1. Lekha Washington
2. John Owen
John Owen was born and raised in Erith, South-East London. He spent his youth playing football and listing to music. He also attempted the ABC Cinema club up the road. He is a member of an Arsenal supporting family that goes back to three generations when his great grandfather worked as a union official at The Woolwich Arsenal munitions factory. After he left the university, he tried as an actor and a stand-up comedian but ended up as a motorcycle courier to subsidize his passion. Later, he headed to Hong Kong and landed at a TV presenters, Jon, on a music show. After two seasons ended up, he was snapped up by MTV as a promos director.
...3. Anshuman Jha
Anshuman Jha was born on 15th March and at his age of fourteen, he joined a film academy. While he reached his age of seventeen, he had done the acting course which was a rare event. Basically, he did a splendid job on having completed his course at a popular academy in that part of a time. He initially got into the drama field which was so famous during that period. After his course of being a successful actor, he got into directing theater films. This gave him a broader vision about making films and he gained immense knowledge.
His next phase as an actor was obviously getting into acting in the silver screen. This is the biggest achievement of the actor who had graduated into a full stack professional actor finally. At the mean time, he did the bachelor’s of commerce degree in a prestigious college in Mumbai. After which he fully made an indispensable decision of getting into acting. His recognition as a model has been a popular one when he got an award for being a desirable model in the year 2011.
He spent his schooling and graduation in the prestigious institutions in Mumbai. His movie as a full fledged actor happened in the successful Bollywood movie namely, Love Sex aur Dhoka. He also did a lot of popular advertisements like Pepsi, which had aced a great response. He also took part in many drama acts that were highly successful.
The name of the acts are Mr.Kolpert and Dirty Talk. These made an immense difference and it has been adored by the huge volume of audience. His work as an actor was a successful venture and he projected himself as an entertainer in the movie namely Kismat love Paisa Dilli. He acted in a couple more movies namely, Boyss Toh Boyss Hain and Yeh Hai Bakrapur. They were commercially successful movies and he became popular as an actor too.
...4. Sohil Shah
Sohil Shah is a Writer, Producer, and Director. Sohil graduated from Wilson College and has done Filmmaking at New York Film Academy. Sohil Shah had experience as a First Assistant Director & Line Producer for Yashraj Films, Assistant Director for UTV Spotboy in 2009, and Assistant Director at Mad Entertainment and White Light. Sohil, is an Assistant Director who worked for films like Dus Kahaniyaan (2007), Just Married (2007), Banaras a Mystic Love Story (2006), Love Story 2050 (2008), and Bhavishya Alliance (2006), Prince (2010), Lafangey Parindey (2010), and The Goa Run (2014). Sohil was also the Producer for the films Lafangey Parindey and Prince (2010). Sohil Shah died on 23rd December 2010 due to a freak accident during the shoot of Gangs of Wasseypur.
...5. Ronnie Screwvala
Born in the city of Mumbai to a family of Parsi religion, Rohinton Soli Screwvala is an Indian philanthropist, entrepreneur, CEO, and founder of UTV Group, which included Bloomberg UTV, UTV Software Communications, etc. Since school time Ronnie had an interest in films and theater. He also acted in some skits in Bombay theater like Alyque Padamsee and Pearl. But he did not like working for others, so his stage career ended as he wished to initiate his business. Ronnie started on a small scale in the year 1981.
...6. Siddharth Roy Kapur
Siddharth Roy Kapur is an Indian businessman, film producer and managing director of Disney India. He hails from a film background; his mother was a film choreographer and his brothers being well known film actors. His father was a Punjabi and mother, Salome Roy Kapur, was a Jew and former Miss India. He is a two time divorcee and is currently married to actress Vidya Balan. He finished his Bachelors in Commerce from the Sydenham College in Mumbai and got his MBA from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), where he was a part of the hallowed Placement Committee.
...7. Rajeev Khandelwal
Rajeev Khandelwal is a model turned film and television actor. He was born on October 16, 1975 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Initially, the actor works as a Production Controller in a production house in Delhi. Later, he became a model for brands like LML, Kodak Express, Green Label Whisky, Videocon Refrigerators and more. He studied at St. Xavier’s College in Ahmedabad and took up B.Sc Chemistry Honors in college. His parents are Vijayalaxmi Khandelwal and Col. C. L. Khandelwal.
His passion for acting started in the television serial, Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat in year 2002, opposite Pallavi Kulkarni. He then played as Sujal Garewal in the Balaji Telefilms’ Kahiin to Hoga. In year 2005, Rajeev played as Varun Awasthi, an Intelligence Officer of the Research and Analysis Wing, in the Hindi political thriller serial, Time Bomb 9/11 on Zee TV. In the same year, the actor also portrayed the role of ACP Prithviraj in the crime detective show, C.I.D on Sony TV. In 2006, he portrayed the role of Captain Rajveer Singh Shekhawat in the youth-oriented television series, Left Right Left on SAB TV. Besides acting, Rajeev became a presenter in shows like Deal Ya No Deal, Supercars and the reality show, Sach Ka Saamna. Rajeev was also featured in SunLeyna, a television show in Pakistan. He was also seen in several music videos like Jhoom Jhoom of Saru Maini and more.
He made his debut in the big screen in year 2008 through the Hindi psychological crime thriller film, Aamir, under the direction of Raj Kumar Gupta, followed by Shaitan in year 2011. In the same year, he portrayed the role of a deaf DJ in Soundtrack by Neerav Gosh. In year 2012, he appeared in the romantic comedy film, ‘Will You Marry Me?’ then in 2013, he was paired with Tena Desae in Aditya Dutt’s mystery thriller film, Table No. 21. Rajeev also donned films like Ishq Actually, Samrat & Co. and DOA Death of Amar.
He won the Best Jodi Award at the Star Parivaar Awards in 2004 together with Amna Shariff. He got married on February 7, 2011 to Manjiri Kamtikar. He claimed that he is an atheist.
...8. Amit Sial
9. Prashant Narayanan
Prashant Narayanan is a renowned Indian actor, born in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India. He was raised up in Delhi and studied at Kirori Mal College of Delhi University, where he became a badminton state champion. He also joined Act 1, a theatre group at school. In year 1991, the actor moved to Mumbai with a plan to make his own ad agency. He initiated his career as an assistant art director in films like Rukmavati Ki Haveli, Saudagar and Sardari Begum.
He was also the costume director of the historical drama series, Chanakya on DD National. Later, he started to act in plays again and subsequently received an offer for television shows such as Shagun, Parivartan, Jaane Kaha Mera Jigar Gaya Ji, Farz, Kabhi Kabhie and Gatha. His first film role was from the movie, Chhal by Hansal Mehta in 2002. The film received mixed reviews from the critics but his performance as a hitman who works in the underworld of Mumbai was well appreciated. Later, he acted as Vishnu in the film, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, the directorial debut of Shashanka Ghosh.
His character was quite similar to his character in Chhal, but he gained appreciations by the critics. In 2004, he was starred as Ravi Gupta in the Bengali language German film, Shadows of Time by the award winning director, Florian Gallenberger. He also played a pivotal role as Kanji Waghela in Ekta Kapoor’s Bandini on NDTV Imagine. He was roped in to do the antagonist role as Carlos in the unreleased Hindi film, Peter Gaya Kaam Se. Prashant gained more fame after essaying the role of Dheeraj Pandey in the Bollywood psychological thriller film, Murder 2; a sequel to the film, Murder in 2004.
He played as a straight man who later turned as a serial killer who kills call girls. His portrayal in the film received praises by the critics and the Best Villain at the Screen Award and the Best Actor in a Negative Role at the National Award. In 2012, the actor was seen in the Malayalam film, Edavapathi by Lenin Rajendran. Prashant has done films including ‘Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!’, Mudda: The Issue, Instant Karma, Game, Summer 2007, The good Friday, The White Elephant, Mr. Singh Mrs. Mehta, Peter Gaya Kaam Se, Rasgulla, Doors, Unnam, Cigarette Ki Tarah, Dee Saturday Night, 7th Day, Nedunchaalai, Amma and he is currently filming the Tamil film, Naan Thaan Siva.
...10. Rachit Trehan
Rachit Trehan is an Indian film actor, popular amongst the audience for his work in movies like Sanju (2018), The Goa Run (2014), Some Other Time (2016), Peter Gaya Kaam Se, etc. Mostly known for his predominant involvement in Bollywood projects, he has often been praised for his on-screen timing and sense of humor.
...11. Raj Singh Arora
Raj Singh Arora is a brilliant Indian television actor. He was born on September 26, 1984 in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His father lives in U.S. while his mother presides in Jammu. He also has a sister who is studying Journalism in Delhi. He took a law course at the Symbiosis College in Pune but later, he shifted his career to become a VJ. He has done music videos too until one day, he was offered for a role in the television series, Remix which was aired on STAR One. This became her debut in the television industry and he rose to fame for doing the role of Yuvraj in 2004. Later, he bagged the role of Ashu Suyash Mehra in the Balaji Telefilms’ Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii on STAR Plus. In 2007, Raj acted as Rattu on SAB TV’s Four. He was also seen in Vikas Gupta’s V The Serial on Channel V India in 2012. He played as Chandan in the horror mini-series, Ek Thhi Naayika on Life OK in 2013. In the same year, he did an episodic on Bindass’ Yeh Hai Aashiqui opposite Nivedita Tiwari and Pallavi Gupta. Subsequently, he essayed the role of Mihir Arora in the drama soap, Ye Hai Mohabbatein on STAR Plus channel. He also joined the cricket tournament reality show, Box Cricket League by Ekta Kapoor on Sony Entertainment Television India in 2014.
Raj also donned films like Vroom and Mumbai Cutting in 2010. He also donned the Hindi romance film, Teri Meri Kahaani under the direction of Kunal Kohli in 2012. In the same year, he was starred in the musical comedy film, Love Possible under the directorial debut of J H Nakra. In 2013, he played the character of Kunal in the Bollywood crime romance comedy film, Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story. He also bagged a role in the unreleased action adventure film, Peter Gaya Kaam Se in 2014.
Besides acting, he donned ads for brands like Samsung Guru Mobile, Mountain Dew, McDonalds, Reliance Big TV, Nestle Munch, Anne French, TVs Scooty, Candi Biscuits and a lot more. Raj is in a relationship with actress, Pooja Gor with whom he met in the set of the Balaji Telefilms’ horror show, Koi Aane Ko Hai in 2009. The two was very open about their relationship and they admitted it publicly. Raj recently bought a motorbike since he hates commuting with a car when there’s a traffic in Mumbai.
...12. Saurabh Shukla
Saurabh Shukla was born at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh in the year 1963 on 5th March. He is a versatile personality who started from theater & reached to Bollywood where he tried his hands in Direction, Screenplay writing along with his Acting. At the age of two, he left Gorakhpur & moved to Delhi. He completed his schooling & later did his graduation from Khalsa College in Delhi. In 1984, he kickstarted his career as a professional with his entry into the theater. Shekhar Kapur gave him the debut role in Bandit Queen.
...13. Vijay Maurya
Vijay Maurya is an actor whose main area of work is Hindi and Marathi cinema. He was born and brought up in Mumbai. He graduated from Patkar College in Mumbai and started as a marketing executive in Magus Marketing. Prior to his acting career, he also worked for City Bank Credit Cards. Maurya began his acting career when he enrolled himself in a workshop conducted by Satyadev Dubey. Mr. Maruya was an integral part of Prithvi Theatre for as long as sixteen years. He worked there from the year 1993 to 2008.
...14. Vijay Raaz
Vijay Raaz (Born: 5th June 1963) is an Indian film actor. His breakthrough came with the role he played as Dubeyji in the movie ‘Monsoon Wedding’ and achieved his fame for the performance in the film ‘Run’. His “Kauwa Biryani” act became highly praised worldwide. Since then, Raaz has been cast in small and comic roles in many Hindi movies. His specialty lies in depicting a common man in today’s Hindi movies.
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