1. Urmila Matondkar
2. Neelima Azeem
Neelima Azeem is a classical dancer and an actress who was born on 2nd December,1959. The famous heartthrob, Shahid Kapoor is her son. She learnt the classical dance style of Khattak from Birju Maharaj. Both her parents were journalists who worked for a Russian (then USSR) magazine publication “Sputnik” where they translated from Urdu to Russian. She was married to ‘Pankaj Kapoor’ but, separated due to the lack of companionship in 1984.She then tied the knot with Rajesh Khattar but, broke the marriage due to alcoholism and financial troubles. She had a son, ‘Shehzad Ishaan Khattar’, with him. She is now married to ‘Ustad Raza Ali Khan’ whom she met at the age of 45(2003).She started out as a solo Khattak dancer at the age of 15, while she was still a student under Birju Maharaj and starte...
3. Rita Bhaduri
If you want to see an actor with years and years of experience then look no further than Rita Bhaduri. She has experiences exceeding almost 40 years and has worked through the 1970s, 80s, 90s and is still working without even breaking a sweat. She was born in the city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh was very keen to get into acting and started her career in the year 1968. She has extensively worked in both movies and television. Although she is not of Gujarati origin, she is highly respected in the Gujarati industry both by her colleagues and audiences. Her first big break came when she was casted as Dimple Kapadia’s best friend in the 1975 Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia starrer ‘Julie’. She had a good exposure to the whole movie industry and she had an added advantage to work under the wat...
4. Mita Vashisht
Mita Vashisht is an Indian television, theatre and film actress known for her impeccable performance in different Hindi movies and television serials.
Vashisht was born in Pune, Maharashtra on 2 November, 1967, to Dutt Vashisht and Meenakshi Mehta Vashisht. Mita holds a post graduate in literature degree from Punjab University and also is a graduate from the National School of Drama.
She has appeared in several television serials like Space City Sigma, Bharat Ek Khoj, Mr Yogi, Pachpan Khabe Lal Deewaren, Swabhimaan, Kirdaar, Ghum, Saalgirah, Vijay Jyoti, Kaaun, Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and Surveen Guggal.
Besides acting, Mita is an active social work who has worked for children in remand home and sex workers. She has also written and produced three short movies and a television serial....
5. Louis Banks
Born in Darjeeling, West Bengal, on February 11, 1941, Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi is an Indian jazz musician, keyboardist, vocalist, record producer and, composer.He accomplished in genres such as Indo jazz fusion, Indipop and modern progressive and contemporary jazz.
He has frequently alluded to as the Godfather of Indian Jazz. Louis Banks is the son of George and Saraswati Banks from Gorkha family. His father was a musician in Darjeeling. His initial music training was on account of his dad and neighbour Mrs. Myers.
His dad, Pushkar bahadur was a Nepalese trumpeter who shifted to Calcutta in the mid-40s to become part of a European Band. Consequently, he changed his name to George Banks. His granddad, Bakhat Bahadur Budaprithi, had formed Shreeman Gambhira Nepali, the Nepalese national anthem which was the official hym...
6. Kaifi Azmi
Kaifi Azmi is born as Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi. He is a famous poet, songwriter, and lyricist. He was born on January 14, and the year 1919. He was born in Azamgarh district of United Province (British India), now Uttar Pradesh, India. His wife's name is ShaukatKaifi. They have two children. They have a daughter and a son.
His son name is Baba Azmi, who is an Indian cinematographer. His daughter name is Shabana Azmi, who is an Indian actor for television, movie, And Theater. Kaifi was born in a Shia Muslim family in the village name as Mizwaa. Kaifi is a famous Urdu poet. He has combined the Urdu Literature with the Indian motion pictures. He also joins the Mushairas.
He has participated in the mushairas with the PirzadaQasim, Jon Elia. He has well established himself for the poetry, literature, ...
7. Mohan Gokhale
Mohan Gokhale was an Indian movie actor, TV and theater performer who is famous for movies including Sparsh and MirchMasala. He was born on 7th November 1953 in Pune. He had a great interest in theater since his childhood. Mohan had won several awards in intercollege competitions as well as at the state level.
His first TV appearance was with ‘Shwetambara,’ a Marathi TV Series. He has played lead roles in a lot of Hindi and Marathi movies. Mohan’s TV series Mr. Yogi was a hit and it was later remade as a movie, What’s Your Rashee with Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja. Mohan’s dream was to establish a theater academy and he did it successfully. He directed a Marathi play in his theater with Nana Patekar in the lead role. Vijay Tendulkar penned the play title...
8. Lalit Mohan Tiwari
Television and film actor Lalit Mohan Tiwari decided to work only in TV and films because there was nothing meaningful happening in the theater. Lalit Mohan Tiwari is known face in TV serial Mahabharat (B R Chopra’s epic) where he made his debut as a TV actor. Since TV has the ability to keep audiences hooked for years and years, Lalit Mohan is still being remembered for his role as Sanjay in ‘Mahabharat’ which ran for two years. As he was an alumna of National School of Drama, Shyam Benegal had cast him in his Tele project Bharat Ek Khoj (Discovery of India. He also got a chance to act in Benegal’s other film projects too. He has acted in films such as ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’, ‘Ata Pata Lapata’ and ‘Bad Luck Govind&r...
9. Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor: - 'Elvis Presley' of India. Shammi Kapoor was born to Prithviraj Kapoor, the patriarch of the Kapoor family who’s been an important part of Bollywood movies and to Ramsarni Mehra Kapoor as Shamsher Raj Kapoor on October 21, 1931, in Bombay Presidency, British India. He was the second of three sons born to Prithviraj Kapoor. Shammi Kapoor’s father was one of the pioneers of Indian theatre and Hindi movies. Ever since his birth, Shammi Kapoor was interested in film and theatre. He was brought up in Peshawar, Pakistan and Kapoor Haveli in Kolkata. After his education, he joined his father’s New Theatres Studio. After few months, he entered the film industry as a junior artiste in the year 1948. He made his debut with the film Jeevan Jyoti, which was directed by Mah...
10. Raja Bundela
Raja Bundela is a brilliant Indian actor, producer, director, activist and politician. He was born as Raja Rajeshwar Pratap Singh Judev in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India to a Royal House in Lalitpur District. He is a product of National School of drama and has done different character roles in movies. He is also associated to Film and Television Institute of India (FIIT) in Pune.
He started his career in the early 80’s as he appeared in Brij Bhoomi, a film that depicts the story about the Braj culture in 1982. In the same year, he played supporting roles in films like Vijeta and Star. He was also seen in the Hindi film, Aadharshila which stars Naseeruddin Shah and Anita Kanwar. He is also part of the 1984 Hindi feature film, Ab Ayega Mazaa by Pankaj Parashar. He essayed the role of Chander in Sunny Deol’s starr...
11. Kurush Deboo
12. Raza Murad
Raza Murad is a famous Indian Bollywood actor who has predominantly appeared in Hindi films and TV serials. He has played several roles in over hundred films as a fatherly figure to a sensitive friend, etc.
Born to famous Bollywood actor Murad on the 23rd of November, 1950, he has cinematic genes innate. Renowned Zeenat Aman happens to be his cousin and actor Rajiv Rai’s wife Sonam being his niece. Another renowned stage performer and actress in several films, Sanober Kabir also Raza Murad’s niece. He has a son, Ali Murad and a daughter.
Raza Murad started his modest career in the 1960s when he was not awarded great protagonist roles but supportive roles like a friend to the hero or a brother to the lead, ...
13. Kanawaljit Singh
Kanwaljit Singh is an Indian Television and film actor born on 21st October 1944 in Uttar Pradesh. He comes from a Sikh family of Saharanpur. He got married to Anuradha Patel. After completing his graduation he joined Film and Television institute of India in Pune. He made his Bollywood debut from the movie Daastan-e-Laila Majnu. After that he was seen in the movie Hum Rahe Na Hum, both of his movies did not do good business. After this failure he turned to Television industry and started to make his career in Television industry.
He got offer from Ramesh Sippy’s drama Buniyad in which he played the role of illegitimate child as Satbir. His role in Buniyad was appreciated by the audience and gave him limelight. After Buniyad he was approached to popular TV dramas Saans, Family no. 1, Dard and Siski. He chos...
14. Kabir Bedi
Kabir Bedi is well known Indian television and film actor who had worked in multiple continents like US, many countries of US and India in all the formats i.e. Movies, Television and theatre. He has good command in multiple languages and also very much popular in Italy. His well-known and recognized performances includes but not limited to are role of Emperor Shahjahan in Taj Mahal, pirate in European TV miniseries named as Sandokan, and playing a villainous role in famous James Bond movies named as Octopussy.
He was born in family of freedom fighter where by his father is author and philosopher and his mother is British woman, who take part in ordination in Tibetan Buddhism. He began his career from the theater and progressed to be one of the leading personalities in bollywood. His growth can be judged by th...