Parineeti Chopra
Sonam Kapoor
Alia Bhatt
Kangana Ranaut
Vidya Balan
Anil Kapoor
Aditya Roy Kapur
Arjun Kapoor
Varun Dhawan
David Dhawan
Kapil Sharma
Om Puri
Naseeruddin Shah
Abbas Khan
Mahesh Bhatt
Anupam Kher
Akshay Kumar
Gulzar
Shah Rukh Khan
Yuvraj Singh
1. Parineeti Chopra
The bubbly actress, born on 22nd October 1988, landed in the film industry quite accidently. The aspiring investment banker, who holds a triple honours degree, joined the Bollywood bandwagon as a public relations consultant with ‘Yash Raj Films’ and not as an actor.
However, it didn’t take much time for producer Aditya Chopra to find the talent hidden in her and made a three film contract with Parineeti, who got inclined towards building a career in acting during her days in the production house. Parineeti Chopra was born in Ambala, Haryana, to Punjabi parents and actress Priyanka Chopra is her cousin.
After completing her school education from ‘Jesus and Mary Convent School’ she moved to London at the ag...
The bubbly actress, born on 22nd October 1988, landed in the film industry quite accidently. The aspiring investment banker, who holds a triple honours degree, joined the Bollywood bandwagon as a public relations consultant with ‘Yash Raj Films’ and not as an actor.
However, it didn’t take much time for producer Aditya Chopra to find the talent hidden in her and made a three film contract with Parineeti, who got inclined towards building a career in acting during her days in the production house. Parineeti Chopra was born in Ambala, Haryana, to Punjabi parents and actress Priyanka Chopra is her cousin.
After completing her school education from ‘Jesus and Mary Convent School’ she moved to London at the ag...
2. Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor, Daughter of Anil Kapoor and model Sunita Kapoor, is a Bollywood actress who was born in the suburb of Chembur, Mumbai on 9 June, 1985. The Kapoor family then moved to Juhu where Sonam Kapoor did her schooling and was raised. She is the eldest of her three siblings. Belonging to the oldest family in the industry "kapoors", she got her first break in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie- Saawariya . This was not new to her that she was offered such a movie, because she was offered Saawariya when she was just 17 but due to her weight she had to wait and after losing some she was finally ready to take up the movie.
Before she came into the Bollywood industry she was a waitress just to increase her pocket money. But this only lasted for a week. When she was young she did not have this perfect figure. Before...
Sonam Kapoor, Daughter of Anil Kapoor and model Sunita Kapoor, is a Bollywood actress who was born in the suburb of Chembur, Mumbai on 9 June, 1985. The Kapoor family then moved to Juhu where Sonam Kapoor did her schooling and was raised. She is the eldest of her three siblings. Belonging to the oldest family in the industry "kapoors", she got her first break in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie- Saawariya . This was not new to her that she was offered such a movie, because she was offered Saawariya when she was just 17 but due to her weight she had to wait and after losing some she was finally ready to take up the movie.
Before she came into the Bollywood industry she was a waitress just to increase her pocket money. But this only lasted for a week. When she was young she did not have this perfect figure. Before...
3. Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt is a trendsetting actress from Mumbai, India. Her date of birth was 15th March, 1993 and her parents are Mahesh Bhatt, who is a popular director and actress Soni Razdan. She is an actress cum singer wherein she had sung songs in her movies itself. Her debut film was as a kid artist in a thriller movie of Sangharsh in the year 1999. Her first movie as an adult happened out to be Student of the year (2012), a romantic drama. In the year 2014, she acted three blockbuster movies that were welcomed by a good opening record.
Alia Bhatt has an elder sister namely, Shaheen. She had also been quite active in stage shows and she launched her own line of clothing for w...
Alia Bhatt is a trendsetting actress from Mumbai, India. Her date of birth was 15th March, 1993 and her parents are Mahesh Bhatt, who is a popular director and actress Soni Razdan. She is an actress cum singer wherein she had sung songs in her movies itself. Her debut film was as a kid artist in a thriller movie of Sangharsh in the year 1999. Her first movie as an adult happened out to be Student of the year (2012), a romantic drama. In the year 2014, she acted three blockbuster movies that were welcomed by a good opening record.
Alia Bhatt has an elder sister namely, Shaheen. She had also been quite active in stage shows and she launched her own line of clothing for w...
4. Kangana Ranaut
5. Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan is an award winning Bollywood actress who was born in Poothamkurussy, Puthur of Kerala. Her birthday is 1st of January in 1978. Her parents are Saraswathy and P. R Balan. Her elder sister is Priya Balan and her second cousin is Indian actress Priyamani. She studied at a High School in Mumbai and in 1995, at the age of sixteen, she played the role of Radhika in the first season of Ekta Kapoor's TV series named “Hum Paanch”. In her teenage, she was inspired by Indian actress Shabana Azmi and Madhuri Dixit. She studied Sociology in St. Xavier's College and completed Master's in Mumbai University. She has appeared in several TV commercials and also she has starred in music videos. Vidya has briefly studied Carnatic music, Bharatnatyam and Kathak. She was listed as the "India's hottest vegetarian...
Vidya Balan is an award winning Bollywood actress who was born in Poothamkurussy, Puthur of Kerala. Her birthday is 1st of January in 1978. Her parents are Saraswathy and P. R Balan. Her elder sister is Priya Balan and her second cousin is Indian actress Priyamani. She studied at a High School in Mumbai and in 1995, at the age of sixteen, she played the role of Radhika in the first season of Ekta Kapoor's TV series named “Hum Paanch”. In her teenage, she was inspired by Indian actress Shabana Azmi and Madhuri Dixit. She studied Sociology in St. Xavier's College and completed Master's in Mumbai University. She has appeared in several TV commercials and also she has starred in music videos. Vidya has briefly studied Carnatic music, Bharatnatyam and Kathak. She was listed as the "India's hottest vegetarian...
6. Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a very popular Bollywood actor cum producer. He is active in the films right from the year 1979 until the present. He got married with Sunita Kapoor in the year 1984. He has three children, namely Sonam Kapoor, who is a Bollywood actress, Rhea Kapoor, who is a Bollywood producer and Harshvarshan Kapoor. Anil Kapoor is the son of Surinder Kapoor and Nirmal.
His father was a very prominent Indian film producer. Anil Kapoor had a profession as a Bollywood actor for about twenty five successful years. As right now, he is quite busy working in the international movi...
Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a very popular Bollywood actor cum producer. He is active in the films right from the year 1979 until the present. He got married with Sunita Kapoor in the year 1984. He has three children, namely Sonam Kapoor, who is a Bollywood actress, Rhea Kapoor, who is a Bollywood producer and Harshvarshan Kapoor. Anil Kapoor is the son of Surinder Kapoor and Nirmal.
His father was a very prominent Indian film producer. Anil Kapoor had a profession as a Bollywood actor for about twenty five successful years. As right now, he is quite busy working in the international movi...
7. Aditya Roy Kapur
Aditya Roy Kapur, a young and successful actor was born on 16th November, 1985 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Aditya was a video jockey before coming to Bollywood. He is a self made man who started his film career as a side actor and later a leading actor. He acted in his first movie LONDON DREAMS alongside the superstars Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, which released in the year 2009 and it didn’t secure a hit as expected.
Aditya has 2 brothers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Kunaal Roy Kapur. Kunal is also an actor who mostly plays side roles in the movies and worked in more than 8 movies till now and he also did two TV shows JUST MOHABBAT and MUMBAI CALLING. Siddharth is Aditya’s eldest brother who is a Producer and a Managing Director of Disney, India. Till now, Siddharth has produced more than 25 films as ...
Aditya Roy Kapur, a young and successful actor was born on 16th November, 1985 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Aditya was a video jockey before coming to Bollywood. He is a self made man who started his film career as a side actor and later a leading actor. He acted in his first movie LONDON DREAMS alongside the superstars Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, which released in the year 2009 and it didn’t secure a hit as expected.
Aditya has 2 brothers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Kunaal Roy Kapur. Kunal is also an actor who mostly plays side roles in the movies and worked in more than 8 movies till now and he also did two TV shows JUST MOHABBAT and MUMBAI CALLING. Siddharth is Aditya’s eldest brother who is a Producer and a Managing Director of Disney, India. Till now, Siddharth has produced more than 25 films as ...
8. Arjun Kapoor
9. Varun Dhawan
Varun Dhawan, a new comer entered Bollywood with his professional acting and dancing skills withmovie ‘Student of the year’. His father David Dhawan is a well-known movie director. He was born on 24 April 1987 in Mumbai. He has done his degree in business management from Nottingham University, UK. He has worked as assistant director with Karan Johar in ‘My Name Is Khan’. ‘Student Of The Year’ with Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. , Varun got the Best Debut Award for Male in 2014. In this movie he played a rich guy to play the role of ‘Rohan Nanda’. Film critics praised him as a talented, hardworking guy. His charming, fun loving guy image make him Prince Charming.He played leading role in ‘Main Tera Hero’ a Telugu remake and showed his genetic comedy talent to critics. In ...
Varun Dhawan, a new comer entered Bollywood with his professional acting and dancing skills withmovie ‘Student of the year’. His father David Dhawan is a well-known movie director. He was born on 24 April 1987 in Mumbai. He has done his degree in business management from Nottingham University, UK. He has worked as assistant director with Karan Johar in ‘My Name Is Khan’. ‘Student Of The Year’ with Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. , Varun got the Best Debut Award for Male in 2014. In this movie he played a rich guy to play the role of ‘Rohan Nanda’. Film critics praised him as a talented, hardworking guy. His charming, fun loving guy image make him Prince Charming.He played leading role in ‘Main Tera Hero’ a Telugu remake and showed his genetic comedy talent to critics. In ...
10. David Dhawan
Born on 16th of August 1955, David Dhawan has always been considered one of the finest Indian film directors. Mostly known for his comedy movies, he and actor Govinda shared a very strong professional relationship, which still continues. David Dhawan completed his higher studies from the FTII, Pune (Film and Television Institute of India). He was born in Jalandhar, which is in Punjab. However, as his father got transferred to Kanpur, David Dhawan also had to move to Kanpur, where he completed his 12th standard from the Christ Church College.
Though David Dhawan initially wanted to be an actor, but later he dropped the plan only to become an editor. After taking editing as his option, he slowly got into directing movies. Hs first breakthrough came in the form of “Aakhen”. This movie tur...
Born on 16th of August 1955, David Dhawan has always been considered one of the finest Indian film directors. Mostly known for his comedy movies, he and actor Govinda shared a very strong professional relationship, which still continues. David Dhawan completed his higher studies from the FTII, Pune (Film and Television Institute of India). He was born in Jalandhar, which is in Punjab. However, as his father got transferred to Kanpur, David Dhawan also had to move to Kanpur, where he completed his 12th standard from the Christ Church College.
Though David Dhawan initially wanted to be an actor, but later he dropped the plan only to become an editor. After taking editing as his option, he slowly got into directing movies. Hs first breakthrough came in the form of “Aakhen”. This movie tur...
11. Kapil Sharma
Kapil Sharma was born in a small town of Amritsar, Punjab on 2 April, 1981. He is a comedian, television presenter as well as film actor. From his childhood, he was fond of acting and he always wanted to become an actor and a comedian but his childhood dream was to be a singer. Kapil Sharma is among one who has unlimited talent, ideal timing and incredible sense of humor.
Kapil Sharma started his career with reality and comedy show. In the beginning Kapil Sharma has struggled a lot. He has participated in many reality shows and has started his career in comedy genre by participating in 'Ustaadon Ka Ustaad' a reality show in the year 2008, comedy circus, Chhote Miyan, Hans Baliya. Kapil won Comedy Circus Ke Taansen and participated on ...
Kapil Sharma was born in a small town of Amritsar, Punjab on 2 April, 1981. He is a comedian, television presenter as well as film actor. From his childhood, he was fond of acting and he always wanted to become an actor and a comedian but his childhood dream was to be a singer. Kapil Sharma is among one who has unlimited talent, ideal timing and incredible sense of humor.
Kapil Sharma started his career with reality and comedy show. In the beginning Kapil Sharma has struggled a lot. He has participated in many reality shows and has started his career in comedy genre by participating in 'Ustaadon Ka Ustaad' a reality show in the year 2008, comedy circus, Chhote Miyan, Hans Baliya. Kapil won Comedy Circus Ke Taansen and participated on ...
12. Om Puri
Om Rajesh Puri is one of the widely noted senior actors in the Indian film industry and he was born on 18th October 1950 in Patiala, Punjab. He is one of the few Bollywood actors to act in mainstream commercial English movies. The alumnus of National School of Drama was also a classmate of renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah of the 1973 class.
He started his movie career in 1976 with the Marathi film ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ directed by K.Hariharan. The movie was based on a play with the same name and it got success both commercially and critically. His career graph saw the coming of critically acclaimed art films such as ‘Bhavni Bhavai’, ‘Sadga...
Om Rajesh Puri is one of the widely noted senior actors in the Indian film industry and he was born on 18th October 1950 in Patiala, Punjab. He is one of the few Bollywood actors to act in mainstream commercial English movies. The alumnus of National School of Drama was also a classmate of renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah of the 1973 class.
He started his movie career in 1976 with the Marathi film ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ directed by K.Hariharan. The movie was based on a play with the same name and it got success both commercially and critically. His career graph saw the coming of critically acclaimed art films such as ‘Bhavni Bhavai’, ‘Sadga...
13. Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah is an experimental actor and associated with theater. He had treated art-cinema as his serious endeavor requiring the dedication, discipline, and integrity. Throughout his career, he subjected his own acting to a process of rigorous artistic self-analysis and reflection. He was the discovery of filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who introduced actors like Shabana, Om Puri, Smita Patil and others in the Indian cinema. Undoubtedly, this actor has acted in some serious films such as Sparsh, Paar and Iqbal( three national awards). For his performance in Paar, he received the best actor in the Venice Film Festival. His growth even in art-cinema was slow, as he had acted in women-oriented films of Shabana Azmi or Smita Patil. Later, he was chosen to play lead roles in films of Sai Paranjpye’ Sparsh, ...
Naseeruddin Shah is an experimental actor and associated with theater. He had treated art-cinema as his serious endeavor requiring the dedication, discipline, and integrity. Throughout his career, he subjected his own acting to a process of rigorous artistic self-analysis and reflection. He was the discovery of filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who introduced actors like Shabana, Om Puri, Smita Patil and others in the Indian cinema. Undoubtedly, this actor has acted in some serious films such as Sparsh, Paar and Iqbal( three national awards). For his performance in Paar, he received the best actor in the Venice Film Festival. His growth even in art-cinema was slow, as he had acted in women-oriented films of Shabana Azmi or Smita Patil. Later, he was chosen to play lead roles in films of Sai Paranjpye’ Sparsh, ...
14. Abbas Khan
Abbas Khan is an Indian television actor who is mostly known for his role as Inspector Bijji Pandey in Sab TV’s comedy series called ‘Lapataganj’. The actor was born in the city of Hyderabad. However, his schooling took place in Lucknow. He was planning to get married to his Lapataganj co-actor Sucheta, who plays Inspector Indomati. Rumor has it that he has royal blood in him, and that has partly contributed to his rise as a television actor. He is a graduate from the K.S. Law College in Mangalore, and he has also done advanced schooling in drama in New Delhi at the Dramatic Arts and Design Academy.
He has appeared in the finals of Zee India’s ‘Best Cine Stars Ki Khoj’, in the year 2004. His good form in the series contributed to him getting the lead part in Zee TV’s te...
Abbas Khan is an Indian television actor who is mostly known for his role as Inspector Bijji Pandey in Sab TV’s comedy series called ‘Lapataganj’. The actor was born in the city of Hyderabad. However, his schooling took place in Lucknow. He was planning to get married to his Lapataganj co-actor Sucheta, who plays Inspector Indomati. Rumor has it that he has royal blood in him, and that has partly contributed to his rise as a television actor. He is a graduate from the K.S. Law College in Mangalore, and he has also done advanced schooling in drama in New Delhi at the Dramatic Arts and Design Academy.
He has appeared in the finals of Zee India’s ‘Best Cine Stars Ki Khoj’, in the year 2004. His good form in the series contributed to him getting the lead part in Zee TV’s te...
15. Mahesh Bhatt
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt created a niche for himself as a screenplay, writers and even director as his movies dealt with emotion, pain, sufferings, exploitation and even trauma that was not very regular in arts or commercial cinema. His films always had focused women empowerment( Arth, Kaash, Sir, etc.). Arth and “Saaransh; remains his best film till date. His film story was mostly inspired from his own life.
For instance, Smita Patil’s character in Arth was inspired from his relationship with Parveen Babi. His films “Janam” and “Naam” also had depicted his personal feelings of being born as an illegitimate child. He was born on September 20, 1948 to Hindu father (Nanabhai Bhatt) and Muslim mother(Shirin Mohammed Ali). His father had another family. Bhatt always found his mother as ...
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt created a niche for himself as a screenplay, writers and even director as his movies dealt with emotion, pain, sufferings, exploitation and even trauma that was not very regular in arts or commercial cinema. His films always had focused women empowerment( Arth, Kaash, Sir, etc.). Arth and “Saaransh; remains his best film till date. His film story was mostly inspired from his own life.
For instance, Smita Patil’s character in Arth was inspired from his relationship with Parveen Babi. His films “Janam” and “Naam” also had depicted his personal feelings of being born as an illegitimate child. He was born on September 20, 1948 to Hindu father (Nanabhai Bhatt) and Muslim mother(Shirin Mohammed Ali). His father had another family. Bhatt always found his mother as ...
16. Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and producer of the Bollywood film industry. His place of birth was Shimla of Punjab and currently, he is living in Himachal Pradesh. His date of birth was 7th March 1955, and he hails from Kashmir. He got married to Kirron Kher in the year 1985. His brother Raju Kher is also a very famous actor cum director. The best part of Anupam Kher is that he got cast in more than hundred movies, and he is known to make this immense record.
He is an actor who acted in Hollywood movies as well, and he got absolute accreditation for it. In fact, he won many prestigious awards for it, and it includes five Filmfare awards for doing comical roles in movies. Apart from this honor, he got a huge pride after receiving the Padma Shri Award from...
Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and producer of the Bollywood film industry. His place of birth was Shimla of Punjab and currently, he is living in Himachal Pradesh. His date of birth was 7th March 1955, and he hails from Kashmir. He got married to Kirron Kher in the year 1985. His brother Raju Kher is also a very famous actor cum director. The best part of Anupam Kher is that he got cast in more than hundred movies, and he is known to make this immense record.
He is an actor who acted in Hollywood movies as well, and he got absolute accreditation for it. In fact, he won many prestigious awards for it, and it includes five Filmfare awards for doing comical roles in movies. Apart from this honor, he got a huge pride after receiving the Padma Shri Award from...
17. Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September 1967 and his birth name is ‘Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia’. He is a great Bollywood actor who has acted in more than 100 movies. He is also a producer and martial artist. He has won The Filmfare awards a couple of times. He started off his career as an actor in 1990s, where he had stricken with action based movies initially. He has been greatly appreciated for his drama, romance and comic roles. He is considered to be the only Bollywood actor whose net box office collection is 20 million rupees. He has done a lot of dangerous stunts in movies without a body double. This did gain a name for him as 'Indian Jackie Chan'.
In the year 2008, Akshay Kumar was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of law by the University of Windsor for his contribution in acting. This was a huge pride f...
Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September 1967 and his birth name is ‘Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia’. He is a great Bollywood actor who has acted in more than 100 movies. He is also a producer and martial artist. He has won The Filmfare awards a couple of times. He started off his career as an actor in 1990s, where he had stricken with action based movies initially. He has been greatly appreciated for his drama, romance and comic roles. He is considered to be the only Bollywood actor whose net box office collection is 20 million rupees. He has done a lot of dangerous stunts in movies without a body double. This did gain a name for him as 'Indian Jackie Chan'.
In the year 2008, Akshay Kumar was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of law by the University of Windsor for his contribution in acting. This was a huge pride f...
18. Gulzar
Gulzar is the pen name of the author, poet and popular lyricist Sampooran Singh Karla. He was born on the 18th of August in 1934 in Dina, Jhelum district of British India to parents Makhan Singh Karla and Sujan Kaur. His career kicked off under the directors Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. His songwriting career began with the movie Bandini, released 1963, for the tunes composed by music director Sachin Dev Burman. From then on, he went on to write the lyrics for many memorable songs of the Bollywood industry. He worked with magnanimous music directors like R. D. Burman, S. D. Burman, A. R. Rahman, Lakshmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan and Anu Malik to name a few. The work of the trio Maniratnam, A. R .Rahman and Gulzar is much remembered in the industry. He has also given dialogues and scree...
Gulzar is the pen name of the author, poet and popular lyricist Sampooran Singh Karla. He was born on the 18th of August in 1934 in Dina, Jhelum district of British India to parents Makhan Singh Karla and Sujan Kaur. His career kicked off under the directors Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. His songwriting career began with the movie Bandini, released 1963, for the tunes composed by music director Sachin Dev Burman. From then on, he went on to write the lyrics for many memorable songs of the Bollywood industry. He worked with magnanimous music directors like R. D. Burman, S. D. Burman, A. R. Rahman, Lakshmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan and Anu Malik to name a few. The work of the trio Maniratnam, A. R .Rahman and Gulzar is much remembered in the industry. He has also given dialogues and scree...
19. 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 ...
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 ...
20. Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh is an Indian cricketer, born to a starry Punjabi family. He is the son of former Indian fast bowler Yograj Singh, who is also a Punjabi actor, and Shabnam Singh, who “gave birth to him again”, as Yuvraj fondly says. Yuvraj’s life is one that evokes inspiration and bleeds encouragement on various levels. After all, which normal human being can battle cancer while coming out top in a world championship, that too in an arduous game that is cricket? The answer is Yuvraj. Initially an aficionado of tennis and roller skating, Yuvraj was led into cricket by his father, who threw away the medal he had won in the National Under-14 Roller Skating Championship. He was also a child star and did short roles in Mehndi Sagna Di and Putt Sardara. Yuvraj’s career in cricket started from ...
Yuvraj Singh is an Indian cricketer, born to a starry Punjabi family. He is the son of former Indian fast bowler Yograj Singh, who is also a Punjabi actor, and Shabnam Singh, who “gave birth to him again”, as Yuvraj fondly says. Yuvraj’s life is one that evokes inspiration and bleeds encouragement on various levels. After all, which normal human being can battle cancer while coming out top in a world championship, that too in an arduous game that is cricket? The answer is Yuvraj. Initially an aficionado of tennis and roller skating, Yuvraj was led into cricket by his father, who threw away the medal he had won in the National Under-14 Roller Skating Championship. He was also a child star and did short roles in Mehndi Sagna Di and Putt Sardara. Yuvraj’s career in cricket started from ...