Ileana D Cruz
Pragya Singh
Neeti Mohan
Neha Kakkar
Shabina Khan
Anushka Tugnait
Himanshi Nijhawan
Kriti Kharbanda
Urvashi Rautela
Rachita Kapoor
Sanam Ratansi
Anees Bazmee
Abhishek Pathak
Bhushan Kumar
John Abraham
Anil Kapoor
Arshad Warsi
Gulshan Kumar
Sanjeev Joshi
Vinod Bhanushali
Santosh Mishra
Praful Parekh
Sunil Patel
Shabbir Ahmed
Tanishk Bagchi
Sajid Khan
Asees Kaur
Jubin Nautiyal
Mika Singh
Nakash Aziz
Leslie Fernandes
Shahid Hasan
Ganesh Acharya
Kshitij Kankaria
Rahil Raja
Parag Desai
Himanshu Jhunjhunwala
Rahul Nanda
Parthib Dutta
Ashok Samarth
Brijendra Kala
Inaamulhaq
Mukesh Tiwari
Pulkit Samrat
Saurabh Shukla
Zakir Hussain
Murlidhar Chhatwani
Varun Gupta
Santosh Pawar
Pankaj Kalbende
1. Ileana D Cruz
Ileana D'Cruz made her debut in Telugu film "Devadasu" with Ram Pothineni, which fetched her the Filmfare best female debut award in 2006. After working in the Telugu film industry for nearly six years, Ileana made her Bollywood debut with "Barfi"(2012), co-starring with Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra.
Southern film actresses (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada) have made their mark in Bollywood over the years and went on to become the leading ladies of B-town. The trend of South Indian actresses migrating to Hindi film industry is not new. Bollywood has always welcomed film stars from down south. Ileana D’Cruz is the latest south Indian divas in Bollywood.
Earlier, before making her debut in cinema, she was a model in many advertisements. Ileana D'Cruz got her start in Fair & Lovely advertisement. She had no career plan in mind. She never thought she will be doing south films for a few years and then migrate to Bollywood. After her film ‘’Devadasu’’, released in 2006, she became a star in Kollywood. It is believed that she got a call from director Anurag Basu (Barfi) who wanted to narrate the role that she will be playing as Shruti in’’ Barfi”. After he explained her role, she was so impressed that she gave her consent to the project. She had always dreamt that, she will get a typical film with lots of song and dance It was very strange indeed that she was cast in a character in contrast to her expectations in Barfi. Barfi was very beautiful film, an interesting story to capture the heart of cine-viewers.
She made a Tamil film debut in Kedi which did not go well with the audiences, but her Telugu film Katarnak with Ravi Teja did well at the box-office. In 2007, she had one release “Aata” and in 2008, she did an action film (“Jalsa”) which fared well at the box-office and received rave reviews. In 2012, she appeared in Shankar’s Nanban (Tamil), a remake of 3 Idiots and in ‘’Julai” (Telugu), these films became biggest hits. She was last seen in Saif Ali Khan’s ‘’Happy Ending’’ which was a flop. In 2015, she had one release “Kick 2’’ (Telugu), which received mixed response.
An acclaimed actress in the southern film industries, she made a splash with her Hindi film debut Barfi! Hope her latest films will not fall short of people’s expectations hereafter.
...2. Pragya Singh
Pragya Singh is famous for her work in the film industry as a production manager, associate producer, and second unit or assistant director. She is related to many films like Drishyam 2 (2022), Khuda Haafiz (2020) and Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2 - Agni Pariksha (2022). She worked as the executive producer for the film Shaitaan (2024). Most recently, she got the appreciation for being the executive producer for the film Shaitaan (2024). Her contributions to the industry have been crucial and she continues to be an influential figure in the production domain of Bollywood. Some of the upcoming movies this April are Do Aur Do Pyaar - Release Date: 19 April 2024 Love Sex AurDhokha 2 - Release Date: 19 April 2024, Main Ladega - Release Date: 26 April; 2024 Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha - Release Date: 26 April;2024
...3. Neeti Mohan
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.
After winning the hearts of Indian television viewers and specially of those who love to see talented voice compete with each others on musical competitive shows on television this beautiful girl also acted in a Bollywood movie. Her debuted Bollywood movie was Socha Na Tha which was a project of Dharmendra Production. In this movie, she played a supporting role against her co-star Abhay Deol.
In the year 2012, she performed for MTV Unplugged and recently, she appeared on the comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil Sharma as a celebrity. She is now a successful playback singer for various Bollywood projects. There is a long list of popular music numbers under her belt and she has won a number of awards including the Filmfare RD Burman Award as best singer in the year 2013.
...4. Neha Kakkar
Neha Kakkar is a prominent Indian comedian and playback singer; born on June 6, 1988 at Rishikesh, Uttarakhand in India. Neha is the sister of the popular playback singer, Sonu Kakkar. She and her family shifted to Delhi where she studied at New Holy Public School before she joined the second season of the reality show, Indian Idol in 2006. She became popular as the Indian version of Columbian singer, Shakira because of her brilliant singing style. Later, she got the chance to work with the renowned comedian, Kapil Sharma in the reality-based comedy show, Comedy Circus Ke Tansen.
...5. Shabina Khan
Shabina Khan is a producer by profession in the Indian film industry who works mainly in Bollywood. She is also a fashion designer in Hindi films. Her film career started from the year 1988, and till now, she has worked as a costume designer in more than thirty films. She has designed costumes for many famous film stars such as Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Akshay Kumar, Shahid Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan, and Rani Mukherjee.
...6. Anushka Tugnait
Anushka Tugnait is an Indian professional costume designer, make-up artist, fashion consultant, and celebrity stylist. Anushka Tugnait is known for her notable works as a costume designer and make-up artist in several Bollywood films, like Moh, released in 2019; Pagalpanti, also released in 2019; and a short film, Runner Up. Anushka Tugnait wears clothes from several brands like Forever 21, Zara, H&M, Abercrombie and Fitch, Only, Emporio Armani, Burberry, Pull and Bear, Madison, Rimple, Hardeep Narula, and Mandira Wirk.
...7. Himanshi Nijhawan
Himanshi Nijhawan is a costume designer based in India. In 2017, she worked in Half Girlfriend, directed by Mohit Suri, written by Chetan Bhagat, Tushar Hiranandani, and Ishita Moitra, and starring Shraddha Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, and Vikrant Massey. In 2019, she worked in Ujda Chaman, directed by Abhishek Pathak, written by Danish Singh, and Raj B Shetty, and starring Sunny Singh, Maanvi Gagroo, Karishma Sharma, and Gagan Arora. She also worked in Pagalpanti in the same year, directed by Anees Bazmee, written by Anees Bazmee, Deepak Kingrani, and Shreya Dev Verma, and starring Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Ileana D’Cruz, and Arshad Warsi.
...8. Kriti Kharbanda
Model-turned- actor Kriti Kharbanda is a popular actress in Sandalwood and Tollywood, who was born in New Delhi and brought up in Bangalore. She took active part in dramas and other cultural activities when she was in college, which gave her space in acting and even modeling. Even in her college days, she did take up assignments in advertisements. Her much popular advertisement in Fair & lovely caught the attention of an NRI director. Director Raj Pippala was in Chennai in search of a new face for his film “Boni”( Telugu film in 2009) and happened to see her face on the billboard. He contacted her through a mediator in Bengaluru and she had to go to an audition for the film. As many as 150 new faces had to contest for the heroine role, but luckily she was selected. The film “Boni” did not do well at the box office, despite the fact that it had a star like Sumanth. After completing the Telugu flick Boni, she did a Kannada film ‘Chiru’, which was a moderate hit. Along with Chiru, she appeared in Teen Maar with Pawan Kalyan (2012) which was also an average grosser. During this period, she did not make any difference with Telugu and Kannada film offers. In 2012, she had two Telugu and two Kannada films. Her release of romantic comedy ‘’Googly’’ was the highest grosser in 2013 which made her a busy actress in Sandalwood. Modeling still interests her a lot. She also hopes to become a jewelry designer in future when she stops acting in films.
Having won many hearts in Sandalwood, this beautiful actress looks very promising now. She is raising the bar with a line up films in Kannada (“Naa Mechida Huduga”, “ Belli”, “Sanju Weds Geetha 2” and “Dalapathy”), which will speak a lot of her acting capabilities. She wants to make her own mark in the industry by doing better movies. Her film Bruce Lee (Telugu) with Ram Charan is also eagerly awaited. Whether it is Sandalwood or Tollywood, this actress had got all the right opportunities and she seems to be utilizing them well. She has the luck and even acting skills which have made her a unique star now.
...9. Urvashi Rautela
12. Anees Bazmee
Anees Bazmee was born in the place of Modasa, Gujarat. He is also called as Bazmee Sahab and he is a very popular movie director, movie writer and a screenplay writer as well. He has been active in the Bollywood industry from the year 1988 until the present. He is also a producer of movies and he is quite active in the Hindi film industry. He is the director of many successful movies like Singh is Kinng, No Entry, and Welcome, which were all based on comedy.
His debut work as an artist in the industry was as a dialogue writer for the movie Hum Farishte Nahin. He was then taking a small gap of 1 year and then he again started his career as a writer for the film Swarg. This movie was directed by David Dhawan and later Anees Bazmee joined hands with David Dhawan in his future projects. In the year 1995, he finally switched over to the directing department. The movie that he directed for the first time was Aankhen.
Before which he has been a film writer for 10 movies, after which he made a transition to directing films. He made his debut for the movie Hulchul upon which he casted Kajol and Ajay Devgn. He also had casted the same people for his second movie Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, which was a huge success. It made it to an accomplished box office collection of the year and ot received huge felicitation from the critics.
He took a gap of five years, after which he directed a movie known as Deewangee. His movie Singh is Kinng is a magical movie that had won the hearts of most of the Bollywood audiences. It had brought a huge impact to the Bollywood cinema and of-course he deserved it. His current project is to work on the remake of the Hollywood film The Hangover. It is expected to trend set upon his directorial experiments.
13. Abhishek Pathak
Born on July 1, 1987, Abhishek Pathak is an eminent producer of Bollywood classic masala films. He entered the film industry at the age of 17. Initially, he worked for three years in the production field, but to learn more and be better at his work, he flew to USA and studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy.
...14. Bhushan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar was born on 27 November in 1977 in Delhi in India. He is a film and music producer for many films in Indian Film Industry. He is mainly known for Hindi films. He is also the MD of the T-Series Music Production. His parents are Sudesh Kumari and Gulshan Kumar, who is the founder of T-Series. He was married to Divya Kumar in Katra. They were married in 2005. They are blessed with a boy whom they named Ruhaan.
...15. John Abraham
Like some of our sexy stars, John Abraham has had his personal ups and downs. One thing is sure, this handsome star was on every Bollywood hot icon list. 90 percent of us would have to admit that John Abraham was and still is the best sex symbol. John Abraham was born on 17th December 1972. He was a famous model before making debut in films. Over the years, he has become an actor and producer of Hindi films. Very recently, he has launched his own production company which oversees and executes the making of the film. Today, the actor has star power, the influence of the top-tier actors, publicists and writers and directors who help him in running his own production home named ‘John Abraham Entertainment’, which has produced films like 'Vicky Donor’, 'Madras Café' and ‘Rocky Handsome’ and so on. His forthcoming production releases would be ‘Satra Ko Shaadi Hai’, ‘Hamara Bajaj’ and ‘1911: Dream Come True’. Some of his most successful movies to date have been ‘Jism’, ‘Dostana’, Dhoom, ‘Shootout at Wadala’,’ Water’ and’ Houseful-2’ etc. John had an affair with actress Bipasha Basu and after their break-up, he was dating investment banker Priya Runchal. Later he married Priya in 2014. The actor was considered as the most sexiest Asian man and the most stylish icon.
...16. Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a very popular Bollywood actor cum producer. He is active in the films right from the year 1979 until the present. He got married with Sunita Kapoor in the year 1984. He has three children, namely Sonam Kapoor, who is a Bollywood actress, Rhea Kapoor, who is a Bollywood producer and Harshvarshan Kapoor. Anil Kapoor is the son of Surinder Kapoor and Nirmal.
His father was a very prominent Indian film producer. Anil Kapoor had a profession as a Bollywood actor for about twenty five successful years. As right now, he is quite busy working in the international movies. He is best known for producing the film Gandhi, My Father. Hamare Tumhare is his first movie, which got released in the year 1979 and he had done a supporting character. He gained his name as an actor with the movie Vamsa Vruksham (1970), a Telugu movie.
After that part of time, he got a big opportunity to work with a legendary director of Indian Cinema who took the level of Indian film industry to International level and even beyond imagination. Maniratnam is such an icon and every actor has a lifetime dream of working in a single movie with him. But Anil Kapoor is so deserving and fortunate to get an occasion to work with this huge legend. The name of the movie is Pallavi Anu Pallavi which is a Kannada movie and this is the debut movie in Kannada for the actor.
He acted in multiple film industries in many movies and at the mean time he won many Filmfare Awards subsequently. His debut International movie was such a global hit and it is a great breakthrough for him too. He won an Award for the National Award winning movie namely, Slumdog Millionaire. He established himself as a singer as well and his recent release is a Hindi movie namely, Welcome Back that got released in 2015.
...17. Arshad Warsi
Arshad Warsi is most popular for his role as Circuit in the super hit Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Born in to a Muslim family; he attended a boarding school and at the age of 14, this led to many struggles in his early life.
He began working as a salesman at the age of 17 but had shown interest in dancing. His interest changed in to a profession as he joined the Akbar Sami’s Dance group, which started his choreography and dancing career.
Arshad’s film career began in 1996 when he was offered a role by Amitabh Bachchan’s production house film Tere Mera Sapne. He was then provided with numerous roles but none of them were too successful. He became a prominent actor after starring opposite Sanjay Dutt in Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Filmfare Awards. Warsi poured his heart out in the role and it paid off as it lead to the many film offers for him. He was signed in supporting roles for Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and of course the sequel to Munna Bhai, Lage Raho Munna Bhai.
Along with his successful career, Warsi became a family man when he married Maria Goretti in 1999. The two have two children, a son and a daughter.
...18. Gulshan Kumar
19. Sanjeev Joshi
Sanjeev Joshi is a famous Telugu actor. He started his career with Telugu cinema. After this, he debuted in Hindi film with director Singeetam Srinivasa Rao's film Welcome Obama (2013). After this, he did many more films like Iddaram (2016), Pichiga Nachav (2017), and Kala Varam Aaye (2017). He was born in Karnataka. He loved movies since childhood. During his school days, he participated in many cultural activities like dance, drama, and singing. After graduation, his friends suggested he join the theater art groups of Hyderabad, where he acted in theater plays, after which he got the opportunity to work as an actor in the Hindi film industry.
...20. Vinod Bhanushali
Vinod Bhanushali is a Bollywood Producer who is currently the President of Global Marketing and Media Publishing for T-series. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from KJ Somaiya University.
...21. Santosh Mishra
Santosh Mishra is a well-known Indian director, music composer, and screenwriter. Santosh is known for his predominant and significant contributions to the Bhojpuri and Gujrati film and music industry.Santosh Mishra was born in August on the 24thin the year 1978. He made his presence in the industry in the year 1999.
...22. Praful Parekh
Praful Parekh is well-known for his screenplay, story, and scenario writing work. They have produced such films as Shola Aur Shabnam, Beta, Rishtey, and Raja. Ishq (1997), Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen. (2005), Suno Sasurjee (2004), and Welcome are among the films directed by Praful Parekh (2007). Praful Parekh has written the script, scenario, and dialogue for as many as 30 films throughout a nearly three-decade career. Beginning his career in 1990 by penning the plot and script for the romantic drama Dil, starring Aamir Khan and Madhuri Dixit, Praful has gone on to pen successful films, including Beta, Raja, Ishq, Dulhe Raja, Hadh Kar Di Aapne, and Akhiyon Se Goli Maare.
...23. Sunil Patel
Sunil Patel is a well-known Indian cinematographer, director, producer, and music director. Sunil is known for his predominant contributions to the Hindi television and film industry. Sunil is also known for his work in the advertising world too. He has worked for more than three decades in the industry and is doing brilliantly. Sunil was born on the 1st of January in the year 1963.
...24. Shabbir Ahmed
Shabbir Ahmed is an Indian lyricist who writes songs for the Hindi film industry. He is known for writing lyrics for “Bol Bachchan” “Bodyguard”, “OMG- Oh My God!”, “Kick”, “Humshakals”, “Khiladi 786” and many others. Shabbir hails from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. He completed his basic education in Jaunpur before he shifted to Mumbai in hopes of becoming an actor but end up as a lyricist instead. He tied the knot with Shumaila Ahmed on 13th May 2014. In 2003, Shabbir made his lyrical debut with pop singer Shweta Shetty’s album “Saajna” in which he wrote all the songs with co-lyricists Yashpal Tanwar, Shashikant Mishra and Shweta Shetty herself. In 2008, he wrote the songs “Khwaaishein”, “Ao Na Aake Phir Jao Na” in Aneek Dhar’s first solo album“Khwaishein” and in 2014, he wrote the song “Kyon” in Armaan Malik’s first album “Armaan”.
...25. Tanishk Bagchi
Tanishk Bagchi is an Indian music composer and singer. He is 5'-7" (170 cms) tall and weighs about 60kg (152 lbs). He has brown eyes and dark black hair. His hometown is Kolkata, West Bengal. He went to Scottish Church Collegiate School, Kolkata, India. As a child, he was never interested in music. His father Nandakumar Das learned guitar from various points. Then he came to Kolkata and met his mother, who used to play Hawaiian guitar. Tanishk believes that music brought his parents together. Tanishk’s father began his career with composer Salil Choudhury and further collaborated with famous celebrities like Satyajit Ray, R.D. Burman, and Illayraja. Tanishk made his debut stage performance with a guitar when he was only 8.
...26. Sajid Khan
Sajid Khan is a Bollywood director, producer and even actor. He was born on November 23, 1970. Before making debut as an actor and director, he was a popular TV host who claimed recognition in TV medium. Since the early days of television, he gained popularity as talk show hosts and was among the most popular personalities in the medium.
...27. Asees Kaur
Asees Kaur is an Indian Playback Singer. She works in the Hindi Film and Music Industry. Asees was born on the 26th of September in the year 1988. She was born in Panipat, Haryana.
...28. Jubin Nautiyal
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 built his base in the teachings of Hindustani classical music. After completing his schooling, he enrolled in Mithibai College in Mumbai.
...29. Mika Singh
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 composer, song writer or the singer. Some of his notable work was done in the albums ‘Sawan Mai Lag Gayi Aag’, ‘Ishq Brandy’, ‘Gabru’, ‘Something Something’, ‘Dunali’ and movies like ‘Son of Sardar’, ‘Housefull’, ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’, ‘Jab We Met’, ‘Singh is King’, ‘Once Upon A Time in Mumbai’ and ‘FALTU’.
Mika also appeared in three films as an actor. In 2014, he plays the lead role in the movie ‘Balwinder Singh famous ho gaye’. He played the role of Balwinder Singh who is a small farmer in Punjab but due to his hard work and the help of his bestfriend Jagjeet Singh he gets fame in whole India. The role of Jagjeet Singh was played by the famous rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh.
...30. Nakash Aziz
Nakash Aziz, is an Indian playback singer and music composer in Bollywood industry. He was born on 24 February, 1985. Basically Nakash Aziz comes from a petit town Moodbidri, near Mangalore, Karnataka. He is well known for his hit songs like “Sari Ke Fall Sa” and “Gandi Baat”, both songs came from the movie ‘R… Rajkumar’ (2013) and another song ‘Dhating Nach’ from a film ‘Phata Poster Nikla Hero’ (2013). All these songs are picturised on ‘Shahid Kapoor’. Nakash has also assisted a very famous and “The Living Legend Composer and singer” Mr. A. R. Rehman on Hindi films such as ‘Delhi 6’,’I’, ‘Rockstar’, ‘Raanjhanaa’ and ‘Highway’. Before becoming a playback singer he worked as music composer for TV serials. He also composed for Marathi films like ‘Raada Rox’ and ‘No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahe’. Nakash comes from a musical family, and his taste was influenced by his father and uncle. They were famous for voice-alike of very famous singers ‘Kishor Kumar’ and ‘Mukesh’ in hometown Mangalore. During his initial days in Mumbai, Aziz got a small-time job in a reality show where A.R. Rehman was one of the judges. And now in 2015 he is performing in ‘IIFA awards’ with a new singer in the block, ‘Sonakshi Sinha’ and ‘Mika Singh’. Aziz says, “I want to be anything that music allows me to be, even if it comes up with a small musical idea like introducing a slight variation in my singing for Amit Trivedi’s Aisha title song”.
...31. Leslie Fernandes
Leslie Fernandes is a Sound Designer who has worked for over 165 films or Movies. Leslie Fernandes is also known as Leslie Maggie Fernandez. He has worked as a sound mixer, sound director, re-recording mixer, mixer engineer, assistant sound recording, sound designer, and sound mixing engineer. Some of his work like Hum Saath-Saath Hain in 1999, Kunwara and Badal in 2000, Ittefaq in 2001, Devdas in 2002, Bhoot and Chalte Chalte in 2003, Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women in 2003, Taarzan: The Wonder Car in 2004, Kaal, Hum Dum, and Bunty Aur Babli in 2005, Family: Ties of Blood, Lage Raho Munna Bhai in 2006, Partner, Heyy Babyy, Johnny Gaddaar in 2007, Race in 2008, Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani in 2009, Housefull and Dabangg in 2010, Faltu in 2011, Players in 2012, Phata Poster Nikhla Hero in 2013, Jai Ho in 2014, One Night Stand in 2016, Mom in 2017, Mili in 2022, Maidaan in 2024, and many more.
...32. Shahid Hasan
Shahid Hasan is an Indian actor and casting director. He was born in Delhi on 5th February and studied at Aligarh Muslim University’s City High School in Aligarh. He is a progressive believer of Islam. While studying at AMU, he joined the Theatre Club and even bagged the Best Actor title in 1995. Other than just acting, he did exceptionally well at school level extempore and mono acting. Shahid started his career with a role in Hello Dolly Aur Uska Magic Bag that aired on Star Plus in the year 2007. In the meager 30 episodes, he had managed to successfully portray six different characters. He then performed in a TV series for the kids channel Hungama as the character Gappi in Hero, racking up thirty-six episodes of the same.
...33. Ganesh Acharya
Ganesh Acharya is an Indian choreographer, who is mainly seen in Hindi films. His father Gopi was also a choreographer in Bollywood. When Ganesh Acharya was ten years old, his father died. His sister was at Cuttack and he went there and learnt basic dance from his sister. Later, he joined as an assistant to Kamalji, the famous choreographer. At the young age of 12, he started his own dance troupe. Anaam was his first film as a choreographer. It was released in 1992 and Ganesh Acharya was 21 years, when he became a choreographer for films.
...34. Kshitij Kankaria
Kshitij Kankaria is a brand consultant, stylist, costume designer, and creative director based in India. He belonged to a family of doctors. He was raised in Madhya Pradesh. He studied design at NIFT Gandhinagar, an assuming branch of the design school. He attended lectures at the neighboring IIM and the NID resource library. He carved out a niche for himself and began consulting brands in firming up their voices. Later, he started his own creative agency named "SOAK," where he offered end-to-end consulting.
...35. Rahil Raja
Rahil Raja is a Hindi costume designer, casting director, and costume and wardrobe department. He completed his High School education at Woodstock School, and an associate’s degree in the Fashion/Apparel Design at Fashion Institute of Technology. He worked as a Costume Designer in Kaanch in 2007, Love Story 2050 in 2008, Apna Sa in 2009, Shaapit: The Cursed in 2010, Bulb Hila in 2011, Tezz in 2012, Ishkq in Paris, and R…Rajkumar in 2013, Action Jackson in 2014, Half Girlfriend in 2017, Ujda Chaman in 2019, and Namaste Wahala in 2021. He worked as a Stylist in Costume Department in Hungama 2, and as a casting director and associate producer in Namaste Wahala in 2021.
...36. Parag Desai
Parag Desai is an Indian Film Public Relations Officer. He works in the Bollywood and Hollywood Film Industries. He also worked in a few Television Shows. He is the COO of Universal Communications. Parag was born on the 3rd of November in the year 1972. He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. In 1998, Parag started working for Corporate Communications in Mumbai. He later started working in the Indian Television and Films. He worked in the TV shows “Close Up Antakshari,” “Sa Ra Ge Ma Pa,” “Khichdi,” and a few more. He had his debut in Bollywood in the year 2003. Initially, he worked for a few small films in the publicity and promotion campaign.
...37. Himanshu Jhunjhunwala
Himesh Jhunjhunwala is one of the most successful and senior-most Public Relation Officer working in Bollywood. He started his career as Public Relation Officer in 1997 for numerous music videos, grand events, and movies; he is considered as one of busiest Public Relation Officer, as he has done approximately 5000 projects, more than 500 for movies, more than 500 for music albums and more than 3000 for events.
...38. Rahul Nanda
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).
...39. Parthib Dutta
Parthib Dutta is well-known for his work as the production manager of movies such as Pagalpanti (2019), The Family Man (Season 1) (2019), and Made In Heaven (Season 1) (2019), as well as Junglee (2019), Romeo Akbar Walter (2019), Aarya (2020), and Raanjhanaa (2013) Monsoon Shootout (2013), Mission Mangal (2019). Supervisor of post-production, filmmaker, and visualizer based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His short film has been screened at the 41st Sehsuechte Students Film Festival in Potsdam, Germany, and the Dakine Fest 2012 in Bucharest. He has prior Post Production Supervisor experience from working for several organizations, including HOPE Productions, D2R Films Private Limited, Junglee Pictures Limited, Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Zee Entertainment, and Panorama Studios Pvt. Ltd.
...40. Ashok Samarth
Ashok Samarth is an Indian film actor, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like Singham (2011), R… Rajkumar (2013), Rowdy Rathore (2012), Vitti Dandu (2014), etc. Mostly known for his dominant involvement in Bollywood movies, Hindi TV series, and dramas, he has often been praised by the critics for his on-screen timing and spontaneity. In 2005, Ashok made his first notable contribution on the silver screen with the film Insan, where he played the role of Maqsood. It was directed by K Subhash and featured Akshay Kumar, Tushar Kapoor, and Ajay Devgn in lead roles. Since then, Ashok has improved a lot as an actor and has made appearances in more than fifty major film projects in Bollywood.
...41. Brijendra Kala
Born in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Brijendra Kala is a very talented though underrated artiste and he stepped into mainstream cinema during the year 2005 with the film “Haasil”. The movie had Jimmy Shergill in the lead and it was a success. Brijendra Kala donned the character of a new vendor in the movie. He had also acted in successful movies, including “Jab We Met” and “Agneepath”. In Jab We Met he took up the character of Taxi Driver and his performance was recognized. Some of his other famous movies include “ Karthik calling Karthik”, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, “Paan Siingh Tomar”, “Bhootnath Returns” etc.
...42. Inaamulhaq
Inaamulhaq is a prominent Indian actor, director and screenwriter. He was born on November 14, 1979, in Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh, India. They are nine in the family and even if they are not financially stable, his father, whom he called Babuji, ensured that all of them will attain academic education. He is married to Shibli and they have a son named Ivaan. He graduated Arts before doing a post graduation at the National School of Drama (NSD) and started stage performance at the age of twelve. He took several theatre workshops in Delhi University so he can earn and pursue acting in Mumbai. However, after two years, he was not able to obtain money and decided to borrow from a friend. He participated in Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) and acted in the lead roles for some stage plays that was produced by NSD, IPTA and SARGAM-A. In 2006, Inaamulhaq shifted to Mumbai and became a writer for television including the reality-based comedy show, Comedy Circus and the season 2 of the popular detective series, Karamchand.
...43. Mukesh Tiwari
Mukesh Tiwari is an artist known for his work in the movie Gangajal, Golmaal and The Legend of Bhagat Singh. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie China Gate in which he played the role of Jageera. He had a small but significant role in the movie. Many directors recognized his acting skills. Thus, in the year 2000, he starred in the movie called Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke. The movie was a huge failure but since Mukesh had a small role in the movie, it didn’t have much effect on his career. Thus, in 2001 Mukesh appeared in many movies. He exclusively appeared in either supporting roles or negative roles. He played the role of Danny Mendoza in the movie Aaghaaz in 2001.
...44. Pulkit Samrat
Pulkit Samrat is a popular Indian model and actor, born on December 29, 1983 in Delhi, India. He was brought up in a big Hindu joint household in Shalimar Bagh, Delhi. His family is into real estate business and he is the eldest. He attended Manav Sthali School in New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi until his Class X; he was expelled for rupturing firecrackers outside the office of the school’s Vice Principal so he transferred and completed his studies at Montfort Senior Secondary School in Ashok Vihar, Delhi. But since he is not really interested in studying, Pulkit took an advertising course in Apeejay Institute of Design but after five months, he got an offer to do his first ad with Asian Paints. He stopped on studying and moved to Mumbai in 2005; then he took an acting course under Kishore Namit Kapoor. He also finished Bachelor in Multimedia at the Asian School of Media Studies in Noida.
He was debuted as Lakshya Sahil Virani in the Balaji Telefilms’ longest-running series, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on Star Plus in 2006. He won the Best Fresh New Face award in the Indian Telly Awards in 2006 and the Favorite Naya Sadsya award at the Star Parivaar in 2007 for his performance in the show. Later, he quits the show because he suffers back pain during the shoots and he went to Dubai for the treatment. He was replaced by Yash Pandit. In 2008, he joined the friend-based reality show, Kaho Na Yaar Hai on STAR Plus.
Later, he has done Vaibhavi Merchant’s musical theatrical show entitled, Taj Express. He was debuted in the film industry through the Hindi comedy film, Bitto Boss in 2012. It happens that the casting director of Taj Express was the same casting in the film so after many auditions, he was luckily selected. In 2013, he was starred in another box-office hit film, Fukrey. Ritesh Sidhwani, the producer of the film’s soundtrack album saw him in a dancing song in Bitto Boss so he auditioned for Fukrey. In 2014, the actor was cast as Sub-Inspector Abhay Rajput in Salman Khan’s starrer film, Jai Ho. In the same year, he was starred as Prantabh Pratab or P.P. in the Hindi comedy film, O Teri under the direction of Umesh Bhishit. He appeared as Robin Singh in the upcoming Hindi romantic comedy film, Dolly Ki Doli which also stars Sonam Kapoor and Rajkumar Rao. He also donned another upcoming Bollywood comedy film, Bangistan which is set to release on April 17, 2015 and right now, he is filming Junooniyat with Yami Gautam. He is also filming the Bollywood drama film, Agra Ka Daabra which is set to release on 2016. Pulkit also signed for the film, Ticket To Bollywood by Vicky Bhari.
He got married to television journalist, Shweta Rohira last November 3, 2014. Shweta is Salman Khan’s rakhi sister so he got the chance to get close with the legendary actor. He met Shweta in 2010 while doing an interview with him and they become good friends that ended up on marriage. Pulkit is also doing magic, card tricks, illusion and levitation besides acting.
...45. 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.
...46. Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain is a veteran and prominent film and television actor from India. He was famous for doing comedic and negative roles and his best performance was from the dramatic film, Sarkar in 2005 where he played the role of Rasheed; a don from Dubai. Followed by this is the 2007 neo-noir film, Johnny Gaddaar by Sriram Raghavan. He is Shardul, one of the gang that operates a gambling club along with Vikram (played by Neil Nitin Mukesh), Prakash (played by Vinay Pathak), Swshadri (played by Dharmendra) and Shiva (played by Dayanand Shetty). He was notably remembered by every people on the street and they started to call him Shardul. This is the film that pays him well and gained him so much fame.
Zakir was born and raised up in the village of Janikhurd Tehsil in the district of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He got fascinated with theaters and cinema when he was studying in New Delhi. And then, he initiated his career in a small time theater and later he joined a group in Mandi House called, Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts. Afterwards, he also joined the respected National School of Drama and had a graduation in year 1993.
After performing in theaters for few years, he moved to Mumbai to work as a television and film actor. He first speared in serials like Kitty Party, Firdaus and Gaatha from which he gained a lot of recognition. His first film was Ek Hasina Thi in 2004 under the production of Ram Gopal Varma, from which he played the character of Sanjiv Nanda. From this film, Zakir appeared in two scenes only, but the director was impressed by is acting so he offered him the role of Rasheed in the film, Sarkar. His character as a villain was acclaimed and he got the New Menace Award in Stardust Film Awards in 2006. Since then, he started to appear in most of Varma’s productions.
Aside from acting, he is also a brilliant percussionist and he sings well. Some of the films that he did include Dishyen, Kala Juma, D, D, James, Shiva, The Killer, Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante, Risk, Fool n Final, Darling, Contract, Radio and a lot more. Some of his recent films are Hoiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty where he played the role of Alvin D’Souza, the Bollywood action film Singham Returns and the upcoming thriller film, Chaarfutiya Chhokare.
He was also roped in to do the character of Anand Upadhyay (Yudh’s companion) in the psychological mini-serial, Yudh in 2014.
...49. Santosh Pawar