Nandita Thakur
Bharati Achrekar
Ajay Kartik
Harish Magon
R.K. Laxman
Javed Sayyed
Vanraj Bhatia
Alankar Joshi
Nitish Roy
Rajesh Joshi
Pan Nalin
Neeraj Vora
Deepak Qazir
Shah Rukh Khan
Salim Ghouse
Kundan Shah
Harish Patel
Achyut Potdar
Narendra Gupta
Virendra Saxena
Mushtaq Khan
Aanjjan Srivastav
1. Nandita Thakur
Nandita Thakur is a senior actress of the industry. She made in movies and also in many of serials. We all have seen her in the movie ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’. She played the character of Juhi Chawla’s best friend. She portrayed the character of a carefree tomboy who helps her friend to sneak out from her house. She was also seen in supporting roles in movies such ‘Chhoti Si Baat’ (1975) and ‘Saara Akash’ (1969). She was also doing some serial and shows after she was done with her movie career. They portrayed a different kind of roles in different serials. She made her presence marked in daily soap such as ‘Rishtey’, aired on Zee TV and created by Zee Telefilms; ‘Kundali’, aired on Star Plus and created by Balaji Telefilms; ‘Kahhi Kisi ...
2. Bharati Achrekar
Bharati Achrekar is not only a well-known name in the Indian TV industry but also of the film industry. She belongs to a very famous family. She is the daughter of Shri Amar Varma who was a very popular Hindi and Urdu writer and poet and Padmashree Smt. Varma who was the famous leader of Indian most popular classic Kirana Gharana.
She was born in the city of Mumbai and she started her education Hujurpaga School Pune. As she was blessed with the soulful voice that is the reason she won a lot of awards in school as well as in intercollegiate competitions.
3. Ajay Kartik
Ajay Kartik is a famous writer from India. He works predominantly in the Hindi movie industry. He is a renowned writer with diverse genres to his name. He has worked with great artists in the Hindi movie industry. He is best known for his films like Geetanjali that was released in the year 1993 with Music Director Bappi Lahri and lyricist Indeevar. He was also involved in the Bollywood movie Ikke Pe Ikka that was released in 1994. Mahesh and Kishore were the music directors, and Saawan Kumar participated in the movie as a lyricist.
He was born in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He is currently residing in Mumbai, India. He also tried his hands at filmmaking. He is a great screenwriter. He is praised for his immense contribution to the entertainment industry. He also participated in the making of Wagle Ki Duniya ...
4. Harish Magon
Harish Magon is an Indian film actor born on December 6, 1946, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He was one of the notable actors who worked in a supporting role in many of the hit films of the 90s. He was a 1974 graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He married Pooja Magon and has a daughter, Aarushi, and a son, Siddharth. In 1975, after completing his graduation, he got his first debut through the film “Chupke Chupke”, where he played the role of a thief. Then he was cast in "Aandhi" in the same year. Slowly and gradually, he got many chances in different movies and shows, some of which are Khushboo (1975), Inkar (1977), Muqaddar ka Sikandar (1978), Golmal (1979), Namak Halaal (1982), Shahenshah (1988), etc.
His last movie was “Uff Yeh Mohabbat” (1997), directed by Vipin Handa....
5. R.K. Laxman
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, commonly known as R.K. Laxman, is an Indian cartoonist, humorist and illustrator. He was born on 24 October 1921, Mysuru. He died on 26 January 2015, Pune. 'The Common Man' and 'You Said It’ in The Times of India are two of his most famous creations. The realization that being an Artist and drawing could be a career for him hit him much early in his life because doodling was his sole passion. His fascination with drawing began quite early in his life, where he particularly loved to glance at the illustrations in magazines wherever he could find them. The budding artist, therefore, started doodling as soon his hands caught hold of the creative weapon.
R.K. Laxman once applied to study at the J. J. School of Art, Bombay, but he couldn’t make it. With lots of courage and resta...
6. Javed Sayyed
Javed Sayyed is an editor, director and documentarian who works in the Bollywood film industry. Javed has been inspired to become a filmmaker since his childhood, he idolized some of the greatest Hollywood and Bollywood directors growing up. Javed always mentions how supportive his family has been in his pursuit of achieving his dreams of getting into the film industry. He got a diploma in Editing from Film and TV Institute of India in 1971 and got right into filmmaking. He started his career by making some ad campaigns and commercials.
In 1975, he joined the editing department and edited his first Bollywood film ever, the film was Andhera, a crime thriller centred around the life of a taxi driver who falls for a rich girl. His next films were Kaala Aadmi and Shabash Daddy, where he worked as an assistant director. He then...
7. Vanraj Bhatia
Vanraj Bhatia was born on 31st May 1927. He is a well-known Indian music composer, provided music for most of the Shyam Benegal’s films, in his private albums with Music Today and many art movies. He got a huge opportunity in the 1990s to compose music for the Vijay Singh’s International film Jaya Ganga. He is trained in western classical music. He had studied M.A in English honors from Elphinstone College, Mumbai. Then in 1954, he passed from the Royal Academy Of Music, London with a Gold Medal.
In 1960, he started as the reader in Musicology in charge of Western Music, at the Faculty of Delhi University. His other noticeable works are Manthan in 1976, Bhumika in 1977, Trikal in 1985 Mandi in 1983, etc. he has also created music for Indian theatres. His works can be seen in many TV series and commercial Hindi films...
8. Alankar Joshi
Alankar Joshi or Master Alankar was a child artist in the Indian Film Industry. He worked as an actor during 1970s and early 1980s. He appeared in more than 100 Hindi movies. He grew popular because of Yash Chopra’s classic, “Deewar” (1955) where he played young Amitabh Bachchan. In the 70s and 80s he was one of the most sought child artists. He worked in many blockbuster hits like “Sholay” (1978), “Don” (1978), “Seeta Aur Geeta” (1972), “Dream Girl” (1977) and many more. He worked with most of the big production houses of Bollywood. He worked for famous directors like Yash Chopra, Chandra Barot, and Raj Kapoor.
He had a peak career until the early 1990s. But later as he grew older, his limelight slowly fa...
9. Nitish Roy
Nitish Roy is a Bengali film director and an art, production and costume designer in the Hindi film industry who moved up the ladder from a disadvantaged youth to one of India’s most prolific designers through hard work. Though that is not all that he does as he is also a world renowned architect with several film cities, amusement parks and museums under his belt.
Born and raised in Bengal he has a degree from the Government Art College. Originally he worked with a carpenter and attributes his present ability from his work. He late moved on to become a commercial artist with an advertising firm while decorating the houses of his friends in his spare time. He also designed pavilion sets for various industrial meets. However no one can ever keep a talented artist do...
10. Rajesh Joshi
Rajesh Joshi is an Indian poet, writer, journalist, playwright. He writes his poetry in Hindi language and has won many titles. Rajesh Joshi was born in the year 1946 in a place called Narsinghgarh, Madhya Pradesh. He studied biology and graduated in the year 1966. He became a teacher in a school at Ujjain as well as Indore. He has also worked as a bank clerk. In 1972, he left his profession to become a freelance writer and take up the literary career. R
ajesh started writing for different journals that included Vatayan, Dharmayug of the Times of India Group which was a weekly pictorial that covers different factors of life like art, literature, fashion, science, fiction, culture, and comics; Lahar, Sarika, Pahal, Saptahik Hindustan, etc. He also did editing for differen...
11. Pan Nalin
Pan Nalin is an Indian director who directs motion pictures as well as documentaries. He is also a screenwriter. His full name is Nalin Kumar Pandya. He was born in Gujarat, India. He didn't like attending school but loved painting and drawing. During his school days, he would also participate in plays. He has done his graduation in Fine Arts from M. S. University of Baroda. He then took admission in National Institute of Design. Throughout his studying days he conceptualized four animations and twenty short films. After passing from National Institute of Design, he began to travel myriad countries like the United States of America and the United Kingdom. He then returned to India and voyaged within it before finally shifting his base to Mumbai. Initially, he started to work as a production runner. But other direct...
12. Neeraj Vora
Neeraj Vora originally from Gujarat is a Film Director, Actor, Writer, Composer in Bollywood industry. As a director, he directed great films though he carved a niche for himself as a writer with the Perfectionist of Bollywood Aamir Khan through the Hindi movie Rangeela In 2000, he made his directional debut in a movie named “Khiladi 420” which didn’t do well.
Neeraj also directed Phir Hera Pheri, which was a blockbuster hit. He makes movies which entertains people of all age groups. His Phir Hera Pheri touched the hearts of all. He believes in doing work which is a “Complete Family Entertainment”. This comic writer and director got many awards which include Screen Awards for best dialogues and screenplay for Hera Pheri. A play named “AFLATOON” was written by ...
13. Deepak Qazir
Deepak Qazir worked as an actor and production manager in the film industry. He has worked in films like Pardes in 1997, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja in 1993 and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro in 1983. His films were hit in the Box office and got premium reviews from the industry and IMDB. He has also worked in the Tv industry and appeared in many daily soaps of different channels. Some of his shows are Salaam-E-Ishq in 2007, Ankahee in 2006, Saaransh in 1984, Aaj Ki Awaz in 1984 and many more. He has also worked as a production assistant in Khamosh of 1985.
...14. Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent Indian film actor, television personality and producer. He was born on November 2, 1965 in New Delhi, India. He is often called as the ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’, ‘King Khan’ and ‘King of Bollywood’. The actor has done more than 80 films in Bollywood. He was cited as ‘The World’s Biggest Movie Star’ by the Los Angeles Times. Khan is also one of the wealthiest actors in the world, with over $400–600 million net worth. He also won several accolades including the 14 Filmfare Awards.
Khan went to St. Columba’s School in Delhi where he topped in studies and sports like football and hockey, where he got the Sword of Honour Award, a school’s highest award. He acted in several stage plays and ...
15. Salim Ghouse
Salim Ghouse is an Indian film, television and theater actor and even a theater director. He has acted in films in various languages such as Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. This actor holds a Ph.D. in karate. The actor also acted in Shyam Benegal’s TV serial "Bharat Ek Khoj", where he gave a stellar performance. The actor was introduced in Bollywood by Dasari Narayana Rao. Later, he acted in Shyam Benegal film Chakra and acted in a TV Serial Subah. Later he went to play a villain or a negative character in regional languages films.
His firs negative role was as a villain was in ‘’Vetri Vizha’’ ( a Kamal-Prabhu Movie) and “Thazhvaram” ( a Mohanlal Movie). Later he got enough scope to portray a villain role in Shahrukh Khan&r...
16. Kundan Shah
Kundan Shah is an Indian director and scriptwriter known for his comedy cults such as the film “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro” and the television series “Nukkad.” He obtained his Diploma in 1976 from the “Film and Television Institute of India” (FTII) in Pune, in direction. He started assisting Saeed Mirza on the sets of Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai in 1980 and the following year he also assisted Robin Dharamraj in “Chakra.” Shah also created a documentary titled Vision of the Blind, for the Films Division of India, in ’81.
However, his breakthrough in the industry arrived in the name of “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro” which was his directorial debut and co-wrote the film alongside Satish Kaushik. Even t...
17. Harish Patel
A versatile actor who has endeared Indian television and movie viewers with his acting skills as a comedian, a supporting actor, and as a villain too. Harish Patel is a veteran actor who started his acting career at very early age of seven as he worked in the grand television serial Ramayana produced by Ramanand Sagar. It was aired on DD National News Channel in the year 1987. During the same time, he also appeared on various episodes of another popular Hindi television serial Malgudi Days. Later on, Harish Patel joined Indian National Theatre and worked a lot as a theatre artist. Indian theatre director Sara Prabhu and Harish Patel enjoyed a great run of success on Indian theatre.
Harish Patel also got chances to perform for various Bollywood projects and movies which made him popular for his versatile acting skills. It should...
18. Achyut Potdar
Achyut Potdar is India’s dexterous and finest actor in the TV industry. Right now he is 81 and still serving film industry and TV productions. He was born on August 22nd, 1934 in the famous city Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He hails from a Marathi Brahmin family. He did his studies from Indore, all his schooling, graduation and post graduation is done from Indore only. He is a university medal holder in major economics of the 1961 batch. He was also a professor at Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh.
Later, he joined the Indian Army and at the age of 33 in 1967, he retired from the Indian Army after achieving the post of captain. He worked with Indian Oil as well for more than 20 years, started there at the post of executive and later managing their cultural events and at the age of 58 he retired from Indian...
19. Narendra Gupta
There can never be enough words to describe the contribution of Narendra Gupta on Indian television. He has worked in several high budget projects and has tones of experience behind him.
His most popular project has been CID which is undoubtedly one of the longest running series on Indian television. He plays the role of Dr. Salunkhe, a forensic technician, in this crime series. He has worked in the show from 1998 to 2003 and then reappeared in the 2006 and the 2007 seasons.
His next most popularee Tv’s Saat Phere- Saloni ka safar, that later became the 9th longest show on Indian television. He played the role of Aapji in this popular series. As the name suggests, the show is based on the protagonist’s life. His other contributions on television have been Kehta Hai Dil and Piya ka Ghar. In eac...
20. Virendra Saxena
Virendra Saxena is another senior actor in Bollywood and television industry. He is from a little city Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. He is from a very small city Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. He is a graduate from the popular National School of Drama (NSD). He has been on numerous occasions appraised for his remarkable voice and roles. He began his silver screen career from the show Uljhan.
He took a long reprieve of 10 years and afterward returned back to the industry. Since the time he has returned, he has done numerous movies one after the other. He has turned up for as many as 80 plays. He additionally has featured in more than 30 films. Saxena has likewise worked with some of the top Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachhan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and so forth.
His most recent appearance wa...
21. Mushtaq Khan
Mushtaq is a well known person in the Indian television and film industries. He has given more than three decades to Indian cinema and television. He was born in Baihar, Madhya Pradesh. He started his career at an early age with the movie named “Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai”, in 1980. He played a character of Lecherous Shopper trying to flirt with Smita Patil. In the same year, he worked in the movie, “Thodisi Bewafaii”. His character was named “Mustaq”, who was a worker with a sick wife. Later, he worked in many movies like Sajaye Maut, Kalia, Congregation, Angaarey, Kabzaa, Main Azad Hoon, Aakhri Gulam, Sathi, Sadak, Lakshamanrekha, Zulm Ki Hukumat, Dharavi, Saatwan Aasman, Raja, Milan, Baazi and many more. He got recognised by the super hit movie “Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke...
22. Aanjjan Srivastav
Aanjjan Srivastav is a veteran Indian Stage, Film and Television Actor. He was born on June 2, 1948 in Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta) to a household from Uttar Pradesh. His father is a banker who worked at the Allahabad Bank in Kolkata. He studied Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws at Calcutta University. From there, shifted his focus to acting by joining Theatre Groups in the year 1968 while doing plays at All India Radio.
His father wanted him to work at the Allahabad Bank while doing plays simultaneously. But when his sister died in 1976, his father finally allowed him to move to Mumbai and pursue his acting career moreover. Shortly after his arrival to Mumbai, the actor instantly participated in Indian People’...