Gouri Patwardhan
Rintu Thomas
Shumona Goel
Shai Heredia
Vasudha Joshi
Priya Goswami
Manju Borah
Irene Dhar Malik
Lipika Singh Darai
Pratibha Matkari
Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
Namrata Rao
Poornima Ramasamy
Anjali Menon
Parineeti Chopra
Usha Jadhav
Dolly Ahluwalia
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Kalpana
Sourav Sarangi
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Sushmit Ghosh
Babu Kambrath
Piyush Roy
Gyan Correa
Ratnakar Matkari
Hansraj Jagtap
Anirban Sengupta
Sudheer Palsane
Rafique Shaikh
Thomas Kottakkakam
Vikrant Pawar
Bhavesh Mandalia
Nirmal Chander
Kaushik Ganguly
Kaushal Oza
Joshy Mathew
Veenu Bhushan Vaid
Ram Mirchandani
Sreejesh Nair
Sinoy Joseph
Bobby Avagama
Babu Thiruvalla
Bishnu Kharghoria
Birju Maharaj
Baby Mathew Somatheeram
Unni Vijayan
Antony Perumbavoor
Mahaveer Jain
Mangesh Hadawale
Lalgudi Ilayaraja
Bedabrata Pain
P. Sheshadri
Nitin Kakkar
S. Radha Krishna
Ronnie Lahiri
Listin Stephen
Ashvin Kumar
Shivaji Lotan Patil
Shailendra Barve
Minon
Shanker Raman
Aribam Syam Sharma
Anwar Rasheed
Kamal
Nikhil Advani
Bijibal Maniyil
Sidhartha Siva
Pran
Lal
H G Dattatreya
Umesh Shukla
Sunil Lulla
Sabbir Khan
Rituparno Ghosh
Shoojit Sircar
Jahnu Barua
Sujoy Ghosh
Shankar Mahadevan
John Abraham
Aamir Bashir
Thilakan
Ranjith Balakrishnan
Vikram Gokhale
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Prasoon Joshi
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Irrfan Khan
Annu Kapoor
S. S. Rajamouli
Dipankar Chaki
Virendrasingh Rathore
Kishor Patil
1. Gouri Patwardhan
Gouri Patwardhan is an eminent filmmaker, artist par excellence, and brilliant editor. She has been an illustrious alumnus of Goa College of Art and Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, wherein she completed her formal education in cinematography. She has been vocal in Urban Anthropology, collaborating with PUKAR [ a Mumbai--based youth organization]. She has been instrumental in advocating for students the proper skills required for film editing, direction, and screenplay at reputed institutions like NID, Ahmedabad, and Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. Having quite an experience in the cinematic field, she won a National Award for a documentary in 2013 named Modikhanyachya Don Goshti ( or The Two Tales of Modikhana)...
2. Rintu Thomas
Rintu Thomas is a short film director who has received many awards and respect. She is an all-rounder. She has directed, edited, and written a lot of films. Rintu Thomas has produced, directed, and edited Writing With Fire. She also directed films, including Miracle in 2010, Timbaktu in 2011, and Dili in 2012. Along with direction, she produced Miracle and Dili....
3. Shumona Goel
Shumona Goel, born in 1977 in India, studied film, sociology, and anthropology. As an experimental filmmaker, she works with 16mm film, slide projections, and VHS cassettes. Her work has been screened at numerous film festivals and museums like the Tate Modern and the Guggenheim. Goel collaborated with Heredia for I Am Micro (2012), which received a national award from the Indian government. Atreyee (2003, short), John & Jane (2005, co-prod), I am micro (2010, co-dir), an Old Dog's Diary (2015, short, co-dir) Shumona Goel who is a city-based artist working in film, video, and photography.
She completed her BA in Film from Bard College, New York, and She has directed and produced several documentaries, short films, an...
4. Shai Heredia
Shai Heredia is a filmmaker and curator of film art known for An Old Dog’s Diary (2015), I Am Micro (2010) and Camera Threat (2017). Bangalore born Shai grew up at a time when her only role models were RitwikGhatak and Satyajit Ray. She has an interest in the documentary form of films. Her engagement started with the Films Division of India through a research project which she started in the early 2000s. This proved very beneficial for her in both rooting and expanding her practice. Shai did her undergraduate degree from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, in BA Sociology, And her PG Diploma SCM; Sophia College, Mumbai.
She then pursued her interest in cinema and did her MA in Documentary Film – Goldsmiths, University...
5. Vasudha Joshi
Born in 1957, Vasudha Joshi is a two times National-Award winning Bengali director. She has been directing to make documentaries for more than two decades now. She has directed numerous mind-blowing short films and movies such as To Catch the Wind, For Mayaand she has also bagged awards for her films, that is, Voices from Baliapal (1989) and Cancer Katha(2012). At the 60th National Film Awards function, Vasudha Joshi was presented with the special Rajat Kamal Jury award by Mr. Pranab Mukherjee for her film, Cancer Katha in the year 2013.
Vasudha Joshi was detected with cancer in December 2008. Along the time she got herself checked; she was already in stage 2 of cancer. She was sulked and...
6. Priya Goswami
A self-made woman filmmaker who can set an example for upcoming generations is Priya Goswami. She was born in 1988. She is also an editor and a cinematographer. She is the co-founder of Sahiyo. Sahiyo is nothing but a community to empower women and to put on their voice against Type 1 Female Genital Cutting (FGC) globally. She has worked with FAO of the United Nations in Cambodia and Zee News Network, India producing videos, and communication material.
Priya Goswami has received several awards for her movie, A Pinch of Skin. She has received a National Film Award for this movie. The film premiered in seven countries. Through her films, she tries to convey the problems women go through. In 2015 she received the...
7. Manju Borah
Manju Borah is an Indian film director and screenwriter. She was born in Assam, North-Eastern India. She is a multiple national and international award-winning female director & short story writer from Guwahati, Assam. She belongs to the village, where various festivals like Raas, Bihu, and many plays & bhaonas organized on those occasions were part of her life. She studied Philosophy at Guwahati University. She is an avid reader and has read several great works of Assamese and world literature. When she was in an Assamese medium school, she started reading many English novels under the encouragement and guidance of her teachers. It had a significant impact on her practice as a writer. Moreover, she has an interest in watching fi...
8. Irene Dhar Malik
Irene Dhar Malik is a famous editor, producer, and writer from India. She is best known for her work in the Hindi cinema industry. Malik edited the first Indian English daily soap to be produced in India, ‘A Mouthful of Sky (1995).’ She has worked as an editor in ‘Sorry Bhai’ (2008), ‘I AM’ (2011), ‘42 Kms’ (2011), ‘An American in Madras’ (2013), ‘Celluloid Man’ (2012), and ‘Chauranga’ (2014). In 2013, she won the prestigious National Film Award for ‘Celluloid Man,’ a documentary film (2012). Malik collaborated with director ‘Onir’ on ‘Shab’ in 2017. ‘Raveena Tandon,’ ‘Arpita Chatterjee,’ &...
9. Lipika Singh Darai
Lipika Darai or Lipika Singh Darai is an Indian film director and filmmaker. She is from Odisha. She learned Sound Recording and Design at the Film and Television Institute of India. Before becoming a director and filmmaker, she worked as a sound recordist in the Odisha film industry. During childhood, she was very attached to a bird and a rose plant. These connections help her to develop new thoughts on making films. Lipika also made a documentary 'Some Stories around Witches' that is about a witch hunt. Her short film 'The waterfall' discusses the correlation between human beings and nature. She also made the film Kankee O Saapo....
10. Pratibha Matkari
Pratibha Matkari is a legendary producer from the Marathi film industry. She has been working in the film industry for over 4 decades now. She started out as an actress and had done a few films at the start of her career. But as her career progressed, she got more and more into the filmmaking side of the movies. She has won a national award for her contribution to the Marathi cinema. Some of her classic movies are Not Only Mrs. Raut, Char Divas Premache, Aajcha Divas Majha, Shevri and Investment released in 2013....
11. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
Born in Bijapur, Karnataka on 27th January 1963, Arati Ankalikar – Tikekar is one of the top vocalists. She completed her graduation from R. A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics. She commenced her training with the Veteran Pandit Vasanth Rao Kulkarni of Agra – Gwalior Gharanas. Later she was under the mentorship of Gana Saraswati Smt. Kishori Amonkar of Jaipur Atrauli Gharana. Her mentors extensively influenced Arti’s style in music. Her well-known albums are ‘Raag-Rang’ and ‘Tejomay Nadbrahm.’
In addition to albums, Arti is a playback singer and her notable works include De Dhakka, Saavle, Ek Hazarachi Note, and Antamaad. Sh...
Age:
61
Gender:
Female
12. Namrata Rao
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.
After she graduated, Namrata edited movies, short films, and documentaries, she became famous for her work on Love Sex Aur Dhokha the movie got her first Filmfare Awards.
Throughout her career Namrata has won Best Editing award for various Awards these include; Filmfare Awards, IIFA Awards, Times of India Film Awards, Z...
Age:
43
Gender:
Female
13. Poornima Ramasamy
Poornima Ramasamy hails from a Tamil family of garment workers. She does not consider herself as a full-fledged fashion designer but admits to having passion toward clothes and weaving since childhood. She understood clothes, especially earthly clothes which give the organic touch. Poornima is married and belongs to the clothing giant Naidu Hall family in Chennai. She used to live a normal life being a mother. All this changed when she came in contact with Tamil filmmaker ‘Bala’.
Poornima, who is a part of the retail store Naidu Hall, used to design for her clients and kept it low key. She did not study fashion design in any reputed institutes as she confesses to being not so good in drawing but her c...
14. Anjali Menon
Anjali Menon is a Malayalam film director who came to limelight with films like “Kerala Cafe’ and ‘Ustad Hotel’. She was born in Calicut ( Kerala). She is the daughter of T. Madhavan Nair and Sarada Nair. She grew up in Dubai but had completed her post-graduate in Communication from Pune University and later even became a graduate from the London Film School in 2003 where she learned the techniques of editing, producing and directing a film. Being an alumna of the London Film School, the choice of film-making as a career was just a progression. Her completion of studies in London Film School made her attempt a film named ‘Black Nor White’ that was pre...
Gender:
Female
15. Parineeti 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.
However, it didn’t take much time for producer Aditya Chopra to find the talent hidden in her and made a three film contract with Parineeti, who got inclined towards building a career in acting during her days in the production house. Parineeti Chopra was born in Ambala, Haryana, to Punjabi parents and actress Priyanka Chopra is her cousin.
After completing...
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35
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16. Usha Jadhav
Usha Jadhav is an Indian film actress and she was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Despite her career in the film industry, she has appeared in several TV commercials such as Tata Docomo, Fevicol, ICICI Bank, Head & Shoulders. Also, she has starred in Hindi and Marathi films and short films. After completing her higher studies, she moved to Pune from Maharashtra and there she started her career in a theater. Later she moved to Mumbai, in search of new opportunities in her career. In the year 2007, she entered the Hindi cinema with film “Traffic Signal” by Madhur Bhandarkar. The movie is based on people who live around fictitious traffic signals in Mumbai and Usha played the role of a poor girl who sells goods at the traffic lights....
Age:
36
Gender:
Female
Age:
36
Gender:
Female
17. Dolly Ahluwalia
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. Dolly was born and raised up in Delhi and she has been very active in dramatics all through her years ...
Age:
63
Gender:
Female
Age:
63
Gender:
Female
18. Tannishtha Chatterjee
Tannishtha Chatterjee is a famous actress of Bollywood as well as Hollywood. Her incredible performance in the British- based movie called Brick Lane. She is a beautiful and gorgeous actress. Tannishtha Chatterjee was born in Maharashtra. She was born in a Bengali Family. Her mother was a professor in Political Science while her father was a Business man. After some time, her family came to Delhi from where she got the Education. She is Graduated from Delhi University in the field of Chemistry. After then she moved in acting career and got the education from National School of Drama wherein, she worked with some plays in India and Europe. She started her career in India and Europe Theatre. His first German mo...
Age:
43
Gender:
Female
Age:
43
Gender:
Female
19. Kalpana
Kalpana Priyadarshini or Kalpana was born in 1965 in Kerala. She is one of the most popular actresses in comic roles in Malayalam. She won the National Award for the Best Supporting Actress for the movie Tanichalla Njan in 2012. Her parents were theatre artists and her sisters Kalaranjini and Urvashi are both famous actresses in South Indian Films. She started acting as a child artist. Kalpana’s journey as a heroine in films started in 1983 in the movie Manju directed by M.T. Vasudevan Nair. She then acted along with Bhagiyaraj in the Tamil Movie Chinnaveedu, which was a super hit. Later on, she began getting more comedy characters in supporting roles. She has done many combination roles with Jagathy Sreekuma...
Date of Death:
25-01-2016
Age:
58
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
25-01-2016
Age:
58
Gender:
Female
20. Sourav Sarangi
Sourav Sarangi was born in India in 1964. He is a graduate of the Film and Television Institute in India. He has been active since 1988 as an editor, director of the tv movie, and director of the famous Bengal channel Aakash Bangla. He made his debut as a director in 1996 with the show ‘Tusu Katha.’ The show was about the tribes of West Bengal and Jharkhand.
He is also credited with the short film ‘Bilal,’ that depicts the tale of a boy raised through by visually impaired parents. This film has been screened at more than forty film festivals and has received eight awards.
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Gender:
Male
21. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur was born on 25th August 1969 in Patna, Bihar, India. He is an Indian filmmaker, producer, cum activist. He completed his education at St.Stephen's college Delhi and the Film and Television Institute of India. He started his career in 1993. He got married to Treesha Cherian, a writer/director of, Film Heritage Foundation. He has acclaimed many awards, including the National Film Award for best chronicle film in 2012 and the National Film Award for best historical reconstruction/compilation film in 2012. He founded the Dungarpur films in 2001 and the Film Heritage Foundation in 2014. He won awards for his documentary celluloid man, a movie based on the life of noted film scholar preservatio...
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
22. Sushmit Ghosh
Sushmit Ghosh is a popular Indian director- cinematographer. He is a national award winner. His work has been encouraged by the Sundance Institute, Chicken and Egg Pictures, Tribeca Institute, Doc Society, SFF Film Fund, IDFA, The Bertha Foundation, Finnish Film Foundation, encompassed by others. He is also an associate at Sundance. He likes to make movies that can produce life-changing social reforms. Sushmit also co-launched the Black Ticket Films in 2009. The production company is devoted to the power of fantasy story-telling.
The Black Ticket Films mostly works with the social justice stories, which is why it's an award-winning state. Its impact can be seen on education and used as advocacy. Sushmit’s Writing With F...
23. Babu Kambrath
Babu Kambrath is a film director and producer. He is also a huge environmentalist and has mentioned in his several interviews about his love for the environment. In one of his interviews, he mentioned that nature alone does not mean forests but it is the environment we reside in. Kambrath has directed a short film named, Mother Bird, which revolves around the lives of the migratory birds all over the world who come and roost in the coconut groves. The documentary explores the love of this old for the birds, the significance of rural environment and how a rural place with no luxury facilities tend to this bird’s needs. He is a National Award winner for Best Films on Social Issues. He won this award for his movie Behind the Mist in t...
24. Piyush Roy
Piyush Roy is an Indian director. He is an Indian National Film Award-winning critic-columnist and an international author, filmmaker, curator, and professor in film, journalism, and the study of aesthetics. Piyush Roy has done MSC and Ph.D. in Film Studies. He also brings over two decades of work experience in media, publishing, education, and filmmaking. Piyush believes that no one is too young to appreciate art. Within a very few periods, he received a lot of appreciation and love, from people and within a few years, his fan following increased. He has experience teaching for over a decade now and has two decades of media experience. He is committed to nurturing the culture in Liberal Arts....
25. Gyan Correa
He is an extraordinary filmmaker who made the 2013 acclaimed Gujarati film named “The Good Road.” At the 86th Academy Awards, this was India’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Despite not making a mark at the Oscars, the film later received the 60th National Awards under the category of Best Gujarati Film. Masterfully created in a non-linear narrative, the plots are intertwined, and each frame presents the beauty of rural Gujarat differently, and Correa’s craftsmanship dazzles everyone. He had been a reputed advertising director. Fascinated by the charm of rural India, in his theatrical presentation “The Good Road,” he almost made the highway a vital character ...
26. Ratnakar Matkari
Ratnakar Matkari is an Indian writer who worked for the Marathi film industry. He was born on 17th November 1938 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Ratnakar was a multi-talented writer, movie producer and director, and self-taught artist who worked for the Marathi movies. He was graduated from Mumbai University in 1958 and got a degree in economics and later worked at the Bank of India for about twenty years. Wedi Manase was his first play which was presented on All India Radio in Mumbai in 1955. During the 1970s, he started working for newspapers and magazines as a columnist.
Soneri Savalya was the column he wrote in Apale Mahanagar for about four years. His work includes 33 plays, 8 collections, 18 books of short stories, 3 novels, a book...
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
27. Hansraj Jagtap
Hansraj Jagtap, a National Award-winning actor, is well-known in the Marathi cinema industry. Jagtap, who was born and raised in Beed. His father is a teacher at a Zilla Parishad school. Hansraj's debut into the film industry is a coincidence when he met actor Mangesh Desai in Aurangabad, who encouraged him to pursue acting.
Hansraj began his professional career in the Marathi cinema industry with the award-winning play ‘Dhag’ (2012), directed by ‘Shivaji Lotan Patil’. He is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. He beat over 100 children in the audition for the part, and he went on to win multiple accolades after the film's release, including the National Film Award. ‘Itemgiri’, a Marathi...
Gender:
Male
28. Anirban Sengupta
Anirban Sengupta, a National Award winner, specializes in Bengali films. In a career spanning more than a decade, he has worked on over 60 films, including Abar Byomkesh (2012), Jaatishwar (2015), and Rajkahini (2015). Anirban received the 2013 National Film Award for Best Audiography for his performance in the highly acclaimed 2012 film Shabdo, which chronicled the life and times of a working foley artist. Anirban then won his second National Award in 2015 for his performance in the drama movie Nirbashito (2014). Her other notable feature film credits (2017) are Antaheen (2009), Autograph (2010), Maach Mishti & More (2013), Chotushkone (2014), and Bollywood movies Kahaani 2 (2016) and Panchlait. ...
29. Sudheer Palsane
Sudhir Palsane is an Indian cinematographer known for his work in Indian cinema. He made his debut in 1997 with the popular show "Sunya Swarupa''. Over the years, Sudhir has worked in Bengali, Hindi and Marathi films and his works include Clay Bird (2002), Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo (2003), Valu (2008), Aapa Akka (2009), Bachelorette Party (2009), Vihir (2009), Dazed in Doon (2010), Taryanche Bait (2011), Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012), Sonali Cable (2014), Baby (2015), Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (2014), MS Dhoni:The Untold Story (2016) and Naam Shabana (2017). Sudhir had also worked in the filming of Meghmallar (2014). In 2018, Sudhir started working as a cinematographer in director Neeraj Pand...
30. Rafique Shaikh
Rafique Shaikh is an Indian artist. Rafique is working as an animator for the Hindi-language film industry. The best film for which he worked was “Delhi Safari.” The film was released in 2012 and it was a complete animated film. The film includes a jungle and animals or the story behind their livelihood/lifestyle. Nikkhil Advani, the creator of this film, directed and co-written this film with five other artists. Many big stars have given voice to the characters of “Delhi Safari.” Those stars or actors include Govinda, Akshaye Khanna, Urmila Matondkar, Boman Irani, etc. The team of Delhi Safari also won an award for “Best Animation Film” along with a prize money of 1 Lakh rupees in 2013. Besides this, ...
Gender:
Male
31. Thomas Kottakkakam
Thomas(Tom) is a Director/Actor born on July 26, 1980, to Devasya and Merikutty at Kainakari in Alappuzha district. Tom had primary education at Government LP School Pandi, St Xavier's UP School, and Lourdesmata High School. He then graduated from Edathva St. Aloysius College and completed his PG in Financial Management from Annamalai University. During his studies, he was active in art activities, including mime. In 2012, Tom entered the film industry by producing the 101 Questions directed by Siddharth Siva. He also played a role in that film. Subsequently, Kochavva also acted in the films Paolo Ayyappa Coelho, the anthology movie Magic Moments, and the multilingual film Puthar.
Age:
43
Gender:
Male
Age:
43
Gender:
Male
32. Vikrant Pawar
Vikranth Pawar is the renowned director and Creative Head of Live Entertainment for Disney India. He always wanted to be a director and tried his luck. He gained spectacular fame after directed the Walt Disney-produced musical BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in India. It is the standard fairy tale in which a small-town girl teaches a Beast of humanity. In 1991, this movie was originally produced by Walt Disney and served as a runaway Broadway hit in 1994. Since that time, it has been produced at venues abroad and has also stimulated regional productions supported by Disney. On 23rd October 2015, the Indian production was initiated in Mumbai on 23rd October 2015.
It will begin again it's run in t...
33. Bhavesh Mandalia
Bhavesh Mandalia is an actor, Story Writer, and Screenwriter. Bhavesh was born and brought up in India. Bhavesh is an aspiring engineer. Bhavesh always had an interest in writing. Famous Writer and Producer Aatish Kapadia pushed him to pursue his hobby of writing. He made writing his profession and wrote several plays. He wrote the screenplay for the Super-hit TV series Kasamh Se starring Prachi Desai. Bhavesh is mainly known for his satirical play Kanji Virudh Kanji which got adapted into a movie named OMG-Oh my god starring Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal in lead roles. The film was critically well-received and loved by the masses. He also won the National film award for Best Screen Writer. He also received an award for Best dialogue wri...
34. Nirmal Chander
Nirmal Chander is an Indian documentary filmmaker and editor. The three-time National Award winner has also been credited for directing India’s official entry for the Oscars 2020. A native of Rajasthan, Nirmal Chander Dandriyal was born in Chennai and grew up in different cities as his father worked in the Air force. He completed his schooling in Delhi and pursued his Bachelor’s in Science from Rajasthan. Later, he moved back to Delhi and worked in a studio as an apprentice. Gradually, he learned video editing and joined Ten Sports channel to work as an editor and program producer. Besides, he also performed as an editor for several documentaries and short films. Nirmal Chander is hap...
35. Kaushik Ganguly
Kaushik Ganguly is an Indian director who worked for the Bengali film industry. He was born on 4th August 1968 in Kolkata, West Bengal. Kaushik worked as a director, actor, and screenwriter who worked in many Bollywood movies and TV series. He completed his school at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur, and completed his graduation from Jadavpur University.
As a director, he worked in movies like Shunyo E Buke in 2005, Rang Milanti in 2011, Bastu Shaap in 2016, Kishore Kumar Junior in 2018, Manohar Pandey in 2021, Chaya O Chobi in 2017, Brake Fail in 2009, and many others....
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
36. Kaushal Oza
Kaushal Oza is an Indian independent filmmaker from Mumbai, Maharasthra. He is a director and writer who works predominantly in the Hindi film industry. He has been part of many award-winning projects over the years. After his schooling, Kaushal took up commerce and law in his college. However, he soon realized that the course is not his cup of tea and that his forte lies in theatre and drama. He was part of the drama society in college and would perform roles with much conviction. He also used to take part in intercollegiate competitions. Despite taking law, he had no interest in pursuing it, which he soon realized on getting into the course. He dropped law studies midway and completed B. Com. For him, this was just a degree to fa...
37. Joshy Mathew
A multiple Award-winning director, Joshy Mathew is one of the filmmakers in the Malayalam film industry whose films attract a larger section of children. Joshy Mathew was born in Kottayam, a city in Kerala on 8th May 1953 to Pala KM Mathew, a former Member of Parliament and a prolific writer, and Maryamma Mathew. Joshy was brought up in Kerala, along with his six siblings. He finished his schooling from M.T Seminary Higher Secondary School Kottayam and obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from CMS College Kottayam. Joshy Mathew met his now-wife Moly Joshy Mathew during his college, and the couple got married in 1978. They have two sons, Sudip Joshy Mathew, a Filmmaker, and Sanju Joshy Mathew.
Joshy Mathew met renowned M...
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
38. Veenu Bhushan Vaid
Veenu Bhushan Vaid is a famous editor in the Bollywood industry. He has been a part of many Bollywood hits. In 2005, he came to Mumbai to pursue his dreams as an editor. Veenu has also worked as a producer as well as a Director, and his work is commendable. In the editorial department, he has been working for years on the super hits like Dil Bechara, M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story, Neerja, Lootcase, Bang Bang, A Gentleman, Jolly LLB 2, Panga, Humari Adhuri Kahani, The ZoyaFactor, Kaakkaa Muttai, Humshakals, Finding Fanny, Khamoshiya, Traffic, Akira, Mr.X, I, Me Aur Mein, Bullet Raja, Rangoon, Hawa Hawaii and many more.
He has produced and edited a short documentary - 'A Tree A Man A Sea' as known as 'Eka Gachha Eka Man...
Gender:
Male
39. Ram Mirchandani
Ram Mirchandani is a National Award-winning Producer who predominantly works in Bollywood movies. Ram Mirchandani was born into an Indian family in Penang, Malaysia. After completing his school studies from Victoria Institution in Malaysia, Ram Mirchandani joined Jai Hind College in Mumbai and pursued his Bachelor's in Applied Science. However, after his degree completion, Ram Mirchandani joined Modi Entertainment Networks, a joint venture with Walt Disney Pictures and Fashion TV.
He worked as the Business Head and Senior Vice President. From 1996 to 2002, Ram Mirchandani produced various hit shows like ApnaApna Style on Zee TV, Colgate Top Stars in Doordarshan, Star Bestsellers in Star Plus, and Rishtey on Zee TV. He has als...
40. Sreejesh Nair
Sreejesh Nair is a successful Sound Engineer and Sound Mixer. He was born 5th of October, 1980 in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He has worked in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Malayalam Movies. He made his debut in the year 2013. His wife name is Sandhya S Pillai. He has a child named Shriyana. Sreejesh Nair owns a credit of 12 years experience into his pocket as a Sound mixer in this industry. Sreeejesh hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, attended his schooling in KendriyaVidhalayaPallipuram. He did his Mechanical Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam and did his post graduation in Audio Engineering from Chetana Sound Studios, Thrissur. Success did not come to him knocking at his door easily.
He first started his ...
Age:
43
Gender:
Male
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41. Sinoy Joseph
Sinoy Joseph is an Indian film Sound Mixer artist and a sound designer. He was born on July 31, and the year 1981. His nationality is Indian. He is Sound Engineer by profession. He was active in the Tamil film Industry since 2004. He was born in Kottayam, Kerala, India. Sinoy is youngest child in his family. He has four siblings. His father is a schoolteacher at the St. Michel's Higher Secondary School, Kudavechoor, and Kerala. He was born in a middle-class family in Kudavechoor, near Vaikom, Kerala. Sinoy did his schooling from the St. Michel's Higher Secondary School. His wife name is Asha Sinoy. Moreover, his daughter name is Serafin Sinoy. Sinoy is also fond of extra-curricular activities like painting, singing, and dancing.<...
Age:
42
Gender:
Male
Age:
42
Gender:
Male
42. Bobby Avagama
Bobby Avagama is an Indian Actor, Producer, and Entrepreneur. His actual name is Cherian Phillip. He produced films in Malayalam Film Industry. Bobby was born on the 5th of January in the year 1954. He was born in Thiruvalla, Kerala. His father’s name is KC Phillip. He had his schooling from MGM Higher Secondary School.
He graduated from Marthoma College in Thiruvalla, Kerala. He dreamt of being an actor. He started his career as an actor at a young age. But he had to leave as his family was facing a financial crisis. He worked as Industrial labor for a while. Their family lived in Kuwait until 1989. He pursued a Film Making Degree from New York University.
He also pursued a Diploma in Still Photography from New Yor...
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
43. Babu Thiruvalla
Babu Thiruvalla is an Indian director, film producer, and scriptwriter who predominantly works in Malayalam films. The films produced by him, most of them have won State awards or National Awards in some category. His first movie ‘Thaniyae’ has won more than 20 Awards including, State Award and Indian Panorama. It also includes Padmarajan Award for best film, ALA Award, Ujala-Asianet film award for best script-writer (shared with Nedumudi Venu).
The movie ‘Thanichalla Njan’ (2012) directed by him has won the National Film Award for the best feature film on national integration. He has been the part of the jury for selecting Indian movie for the Oscar award 2016. His directional venture in the film industry...
44. Bishnu Kharghoria
Bishnu Khargoria is an Indian actor who is well known for his immense contribution to the Assamese film industry. His work in films and theatricals have made him the recipient of many prestigious National Awards. He started his career in the movies as a child actor in the early 70s’ when Assamese cinema had begun to make an impact on the Indian entertainment sector. His work in cinema saw him cast in over 30 movies in which his performances were highly acclaimed.
His talent for acting came naturally to him, and his every act was a work of perfection. He is associated with many prominent Assamese movies like, ‘Bohu Door (1995),’ ‘ Adajya (1997),’ ‘Pratighaat,’ and ‘Daman: A Victim of...
45. Birju Maharaj
In today's times, hardly youngsters are interested in learning Indian classical dance forms and preserving our country's rich heritage. The male population flinches when it comes to traditional dancing, and people mostly consider it as a girl's terrain.
Birju Maharaj, whose name is Brijmohan Mishra, is a dance maestro who teaches Kathak. He was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on February 4, 1938 in a family of excellent artists. Mishra is Ishwari Prasad's direct descendant.
Ishwari is probably the foremost Kathak dancer of the country. Mishra's name is a synonym of Lord Krishna. His father, Jagannath Maharaj, whose other name was Acchan Maharaj, was a dancer in the princely state of ...
Date of Death:
16-01-2022
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
16-01-2022
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
46. Baby Mathew Somatheeram
Baby Mathew Somatheeram is a Malayalam film producer who was earlier associated with Ayurveda and Tourism and has also founded Somatheeram Group of Companies. He also floated the first ever Ayurvedic Hospital in a Resort Ambiance in Kerala.
Baby Mathew, till date, has made quite a few art films which are very intense and reflected on the richness of the Kerala culture. Of late, he has been trying to maintain the balance between art house and commercial cinema through his latest release of ‘Pinneyum' and 'Crossroad'
Baby Mathew Somatheeram soon got associated with film production. His first film was ‘Future of Destiny’ with director Paul Cox, who has also written the story of...
47. Unni Vijayan
Unni Vijayan is an Indian film editor, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like "The Blueberry Hunt" (2016), Lessons in Forgetting (2011), Uncaging The Body (2006), Mansarovar (2004), etc. Mostly known for his major involvement in Hindi TV shows, short films, documentaries, and Bollywood movies, Unni has been working in the film industry for more than ten years now.
The year 2001 was a crucial one for Unni has he made his first portentous contribution on the silver screen with the TV series C.A.T.S. In 2011, he went on to serve as the main director of the drama film Lessons in Forgetting, starring Adil Hussain, Roshni Achreja, and Raaghav Chanana. It is as highly rated as 7.8 on IMDb....
48. Antony Perumbavoor
Antony Perumbavoor was a driver earlier in his life (he had been a driver to veteran actor Mohanlal) and later became a famous producer in the film industry. Eventually, his life took a drastic change, and he became Mohanlal’s business partner. Antony Perumbavoor owns a production house named Ashirvad Cinema and the first film that this production Studio produced was Narsimha.
Antony Perumbavoor is famous for producing movies like Drishyam in which he has not just played the role of a producer but has also acted in it. He also has bagged himself a Best Film Award for this movie in the year 2013. Antony is a very successful producer and has given to t...
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
49. Mahaveer Jain
Mahaveerjain is a renowned Indian film producer who comes from a business family dealing in textiles. The first film he produced was ‘Dekh Indian Circus’ which was released in 2011. The film was widely applauded and bagged four National Awards. His other widely acknowledged work includes 2019 film, ‘KhandaaniShafakhana’ starring Sonakshi Sinha and Varun Sharma and ‘Malaal,’ which was also released in 2019, and Falooda, released in 2018, among others. He has been in news for arranging meetings between Bollywood stars and Prime Minister Modi to discuss the obstacles faced by the Indian Film Industry.
He also produced a short film ‘Chalojeetehai’ on the early life and hardships of Prim...
Gender:
Male
50. Mangesh Hadawale
Mangesh Hadawale is an Indian director, writer, and film-maker.He is well known for “Tingya”, his debut Marathi film released in 2008, which received splendid success.His second film was “Dekh Indian Circus”, was his first Hindi film and was released in 2011.”Dekh Indian Circus”, received stunningly positive reviews from critics worldwide and was nominated for and won many awards like “National Film Award for Best Children’s Film”, “Audience Choice Award at the 16th Busan International Film festival” and much more.
Mangesh was born in Rajauri, a small village in Maharashtra.The main occupation of his family ...
Age:
42
Gender:
Male
51. Lalgudi Ilayaraja
Lalagudi N Ilayaraja is an Art Director from Lalagudi, a town in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling from Government Higher Secondary School situated in Lalagudi. He completed his degree from the Government College of Fine Arts, Kumbakonam which was affiliated to the Bharathithasan University at that time. Hehas worked on several projects including Yuvan Yuvathi and Veattai Manam. He also worked with some of the most prominent actors,directors and producers of the Indian, Tamil and Telugu film industry.
He worked as an Art Director in the films UttamaVillan (2015) and Vishwaroopam(2013), which hadone of the best actors of Telugu film industry, Kamal Hassan. During his contribution to the film Kaththi (2014), he ...
52. Bedabrata Pain
Bedabrata Pain is an Indian Scientist and Filmmaker. He works in the Hindi Film Industry. Bedabrata was born on the 27th of March in the year 1963. He was born in West Bengal, India. His nicknames are Bedo and Mithu. He had his schooling from St. Lawrence High School in Calcutta, West Bengal, and South Point High School.
He later had his Electronics & Electrical Computer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. He pursued his MS and Ph.D. From Columbia University in Applied Physics specialization. He married Shonali Bose, an Indian Film Producer, Filmmaker, and Writer. They had two sons whose names were Ishan and Vivan.
Ishan died at a very young age in an accident. Bedabrata worked for NASA&#...
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
53. P. Sheshadri
P. Sheshadari was born on 23rd November, 1963 in Dandinashivara, Mysore. P. Sheshadari is a very popular Kannada Cinema Director. He also won many National Awards for his amazing films like Atithi, Tutturi, Bharath Stores and much more. He was born in Mysore, but he later shifted to Karnataka. The audience like and appreciate his work.
Other than films P. Sheshadari is into television as well. He is the director of many T.V series like Inchara, Maayamriga, Saakshi and much more. He has done the movie named Munnudi, which got released in the year 2000 and this is an amazing movie by him. Munnudi is about religions and customs and he also won the Social Issu...
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
54. Nitin Kakkar
Nitin Kakkar is a film director by profession. As a director, he has directed many Bollywood films and Hindi TV serials. Nitin made his debut as an assistant director with the Marathi film, 'Devki.’ He also assisted director Siddharth P. Malhotra for the film, 'We Are Family.’ He has directed Hindi TV serials like ‘Sssshh Phir Koi Hai,’ ‘CID special,’ and ‘Jersey No. 10.’
He has directed famous movies like 'Jawaani Jaaneman,’ 'Mitron,’‘Notebook,’ and ‘Filmistaan.’ 'Filmistan' was Nitin's first film as a director. He received the award for the best debut director for this film. Filmistan was the best feature film in Hind...
Gender:
Male
55. S. Radha Krishna
S Radha Krishna, also known as ‘China Babu’, is a famous film producer known for his immense contribution to Telugu cinema. Born in the town of Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, Radha Krishna used to work in the world of insurance marketing for 25 years. However, it did not stop a cinema enthusiast to try his luck in movie production. So, Radha Krishna decided to venture into production with “Atma Kadha”, helmed by V Madhusudhana Rao in 1988. Cited as a remake of Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt’s “Janam”, the film starred Mohan, Sarath Babu, Khushboo, and Jayasudha. But the film did not live up to expectations and was a box-office flop.
China Babu, as he is known, admitted that lack of experience d...
Gender:
Male
56. Ronnie Lahiri
Ronnie and film creation. The journey started, after his advancement from St. Edmund’s College, Shillong he went on to pursue his administration, and then joined as a management expert in big firms in Goa and came back to Delhi. But in some way, he wasn’t very pleased with the communal culture and desired to get into the artistic side. It was in 1999 when he met Shoojit Sircar who was his companion and acquaintance then. He was also just commencing in publicity as a manager. How many movies has he produced? He has shaped an overall of 6 flicks— Vicky Donor, Madras Café, Piku, and now PINK. He has also done two Bengali movies— Aparajita Tumi and Open Tee Bioscope.
Right now, he has got two flicks und...
Gender:
Male
57. Listin Stephen
Listin Stephen is an Indian film distributor and producer. His work is predominant in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. He has his own production company called Magic Frames which he founded. His debut as a producer was in the 2011 film Traffic, which made Malayalam cinema see a new age of filmmaking style. Stephen was born on 1 st June 1986 in Uzhavoor, Kottayam, Kerala. His second film as a producer after his debut was Chaapa Kurish which encountered controversies, but still gave a hit.
He has three National Film Awards for his 2012 film Ustad Hotel, including one for Best Popular Film. Soon he remade all the three successful movies in Tamil, one with R. Sarathkumar. He has also won a Malayalam Filmfare Award f...
Age:
37
Gender:
Male
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58. Ashvin Kumar
Ashvin Kumar is an Indian director, producer, and writer, whose prominent works include a number of feature-length films, documentaries, and short films. He was born in Kolkata in 1973 to well-known fashion designer and Padma Shri awardee Ritu Kumar and Shashi Kumar. He has won 2 National Awards along with various film festival awards. He was the youngest Indian director, at the age of 32, to be nominated for an Academy Award. He was the first to be nominated for the European Film Academy and now is a voter of BAFTA and European Film Academy. Ashvin Kumar did his schooling in Kolkata at the La Martiniere Kolkata Modern School and also at The Doon School, Dehradun.
He was a member of the Shakespeare Society at St. Stephen’s ...
59. Shivaji Lotan Patil
Shivaji Lotan Patil is a motion picture director from the country of India. He is well-known among the masses to have earned the National Award in the category Best Director for his movie with the title Dhag. The Best Director Award of National Awards is given by an institution with the name of The Directorate of Film Festival.
The process of giving this award started way back in the year 1967. The prize conferred to the awardees is a lotus made of gold and a cash prize of two lakh, fifty thousand rupees. He was the sixtieth such director to be honored with this achievement. It was given to him in the year 2012, along with other national awards. Dhag was a motion picture, which got made in the Marathi Language. M...
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
60. Shailendra Barve
Shailendra Barve is an Indian music composer who has won a National Award for his work on the soundtrack of Samhita. Shailendra was born on 4th January in Mumbai. Shailendra went to Modern English School and IES Dadar for his schooling. Later, Barve took admission at Rachana Sansad’s Academy of Architecture. In 2008, Shailendra made a jingle “Mera Jahan” for Aamir Khan’s directorial debut Taare Zameen Par. With Adnan Sami as the singer, the song explores the mind of an eight-year old boy while he roams the streets of Mumbai.
In the same year, Shailendra composed the title track of the comedy serial “Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chas...
Gender:
Male
61. Minon
Sometimes you are just a born artist. You would never be trained in that nor would you have gone to school. Young Minon John Baby is one such child artist who has done an exemplary performance in his debut movie itself. The 2012 flick 101 Chodyangal is the film that made Minon reach heights at a young age of 12. The film dealt with a 10-year old guy’s quest to get answers to 101 queries.
Other than 101 Chodyangal the films in which Minon acted are Munnariyappu, Shaastri, Jilebi, and Ennum Eppozhum.
Minon once told that he had no intention to enter the film industry, and it was just an accident. H...
Age:
24
Gender:
Male
Age:
24
Gender:
Male
62. Shanker Raman
Shanker Raman is a renowned Indian cinematographer and producer, as well as a writer.
Among all his talents, he has put his skill of cinematography to the maximum use. People credit him with working on various successful movies such as Peepli (Live), Rocky Handsome, ‘Frozen’, and ‘Autumn’. Peepli (Live) was produced by famous Bollywood couple, Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, and directed by Anusha Rizvi. It was a satirical comedy movie, which explored the theme of farmer suicides in India, as is a grave problem in the current scenario.
Other films in which he has worked as a cinematographer are ‘Fireflies’, ‘Patang’, You Say Party: Lonely’s Lunch, and Sarah ...
Gender:
Male
Gender:
Male
63. Aribam Syam Sharma
Aribam Syam Sharma was born on March 21st, 1936 at Imphal, Manipur. He started his career as a film director as well as a composer from the state of Manipur in India. He made his first appearance in The Manipuri movie Queen as an actor for the motion picture Matamgi Manipur. Besides acting, he directed his first show Lamja Parshuram in 1974. Lamja Parshuram movie was the first movie of the Manipuri films which runs for about a hundred days and made a box office hit in the industry. Later in 1980, he made his next talkie Olangthagee Wangmadasu.
This movie was another biggest success in the Manipuri films which made the drama to run for almost twenty-five we...
Age:
88
Gender:
Male
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64. Anwar Rasheed
Anwar Rasheed is a famous and highly appreciated director who works in the Indian film industry especially in the southern part of it who was born on 19th of March in the year 1976 in Kollam. Anwar attended Maharaja College in which he realized that he has a thing for the film industry and the various processes that are involved in making a film. He befriended a group of like-minded people who were also movie buffs. His father got transferred to Chennai, and he joined Madras University for his Post graduation, and here he assisted the director Raghunath Paleri while he was filming Vismayam. While he was in the years of his education, he took an active part in various youth festivals of his co...
Age:
48
Gender:
Male
Age:
48
Gender:
Male
65. Kamal
Kamaluddin Mohammed Majeed, more prominently known as Kamal, is a movie director, producer, and writer. Kamal has predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He was born in Mathilakam, Kodungallur in Thrissur, Kerela on 28 November 1957. He had started his career after completing his graduation from Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur and Christ College, Irinjalakuda. He got married to Saburabi and had two children with her, Hanna Mohamed and Jenuse Mohamed. His son, Jenuse also made his debut in the year 2015 with the film 100 Days of Love. It was also a Malayalam film. His career in the industry started when he scripted for the film Thraasa.
Thraasa was di...
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
66. Nikhil Advani
Nikhil Advani is an ace Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director born on 28 April 1971 in Mumbai, India. Nikhil father is a businessman and his mother an advertising professional. Nikhil did his higher secondary education from Green Lawns High School, Breach Candy and graduation from St. Xavier College, Mumbai in Chemistry. During the start of his career, he worked as an assistant director of Dharma Productions. Nikhil is also the assistant director of two blockbuster movies Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. Nikhil also made his guest appearance in the movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Nikhil also worked as an assistant director under Aditya Chopra film Mohabattein. Nikhil directed his first fil...
Age:
53
Gender:
Male
Age:
53
Gender:
Male
67. Bijibal Maniyil
Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian composer and a singer born on 21 May 1973. Bijibal is not only a playback singer but also an expert Keyboardist. Bijibal field of interest includes film scores, classical and dance music. Bijibal is a very renowned composer and has won many prestigious awards including a National Film Award. Bijibal made his debut in the Malayalam film industry as a music director with the film Arabikatha in 2007. The film won him Mullassery Raju Music Award for the best music director in 2007. Some of the remarkable works of Bijibal includes Njaan, Balyakalasakhi, Kaliyachan, Salt N’ Pepper and Arabikatha. Bijibal won the Asiavision Movie Award for the Movie Salt N’ P...
Age:
50
Gender:
Male
Age:
50
Gender:
Male
68. Sidhartha Siva
He was born on 5 May 1985. Kaviyoor Triuvalla is the hometown of Sidhartha Siva. Kaviyoor Triuvalla is a place of Kerala. His father name is Kaviyoor Sivaprasad. His father is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker. He had completed his graduation from Marthoma College. He is a Film Actor, Scenarist, and director, also. His Notable work is 101 Chodyangal. He met first with her wife Ann at his college. He felt in love with her and married later. His wife name is Ann Mary Abraham. He got married to her in 2012. His marriage place was Chakkulathukavu Devi. He is a National Award Winning for Malayalam film. He is a cancer survivor. By directing telefilms and short films, he started his career.
Age:
38
Gender:
Male
Age:
38
Gender:
Male
69. Pran
Pran Krishan Sikand known as Pran was an Indian actor. This legend was born in New Delhi during the British rule. His dad late Kewal Krishan Sikand, who was a Civil Contractor for the Government and had a transferable job. Due to which he did his schooling from various schools in Kapurthala, Unnao, Meerut, Dehradun and Rampur. He was excellent in his academics, especially in Mathematics.
Pran started learning photography from Lahore. He worked with A. Das & Co. in Delhi as an intern so that he would learn professional photography. He got his debut film ‘Yamla Jat’ in the year 1940. During partition, he moved to Mumbai and started his struggle towa...
Date of Death:
12-07-2013
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
12-07-2013
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
70. Lal
Paul Michael alias Lal started his successful journey in Malayalam film industry with the blockbuster movie “Ramji Rao Speaking” (1989) which was later re-made even in Hindi as Hera Pheri. In this film he took the effort to tie up with Siddidque who was his childhood friend, and their partnership continued for five or six films, after which they had parted due to some differences. Siddique-Lal partnerships had given many new faces in Mollywood. The duo had teamed up to make many social films which had understanding of the public taste and a sense of box-office too. They had launched a production house named “Siddique-Lal” and made ...
Age:
65
Gender:
Male
Age:
65
Gender:
Male
71. H G Dattatreya
The two times national award winning actor for supporting roles Dattanna alias HG Dattatreya was working in Air Force, but was interested in acting. He is one of the actors, who are highly qualified and also held a position as a principal in the management academy of HAL. Acting was his passion and so, he continued to do films regardless of awards. Although awards are definitely an encouragement for the actor, but to continue his journey in over 90 films that spanned over 26 years is indeed a remarkable feat. Although he chose to take up supporting actor role or even in character roles, he is known for his versatile performances in Kannada film industry.
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
72. Umesh Shukla
Umesh Shukla is an Indian actor, writer, dialogue writer, screenplay writer, story writer, and director by profession. Umesh Shukla is a notable Gujarati Play director and has also acted in many plays in the Gujarati language. Besides acting as an actor, Umesh Shukla has also played some roles of Villain. A notable movie in this regard is the 1994 movie “Yaar Gaddar.” In this movie, Umesh Shukla played the role of villain. In this movie, Umesh Shukla shared the screen with popular actor Mithun Chakraborty. As per the records, “Yaar Gaddar” was the first movie where Umesh Shukla acted on the big screen for the first time. Later on, in the year 2009, Umesh Shukla, directed a movie named “Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge.&r...
73. Sunil Lulla
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.
He was also the executive vice-president of Sony Entertainment Television.
Sunil has over 20 years of experience in the media industry. He has served as a dire...
74. Sabbir Khan
Sabbir Khan, is a popular film director as well as screenwriter in India. He is also an individual who has been fortunate enough to be born into the film industry of India. His father worked as a lyricist during the late 1960s to the early 1970s. After the death of his mother at a very young age, Sabir had to endure many visits to movie studios and recording studios with his father who worked in this industry as well.
It was here that he observed and learnt about the cinema and subsequently he built up a passion for making films as well. He initially came into the industry by assisting two film makers who were named as Mahesh Bhatt and David Dhawan. He worked with them on several films before leaving to work at “Nadiadwal...
Age:
47
Gender:
Male
75. Rituparno Ghosh
Rituparno Ghosh(1963-2013) was a profound actor, director, writer, and lyricist in the Bengali FIlm Industry. He was born in Kolkata to a Bengali Hindu family on 31 August 1963. Sunil Ghosh, father of Rituparno Ghosh was a painter and a documentary film maker. He attended South Point School in and earned an Economics degree from Jadhavpur University, Kolkata. He worked as a creative artist in an advertising agency, Response India. He became famous in Kolkata for his effective slogans and appealing one liners. He earned fame with his most notable ad campaigns, ‘Sharad Samman' and ‘Bongo JibonerAngo' for antiseptic ointment, Boroline and mango drink, Frooti respectively....
Date of Death:
30-05-2013
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
76. Shoojit Sircar
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.He directed Bollywood movies like Yahaan released in 2005, Vicky Donor in 2012, Madras Cafe 2013 and Piku 2015, which were all praised, by critics and audience alike. He was appreciated for his art of direction after every film of his. He was also into ad filmmaking and has created award-winning commercials. Having worked with almost all leading agencies in India for products of all categories reflects how versatile he is as a director.The director, however still has his roots into theatre. He still gives the credit of who...
77. Jahnu Barua
Jahnu Barua, an Assamese Filmmaker, born on 17 October in Guwahati, Assam. He is known as the pioneer of Assamese Artistic Cinema. He pursued Bachelor in Science from B. Barooah College of Guwahati and took Diploma in Film Direction from FTII (Film & TV Institute of India) in Pune. He got married to Gayatri, (a filmmaker) who inspired him to become a filmmaker too. Oyu barua is the name of their son. We can say that he is an all-rounder because he is a Director, Producer, Writer & Editor. He directed, produced and edited many films like ‘Aparoopa (1982), Firingoti (1992), 'Tora' (2005), etc. As a Writer, he worked in films such as The F Cycle (1974), Ek Kahaani (1986), Maine Ga...
Age:
71
Gender:
Male
78. Sujoy Ghosh
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.
The film describes love and friendship among the friends. The film includes Rinke Khanna and Rahul Bose featuring as Husband-Wife inclined towards R.D. Burman's music. The film also showcases Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Suri. The film is about how they manage to settle ...
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
79. Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan, a well-renowned, talented and famous music composer, and singer. An accomplished musician in Tamil cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood and other International films. He has won various Indian and multiple National Film Award. His most famous albums include, “Breathless“- Album that first gave him fame, including the song, "Breathless," in which he sings throughout the whole song without pausing to breathe and “Nine” - Nine is Shankar's most recent album. Each song is a representation of a "mood," including joy, sadness, love, etc. He was also invited by UNESCO and the US State Department to...
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
80. John Abraham
Like some of our sexy stars, John Abraham has had his personal ups and downs. One thing is sure, this handsome star was on every Bollywood hot icon list. 90 percent of us would have to admit that John Abraham was and still is the best sex symbol. John Abraham was born on 17th December 1972. He was a famous model before making debut in films. Over the years, he has become an actor and producer of Hindi films. Very recently, he has launched his own production company which oversees and executes the making of the film. Today, the actor has star power, the influence of the top-tier actors, publicists and writers and directors who help him in running his own production home named ‘John Abraham Entertainment&...
Age:
51
Gender:
Male
Age:
51
Gender:
Male
81. Aamir Bashir
Aamir Bashir is an Indian TV artist and film director born in Kashmir, India. He born and brought up in Kashmir and after his schooling, he shifted to Delhi, where he did his graduation in history from St. Stephen's College. His father is a very reputed man and served the Jammu state for many years. He was the Chief Justice of Jammu High Court.Aamir did much work in the TV industry and still doing it with full affection and love. He won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film HARUD in 2012. This film was released in Urdu.Before this in the late 90's, Aamir started his career from a television when he played a role in TV series Bhanwar. This series was broadcast on the very popul...
Age:
36
Gender:
Male
82. Thilakan
Surendranatha Thilakan, more popularly known as Thilakan was one of Malayalam cinema’s most prominent actors. He was one of the few actors who was awarded a Padma Bhushan (India’s highest Civilian Award), and was affectionately called Perumthachan (Master Craftsman) of the Malayalam Cinema industry.
Born on the 15th of July, 1935 in Ayroor, Travancore, Kerala, he began his acting career as a thespian when he left intermediate college mid-way to pursue this career as a fulltime option in 1956. Having formed a troupe with a few friends, called the Mundakayam Nataka Samithy, he performed at various venues including the Kerala People’s Arts Club till 1966, followed by sessio...
Date of Death:
24-09-2012
Age:
88
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
24-09-2012
Age:
88
Gender:
Male
83. Ranjith Balakrishnan
A great Indian film director Mr.Ranjith Balakrishnan Nair was born on 4th September 1964 in Balussery Kerala. Apart from directing Malayalam Cinema he is also known for variegate aspects of filming like screen writer , producer as well as actor. Two of his most famous film ventures are “Thirakkatha “ and “Indian Rupee “that won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film in Malayalam in 2008 and 2011 resp.
When he graduated from THE School Of Drama And Fine Arts,Thrissur, he tried his luck at skits and t.v serials as an actor for Doordarshan. His debutant films were OruMaymasPulariyil . Later on he made his ingression by writing stories for a fun- adventure film directed by Kam...
Age:
59
Gender:
Male
Age:
59
Gender:
Male
84. 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
85. Tigmanshu Dhulia
Tigmanshu Dhulia is a super talented and multi-faceted personality in the Indian film and Television industry. He is an actor, director, story writer, screenplay writer and also an editor. Although, today Tigmanshu Dhulia is primarily known as an ace director who has delivered the audience’s few power packed Hindi movies back to back but he started out with Indian television- the small screen and with theatres. Born on July 3, 1967 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India into an educated and well established family, where his father was a judge in the Allahabad High court. Dhulia always wanted to be a part of the film and television industry and started out acting in theatres. He started his career in the year 1993 as a writer, director and an a...
Age:
56
Gender:
Male
Skills:
86. Prasoon Joshi
Prasoon Joshi is an Indian poet, writer, lyricist and also an advertising guru. He is also the President of the McCann Worldgroup in South Asia and the CEO of McCann Wordgroup in India. He won the Best Lyricist award at the Filmfare for two consecutive times from 2007 to 2008. In year 2014, he received the same award for the biographical sports drama film, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. He also won the Best Lyricist award at the National Film Award twice; one for Aamir Khan’s drama film, Taare Zameen Par and another one for the historical war drama film, Chittagong.Prasoon was born on September 16, 1971 in Uttarakhand, India and spent most of his childhood days in Almora. His father is D.K. Joshi, a PCS Officer and his m...
Age:
52
Gender:
Male
Skills:
87. Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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 M...
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
Skills:
88. 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
89. Annu Kapoor
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 fil...
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
90. S. S. Rajamouli
A film director and a screenwriter S.S. Rajamouli was born as Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana. He is well known for his hit films like Magadheera, Eega and Baahubali: The Beginning. He started off directing daily soaps in Telegu for Eenadu Television working under K. Raghavendra Rao. His debut as Film director was Student no.1 in 2001 which turned out to be a blockbuster. His next venture was after a long gap of two years, Simhadri, which also received rave reviews. His third flick Sye was based on a game of rugby and for this, he joined hands with K.K. Senthil Kumar. This film received appreciation from all over and was a hit. His next movie was Chatrapathi, which again touc...
Age:
50
Gender:
Male
Age:
50
Gender:
Male
91. Dipankar Chaki
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92. Virendrasingh Rathore
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93. Kishor Patil
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