1. Esha Deol
Esha Deol is an Indian film actress, who was born on November 2, 1981 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She is the daughter of Dharmendra and Hema Malini, who also came from the same industry. Her sister Ahana Deol is an Odissi dancer, while her step siblings are Vijeeta, Ajeeta, Bobby Deol and Sunny Deol. Bobby and Sunny were both successful actors as well. Esha studied at Mithibai College in Mumbai. She was keen about football and was a midfielder. Esha was also the captain of the football team in her school and she was represented at the state level. Like her sister Ahana, she is also a trained Odissi dancer under Guru Rabindra Atibuddhi and also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer.
Esha was debuted in the 2002 Bollywood romance-thriller film Koi Mere Dil Se Poochee, where she earned praises and nomination at the Filmfare Awards for Best Female Debut. Her second film was entitled Na Tum Jaano Na Hum opposite Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan. However, the film failed to make it to the box-office but she was still praised by her mature performance. Her third film was the romantic comedy film Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa opposite Tusshar Kapoor and just like her second film, the film flopped but she earned critical acclaim.
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2. Asha Bhosle
Asha is considered to be the second greatest female vocalist in India, second to only her sister the great Lata Mangeshkar. Born on September 8th 1933 in Maharashtra to Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, a classical singer and actor. Her father passed away when Asha was only 10 and she and her sister began to sing from an early age to support their family. Asha had a big family with 4 sisters, including Asha, and one brother.
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90
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Female
3. Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit is not just known as the also a smile-queen of Bollywood for her pleasant smile also a well-trained dancer whose dance performance in movies were appreciated a lot by critics. This actress was born on May 15, 1967, in a Maharashtrian family to Shankar and Snehalata Dixit. She grew up as the youngest girl with three more siblings in her family. When she was a three or four years old, she could dance non-stop. Hence her parents trained her in Kathak dance for eight years.
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57
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Female
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57
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Female
4. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a popular Indian actress and is a high-profile celebrity in India. She was born on November 1, 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India to Krishnaraj, an Army Biologist and Brinda, a homemaker. She has one brother named Aditya Rai, an engineer-turned-producer, who produced her film Dil Ka Rishta in 2003. Her family shifted to Mumbai and she studied at Arya Vidya Mandir High School during her early years. She later attended Jai Hindi College and moved to DG Ruparel College in Matunga, where she scored 90% in the Higher Secondary School Certificate. During her teenage years, she trained in classical dance and music for 5-years. Initially, she planned to pursue a career in medicine, but it didn’t work out. She then took an architecture course at the Raheja College of Arts, but she decided to pursue a modeling career and so gave up on her studies.
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50
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5. Shah Rukh Khan
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 gained praises for mimicking Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Mumtaz. He studied at Hansraj College from 1985 to 1988 to get a degree in Economics but the actor spent much of his time in attending the Theatre Action Group (TAG) in Delhi. He studies acting through his mentor, Director Barry John. Later, Khan studied at Jamia Millia Islamia and took up a degree in Mass Communications, but he left it to enter the showbiz industry. He attended Delhi’s National School of Drama on his early years in Bollywood.
He started his career during the late 80’s with some appearances in many television series. He was debuted in Bollywood in the blockbuster hit film, Deewana in 1992. He was also recognized for doing villain roles in movies like Darr, Baazigar and Anjaam. He rose to fame after he was starred in various romantic films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. In year 2002, Khan gained critical acclaimed for his role as an alcoholic in the romantic drama film, Devdas; as a scientist of NASA in Swades; a coach in Chak De! India and My Name is Khan in 2010 where he played the role of a man with Asperger Disorder. For his outstanding contributions to the film industry, he received the Padma Shri Award by the Government of India and the Legion d’honneur and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France.
This year, he became the co-chairman of Red Chillies Entertainment and all its subsidiaries. Khan became one of the owners of the cricket team, Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League. He is also a regular host and stage show performer. The media called him as Brand SRK due to his many endorsements and business ventures. He is also a philanthropy who has given health care and reliefs to the disaster victims. He gained the UNESCO’s Pyramide con Marni Award in year 2011 for supporting the education of many children.
Khan got married to Gauri Chibber on October 25, 1991 and they have been blessed with a son named Aryan and a daughter named Suhana. In year 2013, through a surrogate mother, the couple had another baby named Abram.
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6. Sulaiman Merchant
Sulaiman Merchant, is the most celebrated Playback singer Salim Merchant’s sib. The duo has been entertaining the industry with their foot tapping music.
They were predominantly composing background scores until, ‘Karan Johar’ gave them a breaking point in their career, during his “Kaal”. Their work on music was critically acclaimed.
They have composed music for a number of movies like, Roadside Romeo, Chak De! India, Neel ‘n’ Nikki, Bhoot, Darna Mana Hai, Fashion and the list wouldn’t end.
They have scored music for films such as, ‘Race 2, Cocktail, I hate luv stories, Fanaa’ to name some. Their combination has always worked well, and creates a huge expectation among the audience.
They have also won laurels, for many movies. The list goes like, FHM (Magazine) Awards for ‘Best Dressed Music Composer’, ‘Syracuse International Film Festival Awards-Best Music Director’ for the movie Fashion.
They have now designed a show, “Beyond Bollywood” which will be premiered in West End London. There is something unique about this show that many of may not be aware of, ‘it is completely produced in India’....
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51
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51
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7. Salim Merchant
Salim Merchant is a mesmerizing Music director, playback singer, Instrumentalist and also a programmer. He is much illustrious for his works in, ‘Bang bang, Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, Heroine’, to name a few. He kicked off his career in this industry with his brother, ‘Sulaiman Merchant’. They were essentially composing background scores. Then, came a contingency with Karan Johar’s, “Kaal”, which galvanized their song composing potential. Salim got the hang of Piano, from ‘Trinity College of Music-London.’ He was one of the critics of the reality show, ‘Indian Idol.’ This was aired on Sony Entertainment Television. Very eminent playback singers like, Anu Malik and Sunidhi Chauhan were also critiquing the contestants. Now that Salim is blessed with a girl child, he is very keen on doing Kids movies. He has mentioned in an interview that, ‘he is not okay with composing music for adults only lyrics’. He is also the Brand Ambassador for ‘i-genius’. The Merchant siblings have won innumerable prestigious awards like, ‘Star Screen Awards’, ‘Filmfare Awards’, ‘Daytime Emmy Awards’, ‘Mirchi Music Awards’ and the list goes on....
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8. Rajesh Khanna
Born as Jatin Khanna on 29th December 1942, the charismatic actor renamed himself as Rajesh Khanna and shot to fame in Bollywood. He was a man of many talents – he worked as an actor, a director, and as a politician. However, he is best known as India’s original, first and foremost film superstar, with fifteen consecutive blockbuster hit movies within a mere three years. An enigmatic personality, he won over the hearts of millions of Indian women in his day, and charmed generations. Known as the King of Romance in Bollywood, he truly set a benchmark for romantic heroes in the coming eras of film and television. Charming to no end, he debuted in 1966 with the film Akhri Khat, and after that there was no looking back. He quickly became the most popular and highest paid actor in Bollywood, tying at one point with the equally enigmatic Amitabh Bachchan.
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18-07-2012
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81
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Date of Death:
18-07-2012
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81
Gender:
Male
9. Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Anand Oberoi's birth was on 3rd September 1976 (age-39) in Hyderabad, Telangana to father Suresh Oberoi and mother Yashodhara Oberoi. He also has a nickname named 'Rockstar'. Vivek did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad and Mayo College, Ajmer. After school, he studied at Mithibai College,Juhu. He often used to take a public bus to his college. He has a Master's Degree from New York University for Film acting, USA. Before coming to the acting career, he worked as a scriptwriter and bought his first car with the money he made from that, but his first car was a Jeep gifted to him by his father.He made his debut with Ram Gopal Verma's Company in 2002 and backed two Filmfare awards for Best Debut Male and Best Supporting Actor. Though Ram Gopal Verma considered him too cute to play a gangster's role and was in second thoughts Vivek went to the slums of Mumbai and did his homework and after a couple of weeks he barged into Verma's office dressed as Chandu the Gangster, swung his feet up on the table and landed the contract which turned out to be a remarkable debut.
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10. Udit Narayan
One of the famous playback singers of Indian Film Industry, who has sung more than 25,000 songs in more than 34 languages. He was born on 1 Dec, 1955 at Bhardaha Village in Saptari District, Nepal. He studied at P.B School, Rajbiraj (Nepal) upto class 10th and intermediate from Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus. Udit passed his initial life with struggles and got a chance to sing in Nepali Radio, meanwhile he also sang songs in Maithli, Bhojpuri and Nepali in 70s. After singing for Radio Nepal, He moved to Bombay on music scholarship to get training in classical music from Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan . He got his first chance to sing for a movie Unees Bees in 1980 , composed by Rajesh Roshan. His dream came true when he also sang a song with his ideal Mohd Rafi Saheb. But his materialistic struggle got over when he sang famous song’ Papa Kehte Hain’ from the movie Qayamat se Qayamat Tak’ in 1988. This is turning point of Udit’s Life as he became the star in Indian Music. His melodious voice became every hero’s voice. After huge success of this movie Udit wrote new chapter of success through songs of movies Jo Jeeta wahi Sikandar but the song ‘ Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna’ gave Udit first filmfare award for best song. He has also sang songs in Oriya, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, etc. He has worked with all leading music composers of film industry. Apart from this , He was also among the panel of judges in Indian Idol 3and Waar Pariwaar (Sony TV). He married twice and His Second Wife Deepa Narayan Jha is a Nepali a Playback Singer who sung for an album “Dil Deewana”with Udit Narayan. His son Aditya Narayan also started his career in Nepali films as a child artist before coming in Hindi films....
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Male
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68
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11. Nida Fazli
Nida Fazli is counted in a list of reputable personalities. He was a poet, novelist, and a lyricist of Hindi and Urdu languages. His full name was Muqtada Hasan Nida Fazli. He was inborn on 12 October 1938 in Delhi, in a Kashmiri family. His parents raised him in Gwalior, India. He completed his schooling and honed his skills in English Literature. His father was also an Urdu poet. In the year 1965, his family migrated to Pakistan, and Nida decided to stay in India. Nida's second wife was Malti Joshi. They had one daughter Tehreer. Nida received the Padma Shri for his contribution to literature in 2013 by the Indian Government.
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08-02-2016
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08-02-2016
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85
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12. Ismail Darbar
Intro: Ismail Darbar is known for his expertise with violin and various other musical instruments because of which he got chance to work with some of the finest Bollywood music directors. He has gained a successful space in Indian television.
Ismail Darbar is a well known music composer who has given a lot of hit songs for Bollywood music. Being an expert violinist, he also performs live stage shows. Some of the movies for which he gave music that became instant hit are Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas, and Kisna: The Warrior Poet. As a violinist, he has performed for veteran music directors Laxmikant Pyarelal, Bappi Lahiri, Kalyanji Anandji, Nadeem-Shravan, Anand-Milind, and Jait-Lalit.
His success as a musician helped him in gaining a comfortable space in Indian television industry as he was chosen as one of the four judges of the musical competitive television programme Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 which was aired on Zee TV. He also appeared as judge for Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. In 2013, he appeared as the judge for another music competition television serial Bharat Ki Shan: Singing Star Season 2 which was telecasted on Doordarshan National.
Interestingly, Ismail Darbar also participated in much hyped reality television show Big Boss Season 3 which was telecasted on Colors TV. During an interview, he said that taking part as a contestant in Big Boss season 3 was necessary for him as he had to run his house and needed money. Recently, Ismail Darbar and his son Zaid were caught in a controversy when they were arrested in an assault case in February 2015. Later on, both were granted bail.
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Male
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59
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Male
13. Ajay Devgan
Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor. He is perhaps Hindi cinema’s one of the most talented actor today. He has received two national awards and two Filmfare awards so far. But this talented actor was shamed by critics in the entertainment industry because of his looks. But Ajay has proved all of them wrong. Today, he adds weight to his status as an actor or even as a star but back in the day when he made his debut with film ‘ Phool Aur Kaante’ (1991) many industry people dared to say that he would not make it in the industry due to his looks.
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Male
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55
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14. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
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.
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Male
15. Bharat Shah
Bharat Shah is a Bollywood film distributer, producer, and diamond merchant. He holds the banner of VIP films to finance films. He has produced many big movies of Bollywood which includes Devdas that released in 2002 and casted actors Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit, Dil Se that released in 1998 which also starred Shahrukh Khan and amongst others were Manisha Koirala and Preity Zinta, Rascals that released in 2011 and starred Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, and Ajay Devgan. In the year 2013, he also acquired the distribution rights of the film B.A. Pass directed by Ajay Bahl and starred Shilpa Shukla. He was also nominated once for BAFTA Film Award and won Golden Lotus Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in the year 2003 for the film Devdas.
... Age:
79
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Male
Age:
79
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Male
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