Manorama
Simple Kaul
Shweta Basu Prasad
Mouli Ganguly
Monalika Bhonsle
Supriya Karnik
Shama Deshpande
Shalini Khanna
Poonam Narula
Pooja Ghai Rawal
Lily Patel
Kishwar Merchant
Kavita Kaushik
Jayati Bhatia
Aanchal Munjal
Amita Chandekar
Gauri Pradhan Tejwani
Krystle D Souza
Kanchi Singh
Sakshi Tanwar
Samarpit
Rituraj Singh
Varun Badola
Sai Ballal
Rohit Bakshi
Puneet Vashist
Parmeet Sethi
Mahesh Pandey
Girish Jain
Hiten Tejwani
Ali Asgar
Pracheen Chauhan
1. Manorama
Being called as Aachi, Manorama is strongly seeded in the hearts of Tamil audiences. This talented lady has crossed many hurdles in her life and achieved a great success to retain her name and place in the cinema industry. She has appeared in almost all the Indian language films and gained goodwill too. Born as Gopishantha, she was renamed as Manorama to appear in theatres. She has crossed several stage dramas and films and has got a guiness record of acting in more than 1000 films. This wonderful lady has started her cinema career in Maalyitta Mangai. The only film she played as a heroine is Konjum Kumari in the year 1963. She was suggested for the role by Kavi Arasu Kannadasan.
Aachi Manorama is not only a talented actress; she is a wonderful dancer and a great singer ...
2. Simple Kaul
Simple Kaul is an Indian actress known for Shararat. Shararat – Thoda Jaadu, Thodi Nazaakat was a show on Star Plus, which had Jiya (Shruti Seth) as its main protagonist. It was a story about magic and fairies living on earth as Jiya’s Mother was married to a human.
Simple was playing a negative role. Her character was Parminder Sohni aka Pam. Jiya and Dhruv were best friends and had feelings for each other but Pam (Simple) wanted to have Dhruv to herself and managed to hurt Jiya whenever possible.
Simple has played other various roles and appeared in serials. She played the role of Pratham Mann’s Sister on Sony TV’s Kutumb Season 2 (2001- 2003). In 2004 she was a part of Ye Meri Life Hai where she played the character of Reema (2004-2005). She was Simi in Aisa Des Hai Mera (200...
3. Shweta Basu Prasad
Shweta Basu Prasad is a famous name on television, and she has had a decent stint in movies too. Her father’s name is Anuj Prasad and mother’s name is Sarmishta Prasad. Her mother is a Bengali while her father is natively from Bihar. Jamshedpur is Shweta’s birthplace. She is a pass out of R.N. Podar, which is located in Santa Cruz, Mumbai. She kickstarted her career in films as a child artist, and later she grabbed leading roles in Tamil, Bengali and Telugu movies. The break was when she got the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for the movie ‘Makadee’. The movie hit the screens in the year 2002. She was only 11 years old when she made her movie debut. In the movie Makdee, she played a double role. The film was directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. Vishal Bhardwaj is a renowned ...
4. Mouli Ganguly
Mouli was born on 15th December 1982 in Kolkata. She was a science student from University of Kolkata. While pursuing Mass Communication she got modelling assignment and she left her degree midway. She endorse many products like Pears , Ariel , Rin, Close Up, Double Diamond , Maggie and many more. She signed her first television show named “Baksha Rahasya” where she played a receptionalist. Later in 1998 she worked as a lead lady in Indian television show “Milan”. She got fame by the television drama name “Kaahin Kissi Roz”, her name was Sunaina sikhand which aired in Star Plus on 2001. The highly T.R.P rated show gave her a lot of positive review to her character. Later she worked in many Indian television shows like Kutumb, Resham Dankh, and Kkusum. She again grabbed the attention by the show “Saaksshi” aired on Sony T.V
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5. Monalika Bhonsle
Monalika Bhonsle is a Hindi actress who appeared as Priyanka in Ekta Kapoor’s Kkusum… Ek Aam Ladki Ki Kahani on Sony Entertainment Television. Monalika was born and raised up in Maharashtra, India. She was a popular face in the small screen industry. She has enormous skills in acting which keep her away from the group of the prospering actors and actresses. She became popular for appearing negative roles. Without getting any help from the renowned personalities, Monalika had made her way in the industry all because of her hard work and outstanding talent on screen. She is the sister of Bobby Bhonsle, an actor and the writer of Kasamh Se and her sister, Sonalika, the Creative Head of Betiyaan.
Monalika got the chance to appear in the television serial, Saathi Re on STAR One channel, where she received praises and appreciatio...
6. Supriya Karnik
This Indian actress is known for her Modern mother roles and Negative Mother in law roles she played in movies and television drama. She is a well-known face in Bollywood. She has acted in many hit movies and more than five television dramas. This modern beauty was born in the year 1975 on 13th March. She became popular for her role in movies like, Welcome, Jodi No.1, Tall and many others. She has also acted in two Telugu movies in the year 2001 and 2010 respectively, and a Tamil movie featuring Kollywood Superstar Rajnikanth name “Baba” in the year 2002.
She has been active in the Industry for more than 15 years now, she entered the industry in the 1990’s and her debut performance happened in the year 1998. She acted in a movie name “Taal” in the year 1999. Her major break movie was a movie in the year...
7. Shama Deshpande
Shama Deshpande’s father was a Marathi actor and has been cast in many Marathi movies. It was because of him she became part of the Indian television industry. In an interview, she said, “This industry is a part of me; I was born in this industry.” She also got married to an actor, whom she met on the sets of Kutumb (October 29, 2001, February 7, 2003), aired on Sony Entertainment television, they were cast as a couple. They never thought the fictional couple would turn into a real couple, used to talk for hours on the set, where their love story began. Sai Bilal said in an interview, “What a normal person want from a wife, is love for him more than anyone and care for everyone in the family and he ven stated that Shama has these all qualities.
8. Shalini Khanna
Shalini Khanna is a Bollywood artist, who hails from Punjab. At first, she worked for media giants such as Times of India and Zee TV. After some time, she recognized her love for acting. She acted in some theatre shows before making an appearance in the movie ' 7 1/2 Phere”. Then, she started concentrating on the daily soaps. She first appeared in the soap, namely 'Kutumb’. She has worked in almost seven serials, but 'Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo' gained her some recognition.
Shalini prefers soft and romantic movies and close to the reality roles. While she does not tolerate arrogant people, she is highly attracted to the genuine ones. When asked about not being recognized yet, she feels happy about working with many noteworthy professionals in the industry. Shalini got m...
9. Poonam Narula
Born on 3rd June, 1976, Poonam Narula belongs to Mumbai. A talented actress, Poonam attained a B.A. Degree and went on to hone her acting skills by joining the Ashok Kumar Academy where she underwent intense training in acting. Poonam made her debut in the world of television with the Balalji Production “Mano Ya Na Mano”. This was followed by a negative role in Kahiin Kissi Roz. There was no stopping for Poonam. She did varied genres of roles, including a comic character in Shararat and a role with shades of grey in Kasautii Zindagii Kay.
Another outstanding role was in Kkusum. Aashirwad and Kutumb also starred Poonam in important roles. Later she participated with husband Manish Goel in the dance reality show “Nach Baliye” in 2005. Marriage happe...
10. Pooja Ghai Rawal
Today, sitting in their 14th floor flat at Oshiwara Mumbai, Pooja Ghai Rawal and her second time husband Niraj Rawal are in a relaxed mood with their son Raaj. They got divorced three years ago, basically because the two of them had been immature in dealing with their marriage. It was with the efforts of their son, that marriage again was possible. They both don’t believe in live-in relationships and hence took the plunge into the bonding of marriage again.
Pooja has portrayed several impacting roles in serials such as Kutumb, and as Suhasini in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. She successfully enacted the role of Anusha who is in love with Kushan in Aruna Irani’s production; Rabba Ishq Na Hove. Her role in Hatim is also well-remembered. In Siddhant she portrays the character of a headstrong lawyer and a single mother....
11. Lily Patel
12. Kishwar Merchant
Kishwar Merchant is a model turned actress from India. She was born on February 18, 1981 in Mumbai, India. She got her fame in the most popular Hindi series, Hip Hip Hurray where she played as Nonie on Zee TV channel in 1998. She also essayed the role of Vanshita Nanda in the romantic-drama series, Kkavyanjali in 2005. Her performance in the medical drama series, Dhadkan positively made her a face to consider.
She took a break in year 2009 after breaking up with her ex-boyfriend, Hiten Paintal and came back on SAB TV’s Main Kab Saas Banoongi in 2008. She played the character of Bihari Gawti in this comedy series. At the same time, Kishwar is also doing the role of Priya Sehgal in Real TV’s Namank Haraam.
Kishwar was notably remembered for doing the ...
13. Kavita Kaushik
Kavita Kaushik is an Indian Television popular actress born on 15 February 1981 in Delhi. She comes from a middle class family. Her father is a Police Officer. Since her college days she had a huge interest in acting modelling and anchoring. In 2001 she gave audition for Ekta Kapoor’s drama Kutumb and got selected then she moved to Mumbai for making her acting career.
After that she appeared in Ekta Kapoor’s another drama Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki as Manya Doshi. In 2004, she appeared in drama Tumhari Disha and Dil Kya Chahta Hai. In 2005, she showed her dancing skill in a popular reality show Nach Baliye with Karan Grover. She appeared in Ye Meri Life Hai as Annie and in C.I.D as Sub Inspector Anushka. She has done many TV serials like Kesar, Ghar Ek sapna, Kumkum- Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan and Tota weds Maina. She host...
14. Jayati Bhatia
15. Aanchal Munjal
Aanchal Munjal was born on 17 April, 1998, in Hisar, India, and currently lives in Mumbai with her mother. She is a young 15-year-old girl and started her career in the film industry at the age of 12. She started her career with the Hindi film, “We Are Family (2010)”, and performed the remarkable role of Aleya, who is Kajol's daughter. Soon after, she appeared in many advertisements. In 2011, she portrayed Muniya S.Yadav in the Bollywood film, ‘Aarakshan’ (2011). She was first noted on television for her role as Chunni in Star One’s kids TV series, Ghost Bana Dost (2010). She got popular for her part as Raavi Ahuja in the serial, Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi, which circulated on Sony TV. She was, as of late, seen as Pihu in the day by day cleanser, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, on ...
16. Amita Chandekar
Stunning Indian model-actress, Amita Chandekar is quite famous among an audience of the small screen. This elegant and stylish woman started off with modeling and was popular among fashion circle. As a student, she used to participate in fashion shows at a college level. As soon as her capabilities were noticed, she got many modeling offers. During one of her fashion shows, the judge was director of a TV show “Kutumb”. He asked her to go for auditions of “Kamal.” They were being held on the sets of “Kutumb”, and luckily she got a role in both of the shows.
Another Balaji Telefilms serial “Kasamh Se” (2006-2009), in which she played a role of Jay Walia’s girlfriend was a successful soap and a huge hit in the industry. Amita Chandekar’s p...
17. Gauri Pradhan Tejwani
Gauri Pradhan Tejwani or Gauri Pradhan or Nandini Virani is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 16th September, 1977 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. She has an elder brother and a younger sister. Her father is an Ex-Officer of Indian Army. She completed her schooling from Carmel Convent School in Udampur, near Jammu and Graduation at S.P. College. In 2004, she got married to Hiten Tejwani. She gave birth to twins, son Neevan and daughter Katya on 11th November 2009.
She began her carrier as a model and in 1998 she participated in Miss India. She did many advertisements for different companies such as Bru, Dabur, Ponds, Santoor, Keo Karpin, Sprite, Colgate, Philips etc. She got her first break in a TV serial as a lead role in “Noorjahan” as an empress Noorjahan which was telecast on Doordarshan in 1998. After that, she...
18. Krystle D Souza
19. Kanchi Singh
20. Sakshi Tanwar
Sakshi Tanwar is a leading Indian television and film actress, best known for her roles as Parvati in Star Plus’s 'Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii' and Priya in Sony Entertainment’s 'Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'.
She was born on 12th January 1973 in Alwar, Rajasthan. After graduating from college, she began her career in acting as a television anchor on Doordarshan. She debuted on television in ‘Dastoor’, and went on to be a part of ‘Ehsaas – Kahani Ek Ghar Ki’, ‘Bhanwar’, ‘X-Zone’, ‘Rajdhani’, ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Kii’, ‘Kutumb’, ‘Devi’, ‘Sanjivani–A Medical Boon’, ‘Ab Ayega Mazaa’, ‘Kahani Jurm Ki’, ‘Kahiin To Hoga’, ‘Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin&r...
21. Samarpit
Samarpit is an Indian film actor, producer, and director. He was born as Arpit Kanwatia on October 3 to Kailash and Urmila Kanwatia. He changed his name to Samarpit when he entered the film industry. He became popular as Samarpit Kanwatia, but some also known him as Samarpit Agarwal. He studied at Little Flower School (LFS) and graduated at Bangalore’s Bishop Cotton School. Samarpit is married to Aanal Kanwatia and they have three children namely Aeishwarya, Shaurya, and Arna Kanwatia. In 1998, he left for Mumbai to pursue his dreams of becoming an actor.
He attended Asha Chandra Acting Academy and became lucky to be part of Manish Goswami’s television serial, Insaaf, which gave him a significant break. He also worked in several television serials including Yug, Agni Chakra, Kushi, Bandhan, Kutumb, ...
22. Rituraj Singh
Rituraj Singh is an Indian actor who mostly acts on TV shows. His hometown is Khatipura, Jaipur but he has settled in Mumbai, to where he shifted 24 years ago. He began his acting career when he joined Barry John's theatre group TAG (Theatre Action Group) where he worked for 11-12 years. He is closely acquainted with and worked alongside with the Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan, who he met at the theatre. Rituraj Singh is currently acting in the TV show Diya Aur Baati Hum, in which he plays the role of a Kabaddi coach, Coach Mahendra Singh.
The Jaipur actor claims that his passion for sports throughout his school and college days helped him play the role of a coach on the show a very easy task. The television shows he has worked in are Jyoti, Hitler Didi, Shapath, Warri...
23. Varun Badola
Varun Badola was born on 7 January 1974 in New Delhi. Though his home town is Uttarakhand, he spent his childhood in Ahemdabad. His father Vishwas Mohan Badola is a well known television artist and his sister Alka has acted in TV serials titled Kutumb and Qubool Hai. His second sister Kalindi is a radio jockey. Varun Badola always wanted to be an actor. He studied at Sardar Patel Vidhyalaya in Delhi. He is also a good singer and dancer and has been part of many reality shows. He has also worked as a costume arranger and assistant director in his early days with Tigmanshu Dhuliya. He has written dialogues for his serials Ek Chabi Hai Pados Me and Astitva Ek Prem Kahani. All in all, he is a multitasker. For his dedicated performances he is also considered as Dev Anand...
24. Sai Ballal
Sai Ballal is a renowned face in the Indian television industry that has appeared in a number of TV serials. He has been known to portray negative characters and has performed exceptionally in all his ventures. One of his first appearances on TV was in the Sahara One show Mata Ki Chowki where he essayed the role of Pandit Vidyasagar. He was the adoptive father of central character Vaishnavi who dislikes his daughter and blames her for his wife’s death.
Sai Ballal’s next venture was long running Colors show Phulwa where he played the role of antagonist Bade Thakur. His character was that of a local landlord and corrupt politician who misuses his power to fulfil his wishes and is a constant threat to the lead female protagonist Phulwa. The show’s plot was inspired by the real life tale of female dacoit Phoolan ...
25. Rohit Bakshi
Rohit Bakshi is an Indian Television actor who is best known for his association with television and mainstream Hindi Cinema. He has a few notable works to his credit such as ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ (1999), ‘Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’ (2000) & ‘Kahiin To Hoga’ (2003). In these television soaps, he mainly did cameo and parallel lead roles. Later on he was offered many prominent roles in the television serials.
He is among a few television stars who have been consistent in working with some of the most reputed production houses of the Hindi television world. He has a decade long association with the world of acting and he still cherishes his roots as a television actor, with some pleasant memories in his mind. He initially started as a print model, when he was based in...
26. Puneet Vashist
Puneet Vashist is an Indian TV and Bollywood actor. He was born on April 4, 1976 in Mumbai and is working in the industry since 1997. He has worked in many TV serials and movies. His debut movie was Aflatoon in which he worked with Khiladi Akshay Kumar. He kept on doing supporting roles and mostly his roles were negative. He has worked in Taal based on a poor girl and rich boy’s love story as Shaukat, Josh a movie based on two street gangs as Michael as Shahrukh’s sidekick, Style a movie based on college fun and humour, Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai based on a success story of a young ambitious boy Suraj from Banaras to Mumbai played by Abhishek Bachchan, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai based on one sided love of a boy played by Tusshar Kapoor, Gayab based on a story of a nerd that gets invisible after his wish is approved by god, Zeher b...
27. Parmeet Sethi
Parmeet Sethi came to limelight as Kuljeet in the super hit film DDLJ (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge). The film starred some big names in the Bollywood such as Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Anupam Kher, Amrish Puri, and Farida Jalal amidst others. Character of Kuljeet, an arrogant alpha male betrothed to the heroine Simran (Kajol) and competes with Raj the protagonist played by Shahrukh Khan. The Indian film director as well as TV actor completed his education in Mumbai from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. On the 30th June 1992, Parmeet married his live-in partner Archana Puran Singh. The couple was in a live-in relationship for several years before they tied the knot. Archana Puran Singh too is a film and TV actress. The couple has two sons together, Aaryamann and Ayushmaan. In terms of his fami...
28. Mahesh Pandey
Mahesh Pandey is a renowned Indian script writer, producer and director, known for penning many of the popular shows of Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms like Koshish, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Kasamh Se, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kutumb, Kahiin to Hoga, Bandini, Kesar, Kkusum, Karam Apnaa Apnaa, Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki and Geet - Hui Sabse Parayi. Mahesh also penned the television series, Chhajje Chhajje Ka Pyaar which was aired in 2011 on Sony TV and Rab Se Sohna Isshq on Zee TV. Besides television series, he also worked in the screenplay of Ekta Kapoor’s Bollywood film, Koi Aap Sa, released in 2005.
After donning a lot of script writing in many popular television series and films, Mahesh also entered the world of production. He is the co-writer and producer of the popular television series, Anamik...
29. Girish Jain
Girish Jain is an Indian television actor and director who popularly appeared as Dr. Jaswant Rai Singhania, the husband of Abha (played by Silky Khanna) who had an extra marital affair to other woman in the daily soap, Hitler Didi on Zee TV. He also earned fame after bagging a negative role in the popular drama series, Zindgi Ka Har Rang… Gulaal on Star Plus.
He was born in Bangalore, Karnataka and raised up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He studied Bachelor of Commerce during college and he speaks English, Urdu, Marathi, Hindi, Rajastani and Gujarati. Girish developed his passion for acting when he attended Mithibai College in Mumbai. His persistent hard work was paid off after he joined theatre in college and trained to become a good actor. After he finished college, he directed several plays and he took various a...
30. Hiten Tejwani
Born to a Sindhi family in Mumbai on 5th March 1974, Hiten Tejwani was passionate about acting from an early age. He completed his schooling from Saint Francis D'Assisi High School, Mumbai and then graduated from Jai Hind College. The acting bug bit him during his college days, when he joined the Ankur Theatre Group. He made his television debut in “Ghar Ek Mandir” in the year 2000. His talent was quickly recognized and he soon became a household name as he started bagging one television show after another. He played the role of a supporting actor in three television soaps before getting to play the lead role of “Pratham Mittal” in the immensely popular TV serial ‘Kutumb’ in the year 2001. Gauri Pradhan starred opposite him in ‘Kutumb’ whom Hiten later went on to marry in real life.&nbs...
31. Ali Asgar
32. Pracheen Chauhan
Pracheen Chauhan is a TV actor, who made his first appearance in television through 'Kasautii Zindagii Kay', a soap opera of Star Plus. In this series, he took up the character name, 'Subroto Basu'. Then, he worked in 'Kuchh Jhuki Palkain', a drama series of Sony Television. Then, he was seen in 'Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka', a Hindi series which was then translated in Mandarin for its telecast in China.
In Zee TV, he was seen in 'Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar', a serial that aired from the year 2005 - 2009. He was also seen in a series, that was based on college which is 'Kyun Hota Hai Pyarr'. He was also worked in 'Chotti Bahu', a soap opera of Zee TV. Pracheen made his last appearance in Colors TV's 'Pitaah Ke Charnon Mein Swarg', a series bas...