Anjana Mumtaz
Sulabha Deshpande
Dina Pathak
Sulabha Arya
Rama Vij
Bindu
Urmila Matondkar
Neena Gupta
Sharmila Tagore
Supriya Pathak
Waheeda Rehman
Moushumi Chatterjee
Rohini Hattangadi
Pallavi Vinay Joshi
Kitu Gidwani
Archana Puran Singh
Beena Banerjee
Irrfan Khan
Krishan Sethi
Satyen Bose
Anil Ganguly
Ved Rahi
Shriram Lagoo
Lalit Mohan Tiwari
Pankaj Berry
Rajendra Gupta
Naresh Suri
Ravi Jhankal
Satish Kaushik
Bharat Bhushan
Satyen Kappu
Lucky Ali
Ajit Vachani
Harish Patel
K K Raina
Iftekhar
Avtar Kishan Hangal
Vishnu Sharma
Utpal Dutt
Marc Zuber
Aanjjan Srivastav
Suresh Oberoi
Saeed Jaffrey
Shammi Kapoor
Mangal Dhillon
Ashok Kumar - Old
Om Puri
Vijayendra Ghatge
Shyam Benegal
Kundan Shah
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kiran Kumar
Vikram Gokhale
Tiku Talsania
Parikshit Sahni
Raza Murad
Benjamin Gilani
Shashi Puri
1. Anjana Mumtaz
Anjana Mumtaz was born on 4th January, 1941, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She is a Bollywood and Gujarati actress who had done good acting in films. She is mostlyknown for her important roles that turned up to make a great impact in the film. She has been active in the film industry right from the year 1969 until the present. She got married to Sajid Mumtaz and she has a son namely Ruslaan Mumtaz. Infact, he is very popular in the Tollywood and Bollywood film industries.
He is quite close to his mother in particular and he is known for his humility. Anjana Mumtaz had acted in prominent films like Do Phool, Mahua and a lot more. The best assisting role that she had done for a movie was that she played th...
2. Sulabha Deshpande
Sulabha Deshpande is a very popular actress in movies and Television. She was born in the year 1937 and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She also directed a few Television serials. She acted in more than sixty-five movies that are an achievement for a theater artist. Her acting is all performance oriented, and adored by lots of people. She got a lot of fan followers, and her dedicated acting is clearly manifested. She rocked in both the small, and big screen projects.
She did her college in Fort, Mumbai, and then, she discovered her enthusiasm for acting. She initially took up the profession of teacher. In the event of making the drama acts in her school, she got inclina...
Date of Death:
04-06-2016
Gender:
Female
3. Dina Pathak
Dina Pathak or Deena Pathak was Indian film actor, veteran actor and Gujarati theatre director. She was born on 4 March 1922 in Amreli, Gujarat. She studied in Bombay College where she became the part of student activism. That was the time when Bahavai theater was widely used to create sense and awareness about rule of Britain and from here she became the source of reviving Gujarati theatre. Later, she has joined as an actress the Indian National Theater. She married to Baldev Pathak with two daughters Patna Pathak and Supriya Pathak. She started acting in different plays from her teenage and received ramble reviews of many critics. She remained woman activist for a long time and was also the President of Na...
Date of Death:
11-10-2002
Age:
102
Gender:
Female
Skills:
Date of Death:
11-10-2002
Age:
102
Gender:
Female
4. Sulabha Arya
Sulabha Arya was part of very first sitcom ‘Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi’ of Indian TV industry. This serial was written by Sharad Joshi. It was directed by Kundan Shah and Raman Kumar. It was a light comedy. Sulbha said in one of her interviews that this serial can be created again with full magic as today the TV Industry is technically strong than that time when the serial was produced.
Other than this she has worked in ‘Filmi Chakkar’. This serial was based on incidents of filmy buff family. All family members were crazy for films. But Dadi Amman hates them because her husband was a film producer and had run away because of one of his flop film. She had performed a supporting role in it.
Other than t...
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
5. Rama Vij
Rama Vij is an Indian film and television actress; works in Hindi and Punjabi Film Industry. Rama was born on 5th September 1951. Rama Vij has worked in many Punjabi, Hindi movies and TV series. She is popular face on Doordarshan and has worked in many famous serials. Her roles in Punjabi films ‘Chann Pardesi’ and ‘Kachaheri’ raised her to fame; both were National Award winning films.
Some of her appearance in Bollywood came in the films like ‘Aarambh’, ‘Lava’, ‘Hawayein’ and a few more. The famous serials she has been part of are ‘The Far Pavilions’ (1984), ‘Nukkad’ (1986) and ‘Vikra...
Age:
72
Gender:
Female
Age:
72
Gender:
Female
6. Bindu
Glam Queen of 70's, Bindu was born to Gujarati parents on 17 Jan 1951 in Valsad district of Gujarat. When she was only 13 years of age, she underwent a tragedy as her father passed away. Being eldest, she took up the responsibility of the family and started to earn for the family. She started her career in films from a young age of 11 appearing in the blockbuster film “Anpadh”. She has acted in almost 160 films in her career span of 4 decades. In 1969, she did two blockbuster films with Rajesh Khanna “Ittefaq” and “Do Raaste” that made her one of the best actress of 70s.
Bindu was the most attractive in the Bollywood house of glamorous item girls of her times including...
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
7. Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar is an Indian actress born on 4th February 1974 in Mumbai. Her mother tongue is Marathi and she has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil movies. Urmila’s parents are Shivinder Singh and Rukshana Sultana. Her father was a lecturer. In 1977, she appeared in her first film “Karam” as a child artist. And she also achieved success with Kalyug (1981) and Masoom of Shekhar Kapoor at the age of nine. She made her adult debut as an actress with “Bade Ghar Ki Beti” and then she starred in a movie named “Chamatkar”. In 1989, she appeared in her first Malayalam film “Chanakyan” and gained success in Telugu movies with film director Ram Gopal Verma. Her first film with him was “Antham”. “Rangeela”, “Judaai” and “Satya”...
Age:
50
Gender:
Female
Age:
50
Gender:
Female
8. Neena Gupta
Neena Gupta is a very popular and well-known figure to all. She is a successful movie and TV actress and also a director simultaneously. She was born in 4th July in 1959. Her work area is really extended. She played roles in different international films like- “Gandhi (acted as the niece of Mahatma Gandhi and released in 1982)”,“The Deceivers (released in 1988)”, Custody(released in 1993)” and others. In the movie named “Khalnayak” which was released in 1993, she was a co-actress with the glamorous heroine Madhuri Dixit. She has also stepped into the world of TV dramas and serials which was started with the miniseries named “Khandaan” in 1985. After that, she acted in several TV series and serials. She had worked as the host of the program ...
Age:
64
Gender:
Female
9. Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore is a Bengali actress, who later shifted to the Hindi film industry, who was born on 8th December, 1944. Apart from being an actress, she stood as a member of Indian Film Censor Board for seven years. She was also chosen as UNICEF Goodwill ambassador from India. On the other hand, she was one of the jury members of Cannes Film Festival, 2009. She was recognized by the Government of India with the third highest civilian award of India, Padma Bhushan. She was familiar with her screen name Begum Ayesha Sultana. She is related to Rabindranath Tagore from her parental ancestors. She debuted her film career with under the direction of Satyajit Ray in the movie Apur Sansar, which was released in 1959. After the release, she took ...
Age:
79
Gender:
Female
Age:
79
Gender:
Female
10. Supriya Pathak
Supriya Pathak is an Indian actress who has been reigning the screens of Hindi Cinema with her roles as supporting actress for a long time. She was born in January, 1961 in Mumbai. Supriya Pathak’s mom is the famous actress Dina Pathak . Her father, Baldev Pathak, had a tailoring shop named ‘Shriman’ near Gateway of India. The shop was very famous as it made clothes for the legendary actors Dilip Kumar and Rajesh Khanna. Supriya’s sister, Ratna Pathak Shah, is the wife of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. She did not have a good childhood. Her mom worked day and night, leaving her to stay at her uncle’s place. She did PhD in Competitive Dance. Supriya got married to actor and director Pankaj Kapur. Supriya is ...
Age:
63
Gender:
Female
Age:
63
Gender:
Female
11. Waheeda Rehman
She took birth in a Tamil Urdu speaking Muslim family on 3 February 1938, in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu.Her dream was to become a successful doctor but due to circumstances of illness, she dropped this goal. But her parents were too supportive to her debut on silver screen. From the very childhood, she started learning dance forms, especially in the Bharata Natyam dance form. She made her debut into the Telugu industry via two films 'Jayasimha' (1955) and 'Rojulu Marayi'(1955). She also had a film made in Tamil called 'Kalam Mari Pochu'. All these films were a hit, but she got recognition from the song Eruvaaka Sagaroranno Chinnanna from Rojulu Marayi. At the success party of Rojulu Mara...
Age:
86
Gender:
Female
Age:
86
Gender:
Female
12. Moushumi Chatterjee
Moushumi Chatterjee is an Indian actress who has worked in several Bollywood and Bengali films. She was also the highest paid Hindi actress during 1973-78. She married producer Jayanta Mukherjee and is the mother of Payal and Megha.
Moushumi’s father, Prantosh Chattopadhyaya was in the army, and her grandfather was a judge, and she was born in Kolkata. She wasn’t considered as glamorous, and she also had crooked teeth, yet she was recognized as a gorgeous face in Bollywood, in the 1970s. At the tender age of 15, Moushumi made her film debut in a Bengali movie Balika Badhu in 1967, which was directed by Tarun Majumdar. Followed by which sh...
Age:
75
Gender:
Female
Age:
75
Gender:
Female
13. Rohini Hattangadi
Rohini Hattangadi is an Indian actress who can be called as a veteran in the true sense of the term. She is a very senior actress, who debuted with the movie called ‘Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan’ in 1978. She has an experience of around 35 years and she has been widely appreciated and critically perceived very well by the audiences and critics respectively. Some of her noted works are popular movies such as ‘Arth’ (1982), ‘Saaransh’ (1984) & ‘Gandhi’ (1982). She won a lot of recognition for her role of Kastoorba Gandhi in Sir Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’ (1982), which was a critical success and it won an Academy Award for the best film category. Ro...
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
14. 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
15. Kitu Gidwani
Kitu Gidwani is a model and an actress from India. She was born on October 22, 1967 at Mumbai, India from a Sindhi household who moved to Pakistan after the India’s Partition. They reside in a refugee camp located in Worli in Mumbai. Kitu made her schooling at the Fort Convent School, Mumbai. During her post graduation in college, she became interested in French language and she started to perform in French plays. Later, she also performed in English plays under the direction of Janak Toprani. Then she made her way to the television industry and acted in 1987 French movie, Black where she appeared as a Brazilian native. Kitu doesn’t have any formal training in acting. But she has an amazing collection to her credit. She...
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
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16. Archana Puran Singh
Archana Puran Singh is an Indian TV artist and presenter; she is also a film actress. She was born on September 26, 1962 at Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Archana was married to Indian film director and actor, Parmeet Sethi. They were blessed with two kids namely, Aaryamann and Ayushmaan. She is popular for doing comedic roles in Bollywood and as a jury in some comedy shows such as Sony TV India’s Comedy Circus. She became popular for her iconic English teacher role as Miss Briganza in the Hindi romantic comedy drama film, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. She was also starred in the Indian musical romantic drama film, Mohabbatein as Preeto and Zohra in Bollywood romantic action comedy film, Bol Bachchan. She was...
Age:
61
Gender:
Female
Age:
61
Gender:
Female
17. Beena Banerjee
Beena Banerjee is a noted Indian television and film actor who has worked both in Hindi and Bengali films and television shows. Beena Banerjee was born as Beena Batabyal and is the daughter of yesteryears superstar and thespian actor Pradeep Kumar. She is oldest of other two sisters Reena and Meena and a younger brother Debi Prasad. She is known in the film fraternity and television industry for her modest, honest, gracious and lady-like behavior. Beena Banerjee is also known to choose her roles very categorically and specifically and is famous for doing roles which characters are of honorable and respectful nature. She started her acting career in the year 1977 and is still going and is continuing to entertain the audiences with her power ...
Age:
81
Gender:
Female
Age:
81
Gender:
Female
18. 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
19. Krishan Sethi
Krishna Sethi is a successful Director-Producer. He completed his education from Hindu College Amritsar, Punjab. During his childhood, he took a keen interest in out-door activities, and football was his favorite sport. He wanted to pursue his career in the military, but he failed six times in its viva-voce. After this failure, he went to Bombay to become a film director, where he met Lekh Tondon through some contacts.
There he worked as an assistant director of the film “Apni Padosan.” After this, he started his own production house with the movie “Dil Aur Pathar,” starring Sanjeev Kumar. But the movie could not be released. He switched to television commercials, producing “Paan Parag.” He is ...
Gender:
Male
20. Satyen Bose
Satyen Bose is one of the most exceptional and experimental filmmakers of India, ironically he never had any formal training in cinema, but his name is carved in the cinematic history of India to be the most evergreen filmmaker of his time. His career did not follow a single path of being a director, but he was also a writer and actor in many films. He directed both Hindi and Bengali language films.
In 1949, he began his career with an off-beat Bengali film “Parivartan” which was revived into Hindi movie “Jagriti” in 1954, this movie was a major milestone for Mr. Satyen Bose as he won the Filmfare for Best Film in 1955. His list of films includes all kinds of genres: they were known for their novelty such ...
21. Anil Ganguly
Anil Ganguly, born on 26th January 1933, was a renowned film director, who entertained the Indian audience for almost two decades. He passed away at the age of 82, on 15th January 2016. He was primarily famous for the 1974 film “Kora Kagaz”, which starred Jaya Bachchan. Along with “Kora Kagaz”, his next movie “Tapasya” (1975) won the National Award for the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. “Tapasya” also marked the comeback of actress Raakhee Gulzar after marriage, making the movie even more popular among the viewers. He started working in the 60s as an assistant director in some films, like “Half Ticket” and “Bheegi Raat”.
He then began wo...
Date of Death:
15-01-2016
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
15-01-2016
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
22. Ved Rahi
Ved Rahi is one of film director from India born in June 1933 Along with being a film director, he is also a dialogue writer, screenplay writer and author. His debut movie as a director was dara (1971). He was born in Jammu in a noted family of Saraf. He has worked in Jammu and Kashmir state information department as editor of YOJANA— a monthly magazine. He has an association with a radio station in Jammu. Later he started writing stories and poems and shifted to Mumbai in later years of his life. He was also the member of film writer association in the film censor board and the Hon. General Secretary.
Other movies directed by him are Nadaniyan (1984) and Veer Sarkar (2001). Veer Sarkar is a bio-epic film based on the life ...
Age:
90
Gender:
Male
23. Shriram Lagoo
Dr. Shriram Lagoo is an Indian actor who is known for being a character-specific or a method-actor. Lagoo originally from Satara completed his formal education at Fergusson College and graduated from the B.J.Medical College. He discovered his passion for drama and the theater during his college days, and joined Bhalba Kelkar’s “Progressive Dramatic Association.” Kelkar, a senior student at the same college Lagoo, attended, shared his like-mindedness, and penchant for acting. Later on, Lagoo pursued further specialization in his education field by taking up a course in ENT in Mumbai. He practiced medicine in Pune, Mumbai, and also continued training in various courses abroad. In the year 1969...
Date of Death:
17-12-2019
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
17-12-2019
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
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27. Naresh Suri
Naresh Suri was born in Pune on July 25, 1951. He is 63 years old and a very reputed actor on Indian Television. He studied in Delhi and got his degree in Commerce. After completion of his graduation he decided to pursue his passion in acting in which he was interested since his childhood and joined a theatre group Dishantar in Delhi. He came in contact with some legendary theatre personalities during this period like Om Shivpuri and B.V. Karanth etc. he relocated to Mumbai and started working full time as an actor. Here he formed his own theatre group 'Ank' and came in contact with actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Dinesh Thakur, Minakshi Tthakur and others. He was a part of many stage plays of great repute and then he entered in to the w...
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
28. 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
29. 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
30. Bharat Bhushan
Bharat Bhushan born in Meerut city of Uttar Pradesh in British India and brought up in Aligarh was an Indian actor. He was not only an actor but a scriptwriter as well as a producer. His performance is remembered for film Baiju Bawra for playing the character of the same name in the year 1952. He is the son of Raibahadur Motilar, who was a government official of Meerut. He along with his elder brother who was a film producer and owned a studio in Lucknow moved to Aligarh after her mother died when Bharat was two years old. He pursued his education and graduation from Aligarh and afterwards went on to establish his career in acting that was against the wish of his father. He first tried to join cinema in Calcu...
Date of Death:
27-01-1992
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
27-01-1992
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
31. Satyen Kappu
He was born in Panipat in the year 1931, also known with name Satyendra Kapoor. His journey of life ended in October 2007. He is a well-known actor who acted in more than 250 movies & for most of it, he played the character of Villain, Doctor, Police Officer, etc. He has done noteworthy roles in many movies with Amitabh Bachchan. He last featured in the film Sarhad Paar in 2006. His notable work includes the role of Ramlaal in Sholay & as Amitabh’s father in Deewaar. Kati Patang, Zanjeer, Namak Halaal are his few of his movies that set him to fame.
He portrayed the role of Ramlaal, the servant of Thakur (Sanjeev Kumar) in Sholay that\'s thought of to be o...
Date of Death:
27-10-2007
Gender:
Male
32. 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
33. Ajit Vachani
Ajith Vachani was an Indian film and television actor worked in many Hindi films as a character actor. He was born in the year 1951.He acted as a character artist in films titled Mr. India, “Maine Pyar Kiya,” and “Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa.” All over he acted almost in 50 films in which three films are Sindhi films. Apart from film actor, he is also a television actor who acted in serials like Chanauti in the year 1987, Mitti Ke Rang, Hasratein, Daane Anaar Ke and Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka. He was married to Charushila and the couple had two daughters. He acted along with actor Sooraj R Barjatya in films titled Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Saath Saath Hai and Hum Aapke Hain Koun. His last Television serial was Ek M...
Date of Death:
25-08-2003
Gender:
Male
34. 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
35. 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
36. Iftekhar
Iftekhar the real policeman of the industry was born in Jalandhar in a family of three brothers and two sisters. He was a highly gifted person, who knew painting and even could sing even. He had never dreamt to become an actor and had never shown any inclination to acting at all. Due to his passion for singing, he wanted to get a break in the HMV music company and had appeared in the audition and got selected to do a recording too in Calcutta. He had recorded one album, which did not fare too well, While recording a song for HMV, he came across a producer Kamal Das Gupta, who wanted to cast him in a movie, but Iftekhar Khan turned down Kamal’s offer and left for Kan...
Date of Death:
04-03-1995
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
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Date of Death:
04-03-1995
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
37. Avtar Kishan Hangal
Hindi film industry is the gateway to success for many artistes. In this regard, there are various character artistes, but only few make their presence strongly felt. Here, then, A.K. Hangal‘s name should be surely brought to notice. He was the typical meek and broken old man in most of the films who earned the sympathy of his fans. Most of his roles had a positive shade in it.
Having acted in more than 125 films A.K. Hangal ‘s road to considerable success was not that easy. Born on 1st February 1914 in Sialkot in Pakistan, he spent his early...
Date of Death:
26-08-2012
Age:
110
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
26-08-2012
Age:
110
Gender:
Male
38. 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
39. Utpal Dutt
Utpal Dutt is a Veteran in Indian cinema who was a popular theatre actor. He had acted in many Hindi movies too. He has acted over 100 movies in a career spanning over four decades. His most critically acclaimed and box-office successful films include ‘Bhuvan Shome’, Agantuk, Golmaal, Shaukheen, Amanush, Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, The Great Gambler. Although he acted in many Bengali plays, he took a keen interest in English theaters.
He was associated with Prithvi Theatres and even acted in many Shakespearean plays. He has been instrumental in securing a place for serious theater among urban Indian audiences since the mid-1950s. He had always stated audiences should b...
Date of Death:
19-08-1993
Age:
95
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
19-08-1993
Age:
95
Gender:
Male
40. Marc Zuber
Marc Zuber was an Indian Actor. He was frequently seen in character roles in the Hindi Film industry. He was born on the 5th of May in the year 1944. His native place is the city of Lucknow situated in India. He has appeared as an actor in numerous television dramas and films. He had a heart attack while he was in the United Kingdom. He, unfortunately, died on the 28th of May in the year 2003 in the city of London, England. The reason for his sudden heart attack and the subsequent demise wasn’t revealed, and many controversies started around the death of the actor at the mere age of 59.
Although he was born in India, he was brought up in the European land of England. He wanted to be an actor from a young ag...
Date of Death:
28-05-2003
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
28-05-2003
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
41. Aanjjan Srivastav
Aanjjan Srivastav is a veteran Indian Stage, Film and Television Actor. He was born on June 2, 1948 in Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta) to a household from Uttar Pradesh. His father is a banker who worked at the Allahabad Bank in Kolkata. He studied Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws at Calcutta University. From there, shifted his focus to acting by joining Theatre Groups in the year 1968 while doing plays at All India Radio.
His father wanted him to work at the Allahabad Bank while doing plays simultaneously. But when his sister died in 1976, his father finally allowed him to move to Mumbai and pursue his acting career mor...
Age:
75
Gender:
Male
Age:
75
Gender:
Male
42. Suresh Oberoi
Suresh Oberoi is a character actor and the father of actor Vivek Oberoi. He was born as Vishal Kumar Oberoi, on December 17, 1946, in Quetta, Baluchistan, present-day Pakistan. His father was a Punjabi businessman named Anand Sarup Oberoi. He four brothers and sisters. His entire family relocated to Hyderabad state in India, during the time of Partition. Here, his family established a chain of medical stores.
Oberoi studied in George’s Grammar School in Hyderabad and was also actively involved in sports, while there. He was a champion in tennis and swimming and won the President’s Award as Boy Scout. After his father’s death, a little while after Suresh f...
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
43. Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey, a British actor, who hailed from India, acted in various British, American and Indian movies. He is known for Shatranj Ke Khilari, which was released in 1977, The Man Who Would Be King in 1975, A Passage to India in 1984, Gandhi in 1982 and My Beautiful Launderette in 1985. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab, India on the 8th of January 1929. He went to the University of Allahabad where he completed his post-graduate degree in history. He also attended St. George's College, then Mussoorie, then Aligarh Muslim University and began his career by starting a theatre company named Unity Theatre, in New Delhi. He played a major part in the productions of Christopher Fry, Tennessee Williams, Shakes...
Date of Death:
14-11-2015
Age:
95
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
14-11-2015
Age:
95
Gender:
Male
44. Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor: - 'Elvis Presley' of India. Shammi Kapoor was born to Prithviraj Kapoor, the patriarch of the Kapoor family who’s been an important part of Bollywood movies and to Ramsarni Mehra Kapoor as Shamsher Raj Kapoor on October 21, 1931, in Bombay Presidency, British India. He was the second of three sons born to Prithviraj Kapoor. Shammi Kapoor’s father was one of the pioneers of Indian theatre and Hindi movies. Ever since his birth, Shammi Kapoor was interested in film and theatre. He was brought up in Peshawar, Pakistan and Kapoor Haveli in Kolkata. After his education, he joined his father’s New Theatres Studio. After few months, he entered the film industry as a juni...
Date of Death:
14-08-2011
Age:
92
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
14-08-2011
Age:
92
Gender:
Male
45. Mangal Dhillon
Mangal Dhillon is a renowned Indian actor, who also belongs to the field of writing, directing and producing films. He was born on 18 June 1974 in a remote village in Punjab, India. He completed his schooling from Nighasan, Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh). After his graduation from the Government College in Muktsar, he pursued theater as a Post-Graduation Diploma Course at Punjab University, Chandigarh. Dhillon made theater his first love from the year 1978 to 1987 and performed plays in Delhi, Mumbai and Punjab.
From 1982 onwards, he had started being seen on the small screen. However, it was in 1988 when he got his first major break in the television ind...
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
46. Ashok Kumar - Old
One would be at a loss, wondering where to start when writing about a film legend like Ashok Kumar. After all, he is considered to be one of Indian film industry’s greatest actors, who has performed as the romantic hero, antagonist as well as in various other shades of character roles with equal aplomb. Ashok Kumar really was witness to a very important evolutionary phase of the Indian film industry, and has spread across generations his genius as an actor. From very unpretentious beginnings, having been born as Kumudlal Ganguly in a Bengali family living outside Bengal, he seemed destined to take up a legal profession, having completed his law course from the prestigious...
Date of Death:
10-12-2001
Age:
112
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
10-12-2001
Age:
112
Gender:
Male
47. 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
48. Vijayendra Ghatge
Vijayendra Ghatge is an Indian television and film actor, who hails from the royal family of Holkars from Indore. Maharaja Tukojirao III was Ghatge’s grandfather. He is also related to the Kagal and Maratha clans from Kolhapur and Indore.
Vijayendra Ghatge set foot in the cinema world with Basu Chaterjee’s directorial venture “Chitchor” in 1976. The film produced by Rajshri Productions proved to be a success at the Box Office, and was also nominated for Filmfare Awards in the categories of the Best Film and Best Direction. Later on, Ghatge featured in brief roles in movies such as “Agar…If,” “Anpad,” “Kasme Vaade,” and “Sunayana.” The 80s saw Vij...
49. 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
50. Kundan Shah
Kundan Shah is an Indian director and scriptwriter known for his comedy cults such as the film “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro” and the television series “Nukkad.” He obtained his Diploma in 1976 from the “Film and Television Institute of India” (FTII) in Pune, in direction. He started assisting Saeed Mirza on the sets of Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai in 1980 and the following year he also assisted Robin Dharamraj in “Chakra.” Shah also created a documentary titled Vision of the Blind, for the Films Division of India, in ’81.
However, his breakthrough in the industry arrived in the name of “Jaane Bhi Do...
Age:
76
Gender:
Male
51. 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
52. Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar is an Indian Bollywood actor who has worked in many films and Television serials. He mainly works in Hindi, Gujarati and Rajasthani movies. He was born to the actor Jeevan. His other name is Kiran Dhar. By birth, he is a Kashmiri. Kiran attended Daly College, a boarding school in Indore. Later he got enrolled in R. D. National College in Bandra, Mumbai. He also attended Film and Television Institute of India (FTTI) in Pune. In FTII, he is known as ‘Dipak Dar.’ Kiran is very passionate towards acting from childhood.
He got influenced by his father to join the acting field as his father is in the same profession. Bhushan Jeevan is his sibling. He got married to a Gujarati film actress Sushma...
Age:
69
Gender:
Male
53. Vikram Gokhale
Vikram Gokhale is one of the very promising actors in the television and Bollywood industry. He is born on the 14th of November, 1945. He is also popular for stage acting. He is known for his significant contribution to the Marathi and Hindi films. Chandrakanth Gokhale is his father. He too is a theatre artist and is known for his contribution to the Marathi Theater. He was born in Pune, but is currently settled in Mumbai and works from there.
One of the significant roles on the television very recently is that of Dr. Kamal Chopra in the serial Sanjivani that was aired on Star Plus in 2002, and continued till 2005. Sanjeevani was based on the lives of doctors and the bond between a doctor and a patient. V...
Date of Death:
26-11-2022
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
26-11-2022
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
54. Tiku Talsania
Tiku Talsania is a multi-faceted acting personality who acts in Hindi television serials, theaters and movies. Tiku Talsania is mainly seen playing characters with comical touch or comedy shades. He has till date acted in more than 200 films and many television serials. Apart from acting in serials and movies Tiku Talsania travels to Europe, America and in various parts of Asia with his theater troupe who along with Hindi plays also stage plays in Gujarati and Marathi language. Born on June 7, 1954, Tiku Talsania has been born, brought up and educated in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. On personal front, Tiku Talsania is married to Dipti Talsania and the couple is blessed with a daughter Sikha Talsania, who also acts in theaters and...
Age:
69
Gender:
Male
Skills:
55. Parikshit Sahni
Parikshit Sahni was born in 1944 in Murree (now part of Pakistan). He has acted in many TV serials and Films. He is the son of Balraj Sahni and nephew of Bhisham Sahni who are well known.
His father is a teacher in English and he studied in Delhi St. Stephen’s College and began his carrer as a child artist. He is a producer, Director and Actor and well known for his Doordarshan serial. Lal Koth was produced by him and he acted in it as well. He is married to Aruna Sahni. Did a course in Moscow for Film direction and he wrote Pavithra Papi for 2 years. Balraj Sahni received Padma Shri Award in 1969 and decorated with many other awards.
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Age:
80
Gender:
Male
Age:
80
Gender:
Male
56. Raza Murad
Raza Murad is a famous Indian Bollywood actor who has predominantly appeared in Hindi films and TV serials. He has played several roles in over hundred films as a fatherly figure to a sensitive friend, etc.
Born to famous Bollywood actor Murad on the 23rd of November, 1950, he has cinematic genes innate. Renowned Zeenat Aman happens to be his cousin and actor Rajiv Rai’s wife Sonam being his niece. Another renowned stage performer and actress in several films, Sanober Kabir also Raza Murad’s niece. He has a son, Ali Murad and a daughter.
Raza Murad started his modest career in the 1960s when he was not award...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
Skills:
57. Benjamin Gilani
Benjamin Gilani born on November 20, 1946, is a versatile and noted actor who has acted in theatres, TV serials and both in commercial and parallel cinemas. He was born and raised in Delhi, India. Benjamin Gilani studied English Literature from Delhi University and then went on to become a graduate from Films and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, India in the year 1972. Noted ace Bollywood actors Naseeruddin Shah and Tom Alter were also his batch mates in FTII and in the year 1977 this talented trio opened a theatre company named Motely Productions and also launched a play named Awaiting for Godota. After acting in few theatre for a time Benjamin Gilani started teaching English Literature at St. Stephen’s College, New Del...
Age:
77
Gender:
Male
Skills:
58. Shashi Puri
Shashi Puri is a senior actor of Hindi & Punjabi film industries. He has been active in the world of entertainment since 1979, and with his multiple Hindi and Punjabi movie appearances, he is considered an experienced actor of both of these media. He debuted with a Hindi movie called ‘Dada’, in which he played the role of ‘Bashi’. He was noticed and got other opportunities to work in films such as ‘Maanabhimaan’ (1980), ‘Jazbaat’ (1980) & ‘Jwala Daku’ (1980). He worked in a lot of small budget movies during this time and earned a reputation of a parallel lead or a supporting actor.
He was seen playing supporting roles in the films like ‘Jam...
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
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