1. Reema Lagoo
Reema Lagoo is an Indian television and film actress who is the most popular, kind hearted and loving Maa of the Industry. The veteran actress has been around in the industry for around four decades and has won accolades for her work in both Hindi and Marathi film industry. Starting from her early films, Reema featured in the super hit flick 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak' as Juhi Chawla's mother. Since enacting the role of Salman Khan’s mother in the movie ‘Saajan’ and Maine Pyar Kiya, to enacting a major role in family drama films like Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! and Hum Saath-Saath Hain, which were big hits of their time, she has been widely appreciated by the audiences and her roles are still fresh in their minds.
...2. Vinay Dhumale
In 1971-72, Vinay Dhumale began his career as a television producer at the age of 21. In 1979, he received the Janakinath Gaud Award for Outstanding Television Contribution in Indian Television for the first time. He produced nearly 200 features from all walks of life in India during his 7-year career as a producer on national television, with eminent personalities including V. Shantaram (Doyen of Indian films), Baba Amte (Eminent social worker), M. C. Chagla (Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court), Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Mallikarjun Mansoor, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Ustad All (All father figures of Indian classical music). He founded his own production company in 1981 and has since produced numerous TV soap operas and serials, including Apradhi Kaun? (India's first TV crime drama), Shodh (crime series), Mahanagar (India's first urban relationship drama), Upannyas, and Lokmanya (a seven-episode historical biopic on India's greatest freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak).
...3. Nana Patekar
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 “Parinda” which was released in 1989. He appeared as a villain in that movie. As the recognition of the fabulous acting in that movie he won the National Film Award as well as the Filmfare Award as best Supporting Actor. He acted as villain in some movies, but most of the cases, he acted in positive roles. Most glamorous movies acted by him are – “Khamoshi (acted as a deaf father)”, “Krantiveer (acted as a gambling son)”,“Ab Tak Chhappan (acted as a police officer)”, “Paathshaala”, “Rajneeti (acted as a political leader)”,“Wajood (acted as a schizophrenic)”, “Welcome (acted as a powerful,but funny don)”, “It’s My Life” and so on. His natural acting is always entertaining to the people. As a successful filmmaker, he is the creator of the famous film “Prahar: The Final Attack” in which the glamour queen Madhuri Dixit was the leading heroine. He is also a little bit involved in playback music. His upcoming movies are “Saamna”, “Welcome Back” and “Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar”.
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5. Ramesh Bhatkar
Ramesh Bhatkar was an Indian film, stage and TV actor, who was born on August 4th, 1949. Out of the various roles that Ramesh played, he is known for his roles in the television series Commander and Hello Inspector. He appeared for more than 30 years as an actor in the Marathi commercial movie industries of the Marathi and Hindi languages. He died on February 4th, 2019 at the age of 69 in Mumbai due to cancer. Ramesh’s father’s name was Snehal Bhatkar, who was a music director, composer, and singer. Apart from his artistic background, in his early college days, Ramesh was a champion swimmer who played for his college's aquatic team.
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