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1. Satarupa Sanyal


s/a/t/a/r/u/satarupa-sanyal.png Satarupa Sanyal is a director. She was born on 12 November 1962 in Bengal. Her father is Tarun Sanyal and her mother is Mrs. Keya Sanyal. She is also an actor, producer, writer, singer, lyricist, and poet. She has worked in 10 feature films starting in 1989 with the drama movie Chandaneer. She directed a drama film in 1998 titled Anu. In 2004, she directed multiple films which were Kalo Cheetah, Assassin, Atatayee, and an action film Kalo Chita. In 2005, she directed Tanyabi's Lake. She directed the drama film Onyo Opalaa in 2015. In 2018, she directed Tobuo Basanta. Her recent movie has been announced which is titled Prochesta. She has worked in four different short films starting from Ushagram: A journey from darkness to da...
Satarupa Sanyal is a director. She was born on 12 November 1962 in Bengal. Her father is Tarun Sanyal and her mother is Mrs. Keya Sanyal. She is also an actor, producer, writer, singer, lyricist, and poet. She has worked in 10 feature films starting in 1989 with the drama movie Chandaneer. She directed a drama film in 1998 titled Anu. In 2004, she directed multiple films which were Kalo Cheetah, Assassin, Atatayee, and an action film Kalo Chita. In 2005, she directed Tanyabi's Lake. She directed the drama film Onyo Opalaa in 2015. In 2018, she directed Tobuo Basanta. Her recent movie has been announced which is titled Prochesta. She has worked in four different short films starting from Ushagram: A journey from darkness to da...
Date of Birth: 12-11-1962
Age: 61
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director
Date of Birth: 12-11-1962
Age: 61
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director

2. Lata Mangeshkar


15-05-2017/lata-mangeshkar.png Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had formal training in music from her father. Her father ran a theater company in Mumbai, where she began to learn music with her father's grudging approval, and with whom she also sang a song. As her father was a conservative man, film music was not appreciated at her home. After the theater company was auctioned, her father died, and she assumed the financial responsibility by becoming an actress, first in Marathi and later in Hindi cinema, but in acting, she did not click. Later she surprised everyone with one of her solo number (Aayega Aanewaala) from the movie Mahal released in 1949. The song was screened on Madhubala...
Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had formal training in music from her father. Her father ran a theater company in Mumbai, where she began to learn music with her father's grudging approval, and with whom she also sang a song. As her father was a conservative man, film music was not appreciated at her home. After the theater company was auctioned, her father died, and she assumed the financial responsibility by becoming an actress, first in Marathi and later in Hindi cinema, but in acting, she did not click. Later she surprised everyone with one of her solo number (Aayega Aanewaala) from the movie Mahal released in 1949. The song was screened on Madhubala...
Date of Birth: 28-09-1929
Date of Death: 06-02-2022
Age: 94
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer
Date of Birth: 28-09-1929
Date of Death: 06-02-2022
Age: 94
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

3. Renu Saluja


10-05-2020/renu-saluja.png Very few filmmakers can maintain a balance and succeed in art films as well as commercial cinema. Renu Saluja was one such woman. She was an editor, who was born in Punjab, India on July 5, 1952. In 1974, Renu tried to enroll herself in Film and Television Institute of India's direction program. However, the institution rejected it and gave her admission into their editing section.  Though it was a male-dominated profession, Renu accepted the offer without much hesitation and studied there for two years. Initially, Renu began her journey by collaborating with her classmates from Film and Television Institute of India like Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Kundan Shah, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, and others. In fact, it was her work in Ja...
Very few filmmakers can maintain a balance and succeed in art films as well as commercial cinema. Renu Saluja was one such woman. She was an editor, who was born in Punjab, India on July 5, 1952. In 1974, Renu tried to enroll herself in Film and Television Institute of India's direction program. However, the institution rejected it and gave her admission into their editing section.  Though it was a male-dominated profession, Renu accepted the offer without much hesitation and studied there for two years. Initially, Renu began her journey by collaborating with her classmates from Film and Television Institute of India like Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Kundan Shah, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, and others. In fact, it was her work in Ja...
Date of Birth: 05-07-1952
Date of Death: 16-08-2000
Age: 71
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Editor
Date of Birth: 05-07-1952
Date of Death: 16-08-2000
Age: 71
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Editor

4. Anuradha Paudwal


anuradha-paudwal.png Anuradha Paudwal is a renowned Bollywood playback singer who dominated the industry for a short period but had a shining career for over three decades in Indian film industry having sung in almost all Indian languages. But she is most popular as a singer in Marathi, Kannada and Hindi films followed by Bengali films too. The singer had no formal training but used to practice many hours listening to Lata Mangeshkar’s songs always. Anuradha got her first break in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film ‘Abhimaan’(1973) by singing a Sanskrit sloka for music composer S.D. Burman. In the same year, she made her debut in singing career in Marathi with the film ‘Yashoda’ and in 1974, she recor...
Anuradha Paudwal is a renowned Bollywood playback singer who dominated the industry for a short period but had a shining career for over three decades in Indian film industry having sung in almost all Indian languages. But she is most popular as a singer in Marathi, Kannada and Hindi films followed by Bengali films too. The singer had no formal training but used to practice many hours listening to Lata Mangeshkar’s songs always. Anuradha got her first break in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film ‘Abhimaan’(1973) by singing a Sanskrit sloka for music composer S.D. Burman. In the same year, she made her debut in singing career in Marathi with the film ‘Yashoda’ and in 1974, she recor...
Date of Birth: 27-10-1952
Age: 71
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 27-10-1952
Age: 71
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi

5. Sreelekha Mukherji


sreelekha-mukherji.jpg Sreelekha Mukherji is an Indian Bengali actress with exemplary skills in acting. She was the lead in the film “Parshuramer Kuthar”, directed by Nabyendu Chatterjee, which exceedingly appealed to the people. Mukherji also won the 1989 National Film Award for her awestruck performance in the film. She played Lakkhi, a Bengali village woman who lost her baby from the shock of her husband becoming paralysed after he fell from a roof. She also appeared as the mother of Debasmita Benarjee (Mukta) in “Borolar Ghor” (2012), a bilingual Assamese-Bengali romantic movie spiced with comedy. This film was directed and produced by Mani C. Kappan.

Mukherji Family Tree (Infographic Fa...

Sreelekha Mukherji is an Indian Bengali actress with exemplary skills in acting. She was the lead in the film “Parshuramer Kuthar”, directed by Nabyendu Chatterjee, which exceedingly appealed to the people. Mukherji also won the 1989 National Film Award for her awestruck performance in the film. She played Lakkhi, a Bengali village woman who lost her baby from the shock of her husband becoming paralysed after he fell from a roof. She also appeared as the mother of Debasmita Benarjee (Mukta) in “Borolar Ghor” (2012), a bilingual Assamese-Bengali romantic movie spiced with comedy. This film was directed and produced by Mani C. Kappan.

Mukherji Family Tree (Infographic Fa...


6. Mrunmayee Chandorkar


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Bio coming soon......

7. Amitabh Chakraborty


13-10-2020/amitabh-chakraborty.jpg Amitabh Chakraborty was born in India in 1959. He is a film director as well as a film editor. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. He has directed two feature-length fiction films: Kaal Abhirati (1989) and Cosmic Sex (2012). At the National Film Awards, it received the Special Jury Award. He has made many documentaries, most notably Bishar Blues, a movie on Bengali fakirs, and Kitsch-Mitsch, a film about Hiran Mitra's paintings. Over the previous two decades, he has also extensively edited documentaries....
Amitabh Chakraborty was born in India in 1959. He is a film director as well as a film editor. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. He has directed two feature-length fiction films: Kaal Abhirati (1989) and Cosmic Sex (2012). At the National Film Awards, it received the Special Jury Award. He has made many documentaries, most notably Bishar Blues, a movie on Bengali fakirs, and Kitsch-Mitsch, a film about Hiran Mitra's paintings. Over the previous two decades, he has also extensively edited documentaries....
Date of Birth: 1959
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Date of Birth: 1959
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

8. Anupam Kher


Anupam-Kher.jpg 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 r...
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 r...
Date of Birth: 07-03-1955
Age: 69
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor
Date of Birth: 07-03-1955
Age: 69
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor

9. M. T. Vasudevan Nair


m.-t.-vasudevan-nair.png M T Vasudevan Nair is a renowned writer and director. He is famous for Kadavu, Oru Vadakkan Veergatha, and several other movies. He has written about 54 screenplays for movies and did direction for about seven movies. He has been rewarded by several awards for his direction, screenplay and for his novels. Nair was born on 9 August 1933, in a small village of Kudallur in Kerala. Vasudevan won his first award at the age of 20 when he wrote a short story in Malayalam for Best Short Story Writing Competition held by The New York Herald Tribune in 1953. Nair penned down his first novel Naalukettu in 1958 and won the prestigious Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Since then he has written about eight novels, eightee...
M T Vasudevan Nair is a renowned writer and director. He is famous for Kadavu, Oru Vadakkan Veergatha, and several other movies. He has written about 54 screenplays for movies and did direction for about seven movies. He has been rewarded by several awards for his direction, screenplay and for his novels. Nair was born on 9 August 1933, in a small village of Kudallur in Kerala. Vasudevan won his first award at the age of 20 when he wrote a short story in Malayalam for Best Short Story Writing Competition held by The New York Herald Tribune in 1953. Nair penned down his first novel Naalukettu in 1958 and won the prestigious Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Since then he has written about eight novels, eightee...
Date of Birth: 09-08-1933
Age: 90
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Date of Birth: 09-08-1933
Age: 90
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

10. Virendra Saini


13-10-2020/virendra-saini.jpg Director & cinematographer Virendra Saini completed his diploma in cinematography in 1976 from FTII. He worked with top directors, including Mani Kaul, Sai Paranjpye, Kundan Shah, Vinod Chopra, and Bhimsain. In 1990 he received the National award for Best Cinematography for Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro.' In 1999 he directed Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail, which got him the National Award for the Best Children's Film. Virendra Saini won two awards, one as a cinematographer and the other as a director. ...
Director & cinematographer Virendra Saini completed his diploma in cinematography in 1976 from FTII. He worked with top directors, including Mani Kaul, Sai Paranjpye, Kundan Shah, Vinod Chopra, and Bhimsain. In 1990 he received the National award for Best Cinematography for Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro.' In 1999 he directed Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail, which got him the National Award for the Best Children's Film. Virendra Saini won two awards, one as a cinematographer and the other as a director. ...

11. Ajoy Chakrabarty


20-07-2018/ajoy-chakrabarty.jpg Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty is an Indian classical vocalist. Ajoy was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. His father shifted to India from his homeland, Mymensingh of Bangladesh due to the partition and raised two sons in Shyamnagar. His younger brother, Sanjay, is a lyricist and composer. He was as a topper of his class in music, both in B.A and M.A from one of the most prestigious Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata and later joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in 1977. His father was his first Guru. Ajoy then studied with Pannalal Samanta and Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He received several prestigious awards, which include the Padma Shri (2011), Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Kumar ...
Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty is an Indian classical vocalist. Ajoy was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. His father shifted to India from his homeland, Mymensingh of Bangladesh due to the partition and raised two sons in Shyamnagar. His younger brother, Sanjay, is a lyricist and composer. He was as a topper of his class in music, both in B.A and M.A from one of the most prestigious Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata and later joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in 1977. His father was his first Guru. Ajoy then studied with Pannalal Samanta and Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He received several prestigious awards, which include the Padma Shri (2011), Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Kumar ...
Date of Birth: 25-12-1953
Age: 70
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer
Date of Birth: 25-12-1953
Age: 70
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

12. Nana Patekar


Nana-Patekar.jpg Nana Patekar is a popular Indian actor who was born in 1st January in 1951. He is also a successful filmmaker and writer simultaneously. He was born in the place named Murud-Janjira which is located in Raigad district in Maharashtra. His parents are Dinkar Patekar and Sanjana Patekar. Nana Patekar studied Applied Arts at the Sir J.J Institute in Mumbai. From his college life, he was attracted to acting and he did attend the inter-college dramatics. He also loved to sketch. His journey in the film industry started in 1974 with the film named ‘Garman’. After that, he acted on several movies like “Mohre(1987)”, “Salaam Bombay(1988)” and so on. But, he came to the gossip headline by his acting in the film ...
Nana Patekar is a popular Indian actor who was born in 1st January in 1951. He is also a successful filmmaker and writer simultaneously. He was born in the place named Murud-Janjira which is located in Raigad district in Maharashtra. His parents are Dinkar Patekar and Sanjana Patekar. Nana Patekar studied Applied Arts at the Sir J.J Institute in Mumbai. From his college life, he was attracted to acting and he did attend the inter-college dramatics. He also loved to sketch. His journey in the film industry started in 1974 with the film named ‘Garman’. After that, he acted on several movies like “Mohre(1987)”, “Salaam Bombay(1988)” and so on. But, he came to the gossip headline by his acting in the film ...
Date of Birth: 01-01-1951
Age: 73
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 01-01-1951
Age: 73
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

13. Mammootty


mammootty.jpg Muhammed Kutty Ismail Paniparambil is the original name of Mammootty, the Malayalam superstar. Having working in more than 300 movies he is still a star to reckon with, in Malayalam film industry. Apart from acting, he was also a lawyer. Currently he is busy with philanthropic works too.    Born on 7th September 1951, Mammootty also donned the role of a producer. He has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, other than Malayalam films. He garnered the National Award for his acting skills, thrice in his career. He shares this feat with veteran actor Kam...
Muhammed Kutty Ismail Paniparambil is the original name of Mammootty, the Malayalam superstar. Having working in more than 300 movies he is still a star to reckon with, in Malayalam film industry. Apart from acting, he was also a lawyer. Currently he is busy with philanthropic works too.    Born on 7th September 1951, Mammootty also donned the role of a producer. He has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, other than Malayalam films. He garnered the National Award for his acting skills, thrice in his career. He shares this feat with veteran actor Kam...
Date of Birth: 07-09-1951
Age: 72
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 07-09-1951
Age: 72
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actor

14. Adoor Gopalakrishnan


adoor-gopalakrishnan.png Born into a family in Kerala, Adoor Gopalakrishnan started doing amateur plays at a young age. Later, he wrote and helmed few plays. His interest in this field was imbibed in him by his family. He had studied Economics, Political Science and Public Administration at Gandhigram Rural University in 1961. Then he studied screenwriting and filmmaking at the Pune Film Institute. His debut film was Swayamvaram, which became a milestone in the history of the Malayalam cinema. The film won four National Awards including Best Script, Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director. His third film Elippathayam fetched him the British Film Institute Award for Most Original and Imaginative Film in 1982. The International Film Critics Priz...
Born into a family in Kerala, Adoor Gopalakrishnan started doing amateur plays at a young age. Later, he wrote and helmed few plays. His interest in this field was imbibed in him by his family. He had studied Economics, Political Science and Public Administration at Gandhigram Rural University in 1961. Then he studied screenwriting and filmmaking at the Pune Film Institute. His debut film was Swayamvaram, which became a milestone in the history of the Malayalam cinema. The film won four National Awards including Best Script, Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director. His third film Elippathayam fetched him the British Film Institute Award for Most Original and Imaginative Film in 1982. The International Film Critics Priz...
Date of Birth: 03-07-1941
Age: 82
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Date of Birth: 03-07-1941
Age: 82
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

15. Mohanlal


08-08-2019/mohanlal.jpg Mohan Lal is the Super Star of the Malayalam film industry. He is the Son in Law of a famous producer cum veteran actor Balaji. Mohan Lal is married to Suchithra, the elder daughter of Balaji. Mohan Lal was born in the year 1960 in Elanthoor in Kerala. He is very popular for his natural acting and simplicity. The first movie, he committed was Thiranottam, but the first to release was Manjil Virinja Pookal. This movie had Poornima Jayaram as his pair and that is the debut movie in Malayalam for her too. Rajavinte Makan was the movie that made him to reach super heights. Mohan Lal is not choosey in particular character; but he acts in all types of film that give him a good performance scope.
Mohan Lal is the Super Star of the Malayalam film industry. He is the Son in Law of a famous producer cum veteran actor Balaji. Mohan Lal is married to Suchithra, the elder daughter of Balaji. Mohan Lal was born in the year 1960 in Elanthoor in Kerala. He is very popular for his natural acting and simplicity. The first movie, he committed was Thiranottam, but the first to release was Manjil Virinja Pookal. This movie had Poornima Jayaram as his pair and that is the debut movie in Malayalam for her too. Rajavinte Makan was the movie that made him to reach super heights. Mohan Lal is not choosey in particular character; but he acts in all types of film that give him a good performance scope.
Date of Birth: 21-05-1960
Age: 63
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 21-05-1960
Age: 63
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actor