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Born on March 23, 1976, Smriti Irani is a well known personality of the television industry. She now is a popular face in political field too. They were three sisters with Smriti being the eldest one. She was the sports skipper right from her childhood school days. She doesn't belong to a family with a lot of educational background yet she managed to become a successful actress and now a minister too. 

In the year 2001, Smriti chose to make adolescence companion her spouse and got hitched to Zubin Irani. She has been blessed with two children, a son and a daughter. Her son's name is Zohr and daughter's name is Zoish. She still is famous with the name of her character “Tulsi”. She made her television debut with the Star Plus show “Aatish”. Since, then she showed up in numerous daily...

Geetanjali Tikekar is a famous actress on Indian television as well as in Pakistan for the role of Aparna Basu in Kasautii Zindagi Kay. She belongs to Mumbai, India. Geetanjali Tikekar married her boyfriend Sikandar Kharbanda and they have a cute son born on December 1, 2008 named Shaurya Kharbanda. She has started her television career in 2002 by appearing in Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat in the role of Neonika Chatterjee aka Nikki. She has won 2 awards in the  Indian Television Academy Awards and in Star Parivaar Awards in 2004 as Best Actress in a Negative Role and Favourite Dushman respectively. Geetanjali Tikekar was also nominated twice in 2004 by Indian Telly Award for Fresh New Face-Female and Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Geetanjali Tikekar acted in tota...

Ekta Kapoor; a legendry producer in Indian TV and film industry was born on 7 June 1975 in India. She is basically the creative director and Joint Managing Director of her production company Balaji Telefilms. She is the daughter of Shobha Kapoor and actor Jeetendra. Tusshar Kapoor, his brother is also working in Bollywood movies. She completed her early studies from Bombay Scottish School Mahim and went to college Mithibai.

Ms. Kapoor has produced many wonderful soap opera, unforgettable movies and long remembered tv series. Kasturi, Kabhii sautan Kabhi Sahelii, Hum Paanch, Kasautii Zindagii Ki, Kahiin to Hoga, Miya Fauj mein Biwi Mauj Mein, Kkavyanjali, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kkusum, Kitani Mohabbat Hai, Kutumb, Tere Liye, Bandini, Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka and Kya Hua Tera Vaada are some ...

Supriya Pathak is an Indian actress who has been reigning the screens of Hindi Cinema with her roles as supporting actress for a long time. She was born in January, 1961 in Mumbai. Supriya Pathak’s mom is the famous actress Dina Pathak . Her father, Baldev Pathak, had a tailoring shop named ‘Shriman’ near Gateway of India. The shop was very famous as it made clothes for the legendary actors Dilip Kumar and Rajesh Khanna. Supriya’s sister, Ratna Pathak Shah, is the wife of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. She did not have a good childhood. Her mom worked day and night, leaving her to stay at her uncle’s place. She did PhD in Competitive Dance. Supriya got married to actor and director Pankaj Kapur. Supriya is very introvert, simple and spiritual in nature. She is the follower of Radha Soami. Her husband is t...

A television journalist, Barkha Dutt works as a consulting editor in NDTV. She was born on 18 December 1971 in New Delhi. Her father, S. P. Dutt is an official in Air India, and her mother Prabha Dutt was a journalist working for the Hindustan Times. Barkha has a younger sister Bahar Dutt, who is also a journalist working for CNN IBN. With a Bachelor's degree in English literature, Barkha graduated from St. Stephen’s College in New Delhi. She later went on to finish her Master’s degree from the Jamia Millia Islamia Mass Communication Research Center in Mass Communications. She received another Master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York. 

Barkha started out her career with NDTV and ro...

Shama Sikander Gesawat is an actress, and film producer, who has a long list of characters, she played in both movies and television serials. She is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in the television industry. She is also the managing director of Chocolate Box Films India Pvt. Ltd, a Mumbai-based film production company.

Shama Sikander was born on August 4th, 1981, in Makrana Rajasthan. She belonged to an ordinary family to a mother, who is a housewife and father working as a marble supplier. When she was 10 years of age, her family moved to Mumbai. She mentioned in her interviews that living in Mumbai was not easy for them, they used to face food shortages and sometimes sleep with hungry stomach. During her childhood years, Shama Sikander used to...

Shriya Sharma is a child actress and model who is loved for her peppy and cute gestures. This pretty little princess was first seen in Zee TV’s ‘Kanhaiya’.  Here, she acted in the lead role and this role brought her overnight success. After that, we saw her in ‘Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate’ where she played the role of herself. In 2004, Shriya was seen in the popular tele-serial ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’ where she played the role of Sneha. This cute and bubbly role of Sneha also fetched her many awards in the long run. Throughout her commendable acting career, Shriya had been seen in quite a number of Tamil, Telugu, Oriya and Hindi Flicks. She has worked with the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh khan, Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi and RajniKanth.

The most remarkable f...

Mona Singh is a popular Indian model-turned-television-actress who appeared in Ekta Kapoor’s Indian drama soap, Kya Huaa Tera Vaada, as the female lead protagonist, Mona Pradeep Singh. She is the ex-wife of Pradeep Singh (played by Pawan Shankar), and the story revolves around their life as a young couple who resides in Mumbai, along with their three children- Bulbul (played by Sargun Mehta), Rano (played by Ananya Agarwal) and Rajbir (played by Yatin Mehta). It is a family story that portrays the struggles of Mona after his husband has an affair with other women.

She also did a pivotal role in the comedy drama film, 3 Idiots, under the direction of Rajkumar Hirani, in 2009. She played the role of Mona Sahasrabuddhe, the elder sister of Pia. Later, she acted as Koel Datta in the Bollywood comedy thriller ...

Ronit Roy (Ronit Bose Roy) was born on 11th October 1965, in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. He became a popular in the industry after his character “Rishabh Bajaj” in Ekta Kapoor’s Kasautii Zindagii Kay. He is a Bollywood actor and popular Indian Television actor, best known for his portrayal of Rishabh Bajaj, Mihir Virani and Aparajit Deb. He currently acting in the Hindi TV serial Adaalat as KD Pathak. Ronit Roy has been referred to as the Amitabh Bachchan of the TV screen and popularly known as “Big B” of small screen. He also owns a security business, providing security to Bollywood stars and production houses. Ronit has played the prestigious role of the legendary warrior Bhishma Pitamah in Balaji Telefilms' production Kahaani Humaaray Mahabharat Ki. Roni...

Sajid Khan is a Bollywood director, producer and even actor. He was born on November 23, 1970. Before making debut as an actor and director, he was a popular TV host who claimed recognition in TV medium. Since the early days of television, he gained popularity as talk show hosts and was among the most popular personalities in the medium.

Sajid Khan’s sister is Farah Khan, who made her break as the director with Shahrukh Khan film’ Om Shanti Om’, and also a renowned choreographer in Bollywood. Sajid became popular as a judge for Nach Baliye Season 5 and Nach Baliye Season 6 in Indian television. The actor made a cameo appearance in films like, 'Main Hoon' and Happy New Year. Sajid Khan's mother Menaka is the sister of Honey Irani and Daisy Irani, former child stars. Her father is Kamran Khan.

Harsh Chhaya is an Indian television and Bollywood film actor who has starred in several Indian television series and movies. 

Harsh Chhaya's debut on television was a small role in a Zee TV series Tara. However, Harsh claim to fame was to portray the character of a wealthy but sleazy boss, who sexually exploits his employee in television series Hasratein. Such powerful was his performance that it created a stereotypical image of Harsh as a corrupt boss. As a result, harsh also portrayed the character of an immoral boss in his Bollywood flick in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. 

But a true actor never settles for a stereotypical branding of his on-screen image. Harsh later acted as different characters in several movies and television series to prove his versatility. The portrayal of a gay fa...

Pankaj Kapur is a prominent Indian actor and director who has shown his talent through various mediums such as theatre, television and film actor from Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He is a screenwriter, director as well as an actor, a multi-talented personality. Pankaj has appeared in several acclaimed television serials and films. Some of his film roles that are remembered till date include characters of Inspector P.K. in Raakh, Dr. Dipankar Roy in Ek Doctor Ki Maut as well as Abba ji, (based on Shakespeare's King Duncan) in Vishal Bhardwaj's reworked copy of Macbeth; Maqbool .All of these three critically acclaimed roles received appreciation, and the actor got National Film Awards for the same. Pankaj along with his colleagues Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Manoj Bajpai as well as Irrfan Khan are regarded as the "Walking Acting ...

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

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

Annu was also part of the serial, DD National (DD1) in 2007 and performed in the black comedy film, 7 Khoon Maaf as Inspector Keemat Lal. The Golden Era – With Annu Kapoor is the melancholy s...