irmal Pandey, who was known for his role Vikram Mallah in Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen (1994), for portrayal of a transvestite in Daayraa (1996) for which he won a Best Actor Valenti award in France, Train To Pakistan (1998) and Godmother (1999). He was supposed to watch his latest film Lahore on 22 February 2010 at a special screening with Humorist R. K. Laxman and Music Maestro MM Kreem. Lahore, scheduled to be released in 19 March 2010, would prove…
Sanjay Kapoor is a Bollywood actor and the brother of actor Anil Kapoor and producer Boney Kapoor and brother-in-law of actress Sridevi. His sister Reena is married to Sandeep Marwah of Marwah Films & Video Studios and The Asian Academy of Film & Television. He is the son of Surinder Kapoor, who is also a film producer. He began his career opposite Madhuri Dixit in the film Raja. The film was a box office success and he became a star…
Manoj Joshi (born 1965) is an India film and television actor. Joshi began his career in Marathi theatre, also putting up performances in Gujarati and Hindi theatre. He has also acted in over 60 films since 1998, many of his roles being comedic. His earliest well known serials include Chanakya, Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka, Rau (Marathi), Sangdil, Kabhi Souten Kabhi Saheli, Khichdi (Occasional), Mura Raska Mai La (Marathi). This was followed by film roles in Sarfarosh (SI Bajju) alongside…
His boyish charm and immaculate timing, be it with comedy or action is stuff that has won Madhavan millions of fans across the world. Already a popular face on the small screen, Madhavan was introduced to films by Srinivas, who was an assistant director to Mani Ratnam. With films like ‘Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi’ ‘Alaipayuthey’, Madhavan was seen as the next big sensation on-screen. He made his debut in Bollywood with ‘Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein‘, the Hindi remake of the…
Abhishek Bachchan is the son of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and actress Jaya Bachchan; his elder sister is Shweta Bachchan-Nanda (b. 1974). His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a poet of Hindi literature. The original last name of his parental family is Srivastav, Bachchan being the pen name used by his grandfather. However, when his father Amitabh entered films, he did so under his own father’s pen name. Bachchan is of Punjabi Sikh heritage from his grandmother Teji’s side, while…
A Grasim Mr. India (1999) first runner-up title holder, Raqesh made his screen debut together with Himanshu Malik in Anubhav Sinha’s Tum Bin (2001). After the success of Tum Bin, Anubhav Sinha again cast him as a solo lead in Kuchh Dil Ne Kaha(2002) opposite Raima Sen, which bombed at the box office. After that he starred in a few average films like Dil Vil Pyar Vyar in 2002 and Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai in 2005, but none of…
Sonu Nigam was three years old when he began to sing. He joined his father to sing Mohammad Rafi’s songs. He participated in many music competitions. When he was nineteen years old, he moved to Mumbai and did covers of Mohammed Rafi songs for the album ‘Rafi Ki Yaadein’. He started his career as a playback singer with the movie Janum in 1990 which didn’t get released. He sang for Gulshan Kumar’s Aaja Meri Jaan and ‘Accha Sila Diya’ from…
Rajesh Khattar graduated from Hansraj College in Delhi. He majored in English. He married actress Neelima Aziz after she divorced Pankaj Kapoor. Kapoor and Aziz are actor Shahid Kapoor’s parents. He had a son, Ishaan, with Aziz. Ishaan has acted in the Shahid Kapoor starrer Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi. Rajesh Khattar has experience in plays, as a voice artist, and has played supporting roles in movies like Sooryavansham (1999), Farhan Akhtar’s Don (2006), and Jai Veeru (2009). He also…
Apoorva Agnihotri debuted in the film Pardes, co-starring with Shahrukh Khan and directed by Subhash Ghai. The film was highly successful and garnered Agnihotri with the nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1997’s Zee Cine Awards. Apoorva along with his wife are participants of reality show Big Boss 7 which has been aired on Colors from 15th Sept 2013. In the starting episode, Apoorva has been sent to Jahannum(’Hell’) while his wife was assigned Jannat (’Heaven’). After several more film…
Deepak Tijori started his acting career in the Bollywood movie, Krodh (1990) as a supporting actor. Tijori became an established and famed supporting actor of the early 1990s, working in many hit films including Aashiqui (1990), Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992), Khiladi (1992), Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993) and Anjaam (1994). In 1993, Tijori starred in his first and only lead role in Pehla Nasha, which failed at the box office. His last starring role was in Popcorn Khao! Mast…