Hindi Awards 58th Filmfare Awards - Cast & Crew

Manoshi Nath is the leading Indian costume designer of several movies. She portrays various characters as per the persona displays. Manoshi started her career in Delhi and completed her schooling at Ramjas School.  As a Bengali, she was fascinated with colors, which motivated her to follow the Design industry.

Richa Chadda is a new and sultry Indian actress. She came into public’s view through her film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! starring as Dolly in a supportive actress role. But before this stardom, Richa started out as a model. After modeling, she changed her course to the theater. She toured in India as well as Pakistan for her plays. She gained more insight on the theater from the Founder-Director of ‘Theatre Action Group’, Barry John.

Namrata Rao is an Indian movie editor who was born on the 15th of April in the year 1981. Namrata was born to a Dehli middle-class family, she managed to obtain a degree in IT but decided to leave the field to pursue film. Namrata started her career as a graphic designer and worked with NDTV for some time, before she decided to study a film making at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata.

Juhi Chaturvedi is a screenwriter from India and had an advertising profession in Mumbai. She was born in the year 1975 in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. In her career she wrote scripts for Bollywood movies like Vicky Donor and Piku. In the year 2013, she won the Film fare award for the best story for Vicky Donor. She was felicitated with National Film Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Dialogues, and 2016 Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Piku. She graduated from Lucknow College Of Arts.

Ileana D'Cruz made her debut in Telugu film "Devadasu" with Ram Pothineni, which fetched her the Filmfare best female debut award in 2006. After working in the Telugu film industry for nearly six years, Ileana made her Bollywood debut with "Barfi"(2012), co-starring with Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. 

The bubbly actress, born on 22nd October 1988, landed in the film industry quite accidently. The aspiring investment banker, who holds a triple honours degree, joined the Bollywood bandwagon as a public relations consultant with ‘Yash Raj Films’ and not as an actor.

Born on 18 July 1982, Priyanka Chopra is an established actress and ex Miss World. She is also a talented singer. She is one of the richest actresses of Indian film industry and is a celebrated diva of Bollywood. Priyanka Chopra is bestowed with numerous credits; she has won the Filmfare awards 4 times and National Award once. 

Kareena Kapoor is a super hit actress working in Indian cinema with a lots and lots of fan following. She was born in the year 1980 in Mumbai. She is one of the proud members of the legendary Kapoor family. Her parents are Randhir Kapoor and Babita. Her elder sister Karishma Kapoor is also an actress. Kareena did her schooling in Mumbai and later in Dehradun. Mithibai College in Mumbai was her Alma Mater. She has also gone to Harvard University in America to learn about Micro Computers.

Dolly Ahluwalia is an actress, who became popular for her works as a costume designer. In 2001, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for costume designing, and became a three-time National Film Award winner; twice for the category of Best Costume Design for her works in the films, Bandit Queen and Haider respectively and one as Best Supporting Actress for her outstanding performance in the 2012 comedy drama film, Vicky Donor. 

Diana Penty is an Indian actress born in Mumbai on November 2, 1985 for a Parsi father and a Christian mother. Her role in Film Cocktail (2012),with Deepika Padukone and Saif Ali Khan capitulated her to fame. She is best known as a shy and simple traditional girl Meera of Cocktail to viewers. While she gave a strong performance in the film Cocktail that already made her a star, she was also seen appearing in minor roles in classic films like ‘Dhoom-3 ’and ‘Golmaal- Fun Unlimited, which was a pleasant surprise for her fans. After a lull in her career, she is making a promising comeback in a project of Anand L Rai for a titled film ‘Happy Bhaag Jayegi, as a leading lady and will be seen soon opposite Abhay Deol. It is a cross border love story of Pakistan and India. To be shot in Lahore and Amritsar, the film is expected to hit the floors very soon in 2015. Shortly after the classic Cocktail was released, she was in the news for having romantically linked to a diamond merchant Harsh Sagar. For her romantic affair, Diana had turned down many film offers. She was also romantically linked to actors such as Salman Khan and was supposed to be cast for Sooraj Barjatya’s film, which also did not happen. Her role as Meera in Cocktail in the year 2012, a classic film made her demanding heroine in Bollywood. 

Rani Mukerji is one of the most celebrated Indian Actress, she has been at the helm of the Indian Film Industry for many years, and has garnered much love and appreciation for the characters that she has played. She hails from a film background, however, did not show much interest till the time she played a character in her father’s film Biyer Phool. She then played many roles before her major break came when Karan Johar signed him for the movie, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, the movie was a blockbuster and Rani reached a stage, where she found herself destined to be. In the movie, she shared screen space with her paternal sister and a phenomenal actress Kajol and the star Shah Rukh Khan. Her success has been remarkable, and the roles that she has played have been phenomenal. Rani came very close to marrying actor Abhishek Bachchan but somehow the relationship did not work out. Rani received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her role in the movie Hum Tum, and she has won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress three times. She was born on 21st March 1978 and is married to the director Aditya Chopra, the son of legendary director Yash Chopra. They have a daughter together.

Sridevi is an Indian an actress renowned for her work in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies. She is regarded as Hindi cinema’s first female superstar. She was born as Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan on August 13, 1963, in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu to Ayappan and Rajeshwari. Her father is a Tamilian and mother is a Telegite. Sridevi made her debut as child artist at the tender age of four with the devotional film Thunaivan. She made her debut in Bollywood in 1975 with the film Julie where she was a child actor. Sridevi’s debut as a lead actress happened in the year 1978 with the movie Solva Sawan after which she delivered several hits like Himmatwala, Mawaali, Tohfa, Masterji, Karma, Mr. India, Waqt Ki Awaz, Chandni, Sadma, Nagina, Chaalbaaz, Lamhe, Khuda Gawah, Gumrah, Laadla and Judai. Her portrayal of a child-woman suffering from amnesia in the movie Sadma won her critical acclaim and she was nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 1996 she married producer Boney Kapoor the elder brother of actor Anil Kapoor, they have two daughters named Jahnavi and Khushi. After a long gap she recently appeared the movie English Vinglish which won critical acclaim. Sridevi is renowned for her comic style acting and work in heroine oriented movies for which she denied starring opposite to Amitabh Bachchan.

She is a famous Indian music director known for her work in Bollywood. Born on April 28, 1983, Sneha is 31 years old. She is a Marathi by origin but was born and brought up in Indore. Her family was greatly involved in the Gwalior Gharana of Hindustani Classical Music, so she learned music as a child. After completing her schooling her parents moved to Mumbai in 2001 aiming of her to join an engineering college, but Sneha had some other plans. At first, she joined animation leading to art direction and then to her childhood love - music. Thus, choosing music direction as her career.

Gauri Shinde is an Indian feature films and ad-films director who won the Filmfare award 2013 for her debut feature film English Vinglish as best debut director.

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became the winner of All India Light Vocal Music Competition. Her fame and career began with her winning a television singing reality show named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Intro: Neeti Mohan appeared on Hindi television while performing as a competitive singer and soon she won the hearts of millions with her performances. Now she is a celebrity singer with huge success.

Kavita Seth is a Hindi playback singer born in Uttar Pradesh. She was born on September 14, 1970. The singer even lends her voice in Ghazals and Sufi music. She was a disciple of Ustad Ahmed Ali Khan. She started her career by performing on All India Radio and Doordarshan. Kavitha Seth drew inspiration from works of Sufi poets and singer. Also, she has rendered many compositions and her voice often blends in the Sufi culture of the Indian subcontinent. In popular film songs, she won acclaim for the song of Iktara, which is from the movie Wake Up Sid and Tum Hi Bandhu from the film Cocktail.

Huma Qureshi is a model-turned-actress in Bollywood. Before making her debut in films, she has appeared in some commercial advertisements that had featured two B-town superstars Amir Khan and Shahrukh Khan. While she was shooting for an advertisement, director Anurag Kashyap offered her a role in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. 

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

Born in an army family to Col. AjayKumar and AshimaSharma on May 1st 1988, Anushka Sharma has excelled in her career as an actress. Upon graduating from Mount Carmel College, she set her eyes in the modeling world. Her breakthrough came when she modeled for Wendell Rodricks at the Lakme Fashion Week in 2007. She at the time had no such aspirations to become an actress.

Alia Bhatt is a trendsetting actress from Mumbai, India. Her date of birth was 15th March, 1993 and her parents are Mahesh Bhatt, who is a popular director and actress Soni Razdan. She is an actress cum singer wherein she had sung songs in her movies itself. Her debut film was as a kid artist in a thriller movie of Sangharsh in the year 1999. Her first movie as an adult happened out to be Student of the year (2012), a romantic drama. In the year 2014, she acted three blockbuster movies that were welcomed by a good opening record.

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

Yami Gautam is a Hindi television and movie actress, who is best known for her roles in the Hindi movies such as ‘Vicky Donor’ (2012), ‘Total Siyapaa’ (2014) & ‘Action Jackson’ (2014). Her role of ‘Ashima Roy’ in the film ‘Vicky Donor’ was described as an excellent debut by a newcomer by the critics all over. The film was a low budget project, but it turned out to be a major success for the production house of the film, which belonged to John Abraham. Most recently she was seen doing lead roles in the movies such as ‘Total Siyapaa’ & ‘Action Jackson’, in which her performance was widely acclaimed.

Sachin K Ladia was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a popular Screenplay writer. He completed his higher education at Jamia Millia Islamia. He completed his bachelor's programme in Mass Media, Media studies in 2005 and his master's degree in Mass Communication, Films, and TV in 2008. He is known for his work in "Gangs of Wasseypur" and "Gangs of Wasseypur 2." The film series revolves around two families from Wasseypur and one from Dhanbad, followed by corruption, murder, and revenge in the small town of Wasseypur over decades. The movie narrates the journey of the folk tale associated with coal mines. It portrays the gang lords of Wasseypur, Shabir Alam, Faheem Khan, and Shafi Khan.

Allwin Rego works in Bollywood as a sound designer, sound artist. He is well-known for his work in movies like, Super 30 (2019) (Starring: Hrithik Roshan and Mrunal Thakur), Junglee (2019) (Starring: Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Sawant, and Asha Bhat), and Manmarziyaan (2018) (Starring: Vicky Kaushal, Taapsee Pannu, and Abhishek Bachchan). Rego is a very famous Hindi film sound designer.

Sanjay Maurya is a sound designer and has worked in many Hindi films. He has worked in the film Drishyam starring Ajay Devgan, Tabu, Shriya Saran and Ishita Dutta. The movie was directed by Nishikant Kamat. It is a suspense movie and the story revolves around the life of a local businessman, Vijay, and his family who are the suspect in the missing case of Goa’s IGP’s son.

Sham Kaushal is an Indian stunt artist, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in the stunt sequences of movies like Dangal (2016), Gunday (2014), Bajirao Mastani (2015), Dhoom 3 (2013), Student of the Year 2 (2019), etc. Mostly known for his major involvement in Bollywood movies, he has won 4 Filmfare Awards, 4 International Indian Film Academy Awards, and 2 Zee Cine Awards for Technical Excellence.

Kushal Gada is an Indian producer who produced Hindi films. He is among the notable personalities of the Bollywood film industry. He is the nephew of the renowned director Jayantilal Gada, who was given numerous hit films to the Bollywood film industry. Jayantilal Gada introduced him to the film industry with the movie ‘Kahaani,’ which released in 2012. This film, directed by Sujoy Ghosh hit the theatres. The film was nominated for ‘Filmfare Awards’ and ‘Popular Awards.’ Some of the movies which he produced and became blockbuster are ‘Mahabharat’ in 2013, ‘Kahaani 2’ in 2016, etc. He has also worked as a co-producer in various movies like Singh Saab the Great in 2013, Gujju Bhai - Most Wanted in 2018, Namaste England in 2018, etc. The year 2018 proved him to be a lucky year as he co-produced five films that year and all hit the theatres. Some of the acclaimed personalities with whom he has worked include Vidya Balan, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, etc.

Sunil Bohra is the son of Shanti Bohra and Surendra Bohra; he is the 3rd generation of producers in the Mumbai film industry. He was born on August 2, 1972, in Jodhpur (Rajasthan). He has produced many films including Mastram, Tanu Weds Manu and its sequel entitled Tanu Weds Manu: Returns, Gangs of Wasseypur, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, and Shahid. The two-part crime film, Gangs of Wasseypur, earned him a nomination for Best Film at the Filmfare Awards.

Born in the city of Mumbai to a family of Parsi religion, Rohinton Soli Screwvala is an Indian philanthropist, entrepreneur, CEO, and founder of UTV Group, which included Bloomberg UTV, UTV Software Communications, etc. Since school time Ronnie had an interest in films and theater. He also acted in some skits in Bombay theater like Alyque Padamsee and Pearl. But he did not like working for others, so his stage career ended as he wished to initiate his business. Ronnie started on a small scale in the year 1981.

Balki (popularity known as R.Balakrishnan), an Indian screenwriter, filmmaker, and Chief Creative Officer of Lowe Lintas (advertising agency) was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. Balakrishnan got married in 2007 to Gauri Shinde film director of highly acclaimed ‘English Vinglish’ (2012).

Rajat Poddar is a Bollywood Art Director, who is known for his inventive and ingenious visuals in Movies. He has also been the Production Designer for more than twenty flicks. Rajat started his stint in the field of Cinema, in the year 2003, through the thriller film Saaya starring John Abraham.

Gulzar is the pen name of the author, poet and popular lyricist Sampooran Singh Karla. He was born on the 18th of August in 1934 in Dina, Jhelum district of British India to parents Makhan Singh Karla and Sujan Kaur. His career kicked off under the directors Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. His songwriting career began with the movie Bandini, released 1963, for the tunes composed by music director Sachin Dev Burman. From then on, he went on to write the lyrics for many memorable songs of the Bollywood industry. He worked with magnanimous music directors like R. D. Burman, S. D. Burman, A. R. Rahman, Lakshmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan and Anu Malik to name a few. The work of the trio Maniratnam, A. R .Rahman and Gulzar is much remembered in the industry. He has also given dialogues and screenplay for movies like Anand, Khamoshi, Saathiya, etc., He even tried his hand as a director through the years 1971 to 1999 during which he directed more than 20 films.

Nikhil Paul George is guitarist, record producer, singer, arranger and composer; he is an Indian settled in London. He has composed and arranged many Bollywood movie songs. Some of the films he has worked in are ‘Shaadi ke Side Effects’, ‘Ferrari Ki Sawaari’, ‘Dhoom 3’, ‘Race 2’, ‘Players’ and a few more.

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.

Born in the year 1960 on 5th of July in Mumbai, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is one of the eminent names in Indian Investor & Trader. He was listed by Forbes at 51th rank in India’s richest in 2014 & ranked 56th in the year 2015. Beside this sector, he has co-produced the movie English Vinglish, a comeback movie of Sridevi after 15 years & his next venture as co-producer includes Ki & Ka, Directed by R.Balki, starring Arjun Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant & manages his money through his firm, Rare Enterprises. He was brought up in Mumbai where his Father was posted as an Income Tax Officer.

Gurpreet Singh Shergill was born in 1973 in Punjab. He became public eye after his debut music album ‘Rabbi’. After his album, he was called Rabbi Shergill. He got fame by his singing style Sufiyana with lots of western arrangements. His top chartered song “Bulla Ki Jana Mein Kaun” was hit. Rabbi is called, "Punjabi music's true urban balladeer" In college, Rabbi formed a band “Kaffir”. The band used to play in competitions and festival. Rabbi initiated his career by composing for advertisement. He composed for Yamaha RX-T motorbikes. He had many unsuccessful times. Phat Phish Records gave him the opportunity, and he came up with ‘Rabbi’ which was a major hit.

Varun Dhawan, a new comer entered Bollywood with his professional acting and dancing skills withmovie ‘Student of the year’. His father David Dhawan is a well-known movie director. He was born on 24 April 1987 in Mumbai. He has done his degree in business management from Nottingham University, UK. He has worked as assistant director with Karan Johar in ‘My Name Is Khan’. ‘Student Of The Year’ with Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. , Varun got the Best Debut Award for Male in 2014. In this movie he played a rich guy to play the role of ‘Rohan Nanda’. Film critics praised him as a talented, hardworking guy. His charming, fun loving guy image make him Prince Charming.He played leading role in ‘Main Tera Hero’ a Telugu remake and showed his genetic comedy talent to critics. In his next film ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’ co starred with Alia Bhatt was a big hit of the year. While playing some comedy roles in these movies Varun came back with crime thriller Badlapur and gave a message to become a stable actor who can justify every role given to him. In this movie he took revenge after 15 years.

The current chairman and MD of the Grey Group India, Sunil Lulla is a media and communication personnel. He finished his B.Com from Mumbai University of Mumbai and went on to attain a Master's degree in Management Studies from S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research India. Before Grey Group India in July 2014, Sunil has been a board member of the News Broadcasters Association, president of Eros International, chairman and MD of Times Television Network and also a general manager at MTV-India.

Emraan Hashmi is one of the most successful & contemporary actor in Hindi cinema. He is very famous for his romantic image in the films & luckily he has got a lot of famous songs into his credit. He is the nephew of famous film director Mahesh Bhatt. He is very regular face of Vishesh Films productions. 

Shoojit Sircar is an Indian film producer and director born in Kolkata, India. Shoojit is from a Bengali family in Barrackpore from where he completed his schooling.

Born on 23 April 1969, Manoj Bajpai is first a Bollywood actor, though he has acted in a couple of southern films. He has been appreciated by several critics for his good performances. His noteworthy performances were in the films Bandit Queen, Pinjar, Aks, Satya and Gangs of Wasseypur. He has got various Filmfare awards and also many National awards.

Sujoy Ghosh born in Kolkata had his schooling at St. James School at Bhowanipore. He migrated to London at the age of 13 and did his engineering there. He has also earned the Business degree from Manchester University. As a professional, he worked as South Asia head of Reuters Media division. Sujoy Ghosh made debut as a director in 2003 with 'Jhankar Beats' which was the tribute to great R.D. Burman.

Sonu Nigam is a renowned Bollywood singer and composer. He was born on July 30, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. Hailing from a musical background, both his parents are singers. He is the son of singer Agam Kumar Nigam. The first performance he gave was at the tender age of 3 when he performed the song Kya Hua Tera Wada by Mohammed Rafi. Besides singing Hindi songs he has recorded songs in Kannada, Assamese, Oriya, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali and Marathi languages. He is amongst the top Playback singers in Bollywood and has also released a few individual pop albums. Nigam moved to Mumbai at the age of 19, to start a career in Bollywood as a singer. He is the prodigy of famous Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. Though he started his career by covering songs of Mohammed Rafi under the T-Series record label owned by Gulshan Kumar, his first break came in 1990 when he did playback singing in the movie called Janam. In 1995 he started hosting the popular musical TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, after which he delivered the famous single Acha Sila Diya Tune for the film Bewafa Sanam. Some of his famous tracks are Sandese Aate Hai from the movie Border (1997), Ye Dil Deewana from the movie Pardes (1997). In 1999 he released his debut album Deewana, he also sang the title track for the movie Kal Ho Na Ho. As an individual composer he has worked on movies like Singh Saab The Great, Sooper Se Ooper and Jal. Nigam has contributed in Britney Spears track I Wanna Go, and has also released a track in the album The Beat of Our Hearts as a tribute to Michael Jacskon. In his small acting career he has acted in films like Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahaani, Love In Nepal and Kaash Aap Humaare Hote. Nigam is married to Madhurima and also had a son named Neevan.

Sidharth Malhotra is an Indian actor who was born on January 16, 1985 in Delhi. His father Sunil was a former employee of Indian merchant Navy.

Zeishan Quadri was born in 1983 in Wasseypur, Bihar. This young writer actor got his claim to fame by writing the story for Bollywood’s crime genre ‘The Gangs of Wasseypur’ duology. This movie got directed by a well known name of Bollywood Anurag Kashyup. Both of these movies did extremely well at the box office and he was largely appreciated for the story, script as well as the small role he played in the movie. 

Born on 10th September 1972, Anurag Kashyap has established himself in Bollywood as a prominent director, producer, and screenwriter while even giving acting a try.  A born and raised Uttar Pradeshi, Kashyap had keen interest in science and aimed to become a scientist. In an interview Anurag said that he had no dreams of going into the film industry and had all hopes of pursuing Zoology. He went on to say, this all changed in 1993 after he watched Bicycle Thieves, an Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The film inspired him enough to give us becoming a scientist and move to Dehli to become a filmmaker.    

Anurag Basu is a jack of all trade Indian film/television director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. Initially starting his career in television in 1993 making his name common in the Indian household. Basu moved to directing films for the big screen in 2002-2003 and has various hits under his belt since. 

Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent Indian film actor, television personality and producer. He was born on November 2, 1965 in New Delhi, India. He is often called as the ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’, ‘King Khan’ and ‘King of Bollywood’. The actor has done more than 80 films in Bollywood. He was cited as ‘The World’s Biggest Movie Star’ by the Los Angeles Times. Khan is also one of the wealthiest actors in the world, with over $400–600 million net worth. He also won several accolades including the 14 Filmfare Awards.

Saif Ali Khan is a film celebrity born to actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer 'Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi'. He has two sisters, Soba, and Soha. Soha is a well-known actress in Hindi cinema. He was born in New Delhi on August 16, 1970. This actor made his debut with director Yash Chopra’s film Parampara, but the film did not do well in box office. He then acted with Akshay and Kajol in Yeh Dillagi, which majored him.

Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a producer. He was born as Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on December 27, 1965 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Salman is referred to as one of the most successful actors in Bollywood. His father is Salim Khan who is also an actor and a screenwriter while his mother is Sushila Charak (Salma Khan). He graduated from St. Stanislaus High School in Mumbai. Prior to this, he went to Scindia School, Gwalior together with his brother, Arbaaz Khan. He also studied at Elphinstone College.

Rishi Kapoor is an actor born in the prominent Kapoor family who has a long history of Hindi cinema where members of the family had careers as actors, producers or directors. Rishi Kapoor was born to veteran actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor and Krishna Kapoor on September 4, 1952, in Mumbai. Born with a silver spoon, it was not a difficult task for him to make a debut in films. Raj Kapoor gave him a chance to play a teenager, who was caught on the thin line of boyhood and adulthood in the movie Mera Naam Joker. The film fell flat in the box office, and Raj Kapoor was in massive financial loss.

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

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 during the making of Seeta Aur Geeta.

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

Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September 1967 and his birth name is ‘Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia’. He is a great Bollywood actor who has acted in more than 100 movies. He is also a producer and martial artist. He has won The Filmfare awards a couple of times. He started off his career as an actor in 1990s, where he had stricken with action based movies initially. He has been greatly appreciated for his drama, romance and comic roles. He is considered to be the only Bollywood actor whose net box office collection is 20 million rupees. He has done a lot of dangerous stunts in movies without a body double. This did gain a name for him as 'Indian Jackie Chan'.

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

Siddharth Roy Kapur is an Indian businessman, film producer and managing director of Disney India. He hails from a film background; his mother was a film choreographer and his brothers being well known film actors. His father was a Punjabi and mother, Salome Roy Kapur, was a Jew and former Miss India. He is a two time divorcee and is currently married to actress Vidya Balan. He finished his Bachelors in Commerce from the Sydenham College in Mumbai and got his MBA from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), where he was a part of the hallowed Placement Committee.

Sanjay Chauhan is a screenplay and dialogue writer, born in 1962 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He belongs to a service class family with her father working in railways and mother as a teacher. He started off as a journalist in Delhi. He started writing for the Sony crime series, Bhanwar. Sanjay has done some remarkable work in dialogue and screenplay writing.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui was born in Budhana in Muzaffarpur district of Western UP on May 19, 1974. He grew up with seven brothers and two sisters in his native village. He is a science graduate from Gurukul Kangri University Haridwar and after completion of his graduation, he worked as a chemist in a factory for a short while. He did not like the job and hence leaving it proceeded to Delhi to find some other job which might interest him. As he could not find a suitable job in Delhi, he even worked as a watchman for his survival. Within a short while, he watched theatres and felt interested in it. He joined a theatre group and started studying the art of acting. He graduated in acting from National School of Drama in 1996 and relocated to Mumbai to pursue his career in acting.

This Vicky donor worked as radio jockey, Video jockey, television anchor, host, actor, lyricist, singer, theatre actor anything left… huhh ya reality show contestant in Roadies too is Ayushmann the multi talented.

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.

Annu Kapoor or born as AnilKapoor, is an Indian movie actor, TV and radio presenter who were born on February 20, 1956 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has an almost similar name with the actor, Anil Kapoor, so in 1982 he decided to change his name to Annu Kapoor. He was trained in the National School of Drama in New Delhi, India in 1976.

In 1979, he first appeared as a stage actor and he was noted for his appearance in Ek Ruka Hua Faisla under the direction of his brother, Ranjeet, in 1982. Shyam Benegal, an Indian director who made Annu’s debut film, Mandi in 1983.

Annu was also part of the serial, DD National (DD1) in 2007 and performed in the black comedy film, 7 Khoon Maaf as Inspector Keemat Lal. The Golden Era – With Annu Kapoor is the melancholy show about the Indian cinema, specifically Bollywood Music. He was the radio presenter in the 92.7 Big FM station with his show called, Suhaana Safar with Annu Kapoor.

His career traversed for over 30 years. He has done TV serials, game shows and performed in Bollywood cinema. He also hosted the STAR One’s singing contest, Antakshari – The Great Challenge. Annu played an Obsessive-Compulsive physician in the Bollywood comedy-drama, Vicky Donor, in 2012, which became a renowned critically acclaimed film and gave him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2013, he appeared as Sir Yograj Khanna in the Bollywood action comedy film, Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, under the direction of Sangeeth Sivan.

Annu came from a family connected with art and nationalism. He was the son of the poet, Shabnam Kapoor, who was one of the very few people that mastered Urdu, Arabic, and Persian languages. She was also articulate in languages like Punjabi, Gujarati, Marwadi, Marathi, and some other dialects. Annu has four sons and has been married twice.

He also directed various plays and films such as the Abhay (The Fearless) that received the National Film Award for Best Children’s Film and V. Shantaram Award in 1994. He was also the Aao Jhoomein Gaayen on SAB TV, a musical talent competition for kids and the Gaan Gaao Taaka Naao on Kolkata.

Annu have done several films from 1983 to 2014 and Television appearances such as Close Up Antakshari, Quile Ka Rahasya, Idea Jalsa, Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka and a lot more.
 

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