Shammi
Mona Ambegaonkar
Jaya Bachchan
Ritu Sharma
Karishma Acharya
Benu Kalsi
Sushma Seth
Nattasha Singh
Daisy Irani
Urvashi Dholakia
Rakhee Tandon
Kruttika Desai
Natasha Sinha
Divya Seth
Bhavana Balsavar
Farida Jalal
Ananya Khare
Mushtaq Merchant
Anand Mahendroo
Vivek Sudarshan
Lilliput - M.M. Faruqui
Rakesh Thareja
Anant Mahadevan
Navin Nischol
Sunny Singh
Shekhar Suman
Satish Shah
Deven Bhojani
Anuj Saxena
Amar Upadhyay
Vishal Singh
Raju Srivastav
N K Shivpuri
1. Shammi
Nargis Rabadi, popularly known as ‘Shammi Aunty,' had set foot in the world of Bollywood almost sixty-five years ago. During the start of her career, she had many opportunities to work for, as the role as a lead actress and then as a second lead also. She later inclined herself towards doing the supporting role or second lead. Even though she worked for as long as 60 years, nothing stopped her, and she worked without any major breaks. It was all due to her magic she entered with in Bollywood and also because of her acquaintance and near and dear ones. Nargis was the first actor to be paid Rs1lac, which was large sum at that time. Shammi has acted in almost 200 films so far in small and big character...
Age:
93
Gender:
Female
Age:
93
Gender:
Female
2. Mona Ambegaonkar
Mona was born in Marathi family on March 5 in Mumbai. She completed her schooling in Kendriye Vidyalaya, Mumbai. She started her career by advertisement in television. She entered in silver screen in movie named “Zakhmi Zameen” release in 1990. Later she plays side role in many Marathi and Hindi movies. She even featured in various television dramas like “Sanjivani” and “Just Mohabhat” aired on Star Plus and Sony Entertainment respectively.
Few of her movies names are Mriyudand in 1997, Hazaar Churasi Ki Maa in 1998, Bindaast in 1999, Dead End in 2000 it’s a t.v movie, Phir Bhi Dil hai Hindustani in 2000 she got a chance work with Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla, Bakra in 2003,Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo in 2003, I white Nois...
Age:
54
Gender:
Female
3. Jaya Bachchan
Born on 9th April 1948 Jaya Bachchan is an Indian artiste, who is also a politician. A noteworthy point is that, she is a former student of the Film and Television Institute of India. She is married to the legend of Bollywood, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Her daughter-in-law is the former Miss World and Bollywood heartthrob Aishwarya Rai.
Jaya Bachchan entered into the film industry with the film Mahanagar when she was a teenager. Later, her first film as an adult was Guddi, which won her the acclaim which she deserved. This film was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and lat...
Age:
76
Gender:
Female
Age:
76
Gender:
Female
4. Ritu Sharma
Ritu Sharma is an Indian stage and film actress. She has donned theaters in Delhi from the year 2004 until 2008. She was trained at the National School of Drama and has worked with prominent stage actors and actresses like Dinesh Khanna, Bapi Bose, Satyabrata Rout, Bansi Kaul, Suman Kumar, Harish Khanna, Bhaskar Chandrawarkar, and more. In 2013, she appeared in the romantic drama film, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, and had the opportunity to act with Anurag Kashyap.
In the same year, she was seen in the Bollywood drama film, Gangoobai, under the production of the National Film Development Corporation of India. Ritu also acted in Mujaffar Ali’s two short films and Satyabra...
5. Karishma Acharya
The most known prodigy of late 2000, who is most known for her acting in India most viral television show called "Dekh Bhai Dekh," popularly known as DBD. Karishma has settled in Mumbai as one of the most successful costume designer and a very well known fashion stylist.
She started off her career at a very young age, where she played a role of Vishal's sister in the show Dekh Bhai Dekh. She has played the role of a sweet, cute little innocent girl named Abha in that Hindi television serial. She had become the next door pretty adorable kid by her bubbly role. Later she found her calling in her late 20's. She recognized her inclinatio...
6. Benu Kalsi
Benu Kalsi is an Indian Bollywood actress and her work in the movies is highly commendable. She has been involved many films during the 90s. Many critics and audiences highly acknowledge her contribution to the industry.
During her childhood days, she was always into drama theater and street plays and always likes to do best in her roles. To further enhance her skills Ms. Kalsi participated in many stage shows during her school years. When she completed her school and graduation, she directly tried her hand in acting.
also has worked with many renowned actors like Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Alok Nath, etc. Ms. Kalsi is a part of movies and sitcoms like Dekh Bhai Dekh that got released in the year 1993, Parm Atma in 1994,...
7. Sushma Seth
Sushma Seth is an extremely popular actress who has made her presence in movies, TV as well as theatre. She has been in the acting industry since the year 1956 and has done a huge number of films since then. Sushma Seth has always been the most popular choice to play the role of a mother or grandmother to actors in both movies and daily soaps. She is a founding member of Yatrik, which is a theatre group based in Delhi. She made her debut in 1978 with the film Junoon in which she played the aunt of the protagonist, Javed, portrayed by the veteran actor Shashi Kapoor. She is most noted and remembered for her performance as ‘Dadi’ in the extremely popular TV serial of earlier days, Hum Log. Actress S...
Age:
87
Gender:
Female
Age:
87
Gender:
Female
8. Nattasha Singh
She is very familiar in ‘India TV’ and has gracefully appeared in numerous Indian Daily Soaps. She was born on 8th December and she resides in Mumbai, with her family. Her father is singer and composer ‘Ajit Singh’ and her mother is a numerologist, ‘Gittanjali Singh’. She is best known for being ‘Kirti’ in the serial ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ where she played a talkative, cheerful, emotional offspring of ‘Farida Jalal’ and ‘Navin Nischol’. The plot is based on the story of three generations of an Indian family.
It was a popular show of ‘Doordarshan’. Apart from that, she also acted in ‘Milan’, ‘Oh Daddy!’, ‘Angaan&...
Gender:
Female
9. Daisy Irani
Daisy Irani is a well-known actress known for her acting during her childhood days in films of various languages. She was a prominent child star in the industry during the 50s and 60s along with her sister, Honey Irani.
She is famous for her roles in films such as ‘Bandish’ which came out in the year 1955 and the movies, ‘Naya Daur’ and ‘Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke’ both which were released in the year 1957, and other movies as well. She was born in the year 1950 into a Zoroastrian family and was one of the famous Irani sisters.
Honey Irani, who is her elder sister, is also a famous actor and screenwriter a...
Gender:
Female
10. Urvashi Dholakia
Urvashi Dholakia is an Indian Film & Television personality who is best known for her appearances in the Hindi films, Reality shows & television serials. She is working in the entertainment industry sice the age of 6, when she first appeared in a television commercial for ‘Lux’ soap. As a child artist, she acted in a Jackie Shroff starer Izzat (1991), in a television series ‘Waqt Ki Raftaar’. She was only 15 when she played the role of the girlfriend of ‘Vishal’ in popular comedy series ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ (1993). She became popular as the series progressed. In the coming years she became a big name in the television industry with serials such as ‘Shaktimaan’ (2000), ‘Ghar ek mandir’ (2000), ‘Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli’ (2001), Kasauti ...
Age:
44
Gender:
Female
Age:
44
Gender:
Female
11. Rakhee Tandon
Rakhee Tandon first came into limelight with Zee’s ‘Banegi Apni Baat’ a serial by Deeya and Toni Singh. The role has a glamorous touch to it, and it was very much liked by the younger generation of that time. But the killer punches provided to his career by the comedy serial “Hum Paanch” where she played the role of “Sweety Mathur”, Sister No 3 in the Family and a girl with all beauty and no brain.
Some of the memorable antic associated with that role were the eagerness to open the door and dancing to any song while opening the door. Believe me, it looked very hilarious at that time. The serial was very popular, and her style was v...
Age:
46
Gender:
Female
Age:
46
Gender:
Female
12. Kruttika Desai
Kruttika Desai is a popular theater artist, who rose to fame through the TV Series “Buniyaad,” which was telecasted in 1986 in the National Channel Doordarshan. She is not only the best actress but a social activist too. She says that Theater was her school, which educated her entire nook and corner of acting. Kruttika says, “Theatre was my learning school...my discipline, my confidence, my growth all happened there, though I was studying then and it was a hobby only... and for the extra spending power... but it was my Buniyaad,! I wanted to pursue psychology and I did finally finish my M.A. in psychology but did not do my Ph.D. Buniyaad shot me to levels of fame that I had never contemplated.” When asked abo...
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
13. Natasha Sinha
She is a known face of India TV and has gracefully appeared in numerous Indian Daily Soaps. She was born on 8th December and she resides in Mumbai with her family. Her father is singer and composer Ajit Singh and her mother is numerologist She is best known for her role Kirti in serial ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ where she played the role of a talkative, cheerful, emotional offspring of Farida Jalal and Navin Nischol. The plot of the serial is based upon the story of three generations of an Indian family. It was a popular show of Doordarshan. Apart from that she also appeared in ‘Milan’, ‘Oh Daddy!’, ‘Angaan’ and ‘Saat Phere’. ‘Angaan’ and ‘Oh Daddy!’ were telecaste...
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Female
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14. Divya Seth
Divya Seth is among the most prominent shining stars of silver screen today. Born on 2nd april, she rose to stardom and recognition nationwide through her very first Indian television soap “Hum Log” in which she played the ever darling role of Majli. The success and appeal of the role instantly resulted in series of never ending offers from various producers and labels. The coming years resulted in her huge success through most popular television serials like Daraar, Adhikaar and Abhimaan. All the three serials wrote new histories of success and popularity, with Divya Shah as the center of appreciation.
Sparsh was her last television serial in her first innings of showbiz which went on air in the year 1999. ...
Gender:
Female
15. Bhavana Balsavar
Bhavana’s claim to fame is her immaculate timing as a comedian appearing in hit shows like “Gutur Gu” on the small screen. Born on 21 Oct 1975 in Mumbai to Shobha Khote an actress in herself, acting was the last thing on her mind while growing up. She was a brilliant student an ICSE board topper, she took up fashion coordination at SNDT College claiming that she always wanted to do something closer to creative art.
Her introduction to stage acting was nothing short of accidental, accompanying her mother for “Bottoms Up” stage play, she got to play a minor role due to absence of one actress and she has never looked back since then. Her famous roles include eccentric Chachi in pop...
Age:
48
Gender:
Female
Age:
48
Gender:
Female
16. Farida Jalal
Farida Jalal is a veteran film and television actress from India. She was born on March 14, 1949 at New Delhi. Farida was known for doing comedic roles but she also laid her hands to doing lead and supporting roles in more than 100 Bollywood films and has been part of the television industry for quite a long time. The actress started her career in 1960’s after winning the Filmfare’s United Film Producers Talent Hunt. She was luckily selected as finalists, together with Bollywood producer and actor, Rajesh Khanna. Farida got a film offer for the first time to do the film, Taqdeer which was offered by Tarachand Barjatya who is one of the audiences at that time. She gained her popularity after essaying a supp...
Age:
75
Gender:
Female
Age:
75
Gender:
Female
17. Ananya Khare
Ananya Khare was born on March 16, 1968 in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India. She is an actress from Bollywood who performed on numerous popular movies on a supporting role, such as the Indian romantic drama film, Devdas on 2002 as Kumud Mukherjee and the 2001 Hindi film, 'Chandni Bar', where she got the Indian National Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in TV serials for almost 20 years before she got her success on the big screen. Ananya got several awards for performing on stage, TV and even in the big screen.
Her real name is Preeti Khare from the Hindu Kayastha family. She studied at Holy Child Auxilium School in Delhi then maste...
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
18. Mushtaq Merchant
Mushtaq Merchant was a well-known actor, comedian, and writer from Bollywood film Industry. He was born in 1954. He acted in over 80 films. In 1972, he debuted with a small role in the movie Jawani Deewani. His notable movies are Jawani Deewani, Seeta Aur Geeta Sagar, Naseeb Wala, Fifty Fifty, Pyaar Hua Chori Chori, and Balwan. He played the minor role of train driver in the legendary movie Sholay (1975), in which his bike was stolen by Jai and Veeru on the song Yeh Dosti. In 1979, he played the lead role in the documentary Cinema Cinema with Kim. Mushtaq left the acting in the early 2000s. He passed away on 27 December 2021 in Mumbai, Maharashtra....
Date of Death:
27-12-2021
Gender:
Male
19. Anand Mahendroo
Debatably one of the most reputed names in the TV-world, Anand Mahendroo’s work is identified by its graphical flair, social relevance, technical refinement and sheer entertainment value. He is a prominent Writer, Director and Producer who shot to fame with his hit Television show Dekh Bhai Dekh. With Jaya Bachchan as the Producer under the label of Saraswati Audio Visuals Pvt Ltd (now known as ABC aka Amitabh Bachchan Corporation), Dekh Bhai Dekh became a sensation in 1993, airing on the Doordarshan Metro Channel. Mahendroo was involved in the Direction, Writing, Production, Editing and Visual Effects of the sitcom.
Anand is also known for his other mega successes like Idhar Udhar, Isi Bah...
20. Vivek Sudarshan
The actor attended a Marathi dance and musical performance where he felicitated dancers for their excellent work in the industry. ...
21. Lilliput - M.M. Faruqui
‘Lilliput’ is a comedy actor in TV series and Bollywood films. His real name is M. M. Faruqui. He is known as the comedian in Jaya Bachchan’s produced TV serial, ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’. In this serial, he appeared in various characters and left a huge impact on the minds of the audience. But, more than an actor, he is a gifted theater actor and scriptwriter even.
After the huge success of ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’, the actor got chances to play various roles, such as in the horror serial, ‘Woh’. Although he adopted his screen name as Lilliput, which he lifted from the children's classic novel, “Gulliver's Travels”, he says that due to his short stature he...
Gender:
Male
Gender:
Male
22. Rakesh Thareja
Rakesh Thareja is an Indian film and television actor. He appeared in the second season of the Hindi sitcom, Idhar Udhar, on Doordarshan channel. The series was directed by Anand Mahendroo, who also helmed the very successful Hindi sitcom Dekh Bhai Dekh, where he was cast as Dingoo in 1993.
He played supporting role as Paul, friend of Apurva Agnihotri’s character in the Bollywood musical drama film, Pardes, in 1997. Rakesh is also part of Asha Parekh’s Kora Kagaz, which was aired on Star Plus in 1998. In 2003, he appeared as Tarun Singhania on Zee TV’s Hindi series, Lipstick....
23. Anant Mahadevan
Anant Mahadaven is one of the oldest and most experienced Television and movie actors in the industry. He started his three decade long career way back in 1980’s and has been very active since then in both movies and on television. Anant Mahadevan was born and bought up in Kerala, India. Anant started his career playing small time roles in movies where his acting was much appreciated every time he shared a space on silver screen. Just after spending some time in the industry he made a very good name for himself and was rated one of the best supporting actors of his era.
His parts in the blockbuster movies such as 'Akele Hum Akele Tum', and 'Ishq', made Anant a household face. Over the years Anant Mahadaven w...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
24. Navin Nischol
Born on 11th April 1946, Navin Nishcol is an actor from India. He entered the Hindi film industry with Sawan Badon during the year 1970. This film also marked the entry of Rekha. This film was commercially successful and Nischol was one of the sought out actors since then for many years. Navin Nischol had his studies at the Bangalore Military School. A commendable fact is that, he was the first one to get gold medal, which was granted by the Film and Television Institute of India. His earlier films Dhund and Victoria No. 203 w...
Date of Death:
19-03-2011
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
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Date of Death:
19-03-2011
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
25. Sunny Singh
Sunny Singh, an upcoming Indian actor, was born in 1985. This half Jewish and half Punjabi actor faced the camera at the age of 18 months only as a model of Leo Toys. After that there was no looking back for him. He has done about 50 TV commercials as a child artist. He received lots of awards for his performance in TV commercials. His most successful appearance was in the famous comedy serial ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ which was aired in Doordarshan’s Metro channel (DD2) in 1993. He was only 7 years old when he played the role of ‘Vishal Diwan’, actor Shekhar Sumon’s son in the serial. His cute little face is still remembered by people. He also acted in Sanjay Khan’s serial ‘Jai Hanuman’. Sunny’s father is the famous jingle composer Vijay Singh. He ...
Age:
38
Gender:
Male
26. Shekhar Suman
Born on 14th June, 1960, Shekhar Suman is a well known face of television and Bollywood industry. He is from Patna, Bihar. He began his Bollywood career with the film “Utsav”. However, even after featuring in more than 25-30 films, he didn’t get that desired success. He appeared in movies like Chor Machaye Shor, Tridev, Sansar and the most recently in his directed movie Heartless.Having not so successful career in Bollywood industry, he turned his way to the television industry. He has featured in a number of TV series and reality shows, some of them being Vilayati Bahu, Andaz, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Movers and Shakers, etc. He, alongside cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu judged the highly adored show of Star One- “The Gr...
Age:
61
Gender:
Male
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27. Satish Shah
Satish Shah is a Hindi and Marathi TV actor. He rose to fame with his role in the 1980’s sitcom show Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi directed by Kundan Shah and Manjul Sinha. He appeared in many Bollywood films through the 1980s, 90’s and 2000’s followed by his appearance in the famous television show Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.Satish Shah was born on 25th June, 1951 in Bombay, Maharashtra. His first mainstream movie was “Arvind Desai ki Ajeeb Dastaan” followed by “Toofani Takkar” released in 1978. Some of his famous roles include Dilawar in Umrao Jaan (1981), Vidyasagar in Aag aur Shola (1989), Anand Rastogi in Gharwali Baharwali (1989), Ajit Singh in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), his most praised performance being a...
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
28. Deven Bhojani
Deven Bhojani is an Indian TV serial actor who was born on November 25, 1969 in Mumbai, India. He is also a director and a theatre artist who graduated Commerce at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai. Afterwards, Deven studied film direction to pursue his dream of becoming a director at the University of South California.
He got his fame for his Gujarati shows and drama plays. He was debuted as a television actor in the popular, Malgudi Days which was aired in 1987. He portrayed the role of Nitya on the show’s Episode Number 13. He got his fame for doing comedic and supporting roles. He received the Best Director awards for directing the 2005 comedy sitcom, Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai in The ITA...
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
29. Anuj Saxena
Anuj Saxena is a famous businessman, Bollywood actor, model and a television artiste. He is the younger son of Jagdish Saxena, who founded and owned the Elder Pharma company. Anuj also happens to be the Managing Director of the multi-crore business.
Born on the 31st of July, 1967, he completed his medicine degree from Grant Medical College, Mumbai, but he found passion in acting and modeling. After a few big breaks, he went on to become a producer of TV films and commercials as well and also owns a few restaurants under his banner.
Anuj made his debut in acting in the serial that aired on Sony TV ‘Kkusum’ in the year 2001 and had gone to play ro...
Age:
56
Gender:
Male
Skills:
30. Amar Upadhyay
Amar Upadhyay had started out as a small-time Indian actor. He was born in Mumbai in 1976 and studied chemical engineering. When Upadhyay was asked what led to his interest into acting in films and shows, he responds with having difficulty in finding a proper job during which he was also doing small advertisements for different products. Soon after this, he began to take up roles in tele-serials.
His first offer was in 1993 with the TV series Dekh Bhai Dekh. After this, there followed a many number of different television series like, Kalash, Mehndi Tere Naam Ki (2001-2002) and many others. However, his big time break came in 2000 with director Ekta Kapoor’s loved soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi K...
Age:
47
Gender:
Male
Age:
47
Gender:
Male
31. Vishal Singh
The Gujarati boy image on onscreen as Jigar in Saath Nibhaana Saathiya is Vishal Singh. He was born in 1985 and is active on the small screen since 2006.
He usually played the supporting roles in serials. But the famous TV show Saath Nibhaana Saathiya gave him the opportunity to play one of the lead characters.He even received the Star Parivaar Awards in the year 2011 in the category of Best Devar from this very show.
This show is based on the arranged marriage couples who earlier find things quite difficult to face but with time they get attached with one other and face each difficulties together.
He has worked on many serials like Kasamh se, Kuchh Is Tara, Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa ...
Gender:
Male
32. Raju Srivastav
This name does not need any introduction, as the Indian comedian, Raju Srivastav, is known widely. Personal Life: Actual name, Satya Prakash Srivastav, but known as Raju Srivastav, born on 25 December, 1963, and hails from Kanpur, India. He hails from a middle class Kayastha family. His father, Balai Kaka, was a famous poet, and Raju wanted to become a comedian since his childhood, as he used to imitate his teachers when he was in school. His mind was preoccupied with the intention to become a comedian, and thus, he appeared in many films starting by playing a small role in Maine Pyaar Kiya.
Career: Raju moved to Mumbai and started his career by playing small or comedic role...
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
33. N K Shivpuri
Actor bio coming soon...
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