Teejan Bai
Nisha Singh
Bela Bhansali
Sunila Pradhan
Aparajita Bhushan
Kanika Bajpai
Sohaila Kapur
Urmila Bhatt
Seema Kelkar
Sujata Mehta
Nafisa Sharma
Shabana Azmi
Mohini Sharma
Sulakshana Khatri
Ratna Pathak
Pallavi Vinay Joshi
Lubna Salim
Mita Vashisht
Ila Arun
Irshad Hashmi
Hemendra Bhatia
Champak Banerjee
Navtej Hundal
Rajendra Mehra
Yusuf Khurram
Ravindra Sathe
Adil Rana
Chakradhar Sahu
Deepak Segal
Vasant Dev
Ahmed Khan Tv Actor
Sunil Shanbag
Jeetendra Shastri
Shreechand Makhija
Dhruv Ghanekar
Mohan Maharishi
Vanraj Bhatia
Arun Verma
Ravi Khemu
Arjun Raina
Nitish Roy
Jalal Agha
Neeraj Vora
Mohan Gokhale
V. K. Murthy
Lalit Mohan Tiwari
K K Raina
Satyadev Dubey
Salim Arif
Rajesh Vivek
Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Javed Rizvi
Vinod Rathod
Utkarsh Mazumdar
Surendra Sharma
Roshan Seth
Piyush Mishra
Masood Akhtar
Deepraj Rana
Ashok Banthia
Om Puri
Arun Bakshi
Lucky Ali
Virendra Razdan
Shyam Benegal
Shankar Sachdev
Satish Kaushik
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Salim Ghouse
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Rana Jung Bahadur
Naseeruddin Shah
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Harish Patel
Amrish Puri
Achyut Potdar
Narendra Gupta
Vishnu Sharma
S M Zaheer
Virendra Saxena
Vijay Kashyap
Vijay Arora
Ved Thapar
Tom Alter
Sushil Parashar
Surendra Pal
Sudhir Dalvi
Salim Shah
Ravi Jhankal
Rakesh Shrivastav
Rajendra Gupta
Raja Bundela
Puneet Issar
Pramod Moutho
Pankaj Berry
Mushtaq Khan
Deven Bhojani
Irrfan Khan
Sanjeev Seth
Ashutosh Gowariker
1. Teejan Bai
Teejan Bai was born on August 8, 1956, is an expert in Pandavani, a traditional art from Chhattisgarh, She was born in Ganiyari village, north of Bhilai, to Chunuk Lal Pardhi and his wife Sukhwati. The eldest of five siblings, she got her talent from her maternal grandfather, Brijlal Pardhi. Brijlal Pardhi is famous for reciting Mahabharata, written by Sabal Singh Chauhan, in the Chhattisgarhi language. She was trained under Umed Singh Deshmukh. She performed her first song at the age of 13 in a neighboring village, Chandrakhuri (Durg), for Rs 10, singing VEDMATI SHAILI (style) of Pandavani. Usually, women sing the sitting style, Vedamati. Contrary to tradition, Teejan Bai sang standing with h...
Age:
67
Gender:
Female
2. Nisha Singh
Nisha Singh is a vintage Bollywood actress who showcased her works in many films from Bihar, India. Nisha worked with many popular actors in the industry namely, Nana Patekar, Mithun Chakraborthy, Sunil Dutt, Anil Kapoor, and many more.
Her famous films include, Ankush (1986), Baat Ban Jaye (1986), Kala Dhanda Goray Log (1986), Kaun Karega Insaaf (2002), Raajneeti (2010). Nisha Singh pursued her B.A. from Bhupendra Narayana Mandal University in the year 2003 and Intermediate from Purnia Girl's college in the year 1988. Her self profession was Agriculture.
Nisha later joined politics in the Bharatiya Janatha Party. She is a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. She later won the BJP ticket in the year 2020 in the Bihar...
Age:
44
Gender:
Female
Age:
44
Gender:
Female
3. Bela Bhansali
Bela Sehgal (née Bhansali) is an Indian film director and editor. She is known for her work in the Bollywood film and television industry. Bela was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, to Navin Bhansali and Leela Bhansali. When she was young, her mother used to sew clothes to support their family and make ends meet. Bela is the sister of the renowned Bollywood film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. She is married to Deepak Sehgal and has two daughters named Sharmin Sehgal and Simran Sehgal. Sharmin is an actress known for her role in the film "Malaal" (released in 2019). Bela has been a crucial part of the Bollywood film and television industry for a long time.
She has directed many popular music videos for T-Series...
4. Sunila Pradhan
Sunila is a famous actress who works in many Bollywood films. She played several roles in movies, such as “Bhumika,” which was released on 11 November 1977 and was directed by Shyam Benegal, “Gandhi,” which was released on 30 November 1982 and was directed by Richard Attenborough “Vijeta,” which was based on the character of Angad who decided to become a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force amidst the marital problems of his parents. It was released on 4 March 1982 and was directed by Govind Nihalani, “Mandi,” which was directed by Shyam Benegal and “Haiwan,” which was based on the police investigation searching for the serial killer who is killing ...
5. Aparajita Bhushan
Aparajita Bhushan is an Indian yesteryear actress who is famously known for appearing in the mythological serial 'Ramayana,' where she portrayed the role of Mandodari. Aparajita is the daughter of legendary Bollywood actor Bharat Bhushan and cousin of actress Parijat. Although coming from a family with a rich history in films, Aparajita never thought of becoming an actress. She used to do dubbing and eventually started acting after her husband's demise. She has worked in movies such as Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) and Hatya (1988) as the lead actress. Aparajita quit her acting profession when she was giving back to back successful films to pursue a career as a writer and motivational speaker. She is part of an organization c...
6. Kanika Bajpai
Kanika Bajpai is a talented Indian film actress, and she is majorly active in Bollywood. She has been recently seen in the film Phir Usi Mod par in the year 2019. She was a supporting actress, and she was cast as Ruby begum in the movie. The movie was premiered at the Berlin film festival in 2018, and she produced the movie under her home banner Kanika Multiscope. Kanika Bajpai's debut movie released on 8 March 2019 on the occasion of International Women’s Day This was also the last movie directed by the most talented director of classical cinema late Tandon. She is talented, and she seems to acquire a lot of success in the industry....
7. Sohaila Kapur
A woman of many talents- Sohalia Kapur is best known for her career as a Journalist which spanned for more than ten years. Born in Delhi, as famed actor Dev Anand’s niece and filmmaker Shekhar Kapur’s youngest sister, Sohalia is part of a family which was progressive and. With acting and scriptwriting in her genes, Sohalia lived the journalist's life before accepting the creative writer in her. Sohalia was born as the daughter of Dr. K. B. Kapur, who was the physician to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, former President of India. As a child, she lived in her own fictitious world. Once in an interview, Sohalia admitted that in her early life, fantasy and reality were blurred together. Everybody and everything was story and eventually...
Gender:
Female
8. Urmila Bhatt
Urmila Bhatt is a veteran yesteryear character actress who ruled the Hindi screen for almost 25 years. She is the only actress who played maximum mother role for Amitabh Bachchan after Nirupa Roy. She made her debut in Hindi cinema with B.R. Chopra’s film ‘Hamraaz’ (1967) which was a super hit. Next year, she acted in the Dilip Kumar-Vyjayanthimala starrer ‘Sunghursh’(1968). In the same year, she acted with Nutan and Sunil Dutt in a film’ Gauri’ which was a musical hit. Urmila Bhatt was noticed in the film. Later, she acted in blockbuster films like Dharam Karam, Chori Mera Kaam, Uljhan, etc. But it was ‘Do Anjane’(1976), a film that changed her scre...
Date of Death:
22-02-1997
Gender:
Female
9. Seema Kelkar
Seema Kelkar is an actor, model, and artist based out of Mumbai. Seema was born in Kuwait in the year 1962. Though born in Kuwait, she has spent most of her life in Mumbai. Seema has done Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the prestigious R.A. Podar College.
She also has a done a certificate course in textile design from the Rachna Sansad College. Also, her immense interest in fine arts led her to pursue a foundation course in Fine Art from the renowned J.J.School of Art.
Seema is best known for her career as a ravishing model and a wonderful actress. She as backed a special place in the advertisement world by modeling for more th...
10. Sujata Mehta
Sujata Mehta is an Indian actress from Gujarat has worked in Plays and Bollywood films. Starting her career in Gujarati plays by making small appearances, she went on to take the lead roles in movies only through her hard work, perseverance, and patience.
Sujata debuted in the film industry in 1987 with the motion picture 'Pratighata' in the lead role. The film was a success making 80 million rupees on the box office even though it did not cast in big stars. The film describes the college lecturer Lakshmi (Sujata Mehta) taking on political-criminal nexus even after facing public disrobing.
Sujata was acknowledged and acclaimed f...
Gender:
Female
11. Nafisa Sharma
Nafisa Sharma, is an Indian Actress and a popular anchor. The acting bug snapped at her and she tried her luck in acting. Luck was seemed to be impressed on her and soon she gained fame for her outstanding performances. She was appreciated for her funny roles in ‘AXE Chickipedia’, this show incur much hugger mugger due to its hilarious subject. Here the crisis of the young lover boys was truly portrayed through a comical way. These videos were designed with the sole purpose of entertaining the young audiences and these videos were telecasted on TV in 2012. This interesting web series was divided into two parts named as AXE Chicktionary and AXE Chickiquote. ‘Mardaani’ famed actor ‘Tahir Raj Bhasin’ was casted opposite her in this web series....
Age:
36
Gender:
Female
12. Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi is a film actress of Indian origin and social activist. Shabana was born on 18, September 1950 in Hyderabad. Her father, Kaifi Azmi was an Indian poet while her mother Shaukat Azmi was a stage actress for the Indian People’s Theatre Asociation.
Both her of her parents was supporters of the Communist Party of India. She has a brother named Baba Azmi, who is a cinematographer. Shabana’s early childhood memories consist of high social activity of her parents and respect for human values.
Shabana did her schooling at the Queen Mary School situated at Mumbai. Following that she did her graduation in Psychology from S...
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
13. Mohini Sharma
Mohini Sharma is an Indian television actress who appeared as Naani Maasi in Klassic Productions’ Maayka – Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka on Zee TV channel. Mohini was born in Jaipur, India and got married to actor and writer, Jeremie Campbell in 2005. Few years ago, she came to Mumbai along with her elder brother. Her father is a rich businessman and an exporter of Rajasthani products. They came to Mumbai to find a better life quality. She was supposed to work in Germany where her fluency in Sanskrit will be used for her job. Until one day, she escorted a friend in Dev Anand’s office and studio. Dev look at Mohini and offered her a spot in the industry. She never had any acting experiences, nor joined any school acting activities. Bu...
Gender:
Female
14. Sulakshana Khatri
She gave a start to her career with mythology related shows like “Ramayan”, “Shree Krishna”, etc. She enjoyed her long time journey with the team of “Best of Luck Nikki”. Recently she joined “Begu Sarai” cast and she liked that association. She wants to act upon all types of characters but comic character is the most liked one for her. She is very much satisfied with all kinds of work that she has done till now. Even she never stopped herself from working upon the different characters. In the starting of her career, she acted in many movies.
Even she has worked in films of Haryana and Gujarat. Even that particular experience appeared to be very loving. She loves to perform, whether ...
Age:
35
Gender:
Female
Age:
35
Gender:
Female
15. Ratna Pathak
Ratna Pathak is an Indian actress who has been a part of many Indigenous & International Projects through various forms of acting. She is a popular Theatre artist, film & television actress and co-founder of a theatre group called ‘Motley Theatre group’. She is the daughter of yesteryear’s famous Bollywood actress ‘Dina Pathak’. Her younger sister ‘Supriya Pathak’ is also an actress. She is married to famous actor ‘Naseeruddin Shah’.
Ratna pathak is a multifaceted personality who graduated from the National School of Drama. She has done a lot of theatre and appeared in some art movies as well. She started her career in movies with the movie called &lsq...
Age:
67
Gender:
Female
Age:
67
Gender:
Female
16. Pallavi Vinay Joshi
Pallavi Joshi is an Indian model, producer, film and television actress. She started her career as an on stage performer at her early age. She started acting in the big screen as a child actress, appearing in films like Badla and the 1977 Bollywood film, Aadmi Sadak Ka. In 1979, she played as a blind kid in the film, Dada.From 1980’s to early 90’s, Pallavi acted in various films including the Rukmavati Ki Haveli and Vanchit. She played as Iti opposite Nirvana (played by Nitish Bharadwaj in the 1988 Hindi film, Trishagni. Pallavi made a special appearance in the film, Rihaee in 1988. She also donned the 1992 Hindi film, Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda under the direction of Shyam Benegal, where she played the role of Lil...
Age:
55
Gender:
Female
17. Lubna Salim
Lubna Salim or better known as Leela Thakkar due to the fame she acclaimed from popular, long-running serial Baa Bahooaur Baby. She is an Indian theatre and television actress. Baa Bahooaur Baby was one of the highlights of her career as after this serial, people refer to her more as LeelaThakkar. This definitely defines her acting skills. Her dad is a popular script writer –JavedSiddiqui and she did her education from Mithibai College where she pursued theatre at inter-college level. She has collected lots of appreciation for her work which includes Star Parivaar Awards in 2007 and Indian Telly award for Baa Bahoo Aur Baby.
Lubna Salim debuted in bollywood at the age of 16 and could not get herself accu...
Gender:
Female
18. Mita Vashisht
Mita Vashisht is an Indian television, theatre and film actress known for her impeccable performance in different Hindi movies and television serials.
Vashisht was born in Pune, Maharashtra on 2 November, 1967, to Dutt Vashisht and Meenakshi Mehta Vashisht. Mita holds a post graduate in literature degree from Punjab University and also is a graduate from the National School of Drama.
She has appeared in several television serials like Space City Sigma, Bharat Ek Khoj, Mr Yogi, Pachpan Khabe Lal Deewaren, Swabhimaan, Kirdaar, Ghum, Saalgirah, Vijay Jyoti, Kaaun, Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and Surveen Guggal.
Besides acting, Mita is an active social work who has worked for children in remand...
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
19. Ila Arun
Ila Arun is of the star sign Pisces being born on 14th March in Jaipur, Rajasthan where she was also brought up. Her siblings are Piyush Pandey, Prasoon Pandey, Rama Pandey and Tripti Pandey, none of them a part of the Bollywood business like their sister. Ila completed her education graduating from the Maharani Girls’ College in her hometown and is popular for acting and singing, mostly for the latter. Her strong, husky voice of earthy tones has proved her an incomparable singer in Rajasthani folk/folk-pop fusion songs while dabbling in other genres including classical music.
Apart from Hindi, she has sung songs in different languages including Tamil and Telugu. Ms. Arun’s steady rise to fame compris...
Date of Death:
15-03-1954
Age:
95
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
15-03-1954
Age:
95
Gender:
Female
20. Irshad Hashmi
Irshad Hashmi is an Indian film actor who worked for Hindi movies. He is a great actor who worked with big Bollywood celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Deol. As an actor, he worked in 40 plus Hindi movies and Hindi TV series in his entire career.
CID in 2000, Byomkesh Bakshi in 1997, Damini in 1993, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman in 1992, Jaan Se Pyara in 1992, Jab Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya in 1991, Phaanshi ka Phanda in 1990, Bharat Ekkhoj in 1989, Wagle Ki Duniya in 1988, were some of his most recognized work in the industry....
21. Hemendra Bhatia
Hemendra Bhatia is an actor, writer, and director based in India. He has worked predominantly in the Bollywood film industry. In 1987, he worked in The Eight Column Affair, directed by Sriram Raghavan, and starring Hemendra Bhatia, Nana Patekar, Rachael Reuben, and Shivkumar Subramaniam. In 1989, he worked in Bharat Ek Khoj, directed by Shyam Benegal, written by Priya Chandrashekhar, Vasant Dev, Lal Behari Dey, Iqtidar Alam Khan, Gulan Kriplani, Ashok Mishra, Deenbandhu Mitra, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sandeep Pendse, Sunil Shanbag, Javed Siddiqui, and Shama Zaidi, and starring Roshan Seth, Om Puri, Ravi Jhankal, and Anang Desai.
In 1991, he worked on Idiot, directed by Mani Kaul, written by Hemendra Bhatia, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Rajeev Kum...
22. Champak Banerjee
Champak Banerjee, is an Indian director, photographer, and writer. He was a young theatrical activist in the city. He has been in popular serials such as Nukkad, Uddan, LifeLine, and Bharat Ek Khoj, and has just launched his own production firm in Mumbai. Banerjee has also collaborated with famous filmmaker Shyam Benegal in the film ‘Antarnaad’ alongside veteran performers Shabana Azmi and Om Puri, as well as actors Jeetendra, Jaya Prada, Kader Khan, and Gulshan Grover in the commercial film Sapno Ka Mandir. In 2011, he was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Janmabhoomi Award at the Nashik International Film Festival for his film Shrishti-Chakra, which deals with the topic of global warming.
After its premiere at the ...
23. Navtej Hundal
Navtej Hundal was an actor and acting coach in the Hindi and Punjabi movie industries. He worked in various television shows and films, including both Hindi and Punjabi. Hundal is a graduate of the National School of Drama. He has a daughter named Avantika Hundal, who is a television and film actress. Navtej has been the part of various movies and shows including Film Angaaray(1986), Tera Karam Mera Dharam (1987), Hathyar (1989), Doosra Kanoon (1989), Diva Bale Sari Raat (1991), Aasmaan Se Gira (1992), Yalgaar (1992), Kshatriya (1993), Khalnayak (1993), Himalaya Ke Aanchal Mein (1995), Tere Mere Sapne (1996), Main Zulm Ko Mita Dungi (2001), Galtiyaan - The Mistake (2006), The Whisperers (2009), Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019), and t...
24. Rajendra Mehra
Rajendra Mehra is an Indian actor, dialogue writer, and lyricist. He acted in three episodes of Door Darshan’s Bharat Ek Khoj (1988), directed by Shyam Benegal. Mehra appeared as Radha Mohan Singh in episode 3, The Vedic People and the Rig Veda (1988), and Ali Naqi in episodes 35 and 52, Auragzeb: Part 1 and Do or Die. He has also worked roles in various Hindi blockbuster films such as Main Azaad Hoon (1989), Shikari: The Hunter (1991), Chamtkar (1992), Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992), Umar 55 Ki Dil Bachpan Ka (1992), Ram Jaane: God Knows (1995), Private Detective: Two ...
25. Yusuf Khurram
Yusuf Khurram is a popular Line Producer from India. He has worked in movies like Byomkesh Bakshi, released in 1993, Viceroy’s House in 2017, and Prem in 1995. He was also involved in movies like Hero Hiralal, released in 1988; Viceroy’s house as Sardar Patel released in 2017; Taanko Bhid Gayo as Father in 2014; Officer as Gopal Pandey in 2001; Darmiyaan as Madhukar in 1997, The Cloud Door in 1994, in custody as a young poet in 1994, Rudaali in 1993 and Antarnaad in 1991. He also works as a folk event designer, independent documentary filmmaker, performer, Line Producer, Fixer, a researcher for photojournalists, documentaries, cultural/visual anthropologist projects, and video producer.
He pursued ...
26. Ravindra Sathe
Ravindra Sathe is a well-known Indian playback Singer and an actor who has contributed many soulful songs to the Marathi Film Industry. He was born on 7th February 1951 into a Marathi family. He started his career as a sound recordist in the Doordarshan but later became a light music artist. Sathe started his career as a singer in 1972. Some of his songs in Marathi films are Samna (1975), Jait Re Jait (1977), Aai (1995), and many more. Sathe has also sung few songs for Bollywood. His songs included Amitabh Bachchan’s special appearance, Eklavya: The Royal Guard- “The Revelation” and “The Gayatri Mantra Theme.” Popular Marathi songs like Ya Dehi Tuza song, Amhi Thakar Thakar, Ran He U...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
27. Adil Rana
Adil Rana is an Indian Hindi film and TV actor. Adil has performed in various movies and TV series in the Hindi language. He appeared in the movie ‘Jane Bhi Do Yaaro’ and ‘Ardh Satya.’ Both of them released in 1983. He has also worked in the TV series ‘Doosra Keval,’ broadcast in 1989. The series featured Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. It telecast on DD National. ‘Kamla Ki Maut’ (1989), ‘Nanhe Jaisalmer’ (2007), ‘Babul,’ ‘Shadyantra,’ ‘Misaal’ (1985) and ‘Pinjar’ (2003) are other projects he has worked in. The movie ‘Misaal,’ featured Naseeruddin Shah and Vijayata Pandit in the lead roles....
28. Chakradhar Sahu
Chakradhar Sahu is an Indian filmmaker who has worked on a number of projects in Odisha. Sahu began his cinematic career in 1996 with the film ‘Nila Mastrani’, for which he received the ‘Odisha State Film Award’ for Best Editor. Godabarish Mohapatra's short tale 'Nila Mastrani' was adapted into a film. He went on to direct mega hits including ‘Kebe Tume Naha Kebe Mu Nahin,' ‘Tumaku Paruni Ta Bhuli,' and ‘Sukha Asuchi,' for which he won the State Film Award for Best Director. In 2016, he released his most recent film, Meemansa. It was also based on a story written by Pradip Dash.
His first and last directing efforts were inspired by literature, with both films based...
29. Deepak Segal
Deepak Segal is the content head and a known name in the entertainment industry. He manages the content department at Applause Entertainment. After getting a degree from the Film and Television Institute, Deepak started making a solid ground for himself in the film industry. He has an enviable filmography which correctly reflects his talent. He has been a name to reckon in the OTT industry. He is associated with eminent shows such as City Of Dreams, Time Machine, Vroom, Criminal Justice ( both seasons), Rashbhaari, Hostages, Scam 1992, The Office etc. He has also been associated with movies like Patthar Ke Phool, Drishti. Scam 1992 has been a roaring success. He is really innovative at what he does and can be considered as a ve...
30. Vasant Dev
Vasant Dev is an Indian lyricist who worked for the Hindi film industry. He worked with big directors of Hindi cinemas like Mahesh Bhatt, Govind Nihalani, and Shyam Benegal. Vasant also worked in Hindi parallel cinemas during 1980 and completed his academic from Parle College in Mumbai. He also worked with the great singer Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle in the song Man Kyon Behka in 1984, which directed by Girish Karnad.
In many Bollywood movies as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist some of which include Sur Sangam in 1985, Bharat Ek Khoj, which was a TV series in 1988, Nasoor in 1985, Kamla in 1984, and many others. Some of his work as a lyricist, include Bhumika in 1977, Ramayana the ...
31. Ahmed Khan Tv Actor
Ahmed Khan is an Indian actor working for the Hindi film industry. He worked in many Bollywood movies like Fanna, Dil Chahta Hai, and Hum Kisise Kum Naheen. Fanna was a drama-romantic film which hit the theatres on 26th May 2006. The film was the blockbuster hit and won nine awards and three nominations. Kunal Kohli worked as the director of the movie while Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Tabu, Kiron Kher were in the lead cast of the film. Dil Chahta Hai was a comedy, drama, romantic movie which hit the theatres on 10th August 2001. It was a great success of Farhan Akhtar as a director, and it received about 27 awards and 37 nominations, including Best Actor in Supporting Role Male, Best Director, Best Actor in the Leading Role, Best Ac...
32. Sunil Shanbag
Sunil Shanbag is a Theatre Director, Documentary filmmaker, and Screenwriter. He was born on the 7th of October 1956. He did his schooling from the Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. He completed his graduation from the University of Mumbai. Sunil had no background or training in theatre, but he worked extensively with Satyadev Dubey, an Indian theatre director, playwright, actor, screenwriter, and film director. Satyadev considered him his foremost protege. In 1985, Shanbag founded, Arpana, a theatre company. In 2007, he directed the critically acclaimed Polyester 84, Cotton 56 which won three META awards at the Mahindra Theatre Festival.
He has since directed many plays and garnered love and attention from all over the worl...
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
33. Jeetendra Shastri
Jeetendra Shasti is a well-known Indian television and film actor. He was born on 5th June 1957 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. His nickname is Jitu. He has worked as an actor in various Hindi short films, movies, TV series and web series. Some of his good works include Daud: Fun on the Run (1997), Ashoka the Great (2001), Black Friday (2004), Mirzapur (2018), Sui Dhaaga - Made In India (2018), Rajma Chawal (2018), Sonchiriya (2019), India's Most Wanted (2019), and Taanashah (2020). He has also worked as an Assistant Director at Script Shop Pvt. Ltd. in India....
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
34. Shreechand Makhija
Shreechand Makhija was born on 20 March 1940. He is an Indian film and television actor. He has worked in numerous serials as well as films. He is mainly known for his role of Chaurasia in Nukkad on Doordarshan.
He appeared in types of roles and Zindagi Tumse (2019) is his last film. In the year 2018, his film Mohalla Assi is a big hit in the theatres. He is also known for his movies like Byomkesh Baksh (1993), China Gate (1998), and Mene Pyar Kiya (1989)....
Gender:
Male
35. Dhruv Ghanekar
Dhruv Ghanekar is an Indian composer, music producer and guitar player, who is based in Mumbai, India. He has attended MI (Calif) and Berklee College on scholarship, as a Guitar Player. Dhruv has performed and recorded with international artists like Vieux Farka Toure, Richard Bona, Dominic Dipiazza, Trilok Gurtu, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Bernard Purdee, Scott Kinsey, Etienne M'Bappe, A.R Rahman, Raul Midon, Bob Belden, Louis Banks, Ranjit Barot, and some more. He is known for his fusion between Indian and western music. His 2nd album Voyage was largely about fusing sounds from Africa and India. As a Composer, Dhruv has delivered over 3500 commercials, a few of which have won awards in India and abroad. He is the co-founder of the path-b...
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
36. Mohan Maharishi
Born on 30 January 1940, in Ajmer, Rajasthan, Mohan Maharishi is an Indian theatre actor, director, and playwright. He completed his graduation in 1965 from the National School of Drama in New Delhi and later filled in as its Director from 1984 to 1986. Mohan is most known for his plays in Hindi, for example, Einstein in 1994, Saanp Seedhi, and Raja Ki Rasoi Vidyottamā. Furthermore, he coordinated incalculable Hindi plays throughout the years, including, Andhayug, Othello, Rani Jindan in Punjabi, Ho Rahega Kuchh Na Kuchh roused by Marsha Norman's English play, "'Night, Mother" in 1983 and Dear Bapu in 2008.
Among eminent play composed by him incorporated "Deewar Mein Ek Khirkee Rahati Thi" and "Jo...
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
37. Vanraj Bhatia
Vanraj Bhatia was born on 31st May 1927. He is a well-known Indian music composer, provided music for most of the Shyam Benegal’s films, in his private albums with Music Today and many art movies. He got a huge opportunity in the 1990s to compose music for the Vijay Singh’s International film Jaya Ganga. He is trained in western classical music. He had studied M.A in English honors from Elphinstone College, Mumbai. Then in 1954, he passed from the Royal Academy Of Music, London with a Gold Medal.
In 1960, he started as the reader in Musicology in charge of Western Music, at the Faculty of Delhi University. His other noticeable works are Manthan in 1976, Bhumika in 1977, Trikal in 1985 Mandi in 1983, etc. he has also c...
Date of Death:
05-05-2021
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
05-05-2021
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
38. Arun Verma
Arun Verma is an Indian television actor, and cinematographer, who has portrayed challenging roles throughout his career and is best remembered for his roles in ‘Khal Nayak’ (1993), ‘Khakee,’(2004) and ‘Budtameez’ (1966). Arun Verma has astoundingly flourished in a domain where a lot of aspiring fellows have tried and failed. His decision to relocate to Mumbai after university stemmed from his desire to do something out of the ordinary, and make a mark for himself in the society.
He is a person who believes in following his passion and listens to his heart to achieve his dreams. A sarcastic person who means no harm. He is a genuine talent in the industry of thousands. Has the ability to take on...
Date of Death:
20-01-2022
Gender:
Male
39. Ravi Khemu
Ravi Khemu is a well-known Indian director, actor, and producer. He is known predominantly for his contributions to the Bollywood Film Industry.
He was born and brought up in Kashmir, India. He is a Kashmiri Pandit by religion. He is amongst those Bollywood individuals, who had witnessed the mass exodus of the Kashmiri Pandit. Ravi hails from an extremely talented family.
His father, Moti Lal Khemu, an eminent Kashmiri playwright, also known to have entitled to one of the most prestigious awards, the Padmashri.
His mother was also a well-known singer. Ravi is a graduate and has acquired a degree in Science. He was always attracted to the colorful and bright things, and this was his sole reason for choosing science...
Gender:
Male
40. Arjun Raina
Arjun Raina has trained as an artist at The London College of Music and Dramatic Art. Through 90's he qualified as a Kathakali professional dancer with Sadanam Balakrishnan. He has tutoredVoice and Acting at the National University of Theatre. In a time of 15 years, Raina has performed in and guided about 100 creations in English and Hindi.
These comprise western masterpieces like Shakespeare, Stoppard, Shaw, and Pinter as well as Indian shows like Tughlaq, Sanskarko Namaskar. He is an interpreter and novelist of short tales and performances. Raina frolicked the title part in the movie written by Arundhati Roy and led by Pradip Krishen.
He has also done acts in 'The Mandal Scheme ' (for Italian TV), 'Elect...
41. Nitish Roy
Nitish Roy is a Bengali film director and an art, production and costume designer in the Hindi film industry who moved up the ladder from a disadvantaged youth to one of India’s most prolific designers through hard work. Though that is not all that he does as he is also a world renowned architect with several film cities, amusement parks and museums under his belt.
Born and raised in Bengal he has a degree from the Government Art College. Originally he worked with a carpenter and attributes his present ability from his work. He late moved on to become a commercial artist with an advertising firm while decorating the houses of his friends in his spare time. He also de...
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
42. Jalal Agha
Jalal Agha was born in 1946. He was an actor and a renowned director in the Bollywood industry. Jalal’s father was the well-liked Indian comedian, Agha, who was well known for his comic timings. Jalal learned to act from FTII, located in Pune. Jalal was a brilliant actor and was a part of many movies, where he showcased his brilliance in the field. Jalal has been a part of various ventures either as a child actor or as the lead.
Jalal’s acting career started in 1960, when he played as a child actor in Mughal-E-Azam. He portrayed the child version of Jahangir, which was later illustrated by Dilip Kumar, when he was an adult. The story revolves around the relationship between Emperor Akbar and his son, ...
Date of Death:
05-03-1995
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
05-03-1995
Gender:
Male
43. Neeraj Vora
Neeraj Vora originally from Gujarat is a Film Director, Actor, Writer, Composer in Bollywood industry. As a director, he directed great films though he carved a niche for himself as a writer with the Perfectionist of Bollywood Aamir Khan through the Hindi movie Rangeela In 2000, he made his directional debut in a movie named “Khiladi 420” which didn’t do well.
Neeraj also directed Phir Hera Pheri, which was a blockbuster hit. He makes movies which entertains people of all age groups. His Phir Hera Pheri touched the hearts of all. He believes in doing work which is a “Complete Family Entertainment”. This comic writer and director got many awards which include Screen Awards f...
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
44. Mohan Gokhale
Mohan Gokhale was an Indian movie actor, TV and theater performer who is famous for movies including Sparsh and MirchMasala. He was born on 7th November 1953 in Pune. He had a great interest in theater since his childhood. Mohan had won several awards in intercollege competitions as well as at the state level.
His first TV appearance was with ‘Shwetambara,’ a Marathi TV Series. He has played lead roles in a lot of Hindi and Marathi movies. Mohan’s TV series Mr. Yogi was a hit and it was later remade as a movie, What’s Your Rashee with Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja. Mohan’s dream was to establish a theater academy and he did it successfully. He directed a M...
Date of Death:
29-04-1999
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
29-04-1999
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
45. V. K. Murthy
Venkatarama Pandit Krishnamurthy (V. K. Murthy) was a seasoned cinematographer who was associated with legendary filmmaker Guru Dutt. It is Murthy’s black and white photography remains iconic photographs in Guru Dutt’s all films. The magic of light and shadow in these black and white photography for songs like ‘Waqt Ne Kiya Keya’, ’Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye’, or ‘Sathiya Need Nahin Ayeegi’, etc.
This creative photographer through camera lens did create an impact even in many international film festivals. Even today Guru Dutt’s ‘Pyasa’ and Kagaz Ke Phool’ remains world’s best films. Without pro...
Date of Death:
07-04-2014
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
07-04-2014
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
46. Lalit Mohan Tiwari
Television and film actor Lalit Mohan Tiwari decided to work only in TV and films because there was nothing meaningful happening in the theater. Lalit Mohan Tiwari is known face in TV serial Mahabharat (B R Chopra’s epic) where he made his debut as a TV actor. Since TV has the ability to keep audiences hooked for years and years, Lalit Mohan is still being remembered for his role as Sanjay in ‘Mahabharat’ which ran for two years. As he was an alumna of National School of Drama, Shyam Benegal had cast him in his Tele project Bharat Ek Khoj (Discovery of India. He also got a chance to act in Benegal’s other film projects too. He has acted in films su...
Age:
69
Gender:
Male
Age:
69
Gender:
Male
47. K K Raina
K K Raina is an Indian television, film, and theatre Actor, Writer and Director. He was born in the year 1953. He is a younger brother of M K Raina, who is also a prominent Actor and Director. And both are an alumnus of National School of Drama (NSD). K K Raina graduated from NSD in the year 1976.
Though he made his debut in 1982; he became famous by his role in the film ‘Ek Ruka Hua Faisla’ released in 1986 which was a remake of the Hollywood film ’12 Angry Men’. He played the role of a detective’s assistant in the 1993 Doordarshan detective series Byomkesh Bakshi, which also made him popular. He won Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1998 f...
Gender:
Male
48. Satyadev Dubey
A versatile personality, also, called often as ‘Theatre Guru’. His works cover mainly Acting, Directing & screenplay writing. He was born in Bilaspur, and then Madhya Pradesh in the year 1936 on 13th of July. With his brilliance in the theatre, he did not just shaped Hindi theatre but also Marathi, Bengali & Kannada theatre. He bagged various prestigious awards like Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 1971. He also grabbed the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the Shyam Benegal’s movie Bhoomika in 1978. His aim was to become a cricketer, so he moved to Mumbai for that but later he discovered his love & passion for theatres & joined the theatre group of Ebrahim A...
Date of Death:
25-12-2011
Age:
87
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
25-12-2011
Age:
87
Gender:
Male
49. Salim Arif
Salim Arif is known as the ace of Indian theatre. He is a graduate from National school of Drama, New Delhi. He is married to Lubna Arif. Lubna Arif is herself a versatile actor. Salim Arif , for now, is a managing the production designing in Whistling Wood International, Mumbai. He is also director of Cultural Affairs in two of International film festival called Ladakh International Film festival and Navi Mumbai International Film Festival. Salim Arif exhibits multifarious talents. He is a director-writer and the designer of theatre plays. He is famous for his candid and new figurative sense.
His work in plays like ‘Taj Mahal Ka Tender’, written by Ajay Shukla...
50. Rajesh Vivek
Rajesh Vivek is an Indian actor. He was born on 31st January 1949 in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. His parents are Raj Bahadur Upadhyay and Prem Kumari Upadhyay. He took Masters’ Degree in Ancient History and Archaeology from T D Degree College, Jaunpur. Rajesh started his career doing theater dramas as an actor. Shyam Benegal gave him a chance in his film Junoon, released in 1978, which became his debut film. Further, he acted in more than 40 Hindi films.
He is very much recognized for his role in ‘Lagaan –Once upon a time in India’ as Guran, ‘Swades’ as Postman, and ‘Jodha Akbar’ as Chughtai Khan. Interestingly all these three fi...
Age:
75
Gender:
Male
Age:
75
Gender:
Male
51. Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Nitin Desai is a notable art director and production designer in Bollywood; he is also a TV and Film producer. He was born in Mulund, Mumbai, Maharashtra. He did his schooling from Wamanrao Muranjan High School, Mulund. He learned photography from L S Raheja School of Arts and J J School of Arts. After which he made his entry into films. Nitin started his career by assisting art director Nitish Roy for the TV serial, Tamas (1987); he was the fourth assistant to Roy.
Before joining Roy, he went to Mumbai’s Film City Studios, where he switched to 3D world of art direction from 2D format of still photography. He further worked for TV series as ‘Kabir’ and &l...
Age:
58
Gender:
Male
52. Javed Rizvi
Javed Rizvi is an Indian professional actor who has worked in the Hindi film industry. He is known for his performance in the movies Slave which released in the year 1998, Rama O Rama which hit the theatres in 1988 and Ram Knows in the year 1995. Javed Rizvi's full name is Javed Rizvi Jarehavi. He is also known in the field as master Javed. Javed Rizvi started working in cinema as a child artist from the late 80s to early 90s. He willingly accepted offers of small character roles from the mid-90s. Javed Rizvi has a brother named Isa Rizvi. Javed Rizvi's movies have been released all over India and also outside in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia, Canada, and in Gulf countries. Javed Rizvi has acted in more ...
53. Vinod Rathod
Music is a gift of god. It is said, a melodious song can satisfy God and fulfill the wishes of the worshiper. The Muses, the goddess of music, dance, and poetry comes to the earth, to bless the person who wants to flourish with music. Vinod Rathod, is a man who is god gifted, and has churned out with his melodious voice for a long period of time.
He is the son of Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, the music composer, the classical singer in Drupad. Vinod, as a child took interest in various genres of music, his father had recognized the rare quality of his son Rathod and did needful steps to establish him in this line.
Rathod has started his musical journey as a table player and very soon he became famous and demanding tablist to ass...
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
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54. Utkarsh Mazumdar
Utkarsh Mazumdar is a television actor and a director who has appeared in many commercials and serials. He is also a very famous theatre artist. He has been in theatre for over 45 years working in many languages like Gujarati, Hindi, and English.
He belonged to the Nagar community who had a musical and literary tradition. So he considers himself lucky to come from such a broad-minded family that encouraged theatre. Nadira Babbar, Kanti Madia, Lillete Dubey, Satydev Dubey are some of the directors he had worked with. His most famous performances were in plays like ‘Tran Gujarati’ which is a Gujarati play that has three different stories that take place in a coffee shop.
The best of all the three stories is '...
55. Surendra Sharma
Surendra Sharma is a very prominent poet, who has written lyrics for songs in the Hindi movies. He is a well-known celebrity of Bollywood film industry. His poetry is most likely based upon the humor genre, and he got huge recognition for his song lyrics. He writes song lyrics on humor, and he got a splendid response to his poems based on his spouse, and he. He is widely known for his hilarious poems, which became a huge hit indeed.
He mastered all aspects of poem writing. His lyrics of many songs has just elevated and manifested a classy appeal to the songs, which made the very song become a hit regardless of any factors. He is a recipient of Padma Shri award in the year ...
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
56. Roshan Seth
He is an Indian born British actor, born on 2nd April 1942. He did his schooling in, “The Doon School”. He learnt acting in London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Arts. He is very much recognized for his wonderful performance in movies like, Gandhi, Not Without My Daughter, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to name a few.
A turning point in his career came, when he featured in Peter Brook's production of, ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’. After this venture, he was typecast in a lot of movies, which he wanted to avoid. He came back to India, and worked as an 'Editor and Journalist' till the early 1980’s.
Then came another opportunity when, Richard Attenborough asked Seth to potray 'Jawaharlal Nehru', in “Gandhi”, he was then consigned for t...
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
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57. Piyush Mishra
Piyush Mishra is an Indian film actor, singer, composer, lyricist, theatre director. His versatility in acting has proved him as one of the promising actors in Bollywood Cinema today he has. He was also considered to play the role of Prem in the superhit movie “Maine Pyaar kia” which put Salman khan in the hearts of his fans. He has acted in 25 Films, written dialogues in more than 5 films, and given lyrics for more than 10 films and this is just the beginning for him. This versatile actor was born in Gwalior on Jan 13, 1986. He grew up in Gwalior but his love for movie brought him to Delhi and he graduated from prestigious institute national school of drama, Delhi in...
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
58. Masood Akhtar
Masood Akhtar is a professional actor and director in the Hindi film industry. He is known for his performance in Om Shanthi Om in the year 2007, Kahaani in the year 2012 and in the American comedy-drama film The Hundred-Foot Journey which released in the year 2014. He has acted in about 50 movies predominantly in Hindi. Masood Akhtar is associated with films, theatre, and television series for about 36 years. He is also involved with IPTA, a theatre group since 1979. As a director, some of Masood Akhtar's notable television serials are Nukkad, Mirza Galib, Intezaar, and Swabhimaan. As an actor, he has given quality movies with film directors like Satyajit Ray, M. S. Sathyu, Gulzar, Shyam Benegal, Kundan Shah, Aparna Sen, Gautham Gho...
Age:
83
Gender:
Male
59. Deepraj Rana
Although belonging to Allahabad, where he did his schooling, Deepraj Rana settled for Chandigarh to do his higher education, and the Punjab link continued when he turned towards brushing up his acting skills finishing off as a post graduate from the Department of Theatre of Punjab University. From 1989, he had been associated with Nadira Babbar’s theatre troupe Ekjut, and the 5 years that he spent with them seems to have stood him in good stead. Not only did he bag several awards, but also obtained for him several positive references to enable him bag a role in the 1990 TV serial “Tara” opposite Ratna Pathak. Since then he seems to have had a prolific run, having acted in more than 12 popular TV serials...
Age:
38
Gender:
Male
60. Ashok Banthia
Ashok Banthia was born in the beautiful city of Udaipur in the colorful state of Rajasthan. He had always seen himself working in the field of acting and, therefore, had prepared himself from the very start. He took a lot of training and education in this arena and came out to be a very powerful personality.
Ashok, at first, did a Diploma in the field of theater and dramatics from Chandigarh’s Punjab University. He then came down to Delhi and did a course from the very prestigious college of Dramatics named National School of Drama. He had gained a lot of confidence in himself and his talents by now. After this, he went out of India to pursue his training further and...
61. Om Puri
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 1973 class.
He started his movie career in 1976 with the Marathi film ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ directed by K.Hariharan. The movie was based on a play with the same name and it got success both commercially and critically. His career grap...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
62. Arun Bakshi
Arun Bakshi is an Indian TV actor and film actor. He was born in Ludhiana, Punjab and grew up in his very own home town. He studied in Arya College, Ludhiana and graduated from there. After graduation, he worked in the Punjab Agricultural University for a short period of time. Later, Bakshi shifted to Mumbai and there, he started his acting career in the year 1981. First he got small roles in TV serials and he worked in the small screen for a while. In the same year Bakshi got a role in a Hindi film "Sazaye Maut", a thriller suspense movie, he played some small role. Bakshi is popular for his role as Dhristadyumna in BR Chopra's movie, Mahabharat.
He also worked in Bollywood movies like Guru and Masoom. Arun Bakshi ...
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
63. Lucky Ali
Lucky Ali is a famous Indian singer, who was born as Maqsood Mahmood Ali. He is a Songwriter and a Composer. He is also an Actor and a Philanthropist. He is known for his hobbies such as Farming and Horse Breeding, so he can be mentioned as a Farmer and a Horse Breeder as well. Being born into a family of great artistic talents, he has inherited a lot of artistic skills in his blood for singing as well as acting, not to mention his music composing skills. Renowned comedian of Bollywood, Mehmood, is his father. His mother, Mahelaka, is the sister of the famous Bollywood actress, Meena Kumari. His father is ‘part Afghani-part Bengali’ from his mother’s side. Of the eight children in his family, Lucky Ali is the second. On...
Age:
65
Gender:
Male
Age:
65
Gender:
Male
64. Virendra Razdan
Virendra Razdan son of Sufi Musician, born on 1st January 1950 studied acting at the National School of Drama in New Delhi. He is very well known for the Indian television serial, for his role Vidura in Mahabharat. He is recognized for his portrayal of Maulana Azad, a leading figure of the Indian independence movement, in the year 1982 biographical film Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough.
His role of Vidura in Mahabharat even today stay in hearts of audience alive and he is very passionate in giving his best in acting. Virendra Razdan died in Mumbai, India on 13th June 2003 at the age of 53. Though he is not there on earth, still his memories remain as his prese...
Date of Death:
13-06-2003
Age:
74
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
13-06-2003
Age:
74
Gender:
Male
65. Shyam Benegal
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 were sisters. His career began in advertising in the year 1959. He was initially a copywriter. Over the years, he slowly rose to the position of a creative head. He directed over 900 advertisements before focusing his faculties on film-making. Benegal is known for films like Ankur, Nishant, Manthan and Bhumika, which were released in 197...
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
66. Shankar Sachdev
Shankar Sachdev is one of the most recognized faces on the Indian television. Over the years, he has been seen playing many roles and characters marvelously. Shankar Sachdev started his career as early as in the year 1988. His first appearance on the Indian television was with a show called Bharat Ek Khoj.
The show used to air on the DD National channel. The show focused on various historical aspects of India. Shankar Sachdev played many miscellaneous roles in a few of the episodes. His next prominent role was in the movie Ghatak: Lethal. The movie featured Sunny Deol in the lead. Shankar played a supporting role in the movie.
The movie Ghatak was released in the year 1996. He appeared next in a movie called Godmother. Th...
67. Satish Kaushik
An active actor, filmmaker & producer as well. He was born in Haryana, India on April 13th, 1956. This actor has marked his presence in the comic roles since his entry in Bollywood, He worked with the prominent actors of his time & is active yet in Bollywood. After completion of graduation from National School of Drama in 1978, he made his entry in the Filmmaking as an Assistant Director of the movie “Masoom” that won the Filmfare Award for “ Best Film Critics”, directed by Shekhar Kapoor. Masoom was his first movie as an actor too. He bagged two Filmfare Award in the category of Best Comedian for his role in Ram Lakhan & Saajan Chale Sasural. He tried his hands as Director...
Date of Death:
09-03-2023
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
09-03-2023
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
68. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Born on 24th February 1963, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an acclaimed Indian multi-faceted personality; he is a producer, director, screenwriter, and music director. He studied at the Film and Television Institution of India. The middle name Leela is from the name of Bhansali’s mother, Leela.
During 1999, Bhansali commenced SLB Films, his production house. Bhansali kickstarted his film career by assisting Vidhu and Vinod Chopra. The flicks he worked as an assistant include 1942: A Love Story, Kareeb, and Parinda. The 1996 flick Khamoshi: The Musical was the first directorial venture of Bhansali. This film had Manisha Koirala and Salman in the lead roles. The film showcased Manisha's efforts to reach out to her deaf and dumb...
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
69. Salim Ghouse
Salim Ghouse is an Indian film, television and theater actor and even a theater director. He has acted in films in various languages such as Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. This actor holds a Ph.D. in karate. The actor also acted in Shyam Benegal’s TV serial "Bharat Ek Khoj", where he gave a stellar performance. The actor was introduced in Bollywood by Dasari Narayana Rao. Later, he acted in Shyam Benegal film Chakra and acted in a TV Serial Subah. Later he went to play a villain or a negative character in regional languages films.
His firs negative role was as a villain was in ‘’Vetri Vizha’’ ( a Kamal-Prabhu Movie) and “Thazhvara...
Date of Death:
28-04-2022
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
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Date of Death:
28-04-2022
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
70. Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Sadashiv Amarapurkar (Sadashiv Dattaray Amarapurkar) is a versatile actor who had predominantly acted in Hindi and Marathi cinema. As a versatile performer, he even overcame the language barrier and acted in other Indian languages such as Bengali, Tamil, Oriya, Haryanvi, and Telugu even.
He was often known for playing negative characters or even baddie or villain character in many films but never got typecast. With a super cinematic career of more than three decades, the actor was a multi-talented and unconventional person.
After his first success in big screen after Ardh Satya, he had never looked back. Soon, he got a chance to p...
Date of Death:
03-11-2014
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
03-11-2014
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
71. Rana Jung Bahadur
Rana Jung Bahadur is an Indian professional actor. He has acted in many movies in the Bollywood industry. He is also an executive producer and a comedian. Rana Jung Bahadur is known for his acting in the films Nayak: The Real Hero which was released in the year 2001, Nalail which came in the year 2005, Heera Lal Panna Lal which hit the big screens in the year 1999 and several more. Rana Jung Bahadur has acted in more than about one hundred and fifty films. Rana Jung Bahadur was born on 23rd of November in the year 1952. His birthplace is Pathankot in Punjab, India. He received his school education from D. A. V. Model School which is located in Chandigarh, India. He moved to Chandigarh and is still living and working there.
Rana J...
Age:
71
Gender:
Male
Age:
71
Gender:
Male
72. 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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73. Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Proudly known for his role as the ingenious bald villain “Shakaal” inspired by James Bond’s Blofeld, Kulbhushan Kharbanda personifies the versatility in the Bollywood industry.
Having been born in Attock district of Punjab (now Pakistan), his family migrated to India where he completed his schooling Jodhpur, Dehradun & Aligarh. Right after his graduation from Kirori Mal College from Delhi University, a few friends of his along with him created a theater group which went by the name of “Abhiyaan.” He also conjugated with Michael Joy’s “Yatrik”, a bilingual theater, consequently also to emerge as its first ...
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
74. Harish Patel
A versatile actor who has endeared Indian television and movie viewers with his acting skills as a comedian, a supporting actor, and as a villain too. Harish Patel is a veteran actor who started his acting career at very early age of seven as he worked in the grand television serial Ramayana produced by Ramanand Sagar. It was aired on DD National News Channel in the year 1987. During the same time, he also appeared on various episodes of another popular Hindi television serial Malgudi Days. Later on, Harish Patel joined Indian National Theatre and worked a lot as a theatre artist. Indian theatre director Sara Prabhu and Harish Patel enjoyed a great run of success on Indian theatre.
Harish Patel also got chances to perform for var...
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
75. 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
76. Achyut Potdar
Achyut Potdar is India’s dexterous and finest actor in the TV industry. Right now he is 81 and still serving film industry and TV productions. He was born on August 22nd, 1934 in the famous city Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He hails from a Marathi Brahmin family. He did his studies from Indore, all his schooling, graduation and post graduation is done from Indore only. He is a university medal holder in major economics of the 1961 batch. He was also a professor at Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh.
Later, he joined the Indian Army and at the age of 33 in 1967, he retired from the Indian Army after achieving the post of captain. He worked with Indian Oil as well for more than 20 years, started there at the po...
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
77. Narendra Gupta
There can never be enough words to describe the contribution of Narendra Gupta on Indian television. He has worked in several high budget projects and has tones of experience behind him. His most popular project has been CID which is undoubtedly one of the longest running series on Indian television. He plays the role of Dr. Salunkhe, a forensic technician, in this crime series. He has worked in the show from 1998 to 2003 and then reappeared in the 2006 and the 2007 seasons.His next most popularee Tv’s Saat Phere- Saloni ka safar, that later became the 9th longest show on Indian television. He played the role of Aapji in this popular series. As the name suggests, the show is based on the protag...
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
78. Vishnu Sharma
Vishnu Sharma is a veteran actor who has been part of some epic movies like Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Arjun: The Warrior Prince (2012) and ‘Apaharan’ (2005). He has made many appearances in 'Adaalat' TV series. Vishnu has done many roles in the movies like Hum Pyaar Tum Hi Se Kr Bathe (2002), ‘Chamku’ (2005), ‘Sehar’ (2005), ‘Shikari’ (2000).
The most prominent role by far that he has played was in the ‘Mahabharat’ series between 1988-1989. He has been doing great as Acharya in Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat. He will be teaching Ashoka the lessons of life and the responsibilities...
Gender:
Male
79. S M Zaheer
S M Zaheer is one of the veteran in the Indian Television and film fraternity. Popularly known among the colleagues as Zaheer Saab, he is a very talented actor and a person with heartwarming personality. His full name is Sayed Mohammad Zaheer and he belongs to a well-educated middle class Muslim family from Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Though S M Zaheer was passionate and wanted to act since his early childhood days,he pursued his dreams only after he had completed his engineering. He also worked for a relatively long time and had earned sufficient money to support his family. In his initial days of acting before shifting his base to Mumbai, then called Bombay he acted in dramas a...
80. Virendra Saxena
Virendra Saxena is another senior actor in Bollywood and television industry. He is from a little city Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. He is from a very small city Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. He is a graduate from the popular National School of Drama (NSD). He has been on numerous occasions appraised for his remarkable voice and roles. He began his silver screen career from the show Uljhan.He took a long reprieve of 10 years and afterward returned back to the industry. Since the time he has returned, he has done numerous movies one after the other. He has turned up for as many as 80 plays. He additionally has featured in more than 30 films. Saxena has likewise worked with some of the top Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachh...
Age:
63
Gender:
Male
Age:
63
Gender:
Male
81. Vijay Kashyap
Vijay Kashyap is a very talented veteran actor, who has worked in many Hindi movies and television serials. In 1984, he was seen in epic movie Gandhi, which was based on the biography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He also played Dr. Bhatt in Mahesh Bhatt’s Flimfare Award winning movie Saraansh, which released in 1984. In 1991, he worked in movie Diksha which was based on Jnanapith Dr. U. R. Anantha Murthy’s story Ghattasharddha. He played the character of Manjunath in this movie. This film won National Award for the Best Hindi Film in 1991. In 1993, he acted in Italian-French-British movie ‘Little Buddha’.
In Hindi television, he play...
Gender:
Male
82. Vijay Arora
Vijay Arora (Born: 27th Dec 1944) was a prominent Indian film and Television series actor. He is famous for his role in the film ‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’. However, he was most recognized for his act as ‘Indrajit’ in the TV serial ‘Ramayan.' Mr. Arora was a gold medalist in his academic career. He graduated from the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India in the year 1971. Vijay Arora made his debut in the film ‘Zaroorat’ in 1970, with Reena Roy, who was also a debutant. But success came with the role of Meghnad Indrajit in Ramanand Sagar’s small screen show called ‘Ramayan.'
He also played Prince Salim and...
Date of Death:
02-02-2007
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
02-02-2007
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
83. Ved Thapar
Dr. Ved Thapar is one among the seasoned actors in Indian television. His daughter Arshima Thapar also tried her luck on television. The interesting thing is that many didn’t know that Arshima was Ved’s daughter for some time. Arshima considers her father her inspiration in the field of acting.
Ved Thapar has worked in around 1286 shows in Hindi, English, and Urdu. His works in movies include Saudagar, Love Love Love, Dushmani: A Violent Love Story and Lajja. He also played the lead in TV serial, Raja Aur Rancho and appeared in sitcoms Adaalat and Akkad Bakkad Bambe Bo. He featured in 24 which was aired on Colors.
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
84. Tom Alter
Tom Alter is a multifaceted acting personality who has showcased his acting skills in television, Hindi movies and in theaters. Tom Alter was born on Jun22, 1950 in Mussourie, Uttarakhand, India to a family of Christian missionary ancestry and has been awarded with Padmashree award by the Govt. of India in the year 2008. Tom Alter started his acting career with theatres in the year 1976 and till date considers the Late superstar Rajesh Khanna as his idol and inspiration to take up the acting profession. In his personal life, Tom Alter is married with two children, a son Jamie and daughter Afshaan. Tom Alter is a bright graduate from the prestigious FTII, Pune (Film and Television Institute of India). Before taking up acting a...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
85. Sushil Parashar
Sushil Parashar is a talented Indian actor. He has worked for more than 14 years in Indian TV and movies. He is a prominent face of many TV serials. He has acted in about eight movies till date. Some of his noted films are: ‘Dushmani’, a love story starring Jackie Shroff and Sunny Deol; ‘Neal N Nikki’, produced by Yash Chopra; ‘Joggers’ Park’, etc. He has acted in many TV Serials including ‘Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak?’ as Prabhat Pradhan, ’7 RCR’ as Ambalal Koshti, and ‘Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev’ as Sage Pitamber. Recently, he has signed for Shashi Sumeet Mittal’s TV serial ‘Hum Aapke Ghar Mein Rehte Hai’. Audiences are eagerly waiting for this show as it has many talented actors on board. Sushil Parashar is going to play an important role in this...
86. Surendra Pal
Best known for his roles as Dronacharya in Mahabharat, Amatya Rakshas in Chanakya, Tamraj Kilvish in Shaktiman and Daksha in Devon Ke Dev - Mahadev. Surendra Pal was born in 1953, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Surendra Pal belonged to a middle class background and had no idea that one day he will be known as one of the leading actor in the Indian TV Industry. His entrance in the industry was by chance, but after that he worked hard and established himself in the industry.There is a long list of movies and TV series he has been a part of, he used to get so many offers that even after rejecting some, he doesn’t have spare time for himself in his calendar. Every year brought a number of new characters for him to pla...
Gender:
Male
87. Sudhir Dalvi
He is a popular actor of Indian film and TV. Guru Vashistha has brought popularity to Sudhir Dalvi. The character of Guru Vashistha was created for TV series ‘Ramayan’ that was aired on small screen by Sagar Art Enterprises during 1987-88. The story of serial was an adaption of Hindu Epic ‘Ramayan.’He was also the part of a well-known Indian TV serial, ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ where he performed the role of Goverdhan who was known as the husband of Baa and known as Baapuji. This serial was created by Ekta Kapoor and aired at Star Plus. The story of serial was about the concept that mother in law was also a daughter in law in her past life.Other than that, he has performed as S...
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
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88. Salim Shah
Salim Shah was born on September 17, 1964 in Aligarh. He got his education from Aligarh Muslim University where he made stage performances and was secretary of the AMU Drama Club. Mr. Salim Shah had acting skills in his veins. Being the cousin of Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, he saw a speck of light in the Indian television industry.Salim Shah’s first movie was “English, August” in 1994 in which he played the role of Ravi Srivastava, a bureaucrat. The lead character, August fights the bureaucratic society. This movie bagged several awards. Lahore, released in 2010 is his most recent movie in which he played the role of Mr. Hidayaat. The movie is about a cricketer who turns into a kick-boxer to avenge...
Age:
59
Gender:
Male
Skills:
89. Ravi Jhankal
Ravi Jhankal is an experienced Indian stage, television & film personality, who is best known for his appearances in the movies of veteran director ‘Shyam Benegal’. He is remembered playing multiple characters in the popular television series of 90’s, ‘The Discovery of India’, which was based on the book of the same name, written by Late Mr. Jawahar Lal Nehru.
He was also seen plying some noted characters in the television series such as ‘Byomkesh Bakshi’ (1993), ‘Swabhimaan’ (1995) and some recent television series such as ‘Hitler Didi’ (2011), ‘Apno Ke Liye Geeta Ka Dharmayudh’ (2010) & ‘Junoon’ (2008). He was also...
Gender:
Male
90. Rakesh Shrivastav
Rakesh Srivastav has been a long time character artist who has been active in the film industry for so long, He was seen playing some memorable supporting roles in Films like ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ (1989),‘Sardari Begum’ (1996), ‘Red Swastik’ (2005) & ‘Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero’ (2005).
He has a long experience in the film industry & has a very sound background as a supporting artist in the mainstream Hindi Cinema. His orientation seems to be mostly to commercial flicks, but he was also seen playing a serious role in the movie called ‘Such a long Journey’ (1998).
He is busy nowadays with his Television acting assignments. ...
91. Rajendra Gupta
Rajendra Gupta is a veteran Indian director, theatre, film and television actor. He was hailed from Panipat, Haryana, India and studied at Kurukshetra University. His father runs a textile business but Rajendra is more focused in working on theatre. He met Veena, his wife-to-be in Indore while he’s doing a play in college. But Veena’s parents are not in favor of their marriage so the two leave Bhopal and got married. They now have a daughter named, Ravee Gupta who works as an actress as well. In year 1972, Rajendra attended National School of Drama in New Delhi.In 1985, Rajendra’s family shifted to Mumbai and he initiated his career in television. During the 80s, he appeared in television serials like Nukkad, ...
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
Skills:
92. Raja Bundela
Raja Bundela is a brilliant Indian actor, producer, director, activist and politician. He was born as Raja Rajeshwar Pratap Singh Judev in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India to a Royal House in Lalitpur District. He is a product of National School of drama and has done different character roles in movies. He is also associated to Film and Television Institute of India (FIIT) in Pune.He started his career in the early 80’s as he appeared in Brij Bhoomi, a film that depicts the story about the Braj culture in 1982. In the same year, he played supporting roles in films like Vijeta and Star. He was also seen in the Hindi film, Aadharshila which stars Naseeruddin Shah and Anita Kanwar. He is also part of the 1984 Hindi f...
Gender:
Male
93. Puneet Issar
Puneet Issar is a prominent Indian actor and brilliant director. He was born on November 6, 1959 to film director, Sudesh Issar. He was married to Deepali, sister of popular actor, Satyajeet Puri. They have two children namely, Nivriti and Siddhant. Besides being a trained actor, he is also a professor of speech, method acting and diction. He also learnt mixed martial arts and he was skilled in wrestling, kung-fu, karate and boxing.Puneet was first seen in the Bollywood action comedy film, Coolie which stars Amitabh Bachchan in 1983. One of the action scene in this film requires him to punch Amitabh Bachchan and the punch accidentally falls into his abdomen which injures him severely. Although Amitabh understa...
Age:
64
Gender:
Male
Age:
64
Gender:
Male
94. Pramod Moutho
Pramod Moutho is an eminent film and television actor who acted in more than 200 films and various television shows in India. He was born as Pramod Sharma from a Punjabi Brahmin in Kapurthala. He got his last name Moutho during his college days since he was known for playing mouth organ, so his friends usually called him as Moutho. He studied at NJSA Government College in Kapurthala. He initiated his career by doing stage plays and he even got a diploma in the Department of Indian Theatre.
Initially, he worked as a freelance stage actor in Delhi and Punjab. In 1972, one of the actors in the National Youth Festival backe...
95. Pankaj Berry
Pankaj Berry was noticed in the popular serial on the DD national, Gul Gulshan Gulfam based in Srinagar. The popular show had many celebrated names of the television such as Parikshit Sahni. Apart from the famed Gul Gushan Gulfam, the seasoned actor has a long list of TV shows to his credit such as Junoon, Swabhimaan (Dinesh Shah), Sab Golmaal Hai (Satpal), Zameen Aasman (Chander), Vansh, Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli, Yeh Ishq Hayee (Devkinandan Chaturvedi), Neem Neem Shehad Shehad, Ranbir Rano (Fauji Chacha), Maayka- Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka (Mr. Khuraana or Khuraana Sahib), Shubh Vivah and many more. The versatile actor has showed his talent portraying different shades of human personality and character. In the year 2011, he was seen in the fi...
Age:
58
Gender:
Male
Age:
58
Gender:
Male
96. Mushtaq Khan
Mushtaq is a well known person in the Indian television and film industries. He has given more than three decades to Indian cinema and television. He was born in Baihar, Madhya Pradesh. He started his career at an early age with the movie named “Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai”, in 1980. He played a character of Lecherous Shopper trying to flirt with Smita Patil. In the same year, he worked in the movie, “Thodisi Bewafaii”. His character was named “Mustaq”, who was a worker with a sick wife. Later, he worked in many movies like Sajaye Maut, Kalia, Congregation, Angaarey, Kabzaa, Main Azad Hoon, Aakhri Gulam, Sathi, Sadak, Lakshamanrekha, Zulm Ki Hukumat, Dharavi, Saatwan Aasman, Ra...
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
97. Deven Bhojani
Deven Bhojani is an Indian TV serial actor who was born on November 25, 1969 in Mumbai, India. He is also a director and a theatre artist who graduated Commerce at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai. Afterwards, Deven studied film direction to pursue his dream of becoming a director at the University of South California.
He got his fame for his Gujarati shows and drama plays. He was debuted as a television actor in the popular, Malgudi Days which was aired in 1987. He portrayed the role of Nitya on the show’s Episode Number 13. He got his fame for doing comedic and supporting roles. He received the Best Director awards for directing the 2005 comedy sitcom, Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai in The ITA...
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
98. Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan is a noted Bollywood actor who started his career with various Indian television series. His noted Bollywood movies include The Warrior, Maqbool, Haasil, Paan Singh Tomar, Gunday, Rog and The Lunchbox. At the very early stage of his acting career, he acted in various television serials like Barat Ek Khoj, Chanakya, Sara Jahan Hamara, Chandrakanta, Banegi Apni Baat, Star bestsellers, Anoo Goonj and Sparsh.
His early film credits include Ek Doctor Ki Maut and Such a Long Journey. Although these movies were critically appreciated, it did not propel him to success.
His first major Bollywood break was Rog, which caught the attention of critics and also attained commercial success. His 2007 ...
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
99. Sanjeev Seth
One of the popular TV series actors in India is Sanjeev Seth. He was born on 28th day of August, 1961 and by August 28, 2014 he will be celebrating his 53 birthday. His place of birth is Mumbai, Maharashtra in the present day India. He is an actor who has distinguished himself from others character wise. Of note is his astuteness and ability to interpret his roles in films effectively. He is very popular in a role he played in the film Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. He married Resham Tipnis which marriage lasted a period of time between 1993-2004 before they both got divorced in 2004 they both had two children namely Manav and Rishika and he got married to fellow actress named Lata Sabharwal in 2009. Sanjeev Seth has a child from h...
Age:
62
Gender:
Male
Skills:
100. Ashutosh Gowariker
Ashutosh Gowariker was born 15 February 1964 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He graduated from Mithibai College with B.Sc. in chemistry. During his school days he participated in theatre performances, folk dances and music plays, which helped him acknowledge and improve his talent and led him to attempt to build his career in the film industry. Ashutosh Gowariker began his film career modeling in commercials by GovindNihalani and Jenny Pinto.
His debut was in 1984 in the film Holi where he played the role of RanjeetPrakash.In the next years he acted in several films, such as Naam, Chamatkar, West Is West, Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro, Goonj, Gawahi, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Vazir and Sarkarnama. Ashutos...
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
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