Shobha Kapoor
Sujata Rao
Ekta Kapoor
Angel Rupchandani
Pooja Banerjee
Garima Arora
Ekroop Bedi
Lavina Tandon
Shikha Singh
Khushboo Shroff
Vibhuti Thakur
Geetanjali Mishra
Sheeba Chaddha
Nirisha Basnett
Pragati Chourasiya
Piya Valecha
Papiya Sengupta
Vidya Sinha
Mansi Sharma
Prerna Sharma
Avneet Kaur
Tanu Khan
Saanvi Talwar
Shweta Basu Prasad
Urfi Javed
Charmi Dhami
Deepak S Garg
Mukesh Kumar Singh
Ranjan Kumar Singh
Kadar Kazi
Vikash Singh Rajput
Rahul Sharma
Athar Siddiqui
Vikas Salgotra
Ankur Malhotra
Andrea Ravera
Himanshu Rai
Rushiraj Pawar
Lokesh Batta
Ishaan Singh Manhas
Kristian Hedegaard Petersen
Gautam Nain
Abhishek Nigam
Chetan Hansraj
Arpit Ranka
Ayaan Zubair Rahmani
Siddharth Nigam
Jineet Rath
Rajat Tokas
1. Shobha Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor is a film and television producer from India and the Managing Director of the much acclaimed Balaji Telefilms, a serial production house based in Mumbai. It is now run by her talented daughter Ekta Kapoor. Shobha mainly takes care of the production and administration activities of the company. She has co-produced many cult Hindi serials such as ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ from 2000 to 2008, ‘Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’ also from 2000 to 2008, ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’ from 2001 to 2008 and ‘Kaahin Kissii Roz’ from 2001 to 2004. She is married to veteran actor Jeetendra, and they have two kids, Tusshar Kapoor, and Ekta Kapoor. Shobha and Jeetendra were dating each other for 13 years before their wedding, and former was working as an air-hostess then.
...2. Sujata Rao
Sujata Rao (Shaalu) is an Indian Creative Director working at Balaji Telefilms Pvt Limited. Balaji Telefilms Limited is an established media and entertainment industry that producers one of India’s leading Television Shows and Movies. Sujata has previously worked with various other companies – SPHERE ORIGINS LIMITES, Creative Eye Private Limited, and Contiloe Entertainment Private Limited. She has done her high school at Holy Child School, Guwahati. Sujata has worked as a Creative Director on many famous Tv Serials.
...3. Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor; a legendry producer in Indian TV and film industry was born on 7 June 1975 in India. She is basically the creative director and Joint Managing Director of her production company Balaji Telefilms. She is the daughter of Shobha Kapoor and actor Jeetendra. Tusshar Kapoor, his brother is also working in Bollywood movies. She completed her early studies from Bombay Scottish School Mahim and went to college Mithibai.
Ms. Kapoor has produced many wonderful soap opera, unforgettable movies and long remembered tv series. Kasturi, Kabhii sautan Kabhi Sahelii, Hum Paanch, Kasautii Zindagii Ki, Kahiin to Hoga, Miya Fauj mein Biwi Mauj Mein, Kkavyanjali, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kkusum, Kitani Mohabbat Hai, Kutumb, Tere Liye, Bandini, Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka and Kya Hua Tera Vaada are some of her most likeable soap operas. Presently, she is working on Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Pavitra Bandha, Pavitra Rishta and Ye Hai Mohabbatein.
Ekta began her Bollywood career as producer in 2001 started with Kyo Kii Main Jhuth Nahi Bolta and Kucch to hai. Her one of the very famous movie Krishna Cottage broke many records and still remains most favorite. She is also known by her block buster movies Once Upon a time in Mumbai, Dirty Picture, Shootout at Wadala, Once Upon a time in Mumbai dobara, Eik Villan, C Kkompany and Ek Thi Daayan.
4. Angel Rupchandani
Acting is an art. No one can act impressively as the children do with their cute expressions. Nowadays, Angel Rupchandani is one of the most popular child actresses. She was born on 15 January 2008 in Mumbai. Her nickname is Angel. Her father's name is Vicky Rupchandani.
...5. Pooja Banerjee
Pooja Banerjee is an Indian Television Actress. Pooja Banerjee was born on 8th Nov, 1991. She comes from Mumbai. Pooja completed her graduation from Hislop College. Puja first appeared on the reality show “Roadies Season 8” on MTV. Pooja is also a national level Swimmer and an Athletic. Pooja started her career as a TV artist in the year 2012 with the serial Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum. Then she continued her career in Television by doing serials namely, Crime Patrol, Maan Na Maan Main Tera Mehmaan, Chhanchhan and few more series.
...6. Garima Arora
Garima Arora is an Indian chef. She was born on 9th November 1986. Garima, though belonging to the Punjabi Heritage, was bought up in Mumbai, India. Becoming a chef was not something that Garima always thought of. She pursued Journalism, initially. Back in the year 2008, she moved to France to study at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and graduated in 2010. Garima has worked with Gordon Ramsay and René Redzepi of Noma in Copenhagen before opening her restaurant. She opened her restaurant in April 2017, named Gaa, which is located in Bangkok.
...7. Ekroop Bedi
8. Lavina Tandon
9. Shikha Singh
Born on 7 February 1986, Shikha Singh hails from Chandigarh. She is an Economics graduate from MCM College. In the year 2006, she became "Miss Chandigarh".
In the year 2007, she relocated to Mumbai. Here in Mumbai, she unintentionally started her acting career. She never longed herself to become a performing artist. She demonstrated her ability in the introduction serial "Meri Doli tere Angana". She has packed away the solid and challenging parts of Amba the dacoit, in the popular Colors TV’s show "Na Aana Is Des Laado". Few people do know the fact that besides acting, Shikha loves writing, dancing and has got a natural flair for cooing also. She was one of the performing artists of the Chandigarh's Theater Group. She has likewise appeared in a couple of music videos and has done various photo shoots for her serials. Her enthusiasm over cooking forced her to participate in the show "Kitchen Champion" aired on Colors TV.
She has additionally showed up in a couple of movies. Her enchanting role in the serial "Meri Doli Tere Angana" opened the door for her next serial titled "Left right Left" aired on Sab TV. She played the part of Cadet Akriti Bhatt in the show. At present she is assuming the part of Alia Mehra in the serial Kumkum Bhagya. Aliya is Abhi’s sister in the show. She is a young lady with a presumptuous mindset. Belonging to a rich family, she doesn’t like poor people. The wonderful performer Shikha has played the part of Meghna Singhania in the serial the Sasural Simar Ka. Her role was effective and solid, much the same as her part in "Na Aana Is Des Laado". Recently, she was seen assuming the role of Shikhandi in the show Mahabharat aired on Star Plus.
...10. Khushboo Shroff
Khushboo Shroff is an Indian actress, born on the 3rd of October 1987 in Mumbai, India. She is the youngest daughter of Bharati and Vijay Shroff. She got her fame when she was debuted in the Bollywood’s romantic comedy film, I Hate Luv Story with Sonam Kapoor and Imran Khan in 2010. Khushboo played as Nidhi, friend of Sonam. She was also part of the Hindi action film, Bodyguard under the sirection of Siddique.
Later, she was roped in to play the character of Shilpa Malik, the sister of Keerti Nagpure in the popular soap, Parichay – Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka on Colors TV. The production of the show searches for someone who will fit in the character and they found out that Khushboo is the best choice. And then, Khushboo appeared on Zee TV’s television series, Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein. She played as Candy or Sandhya Kaushil, the daughter of Karthik (played by Mukul Harish) and Lovely (played by Ragini Nandwani) from which she was seen after the show jumps in to year 2030.
Khusboo also made an appearance in the Hindi comedy film, F.A.L.T.U under the Puja Entertainment Ltd. in 2011. Then she was Radhika in popular sitcom, Paani Puri by Optimystix which was aired on STAR One channel. Khushboo was also part of the Indian soap, Punar Vivah 2 in 2013. She essayed the role of Karan’s sister along with actress Neha Gehlot, whose character doesn’t believe in marriage.
Aside from acting, Khushboo also trained the kids in the talent-search show, India’s Best Dramebaaz on Zee TV. She also did ad films including the Kick-Ass Morning Promo Ad for MTV India, Maggie TVC, Airtel, Print Ad Diet Coke and more. She also has 6 working experience in theatres. She worked in the AVIKAL Theatre Company which was owned by couple, Alok and popular actress, Shruti Ulfat. She does street plays in Morca Theatre Company and she was also the founder of the MOKSHH theatre company. She was also part of the dark comedy play, Black Comedy by Silly Point Productions.
Khushboo is also an aspiring director. She also worked as an Assistant Director in some Ads and short films. Overall, Khushboo Shroff is a very versatile and dedicated actress, writer and director who have made her way to the top. She received many great responses for her acting skills and outstanding performances either on stage plays, small screen or on the silver screen.
...11. Vibhuti Thakur
Vibhuti Thakur was born on 8th March 1984. This Mumbai-based girl is one of the most loved bahus of the Television Industry. Her father, Mr. Sudhakar Gopal Patil, a retired officer I.R.E, and her mother Mrs. Shobha Patil, who is a housewife. She is married to Mr. Yashpal Thakur. She is an Indian actress and having an average height of 5’5 inches; she makes her charm stronger. Women with short height are addressed as cute. She is a pass out from Sri Kalhidhar Mission High School, and she has a degree of Bachelor of Science, in Chemistry. After completing her education, she entered the television industry. She made her debut in the daily soap Bandini. She has also been in the daily soaps like Doli Armaano Ki, CID, Savadhan India, Mata ki Chowki, Sasural Genda Phool, etc.
...12. Geetanjali Mishra
Geetanjali Mishra is an Indian actress. She was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She is from middle class family. She did her schooling and graduation from Mumbai only. She had no interest in acting, but life took her to a new world. Actually, she had a strange story about her acting profession. She lived nearby to a director of Indian Television Seema Sharma. Due to some circumstances her actor ditched her at the last moment, so she was stressed. One day she called Geetanjali and asked her to play a role in her serial. So this was the start of her television world. She never gave any auditions.
Her first TV serial was “Piya Ka Ghar” telecast on Zee TV. In this serial she played a small role because she entered the show when it was about to end. She worked on that show for a month. After this show she never looked back. She got another role in the serial “Ek Ladki Anjaani Si”. She acted in this serial about a year. After that she acted on DD channel in the serial “Jaane Kahan”. And she got the roles one after the other. She was improving her acting skills day by day. She never struggled for the roles. After that she was known by the serial “Sangam” on Star Plus. She enjoyed that show a lot. She did many real stories based role in the “Crime Patrol: Dastak” on Sony TV and “Savdhaan India @ 11” on Life OK. She did few bold roles in these serials. She loved that and did most of the episodes of these serials as these shows are based on the true stories. After that she was popular by the name “Crime Patrol Girl”. She did many lead roles in these shows. She did many TV serials such as Maayke Se Bandhi Dor, Ranbir Rano, Jaye Kahan, Sohni Mahiwal, Matti Ki Banno, Jai Maa Vaishno Devi, etc. Recently she played a role in the serial “Rangrasiya” on Colors. She acted the role of Maithili Jija. It was a typical Rajasthani Bahu role who is having the very positive nature. It was a good role, but she loves to play boldly and negative roles in future. She had a great life till now in the TV series and wants to continue her career in this field only. She doesn’t want to work in movies.
...13. Sheeba Chaddha
Sheeba Chaddha was born in Delhi in the year 1973 and is a graduate in English from the renowned Hans Raj College in Delhi University. While in college, she developed a liking for acting and theatre and discovered that this field interested her. Pursuing this interest, she went on to become a television, stage and movie actress. Sheeba Chaddha has been known to play characters that are impactful and pivotal in the story of the film. She made her debut in the Bollywood industry with the movie Dil Se in which is a love story set in the backdrop of an insurgent north-east India. She then appeared in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as Aishwarya Rai’s sister.
...14. Nirisha Basnett
Ms.NIRISHA BASNETT is a Nepali actress. She is a Bachelor's Degree holder in Business administration (BBA -BI) from the ACE institute of management. Her mom and dad were actors, but her mom gave up her career and passion for her three kids because she took up something that could provide to the family.
...15. Pragati Chourasiya
A lot more serials,drams are about to come in upcoming year from her. She is determined enough to make her career bright. Pragati Chourasiya is being a top celebrity in India day by day. Studying about the Independence Day in school has made her feel very patriotic about the country. The revolt of 1857 has especially made her put our country up on a pedestal. However, She is willing to have a great prosperity of her country . She is a Patriotic citizens of India as well. Pragati Chourasiya was born in 1988.
16. Piya Valecha
Piya Valecha is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 7th July in Pune, Maharashtra. She got her bachelor’s degree from Symbiosis International University. She got an MBA degree. While being on an internship with HSBC, she decided she would take her shot in acting as a career. Soon she left her job and became involved with it full time.
...17. Papiya Sengupta
Papiya Sengupta is a well-known small screen actor. She has appeared on the shows like Alif Laila, Fear Files, Sali Gharwali aur Baharwali.
...18. Vidya Sinha
Vidya Sinha was born on 15 November 1947 in Mumbai. Her father Rana Pratap Singh was a producer in Hindi cinema. Director Mohan Sinha was her maternal grandfather. She started her career as a model and was crowned as Miss Bombay. When Basu Chatterjee noticed her on the cover page of a film magazine, he offered her the chance to work in his movie, and she got her first break in the movie Rajnigandha opposite Amol Palekar after which, there was no looking back. She worked in many movies with B.R. Chopra and many other top banners as the lead actress. In 1975, she played the lead role in Basu Chatterjee directed movie Chhoti Si Baat. In 1978, she acted in B. R. Chopra directed movie Pati, Patni Aur Wo opposite to Sanjeev Kumar. This movie was a blockbuster and won a Flimfare Award for Best Screenplay.
Vidya Sinha was married to Venkateshwaran Iyer in the year 1968 and gave birth to her daughter Jahnvi in 1989. She left acting to take care her family. In 1996, her husband died due to prolonged illness. She remarried an Australian doctor Netaji Bhimrao Salunke in 2001, but later on divorced him.
On persuasion of her daughter, she restarted her acting career as a television actress in 2000. She played Kavya’s grandmother Sharmila Nanda, in Ekta Kapoor’s romantic television drama Kkavyanjali. In Sahara One’s serial Neem Neem Shahad Shahad, she appeared as Hansmukh’s wife. In 2009, she played a senior maid servant Bui in the serial Sajan Ghar Jana Hai, which aired on Star Plus. In Zee TV’s Popular Daily show Qubool Hai, she is playing the character of Badi Bi (grandmother). Recently Vidya Sinha was also seen in Salman Khan Starrer movie Bodyguard. In this movie she played Kareena Kapoor’s mother.
...19. Mansi Sharma
Mansi Sharma is an Indian television actress who hails from Jammu. She is a very talented and a beautiful actress. She initially wanted to be an army officer, but after her interest in acting surfaced, she started working towards it. She began her career at a young age in Jammu by working for a theater group. She came down to Mumbai from Jammu to build her career in acting/ modeling.
...20. Prerna Sharma
Prerna Sharma is an Indian TV actress. She mostly works in Hindi tv serials. She first appeared in the TV show Chandra Nandini as Bindusar’s second wife. She also appeared in ‘Chandra Nandini’ with other popular television stars. She had also appeared in the movie ‘Saathiya’ in 2002. Her acting vocation has shown her a ton of actualities life.
...21. Avneet Kaur
Avneet Kaur was born on 2001 Jalandhar, Punjab. She lives in Mumbai, India. She is a well-known Dancer and Child actress. She completed her sixth class studies in 2013 at Jalandhar School. Her mother’s name is Harpreet Kaur, she is also an Indian dancer. Avneet started her dancing career as a contestant on “Dance India Dance” and she got selected in the top three and from there she entered the entertainment industry. She also participated in “Dance Ke Superstars” as a contestant. Afterwards she started her acting career with Life OK's show “Meri Maa” as Jhilmil. In 2012 the young talent participated in the famous dance reality show “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5” as a contestant.
...22. Tanu Khan
Tanu Khan aka Tarannum Khan isa daily soap T.V actress who has recently joined the TV industry. She is a fresh face of television world. She started her career by playing the role of a villain ‘NishaSabharwal’ in the serial ‘YehKahaAaGye Hum’. Nowadays, she is playing the role of ‘HELENA’ in the famous serial of Balaji Telefilms, Ekta Kapoor’s production company.
...23. Saanvi Talwar
Sanvi Talwar is an Indian Film and Television actress. She was born on 9th June 1991, in Jalandhar, Punjab. Other than being an actress, Sanvi is also a Model, Singer, and a Writer. She was initially named as Ritika Talwar but changed her name afterward. Sanvi is a graduate. She made her television debut in the year 2010, with the serial, Arjun. Some of the hobbies of Sanvi are traveling, watching movies, and singing. Her favorite movies include Vo Lamhe and Gangster.
...24. Shweta Basu Prasad
Shweta Basu Prasad is a famous name on television, and she has had a decent stint in movies too. Her father’s name is Anuj Prasad and mother’s name is Sarmishta Prasad. Her mother is a Bengali while her father is natively from Bihar. Jamshedpur is Shweta’s birthplace. She is a pass out of R.N. Podar, which is located in Santa Cruz, Mumbai. She kickstarted her career in films as a child artist, and later she grabbed leading roles in Tamil, Bengali and Telugu movies. The break was when she got the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for the movie ‘Makadee’. The movie hit the screens in the year 2002. She was only 11 years old when she made her movie debut. In the movie Makdee, she played a double role. The film was directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. Vishal Bhardwaj is a renowned Bollywood director who has given Indian cinema many big hits.
...25. Urfi Javed
Urfi Javed is a model and television actress and works predominantly in Hindi tv serials. She belongs to Lucknow, was born and brought up there. Urfi went to City Montessori School and completed her college at Amity University and got her Mass Communication degree and began a career in the world of fashion as a fashion designer in Delhi.
...26. Charmi Dhami
27. Deepak S Garg
Deepak S Garg is a well-known director of Tv serials. He was in a place called Samalkha which is in Haryana. He also completed his high schooling in Samalkha only. After he became graduate, he decided to start his own business. But he suffered huge losses and he started to work as a light man and later became an assistant to Mr. Binod Pradhan.
...28. Mukesh Kumar Singh
Mukesh Kumar Singh is an Indian Television Director. He was born and brought up in Bihar. He did his post-graduation in Dramatic Art, where he was a Gold Medalist. He came to Mumbai in 2000 to become a director. He worked with Shri Adhikari Brothers when he started his career. He got his first show ‘Suraag’ which was a thriller. He has directed many famous mythological and historical Television shows like ‘Dharam Veer,’ ‘Mahabharat,’ ‘Ramayan.’ He creates magic on a small screen, and everything he directs is beyond imagination. Before his first break, he was jobless for two years. But he didn’t lose hope and kept working hard. His other great shows are ‘Shakuntala,’ ‘Meera,’ ‘Bandhan,’ ‘Hanuman,’ and ‘Razia Sultan.’
...29. Ranjan Kumar Singh
Ranjan Kumar Singh is an actor born in Patna, Bihar, on June 17, 1968. He is well known for Tere Mere Sapne. He graduated from the National School of Drama and is currently employed in Balaji Telefilms. Ranjan Kumar Singh began his acting career with Sanjay Khan's Indian epic television series Jai Hanuman. Some of his works include Nagin3 (Setup), Pyar ki kasauti (Setup), Aaj Likhwnge Kal (zee event fiction show), Pyar ki Kasauti (setup), Chandrakanta (design), Chandra Nandini (design), Brahmrakchhas (design), Kasam, Kalash, Yeh Kahan aa Gaye hum, Naagin, Pyar Ko Ho Jane Do, Thapki (design), Maharana Pratap, and Sankat Mochan Hanuman.
...30. Kadar Kazi
Kadar Kazi is a creative director in the Hindi entertainment industry. He worked in Balaji telefilms Naagin3, Jhansi ki rani, Devon Ke Dev Mahadev. Kadar is a professional director with experience of over 10+ years in the television industry. He has worked in Ekta Kapoor's Balaji telefilms as a Creative Director since 2014. Before that, he has worked as a creative director and script head in various production houses (2009-2015). He owns a company named Dreamchaser entertainment.
...31. Vikash Singh Rajput
Vikash Singh Rajput was born on 05th December 1996 in Bihar, India. He is a well-known actor in many T.V serials and also in many Bollywood films. He has been able to show his true talent in one of his serials named Ashoka on Colors TV and Maharana Pratap on Sony Channel. He has also worked in Sadda Haq on Channel V and is also a casting Director in Bollywood Film and TVC Advertisement. He is a man who never feels taken away by the pride of being the Owner of VRN Creations Celebrity management & Casting Agency. He is now a part of his ongoing television series where he has been assigned the role of young Khesari.
...32. Rahul Sharma
33. Athar Siddiqui
Actor Athar Siddiqui is currently part of Hindi show Jag Janani Maa Vaishno Devi. Athar is known for his work in the television show ‘Parvarish’ and has also participated in the reality show ‘Bachelorette’ India. Athar was born in Uttar Pradesh, India.
...34. Vikas Salgotra
Vikas Salgotra is a Hindi television actor. He is from Punjab. He starred in the famous Hindi serial CID. It was broadcasted on Sony TV. It was created by Sony Entertainment Television India and Sony Entertainment television Asia. He starred as Inspector Mayur in CID. He is a daring and dynamic cop. Vikas Salgotra is one of the most handsome hunks in Hindi television.
...35. Ankur Malhotra
He acted in a Documentary on ‘Adult Education’. He is a trained actor and acts in Bollywood. Ankur believes that, the symphony encrypted on his life resonates into the vastness of silence invoking desire to take a plunge down to unknown depths of acting and because one always longs for more. He knew from a very young age that his happiness was in modeling and acting. So, from his school days, he took dramatics as his special activity and did not miss any opportunity to act on stage.
He went on to graduate in ‘Telecom Engineering from Lakshmi Narain College of Technology’ (LNCT), Bhopal (MP). Though he never wanted to go through that because his heart and soul was into acting, plays, stage and his fantasy land, yet he felt that it was important to have a profession to fall back, just in case luck didn’t smile at him. However, he maintained his passion for acting and the persistence is what gave him spectacular achievements. And this helped him to capture every little opportunity that he got.
He is glad that his family is supportive in every sense. His parents are both working and his younger brother is a Computer Engineer in Canada. He lives in Mumbai.
36. Andrea Ravera
Andrea Ravera is an Italian actor who has worked in several Hollywood movies and TV shows. Andrea has performed on location throughout Europe, South America, and India in several languages, including Italian, Spanish, English, and Hindi. He studied acting in Italy at Francesca De Sapio of The Actor's Studio. After finishing his training, he appeared as Berta in the movie Private, which was directed by Tinto Brass. Later he moved to Argentina and acted in a number of theatrical productions, including El Ingenio de los Orvantes by Yoska Lazaro and Detras by Marcelo Savignone.
...37. Himanshu Rai
Born in Cuttack, Orissa, in the year 1892, Himanshu Rai was a notable Indian actor and director. He was probably the first producer to join hands with the European moviemakers to introduce high-tech equipment in India used in the making of a film. Himanshu was born in a high-born Bengali household. He did his schooling from Santiniketan in Kolkata and attended the University of Calcutta where he was a law student.
...38. Rushiraj Pawar
Rushiraj Pawar is an upcoming young and multi talented actor, who has recently appeared in many popular Hindi movies and Hindi television serials. Rushiraj Pawar is born on October 15, 1997 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and hails from a middle class Maharashtrian family. Rushiraj in his short span of acting career has been able to catch to the audience's fancy and ever since his popularity has been growing. He started his acting career by playing the role of Kartikeya in Life OK’s flagship mythological show Devon Ke Dev Mahadev. He was much liked and appreciated for his role. Rushiraj Pawar also appeared for a brief period in NDTV Imagine’s ambitious and successful project Chandra Gupta Maurya as young Chandragupta Maurya. He was also seen on Sony tv and channel V’s Gumrah.
...40. Ishaan Singh Manhas
Ishaan Singh Manhas is a TV series actor and model born on the 18th of October. He has Rajput roots even though he grew up in Delhi. He is a lover of both swimming and dancing, apart from acting – he has 3 gold medals in swimming, studied Electronics at the Hindu College, and went to Shiamak Davar’s Institute of Dance for 2 years and a half, spending another 1 and a half years being educated in acting at the famous Kishore Namit Acting Institute.
...41. Kristian Hedegaard Petersen
Kristian Hedegaard Petersen is an English actor. He played a role in many Bollywood films and Hollywood films. Petersen worked in the movies like Crook, Enthiran, Bus to Somewhere, and The Attack of 26/11. In Crook, he played the role of TV News Anchor, which hit the theatres on 8th October 2010. It was an action, drama, thriller movie, which was directed by MohitSuri. Emraan Hashmi, Neha Sharma, ArjanBajwa were in the lead cast of the film. Enthiran was an action and sci-fi movie, which released on 1st October 2010.
...42. Gautam Nain
Gautam Nain is an Indian film and television actor and director. He was born on the 22nd of August. Some people also know him by his nickname, Gautii. Gautam was born and bought up in Delhi, India. He currently puts up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He completed his schooling from Harcourt Butler Higher Secondary School. He went to Delhi University for his further studies. He also joined as a supermodel at Mödling, Bayern, Germany, in January 2013.
...43. Abhishek Nigam
Abhishek Nigam is an Indian Actor. He was conceived in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is the newcomer in the Indian broadcast business, who is near his folks and he generally accepts guidance from them concerning any significant choice.
...44. Chetan Hansraj
Chetan Hansraj was born on June 15, 1982 in Mumbai, India. He was an Indian film and serial actor. Chetan Hansraj is the most popular villain of the television industry. He was brought up in Mumbai. His mother is a pathologist and his father is a well-established businessman. He completed his studies at Jamunabai Nursery School in Mumbai and graduated in Mithibai College. He also did a course in fashion designing from NIFT and a 3D Animation course. He was a state level water polo player and also participated in the Gladrags Manhunt contest and won the second runner-up prize. He had won the Best Physique award in the same contest. He is the cousin of actor and model, Jugal Hansraj. Chetan got married to Lavania Pereira on December 12, 2004. His wife is a soft furnishing designer. The couple have a 4-year old son, Ethan.
...45. Arpit Ranka
Arpit Ranka is popularly known as Duryodhan in Mahabharat. He is a model- turned Hindi television actor. He is originally from Rajasthan. He won Best Body in Gladrags in 2006. After that, he started modelling. He got a chance to act in "Paiyaa," a Tamil movie in 2010. He acted in one Telugu movie "Rey" in 2014.
He got a great chance to perform in Duryodhan role, which is a mythological serial "Mahabharat" on Star Plus by Swastik Productions. During his modelling days, he was very lean. After that he decided to become stronger; and eventually he got selected for Duryodhan role. Lean character doesn't suit for Duryodhan as he is the greatest warrior and from a royal family. So slowly he increased his weight to satisfy his role in Mahabharat. He is such a dedicated person to prove his talent in this industry. He is a very tall and his height is 6'2" approx having a fit body personality. Arpit is acting presently as a brave and strong character in Mahabarat. He told that if he doesn’t perform well in this character, the total character will become dark. So he put more efforts to show Duryodhan's hidden reason why he was behaving selfishness. Everybody has to understand about his real character.
He got great appreciation from all audiences who are watching this show. Arpit is feeling very happy about this as he is playing a negative role in this. Duryodhan's character is a very important and more powerful role in Mahabharat. Duryodhana is a person with some critical qualities. His thoughts and actions used to have some reason behind. Arpit was able to show this kind of critical qualities as part of his performance. Arpit analyzed himself with Duryodhan and he can achieve anything he wants. Arpit is having long hair and fit body and hence he’s best suited for the Duryodhan character. So he also got so many lady fans. But he respects woman in his real life.
But his passion is to become a great star in films. Because of the idle character Duryodhan, he accepted to act in this serial. And also he learned so many things after doing this series.
Serial Acted: Mahabharat (2013-Present)
DOB: 26 Approximately
Movies acted: Paiyaa (Tamil, 2010) and Rey (Telugu, 2014)
46. Ayaan Zubair Rahmani
Ayaan is an eight-year-old child artist. This cute kid has played the role of Salim in Balaji Telefilms’ ‘Jodha Akbar’. He is the brother of Jannat Zubair Rahmani, well known for ‘Phool Kanwar’ role in Sony TV’s historical show ‘Maharana Pratap.' This cute and adorable TV child actress made her debut with television opera ‘Phulwa’ on Colors’ channel. It is learned that Ayaan recently was shooting in Karjat, and Salman Khan was also there for ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’. Salman called Ayaan to be part of the game.
...47. Siddharth Nigam
Siddharth Nigam is a child actor predominantly seen in Hindi TV serials. The child actor made his debut through ‘Dhoom 3’ as a child artist, wherein he played a dual role of young Aamir Khan. The actor portrayed the character of young Sahir Khan, and Samar Khan in ‘Dhoom-3’. Later, Aamir Khan played the grown-up Sahir and Samar Khan in the movie. After his success in ‘Dhoom-3’, the actor made his debut in mega TV serial, ‘Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat’, in which he narrated the role of young Ashoka.
...48. Jineet Rath
All of us must have seen the Huggies’ diaper advertisement, and the sweet baby with the “Oh! So cute“ looks. Little did we know that the then five-month old kid will one day make a place for himself in B-Town! He is none other than the “Jugal Hansraj” lookalike Jineet Rath, who has waved a magic wand in his hands like a little magician and created an aura around himself as a successful child artist. Jesh, as he is lovingly called, was born on 23rd November, 2003 to father Ravi Shankar Rath and mother Arundhati Rath in Puri (Odisha). Jineet is currently studying in the 6TH standard, and manages the busy schedule between his shoots and studies very efficiently.
...49. Rajat Tokas
Rajat Tokas is a prominent Indian television actor. He was born on July 19, 1991 in Munirka, Delhi, India. His parents, Ramvir and Pramila Tokas supported him in pursuing his career as an actor. He attended Hope Fall Foundation School in RK Puram district, New Delhi but due to his heavy schedules, he later studied through correspondence. He moved to Mumbai at the age of 15 to auditioned for Sai Baba and luckily, he was selected so he went to Baroda.
Rajat started his career through the television show, Bongo. Then, in 2005 he bagged the role of Tantya, the brother of Sai Baba in the historical drama series, Sai Baba on STAR Plus. He was starred as the young Prithviraj Chauhan on Sagar Arts’ historical drama series, Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan in 2006. Initially, he was supposed to appear for few episodes only; but Shree Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, India’s former Vice President got impressed to his acting, so Sagar Arts decided to increase his appearance in the serial. Rajat played his role for over a year. Later, the actor essayed the role of Veer, the cousin and best friend of Dharam (played by Vikrant Massey) in another Sagar Arts’ period drama series, Dharam Veer on NDTV Imagine. In 2010, he played as the young Keshav in the first episode of the Balaji Telefilms’ Keshav Pandit on Zee TV. In the same year, Rajat was cast as Robindo Ganguly or Robi in the very popular drama series, Tere Liye on STAR Plus. He made a guest appearance as Krishna in the television series, Bandini in 2011. He also made an episodic in the thriller series, Fear Files…Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein opposite Neha Saxena on Zee TV in 2012. Rajat became more popular after donning the role of Akbar in Ekta Kapoor’s historical drama series, Jodha Akbar on Zee TV. His brilliant performance in the series gained him the Best Actor (Drama) award at the Indian Television Academy Awards and the BIG Star Most Entertaining TV Actor award at the BIG Star Entertainment Awards in 2013. Rajat also won the Best Actor in Leading Role award at the Zee Gold Awards in 2014.
Rajat got engaged to Shrishti Nayyar, a theatre artist last April 10, 2014 and they are set to tie the knot this January 2015. Because of his popularity, the actor recently hired bodyguards to take care of those people that will go near the actor. Prior to this, he also tried his luck in the big screen but it didn’t work well. During those times, he got depressed since he doesn’t have work so he utilized those times to finish his studies.
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