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...
Asha is considered to be the second greatest female vocalist in India, second to only her sister the great Lata Mangeshkar. Born on September 8th 1933 in Maharashtra to Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, a classical singer and actor. Her father passed away when Asha was only 10 and she and her sister began to sing from an early age to support...
Simi Garewal, popularly known as "The Lady in White" because of her signature white clothes, is an Indian actress and a popular TV host. She was born on 17 October 1947 in Ludhiana, in a Jatt Sikh family. Her father, J S Garewal served in the Indian Army, rising to the rank of brigadier. Simi grew up in England and...
Vijay Anand also known as ‘Goldie‘ is an Indian filmmaker, producer, director, screenwriter and an actor who made some classic films to date. He is related to actor Dev Anand and directed many in-house films of ‘Navketan Films’ (owned by actor Dev Anand). He was born on 22 January 1934 in Punjab. As an actor, he acted opposite Jaya Bhaduri...
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...
Ramanand Sagar is an Indian filmmaker, director, and writer who has made numerous hit films in Bollywood and enthralled the audiences over few decades. But he became a household name by directing the famous TV serial ‘Ramayan’ which had Arun Govil and Deepika in the cast. This TV serial was telecast on Doordarshan and could keep the viewers intact for...
Johnny Walker is a comedian of Bollywood. His original name is Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi. Born on November 1926 in Indore, he was a great comedian during his times. Since his father had no job Johnny Walker took up a job. One of his jobs before entering Bollywood is as a bus conductor.
Johnny Walker always wanted to be a...
Mohammed Rafi is a renowned Indian playback singer who dominated Bollywood for over three decades where no singer could equal his mighty classical voice or even come closer to him in his voice quality; that was appreciated across the globe. He was at the height of his career when actors like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, and Raj Kapoor ruled the...
Sanjeev Kumar was born on July 9th, 1938 in Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay), India. His original name was Harihar Jethalal Jariwala. He was an actor by profession who worked in Bollywood. He moved to Surat after birth. His family again moved to Mumbai. He has three siblings- one sister and two brothers. Sanjeev didn’t get married ever. He was in a...
Shankar Jaikishan is a duo musical composer in Bollywood who dominated the film industry for three decades. Â It is an unusual story of two classical musical composers who got united together as they had a personal liking for each other. Although Shankar Singh was born in Telangana and Jaikishan in Gujarat, they met each other in Mumbai in Prithvi Theaters...