1. Tamannaah Bhatia
Tamannaah Bhatia is a well known actress in Tamil and Telugu film industry with lots of fan following. Chand Sa Roshan Chehra was her first Hindi movie, in the year 2005. Her Telugu debut was Sri and the Tamil debut was Kedi. In Kedi, she did a negative role and the movie did not go well. It was also the debut movie for Ileana, the South Indian popular actress. Tamannaah Bhatia acted in Vyapari with director S.J.Suryah; but she did not get a good recognition. After she performed in Balaji Sakthivel’s Kalloori, she became notable. Her performance in that film was appreciated by everyone. Similarly, her Telugu film Happy Days was also a super hit and got her good name. Tamannaah Bhatia steadied her market by choosing good films.
...2. Jiya Thakur
The incredibly talented Jiya Thakur is the dancing sensation of the reality show DID Li’l Masters Season 4. Born on 24th May 2010, Jiya Thakur comes from the south Indian state, Hyderabad, Telangana. Jiya Thakur, born with talent and passion for dance, aspired to become a dancer in the future. Jiya’s mother, Parvati Thakur, and her uncle, Thakur Ganesh, are Jiya’s strongest support system to realize her dreams. She has a younger sister, Janu Thakur. Jiya was six years old when she stepped into the world of reality shows.
...3. Farah Khan
Farah Khan is an Indian film actress, producer, director and a choreographer. She was born on January 9, 1965 in Mumbai, India. She is the daughter of Menaka, sister of screenwriter and actress, Honey Irani and Daisy Irani. She is also the sister of film actor and comedian Sajid Khan and the cousin of film personalities Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar. Farah was married to Shirish Kunder, a film writer, producer, director, composer and the editor of her directorial film Main Hoon Na in 2004. The two have worked together in films like Jaan-E-Mann, Tees Maar Khan and Om Shanti Om. She gave birth to triplets, composing of one boy and two girls in year 2008.
She studied Sociology in Mumbai’s St. Xavier College. During this time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller was being telecasted. Farah, though she had not tried dancing before, got inspired and became her vocation. Basically, she just learned how to dance by herself and started her own dance group. She took over to choreographer Saroj Khan, when he walked out of the sports drama film, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar in 1992. After this, she started to choreographed dance routines for more than 100 songs in several Hindi films. Farah has worked in international projects like the 2007 romantic musical comedy film, Marigold: An Adventure in India, the 2001 film Monsoon Wedding and the 2005 Chinese film, Perhaps Love. Her choreography in Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair and Bombay Dreams gained her nominations at the Tony Awards as Best Choreographer in 2004. She already won five times at the Filmfare Awards for the same category. In year 2012, Farah has choreographed the songs Radha and Ishq Wala Love for the film Student of the Year and Jumping Jhapak in 2013.
Farah is a good friend of Shah Rukh Khan, whom she met during the set of the 1994 Bollywood film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and since then, they started to work together in several projects. Farah, soon became a director as well and her first film Main Hoon Na stars Shah Rukh Khan, produced under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. She was the first female director to be nominated at the Filmfare for Best Director. Her second film, Om Shanti Om also stars Shah Rukh Khan and the debutant actress, Deepika Padukone. This film became a top grosser of all time after it was released. In 2010, her third directorial venture Tees Maar Khan stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. She made her acting debut inn year 2012 after doing the lead role in Bela Bhansali Sehgal’s Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi.
She also trained the famous Columbian pop star Shakira for her song Hips Don’t Lie, Bollywood version, for MTV Music Video Awards in 2006 and Kylie Minogue in Chiggy Wiggy for Anthony D’Souza’s Blue in 2009. In the same year, she hosted the celebrity chat show entitled Tere Mere Beach Mein, which was aired on Star Plus. She also judged reality television shows like the first and second seasons of Indian Idol, Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star, Dance India Dance Li’l Masters and Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. In 2011, Farah, along with Hrithik Roshan and Vaibhavi Merchant judged the dance reality series Just Dance on Star Plus. She also hosted the special series of the reality show Bigg Boss Halla Bol in 2013.
In honor of Farah’s triplets, she and her husband started the Three’s Company, a production house in India.
...4. Chitrangada Singh
5. Marzi Pestonji
Marzi Pestonji is a well-known choreographer and dancer from India. The Indian television audience would recognize him as one of the judges from the hit TV reality show ‘Dance India Dance’ (DID). Born into the Bollywood dream city Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra, Marzi Pestonji had an inclination towards dance from a very young age. In 1993, he decided to take up in dance as a hobby and didn’t expect anything more than just a hobby. He had found his self in this hobby, and he later on decided to get enrolled in Shiamak Davar’s Institute of Performing Arts (SDIPA). He had turned out to be such an amazing student that later on he went on to be Shiamak’s assistant choreographer, working with him to choreograph for many large scale shows and events. He is presently a Senior Faculty, Director of Operations and Principal Dancer at Shiamak’s institute, SDIPA. He sought to train to keep himself ahead and to stay true to his passion.
...6. Siddharth Anand
Siddharth Anand was born on 16th March 1983 in Jalandhar of Punjab state. He got married to Mamta Bhatia, and he is a prominent director cum writer of the Bollywood film industry. His father Bittu Anand is a famous film producer, and his grandfather Inder Raj Anand was a screenplay writer, who worked in more than 120 movies.
...7. Ali Asgar
8. Jay Bhanushali
Jay Bhanushali is a Hindi television actor, anchor, model and dancer, who is famous for his portrayal as Neev in Kayamath, which aired on Star Plus.
He was born on 25th December 1984 and studied at BPM School in Mumbai. He took up modeling on the advice of his sister, Hetal, and has appeared in advertisements such as Lays, Rediffmail.com, Pepsi, and Motorola.
He made his television debut as Varun Bhaskar in Disney TV’s musical comedy, Dhoom Machaao Dhoom. He then shot to fame as Neev Shergill on Kayamath, appeared as Yuvraaj in Star Plus’s Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, and Yash Malhotra in Star One’s Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi, and also played the male lead role as Anuj Shrivastav in Kairi – Rishta Khatta Meetha, a soap opera aired on Colors TV.
He has hosted numerous shows, including Meethi Choori No. 1, Dance Ke Superkids, and multiple seasons of Dance India Dance. He also contested Kaun Jeetega Bollywood Ka Ticket, and Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao. He showcased his dancing skills in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2, where he was the 2nd Runner-Up, and Nach Baliye 5, where he came first, along with his wife, Mahii Vij.
He made his film debut in Platform No. 6 (2013), featured in Hate Story 2 (2014), and is part of the upcoming action-drama Desi Kattey.
He has won awards for Best Debut Actor, Best TV Personality (New Talent), and Best Supporting Actor.
Jay is a big fan of cricket and loves gadgets and games. Being a romantic, he enjoys performing flirtatious roles. Playful and enthusiastic, he lives without regrets and is pleased with the way things are going for him in life.
9. Shantanu Maheshwari
Shantanu Maheshwari was born on 7th March 1991 in Kolkata. He completed his high school in the St Joseph’s College and moved to Mumbai to complete his higher education. Since childhood Shantanu Maheshwari liked to dance, and after encouragement from his parents learned different styles of dance, such as popping and (liquid) waving. Since his college years, he has been part of Street Soul Dance Crew. He also learned traditional Indian dance and hip-hop, and because of him dancing skills, he was cast as a lead in a dance based tv show Dil Dosti Dance, aired on Channel V.
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