Pooja Sharma
Patrali Chattopadhyay
Snigdha Akolkar
Vibha Anand
Preeti Chaudhary
Jannat Zubair Rahmani
Kajol Srivastava
Drisha Kalyani
Tina Datta
Juhi Parmar
Sudha Chandran
Raj Singh
Rohit Khurana
Praneet Sharma
Himanshu Bamzai
Vishal Nayak
Brownie Parashar
Shahbaz Khan
Kanan Malhotra
Nimai Bali
Kunwar Naveen Jinger
Nirbhay Wadhwa
Purvesh Pimple
Siddharth Vasudev
Amardeep Garg
Sumeet Vyas
Diwakar Pundir
Yash Bhojwani
Ishant Bhanushali
Krish Chauhan
Saurabh Raj Jain
Sachin Yadav
Devish Ahuja
Tinu Verma
Tarun Khanna
Zohaib Siddiqui
Kunal Bakshi
Gufi Paintal
Salil Ankola
Kartikey Malviya
Ayush Pathak
1. Pooja Sharma
2. Patrali Chattopadhyay
Patrali Chattopadhyay was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. She began her career through Bengali Films. She entered the scene with her acting debut in 2014 (Bengali Babu English Mem 2014). After working on several regional movies for a few years, Patrali moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in Bollywood and television. Her ambition was fulfilled when she made her television debut with a TV channel serial (Queens Hain Hum 2016).
...3. Snigdha Akolkar
Born on 3rd May, Snigdha Akolkar is a talented and widely acclaimed personality of the television industry. Besides acting in Hindi serials, she has worked in a number of Marathi serials as well. She is a well known model too, and has walked the ramp a handful number of times.
In the year 2005, she accumulated popularity from the show Hare Kaanch Ki Choodiyaan. She playe d the female lead protagonist in the serial. The serial depicted the story of a pregnant lady who faces numerous snags in her life. Percept Picture Company produced the show. Mihir Mishra played the part of the male lead protagonist in the show. Thereafter, Snigdha turned her way to Tamil movies where she is now a very popular face. She became popular by appearing in a song in the movie Anjathe. She additionally turned up for the Bollywood movie Love U...Mr. Kalakaar. It was being produced by the Rajshri Production House. Snigdha is a well known theatre artist as well, having made his presence felt in a number of plays like Jihan and Zindagi. She has also been a part of several serials like Noopur, Spandan, Prarabdha, etc. Snigdha has also done commercials for brands such as Phinics laptop, Ronald Home Appliances, etc.
...4. Vibha Anand
Vibha Anand was born on 8th September 1990 in Mumbai and is 24 years old and measures 5 feet 1 inch. Her role in the serial “Balika Vadhu”, telecasted in the television channel “Colors” made her popular and she has also acted in movies such as “Isi Life Mein”. Currently, she is acting in the serial “Kaisi Yeh Yariyaan”.
...5. Preeti Chaudhary
Preeti Chaudhary is a television actress who is most popularly known for the role of Sapna that she played in the serial called Hum Ladkiyaan. This daily soap mainly focuses on the lives of girls, and takes us on the ride of women empowerment.
She has also been a part of the daily soap called Woh Rehne Wali Mehlon Ki which was a fable where a rich girl got married to a poor man and makes her way through the struggles in a middle class society.
She has outdone herself in both the soaps with great screen presence. In both, she plays strong and bold characters, which have no fear in voicing out their opinions, and are very smart. She is heard of making it big with her debut in the Bollywood industry soon to be coming next year.
She has earned the name for her appearances in Diya Aur Baati Hum, where she played the role of Kavita a politician who had vanished on the day of her marriage with Suraj Rathi- the lead of the show.
She also featured in a serial called Hawan as Baapji daughter. She played Soniya in Ek Rishta Aisa Bhi. Another role that brought her great appreciation and love from the audience was the character of Alka that she played in Hum Ladkiyan, where she played the role of an introvert girl who had great singing talent and fights with her family to explore more about herself and the world around her.
She has been quite outstanding with every role she did! She has way to go in the coming years ahead.
...6. Jannat Zubair Rahmani
Jannat Zubair Rahmani, simply known as Jannat Zubair is a television child actress known for her acting in different Indian television series. Jannat Zubair Rahmani was influenced by her father who is also an actor himself. She was seen in several television series like Chand Ke Paar Chalo, Aapki Antara and Kasturi. Jannaat Zubair Rahmani is featured is historical serial Maharana Pratap as Phool Kanwar Rathore, a princess. Phool Kanwar is an empathetic princess who helps everyone. Jannat revealed in a press interview that she loves Maharana Pratap as she gets to wear beautiful, elegant dresses and jewellery.
She has also appeared in Bollywood movies like Aaggah- the Warning (2011) and Luv Ka the End. For her acting abilities she has won Indian Telly Award and Colors Golden Petal Awards in 2011. Apart from Maharana Pratap, she has appeared in television series like Kashi- Ab Na Rahe Tera Kagaz Kora, Haar Jeet, Matti Ki Banno and Ek Thhhi Naayka. Jannat's acting ability in the 2011 television series Phulwa had gained appreciation from everyone in a very short period. The story was set in the Chambal forest and is loosely based on the story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi.
7. Kajol Srivastava
Kajol Srivastava is an Indian, Hindi actress who was born on the 16th of September,1992. She comes from a home town called Panna in Madhya Pradesh, India. Kajol completed her school education at Lok Kalyan Public School in Kalyan. She went to do her tertiary education from the University of Mumbai in Mumbai and Ramnarain Ruia College in Matunga.
...8. Drisha Kalyani
Dhrisha Kalyani is a famous Hindi Television Actress. She was born on 15th November in the year 2002 in Mumbai. Her father’s name is Chintan Kalyani, and her mother’s name is Prachi Kalyani. Her hobbies are dancing, and also she was a part of ‘Shiamak Davar's’ Dance Academy.
...9. Tina Datta
Tina Dutta is an Indian actress, who is best-known for her roles as Ichcha and Meethi in ‘Uttaran’, the soap opera that aired on Colors TV. She was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, on 27th November 1991, and began her career in acting at the young age of 5. When she was 16, she played a role in the Bengali movie, ‘Chokher Bali’, which also featured Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. She also starred in the Bollywood movie, ‘Parineeta’ (2005), where she portrayed the teenager, Lolita.
...10. Juhi Parmar
Juhi Parmar is a popular Indian TV personality and actress, anchor, and television presenter. She is also a singer and dancer. Born on 14 December 1980 in Ujjain, the beautiful actress rose to fame after her blockbuster TV soap KumKum – Ek Pyara sa Bandhan as lead actress with Hussain Kwajerwala as the male lead in the year 2002. She also received the Best Actress (Critics) at the Indian Telly Awards in 2005 for this Star Plus's Indian soap opera. The show ran successfully for 7 long years.The actress won the Miss Rajasthan title in 2013. Parmar started her career with a television serial Woh on Zee TV.
...11. Sudha Chandran
Here is a girl who met with a major accident while she was travelling near Trichy in Tamil Nadu, lost one of her legs but never gave that as an excuse to stop her dancing rather attached a prosthetic Jaipur leg and came back with a josh and acted as dancer in a film called Mayuri. Isn’t that a wonderful story which boosts one’s confidence level. That’s Sudha Chandran, a sysnonym for WILL POWER.
...12. Raj Singh
Raj Singh was seen in Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV playing brother of male lead Sushant Singh Rajput as Manav.
...13. Rohit Khurana
Rohit Khurana was born on 20th November, 1983 and is a well known face of the television industry. He is popularly known by the name of Vansh, the character he played for the serial Uttaran aired on Colors TV. Recently, he was seen portraying the role of Shaurya Singhania in Color’s TV’s show Sasural Simar Ka.
Additionally, he has featured in a Punjabi movie named Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar. He made his debut in the television industry from the much loved youth based show- Miley Jab Hum Tum. He played the psycho lover role of Dhruv. Rohit began his career with modeling in Delhi. Thereafter, he was lucky enough to bag the role of Vansh in Colors TV’s show Uttaran. He won the best the best actor in a supporting role award for this show. He played the role of Bhaskar in the serial Maayke se Bandhi Dor.
In 2011, he began his Bollywood career with the movie Men Will Be Men. He played the role of Sunder in that film. In the year 2012, he featured in Tamil movie named Billa II portraying the character of Satish Kumar. In the year 2013, he got the chance to play the lead protagonist in the serial Dil ki Nazar se Khoobsurat. He played the role of an ugly man Madhav aka RJ Ehsaas. In November, 2013, he was given the negative role of Shaurya Singhania in the show Sasural Simar Ka.
...14. Praneet Sharma
Praneet Sharma is an Indian tv child actor. He was born on May 7th, 2007 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. His Zodiac sign is Taurus. Praneet made his debut with the famous reality show India’s Best Dramebaaz.
...15. Himanshu Bamzai
Himanshu Bamzai is an Indian actor. He is generally seen in the Hindi Television Industry on various daily soap shows.
...16. Vishal Nayak
A model turned actor, Vishal Nayak is known for his splendid cameo in the serial Sapno Se Bhare Naina broadcast on Star Plus. He also did a cameo for Sony entertainment, television show Bayttaab Dil kee Tamanna Hai. However, he turned into a well known face for his role of Akshay in the show Second Marriage Dot Com.
Presently, Vishal was seen playing the character of Farhaan in the popular Zee TV’s show Qubool Hai. The character of Farhaan is the sibling of Imran (Vikram Singh). He is the child of Haseena Bi played by actress Nishi Singh. The phone is supposed to be a calm and untalkative gentleman at the show. He is greatly respectful to his mother. Despite knowing the fact that Nikhat, Ayaan's sister loves his sibling Imran, he got married to Nikhat.
Vishal has also played pivotal roles in Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara premiered in 2013. He played the role of Shivam Dixit, a 37 year old guy. Vishal is married to actress Preet Kaur. The couple met on the sets of Preet Se Bandhi Yeh Dori...Ram Milayi Jodi aired on Zee TV. The duo played the role of onscreen couple in the show. Eventually, the couple fall for each other and subsequently got married. They are now proud parents. On 20th December, 2013, the couple was blessed with a kid.
...17. Brownie Parashar
Brownie Parashar, hailing from Amritsar, Punjab, India, was born on April 2nd, 1952. Brownie Parashar, an accomplished Indian actor, has showcased his versatile talent in both films and television. He has gained recognition for his adept portrayal of supporting characters across various genres, including action, drama, and comedy. His acting journey commenced in the early 1990s, when he took on supporting roles in films like Gangster (1994), Mrityudaata (1997), and Taraju (1997). Since then, he has amassed an impressive filmography of over 50 movies, featuring memorable appearances in AlibabaAur 40 Chor (2004), JattJeonaMorh (2010), and KarmaphalDaataShani (2016).
...18. Shahbaz Khan
Shahbaz Khan is known for his character as Mayakaal in Ssshhhh...Koi Hai (2002-2004), aired on Star Plus, a very popular tv-show, especially among the children, even though he played a negative role and was one of the most dangerous enemy of the lead character, he was loved by almost everyone who watched the show; the reason was his acting which gave a new life to the character. Shahbaz Khan was born (1966) and raised in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
...19. Kanan Malhotra
Kanan Malhotra is a famous television actor. He is also a model. He was born on 8th January, 1987. His birthplace is New Delhi. He made his first appearance in ‘Chaand Chhupa Badal Mein’, a television daily show, that was telecasted in Star Plus channel. In this series, he acted as a lovable brother to his two sisters.
...20. Nimai Bali
Nimai Bali is an Indian actor who started his career in 1997. In many serial he mostly takes the role of villain. He started his career from the role of Surya in popular TV serial ‘Chandrakanta’ that was based on a novel of Devaki Nandan of the same name. Bali is married to actress Sahila Chadha who is a cousin of Bollywood star ‘Sanjay Dutt’. He played a role of detective for a long time in ‘CID Special Bureau’ as a senior inspector Pratap. He played a role of Hajaari in TV serial ‘Yug’ in 1997 to 1998.
...22. Nirbhay Wadhwa
Nirbhay Wadhwa is an Indian model and actor. Nirbhay was born on 28 September 1987, in Jaipur. His mother is a homemaker and father is a civil engineer by profession. His younger brother works as an instructor in a highly reputed dance academy in Jaipur. He has completed his studies and then he has appeared in some local ads for about one year. He has been a state champion of martial arts. In 2004, he was declared as ‘Mr. Teenager’ in Desert Hunt. Later, he has shifted to Mumbai and appeared in several print ads of one green pea and fast-forward brands. He was also seen in video ads of Tata Docomo, Royal Challenger Soda, Sir Meetha Pan Masala and many others.
...23. Purvesh Pimple
Purvesh Pimple plays the role of Montu Makhani, the most loved actor in a bully role in Baal Veer. . He has been performing with the Baal Veer team for one year and also concentrating on his studies.
...24. Siddharth Vasudev
Siddharth Vasudev is the well known personality in Indian Television. His native place is Kashmir so he always admires the army people. His age is around 30 and his height is 5’9”. He got married to the actress Reshmi Ghosh on 1st Feb, 2013. His marriage was held in Kolkata. They both met on the set of Shobha Somnath Ki and fell in love with each other. Their marriage was in a perfect Bengali tradition.
In the serial Shobha Somnath Ki, he was playing the role of Bhaanuman. This show was based on Acharya Chatursen’s Hindi novel named Somnath Mahalay. The story tells about struggle of young girl Shobha who aimed infamous raids in western raids India by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna in the early 11 century. This serial has won several awards.
He has also worked with Colors in Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon produced by Nautanki Telefilms. He was shown as the major opponent of Sultan and his character name was Bhujang Shastri. He was shown as cruel and ruthless. He was ambitious and wanted to be rich and for that he can do anything.
He was also seen in the serial Amrit Manthan. This serial was aired on Life OK. He has played the role of Rudrakash Singh, a powerful and very rich man. He was playing the negative role in this serial. He was also seen in the serial Jhansi Ki Rani of Zee TV. He has played the role of Samar Singh. This Indian historical drama was based on the life of Lakshmi Bai
...25. Amardeep Garg
Amardeep Garg, hailed from Haryana, sifted to Mumbai in 2013. He is a known Indian actor, Hindi Urdu diction trainer, Director, Producer, and acting trainer. He started his career as a debutant Bollywood actor in Delhi in 2008 with DD National's well-established show 'Kyon ki jeena isi ka naam hai.’ In that show, he played the role of the prominent character 'Suraj' was opposite Anupam Sham and Zeeshan Ayyub Khan. He began his acting journey in 2006 by joining theatre with reputed directors like V.K. Sharma, Robin Das, Chittaranjan Tripathy, Suresh Bhardwaj, and others. Karamfal data Shani, Param Avatar Shri Krishna, Choti Sardarni, Vikram Betal, Kashibaai Bajirao Ballal, and Peshwa Baji Rao are some of the important shows where he proved his acting skills.
...26. Sumeet Vyas
Sumeet Vyas is an upcoming actor currently living in Mumbai. He had played varied roles so far in his acting career. Sumeet made his debut in the film industry with English Vinglish, a comedy drama film in the year 2012 along with veteran actress Sridevi. He joined Twitter in November 2013 currently with 3564 followers and 584 tweets on his Twitter account (https://twitter.com/vyas_sumeet). After playing a string of good image roles in movies like Aurangzeb, Sabki Bajegi Band, All Is Well, Guddu Ki Gun. Sumeet grasped a contrasting role in the movie Kajarya, which gave him a chance to prove his acting skills. Kajarya was directed by a filmmaker named Madhureeta Anand.
...27. Diwakar Pundir
Diwakar Pundir is an Indian actor and a model. He was born in Hyderabaad on 11 November 1975. He has completed his early education from Shimla and studied in New Delhi University. He completed his studies as a pilot from Lucknow and started his career as a professional pilot. But he began his career in the world of modeling after he won the model hunt. Afterwards, there was no looking back as the popularity he received in modeling was the reason for his staying in the Indian showbiz industry. The fame he got from Sonu Nigam’s video named Deewana and made him a face known to everyone.
...29. Ishant Bhanushali
Ishant Bhanushali is a child actor, who is playing the Bal Hanuman Character in Sony TV’s popular mythological serial “Sankat Mochan Mahabali Hanuman”. By his great and sweet acting as Bal Hanuman, he touched many hearts in his first appearance.
Character of little Hanuman is very exciting for him and he is enjoying every bit of it. It takes about one hour for makeup, to get the look of Bal Hanuman, but he love makeup. He reaches set on 9 'o' clock in his vacation time and get his make-up done. He loves ‘tikka’ very much. Also, he loved to wear ornaments of Bal Hanuman on his body.
Ishant went through lots of auditions to get the role of Bal Hanuman Character. He became very good friends with Gagan Malik and Debina Chatterjee, who are his co-actors of his serial. He says that “Hanuman is my superhero”, and says that Hanuman would never grow up and I get to play the role forever. Also, he (kiddo) will now be seen in Salman khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan with a cute role.
From the initial responses of his acting, it is sure that, he will become a good actor and entertains every viewer with his cute smile and hard work.
...30. Krish Chauhan
Only a few people in the world taste success from a very young age. Child actor; Krish Chauhan is unmistakably one of them. He is a child nonetheless, but his talents are more to it than meets the eye. Krish Chauhan was born to the parents Dharam Chauhan and Pratikshya Chauhan on 12 th August, 2005. He hails from Vadodara, Gujarat. Krish’s father owns a interior decoration and mandap service business. Krish came to limelight in 2014 by participating in the dance reality show named Dance India Dance: Little Masters Season 3. This famous TV show is known for giving opportunities to young talents to prove their dancing skills. Krish became noticed in 2015 when he won the Pantaloons Junior Fashion Icon of West Zone.
...31. Saurabh Raj Jain
Saurabh Raj Jain is a Hindi television actor, famous for his roles in mythological dramas. Born on 1st October 1985 in Delhi, he went to C.S.K.M. Delhi Boarding School and Indraprastha University in New Delhi and secured an MBA from Symbiosis International University, Pune.
He began his career in television industry as Aman deep Chadha in Remix, which aired on Star One. He then went on to play Sukhi in Sony TV’s Meet Mila De Rabba, Rohit Chopra on Zee TV’s Kasamh Se, Vikram on Zee TV’s Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli, Aman on SAB TV’s comedy show, Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story, Yuvraj Singh Bundela on Colors TV’s Uttaran, and Yudi on Life OK’s horror mini-series, Ek Thhi Naayika. However, he’s better known for his roles as Anand Raj Chopra on Colour TV’s Parichay, and Lord Krishna/Lord Vishnu in Colors TV’s Jai Shri Krishna, Life OK’s Devon Ke Dev…Mahadev, and Star Plus’s epic drama Mahabharat.
Saurabh is not afraid of being stereotyped in one particular look and is known to bond well with his co-actors. He lost his father at an early age and the experience left him mature and able to shoulder responsibility. A practitioner of Buddhism, he enjoys the sound of chanting and he finds that he has become very calm and patient ever since he took up the roles of Krishna and Vishnu. He owes his success to his mother, and his wife, Riddhima, whom he married in 2010. He is a firm believer that mental fitness comes first and being calm is the key to being fit.
33. Devish Ahuja
The Indian Television industry is loaded up with gigantic youthful ability. These children are explored by the showbiz for explicit jobs, and after that sustain them to transform them into uber stars in the future. Much of the time the youthful specialists sparkle in the spotlight and hold solid ground in media outlets. Devish Ahuja is one such ability presented in the Indian Television dramatization ""Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera."" All through his limited capacity to focus vocation he has played and acted in an assorted class of testing jobs numerous well-known network programs, and his performance is applauded by spectators.
...34. Tinu Verma
35. Tarun Khanna
36. Zohaib Siddiqui
Zohain Siddique is a television actor and model from India. He was born on August 22, 1985 to Nizam and Aziz Siddique. He was hailed in New Delhi and presently residing at Mumbai for over 20 years. Zohain aims to pursue his studies and finished Mechanical Engineering. However, his enthusiasm for acting inspires him to become an actor. He studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya ONGC Panvel and finished college at P.D.V.V.P. College of Engineering in University of Pune. At first, he works as a model in the Wipro Limited before he initiated his venture as an actor. He also loves to play the guitar and he has a band during college. Aside from guitar, he loves to play the drums and he even worked as a part-time Disk Jockey on some events.
Zohaib has a well chiseled body and his face is close to perfection. He said that he is a type of person that is very composed. He doesn’t want to jump into any decisions and he is sometimes unpredictable. He remembered that he just realized that his real passion was acting when he works at Wipro and then a childhood friend helped him to realize it. He did some South films but they were never released. He was dismayed but he continued to pursue his acting career, until he got an offer to do the role as Inspector Vikas.
He was debuted in television through the weekly crime-based show, Hum Ne Li Hai…Shapath on Life OK where his role as Sub-Inspector Vikas were notably remembered by many viewers. Then he did the drama series, Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke on Zee TV as Rajiv Agrawal, the male lead protagonist. He is a hockey coach opposite with Rachna, the female lead protagonist. Rajiv is very famous, disciplined, respectful and helpful. But his character went off air all of a sudden. He just made a comeback after some time, but his character as Rajiv was different from the old Rajiv that everyone knows.
Zohaib is a trained actor from Acting School for films, Ad World and Kreating Charakters. He also did few Tamil films that have not been released yet. Zohain was also part of the Indian series, Sadda Haq – My Life My Choice on Channel V, where he played the role of Professor Kabir. He also made an entry in the popular drama show on Life OK channel which is the Ek Boond Ishq. He played the role of the brother-in-law of Omkar.
...37. Kunal Bakshi
Kunal Bakshi is a smart and talented Indian actor who is performing in TV serials like Meera, Shapath, Badi Dooor Se Aaye Hain etc. Meera was a historical based serial. It was based on the story of Meera who was a princess and poet in early 16th century. In this serial Kunal has essayed the role of Raja Ratan Singh who is father of princess Meera who is the lead role. “Meera” is produced and premiered by NDTV Imagine.
Kunal Bakshi has also performed in ‘Sadaa Haq…My Life My Choice’ that is produced by Dream’s Entertainments and aired on V channel. Kunal Bakshi is performing the role of Hooda who is a Haryanvi cop. He has an angry young man get up in the serial. His character of Hooda has arrested the Parth and then there was start of Path’s past life. He also has performed in “Badi Door Se Aaye Hain” that is created by Hats Off Production and is premiered by SAB TV. In this serial there is a family known as Ghotala family who is looking for a person named Swami, but they mistakenly come across the basketball coach Sammy. Because of the similarity of names of that person and basketball coach, they considered Sammy as Swami. Sammy dragged the family into basketball and they won the match. Kunnal Bakshi has essayed the character of basketball coach Sammy. He very nicely performed that role in the serial. Kunnal Bakshi is good addition to young actors.
...38. Gufi Paintal
Gufi Paintal is a Bollywood actor who acted in some famous movies in 1980s. He also played leading roles in television serials and plays. Even His brother and his nephew are also actors. He was born near Amritsar in Punjab in a Sikh Family. In his childhood, he lived with his family members in Delhi.
He was an outsider in the film industry until the age of 20, after completing his engineering, he arrived in Mumbai. By then his younger brother was already trained in acting. In the same way in 1969 Gufi took up modeling as his field, later on he also worked in movies as an assistant director. After it, he took up direction and also directed his brother.
He was very famous for his well-known character of Shakuni Mama in the serial Mahabharat which was adapted from original Mahabharat and filmed by Mr. B. R. Chopra and his son Mr. Ravi Chopra. Gufi Paintal himself realized that it was his best role ever. He also worked for a channel Sahara Samay in which he played character of Shakuni in political discussion shows, which were also quite famous and brought fame upon him for the character.
In the year 1993, he was awarded as the best actor for his character among 13 others in the world at prestigious Cannes Film festivals. In his own words “I always feel proud of the fact that my job was appreciated”
He also took up direction recently and directed a movie named Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The Movie is the sketch regarding the life of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a 16th-century Great devotee of Lord Sri Krishna who is also well recognized as an incarnation of the god by followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism (followers of Lord Vishnu).
He recently took up the post of head at the well-known acting academy in 2010 known as an Abbhinnay Acting Academy in Mumbai, which is established by his friend and serial Mahabharata co-star Pankaj Dheer.
39. Salil Ankola
Salil Ankola, born on March 1, 1968, and a resident of Solapur in Maharashtra is a former Indian International cricketer who played one Test match and twenty One Day Internationals from 1989 to 1997 for India. He was a first-class cricketer for Maharashtra who commenced the bowling. His excellent performances landed him in the Indian ODI team during 1993. But being a poor fielder he was removed. At the age of 28, Ankola entered the Indian television industry.
He made his cinematic debut in the movie, Kurukshetra in 2000. He played the role of a cop accompanying the senior officer played by, Sanjay Dutt. “Pitaah” was the next release in 2002 and later was “Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne” in 2003. “Silence Please...The Dressing Room” counts among the films he has starred in.
The small screen welcomed him in the show “Kehta Hai Dil” from 2002 where he played the role of special investigation officer Shakti Singh Rana. The show spirals around the character Karishma and how she handles difficult situations in her life.
His second show was “Karam Apnaa Apnaa” from August 29, 2006 as Mahen Kapoor. The story is about a girl, Gauri who is asked to marry the guy chosen by Mahen, her father’s best friend. Ankola appeared in Bigg Boss during his contract period with Balaji Telefilms which affected his career a lot.
Ankola was casted in the CID Special Bureau show as Senior Inspector from 11 March 2004. He says, “I played Special Investigation Officer in Kehta Hai Dil and co-incidentally I am playing it again in CID Special Bureau.”
“Ssshhhh...Koi Hai”, an Indian thriller television show began on 27 July, 2001. Salil Ankola played the role of Vikraal, a ghost exterminator, in this spooky series. “Vikraal Aur Gabraal” is an extension of this series, where Vikraal, played by Salil Ankola, teaches Gabraal to catch ghosts.
Thus, Salil Ankola played varying roles during his career and continues to be counted among the finest jewels of the Indian television industry.
...40. Kartikey Malviya
Kartikey Malviya is a very famous and popular face in the television industry who is currently working in the popular TV series, Karmaphaldata Shani, which airs on Colors. He was born on November 3, 2004, in Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh, India. Kartikey Malviya was just 9 when he started his debut in the television industry. His first appearance on TV was from a popular reality show India's Best Dramebaaz, season 1, in 2013 which airs on Zee TV, unfortunately, he got evicted very soon but he managed his eviction in a positive way to improve his skills in acting. After that, he improved himself, his skills and then he joined again in India's Best Dramebaaz, season 2, 2016 and came as the first runner-up. In April 2016, he got selected for the role of Shani Dev in Karmaphaldata Shani. Within a very short span of time, Kartikeya Malviya has tasted the taste of fame and success.
...41. Ayush Pathak