Ojas S.V
Gauri Navghare
Smita Sharma
Gargie Tripathi
Shaibya Rakesh
Kiran Rathod
Auroshikha Dey
Purva Parag
Seema Azmi
Rasika Dugal
Huma Qureshi
Usha Rani
Sai Deodhar
Prachee Pathak
Mona Ambegaonkar
Jayaa Bhattacharrya
Keval P. Kashyap
Vijay Bhope
Alap Desai
Arunabha Mukherjee
Harvinder Singh
Chandra Prakash Dwivedi
Vishwa S. Badola
K K Raina
Fardeen Khan
Jaideep Ahlawat
Sandeep Mohan
Mukesh Tiwari
Dev Khubnani
Abhimanyu Singh
Vrajesh Hirjee
Ravi Khanvilkar
Faisal Rashid
Amit Behl
Amar Sharma
Zakir Hussain
Gagan Malik
Kailash Kaushik
1. Ojas S.V
Ojas SV or Ojas Suniti Vijay is a theatre artist and social working activist who acts in thought-provoking theatre plays and skits, raising awareness about the atrocities taking place in our society. Born in Pune, Ojas comes from a family of social justice warriors. Her family has a large history of working with the National Alliance of People’s Movement, Anti Lavasa Movement and Narmada Bachao Andolan.
Ojas’ biggest performance of her career has been the play of Ley Mashalein. The story about Irom Chanu Sharmila, Iron Lady of Manipur. The play has been played out in over 200 locations all across India and Ojas really solidified herself as one of the best theatre actresses working in the industry right now. The story of this play follows her struggle against the implementation of the Armed F...
3. Smita Sharma
Smita Sharma is an award-winning Independent Senior Journalist/Columnist and TV Commentator in India .She writes in Hindi and English on foreign policy and security issues for ETV Bharat, Huffington Post, Dainik Bhaskar and other news platforms. She was consulting with TV9 Bharatvarsh as Executive Editor till recently hosting the 9 pm flagship show. She has been the Deputy Editor with one of India’s oldest daily The Tribune. Formerly she was also the Foreign Affairs in-charge and Prime Time Anchor with leading news networks in India including India Today TV, Aajtak, IBN7 and CNN-IBN and DD News.
In 16 years of her journalistic career, she has covered major international and political assignments across the globe as well as elections, conflicts and natural disasters in India. Her columns have been published in national dai...
4. Gargie Tripathi
Georgie Tripathy is an Indian film television actress who works in Bollywood. She has done many TV shows, web series, and films like Mere Sai, Savitri Devi College, and Hospital, Navya, Ramdev,RangbaajPhir Se. She is famous for doing negative roles in serials. She was part of many theatres plays before entering Bollywood. She is currently appearing in TV show Mere Sai as a Rohini. In this show, she is playing the role of a blind devotee who goes to Sia to get back her eyes.
She said in an interview, “ I am doing a positive role for the first time, I am also a big devotee of Sai and keep fast on every Thursday. The set of this show is very well made, which looks like a real Shirdi.I am very blissful to play this role, I have done many shows, but this is the most exceptional.” She is married and has two children. She ...
5. Shaibya Rakesh
An Art and production designer, Shaibya Rakesh is best known for her work in movies like English Vinglish and Mausam. A native of New Delhi, she did her schooling from Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute in Subroto Park, after which got a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from International College for Girls in Jaipur which is under the Rajasthan University.
She was inclined towards cinema since her childhood days. She had a strong passion for photography. This made her go to Pune and join Film and Television Institute of India to pursue a master's degree in Art Direction and Production.
Having acquired sufficient formal education and training, she came to Mumbai and soon, through word of mouth and recommendations, landed up assisting Late Samir Chanda, a proficient Art and Production designer in Indian Cinema. Ass...
6. Kiran Rathod
Karan Rathod is an Indian actress and a model. She has appeared in many Tamil movies. She also acted in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies. She as born on 11 January in 1981. She was born in Jaipur in Rajasthan. She finished her graduation in Mithibai College in Mumbai. She is also a distant relative of a Bollywood villain Amjad Khan. She first appeared in Hindi pop song album. In the late 1990s, she caught the attention of Hindi movie producers. She performed in the film Yaadein as her first film appearance as Monishka. The film was an average film.
After a few small appearances in minor films, she moved down south where she appeared in some successful Tamil films. She acted in Gemini alongside Vikram, Anbe Sivam alongside Kamal Hassan, Villain alongside Ajith ...
7. Auroshikha Dey
8. Purva Parag
9. Seema Azmi
Seema Azmi celebrates her birthday on the 8th of January. She shot to fame for the Hindi feature film “Chak De! India”. Her career started as an actor after clubbing with theatre. She was born in India’s state Assam at Guwahati. She was brought up in Delhi & she did he schooling as well as Graduated from Delhi. After completing her Graduation from Delhi University, she joined Delhi National School of Drama & finished her training in the year 2001. In the same year, she got selected for the NSD Repertory Company as an actor. For now, she is active in Bollywood & Theatre. She writes as well direct for the theater.
She acted in few well-acclaimed movies. Water: The third segment of Deepa Mehta’s trilogy based on Widows lives. In the lead were John Abraham & Lisa Ray. This film got praised in...
10. Rasika Dugal
Rasika Dugal is an Indian actress, who predominantly works in the television industry. Yes, we are talking about your favorite, Zeenat in “Dariba Diaries” which airs on Epic Channel. Rasika was born on 17th January 1985, in Jamshedpur, and completed her schooling there. She went on to complete her Honors in Mathematics from Lady Shree Ram College, Delhi University. Later she did her Masters in Social Communications in Media, from the prestigious Sophia College, Mumbai. It was in Mumbai that she wanted to try her luck in acting. When she started getting offers, she also did a course in acting from FTII. It was a postgraduate diploma course.
Rasika got her first break in 2008, in a movie called “Tahaan.” The movie, as much as being a debut for Rasika, was a film that...
11. Huma Qureshi
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...
12. Usha Rani
Usha comes from a normal middle-class family that lived in Chennai. She spent her life in that city. Her origins lie in Varkkala, Kerela. Her parents were, father Mothi and mother Sudeshini. She started working at a tender age. Her parents separated and by the age of 19, her mother died. As her acting career began, she married a Malayalam director, N Shakaran Nair. A decade later, they had a son. Ever since she continues to live in Chennai. She has two younger sisters; Sangeetha Raman and Rajini. She married N. Shankaran Nair (Malayali movie director) and had a boy child named Vishnu Shankaran Nair.
Usha Rani has been working in a movie since her childhood. She was a lead Malayali actress in 1970’s and 1980’s. She continued to work until the early 2...
13. Sai Deodhar
14. Prachee Pathak
Having a strong base in theater, Prachee Pathak is one of the often-seen faces in Hindi serials on television. She has learnt to act at the Bhartendu Natya Academy, Lucknow, and has done specialization in acting from the National School of Drama, Delhi. Other than acting in plays, serials and movies, Prachee also directs plays and has her own acting company. She has also held several Children Workshops on acting.
Her first show on TV was Prithvi Raj Chauhan, which aired on Star Plus. The other serials under her umbrella are, Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti Hi Hai, produced by Impact Tele-Network on Sahara One, and Afsar Bitiya and Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya, which is a story of a woman who goes to any length to fight for her right. The latest serial being aired is ‘Udaan’, a serial based on bonded labour. Oth...
15. Mona Ambegaonkar
16. Jayaa Bhattacharrya
Her first offer was to dance in the Holi song for a telefilm from where she started her acting and dancing career. This good actress has been in the industry since late 1990s. She worked as the lead role in the play “Jhansi ki Rani” which was aired on Zee TV. She did a serial “Neem ka Ped” which was first telecasted on Lucknow Doordarshan, but later it was aired on national channels. Due to her talent, Jaya’s career started to flourish and in no time she was receiving offers from many ser...
17. Keval P. Kashyap
Kewal P Kashyap is a veteran producer, director and publicist, who used to work in the Bollywood film industry in the golden era of Indian cinema. Kewal finished his graduation, where he pursued journalism and began his work in Bollywood as a publicist. His first job as a publicist was for the movie Pyaar Ka Saagar. He went on to work as a publicist on films like Professor, Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke, Mujhe Jeene Do, Mere Mehboob, Wo Kaun Hai and Ghazal.
He later started working as publicity in charge, which was almost a similar job to a publicist. He worked on movies like Khanadan and Abdullah. As a producer, some of the films under him were Shaheed, Parivar, Chori Chori and Upanishad Ganga, a TV serial released in 2012. As a director, he directed movies like Parivar, Vishwas and Chori Chori. Kewal sadly passed away on 16th ...
18. Vijay Bhope
Vijay Bhope is a sound engineer who works in the Bollywood film industry for over 2 decades. He made his debut in the industry with Mandi, when he worked as an assistant sound engineer. His next film was Jeevan Sandhya, where he worked as a sound recordist. From there he solidified his place in the industry and went on to work as both a sound recordist and sound engineer on movies like Utsav, Bhavna, Club 60, Angaar, Talaash, Karm Yodha, Ek Hi Maqsad, Paroma, Kairee, Maati Maay and many more. He also worked as a writer on the film Rui Ka Bojh.
...19. Alap Desai
Alap Desai is a very talented playback singer and music composer. Born in Gujarat, Alap is the son of legendary Gujarati singer Ashit Desai. It was his father who taught Alap everything about classical singing. Alap made his debut in Bollywood, when he worked as the music composer for the film Bhavishya: The Future. Next, his work was seen in Natsamrat and Surajya Sanhita in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Apart from filmy music, he has also released several songs independently. Some of his hit songs are Shanti Prarthana, Chhadi, Shiva Stuti, Halo Halo, Mai Jise Odhata and many more.
...20. Arunabha Mukherjee
Arunabha Mukherjee is an editor, who works in the Bollywood film industry. He made his debut by editing Fearless: A Hunterwali Story. This was a documentary. He has edited films like Radio Comes To Rampur, Haathi Ka Anda, Putaani party released in 2009, a story about a group of kids from a village who get elected by the villagers to go against their adult counterparts. Other films he edited, include 'Vroom,' a hilarious story about gangsters who steal a car which has a special chip fitted in it. His latest work can be seen in Club 60, released in 2013.
...21. Harvinder Singh
Harvinder Singh is an actor who works in the Punjabi film industry. He made his debut in 2009 in Bolywood blockbuster film, '3 Idiots,' when he made a cameo as Mr. Dhillon’s driver. He was next seen making an appearance on Brown Nation, a British Indian mini-series about the comedic adventures taking place in an IT company. He has also starred in movies like 2 Bol and Proud To Be A Sikh 3. Both the movies released in as Punjabi movies, where he has made a name for himself with his impressive physique and acting chops. He is currently working on Tandav, a TV serial which is scheduled to release in 2020 or 2021.
...22. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi
Chandra Prakash Dwivedi is an Indian film script writer and director with films like “Pinjar”, “ Zed Plus” and “ Mohalla Assi” to his credit. In spite of venturing both into cinema and television, he is best known for directing the famous TV serial “ Chanakya” which was an epic success. Dwivedi also essayed the title role of Chanakya, one of the most influential political diplomat and strategist ever known. In 2009, Dwivedi was honored with the Cultural Catalyst Award by the South Asian Cinema Foundation “in recognition of his commitment to exploring India’s ancient culture and history in television and cinema”. Dwivedi started his career as a medical professional but developed interest towards Indian literature which made him give up his pro...
23. Vishwa S. Badola
Vishwa Mohan Badola is a veteran Indian actor known for his acting in various TV series and movies. He is massively known for his extensive work towards the theatre. He has been a part of several plays and has blessed the theatre with his presence for more than 50 years. In his working age, he was dedicated to theatre and contributed hugely towards it. He has been a role model for many struggling newcomers; he has been the inspiration to work hard and better them from day to day. He started his career with plays and was passionate about acting in theatre. He always enjoyed acting in plays, and that showed in his acting. He is a very open-minded and down to earth person, which has always helped him in life. He worked hard in his early days to be recognized by the audience. He was a common face in the theatre...
24. K K Raina
K K Raina is an Indian television, film, and theatre Actor, Writer and Director. He was born in the year 1953. He is a younger brother of M K Raina, who is also a prominent Actor and Director. And both are an alumnus of National School of Drama (NSD). K K Raina graduated from NSD in the year 1976.
Though he made his debut in 1982; he became famous by his role in the film ‘Ek Ruka Hua Faisla’ released in 1986 which was a remake of the Hollywood film ’12 Angry Men’. He played the role of a detective’s assistant in the 1993 Doordarshan detective series Byomkesh Bakshi, which also made him popular. He won Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1998 for the film named ‘China Gate’.
Few films in which ...
25. Fardeen Khan
Fardeen Khan is a former film actor, known for doing Bollywood films. He was born on March 8, 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His mother is Sundari while his father, Feroz Khan, is also a film actor, editor, producer and director from Bangalore. He is the nephew of prominent actors Akbar and Sanjay Khan and the cousin of Zayed and Suzanne Khan. He studied at Jamnabai Narsee in Juhu and graduated Business Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was trained in acting in Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute. Fardeen got married to Natasha Madhvani, the daughter of Mumtaz, a former Hindi actress, on December 14, 2005 in Mumbai. In 2012, Natasha had a miscarriage, but after a year, they had their first baby born in London and they named it Diani Isabel...
26. Jaideep Ahlawat
Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian film actor. He was born on 8th February in Jat Family of village Kharkara, Rohtak in Haryana. He completed his graduation from Film and TV Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 2008. After completing his education, he headed Mumbai, to pursue his dreams to become an actor. He started his career in Bollywood with a small role in a short film called Narmeen in 2008. Later, he got a role in Aakrosh (2010) and the same year, he also starred in a satire comedy film called Khatta Meetha wherein his negative role of a politician got appreciated in the film circles. He also did a small role in Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010).
Though he appeared in smaller roles in Chittagong (2011) & Rockstar (2011) but went unnoticed till he got Gangs of Wa...
27. Sandeep Mohan
Sandeep Mohan, a renowned movie and television star, known for his work in mythological works,was born on 1st January 1953, New Delhi, India. He did his schooling from Delhi Public School R.K. Puram in New Delhi. He got his diploma in acting from Shri Ram Centre for performing arts in New Delhi. His hometown is Deoghar, Jharkhand. Sandeep Mohan is married and has a son with his wife, Nita.
He's got his first break on the silver screen with a role in the Salman Khan starrer, Love released in 1991, which was a remake of the Telugu-hit Prema in 1989. We can also see him playing Ravidas in the 2020 film, Amar Kahani Ravidas Ki. His television career caught on fire when he starred the Ramanand Sagar directed mythological television series named "Shri Krishna" (1993-1996) as Arjun. This is also...
28. Mukesh Tiwari
Mukesh Tiwari is an artist known for his work in the movie Gangajal, Golmaal and The Legend of Bhagat Singh. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie China Gate in which he played the role of Jageera. He had a small but significant role in the movie. Many directors recognized his acting skills. Thus, in the year 2000, he starred in the movie called Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke. The movie was a huge failure but since Mukesh had a small role in the movie, it didn’t have much effect on his career. Thus, in 2001 Mukesh appeared in many movies. He exclusively appeared in either supporting roles or negative roles. He played the role of Danny Mendoza in the movie Aaghaaz in 2001.
In the same year, he app...
29. Dev Khubnani
Dev Khubnani is an Indian actor who has featured in TV serials and corporate films. He has also done a voice-over for an animation film ‘Arjuna The Warrior Prince’ which was a children film. He also has acted in a Rajasthani movie in the parallel lead. But he became most sought after TV actor with a number of famous TV serials that appeared in Indian TV screen. He also acted in the hit serial ‘CID’, a detective television anthology series about the criminal investigation department, that gets aired on Sony TV. He also has been acting in a number of high-quality historical dramas and on the Indian television such as Jhansi Ki Rani or Upanishad Ganga.
30. Abhimanyu Singh
Abhimanyu Singh is a popular Indian film and television actor who works extensively in the Bollywood industry. He was born in Patna, Bihar, India, and later moved to Delhi to attend college. He worked in some school dramas during college, until one day, he moved to Mumbai to pursue his acting career. The first two months of his stay in Mumbai was really tough for the actor, since he couldn’t get any decent roles and had to wait for the producers for long hours just to cast him in any good films. He took his chances and decided to do theatre. He joined the group, Ansh, headed by Makarand Deshpande, who became his acting guru. One day, he got a call from his co-actor, Manoj Bajpai, and told him that he will be casted in the Hindi supernatural thriller film, ‘Aks’, which stars Amitabh Bachchan in 2001. T...
31. Vrajesh Hirjee
Known for his comic timing and comic roles, Vrajesh Hirjee was born on 16th June, 1971. He is from Gujarat. His sister, Pushtiie Shakti too is an actress. Most recently, she played a pivotal role in the serial Mahi Vay. Vrajesh Hirjee showed up in a number of successful movies, some of them notably are Rehna Hai Tere Dil Main, the blockbuster Kaho Na Pyar Hai, Krishna cottage and most recently the Golmal series. He portrayed the role of Hrithik’s best buddy “Tony” in the movie Kaho Na Pyar Hai.
Recently, viewers enjoyed his comic role of “Ichaadhari Naag” in the Golmaal series. Other than appearing in Bollywood, he has turned up for various TV reality shows. He was one of the contestants of the show Zor Ka Jhatka- Total Wipeout. He likewise played a crucial role in Bhai Bhaiya aur Brother aired on Sab TV. The...
32. Ravi Khanvilkar
Ravi Khanvilkar is an Indian actor who is best known for his appearances in various Hindi - Marathi movies & television series. He is best remembered for his roles in the movies such as ‘Like Stars on Earth’ (2007), ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ (2010) & ‘Delhi Belly’ (2011).
He appeared in some minor and supporting roles in these movies, but the impact of achieving these milestones was seen in his career. He gathered a far & wide attention due to his acting assignments in the films. He has been a part of many mainstream commercial Hindi movies through his small but powerful character roles. He has witnessed a rapid growth in his career with a substantial growth of the television as a medium of expression.
He has done a few notable roles in the television p...
33. Faisal Rashid
Faisal Rashid, aged about 30 and 5’ 9” tall is an Indian Television actor who is well-known for his acting skills. His debut television serial was “Upanishad Ganga” on Doordarshan in 2012. He is very glad that he plays different characters in the show. He is a very dedicated actor. He used to read Upanishads for the sake of acting in the serial. Upanishad Ganga is an Indian Television drama series based on the message in the Upanishads directed by Chadraprakash Dwivedi. It is to his credit that he spoke in Hindi even though he does not know Hindi. The serial mostly dealt with the ideal thinking and empowerment provided by the Vedic society of India. He was also seen in the serial Rishta.com on Sony TV. Actor Faisal Rashid has graduated from the r...
34. Amit Behl
Amit Behl started his career lately when he was of 30 years old. He works as a small screen actor, and he has also appeared in few movies. He is an amazing actor he has done serials in several languages like Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu and English. He has excellent knowledge about managing industries he has degrees in Engineering and MBA.
He first acted in the film Hum Kisise Kum Nahin in the year 2002, and then Karz in the Year 2002 and then he has worked in few more movies like Fara, The under trial, and he produced the same film. He is famous for his acting skills in movies like Lakshya, Sharpe’s Peril, He defines acting as the art of getting away from oneself it is the art of getting under the skin of some other character.
35. Amar Sharma
Amar Sharma is a well-known Indian model and television actor. He was born on September 13, 1980. He graduated MBA with expertise in Marketing; however, he took up acting as a profession. Amar came from a middle class family and at first he wanted to become a singer. Instead, he goes into theater until he was offered to do show, Balika Vadhu. He got his fame for his negative role as Madan Singh in the famous serial, Balika Vadhu on Colors TV. He also did a cameo role in the weekly crime series, Hum Ne Li Hai… Shapath on Life OK in 2012. He played as the father of the girl who was missing and returned to them by the police after nine long years. In 2013, he was also part of the Indian television drama series, Aaj Ki Housewife Hai… Sab Jaanti...
36. Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain is a veteran and prominent film and television actor from India. He was famous for doing comedic and negative roles and his best performance was from the dramatic film, Sarkar in 2005 where he played the role of Rasheed; a don from Dubai. Followed by this is the 2007 neo-noir film, Johnny Gaddaar by Sriram Raghavan. He is Shardul, one of the gang that operates a gambling club along with Vikram (played by Neil Nitin Mukesh), Prakash (played by Vinay Pathak), Swshadri (played by Dharmendra) and Shiva (played by Dayanand Shetty). He was notably remembered by every people on the street and they started to call him Shardul. This is the film that pays him well and gained him so much fame.
Zakir was born and raised up in the village of Janikhurd Tehsil in the district of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He got f...
37. Gagan Malik
Gagan Malik is a known model and television actor who appeared in Sagar Arts’ Ramayan: Sabke Jeevan Ka Aadhar on Zee TV. He played the lead role as Ram, the eldest son of Dasharath.
Gagan was born on February 29, 1982 in Delhi, India. He acted in many television shows bagging pivotal roles on several popular channels. He initiated her career as a television actor through the Indian soap, Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan on STAR Plus, where he played the role of Sharman Wadhwa. Afterwards, he bagged the role of Uday Singh in the Hindi serial, Saath Saath Banayenge Ek Aashiyaan on Zee TV and played the role of Senapati Veer in Sagar Arts’ Shakuntala. He also did a cameo role in the drama series, Rishton Se Badi Pratha on Colors TV. He was also seen in Star Plus’ Navya as Amar, the Boss and he was debuted in an international...
38. Kailash Kaushik