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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.

When she debuted in Bollywood films, she performed many dances that show her skill as the dancer. Her first film was Abodh, which did not fare well in box office, and she had to wait for three years to get a female lead in Tezaab. Her dance “Ek Do Teen” created a magic spell in...

Ashnoor Kaur is an Indian child actress who was born on May 3, 2004 in New Delhi, India. She is simple, naughty and an adorable child. People used to call her by her nickname, Palak. Ashnoor studied in Ryan International School in Kandivili, Mumbai.

She started her career when she was 5 years old. She played the role of Prachi in the historical drama serial, Jhansi Ki Rani in 2009. Then after her short appearance in the show, she played as the young Princess Shobha in Shobha Somnath Ki on Zee TV in 2011. Princess Shobha is the princess of Bharuch who is a good natured and highly intelligent girl. Bereft of parental love since childhood, Shobha shares a unique and special bond with her Uncle Dadda Chalukya and Aunt Gayatri Devi. Shobha was using her wit and intelligence to solve her problems. Destiny forced Shob...

Pratyusha Banerjee was a gorgeous Indian actress. She was born on August 10, 1991 at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. She was grown up in a traditional Bengali family. She was also a trained classical dancer and a good singer. Pratyusha haddone her first stage show entitled, Kalidas when she was 17-years old. She also acted in the play, Aashad Ka Ek Dinn. She had also done small modeling jobs in Kolkata before she bagged a role in Balika Vadhu. She stated that she never really thought that she’d become an actress, until she was given a chance to essay the role of older Anandi after a five year leap in BalikaVadhu. She wanted to become a model at first but her height became an issue.

She gained her fame and popularity for her appearance as Anandi Jagdish Singh and Anandi Shivraj ...

Drashti Dhami is a Bollywood model and television actress who acts in many television serials. She was born on January 10, 1985, and brought up in an orthodox Gujarati household in Bombay. She is widely known for her energy on the screen and the liveliness she brings to the shows she plays. She finished her studies at Mary Immaculate Girl’s High School in Mumbai and went on to complete an Arts Degree Major in Sociology at Mithibai College.

Aside from being an actress, Drashti is also a renowned and talented model and dancer. She appeared in several advertisements before making her debut on television. She has acted in commercials for famous brands like Lion Honey, Chevrolet Spark, VIP Bags, Reliance, etc. She is often called to appear and dance in ...

Rashami Desai is a well-known television actress, model, and dancer, and is famous for her role as Tapasya on Colors TV’s hit soap opera, ‘Uttaran’. Born as Divya Desai on 4th August, 1986, in Nagaon, Assam, she studied in Ulubari High School and learnt the Kathak and Bharatnatyam styles of dance.

She began acting at an early age and was featured in many Bhojpuri films, including Pyar Jab Kehu Se Hoi Jala, Kab Hoi Gauna Hammar, Balma Bada Naadan, Bambai Ki Laila Chapra Ka Chaila, Tohse Pyar Ba, and Sathi Sanghati. She also performed in the Hindi film, Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke, and had cameo appearances in Dabangg 2 and the Assamese movie, Konnyadaan.

She made her television debut in ‘Raavan’, which was aired on Zee TV. She also performed in Meet Mila De Rabba, Ssshhh…Phir...

Karan Johar is one among the top ten celebrities in the Indian cinema, who is popular in almost all the important fields in the cinema. He was born in the year 1974 in Mumbai to Yash Johar and Hiroo Johar. This man is a multi talented personality, who shines in the field of direction, screenplay writing, producing, costume designing and acting. He has also worked as host in the television industry. Karan Johar is a graduate in Commerce, who studied in H. R. College of Commerce and Economics. He is also a post graduate degree holder in French. His debut to the film industry started as an assistant director in the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. After three years, he made his directorial debut through Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, a film with Sharukh, Salman, Kajol and Rani. This was a block buster hit and Karan Johar reached fame in his first m...

Gaurav Chopra is a popular, stylish Hindi Television actor and is famous for his role of Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore on Colours TV’s soap opera 'Uttaran'. Born on 4th April 1979, his first appearance was as Ballu, the ghost, in kids’ series, Ruby Duby Hub Dub, aired on Sahara One in 2004. This was followed by his portrayal as Sandy in Zee TV’s 'Lavanya' and an appearance as the assassin, Gunshot, in Karma – Koi Aa Raha Hai Waqt Badalney, a superhero drama series aired on Star Plus. 

He played the roles of Prem in Piya ka Ghar, Kabeer in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Kapil Singhania in Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan, all of which aired on Zee TV. Gaurav Chopra is well-known for his performances as the antagonist, Samay Khurana, in Sony TV’s Aisa De...

Vivian Dsena is a charming, young and talented television actor and model, who got his fame when he played the role of Abhay in the supernatural TV series, Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani, on Star One, and as Rishabh Kundra in the drama comedy series, Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. His portrayal as Abhay Raichand, the lead character in Pyaar Ki Yeh Ek Kahani, won him a lot of recognition and acclaim. He also caused a lot of buzz in Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon, a show that pays homage to 100 years of Indian Cinema. Barely two months after he opted out of the show, the show took a 20 year jump ahead and he returned to play the role of Raja Khushwaha.

He is married to television actress, Vahbbiz Dorabjee, in January 7, 2013. Vahbbiz is Vivian’s co-star in Pyaar Ki Yeh Ek Kahani. They met on the set and...

Born in Delhi, Indresh Malik completed his studies at Kirori Mal College. He had always yearned to act and even attempted to focus on theatre work after college, but his father forced the family business’s management on him.

Indresh has worked in the following TV serials - 12/24 Karol Bagh (Zee TV) as Rajiv Bhalla, which he reprised in the Zee TV series Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi as well; Haar Jeet (Imagine TV) as Anika; I Luv My India (SAB TV) as Rajendhra Sethi. He has predominantly played negative roles though his most recent role in Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (Colors) as the gay character Bittu ji - who was largely involved in helping the main characters - was one of the few positive people on the show.

Although Indresh likes to play diverse roles, be it positive or nega...

Samir Soni is a well-known Hinidi television and film actor. Born on 29th September 1968, be studied at St. Xavier’s School, Delhi and graudated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he began exploring his acting talents. He worked for a while in New York as an investment banker, before returning to India to kick-start his modeling career.

He made his television debut as a Navy Officer on Samandar, and appeared on Doordarshan’s A Mouthful of Sky, before debuting on the large screen as Uditanshu Tandon in China Gate (1998). He followed that up by playing Manish in Lajja (2001), Sameer Shastri in Kabhi Tum Kabhi Hum (2002), and Vishal in Dance like a Man (2003). He earned a name for himself by playing the lead roles of Jai in Kahan Ho Tum (2003), and Ramesh Kulkarni in Basti (2003), an...

Ayub Khan is a famous Indian Film and TV actor who came from the family of “Pathan” actors and actresses. He was born on February 23, 1969. He was the son of the Indian and Pakistani actor, Nasir Khan who was also the brother of the actor, Dilip Kumar. His mother is the Hindi Film Actress, Begum Para, aunt of actress, Amrita Singh. Ayub acted in more than 20 films in his film career that started in the year 1992 and has done many television shows. Ayub was married to Niharika Khan, a Bollywood Costume Designer, known for her famous work in the musical film, “Rock On!!” and the biographical film, “The Dirty Picture”. The couple met while in college but when Niharika went abroad to study, she got married to another guy.  After more than a decade of her marriage, Niharika divorced ...

Shashank Vyas is a popular Bollywood film and serial actor. He was born on November 30, 1986 at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. He was debuted in the renowned drama series, Balika Vadhu on Colors TV. He played the role of Jagdish/Jagya and because of his good looks and charm he became an overnight sensation at that time. 

He did a role in the Hindi film Tees Maar Khan. He became famous in Tamil through the Raj TV serial, Manvasanai, which was dubbed from Hindi. Manvasanai serial is about the effects of child marriage to the hopes, dreams and life. The serial was shot in the rural parts of Rajasthan and shows the prevailing social ills including the practice of child marriage.

In spite of being one of the favorite small screen actors, Shashank Vyas, is the boy-next-door in real life who is still living a very simple l...

Manish Paul is an Indian television actor, host and a stand-up comedian. Manish was born and brought up in Delhi, did his schooling from Apeejay School and B.A. from College of Vocational Studies. After he shifted to Mumbai, he landed his first show as a host in Sunday Tango.

He was also a VJ with Zee Music and radio jockey with Radio city. He landed his acting debut as a ghost in Ghost Bana Dost. Manish also acted in several television serials like Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi, Ssshhhh... Phir Koi Hai, Zindadil, Wheel Ghar Ghar Mein and Kahani Shuru with Love Guru and Kuchh Cook Hota Hai.

Manish Paul got noticed as a television host after hosting the popular show Saa Ree Gaa Maa Paa Chhote Ustaad and his appearance on the show Comedy Circus. He was the host of Dance India Dance Li&#...

Siddharth Shukla is another actor who became popular in Tamil through the Hindi dubbed serial Manvasanai. Siddharth Shukla was born and raised up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indiai. He belongs to a Brahmin family from Allahabad and his father was a Civil Engineer who works in the Reserve Bank of India. Balika Vadhu, the Hindi version of Manvasanai has made him popular and changed his life.

He has received lots of appreciations and recognitions in Tamil Nadu mainly because of the serial Manvasanai.  Eventhough, he is known as a Hindi actor, the reach was more when he came into the Tamil households. He plays a balanced, understanding, wonderful character in the serial.  Siddharth also participated in the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, in which Karan was one o...