Priyanka Chopra
Tani Basu
Rekha Bhardwaj
Shreya Ghoshal
Sunidhi Chauhan
Roopa Ganguly
Sumona Chakravarti
Anurag Basu
Ronnie Screwvala
Siddharth Roy Kapur
Ranbir Kapoor
Sanjeev Dutta
Ravi Varman
Pritam Chakraborty
Swanand Kirkire
Arijit Singh
Mohit Chauhan
Nikhil Paul George
Rajat Poddar
Aki Narula
Akiv Ali
Akash Khurana
Ashish Vidyarthi
Haradhan Bandopadhyay
Saurabh Shukla
Uday Tikekar
Bholaraj Sapkota
1. Priyanka Chopra
Born on 18 July 1982, Priyanka Chopra is an established actress and ex Miss World. She is also a talented singer. She is one of the richest actresses of Indian film industry and is a celebrated diva of Bollywood. Priyanka Chopra is bestowed with numerous credits; she has won the Filmfare awards 4 times and National Award once.
Born in Jamshedpur, Priyanka’s parents were doctors in Indian Army. It was during the year 2000, that this actress stepped into the Femina Miss India contest and from then on her journey to success is indeed commendable. She was the runner up in the contest and eventually won the Miss World title in 20...
2. Tani Basu
Tani Basu is an Indian director. She worked for the Hindi film industry. She is known for her work in Bollywood movies. Tani worked as the writer in Barfi, as a producer in Detective Jagga, and as a director in Stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Barfi is a comedy, drama, romantic movie which hit the theatres on 14th September 2012. Directed by Anurag Basu, the film was a big hit in the Indian cinemas.
The film has a star cast as Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D’ Cruz, Saurabh Shukla, and many more. Detective Jagga is an action, adventure, comedy movie which hit the theatres on 14th Jul 2017. TaniBasu worked as the producer of the film.
...3. Rekha Bhardwaj
Rekha Bhardwaj is a dynamic and versatile Indian playback singer who can perform in different genres like Bollywood, Sufi, Folk and Classical. She married the Indian Director, Producer and Music Director Vishal Bharadwaj. Her unique style of singing makes her stand out of the crowd. Born in a middle-class household in New Delhi, Rekha studied music at Hindu College, Delhi. She always desired to become a singer but was discouraged due to her husky voice. Rekha and her husband Vishal Bharadwaj studied in the same college. They met each other in their college annual day program. Music was common in both which created a bond between them and later they got married.
Vishal believed and convinced her to start her career in singing. Her first song was ‘Ek Who Din Bhi’ from the movie Chichi 420 in 1997. Her...
4. Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became ...
5. Sunidhi Chauhan
6. Roopa Ganguly
Roopa Ganguly or Rupa Ganguly is well known for her memorable role as Draupadi in B. R. Chopra’s ‘Mahabharat 1988 TV Series’. Roopa a.k.a Draupadi as she is known was born in Kalyani (Kolkata) on 25th November 1966. She did her schooling from Beltala Girl’s High School and obtained a bachelors degree from Jogmaya Devi College, Calcutta University.
She did a Malayalam film in the beginning of her days and shot to fame with Mahabharat in 1988 where she played the enigmatic Draupadi with such determination that till date people recognize her by that name. Roopa is a famous Bengali film actress and has done many films like - ‘Antarmahal’, ‘Yugant’, ‘Padma Nadir Majhi’, ‘Bariwali’, ‘Bidhatar Lekha’ and many more.
She has acte...
7. Sumona Chakravarti
Sumona Chakravarti is an actress and a model born on June 24, 1988 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Sumona studied in Loreto Convent, Lucknow, Hiranandani Foundation School in Mumbai and graduated from Jai Hind College, Mumbai. She initiated her career as an actress in the movie 'Mann' in 1998 and then appeared in 'Vidyarthi' in 1999. She started playing in an English musical play opera in 2009. And then later worked in various ad films. Not everyone knows that Sumona’s debut film when she was a 12-years old was the Mann, an Amir Khan Movie in 1998.
Then in 2010, she appeared as Manasi in Aakhari Decision. And in 2012, she acted in Barfi, an Indian romantic-comedy drama film. Sumona worked on 'How’s That!' under DD National, Kasamh Se under Zee TV...
8. Anurag Basu
Anurag Basu is a jack of all trade Indian film/television director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. Initially starting his career in television in 1993 making his name common in the Indian household. Basu moved to directing films for the big screen in 2002-2003 and has various hits under his belt since.
Born in an upper-middle class family in Bhilai to award winning theatre artists, Deepshikha Basu and Subrato Basu, Anurag had the passion for theatre in his blood. He initially wanted a career in engineering and was admitted to Jabalpur Engineering College. but dropped out after some time. He went on to complete his BSc degree in Physics from University of Mumbai. During his years in university his passion for cinema drove him to work and assist in numerous level in the television and film industry. &...
9. 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.
He worked as a cable TV operator in the city Mumbai under the network company. It provided a video channel for three hours to people who lived in the Cuffe Parade area which is the affluent area of Mumbai. The channel became famous, and craze grew among people there. In the year 1990, Ronnie found the UTV...
10. 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.
He joined UTV in 2005 as a senior vice president and headed the Marketing and Communications divisions. He let marketing programs for many cult classics and successful projects such as Rang De Basanti, Khosla Ka Ghosla and &ls...
11. Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor is a noted Indian film actor. He was born on September 28, 1982, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to Rishi (Bollywood film actor, producer and director) and Neetu Singh (Bollywood actress). His grandfather, Raj Kapoor, is also a noted film actor, producer and director and was once called “The greatest showman of Indian cinema”. He has a sister named Riddhima, an interior and fashion designer. Ranbir, Karisma and Kareena Kapoor were first cousins. He studied at Bombay Scottish School, Mahim. During an early age, he admitted that he never had a close relationship with his father.
Both his parents usually have constant arguments, which somewhat affect him as a child. These experiences urged him to search for an outlet in films. After he had completed ...
12. Sanjeev Dutta
An Indian writer, Sanjeev Dutta, is well-known for his writings. His career as a writer initiated from the eminent drama television series Khwhish, which was aired in 1999. ‘Yaariyan,’ ‘Baaghi 3,’ ‘Super 30,’ etc. are some other notable films for which he has written the scripts. Apart from writings the scripts of various films, he has written the dialogues of acclaimed movies ‘Page 3, ‘Life in a Metro,’ etc. The writer has worked with a lot of the celebrities of Bollywood, including Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, etc. He has been awarded numerous prizes for his writings.
...13. Ravi Varman
Ravi was born in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. By profession, he is a cinematographer. Also, he penned the script and directed one movie. He has got some nominations and awards for his brilliant works. With a connection to the South Indian movie industry, he also has worked in Bollywood, and his work won acclamation. His great zeal for literature helped him to create a magazine (online) named Yavarum Kelir. His interest in photography is linked to the death of his mother, who he lost at a very young age.
He grew up watching movies, but he never thought that he will make his career in the film industry. Ravi has been a part of various languages movies like Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English. He has done some TV commercials, albums and short films.
For the movie ‘Barfi’, he got four awards and one for...
14. Pritam Chakraborty
15. Swanand Kirkire
16. Arijit Singh
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...
17. Mohit Chauhan
Mohit Chauhan is a Bollywood playback singer. He was born on March 11, 1966 at Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He was also a previous front-man of the band, Silk Route. Mohit is fluent in Pahari, Hindi and English languages. He went to St. Xavier’s School in Delhi and then he came to Himachal Pradesh to finish his studies. He graduated college with a Master of Science in Geology at Dharamsala College.
Mohit doesn’t have any formal training in the field of music, but he sings well and he can play harmonica, flute and guitar. After graduating, he formed the Silk Route band in 1996. The band’s genre is Indian pop songs and they released their albums Boondein in 1998 and Pehchan. Silk Route’s Dooba Dooba was a success and the band received various awards in 1998. Later, Silk Route was disbanded. He made a comeback in 2005 with ...
18. Nikhil Paul George
Nikhil Paul George is guitarist, record producer, singer, arranger and composer; he is an Indian settled in London. He has composed and arranged many Bollywood movie songs. Some of the films he has worked in are ‘Shaadi ke Side Effects’, ‘Ferrari Ki Sawaari’, ‘Dhoom 3’, ‘Race 2’, ‘Players’ and a few more.
He came into limelight with the film ‘Barfi’ in which he sang two songs ‘Main Kya Karoon’ and ‘Aashiyan’. Nikhil with Shalmali Kholgade sang the song for the film ‘Maazii’; the song was titled ‘Zindagi’. His latest work has been for the song ‘Nazdeekiyaan’ from the film Shaandaar (2015).
Nikhil Paul George has worked as a producer o...
19. Rajat Poddar
Rajat Poddar is a Bollywood Art Director, who is known for his inventive and ingenious visuals in Movies. He has also been the Production Designer for more than twenty flicks. Rajat started his stint in the field of Cinema, in the year 2003, through the thriller film Saaya starring John Abraham.
He has worked with many famous Directors and Actors such as Anurag Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Soha Ali Khan, Irrfan Khan and so on. No Problem (2010), Shaapit: The Cursed (2010), Awarapan (2007), Murder (2004) are some of the movies in which Rajat was the Art Director. Rajat Poddar was the man behind the beautiful visuals in the critically acclaimed film Barfi, which released in the year 2012.
Few other films to his credit as a Production Designer...
20. Aki Narula
Aki Narula was a Fashion Designer born in Kolkata in 1968. He studied in La Martiniere School in Calcutta. He finished schooling in 1987. He studied Commerce at the St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata. He designed Clothes for College Plays, Rock Concerts, and College Fests in College. He worked as a management trainee for ten months with the Lintas group. He then went to study Communication Course at the Arizona State University. He then came back and worked in a cost accountancy program in 1992. But his passion for designing made him abandon his Accounting and Management jobs.
Aki added his unique designs to the dress his mother bought for him. Thus, he became a designer for him and his family. A tailor used to come to his house daily, and he converted Aki’s design sketches to costumes. Damania Airline...
21. Akiv Ali
Delhi based film editor and director Akiv Ali was born in 1981. He worked as an editor, director and film actor in his 26 years of career. He entered in Bollywood as a film editor for the film Kaash Aap Hammare Hote on 2003. Akiv also tried acting for film Rog (2005), which is edited by him.
In his struggling day he got chance to worked as an editor for many film including Saaya (2003), Murder (2004), Tumsa Nahi Dekha (2004), Zeher (2005), Kalyug (2005), Gangster (2006), Life in a Metro (2007), Kites (2010), I Hate Luv Storys (2010) etc. He also does film editing for blockbuster films like Agneepath (2012), Barfi (2012), Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani (2013), Kabil and Sonu ke Titu ki Sweety (2018).
He made a debut as a director in 2019 with Ajay Devgan, Tabbu starrer film De De Pyaar De.
...22. Akash Khurana
Akash Khurana is a noted actor, screenwriter, media personality and an entrepreneur. He is one of those actors who are very well read. He went to St. Francis De Sales School, Nagpur for his schooling. He did his engineering in Mechanical stream from NIT Rourkela, which is one of the prestigious engineering colleges in India. Later, he went to XLRI, Jamshedpur for his post-graduation in Business Management. He didn’t stop there. He went ahead and completed his M.Phil and subsequently a PhD in Social Sciences from another college of repute, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Then he joined Nimbus Communications, Mumbai as ‘Chief Creative Officer’ and worked there for some time. He has also been visiting faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences since 1995.
His debut film ‘Kalyug’ ...
23. Ashish Vidyarthi
24. Haradhan Bandopadhyay
Haradhan Bandopadhyay is a Bengali actor; he worked in both television and films. He was born on 6th November 1926 in Kushtia, Bengal. He took primary education in Kushtia Municipal School in East Bengal (present Bangladesh). He graduated from City College, Kolkata. Later he worked in a factory named Gun & Shell; after that he started working at an insurance company and stayed there till his retirement.
He was involved in freedom struggle movement for which he was jailed for a while. Bandopadhyay started his acting career by doing plays. He made his debut with the film ‘Devdut’, released in 1948; Atanu Bandopadhyay directed the film. Later he worked with notable directors like Mrinal Sen and Satyajit Ray. Bandopadhyay suffered by pneumonia in 2013, due to...
25. 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.
Earlier he did many plays & also joined NSD Repertoire Company as an actor. Satya, that was directed by Ram Gopal Verma proved to be the film in which his role could not be sidelined. Anurag Kashyap & Saurabh Shukla wrote the story of th...
26. Uday Tikekar
Uday Tikekar is an Indian actor who is known for his long- term association with the Marathi & Hindi Theatres with his equally active association with television & movies. Uday started off his journey in the world of acting with his works in the Marathi Theatre. Being a Marathi, he was comfortable playing different roles carrying varied dimensions.
He stretched his feet with his acting endeavours in the Hindi Theatre & main stream Hindi entertainment world. Some of his very famous Hindi movies include the big names such as ‘Tumsa Nahin Dekha’ (2004), ‘Murder’ (2004) and ‘Barfi!’ (2012). He played roles of some varied lengths in these movies.
He has been active in the entertainment industry since 1988. He first appeared in the movie called ‘Rangat San...