Hindi Awards 61st Filmfare Awards - Cast & Crew

Sneha Rajani is a famous Indian producer working predominantly in the Bollywood Film Industry. Born in Tanzania, Sneha Rajani later settled in Mumbai, Maharashtra, where she completed her education and set up her career. She got her primary education from Mount Mary Convent High School, Bandra, Mumbai, and later went to St. Andrews School, North Harrow. Sneha Rajani completed ACCA from London South Bank University and Emile Woolf College of Accountancy. She started her career as an accountant in 1988 at Delson & Co. She served as Senior Management Accountant at Northwick Park Hospital NHS Trust. Sneha worked for Tv Asia Pvt Ltd as Head of Programming in 1993, and in 1996, she worked as Chief Executive Programming and Consultant Programming at Star India.

Since 1999, she is working for Sony Picture, Networks India Pvt Ltd fo...

Anusha Mani is an Indian playback singer who works dominatingly in the Bollywood film industry. Anusha got trained in Carnatic music from Smt Meera Nathan. Her family is supportive of her career and is passionate about singing too. She started her career as a public singer and used to sing in plays and functions in Gujarat. In 2007 she made her debut with Shankar Mahadevan of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy in the track Dhoka from Johnny Gaddaar. She came into their eyes from the album songs which she has made earlier. With the trio, Anusha has done several albums. She started writing, and Dil Mein Jaagi of DEV D is one of the amazing songs which she has both written and sung.

Amit Trivedi won the Indian National Film Award for Best Music Direction for directing that song. Her filmography includes Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Sikand...

Priya Saraiya is also known as Priya Panchal. Priya began singing at the age of six. She underwent her classical coaching from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai. The admired artist Jigar Saraiya is currently wedded to the singer. Lyricist Priya Saraiya believes this is the precise time for music. She learned her Hindustani Classical guidance from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya and from Trinity College of London, she learned Western music. Lately, the lyricist made some astounding tracks for movies like Bhoomi. Priya created the title song for Simran and tunes of Bhoomi --Trippy, Lag Ja Gale, and Kho Diya with her musician hubby Jigar. Well, this is not the only time the duo has got together collectively. They have cooperated earlier on Gulabi from the flick “Shuddh Desi Romance”. Priya wrote the lines of the track of Simran. It was ...

Anvita Dutt was born on 20th February 1972. She is currently 45 years of age. She was born in New Delhi. She is a very popular Dialogue writer, Storywriter, Screenplay writer, and lyricist as well. She is the writer of many popular Bollywood films and has written many beautiful songs.

After all the music lyrics play a very important role in any song and Anvita is indeed an amazing writer. She began her career in the year 2005 and she is still contributing to the industry a lot. She has worked with the most popular and leading Directors as well Production houses.

She has worked with Yash Raj Films which is of Aditya Chopra and she has also worked with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. Anvita’s father joined the Indian Air Force, therefore; Anvita is born and brought up in military cantonments situated in Indi...

'Anju Modi' is a critically-acclaimed Indian fashion and costume designer. She started her career in the year 1990 after doing a collection based on embroidery and weaving. She is now one of the founders of the Fashion Design Council of India. Unlike her competitors, Anju has made a fascinating identity in the fashion world by doing ramp shows instead of designing costumes for Bollywood flicks. She is running her flagship now from DLF Emporium Delhi and accredits her own labels called “Anju Modi” and “AM: PM.”

Anju never had any formal training or education in Fashion as she developed her skills through her association with the craftsmen and experimenting on the world of couture. She rais...

Saloni Dhatrak is an Indian production designer. She worked for the Hindi film industry. She was born in Mumbai and currently living in Mumbai only. Saloni completed her high school from St. John The Baptist High School and Junior College, Thane and completed her architecture from Dr. D Y Patil College of Architecture. She had also completed her Master in Construction Management from the University of Mumbai. Sonali had done some part-time jobs like Jr. Town Planner in Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, in Madhur Bhandarkar Production, Little Red Car Films, J P Dutta Films, T-Series, R S V P Movies and also an Architectural Designer in Ahmedabad Film City.

She worked in some Bollywood movies like Bajirao Mastani, Love Per Square Foot, Yaariyan, and Sanam Re. She won 3 awards for her work in the Hindi cinemas. She...

Maxima Basu is a well-known costume designer from Delhi. Maxima is also an Earth lover and a scuba driver. She has worked for various films and has created a wardrobe ranging from majestic clothes to ragged clothes. Her wardrobe selection has intensified the films she was involved in. She has worked simultaneously on three different films at a time. They were: ‘Padmavati’ (Bhansali production), ‘Raabta’ (Maddock production) and ‘Dangal’ (Aamir Khan production).

In ‘Dangal’, she replaced Manoshi Nath and Rushi Sharma who are popularly called as Manu-Rishi. For ‘Raabta’, she had to design some armoury and for ‘Padmavati’, she had to create a jacket for Ranveer Singh. Initially, she was...

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.

Chaturvedi started her career as a freelance illustrator with Times of India, Lucknow. After that she was shifted to Delhi in 1996, when she joined advertising with Ogilvy and Mather as an art director in 1999. Then she moved to the Mumbai office o...

Palak Muchhal's birth date is on 30th March 1992 into a Maheshwari Marwari family in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. She comes from middle-class family. She started singing since the age of four. In 1999, she spent a week singing door-to-door to collect funds for Kargil war soldiers. She has been performing shows since March 2000 and donated the amount for the hospitalization expense of children suffering from heart diseases.

Through her kind deeds, she has saved many lives.Her charity work is acknowledged by the Government of India and other public institution through various awards. She started her Bollywood playback singing debut with a title song for 2011 movie “Damadamm” and her efforts to help child heart patients continued. She even owns a Charity O...

Monali Thakur is a Kolkata-born playback singer and actress. Born in a musical family, Monali's father is a renowned Bengali Playback singer and her sister, Mehuli Thakur, is also a Playback singer. Monali's singing talent was initially recognized when she'd won the Best Playback Singer award at the 'Amandalok Awards', for the serial 'Sri Rama Krishna' at the age of 14. She'd been trained under Padma Shri Pandit Jagdish Prasad and Padma Shri Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty for Hindustani music. Monali's singing career started when she auditioned for Indian Idol 2 (the Indian version of Pop Idol) in 2005. Monali had been well acclaimed for her singing by the judging panel that included Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam, and Farah Khan.

She was placed ninth in the competition, but recognizing her ...

Meghna Gulzar is among the few female directors in Indian cinema. And this talented lady doesn’t have a belief on feminism. Meghna Gulzar is the daughter of prominent lyricist, screenwriter and director Gulzar. Renowned yesteryear actress Rakhee is her mother. 

Born on 13 December 1973, Meghna made her directorial debut with the 2002 flick Filhaal, which had Sushmita Sen, Tabu, Palash Sen and Sanjay Suri sharing screen space. This film was critically well received. Filhaal delved into the sensitive topic as a surrogate mother. But the movie was not a commercial success. Poranmasi (short film) and Just Married are the other directoria...

Born on 5th August 1974, Kajol was the heartthrob of Indians during her peak. Her main region of interest is Hindi cinema. Out of the eleven nominations Kajol had got 6 Filmfare awards. In fact, she has a record of winning Best Actress Filmfare Award 5 times in her career. This is matched only by her aunt Nutan. She is also the proud recipient of Padmashree award. 

Her first film was Bekhudi which was released during the year 1992. She didn’t even complete schooling at that time. Acting was her passion and hence she called it quits to studying and took up acting. Her first hit was Baazigar which was released during the year 1993. Later, her films with Shahrukh...

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. 

Born in Jamshedpur, Priyanka’s parents were doctors in Indian Army. It was during the year 2000, that this actress stepped into the Femina Miss India contest and from then on her journey to success is indeed commendable. She was the runner up in the contest and eventually won the Miss World title in 20...

Bhumi Pednekar is Maharashtrian unconventional actress. Bhumi was initially an assistant to the casting director of Yash Raj Films; and recently made her debut under the Yash Raj Films banner by starring in Dum Laga Ke Haisha starring Ayushmann Khurrana. She holds that it was like a “Cinderella moment” for her when she was asked to play the role of the leading actor in the movie. Bhumi plays the role of Sandhya an over-weight girl in her debut movie. She had to gain about 15 kilograms for her role in the movie but has now lost a lot of weight and is back at being fit.

Bhumi Pednekar might not be a well-known name in the Bollywood industry just yet but given her performance in her first movie that released in February 2015, the days are not far. Bhumi dreams of romancing with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan on ...

Krishika Lulla is a very talented lady and a highly successful entrepreneur who is the co-owner of the Eros Group of production. She is married to Sanjay Lulla, who is the owner of the Eros Group. Under her dexterous vision, she has given the Indian Cinema some of the most cherished movies which went on to become the highest-grossing ones. The films under her banner have not only become the highest earning movies but have also been highly appreciated not just by the audiences but also by the critics. Krishika Lulla, an avid entrepreneur, has given to the industry some brilliant movies like Tanu Weds Manu Returns, NH 10, and Desi Boyz among many others. She has produced films that have been a huge and star-studded affair. Not only that, she has given movies to Indian Cinema that range from almost all genres ...

Sonam Kapoor, Daughter of Anil Kapoor and model Sunita Kapoor, is a Bollywood actress who was born in the suburb of Chembur, Mumbai on 9 June, 1985. The Kapoor family then moved to Juhu where Sonam Kapoor did her schooling and was raised. She is the eldest of her three siblings. Belonging to the oldest family in the industry "kapoors", she got her first break in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie- Saawariya . This was not new to her that she was offered such a movie, because she was offered Saawariya when she was just 17 but due to her weight she had to wait and after losing some she was finally ready to take up the movie.

Before she came into the Bollywood industry she was a waitress just to increase her pocket money. But this only lasted for a week. When she was young she did not have this perfect figure. Before...

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 beautiful Shefali Shah is an actress of Indian origin. Born on July 1972, she belongs to Agra. However, she was born and brought up in Mumbai, where, her dream of being an actress came up. She belonged to a non-film background, her father working in RBI and mother being a homeopathy doctor. The actress found her way into Bollywood through daily soaps and her stupendous acting skills. She has worked in loads of Hindi movies. She made her debut in the drama Rangeela in 1995, sharing the silver screen with Urmila Matondkar and the perfectionist Aami Khan. The actress was seen in a crime movie Satya, where she played a supporting role. Some other movies, in which her acting skills were prevalent are Gandhi-My Father, Kuchh Luvv Jaisa.

Her role in ‘Waqt’ oppos...

Moushumi Chatterjee is an Indian actress who has worked in several Bollywood and Bengali films.  She was also the highest paid Hindi actress during 1973-78. She married producer Jayanta Mukherjee and is the mother of Payal and Megha.

Moushumi’s father, Prantosh Chattopadhyaya was in the army, and her grandfather was a judge, and she was born in Kolkata. She wasn’t considered as glamorous, and she also had crooked teeth, yet she was recognized as a gorgeous face in Bollywood, in the 1970s. At the tender age of 15, Moushumi made her film debut in a Bengali movie Balika Badhu in 1967, which was directed by Tarun Majumdar. Followed by which she was offered roles in numerous Bengali movies but had to decline them because of her academic commi...

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’. 

She started her Bollywood career through a supporting role of a character named Mohsina in this film and went to receive appreciation from masses and critics. Once she was offered to play a role in Tamil gangster thriller titled ‘Billa-2’ to act opposite actor Ajith Kumar, but as the film was getting delayed, she opted out of the project and started her journey in B-town. 

She is a youn...

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 Ba...

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. 

Anushka got her first role in the 2008 hit Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, which also starred the great Shah Rukh Khan. Critics praised her for her acting skills, for being able to play the role with such confidence and ease. She then appeared under the Yash Raj banner in Badmassh Company. In the film she portrayed a feisty and independent character and lived up to it, which showed her versatility as an actress. She did two more movies under t...

Alka Yagnik is a very popular playback singer of the Bollywood film industry. She was born on March 20, 1966. She has been working in the Hindi film industry for three decades. She had bagged seven Filmfare awards out of the thirty five nominations at the Filmfare awards. It was for the best playback singer award category. Her singing is quite beautiful and she was felicitated by many icons. 

She came to the Bollywood industry as a singer at her early age. This gave her a lot of experience and she groomed herself as a consistent and successful singer. Alka Yagnik's songs were listed more than 20 times in the “BBC's “Top 40 Bollywood ...

NP Singh is the former CEO of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), one of the biggest entertainment platforms in India. Starting his early education at Delhi Public School in 1966-1976, he went to Delhi University for graduated with B.Com. He completed his M.com commerce from Delhi School of Economics in 1982 and later, for FCMA Management Accounting, went to the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, where he was honored with a certificate of Merit. In his early career, NP Singh worked as Senior Accounts Officer at Hindustan Copper Limited from 1981 to 1988. He held several leadership positions in accounting before joining SPNI, including Spice Telecom, Modicorp, Modi Xerox Limited, etc.

In 1999, NP Singh joined SPNI as Chief Financial Officer and worked for four years. In 2004, he was promoted to Chief Operation Officer till...

Anupam Roy is an Indian lyricist who worked for the Bengali film industry. He was born on 29th March 1982 in Kolkata, West Bengal, and a multi-talented singer, lyricist, composer, and playback singer. Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao and Benche Thakar Gaan was his first debut and was appeared on the soundtrack of the 2010 Bengali movie Autograph. He also worked for the Bollywood film Piku in 2015 and was his first Bollywood debut. Anupam released his fourth studio album Ebar Morle Gachh Hawbo on 14th February 2017 and consists of songs like Amar Shohor, Oestrogen, Rock n Roll, Choiter Kafon, and Byatha Lage.

As a singer and songwriter he worked in movies like Second Sex in 2013, Bela BoyeJaay in 2020, Ocean Calls My Name in 2021, Bhalo Theko 19 in 2020, Manush BhaloNei in 2021, and many other...

Vineet Jain is an entrepreneur and producer by profession. He was born on 12th February 1964, in New Delhi. He took his higher studies from the American College of Switzerland and Schiller International University. He has done B.Sc. in International Business Administration from the American College of Switzerland and Master of Business Administration from Schiller International University.

He is currently, the managing director of The Times of India and Bennett Coleman and Co. Limited. The first movie he produced was Talvar (2015), which is a movie about the much-talked murder case. Later he produced films including Bareilly ki Barfi (2017), Raazi (2018). He also produced Badhaai Ho in the year 2018 and Junglee in 2019. In 2013, he was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Bombay Management Association, for making h...

Born to parents Soma Sundaran and Rathibayi in Punnol, Kerala, Shajith grew up to become a sound designer. He is famous for sync sound technique in Indian cinema. He has carved himself a niche in Foley editing and pre-mixing. He completed his higher studies from Brennan College in Thalassery, and currently lives in Mumbai. He was disabled with rheumatoid arthritis when he was 13 years old, and was confined to his home. While visiting Mumbai with his sister, the natural vibe of the city grew upon him, he shifted his base to Mumbai in 1999. His illness required him to discontinue his studies. He continued fighting, his thirst to learn quenched by a local library in Kannur. His achievements speak momentously of his efforts which includes sound designing for Bollywood’s acclaimed movies like ‘Maqbool,’ ‘Haider,&rsqu...

Sujeet Sawant or Sujeet Subhash Sawant is an Indian Production Designer for films, best known for his work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2015 epic historical romance film, Bajirao Mastani.

Sujeet honed his skills with an ample stunt in the advertising and graphic designs fields. He forayed in the film industry and has worked in films like Devdas (2002), Swades (2004), I am (2011), and Mirch (2012) to name a few.

He studied an Engineering course and became popular for outstanding aesthetics with a powerful logic and outstanding skills that render the vision of many film directors to sets that can rank from a hut to a palace, with an equal composure and a notable finish.

Sujeet, along with the two art directors of Bajirao Mastani, bagged an award at the Start Guild Awards for their outstanding work in the film....

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 Raigarh. Besides his father, Mishra's uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, also trained h...

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.

Over the years, Sham has worked for some renowned Bollywood personalities like Aamir Khan, Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, etc. Sham has been a prominent part of the Indian film industry for more than thirty years now, with nearly 150 major film credits to his name. 

Manu Anand is a well known Cinematographer in Indian Film Industry. Manu Anand was born in Patiala- The Royal City, Punjab. Manu has his house in Ajit Nagar, Patiala, where his family lives now. He completed his schooling from British Co-ed School. His father’s name is SK Anand. He used to be the member of Punjab State Electricity Board (now retired).

He, for his later studies, moved to Delhi, where he enrolled his application in St. Stephens College. His application got selected there. He did his post graduation in visual media from Jamia Milia, New Delhi in 2000. Manu in his college days developed a keen interest in photography and joined his college’s Photography society and later, become the Secretary of Photographic Society of the college.

His interests in photography made him enroll for post graduation...

Kishore Lulla is an Indian businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of Eros International Media Limited Company. He used to study at Bombay University. From there he graduated with a Bachelor in Arts Degree. He is an expert in his field. He has an experience of over thirty years in film and media. Eros is one of the world’s biggest film producing companies. Almost all the movies have Eros International brand name floating on the screens at the beginning. His success and his knowledge in film and art made him a member of British Academy of Film and Arts. He also became the Youth’s Organization President.

In addition to the above posts Kishore was chosen to be a member of the Board of Film and Art at the University of California, Los Angeles, United States. Due to his efforts and will, he has given Indian Cinema a ...

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 under construction– rom-com Hindi picture Banana and Running Shaadi.com. It’s true that And...

Varun Grover is a comedian, screenwriter, and even lyricist. The actor was born on 26 January 1980. Basically, he was a software engineer in a software firm in Mumbai, but he afforded to step down from the post and got connected with the film industry.

He was inspired to join film industry after he had seen ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’.  He won the best lyricist award at the at the 63rd National Film Awards held in New Delhi for the song 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' from 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' movie. Even the singer Monali Thakur for the same song won female playback singing award. 

Grover used to write poetry in children magazines. Thus he was inclined to lyricist writing for movies too. He had to struggle to get writing assignments in movies, but he was successful in getting an assignment for TV se...

K.V. Vijayendra Prasad was born as Koduri Venkata Vijayendra Prasad. He was born in Kovvur in Andhra Pradesh, India. He is an Indian Director, Writer, and Screenwriter. S.S. Rajamouli, Filmmaker, is his son. He is the uncle of M.M. Srilekha, Kalyani Malik, and M.M. Keeravani who are all music composers. He is also the uncle of S.S. Kaanchi, writer. He is an expert and well-rooted director and screenwriter.

His works are famous in Bollywood and Telugu cinemas. He entered the film industry in 1988. He is the screenwriter for over twenty-five films. All these films are a big hit and blockbusters. Rajanna is considered as his best work as a film director. He won several awards for that movie. In 1996 he directed the movie Arthanghi. He directed the movie Sri Krishna in 2011....

On 22 July, 1995, Armaan Malik was born in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a playback singer by profession. Armaan belongs to a music family. His father, Daboo Malik, is also a singer and music director. The singer is the nephew of the famous Hindi music director, Anu Malik. Armaan has a brother, Amaal Malik, who is also a music director.

He is a student of Qadir Ghulam Mustafa Khan Sahab and Mrs. Rita Kaul, who have been training him for the past ten years. At a very young age, Armaan started his music career by participating in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs. It was a music reality show. He was a finalist and stood eight in the show.

Earlier, the singer was with Universal Music India, but now works under the banner of T-Series for his singles. The singer started singing fr...

Amaal Malik (D.O.B- 16 June 1991) is a music composer and playback singer in Bollywood who hails from a family of highly talented musicians. He is the son of Daboo Malik- a well-known face in the music industry, grandson of Sardar Malik, the brother of singer Armaan Malik and the nephew of the famous music director Anu Malik.

Hailing from such a prolific musical family, Amaal’s interest in music blossomed at the tender age of eight. He got his first break in Salman Khan’s movie “Jai Ho”. He is highly gratuitous towards Salman Khan for giving him that opportunity.

While learning music as a kid, Amaal developed an instant liking towards the piano. He did his schooling at Jamnabai Narsee School and graduated with ...

Irshad Kamil is an Indian lyricist and poet who came to prominence with his work in Bollywood movies. He was born in Punjab as a Punjabi Muslim on 5 September 1971. After completing his Diploma in Journalism from Punjab University, he also completed a Ph.D. in contemporary Hindi poetry and a Post Graduation in Hindi language; he chose journalism as his career and joined a newspaper ‘Tribune’ in Chandigarh and covered entertainment and educational news. During this period, he also interviewed actors like Pooja Bhatt and Manoj Bajpayee. He then worked even in a Hindi newspaper and was involved in desk jobs. However, right from childhood, he had a unique sense to understand his life’s decisions and knew well how he has to choose his career. Soon, he left his journalism job and then did his Ph...

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 scree...

Angarag Mahanta, better known as Papon, was born on 24th November 1975 in Guwahati district of Assam. He is deeply engaged in various forms of music in which lies his entire career and dreams. Angarag formed his own music band known as the ‘Papon and The East India Company.' It was due to the huge popularity of the band that he came to be known as Papon (which happens to be his nickname) rather than his real name. His parents were Assamese folk singers Khagen Mahenta and Archana Mahanta.

Papon was taught various forms of music at a very young age itself, because of the background in music that his parents shared. Apart from singing, Papon is an expert in playing various musical instruments such as the Guitar, Harmonium, Tabla, and Kho...

Sooraj Pancholi is the new chocolate face hero who can do any love story character to win youth’s hearts. He had none other than Salman Khan, to introduce him in his acting career. Salman Khan had spotted him working as an assistant director in his hit film Ek Tha Tiger, and perhaps Sallu Bhai had then been impressed by his cute look and well-built figure and felt Sooraj could be more suitable as reel hero- who knows? Thinking that viewers could easily get bowled over by Sooraj’s six pack and admire the speed of his fists too, Pancholi could not have asked for a better project from Salman. Hero came to be Salman’s earlier film under the banner of Salman Khan Films,  but his blockbuster “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” released before Hero in the theaters. Sooraj was cas...

Vishal Dadlani mostly known by duo name Vishal Shekhar in the music world. Vishal is an Indian film music director. He not only composes music in Hindi, but equally famous for composing music in Telegu, Tamil, or in Marathi. Actually dedication brings success to a person and Vishal Dadlani has justified his talent by giving various types of music. Vishal was born on 28th June 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He first came to the limelight when he composed the movie songs in the films ‘Jhanker Beats’, ’Dus’, ’ Bluffmaster’, ’Om Shanti Om’, ‘Bachna Ae Haseena’, ’Dostana’, ‘Anjana Anjani’ and many such famous filmy songs, the present genres caller tunes or ring tones. Vishal Dadlani was the vocalist of Mumbai based electronic band Pentagram. He worked jointly ...

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 ...

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 director since 2005 and led the peak growth within India for many years before being appointed Vice Chai...

             He started making movies with real life incidents and remakes of other languages as well. He was one of the top producers and directors in Kannada movie industry. He has worked with some of the big shots of Kannada industry like, ‘Shivaraj Kumar, Ambareesh, Vijay, Upendra, Dr.Vishnuvardhan’ and many other super stars. He has also w...

Kabir khan is a very much renowned director of Bollywood. His directorial skills were appreciated across the world when his second movie New York was released. Born in 1971, Kabir khan has always been creative and new with his work. He hails from Hyderabad but completed his education in New Delhi. Kabir Khan's career graph has taken few versatile turns in terms of what he worked on.

He began his career with Discovery Channel as a cinematographer. He got to work on a documentary film called Beyond the Himalayas, as a cinematographer. Direction for this Documentary film was done by Gautam Ghosh. After this rich experience, Kabir wanted to do something completely different and on his own. So he made a documentary film called "The forgotten Army", which was on the basis of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. With this, he gai...

Jimmy Shergill is a renowned Indian actor and producer in the big screen, known for working predominantly in Punjabi and Hindi movies. He was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh in India on December 3, 1972 to a Sikh family. His real name is Jasjit Singh Gill, the son of the popular painter, Satyajit Singh Shergill. He studied at St. Francis College in Lucknow in his early years before he shifted to Punjab and studied at The Punjab Public School. He also attended Bikram and Nabha College and Patiala’s Punjabi University. Jimmy has learned to act through his guru, Sri Harpal Singh. He went to Mumbai to pursue his career as an actor.

He started acting in the year 1996 through the critically acclaimed Hindi film, Maachis, a film that is based on the Punjab terrorism. Thi...

Dinesh Vijan is known for his production company Illuminati Films, that was found by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh himself in 2009 and the duo partnerships had given multiple block busters hits. Both have been involved in making spy thrillers Agent Vinod, double role flick of Saif; prestigious Love Aaaj Kal, or even Go Goa Gone where Saif played a comedian with Russian outlook. Over the course of 10 years of film producing, Dinesh has done some high-budget Bollywood films and still working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made. Known for his high-end production, he is a finance MBA graduate, who went to make his debut as a film producer with his pet project “Being Cyrus” starring Saif Ali Khan in 2006. “Being Cyrus” was an English Language Indian film, which w...

Deepak Dobriyal is a talented theater and film actor who has appeared in many successful Bollywood movies. He was last seen in the romantic comedy- ‘’Tanu Weds Manu’’ &’ Tanu Weds Manu Returns’- and is the most versatile actor of the current generation.  Since this actor is from a theater, he has the high-octane energy to do any serious villain role, which are often challenging and needs a lot of rehearsal before the camera.

‘Omkara’ was indeed a classic film that helped to sharpen his acting skills through hard work and dedication required in the movie industry. Known for his subtle mannerism, this versatile young actor had played varied villainous and comic roles in Hindi cinema enthralling the audience with his ...

This is where he met other like-minded people like Anurag Kashyap and now he is the editor of the blog. Since he liked the movies made by UTV Pictures, he applied for the post of UTV Spot boy. But he ended up being recruited into the digital marketi...

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 he is to theatre. He said that being really involved in plays for pure passion and no money has mad...

Sriram Raghavan is an estimable film director and screenplay writer in Indian film industry. He came into fame from his latest thriller movie ‘Badlapur’ starring Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Yami Gautam. This movie was both critically acclaimed and accepted by the audience. It made the director marked the first success of his career. His birth place is Chennai, and he comes from a simple family. His father was botanist and mother being the movie lover. Later on, his family moved to Pune. His cliché and pull toward film industry led him to join FTII, Pune. Before joining FTII, he worked with stardust and left the position soon Rajkumar Hirani, a famous director, known for his films like ‘3idiots’ and ‘Munna Bhai’ series is said to be the director...

Himanshu Sharma had started his career by writing for TV shows. He was a script writer with NDTV for a health show. This successful writer started his career in Television. He began his career writing story for serials like Kkusum in Sony V and Bhootwala for SAB TV. After several years of writing scripts for TV serials, he gradually moved on to script writing for Bollywood films starting with the movie Strangers with Nandana Sen. Later on he wrote scripts for Raanjhanaa and Tanu weds Manu Series (2011 and 2015).  

After the success of these three films, he wants to evolve as a director now. The success of Tanu weds Manu Series made him to lure into film direction. Does th...

Ankit Tiwari was born on March 6, 1986 in Kanpur, India. He is a drastically advancing music composer and a playback singer who had given back to back hit albums and songs. He got into the Bollywood Cinema world in the year 2010 until the present. His works are quite impressive and blissful listening to them. Initially, he entered into the film industry as a music director after which he also lingered into playback singing. In the year 2013, he got an award for the music director category. Also, his album contested for a couple of awards in the Filmfare Awards.

This is a jump start for any music director and Ankit Tiwari proved out to be one. He sang the song, namely Galiyan for the movie Ek Villain and he contested again for a couple of awards. But this time he got nominated in the playback singing category. H...

    Anand L. Rai's first venture 'Strangers' is a psychological thriller. After his debut movie, he did 'Thodi Life Thoda Magic' in the year 2008. His huge success as a director happened in the year 2013 in his movie 'Tanu Weds Manu' st...

A. R. Rahman is a Legendary Music Composer, prominently known for his rocking music for the movie “The Slumdog Millionaire”. He had won a couple of Oscars for this album and made India proud.  Allah-Rakha Rahman’s birth name is A.S.Dileep Kumar. He was born on January 6th, 1967 in Chennai. His music journey had begun at the age of 4 when he learned piano. At the age of 11, he joined the Maestro Ilayaraja's troupe as a Keyboard player. He made his debut as a composer with the legendary film-maker G.R.Maniratnam’s film “Roja” which came out in 1992. Some of his popular music albums were for the movies like Rangeela, Bombay, Dil Se and Lagaan: Once upon a time in India.

He is known to be the Redefining Contempora...

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.

Khan went to St. Columba’s School in Delhi where he topped in studies and sports like football and hockey, where he got the Sword of Honour Award, a school’s highest award. He acted in several stage plays and ...

Born on 24th February 1963, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an acclaimed Indian multi-faceted personality; he is a producer, director, screenwriter, and music director. He studied at the Film and Television Institution of India. The middle name Leela is from the name of Bhansali’s mother, Leela.

During 1999, Bhansali commenced SLB Films, his production house. Bhansali kickstarted his film career by assisting Vidhu and Vinod Chopra. The flicks he worked as an assistant include 1942: A Love Story, Kareeb, and Parinda. The 1996 flick Khamoshi: The Musical was the first directorial venture of Bhansali. This film had Manisha Koirala and Salman in the lead roles. The film showcased Manisha's efforts to reach out to her deaf and dumb parents beautifully. This flick was well received critically and garnered the Filmfare Critics Awar...

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.

Salman started his acting career in year 1988 through the Hindi film, ‘Biwi Ho To Aisi’, where he played as the younger brother of Farooq Sheikh, followed by a breakthrough performance in his first leading role in the musical romantic film, ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ in 1989...

Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian movie actor who had no filmy links to make a Bollywood career. This handsome hunk is a carbon copy of Disney's Tangled Flynn Rider (Hollywood actor). Ranveer Singh is one of our brightest stars who rose to his heights through dedication, hard work, and perseverance. He always had an inclination for performing arts, But this actor needed the luck to launch his film career. Yash Raj films invited the struggling actor to audition for their next film, and Ranveer won the part of lead hero in the surprise 2010 hit ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’.

He had to undergo various auditions for his debut film ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’. Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films was impressed by his audition tapes and decided to cast him as Bittoo S...

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.

Both his parents usually have constant arguments, which somewhat affect him as a child. These experiences urged him to search for an outlet in films. After he had completed ...

Named Muhammad Atif Aslam when he was born, he is famously known as Atif Aslam. He started off his career as a pop singer in Pakistan and has made his way into Bollywood as a playback singer. He has also made cameo appearances in Indian films along with starring in Pakistani film Bol in 2011. 

Born in Wazirabad, Pakistan Atif moved to Rawalpindi where he pursued his studies. He moved back to Lahore and attended Punjab College from where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree. Asif was an avid cricket fan and hoped to play cricket for the Pakistani national team but when that didn’t pan out he began singing. He formed a band, Jal, and recorded his first song “Aadat” spending his own money. The song became an instant hit online and was one of the biggest hit at the time. He released his first album Jal Pari whi...

Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.

Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre.

Pritam Chakraborty gave Arjit a chance and signed him for three films; Crook, Golmaal 3, and Action R...

Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a very popular Bollywood actor cum producer. He is active in the films right from the year 1979 until the present. He got married with Sunita Kapoor in the year 1984. He has three children, namely Sonam Kapoor, who is a Bollywood actress, Rhea Kapoor, who is a Bollywood producer and Harshvarshan Kapoor. Anil Kapoor is the son of Surinder Kapoor and Nirmal. 

His father was a very prominent Indian film producer. Anil Kapoor had a profession as a Bollywood actor for about twenty five successful years. As right now, he is quite busy working in the international movi...

Sanjay Mishra is an Indian comedian, most famous for his role as Apple Singh, featured in the ESPN Star Sports during the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Apart from that, he has acted in countless other Bollywood films, his most famous roles being Dil Se (1998), Ankhon Dekhi (2013) and Jolly LLB (2013) to name a few.

Born in 1963 in Bihar, Sanjay Mishra joined the National School of Drama after his graduation. He acted in many TV commercials before he got a role in the TV series Chanakya in 1991. In 1995 he made his Indian film debut in Oh Darling!Yeh Hai India! followed by Rajkumar (1996) and Satya (1998). His Role in Satya and Dil Se (1998) helped h...

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.

On arrival in Mumbai, sustenance and survival became...

Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, India. Bachchan's father was a prestigious Hindi poet Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his mother, Teji Bachchan, was a Sikh socialite. Being his parents’ first born, he has a junior male sibling resembling to his name Ajitabh. Bachchan went to Sherwood College before enlisting in Delhi University to complete his B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) degree. He became a cargo dealer in Calcutta after completing his graduation. Amitabh Bachchan married to Jaya Bhaduri and has one son named Abhishek and one daughter named Shweta. Bachchan's father passed on in 2003 and his mother in 2007.

In 1969, Bachchan made his film debut in Saat Hindustani a film administered by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas which won him the National Film Award for Best Newcomer. By t...

Kapil Sharma was born in a small town of Amritsar, Punjab on 2 April, 1981. He is a comedian, television presenter as well as film actor. From his childhood, he was fond of acting and he always wanted to become an actor and a comedian but his childhood dream was to be a singer. Kapil Sharma is among one who has unlimited talent, ideal timing and incredible sense of humor. 

Kapil Sharma started his career with reality and comedy show. In the beginning Kapil Sharma has struggled a lot.  He has participated in many reality shows and has started his career in comedy genre by participating in 'Ustaadon Ka Ustaad' a reality show in the year 2008, comedy circus, Chhote Miyan, Hans Baliya. Kapil won Comedy Circus Ke Taansen and participated on ...

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