Irfan Khan is from Jaipur, India. He was studying for his M.A. degree when he snagged a fellowship at (NSD) National School of Drama in 1984. After graduating in 1987, he moved to Mumbai. Theater and television kept him afloat till Mira Nair offered him a cameo in “Salaam Bombay”. But the role was edited out of the final copy. He continued to dabble in television making impacts on various soaps and tele-historicals series. To break away from television Irfan…
Ranveer Singh was born on July 6, 1985, in Mumbai, India.he had always wanted to be an actor, and after joining school he started participating in the school plays and debates. Once when he had gone for a birthday party, his grandmother asked him to dance and entertain her.he remembers that he suddenly jumped in the lawn and started dancing to the song “Chumma Chumma” from the 1991 Bollywood action film, Hum In January 2010, Singh was called for an…
He is the quintessential common man. And he made his mark playing that role in a TV series that characterised The Times of India cartooning legend R.K. Laxman’s creation. Anjan Shrivastav was a public sector bank employee who lived and breathed theatre in the eighties when the role of the common man for the series Wagle Ki Duniya came his way. And he has not looked back since. Thanks to his innate histrionic talent, today Shrivastav is not just a…
n 1991, Narayanan moved to Mumbai with plans to start an ad agency.He started as assistant art director for films like Govind Nihalani’s Rukmavati Ki Haveli, Subhash Ghai’s Saudagar and Shyam Benegal’s Sardari Begum. He also worked as a costume director for the TV series Chanakya. He started acting in plays again, and soon got several television shows like “Saturday Suspense”, Parivartan, Farz, “Phulwa”, Gatha, Kabhi Kabhie, Jaane Kahan Mera Jigar Gaya Ji and Shagun. Narayanan got his first film…
Arbaaz Khan was born as second son into a family with strong ties to the Bollywood film industry; his father is Salim Khan, a successful screenwriter, and his mother is Salma Khan (Sushila Charak), while his stepmother is dancer and Bollywood actress Helen. He is the brother of renowned actor Salman Khan and actor-producer Sohail Khan. He has one sister Alvira Khan and an adopted sister Arpita Khan. Arbaaz made his debut in the 1996 film Daraar where he gave…
Kunal started his career as a child actor appearing in the Doordarshan TV series Gul Gulshan Gulfaam (1987), directed by Ved Rahi. He made his film debut with Mahesh Bhatt’s movie Sir (1993), starring Naseeruddin Shah and Pooja Bhatt. He went on to appear as a child actor in films such as Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993), Raja Hindustani (1996), Tamanna and Mahesh Bhatt’s autobiographical film, Zakhm (1998). He received praise from audiences and critics for his role in…
Yashpal Sharma is best known for his role as Randhir Singh in Sudhir Mishra’s 2003 Hindi movie Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, apart from Lagaan (2001), Gangaajal (2003), Ab Tak Chhappan (2004), Apaharan (2005), Singh is Kinng (2008) and Rowdy Rathore (2012). He played Kuwar Singh in Zee’s Mera Naam Karegi Roshan. He was born and brought up in a lower-middle-class family in Hisar, Haryana. His father, Prem Chand Sharma, worked for the Haryana Public Works Department (PWD) – Irrigation and Canal….
Anupam Kher was born into a Kashmiri Pandit family, and lived in Shimla and did his schooling from D.A.V. School in Shimla. He is an alumni and former chairperson of the National School of Drama. Some of his early acting was in plays performed at Himachal Pradesh University. He made his acting debut in the 1982 Hindi movie Aagman. Then in 1984 came Saaransh, where he played a retired man who has lost his son. He hosted TV shows such…
This light-eyed singer emerged successfully from the shadow of his illustrious comedian-father Mehmood, with his soulful ditties. Born Maqsood Mehmood Ali, Lucky Ali first drew attention with the ballad O sanam from the album Sunoh, filmed amidst the pyramids of Egypt. The album sold over 4,00,000 copies and catapulted Lucky Ali to fame. The album won him several awards, including Best Pop Male Vocalist at the 1996 Screen Awards, the Channel V Viewers Choice Award (1997) and stayed on the…
Arun Bakshi is an Indian film and television actor and also a singer. He has acted as a character actor in over 100 Hindi films, and as a playback singer has also sung 298 songs. He has also worked in Punjabi and Bhojpuri cinema. He was born and brought up in Ludhiana, Punjab, where he graduated from Arya College. He worked with the Punjab Agricultural University for a while, before moving to Mumbai, to start his acting career in 1981,…