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1. Lakshmi Narayan


Lakshmi-narayan.JPG Lakshmi or Lakshmi Narayan is an Indian film actress who was born as Lakshmi Yaragudipati to Yaragudipati Varada Rao from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil actress, Rukmini who is also the daughter of actress, Nungambakkam Janaki. Lakshmi’s father is a notable actor and Telugu filmmaker who usually does films that deals with significant social issues.  Lakshmi was born on December 13, 1952 in Madras Presidency in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.     Lakshmi was only fifteen when she entered the film industry. She was first introduced in the Tamil film, Jeevanamsam in 1968 and later appeared in the Telugu film, Bandhav...
Lakshmi or Lakshmi Narayan is an Indian film actress who was born as Lakshmi Yaragudipati to Yaragudipati Varada Rao from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil actress, Rukmini who is also the daughter of actress, Nungambakkam Janaki. Lakshmi’s father is a notable actor and Telugu filmmaker who usually does films that deals with significant social issues.  Lakshmi was born on December 13, 1952 in Madras Presidency in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.     Lakshmi was only fifteen when she entered the film industry. She was first introduced in the Tamil film, Jeevanamsam in 1968 and later appeared in the Telugu film, Bandhav...
Date of Birth: 13-12-1952
Age: 71
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 13-12-1952
Age: 71
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress

2. Mohammed Rafi


06-02-2017/mohammed-rafi.jpg 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 industry. He was the most sought after singer in the film industry as he gave his vocal for actors like Dev Anand, Raj Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, and Jeetendra. Although he did playback for actors like Pradeep Kumar, Bharat Bhushan and a comedian like Johnny Walker or Mehmood, his tonal quality suited even Guru Dutt too. That is why Guru Dut...
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 industry. He was the most sought after singer in the film industry as he gave his vocal for actors like Dev Anand, Raj Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, and Jeetendra. Although he did playback for actors like Pradeep Kumar, Bharat Bhushan and a comedian like Johnny Walker or Mehmood, his tonal quality suited even Guru Dutt too. That is why Guru Dut...
Date of Birth: 24-12-1924
Date of Death: 31-07-1980
Age: 99
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 24-12-1924
Date of Death: 31-07-1980
Age: 99
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

3. Rajesh Roshan


rajesh-roshan.jpg Being a renowned music composer of Hindi films, Rajesh Roshan was born on May 24, 1955. His father Roshan is a noted music director of Bollywood. Popular Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan is his elder brother and Bollywood’s heartthrob Hrithik Roshan is his nephew. Some of Rajesh Roshan’s notable works are Julie, Swami, Yaarana, Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage, Sabse Bada Khiladi, King Uncle, Mela, Karan Arjun, Kaho Naa.. Pyaar Hai, Koyla, Papa Kehte Hai, Koi Mil Gaya etc. He has composed music for most of his brother’s directorial ventures.  Rajesh Roshan debuted into the music industry with the 1974 flick Kunwara Baap, a break given by Mehmood. Rajesh and Mehmood went on to join hands together in several movies. ...
Being a renowned music composer of Hindi films, Rajesh Roshan was born on May 24, 1955. His father Roshan is a noted music director of Bollywood. Popular Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan is his elder brother and Bollywood’s heartthrob Hrithik Roshan is his nephew. Some of Rajesh Roshan’s notable works are Julie, Swami, Yaarana, Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage, Sabse Bada Khiladi, King Uncle, Mela, Karan Arjun, Kaho Naa.. Pyaar Hai, Koyla, Papa Kehte Hai, Koi Mil Gaya etc. He has composed music for most of his brother’s directorial ventures.  Rajesh Roshan debuted into the music industry with the 1974 flick Kunwara Baap, a break given by Mehmood. Rajesh and Mehmood went on to join hands together in several movies. ...
Date of Birth: 24-05-1955
Age: 68
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director
Date of Birth: 24-05-1955
Age: 68
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director

4. Kishore Kumar


24-03-2017/kishore-kumar---hindi.png Kishore Kumar is an Indian playback singer, who had no formal training in music world. The most easily recalled image of Kishore Kumar that comes in our mind is of his smiling with eyes. He was not just the singer, but a composer, actor and even a script-writer. He is also known for having lent his voice for innumerable hit songs for superstars like Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. At the age of 18, Kishore had set off to Mumbai with a passion for singing. His brother Ashok Kumar was already an established actor and he got a break to sing for Ziddi, which established the leading actor Dev Anand in the industry, but Kishore Kumar did not get any recognition. He acted ...
Kishore Kumar is an Indian playback singer, who had no formal training in music world. The most easily recalled image of Kishore Kumar that comes in our mind is of his smiling with eyes. He was not just the singer, but a composer, actor and even a script-writer. He is also known for having lent his voice for innumerable hit songs for superstars like Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. At the age of 18, Kishore had set off to Mumbai with a passion for singing. His brother Ashok Kumar was already an established actor and he got a break to sing for Ziddi, which established the leading actor Dev Anand in the industry, but Kishore Kumar did not get any recognition. He acted ...
Date of Birth: 04-08-1929
Date of Death: 13-10-1987
Age: 94
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor
Date of Birth: 04-08-1929
Date of Death: 13-10-1987
Age: 94
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor

5. Deven Verma


Deven-Verma.jpg Deven Verma was born on 23rd October 1937 in Pune of Maharashtra state. He got married to Rupa Verma and he was a promising actor of Bollywood film industry and television industry. He later graduated to a prominent director cum producer. He gained a lot of fan followers who were ardent fans of him. He got passed away on 2nd December 2014 in Pune. He was best known as a comedian and he grabbed Filmfare awards for the movies like Angoor, Chori Mera Kaam, and Chor Ke Ghar Chor. He also ventured into Bhojpuri and Marathi movies. He was a great celebrity of the Bollywood film industry. He always did performance oriented scripts and acted quite well. He acted in more than fifty...
Deven Verma was born on 23rd October 1937 in Pune of Maharashtra state. He got married to Rupa Verma and he was a promising actor of Bollywood film industry and television industry. He later graduated to a prominent director cum producer. He gained a lot of fan followers who were ardent fans of him. He got passed away on 2nd December 2014 in Pune. He was best known as a comedian and he grabbed Filmfare awards for the movies like Angoor, Chori Mera Kaam, and Chor Ke Ghar Chor. He also ventured into Bhojpuri and Marathi movies. He was a great celebrity of the Bollywood film industry. He always did performance oriented scripts and acted quite well. He acted in more than fifty...
Date of Birth: 23-10-1937
Date of Death: 02-12-2014
Age: 86
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 23-10-1937
Date of Death: 02-12-2014
Age: 86
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor

6. Shashi Kapoor


14-03-2017/shashi-kapoor.png Shashi Kapoor, a name that needs no introduction, is the son of Prithviraj Kapoor and brother of Raj and Shammi Kapoor, who are considered the legends in the Hindi film industry. Shashi Kapoor was born on 18th March 1938 in Calcutta. He is a producer, actor and a director who initially worked as the assistant director for the movies like ‘post box 999, guest house and Shriman Satyawadi’.  His presence was although noticed in the movie ‘Dharamputra’ (1961) in which he played the lead role for the first time; Shashi Kapoor had entered the industry long before that when he acted as the child artist during 1940’s. He did 116 films in his entire career with almost every big...
Shashi Kapoor, a name that needs no introduction, is the son of Prithviraj Kapoor and brother of Raj and Shammi Kapoor, who are considered the legends in the Hindi film industry. Shashi Kapoor was born on 18th March 1938 in Calcutta. He is a producer, actor and a director who initially worked as the assistant director for the movies like ‘post box 999, guest house and Shriman Satyawadi’.  His presence was although noticed in the movie ‘Dharamputra’ (1961) in which he played the lead role for the first time; Shashi Kapoor had entered the industry long before that when he acted as the child artist during 1940’s. He did 116 films in his entire career with almost every big...
Date of Birth: 18-03-1938
Age: 86
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Producer, Actor
Date of Birth: 18-03-1938
Age: 86
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Producer, Actor

7. Sanjeev Kumar


14-03-2017/sanjeev-kumar.png 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 relationship with Sulakshana Pandit, but the couple didn’t get married. He went to a film school. It was here that he learned the nuances of acting. He performed with Indian People’s Theatre Association and then became a part of the Indian National Theatre. He was spotted by director Gulzar. In 1960, he debuted in the movie Hum Hindustani, in which he played...
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 relationship with Sulakshana Pandit, but the couple didn’t get married. He went to a film school. It was here that he learned the nuances of acting. He performed with Indian People’s Theatre Association and then became a part of the Indian National Theatre. He was spotted by director Gulzar. In 1960, he debuted in the movie Hum Hindustani, in which he played...
Date of Birth: 09-07-1938
Date of Death: 06-11-1985
Age: 85
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 09-07-1938
Date of Death: 06-11-1985
Age: 85
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor

8. Salim Khan


s/a/l/i/m/0/salim-khan.jpg Salim Khan was born in 1935 and he is considered as a popular Indian actor as well as a talented Screenwriter in the Indian film industry. He is an individual who hails from Indore, in the Madhya Pradesh of India. His father was a member of the ‘Police force’. The Salim-Javed screenwriting has been a reason why he has been able to achieve most of his popularity in the industry. He is married to Helen, who is also an actress in India.  He has three children who are named as Salman Khan, Sohail Khan and Arbaaz Khan. The director K. Amarnath was impressed by Salim Khan’s good looks after seeing him at a wedding, and hired him to act in Mumbai for a monthly salary. He had to act in many small parts in movi...
Salim Khan was born in 1935 and he is considered as a popular Indian actor as well as a talented Screenwriter in the Indian film industry. He is an individual who hails from Indore, in the Madhya Pradesh of India. His father was a member of the ‘Police force’. The Salim-Javed screenwriting has been a reason why he has been able to achieve most of his popularity in the industry. He is married to Helen, who is also an actress in India.  He has three children who are named as Salman Khan, Sohail Khan and Arbaaz Khan. The director K. Amarnath was impressed by Salim Khan’s good looks after seeing him at a wedding, and hired him to act in Mumbai for a monthly salary. He had to act in many small parts in movi...
Date of Birth: 24-11-1935
Age: 88
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Date of Birth: 24-11-1935
Age: 88
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

9. Javed Akhtar


Javed-Akhtar.jpg Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, film scriptwriter from Bellwood. He is best known for teaming up with Salim Khan. Javed Akhtar came to recognition as a scriptwriter duo of Salim-Javed. Salim-Javed was instrumental in making of Amitabh Bachchan the superstar and 'angry young' image in Indian cinema, While Salim had ideated stories, Javed used to write the dialogues. Javed Saab used to write in Urdu, which was written in Hindi by some assistant writers. In his initial days, Javed was an assistant to Urdu writer and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi. Later, he married Kaifi Azmi’s daughter, Shabana Azmi, after divorcing his first wife, Honey Irani. Javed had married Honey Iran while he met her dur...
Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, film scriptwriter from Bellwood. He is best known for teaming up with Salim Khan. Javed Akhtar came to recognition as a scriptwriter duo of Salim-Javed. Salim-Javed was instrumental in making of Amitabh Bachchan the superstar and 'angry young' image in Indian cinema, While Salim had ideated stories, Javed used to write the dialogues. Javed Saab used to write in Urdu, which was written in Hindi by some assistant writers. In his initial days, Javed was an assistant to Urdu writer and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi. Later, he married Kaifi Azmi’s daughter, Shabana Azmi, after divorcing his first wife, Honey Irani. Javed had married Honey Iran while he met her dur...
Date of Birth: 17-01-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Date of Birth: 17-01-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

10. Yash Chopra


yash-chopra.jpg Film maker Yash Chopra is recognized as the ‘king of romance’ in Indian cinema for directing films like kabhie Kabhie. Daag, Noorie, Silsila, Darr, Chandni, Lamhe, Dil To Pagal Hai, etc. Earlier, he made some serious and social films like Dhool Ka Phool, Waqt, Dharmputra, and Ittefaq, etc. He was a trendsetter as a filmmaker. Yash Chopra gave Bollywood the angry young man Amitabh Bachchan and even crafted career of another superstar Shahrukh Khan. During the early times of his career, Yash Chopra worked as an assistant to the director I.S. Johar and his sibling B.R. Chopra. He got his first break as a director in B.R. Chopra’s film Dhool Ka Phool. It was ...
Film maker Yash Chopra is recognized as the ‘king of romance’ in Indian cinema for directing films like kabhie Kabhie. Daag, Noorie, Silsila, Darr, Chandni, Lamhe, Dil To Pagal Hai, etc. Earlier, he made some serious and social films like Dhool Ka Phool, Waqt, Dharmputra, and Ittefaq, etc. He was a trendsetter as a filmmaker. Yash Chopra gave Bollywood the angry young man Amitabh Bachchan and even crafted career of another superstar Shahrukh Khan. During the early times of his career, Yash Chopra worked as an assistant to the director I.S. Johar and his sibling B.R. Chopra. He got his first break as a director in B.R. Chopra’s film Dhool Ka Phool. It was ...
Date of Birth: 27-09-1932
Date of Death: 21-10-2012
Age: 91
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director
Date of Birth: 27-09-1932
Date of Death: 21-10-2012
Age: 91
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director