Hindi Awards International Indian Film Academy Awards 2016 - Cast & Crew

'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...

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 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...

Kanika Kapoor is a renowned playback signer in India. She is very much appreciated for her continuous efforts to keep her singing memorable and versatile. She is born and brought up in Lucknow. Being a singer by passion, she started her concerts at a very tender age of 12. She also collaborated with All India Radio then and moved along with family, to Mumbai to contribute more into music industry. Though she has been contributing to Indian Music industry consistently, she got a huge applaud in 2014. She sang the Baby Doll song in "Ragini MMS" and gained a huge appreciation from all kinds of audiences in India. This song has become so huge hit that it is awarded as the number one song of the year by Radio Mirchi, for the year 2014. This song also fetched her best female singer awar...

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 ...

Shraddha Kapoor, born on March 3rd, 1989, is a young emerging actress of Hindi Film Industry. She is the daughter of veteran actor Shakti Kapoor and niece of famous actress Padmini Kolhapure. Shraddha started her acting career in the year 2010 with a film called Teen Patti which had Amitabh Bachchan, Ben Kingsley and R. Madhavan in it. Though the film did not do well at the box office, her performance got some attention. Her second film was Luv Ka the End (a teen comedy), opposite Taaha Shah, which failed to perform at the box office but Shraddha’s performance in the movie was very well appreciated by the film critics. Even after giving two consecutive flops, Shraddha went on to take a major risk and cancelled her three-film contract with Yash Raj Films, signing a Mohit Suri directorial flick Aashiqui...

Athiya Shetty is the star kid of the famous Bollywood Actor, Sunil Shetty. Athiya is an upcoming Indian Actress, born and brought up in Mumbai city. She is Sunil Shetty's and Mana Shetty's daughter. She did her schooling at the American School of Bombay. The popular star kids, Tiger Shroff, and Shraddha Kapoor also studied in the same school. Her acting dream started from the moment she saw Aishwarya Rai’s acting on the sets of Umrao Jaan movie. During her school days, Athiya has participated in many Dance and Drama competitions. When she was done with her school, she went to the America, to study at the New York Film Academy. After completing the course, she came back to Mumbai to look out for a film, that will quench her thirst.

Her first flick Hero happe...

Konkona Sen Sharma is a Bollywood actress hailing from Kolkata, West Bengal. She was born on 3 December 1979 in a Bengali family. She completed her schooling at the Calcutta International School and later moved to Delhi for a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Delhi University’s most prestigious college- St. Stephen’s. Cinema has already been existent in her genetic roots. Her mother, Aparna Sen, is a noted actress and director in Bengali cinema. Moreover, she is the granddaughter of Chidananda Dasgupta, a film critic who also established the Calcutta Film Society. In 1983, the four-year-old Konkona was first seen on the big screen in a Bengali film titled ‘Indira’. Her official Tollywood debut was in 2000 in ‘Ek Je Aachhe Kanya,’ for which she was awarded...

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 ...

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...

Prasad Vasant Sutar is a famous Indian producer and visual effects supervisor, designer, and coordinator active in the Bollywood film industry. He completed his schooling at Shri Vani Vidya Shala High School and also completed a course in animation and VFX in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is working in the Hindi and Marathi language entertainment industry. At the start of his career, he started as a CGI Animator and compositor, Prasad Sutar later worked as Visual Effects Supervisor and Digital Artist at CMM Studios for two years in 1997. He joined Maya Entertainment in 2000 as Visual Effects Supervisor and worked there for three years. From 2004 to 2012, he worked at EFX and Pixion. CCL as Visual Effects Supervisor and Director.

Prasad Sutar was the head of the VFX at Reliance Mediaworks Ltd. and later co-founded the NY VFXWaala, a d...

Massimo Carlotto is a famous English writer and novelist who belongs to Italy. He was born on 22 July 1956 in Padua, Italy, and started his literary career in 1995. His first written novel was a fictionalized autobiography, The Fugitive, which has later released as a comedy-drama film in 2003 titled The Fugitive and directed by Andrea Manni. The book was released in Italian, as he has worked mainly in the Italian literature world. In 1998, Massimo published an autobiographical novel of inquiry, Le irregolari, based on Argentina's civil war, also known as the dirty war. In 2001, he published Arrivederci, amore ciao, that has been released as a movie in 2005 titled The Goodbye Kiss. The film has directed by Michele Soavi and was a hit in the cinema.

Massimo Carlotto is generally a writer of the genres like crime, fiction, noi...

Parvez Sheikh is an Indian Bollywood stunt director. He is born a bought up in India. He has worked in many actions, thriller movies. He has been working in Bollywood Industry last many years. He has worked in many blockbuster movies. He has also worked in some Tamil movies. The movies in which Parvez Sheikh worked are ‘Annarth’ in the year 2002. It was directed by Ravi Dewan.’ He worked as a stunt coordinator. ‘Joker’ in the year 2012. He worked as a stunt director. It was directed by Shirish Kunder. ‘Vishwaroopan’ in the year 2013. In this, he was a stunt performer. It was a Tamil language movie.

It was directed by the ‘Kamal Haasan.’ ‘Kai Po Che’ in the year 2013. He was a stunt performer in this. It was directed by Abhishek Kapoor. ‘Mere Dad Ki Maruti&r...

Nihar Ranjan Samal is the sound designer hailed from Odisha, India. He completed his education from Film and television institute of India, Pune. Nihar is well known for his work in the most controversial film of 2018, PADMAVAT. He also worked for the film BAJIRAO MASTANI (2015) as a sound designer. He is in the list most talented sound designers in Bollywood.

His struggle to set his name in the top, is not easy, when he decided to work in the film industry has to overcome the opposition from his family. If there are a strong will and circumstances, you will make a path, Nihar’s first original single XPLAIN with Times Music crossed 1 Million views in a very short period. Another show, Dil Hai Hindustani (star plus) was in the list of Top 10 India’s most watched shows.

He won the National Award, as the best s...

AjayKumar P.B., the leader of Sound Integration and Head Re-Recording Mixer, says that for most segments of the tale shot in Varanasi, the panel had to use unique soundtracks or onsite commotion and folly noises to make the sound effects convincing. For example, when Zoya (Sonam Kapoor) and Kundan (Dhanush) quarrel in the middle of the Varanasi streets, various clatter noises were used to depict the hustling sound of the setting. The sound remedy given to the film alters as it advances through its distinctive chapters. In the first part, the surrounding noises played a key role in the movie to enhance the appearance and texture of the Vanarasi scene. In contrast, the highlight sequence needed a gentle, merciful, and perceptive tone that blends immaculately with the story.

The film has many melodious tunes by the famous music cr...

Vikram Gaikwad is an Indian makeup artist. He has worked in several movies like including Bollywood as well as other regional cinemas. He has won the National Film Award for best makeup artist twice for the Bengali film Moner Manush in 2010, also for his work and creativity in the Marathi film Balghandharva.

‘Dirty film’ released in 2011 factored in towards winning that prize. He is also known for a cameo role in the Marathi film Tukaram and Lokmanya Ek Yugpurush. Moreover, he is a screamingly talented, makeup artist. His works evoke “wow” from his audience and other people.

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....

Bishwadeep Chatterjee is an Indian-audio mixer, Sound Designer, and Sound Editor. He has worked on a lot of projects in the Television and Film Industry. He worked in the movie named Madras Café, which brought him the National Film Award for the Best Audiography. In the year 2013, he worked in Bajirao Mastani. In the year 2018, he worked in Uri: The Surgical Strike, and in the year 2018, he worked with the movie named Children Of The Soil.

Tanay Gajjar is a sound recording engineer of Indian cinema who works primarily in Hindi industry. The famous songs he has worked for include deewani mastani, aayat, mirzya and many more. Tanay was born in Mumbai on 2nd September 1973.

He began his career in 1995 in BR films studio. After working for this studio for two years, he joined Sumi studio vision as its head for another two years. Following this, he became the head of AVA entertainment Pvt. Ltd. which is India's leading sound recording studio in the year 2000 and worked for 12 years. After this quitting the job in 2012 he established his studio for recording, mixing and mastering and named it Wow & flutteR.

Apart from working in studios, Tanay has also worked with various music directors of Indian industry as a sound editor, mixer, sound designer, sound...

Sanchit Balhara is a background music composer who works in the Indian Hindi film industry. He is popular and is widely acclaimed for his works in the films bajirao mastani and padmaavat. Sanchit was born on 1st October 1988 in Rohtak in Haryana to Mr. Bal Singh balhara and Mrs. Mukta Choudhary.

His father is a well-known singer and actor while his mother is a national level athlete. He also has an elder brother who also is an actor, singer, and composer too. Having an interest in the professions of his father and brother since childhood, he decided to become an Indian film score composer under the guidance of his family.

Initially, sanchit was interested in tennis and wanted to build a career in it. He had started learning and practicing tennis since the age of 9 and also got training from national tennis academy, guru...

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. 

Gajraj Rao is an Indian actor and filmmaker. He made his first appearance in the film industry in the early 90s through the acclaimed biographical drama Bandit Queen portraying the character of Ashok Chand. Since then Gajraj Rao has been playing various supporting roles in different movies.

He has depicted differing roles on the silver screen including Dil Se..., No smoking and Aamir. Some of the Bollywood movies in which he played acclaimed roles include Rangoon (2017), Blackmail (2018), Aks (2001), Black Friday (2007), Dil Hai Tumhara (2007), Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005), Chhal (2007), Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar (2000).

He received recognition in the industry after he played the role of Inspector Dhaniram in the critically approved murder mystery drama Talvar (2015) starring Irrfan Khan. He portrayed a negative character a...

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....

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 ...

Vicky Kaushal is a famous Indian movie actor. He was born in Mumbai and has been raised in Mumbai since then. He was born to Shyam Kaushal, who is an action director and stunt coordinator in various films. He has worked in films like Slumdog Millionaire, 3 Idiots and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. He also has a brother in Sunny Kaushal who is linked to the film industry and has assisted in directing in movies like Gunday. He did his early education in Mumbai and later graduated with Electronics and Telecommunication engineering degree. He had various job options but decided to follow his father’s footsteps and entered the film industry. He started doing theatre and joined an acting workshop under Kishore Kapoor. He is born and brought up as a total Punjabi and lives his life the same way. He did various theatre p...

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...

Sudeep Chatterjee is a well-known cinematographer in Bollywood. He was the man behind the camera for movies such as ‘Chak De! India’, ‘Iqbal’, ‘Dhoom 3’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Sudeep was born in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal. In his childhood, Sudeep always wanted to express and visualize art. His desire to visualize made him try a hand at painting but it didn’t work out for him. Later when he was in the 10th grade, Sudeep’s father gave him a camera as a gift.

Sudeep claims that the camera had helped him find himself and had finally found a way to fulfill his desire of expressing using visual arts. Even though young Sudeep couldn’t afford to get better cameras, he made the best out his camera. Seeing ...

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...

Vinay Pathak is a well known face in the field of comedy in Indian movies and televisions. He showed us what comedy is in the true sense, without making it a jest. In this fast moving world of noise and bustle, people want to get a respite, want to enjoy, Vinay Pathak’s movie is the right choice for them. Vinay Pathak was born in Bhojpur, Bihar. He had his schooling from Vikas Vidyalaya, Ranchi. And completed his graduation from the Allahabad University. Thereafter,he joined the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and there only he developed his interest in acting. He is not only an actor of the day, but also a dialogue writer too.

He has been enamored by the audience, after the release ot he TV serial ‘Hip HipHurrey’, where he played the role of English teacher as Vinny Sir. He ...

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 ...

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...

One of the most recognized young director of Indian cinema. In fact, he is the most versatile person in the industry as of now. He is Farhan Akhtar, a film director, actor, singer, writer, producer, screenwriter everything you name it, he has it. Son of the famous writer Javed Akhtar & actress Honey Irani was born on 09 Jan, 1974 in Mumbai. 

As he was growing, he found the film industry around him. At home, the atmosphere of arts, literature influenced him to become creative man. He did his schooling from Maneckji Cooper & Graduated from HR College, Mumbai. After then, he started his career in films, first as ass...

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 ...

It is not uncommon for those whose maiden acting venture happened to be a bio-pic, to have their names invariably associated with that movie for quite some time to come. So has been the case with the up and coming hero of Bollywood, Darshan Kumar, who debuted in the 2013 film “Mary Kom” on the life and times of the most famous Indian female pugilist. Funnily, “Mary Kom” was not actually Darshan’s first film – it was the first to be released, but it quite undeniably altered the image of Darshan as the screen “husband” of Mary Kom, based on his role in the film. 

Although a Delhi lad, he shifted base to Mumbai when he was 24, in his passion for theatre. Starting with the city’s Sahej Theater group, he signed up with Motley Productions after 5 year...

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...

Shahid Kapoor also identifies as the name Shahid Khattar. He is an Indian movie or film artist or say, actor. He was born in the year 1981, February 25. He is being honoured with the two Awards of Film fare from the four suggested nominations. The boy child of the actors Neelima Azeem and Pankaj Kapur, the junior Kapoor commenced his professional career by acting in some musical videos and commercial videos of television. He started his debut movie by playing the lead role in a romantic and passionate comedy movie, named “IshqVishk” in the year 2003. For the movie “IshqVishk”, Shahid won an Award of Film fare event for best male actor for a debut. Shahid Kapoor pursued it with playing the roles in the minor booming movies like as Fida in the year 2004 and movie Shikhar in the year 2005. Then, he was starring in ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 flick Metro also gave him a widespread commercial and critical success. For his role in the movie, h...

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...

Remo D’Souza, who is primarily an Indian dancer cum choreographer, is also an actor and film director. He was born on 2nd of April, 1972 in Jamnagar, Gujarat and was named as ‘Ramesh Gopi’. He changed his name, when he moved himself into Christianity religion. His wife’s name is Lizelle D’Souza. It is a very true fact that he struggled hard in his life to reach the celebrity place. He is primarily involved in choreography and choreographed several numbers of films as of now.

He took a place as judge in the most famous reality show of the country, ‘Dance India Dance’. He has also participated in several other dance shows as judge and guest judge. It was during his HSC board exams, he realized that he is not interested in studies anymore. D’Souza immediately left hi...

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