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Kausar Munir is a prominent Bollywood screen writer and lyricist. She was born and raised up in Bandra, Mumbai in India. Music and songs has always been her passion. She studied at Xavier’s College in Mumbai, where she took an English Literature course.

After her studies, she wrote documentaries until television happened to her and wrote in Sony TV’s Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. Films happened to her by chance, when director Vijay Krishna Acharaya, who was the script writer of Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin, offered her to work in the lyrics of the song Falak Tak Chal Saath Mere for his directorial film, Tashan in 2008. After this, she wrote for a song in the Hindi romance film, Anjaana Anjaani in 2010 and then, she received a call from Habib Faisal, who helmed the romant...

Jonita Gandhi is an exceptionally talented singer from Canada. This Indo-Canadian singer is born in Delhi, brought up in Canada. Like many other singers, Jonita too comes with a family background that supported music from the beginning. Her father is a Musician by his own interest in music and by profession he is an electronics Engineer. Her first performance was much recognized when she performed along with her father in Toranto at an event organized for Christmas. Her music career has come a way long way already. She had sung in Bengali, Malayalam and Hindi film Industry.

She created a sensation with her debut song in Bollywood. She entered Bollywood in 2013, with the blockbuster movie Chennai Express. She performed this feat, along with renowned Indian Singer S.P. Balasubramaniam. Within no time her name is tagged a talented...

Intro: Neeti Mohan appeared on Hindi television while performing as a competitive singer and soon she won the hearts of millions with her performances. Now she is a celebrity singer with huge success.

A beautiful diva with a golden voice is how one can introduce Neeti Mohan, the dazzling young star. She first appeared with her golden voice on television for the musical programme Popstars which was aired on Channel V in the year 2003. She won the show and along with other winners, created a musical group Asma. Under the auspicious guidance of Shankar Mahadevan, she also represented the team of Shankar’s Rockstars on the musical competitive show Music Ka Maha Muqabala. This show was aired on Star One in the year 2009. Since then, she is a regular member of A.R. Rehman live shows performing all over the world.

Casting Directors in Bollywood were a new concept couple of years ago. But now, every production house has space to accommodate the Casting Directors. And these Directors have assistants for themselves to help them carry out the hustling task of going through hundreds of profiles. Shruti Mahajan, a Jaipur bred Casting Director is relatively new to this arena. Shruti has around two and a half years invested in the industry and has already been applauded for her work by many. 
It was Sameer Sharma who was convinced that Shruti needed to be in the Bollywood industry somehow and saw something in her. He later gave her first Yash Raj opportunity in YRF itself as an Assistant Casting Director. Shruti had a contract of one year with YRF and had already got the taste of Bollywood, and her knack to cast t...

Brinda is one of the best choreographers of South Indian cinema and Bollywood. Her name comes in the list of the greatest artist of the 21st century. Brinda through her talent and dance moves made it to the South Indian film industry and Bollywood also. Brinda has worked in the glamour industry for past 20 years as a professional choreographer. Brinda dedicated all her life to choreographing and assisting various notable actors.

According to Brinda, she was not a good student in school and had an inclination towards extra-curricular activities like acting in plays and dance. She is not a highly educated person and has studied till class 12th only. Brinda listed English as her favourite subject in school and her interest in dancing started because of her ...

Radhika Apte, an Indian actress was born on Sept 7, 1985. Radhika has acted in films in many languages ranging in Hindi, Marathi and many southern languages as well. She has also worked in a theatre group Aasakta. She was nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her Tamil film Dhoni. Her father Dr. Charudutt Apte is Pune’s leading neurosurgeon. She got married to musician Benedict Taylor in 2012. She had done her graduation in economics and mathematics from Fergusson College, Pune. She has learnt contemporary dance at London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

She started work in Hindi movies from her first small role in “Vaah Life Ho To Aisi” in 2005. In 2009 she did her debut in Marathi Industry from Gho Mala Asla Hava, she played the character of a village girl name...

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...

Maya Alagh is an Indian Television and film actress. She has done diverse roles and acted in many serials and Hindi movies. She is married to a corporate hunch Sunil Alagh. The couple has two lovely daughters; Sanvari Alagh and Anjori Alagh. Both her daughters are also talented like their parents. Maya is a doting wife and also a professional doctor. She is perfect woman who balances her career along with her family life.

Maya Alagh acted in the movie “Guddu” starring “Shahrukh khan” and “Manisha Koirala”. She was also seen in the hero Akshay Khanna’s movie “LOC Kargil”. She acted in many other movies like “Chandramukhi”,”I Love new year”, “Aaina”, “Mujhse Dosti Karoge”, “Page 3”, “Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein”, “Ssshh?” She appeared last on the big screen in the movie “Umrao Jaan”. After having done so many films, she says she likes ...

Swini Khara is undoubtedly one of the most adored and well-known child actors that Bollywood has seen. She has acted both in various Hindi movies as well as Hindi television serials. She is currently studying at the reputed Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai. Her most remembered role remains of the cute, little, naughty girl Chaitali in the sitcom Baa Bahoo Aur Baby, which was loved by all. She started her career through advertisements.

She appeared in a lot of ads on TV for renowned brands like Lakme, ICICI and Cadbury. She appeared in the Vidya Balan starrer Parineeta and also in a Hollywood movie,

After the Wedding. Her other noted performances have been in the movie Cheeni Kum where she plays the little girl...

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Jagan Shakti is an Indian director and writer. He directed Mission Mangal (2019). He also wrote the story of Mission Mangal. R. Balki and Saketh Kondiparthi wrote the script for Mission Mangal. It stars Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menon, and Sonakshi Sinha. He was one of the assistant directors of Thuppakki (2012). Thuppakki stars Joseph Vijay, Kajal Aggarwal, Vidyut Jammwal, and Sathyan. A.R. Murugadoss directed Thuppakki. Shakti was the associate director of Holiday: A Soldier is Never Off Duty (2014). A.R. Murugadoss directed Holiday: A Soldier is Never Off Duty. It is Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Freddy Daruwala, Sumeet Raghavan, and Govinda.

Jagan Shakti was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Director, Best Original Story and, Best Debut Director for Mission Mangal. He was also nominated for th...

Tanveer Mir is an Indian filmmaker born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Tanveer Mir has so far worked in the Tamil film business (Tollywood), and Tamil-language movies have used his artwork. He resides in Maharashtra's Mumbai. At Boys Degree College, he pursued a Bsc in Mass Communication and Multimedia Production (MCMP). At the L. V. Prasad Film and TV Academy, he also completed a PGD in cinematography. Pad Man (2018), I (2015), and Psycho are among Tanveer Mir's best-known works (2020). Eat, Pray, Love, India Schedule, Guzaarish (Hindi), Yuthamsai (Tamil), Shudra (Hindi), Ishq (Telugu), Shanker's "I" (Tamil), Amitabh, and Ok Kanmani are some of the films he has been in.

He had professional relationships with Hit Lab, Garnier Color Natural, Garnier Skin Natural, Max Life, Malabar Gold, Khazana Jewelry, Fair and L...

Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.

Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre.

Pritam Chakraborty gave Arjit a chance and signed him for three films; Crook, Golmaal 3, and Action R...

Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Divya Kumar is an Indian Bollywood playback vocalist who sang in various Bollywood movies. He belongs to a musical family. Divya is the son of Bhagwan Shivram, who is a musician and grandson of Pandit Shivram, who was a composer for some regional movies and motion pictures by V Shantaram. Divya began singing at the age of eight, and as a kid, he showed up on several stage shows. He considered a different career. However, his mother asked him to choose vocalist as his profession. He appeared within the troupe of Kalyanji Anandji in many shows and has worked recently with Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, and Sunidhi Chauhan, which are all from the music school of Kalyanji Anandji.

Divya’s first Bollywood debut film was Tutiya Dil by Amit Khanna with Ram Sampath, for which he recorded at the studio of ...

The talented Jubin Nautiyal was born on 14th June 1989 in the city of Dehradun, Uttrakhand. He hails from a Brahmin family with roots in Jaunsar region. His father Mr. Ram Sharan Nautiyal is a politician as well as a businessman while his mother Mrs. Neena Nautiyal is a businesswoman as well. Jubin states that his father came from a small agricultural background and that he feels extremely proud that his father came so far starting from zero. He further says that he enjoys all the attention he gets considering the fact he has worked hard and that he doesn’t come from any ‘Bollywood family’ or has any ‘Bollywood connection.’ He did his schooling till the eighth grade from St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun. He continued school at Welham Boys’ school, Dehradun where he studied music as a subject and ...

Mika Singh is an actor, singer, stage presenter and composer. He was born on 10 June 1977 in Durgapur Bihar. He is the youngest child among six of Ajmer Singh Chandan and Balbir Kaur. Mika Singh real name is Amrik Singh. He is the real brother of all time famous punjabi singer Daler Mehandi. He is one of the most famous Punjabi singer. He sang several songs in Bollywood ‘Mauja Hi Mauja’, ‘Dhanno’, ‘Dhinka Chika’, ‘Gabru’ and ‘Mai tera agal bagal hu’.

Mika is also known for the songs Jaato Ka Chora and Rani Tu Mai Raja of the movie Son of Sardar. In 2014, he shares the stage with the rockstar Yo Yo Honey Singh for the song Mast Kalandar. The song is very much appreciated by the audience especially the young of India. Since 1998, Mika Singh was the part of more than 150 albums and movies either he was the compo...

Vishal Dadlani mostly known by duo name Vishal Shekhar in the music world. Vishal is an Indian film music director. He not only composes music in Hindi, but equally famous for composing music in Telegu, Tamil, or in Marathi. Actually dedication brings success to a person and Vishal Dadlani has justified his talent by giving various types of music. Vishal was born on 28th June 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He first came to the limelight when he composed the movie songs in the films ‘Jhanker Beats’, ’Dus’, ’ Bluffmaster’, ’Om Shanti Om’, ‘Bachna Ae Haseena’, ’Dostana’, ‘Anjana Anjani’ and many such famous filmy songs, the present genres caller tunes or ring tones. Vishal Dadlani was the vocalist of Mumbai based electronic band Pentagram. He worked jointly ...

Rupin Suchak is a Designer from Mumbai, India. Before starting his professional career, he received guidance from India's best Production designer, Sabu Cyril. His independent production design ventures on films like Happy Ending, Ki & Ka, Spyder, Padman, and dear Zindagi marked a turning point in his career with the public's fascination with his oddball sets and sense of style. Numerous well-known directors, including Sanjay Leela Bhansali, R. Balki, Gauri Shinde, Raj& DK, A R MAURUGADOSS, and Ravi Udyawar, have worked with him to see their cinematic dreams come to life. Suchak generated the appropriate amount of buzz in B-Town with his partnerships with the top production companies, including Dharma productions, Red Chillies, Excel entertainment, and D2R films. He is one of the fraternity's most productive designe...

Rahul Nanda is a very famous publicity designer of Indian film industry. Rahul Nanda is son in law of Prem Chopra, married to his daughter Rakita. Rahul Nanda works with many famous actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Om Puri, etc.He has a superb personality.Nature wise he is very nice, talks very nicely. Rahul Nanda won many awards for best publicity designer of many films.The films for which he wins the awards for best publicity designer are Main Hoon Na ( 2005), LOC Kargil ( 2003), Dhadkhan, Pukar, Mission impossible( 2001). And, he shared these awards with Himanshu Nanda. His recent movies in which he works are Dusari Goshta(2014), Jai Ho(2014), Besharam(2013), Fukrey(2013), Yamla Pagla Deewana(2013).

Apart from this, he worked in many movies li...

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...

Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, India. Bachchan's father was a prestigious Hindi poet Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his mother, Teji Bachchan, was a Sikh socialite. Being his parents’ first born, he has a junior male sibling resembling to his name Ajitabh. Bachchan went to Sherwood College before enlisting in Delhi University to complete his B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) degree. He became a cargo dealer in Calcutta after completing his graduation. Amitabh Bachchan married to Jaya Bhaduri and has one son named Abhishek and one daughter named Shweta. Bachchan's father passed on in 2003 and his mother in 2007.

In 1969, Bachchan made his film debut in Saat Hindustani a film administered by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas which won him the National Film Award for Best Newcomer. By t...

Andreas Pliatsikas is an actor with experience in television, film industry, theater, music videos, TV commercials, as well as prints. He was born and brought up in Greece. In 1996, the actor moved to New York, to appear at the National Shakespeare Conservatory. A year later, he shifted back to the city as his desire and passion for acting, as well as for the place, made the actor enroll himself at the AMDA, or popularly known as American Musical and Dramatic Academy, to resume his education. Additionally, he attended the HB Studios to further fulfill his desire to study acting before he finally began to pursue his dream job.

Pliatsikas is known for his roles in Immersive Theatre like Adonis Memories where Andreas played the Poet. Movies like Far from the Tree, where the artist played Jasper, experienced his presence. He was a ...

The tall, dark and handsome Biju Menon started his acting career from the small screen. He acted in serials like Mikayelinte Santatikal and Ningalute Swantam Chandu. Mikayelinte Santatikal focused on the life of a family and their complex relationships. 

 In movies, he started with villain roles, second hero roles, and character roles and then graduated to main hero roles. Biju Menon married actress Samyukta Varma, and they have a son Daksh. Biju and Samyukta have acted together in a couple of movies during which they developed a likeness for each other. After the marriage, Samyukta decided to quit her acting career to become a full-time homemaker. Biju Menon resides with his family at Trichur. Their love and relationship is going strong day by day. 

Born in September 1974, Biju...

ChittaranjanGiri is an Indian actor who has worked primarily in Bollywood. He completed his Bachelor’s degree and mastery in Dramatology from the National School of Drama in 1993. In 1995, he married AshwiniGiri, an actress who is known for her performance in Shwaas (2005). They have a daughter together named Unnati. Before coming into mainstream Bollywood, Chittaranjan used to work at theatres, while acting and directing plays too. He is known to have directed various plays like Pratibimb, Gunda, DillikiDeewar, Wang Chu, SapneChuttanDubeKe, etc.

Apart from playing the lead roles in plays like Shylock in Merchant of Venice and Romeo in Romeo Juliet aur Andhra, he also handled the stage design, music, lighting, and script. He made his debut into Bollywood with the movie Dr.Ambedkar (2000). Then, he got cast in several film...

Nivin Pauly is predominantly a Malayalam actor. Born on 11 October 1984, his debut film was Malarvaadi Art Club. The direction of this film was by Vineeth Sreenivasan and production by Dileep. Some of the other films of Nivin Pauly include Bangalore Days, Thattathin Marayathu, Premam, Oru Vadakkari Selfie etc..The films 1983 and Bangalore Days fetched him the Best Actor Award from Kerala State Film Award. Nivin holds a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is happily wedded to Rinna Joy since 2010, and they are blessed with a boy. Before taking up acting as his profession Nivin was working in Infosys for two years. 

Nivin’s...

Rob Tunstall, his full name Robert Tunstall. Robert Tunstall is a Hollywood movie actor. He also works in a Camera and Electrical department and a miscellaneous crew. He is a popular actor for his contributions in movies like The Normal Heart (2014), Every Little Step (2008), and The Master of Disguise (2002).

He has worked in many TV Series, documentaries, short films and last but not least movies. He also- was the videographer for the Off the Lodge. He was the assistant choreographer for the release The Master of Disguise. He has been active since 2002. Some of his popular TV series is Street Justice: The Bronx, Elder Skelter.

Saurabh Agarwal is a well-known TV actor. He worked on TV series such as Crime Patrol, Savdhaan India, Khwaabon Ki Zamin Par, Shrikant Basir, and General Store. Agarwal's next project is a 20-episode online series in which he plays the lead role of a cop. Meanwhile, he enjoys his role as Vipul Rawal in Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha, a popular fiction.

"I've received compliments on both my appearance and performance. I'm trying to live up to everyone's expectations," said Agarwal in an interview. According to Agarwal, the nicest part about the entertainment sector is that it allows everyone to follow their passion creatively. "Everyone who comes here falls in love with the business. It has a space for talented and hardworking people," stated Agarwal. While he enjoys every moment o...

Sudhir Pandey is a TV and cinema actor. Born on December, 31, 1969 Sudhir is best known for his role in movie ‘Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women’ and Hindi TV serials Amanat and Balika Vadhu. His popular role in the Hindi serial ‘Buniyaad’ as Gaindamal made him popular among the early watchers of TV serials. His virtuous portrayal of ‘Lala Lahori Ram’ in the serial Amanat is still memorable to the audience. Sudhir Pandey’s appearance in the TV serial ‘Nandhavanam’ has made him a household name in the Tamil serial world. ‘Nandhavanam’ is the Tamil dubbed version of the popular Hindi Serial ‘Sasural Genda Phool’.

Sudhir started as a theatre artist. He still does a lot of theatre in his spare time. His famous performance in theatr...

Zachary Harris Martin is an actor, singer, and playwright who grew up doing theatre roles in Toronto. He went to Sarah Lawrence College, New York. Martin maintains a healthy life outside his professional life doing full-time marketing, going out with friends, and many more such activities. He is interested in Hockey, Tennis, Football, Baseball, and even loves traveling. Ice skating and roller skating are his other hobbies. Once in an interview, Martin said if it were not acting, he would be a pilot. He is a person of all trades, who has done Off-Broadway shows, regional musicals, summer stock productions and staged readings. He plays instruments like Guitar and Ukulele.

It is ‘Hazing U: A Modern Greek Tragedy’, which gave him the title of a playwright. As a performer, he has performed in many cabarets like ‘St...

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