studied at Arya Vidya Mandir High School during her early years. She later attended Jai Hindi College and moved to DG Ruparel College in Matunga, where she scored 90% in the Higher Secondary School Certificate. During her teenage years, she trained in classical dance and music for 5-years. Initially, she planned to pursue a career in medicine, but it didn’t work out. She then took an architecture course at the Raheja College of Arts, but she decided to pursue a modeling career and so gave up on her studies.

Vidya Balan is an award winning Bollywood actress who was born in Poothamkurussy, Puthur of Kerala. Her birthday is 1st of January in 1978. Her parents are Saraswathy and P. R Balan. Her elder sister is Priya Balan and her second cousin is Indian actress Priyamani. She studied at a High School in Mumbai and in 1995, at the age of sixteen, she played the role of Radhika in the first season of Ekta Kapoor's TV series named “Hum Paanch”. In her teenage, she was inspired by Indian actress Shabana Azmi and Madhuri Dixit. She studied Sociology in St. Xavier's College and completed Master's in Mumbai University. She has appeared in several TV commercials and also she has starred in music videos. Vidya has briefly studied Carnatic music, Bharatnatyam and Kathak. She was listed as the "India's hottest vegetarian" in polls conducted by PETA in 2011 and 2012. In 2003, she commenced her career in feature film industry with the Bengali movie “Bhalo Theko”. “Parineeta” (2005) was her foremost Hindi movie. There she played the role of Lalita. Parineeta was a box-office hit and Vidya received the Filmfare best actress award in 2006, for her performances in Parineeta. Later, she appeared in “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” (2006) co starred with Sanjay Dutt. In 2007, she appeared in romantic comedy film “Heyy Babyy”. Heyy Babyy is a remake of Hollywood film “Three Men and a Baby”. Vidya played the role of Isha Sahni and the movie became an overnight hit. She got the opportunity of working with director Aziz Mirza, in 2008. Aziz selected Vidya for the role of Priya, in “Kismat Konnection”. The victorious period of her career as a Hindi actress began in the year 2009. She appeared in five different successive films, including “Paa” (2009), “Ishqiya” (2010), “The Dirty Picture” (2011), Kahaani (2012). Her prominent acting skills in those roles recognized her in Hindi cinema. She has won the National Film Award for best actress (Dirty picture), five Filmfare Awards for Parineeta (2005), Paa (2009), The Dirty Picture (2011), and Kahaani (2012) and Ishqiya (2010), five Screen Awards and Padma Shri Award in 2014. Vidya Balan got married to Siddharth Roy Kapoor, the CEO of UTV Motion Pictures on 14th of December 2012 in Bandra, Mumbai.

Shatrughan sinha is a well known name of the Hindi film industry whose work speaks of his success story. Sinha is an Indian film and television actor, politician, member of rajya sabha cabinet minister of health and family welfare and member of 15th loksabha 2009. He hails from Patna, Bihar but his hometown never proved to be an obstruction in his career. When it was more than difficult for a guy from Bihar to enter the industry, sinha gained large audience and wide popularity. He studied from Patna Science College and later continued his studies from TV and film institute of India, pune. He got his first opportunity to play the role of the Pakistani military officer in ‘Prem pyaari’ followed by grabbing another movie ‘sajan’. However due to certain circumstances, sajan was released first, being his debut film. His character in the movie ‘Rakta charitra’, where he portrayed Chief Minister N.T Rao, was very much appreciated. For the last time he was seen in the movie ‘wo aadmi bahut kuch jaanta hai’ that was released in the year 2013. Sinha was also the play back singer of several of his movies. He sung the songs in movies like ‘dost and jwalamukhi’. He also hosted the Bhojpuri version of ‘kaun banega crorepati’ and was seen judging a reality show- great Indian laughter challenge on Indian television. He was named as one of the unconventional actor by ‘rediff’. He is popularly known as shotgun as per his image created by the roles he did in his movies. He was a top most bollywood star during 70’s and 80’s.initially he was accepted as the most perfect villain of that time but later when he came out with a positive image in the movies, he was much more liked by the audience. Shatrughan is the first film star to become the cabinet minister. He is the man of words who can very well convince audience through his oration. Currently he is the acting minister of bhartiya janta party.

The famous brothers of the Indian film industry well known for their music composition and direction, ‘Sajid Ali’ and ‘Wajid Ali’, are collectively known as Sajid Wajid. They are the sons of Famous Tabla player, ‘Ustad Sharafat Khan’. Music was inherited in their blood and they had much more to give to this industry. Sohail Khan’s “Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya” was the first movie in which Sajid Wajid gave their music in 1998. 

Ranbir Kapoor is a noted Indian film actor. He was born on September 28, 1982, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to Rishi (Bollywood film actor, producer and director) and Neetu Singh (Bollywood actress). His grandfather, Raj Kapoor, is also a noted film actor, producer and director and was once called “The greatest showman of Indian cinema”. He has a sister named Riddhima, an interior and fashion designer. Ranbir, Karisma and Kareena Kapoor were first cousins. He studied at Bombay Scottish School, Mahim. During an early age, he admitted that he never had a close relationship with his father.

Mohit Chauhan is a Bollywood playback singer. He was born on March 11, 1966 at Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He was also a previous front-man of the band, Silk Route. Mohit is fluent in Pahari, Hindi and English languages. He went to St. Xavier’s School in Delhi and then he came to Himachal Pradesh to finish his studies. He graduated college with a Master of Science in Geology at Dharamsala College. 

Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian movie actor who had no filmy links to make a Bollywood career. This handsome hunk is a carbon copy of Disney's Tangled Flynn Rider (Hollywood actor). Ranveer Singh is one of our brightest stars who rose to his heights through dedication, hard work, and perseverance. He always had an inclination for performing arts, But this actor needed the luck to launch his film career. Yash Raj films invited the struggling actor to audition for their next film, and Ranveer won the part of lead hero in the surprise 2010 hit ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’.

Ronit Roy (Ronit Bose Roy) was born on 11th October 1965, in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. He became a popular in the industry after his character “Rishabh Bajaj” in Ekta Kapoor’s Kasautii Zindagii Kay. He is a Bollywood actor and popular Indian Television actor, best known for his portrayal of Rishabh Bajaj, Mihir Virani and Aparajit Deb. He currently acting in the Hindi TV serial Adaalat as KD Pathak. Ronit Roy has been referred to as the Amitabh Bachchan of the TV screen and popularly known as “Big B” of small screen. He also owns a security business, providing security to Bollywood stars and production houses. Ronit has played the prestigious role of the legendary warrior Bhishma Pitamah in Balaji Telefilms' production Kahaani Humaaray Mahabharat Ki. Ronit judged a reality show, "Aajaa Mahi Vay". Ronit Roy also appeared in many Bollywood movies. Some of his popular movies are Two States, Boss, Shootout at Wadala, Ugly, Student of the Year, Luck by Chance, etc.

Vikramaditya Motwane is a film producer, writer, and director. He was born on 6th December 1976. He married Ishika Mohan, the photographer. He started his career as an assistant to the director Sanjay Leela Bhansali; he worked with him for the films ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ (1999) and ‘Devdas’ (2002). He was the choreographer for the songs of the film ‘Paanch’ (2003). He made his directional debut with the film ‘Udaan’ (2010) under Anurag Kashyap Films; the film was acclaimed on all platforms, among the seven awards it received in Filmfare awards included ‘Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie’; it was also selected at 2010 Cannes Film Festival in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ to compete.. He also bagged the Best Director Award at Star Screen Awards. His second directional film was ‘Lootera’ (2013).

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.

Hrithik Roshan with his unimaginable dance moves is praised as the Dance God of Bollywood, is the only son of Bollywood Director/Actor/Producer Rakesh Roshan. He is considered the most hard working personality when comes to the profession. As a kid he had stammering problem and it doesn’t stop him from moving ahead to this position. Hrithik who is fondly called as duggu by his family also worked in few bollywood movies as a child artist and the notable one was with Superstar RajiniKanth where he played the role of Our Thalaivar’s Son.

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.

Amit Rampal is an Indian Actor, Host, Producer and a model who played his role in various Cinema movies and Television shows. He was born on 26th November 1972 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India in the family of Amarjit Rampal and Gwen Rampal. Amit did his schooling from St. Patrick School in Maharashtra where his mother was also a Teacher. He is very intelligent and talented boy from his childhood and he is very naughty guy. He is very hard worker, spiritual, self-confident, smart, team spirit, patient, serious, self-motivated guy. And these are the life skill reasons behind his success in his career as an Actor. He started dreaming as his career as Cinema Actor when he was just 10 years old. He was also a good anchor and stager performer in his school time. He did his graduation from Amity School of Drama, India. He is married to Mehr Jesia in the year of 1998. She is also Television Actress and Model. They have two daughters Mahika and Myra. Amit Rampal is very popular for his Television serials like Pyar Ishqq Aur Mohabatien, Dil Ka Rishta, Asaabhav, Yakin and other Bollywood movies like Om Shanti Om, Rock on, Houseful, Ra-one. He is known for his role as Suraj Saxena in the movie Dewanapan, Jai Mehra in the movie Dil Kaa Rishta, Rohit Babbu in the movie Humko Tumse Pyar Hai, Jasjeet in the superhit movie Don, Arjun Singh Chauhan in the movie Ajaab Gajaab Love. He also played his role in Television serials like he participated in the shows of Nach Baliye 4, Love to Hate you, Apsra Awards. He also nominated for 18 awards in his career as Actor and out of which he was awarded by 12 awards.
 

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.

Boman Irani is a well known name today in the Bollywood industry with a strong audience support for his studied comic roles tinged with traces of villainy in many cases. His entry into the industry was, however, much later in life when he was already 41. In fact, his route to film acting was laced with diverse previous occupations. Along with his love for photography, which many people are not aware of, he had a nascent fondness for acting too, but was never very open about it. It was ultimately Shiamak Davar who facilitated this and got him to audition for the veteran theatre personality Alyque Padamsee. Once the acting bug caught on with him, there was never a looking back. He swiftly established himself not only as one of the leading theatre personalities but also one who was clearly acknowledged by many as a prodigy. Theatre it was, that took him places, and soon he was a familiar face not only on the regional stage but also well known for his roles in English drama in the Mumbai circuit. In fact his most noteworthy stage appearance was in “I am not Bajirao”, which drew audiences for almost ten years. His transition from stage to the silver screen was punctuated by several ad shoots for leading brands, till he finally landed up with a small role in the 2003 film “Darna Mana Hai”, which in spite of not being commercially successful, had the audience look up to him as an actor of immense talent. For one like he, so obviously steeped into acting and rendering each of his roles with aplomb, it was natural that his name as a character actor of substance spread very fast and wide. His brand of comedy laced with villainous touches has been very popular with his large fan following, but on a more serious note, his performances in other roles too have been appreciated by critics. While the Raj Kumar Hirani films like his first film “Munna Bhai MBBS”, followed by his sequel “Lage Raho Munna Bhai”, the subsequent “3 Idiots” and the more recent “PK” have already made him a character whose next appearance is anxiously awaited, his more serious or varied roles in films like the Yash Raaj films “Veer Zara”; “Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Maara”, remembered for Anupam Kher’s brilliance and Ram Gopal Varma’s crime thriller “My Wife’s Murder” have been equally appreciated by the discerning moviegoers. With over 70 films to his credit including one in Telegu, Irani’s tally of films and awards is likely to rise steeply, and his place in movies can be considered not as a loss for the world of theatre, but as a gift from theatre to cinema, since he continues to equally enthuse theatres not only in India but elsewhere too with his superb acting skills.