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Irfan Khan

2007-12-06T03:50:00.001-08:00

Name: Irfan Khan
Star Sign : Virgo
First Film : The Warrior

BIOGRAPHY

rfan 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 featured in few main stream movies but none of them were a box-office success. But things changed when Landon based director Asif Kapadia gave him the lead in "The Warrior". An historical film completed in 11 weeks on the locals in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. "The Warrior" stormed in international film festivals making Irfan Khan a noticed actor. His first Bollywood main lead role came in the movie "Rog". He is married to writer Sutapa Sikdar who's also a NSD graduate and they have a son named Babil.

Isha Koppikar

2007-12-06T03:47:00.000-08:00

Name: Isha Koppikar
Birthday: Sunday, September 19, 1976
Star Sign : Libra
First Film : Kaadhal Kavidai

BIOGRAPHY

Isha Koppikar was born in Mumbai, India in 1976. She went to Ruia College in Mumbai and studied Life Sciences. While in college, she did a model shoot for Gautam Rajyadhaksa. She took part in the 1995 Miss India Contest, won the Miss Talent Crown and modeled for L'Oreal, Rexona, Camay, Tips & Toes and Coca-Cola, among others.

Her first movie was the Tamil En Swasa Katre opposite Arvind Swamy, one of the most successful actors that time. She received positive reviews for her role and decided to pursue a career in Bollywood: Her first movie was Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan (1997), directed by Shah Rukh Sultan, and has yet to be released.

Koppikar starred in some minor roles in Fiza (2000) and Pyaar Ishq aur Mohabbat (2001) until in 2002, she starred in Ram Gopal Varmas Company as an Item girl in the song Khallas!, which created her nickname Khallas-girl and caused her breakthrough.

In Dil Ka Rishta she played opposite Aishwarya Rai and Arjun Rampal and for her negative role in Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003), she received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Villain. In the movie Girlfriend (2004), she plays a woman involved in a lesbian relationship and in D (2004), she again worked with Ram Gopal Varma in the prequel of his movie Company.

Recently, she played Arshad Warsi's girlfriend in the Salman Khan starrer Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya?. She is now filming for Farhan Akhtar's Don alongside Shahrukh Khan.
If looks could kill, this Mumbai girl who started out as a model would be lethal. Tall, beautiful, talented, the Khallas girl, Isha Koppikar shot to fame with her song number in Ram Gopal Verma's movie Company. Born in 1976, Isha had never imagined that she would become an actress. Instead, she had hoped to walk in her father's footsteps and become a doctor. “I did not get enough marks to enroll for MBBS,” says Isha, who graduated in life sciences from Ruia College.

Modeling assignments trickled in after she did a photo shoot with Gautam Rajyadhyaksha when she was still in junior college. Besides some prominent assignments for Ponds, Camay, Rexona, Synergy, Coke, L'Oreal and Tips & Toes, she did a few ramp shows. “I did only five or six ramp shows,” she says, “as I used to be plump in those days.” Such candid admissions make her the person she is.

In 1995 she won the Miss Talent crown at the Miss India. She debuted in a Tamil film, En Swasa Katre opposite Arvind Swamy, who was at the peak of his fame at that time following the success of Roja and Bombay. The film got rave reviews and she was expected to be a big hit in the south.

However, she softly entered Bollywood. Her first film, Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan, directed by Shah Rukh Khan in 1997, never got released. Then she was back to south to do her second film with Tamil superstar Prashant. She managed to do about ten films in the south. Her performance in Tamil film 'Kaathal Kavithai' fetched her the Filmfare award for the best newcomer in the south in 2000-01.

Though her work was in the South, her heart was set on making a name for herself in Mumbai. She did small roles in Fiza, Aamdani Athani Kharcha Rupaiya and Pyar, Ishq aur Mohabbat. But she got the much wanted and needed break from Ram Gopal Verma. Her item song ‘Khallas’ in Company became all the rage.

Some of the other movies she worked in were Sanjay Gupta's multi starrer Kaante, Plan with Dino Morea and Krishna Cottage in which she played a ghost. She was nominated as a villain for film Qayamat. In Pinjar her performance was good but anyhow the film didn't work. She was recently in news for her controversial film Girlfriend where she played an obsessive lover to her friend Amrita Arora and did some bold scenes portraying a lesbian relationship.

Today Ishaa Khoppikar has grown beyond being just a sizzling item girl. Ishaa is now setting to sink her teeth into some really challenging roles in her forthcoming films Inteqaam, Humraahi and Raakh.

Isha loves to make friends, is Net-savvy and does a lot of chatting. “I love dancing but no discos and pubs. I am not a night person. I start my day early,” says Isha, who paints and makes candles in her free time. She is not much of a bibliophile, but is at home with self-help books.

If there is something else this Konkani girl loves doing, it is gorging on her mother's cooking. She is a food freak who hankers after butter chicken, biryani, seafood and Chinese! “I can't cook, I just do the eating.” Her parents had always been supportive of her decisions. “My family is my biggest asset and my sensitivity is my strength,” she maintains.

Jackie Shroff

2007-12-06T03:45:00.000-08:00

Name: Jackie Shroff
Birthday: Saturday, February 01, 1958
Star Sign : Capricorn
Address: Le-Papeyon, Mount Mary Rd., Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050
First Film : Swami Dada

BIOGRAPHY

He's considered one of Bollywood's most affable stars. So much so, Jackie Shroff is open to fielding questions about everything under the sun including his take on the opposite sex, his own sexuality, his family life, his financial difficulties and then perhaps, his film career! This has been the story of his life, ever since Jackie graduated from being a small-time 'dada' at Teenbatti (in South Bombay) to a popular model, till finally, Dev Anand picked him up for a minor part in Swami Dada (1982).

Following which, Subhash Ghai picked him up for the part of an unkempt goon-turned-virtuous Hero (1983). This romantic musical co-starring Meenakshi Seshadri sent the cash registers ringing and promptly turned Jackie into the hottest newcomer on the block. Finally, it was Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Parinda that changed Jackie's 'wooden' image and even fetched him a 'Best Actor' Filmfare award! But Jackie displayed very little prudence in his selection of films and picked up just about anything that came his way (unlike Anil, who was always choosy). As a result, he registered more flops than hits many of them being B-grade projects.

In the meantime, the star had formed his own company, Jackie Shroff Entertainment Limited (JSEL) and produced a film called 'Grahan', which was directed by his friend, Shashilal Nair.This was three years ago. But 'Grahan' is still waiting in the cans for a theatre release. Jackie has kept himself busy doing everything from signing several Mithun Chakraborty quickies to anchoring a television show called 'Missing'.

It is also heard that he's is now prepared to go back to doing what he started off with playing the villain. Given his easygoing disposition and 'nice guy' image, wonder how he's going to fit the bill. But who knows, he might just pull this gamble off too like he's done several times in the past.

Jagjit Singh

2007-12-06T03:43:00.000-08:00

Name: Jagjit Singh
Birthday: Saturday, February 08, 1941
Star Sign : Aquarius
First Film : Aankhon Aankhon Mein

BIOGRAPHY

Jagjit Singh (February 8, 1941 - ) is a popular singer of ghazals in Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi, a composer and also a playback singer in Bollywood. Jag and Jit (both Hindi words) mean "World" and "Victory" respectively, thus the name meaning of the name is One who has won the world.

Jagjit Singh was born in Ganganagar (also called "SriGanganager"), Rajasthan. His father Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman, employed with the Government of India, originally hailed from Dalla village in Ropar district of Punjab and his mother Sardarni Bachchan Kaur came from deeply religious Sokhi family of Ottallan village near Samralla. His siblings include four sisters and two brothers and he is fondly called Jeet by his family. Although his late father wanted him to pursue IAS (a prestigious degree in Indian Administrative Service) as a career, he was later happy with his son's achievements in the world of music. Jagjit went to Khalsa High School at Ganganagar. He studied Sciences during higher secondary (after matriculation) from Government College, Ganganagar. He graduated in the Arts stream from DAV College, Jalandhar. He also acquired a Post Graduate Degree in History from Kurukshetra University, Haryana.

His association with music goes back to his childhood. He learnt music under Pandit Chaganlal Sharma for two years in Ganganagar, later for six years under Ustad Jamaal Khan of Sainia Gharana, under whom he learnt forms of Indian Classical Music such as Khayal, Thumri and Dhrupad. He was willing to learn from lesser known but talented musicians throughout his college days. The Vice Chancellor of Punjab and Kurukshetra University, Late Professor Surajbhan encouraged his interest in music. He arrived in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1965 in search for better opportunities as a career musician and singer. Like any other struggler, he too had his share of trials and tribulations. He lived as a paying guest and accepted every offer he received - be it advertisement jingles or performances at weddings and parties.

Jaswinder Singh Bains(Jazzy B)

2007-12-06T03:41:00.001-08:00

Name: Jaswinder Singh Bains(Jazzy B)
Birthday: Tuesday, April 01, 1975

BIOGRAPHY

Jaswinder Singh Bains (born April 1, 1975), better known by his stage name Jazzy B, is an Indian Bhangra artist.

Jazzy B is easily recognized by fans of Bhangra with his spiky hair and the range and depth of his vocals. However, his ability to be easily recognized has gotten Jaswinder Bains in trouble. More recently an incident occurred at Bear Creek Park in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada where he was involved in a brawl with two males of East Indian descent regarding the credit of lyrics on his smash hit popular song, "Soorma." 'Ghugian Da Jorra', his successful debut album, was released in 1993 and instantly made him a star. Since then he has become the best-selling Bhangra artist in the world, helping bring the genre to the forefront of the Indian music scene. He has worldwide appeal as he often tours Canada, England, India, the United States, and many other parts of the world where there is a large Desi population.

Music

Jazzy B has released thirteen albums all of which have been produced by Sukshinder Shinda, a talented Bhangra record producer and artist known as 'The Music Man'. Together they have created some of the most popular Bhangra hits, including "Ghugian Da Jorra", "Londono Patola" which is still considered a hit since It put the Canada in the bhangra scene, "Naag", "Tera Roop", "Sardara", "Dil Luteya", and "Soorma".

The 2005 Balle - Romeo Tour, which promoted Jazzy B's album Romeo and Sukshinder Shinda's album Balle, played at various venues around the world including Paramount Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Canada which attracted a record crowd of over 65,000.

Jazzy B's popularity and success in Bhangra can be attributed to his style which is quite different from other artists in the genre. The music videos for his singles "Soorma" and "Romeo" were based on Hip hop music videos and featured Hummer H2s and the Rap group Takeova Ent.

Jazzy B has also said that the reason for his longevity as a successful Bhangra artist is that he works exclusively with Sukshinder Shinda as he does not want to flood the Bhangra market with songs on different producers' albums.

He has been compared Bhangra artist Kuldip Manak, whom he considers a role model.

Jazzy B made his acting debut in 2000 with a cameo appearance in the Bollywood film Shaheed Udham Singh[1] which starred fellow Punjabi singer and actor Gurdas Maan as the Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Their music was also featured on the film's album.

In 2006, Jazzy B made another cameo when he was featured in the movie Teesri Aankh[2] performing the Indi-pop song "Chuk De Punjabi". He has expressed an interest in acting and has stated that he would consider bigger roles in the future.

Javed Akhtar

2007-12-06T03:32:00.000-08:00

Name: Javed Akhtar
Birthday: Wednesday, January 17, 1945

BIOGRAPHY

Javed Akhtar was born on January 17, 1945 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh to Jan Nissar Akhtar, a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet, and Safia Akhtar, a teacher and writer. His lineage can be traced back to seven generations of writers. The highly respected Urdu poet Majaz was his maternal uncle and the works of his grandfather, Muzter Khairabadi, are looked upon as a milestone in Urdu poetry. Akhtar had one sibling, a younger brother named Salman Akhtar. After his birth, his parents moved to Lucknow, Punjab, and later to Aligarh. Young Javed Akhtar lost his mother at a tender age and his father frequently moved back and forth between Lucknow and Bombay, so he and his brother spent most of their time with relatives. At the age of eight, he was admitted to the sixth class in a well-known school of Lucknow, the Colvin Taluqdars' College. In his initial years, a "fierce looking" tutor used to come to his home in evenings and tutor him and his brother. This tutor was payed Rs. 15 every day. After completing his matriculation, Akhtar entered and began attending Safiya College in Bhopal where he earned a B.A.. He was a keen debater in college and won the Rotary Club Prize frequently. He arrived in Bombay on October 4, 1964. In his early years living in Bombay, he managed to write the dialogue for a minor film for Rs. 100. Occasionally, he used to work as an assistant.

Javed used to write his scripts in Urdu, which were then written out in Hindi by his assistant. Another assistant would type out a one line summary in English. His association with Salim lasted until 1980, after which Javed moved into writing lyrics for films.

Javed Akhtar's songs are rhythmic, reflective on life and very melodic and catchy.

Javed Akhtar has won 7 Filmfare Best Lyricist Awards for his Hindi lyrics. In the year 2004-2005, all the nominated songs were written by him.

He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999.

Jaya Bachchan

2007-12-06T03:30:00.001-08:00

Name: Jaya Bachchan
Birthday: Friday, April 09, 1948
Star Sign : Aries
First Film : Satyajit Ray's

BIOGRAPHY

Jaya Bachchan (born Jaya Bhaduri April 9, 1948 in Jabalpur/Kolkata), is a Bollywood actress. She is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India. Jaya is married to actor Amitabh Bachchan. Jaya was born to Taroon Kumar Bhaduri, writer, journalist and stage artist, and Indira Bhaduri. She studied in St. Joseph's Convent School, Bhopal. She started her career with a small role in Satyajit Ray's Mahanagar at the age of 15. After initial success in her native West Bengal, she moved to Mumbai and starred in many Hindi films. Her son Abhishek was born while Jaya and Amitabh were working on the film Sholay. Following this she retired from films for a few years and focused on raising her children. However, she returned in 1981 with Silsila and once more, after a gap of eight years, in Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa. Currently, Bachchan rarely acts in movies, although she occasionally performs in stage-shows. Of late, Bachchan became active in politics, notably with the Samajwadi party and is a Member of Parliament, representing Rajya Sabha. On June 3, 1973, she married Amitabh Bachchan. She has two children with him: Shweta Bachchan-Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan, who is also an actor. She has lived her entire married life in the public eye, yet she has always kept her distance from the media (especially when it comes to her personal life). She has received various Filmfare Awards for her roles in Kal Ho Naa Ho, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Fiza, Nauker and Abhimaan. She also received a special Life Time Achievement award in 1998 for her contributions to Indian cinema. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri.

Jaya Prada

2007-12-06T03:28:00.000-08:00

Name: Jaya Prada
Birthday: Tuesday, April 03, 1962
Star Sign : Aries
First Film : Apne desh

BIOGRAPHY

Jaya Prada (b. 1962-04-03), also spelled Jaya Prada, born Lalita Rani) is a film actress in the Tollywood and Bollywood film industries.

She was born in the historical town of Rajahmundry in Andhrapradesh. She started her career in film industry after dropping out of Kandukuri Rajyalakshmi Women's College. Her mother tongue is Telugu.

She started her career with the Telugu film 'Devude Digivaste' but shot into stardom with NTR starrer "Adavi Ramudu". The famous song 'Aaresuko boyi paresukunnanu' is still a great tune with the telugu cinegoers.

Jayaprada is remembered for it as much as she is remembered for her roles in K.Balachander's Antuleni Katha, K. Viswanath's Sagarasangamam and Sirisiri Muvva.

Her first film in Tamil was 'Ninaithaale Inikkum' with Kamal Haasan and Rajnikanth.

She entered into Bollywood with Sargam in 1979. She acted in many movies in Hindi and earned fame over there. During the 80s Jayaprada had a successful film couple pairing with actors such as Jeetendra and Amitabh Bachchan. She endeared audiences with her sincere portrayal of Amitabh Bachchan's girlfriend in her next favorite film "Sharabi" (1984), which became another big hit and earned her second Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. She churned out a number of masala tear jerkers that portrayed her in film after film as the tough, dutiful and all-enduring wife.These films endeared Jayapradha to the traditional conservative section of filmgoers. It was an image that would serve her well when she started a new career as a politician.

She received the compliments from The great Indian Director Satyajit Ray as the most beautiful face on Indian Screen and she really is. She had a very beautiful and aristocratic looks compared to any other Indian actress of her time or before. No wonder she got the title Beauty Queen in Telugu films.

She married Producer Srikanth Nahata. Entered into politics by joining Telugu Desam party floated by NTR. She was nominated to be an MP in Rajyasabha by TDP party. Following differences with party Supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu, she left TDP to join SP and contested from Rampur parliamentary Constituency in UP during the last General election in 2004.

Jeetendra

2007-12-06T03:25:00.000-08:00

Name: Jeetendra
Birthday: Tuesday, April 07, 1942
Star Sign : Aries
Address: 26 Greater Bombay Society,Gulmohar Cross Road 5,JPVD Scheme,Mumbai 400 049
First Film : Navrang

BIOGRAPHY

Jeetendra (born April 7, 1942) is a popular Indian actor.

Born Ravi Kapoor in Mumbai, India, he started in Bollywood in the late 1950s when filmmaker V. Shantaram gave him a chance as Sandhya's double in Navrang (1959), but got his first big break when Shantaram cast him as hero in Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1964). Since then, he has appeared in almost 200 films.

Jeetendra came into the spotlight in 1967 with Ravikant Nagaich's Farz, which went on to become a golden jubilee success. The tee shirt and white shoes he picked up from a retail store for the Mast Baharon Ka Main Aashiq number in Farz (sung by Mohammed Rafi) became his trademark. His vigorous dancing in films like Farz, Humjoli (1970), and Caravan (1971) won him the epithet of the Jumping Jack. His films consistently achieved commercial success, even though the critics panned a lot of them.

In the 1980s, Jeetendra was frequently paired up with Sridevi or Jayapradha for remakes of South Indian potboilers courtesy of K. Bapiah and K. Raghavendra Rao's Padmalaya Productions. Featuring elaborate sequences with colorful clay pots, dozens of extras, electronic music by Bappi Lahiri, and lyrics by Indeewar that were full of double entendres, movies like Justice Chaudhry (1982), Mawaali (1983), Himmatwala (1983), and Tohfa (1984) were huge hits despite low critical acclaim.

Jeetendra is married to Shobha Kapoor, and has a son Tusshar Kapoor, who is also an actor, and a daughter, Ekta Kapoor, a film producer who runs Balaji Telefilms. They make popular TV serials in Hindi, Tamil, and other languages. They have also produced about three Bollywood films.

In 2002, he won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.

He recently made an appearance in a popular TV serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as an old man

Jimmy Shergil

2007-12-06T03:24:00.001-08:00

Name: Jimmy Shergil
Star Sign : Sagittarius
First Film : Maachis

BIOGRAPHY

Jimmy Shergill debut film was Maachis. In this film his performance was great. After that Mohabbatein came with a large star cast. The movie was a flop but jimmy's performance was noticed under this film. After that one more movie came Haasil which was an average movie. His new movie Charas going to
release soon.
Mohabbatein has brought Jimmy Shergill into the limelight. Jimmy hails from Delhi and debuted in Gulzar's Maachis. As a hardcore militant, he did whatever the little role required but did not get much attention, over-shadowed by the brilliant performance of his co-stars Tabu and Chandrachur. Then there was "Jahan Tum Le Chalo," which was a debacle but soon Mohabbatein came and with this fame and fortune! In the pipeline is Tanuja Chandr's next film where he plays a street-smart guy -- a comedy directed by Priyadarshan that revolves around two friends who turn into bitter rivals on the love front -- Bobby Bedi's next venture where he is a student caught in the violence at Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh -- and a film by Venus where he plays a sauve foriegn media personality. A lot is lined up for this young actor!

John Abraham

2007-12-06T03:22:00.001-08:00

Name: John Abraham
Birthday: Sunday, December 17, 1972
Star Sign : Sagittarius
First Film : Jism

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Mumbai, India on 17th December 1972 John Abraham is one of the most successful male models in India. His dad is a Christian from Aluva, Kerala and his mother is from Iran. Being a Catholic his father added the name 'Abraham' to his son John as a mark of respect to the first patriarch and progenitor of the Hebrew people in the Bible.

That name gave him a noted stand when he entered the modeling field. His revolutionary looks, macho body, baby smiles and nice character made him the highest paid supermodel in India. Being a hot star in the modeling world, he made his film debut in 2003. Not like usual Bollywood heroes who debut in male oriented action subjects, he accepted the erotic emotional Jism (2003). Unfortunately the film didn't do well, but his work was noticed widely. Later the same year came the paranormal Saaya (2003) and romantic Paap (2003); none of them did well at box-office.

His first blockbuster smash hit came in the year 2004 when he took the antihero role 'Kabir' in Dhoom (2004).

Johnny Lever

2007-12-06T03:19:00.000-08:00

Name: Johnny Lever
Birthday: Saturday, January 07, 1950
First Film : Yeh Rishta Na Tootay

BIOGRAPHY

Johnny Lever is a comedian in Indian Cinema (Bollywood), mainly acts in Hindi language movies. He is from Ongole in Andhra Pradesh state in India. He started off as a mimicry artist in music stage shows imitating the gestures and voices of other Hindi movie actors like Ashok Kumar, Raj Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Johnny Walker, Om Prakash and others.

Juhi Babbar

2007-12-06T03:18:00.000-08:00

Name: Juhi Babbar
Family: Father-Raj babber
First Film : Kash… Aap Hamare Hote

BIOGRAPHY

“After a sterling debut performance in ‘Kash Aap Hamare Hote, with several films in the pipeline and
a new man in her life, Juhi Babbar is on top of the world. A gifted stage actress, she has inherited the essentials from her parents, Raj and Nadira Babbar. This beautiful, bubbly and brilliant actress is all set to take the tinsel town by storm.
In an exclusive interview with ShaadiTimes, Juhi talks on love, traditions and the new man in her life.

Juhi Chawla

2007-12-06T03:13:00.000-08:00

Name: Juhi Chawla
Birthday: Monday, November 13, 1967
Star Sign : Scorpio
Address: Juhi Chawla,04th Floor Veer Bhavan. Opp Govt. Guest House ,Malabar Hill Off Nepeansea Road ,Mumbai 400 036
First Film : Sultanat

BIOGRAPHY

Juhi Chawla (born 13 November 1967 in Ludhiana, Punjab) is a popular Indian actress.

She was the winner of Miss India title in 1984, later she won Best Costume Award for the Miss Universe contest in 1984.

From beauty contests, she moved into film. Her first big hit was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, in which she starred with Aamir Khan. This Romeo and Juliet story of persecuted teenage lovers was an enormous success and launched Aamir's and Juhi's careers.

Her first film with Shah Rukh Khan was a huge hit; they have been friends ever since and own a film production firm (Dreamz Unlimited) as joint partners.

Juhi won the Filmfare Best Actress Award in 1993 for Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and a Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for 3 Deewarein.

Juhi Chawla is married to industrialist Jai Mehta and is the mother of two children.

Juhi Chawla is making her comeback opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan's (Happy New Year which is slated for an early 2007 release and opposite Anil Kapoor in Nikhil Advani's Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute To Love which is slated for a November 24, 2006 release.

Kader Khan

2007-12-06T03:05:00.000-08:00

Name: Kader Khan
Birthday: Tuesday, October 06, 1925
First Film : Daag: A Poem of Love

BIOGRAPHY

Kader Khan is an Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer, producer and director. He has acted in over 100 Indian films in the Hindi language, and has written dialogue for over 1,000 Indian films, from the 1970s up to the turn of the 21st century. He is most popularly recognized for working with comedian actor Govinda in comedic films by director David Dhawan. He lives in Mumbai, the home of the Indian film industry. This article about an Indian actor or actress is a stub. You can help WikiProject Indian cinema by expanding it.

Kajol

2007-12-06T03:03:00.000-08:00

Name: Kajol
Birthday: Tuesday, August 05, 1975
Star Sign : Leo
Family: Shomu Mukherjee,Mother - Tanuja
Address: C Block, 1st Floor, Gandhi Gram Road, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049, (India)
First Film : Bekhudi

BIOGRAPHY

Kajol comes from a family historically connected with Indian cinema. Her mother Tanuja was an acclaimed actress; Her father is Shomu Mukherjee; her cousins Rani Mukerji, Sharbani Mukherjee and Mohnish Behl are also part of the industry. Her aunt Nutan, grandmother Shobhna Samarth and great grandmother Rattan Bai have all been influential figures in the Bollywood film industry. Her younger sister Tanisha recently started a film career. Kajol is married to actor Ajay Devgan. Her uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee. (see Mukherjee-Samarth family (film))

Kajol has appeared in a great many movies. Not all of them have been hits; however, she has appeared in some of Bollywood's biggest hits, most notably the films in which she co-stars with Shah Rukh Khan: (Baazigar, Karan Arjun, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham).

She became the first woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award, for her performance in Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997).

She retired briefly from film-making after the birth of her daughter Nysa. However, she has recently signed a film with director Kunal Kohli. The film is to be called Fanaah (Destruction) and she will co-star with Aamir Khan.

She has also appeared on the famous TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati (the Indian version of Who wants to be a millionaire?) hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. She was paired with her husband Ajay Devgan. They won ten million rupees and donated them to a cancer hospital in Chennai.

Kajol married actor Ajay Devgan on February 24, 1999. She is the proud mother of a baby girl, Nysa, who was born in April 2003.

Kajol pours out film after with spontaneous ease of an accomplished actress. Though severely lacking in looks and beauty than most other successful heroines, she is among the highest paid, in industry. It is her style, class and piquancy that sets apart Kajol, from the rest of her contemporaries.

Granddaughter of Shobhna Samarth, Kajol was born on August 5, 1975 to the producer-actress duo of Shomu and Tanuja Mukherjee. Tanisha is her sibling in a family, which has great influence in the film world. Famous star of yesteryears, Nutan is her aunt and Rani Mukherjee her cousin. Her childhood was laden with happiness and material prosperity. She got married to Ajay Devgun in 1999 and the couple have a daughter too.

Kajol had taken up film making more out of passion than as a natural career choice. Kajol never had to compromise on the quality of films that she takes up due to her strong financial background. She had made her debut in Director Paraish Rawaail’s Kamaal Saadana, as her co-star in Bekhudi. Though Bekhudi failed miserably but Kajol’s draw kept on rising. She was discouraged for a while but when reality struck her, she continued doing films like Udhaar Ki Zindagi and Bambai Ka Babu. The eventful journey from Bekhudi to Dil Kya kare, shows the power of her versatility and as a matter of course she has won much more acceptance than her mother. Abbas Mastan’s Baazigaar, with a lot of help from co-star Shahrukh put her into final reckoning. Kajol became a sought after icon.

Yeh Dillagi, with Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan established her credentials as an actress. Her performance made people sit up and notice the spontaneity and confidence she oozed. She displayed the same intuitive flair for acting, notably in Udhar ki Zindagi and Rakesh Roshan's commercial blockbuster Karan Arjun. She's been doing varied roles like that of murdering people Gupt, getting reincarnated Hamesha and almost turning into a nun Sapnay after singing the hummable Aawaran bhawnre. Her Dilwale Dulahaniya Le Jayenge, with Shah Rukh Khan set her in league with the legendry film stars of Bolly wood. She won the best actress award from Filmfare for her performance in the film. She signed a string of ventures thereafter. Though the film is more than eight years old, it continues to make waves in the popular cinema.

Another great performance came from Kajol in Dushman with Sanjay Dutt where she had a double role, she again walked away with awards for this film. Her performances in all these films gave the regular cine goers the new uncrowned number one actress of the present era.

Kajol had more surprises in store, her acting abilities came to the forefront with Pyar To Hona Hi Tha with Ajay Devgan, this film opened a new chapter in her career. Her potentials as an actress were further exploited by Karan Johar in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee, Kajol gave her best performances and walked away with the Filmfare Award for the Best Actress

Kangna Ranaut

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Name: Kangna Ranaut
First Film : Gangster

BIOGRAPHY

Kangana Ranaut comes from the hill town of Manali in Himachal Pradesh. She did her schooling from Shimla.

Studying as a science student in Shimla, Kangana had never thought that one day she would work in a film under a reputed banner in Bollywood. But she did harbour a dream of acting, a dream that brought her to Delhi where she learnt acting while doing theatre.

Then Kangana took another step and came to Mumbai to try her luck in films. Her lucky break did not come straightaway, but after a while when Kangana had already tried unsuccessfully to make an entry into the tinsel town.

It happened in September 2005, when Kangana was drinking coffee with one of her friends at a café in Mumbai. Filmmaker Anurag Basu , who had already directed a successful film, Murder , was keeping an open eye for the heroine of his next movie Gangster .

It was there Basu spotted Kangana and called her for the audition. Despite the fact that Kangana is not from a filmi background and has no real acting experience, Basu decided to cast her in his film. The rest, as they say, is history.

Karan Johar

2007-12-06T02:58:00.000-08:00

Name: Karan Johar
Birthday: Thursday, May 25, 1972
Star Sign : Gemini
Family: Father’s name : Yash Johar,Mother’s Name : Hiroo Johar
Address: Union park, Bandra
First Film : Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

BIOGRAPHY

Karan Johar first seen as Shahrukh Khan's close friend in the movie Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge where he also was Assistant Director and responsible for cowriting the screenplay and selecting Khan's costumes, something he did in Shahrukh Khan's other movies like Dil To Pagal Hai, Duplicate, Mohabbatein, Main Hoon Na and Veer-Zaara as well.

In 1998 his directional debut was with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, that went on to become a blockbuster. This film signified the beginning of Karan's journey into the Indian film industry and proved that he was truly a creative genius. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai won eight Filmfare awards in 1998 including the Best Movie, Best Director and all the Best Actors in lead and supporting roles.

His second directorial effort, the multi-starrer Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham was released in 2001 which was almost equally, if not more, successful. Most recently he produced and wrote the script for Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), which was directed by Nikhil Advani, his Assistant Director from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. In 2005, he produced another movie, Kaal, directed by Soham Shah, Johar`s Assistant Director from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

In 2005, after taking a four year long break from direction, he is working on his third film as a director, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, again with Shahrukh Khan in the lead. It also features Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal amongst others. Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna is slated to release in the summer of 2006.

He also hosted the 2006 Zee Cine Awards on March 4th in Mauritius.

Kareena Kapoor

2007-12-06T02:56:00.000-08:00

Name: Kareena Kapoor
Birthday: Sunday, September 21, 1980
Star Sign : Virgo
Family: Father - Randhir Kapoor, Mother: Babita Kapoor
Address: 2-B/110 Excellency, 4th Cross Road, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 061, INDIA
First Film : Refugee

BIOGRAPHY

Kareena Kapoor, nicknamed "Bebo" (born September 21, 1980 in Bombay, India) is a Bollywood actress. She is part of the famous Kapoor family.

Kareena is the great-great-granddaughter of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor, and great-granddaughter of Prithviraj Kapoor, who was a famous actor. She is the granddaughter of actor and producer Raj Kapoor and daughter of Randhir Kapoor and actress Babita. Her great uncles are Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. Her uncles are Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor.

Her cousins are Ranbir Kapoor, Riddhima Kapoor, Shivani Kapoor and Nikhil Nanda who is married to Amitabh Bachchan's daughter, Shweta Nanda. Her sister Karisma Kapoor is also in the film industry.

Her first movie was J. P. Dutta's Refugee which was released on June 30, 2000 and included co-debutant Abhishek Bachchan in the cast. Though the film didn't do well her performance was praised. Her first hit was the film Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai.

Her other notable roles include "Pooja" in the inter-generational melodrama Kabhie Kushi Kabhie Gham, "Kaurwaki" in Asoka, the title role in Chameli, in which she plays a prostitute and her role as a riot victim in Dev, for which she won the Filmfare Critics Award Best Performance.

Since then she has appeared in the hit Aitraaz, but succeeding film have not done as well.

She is currently dating actor-boyfriend Shahid Kapoor (they starred together in the 2004 movie Fida which did not succeed at the box office).

A passerby with a camera phone filmed Kareena kissing her boyfriend Shahid Kapoor (in a hotel's public area) and released the video. A Mumbai newspaper published stills from the video. Kareena and Shahid at first denied that the pictures were of them, but later reversed themselves and complained of an invasion of privacy.

Karisma Kapoor

2007-12-06T02:53:00.000-08:00

Name: Karisma Kapoor
Birthday: Tuesday, June 25, 1974
Star Sign : Cancer
Family: Father - Randhir Kapoor, Mother: Babita Kapoor
First Film : Prem Quadi

BIOGRAPHY

Karisma Kapoor, nicknamed "Lolo" (born 25 June 1974 in Mumbai, India) is a Bollywood actress.

She is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor, an actor popular during the 1970s and 80s, and actress Babita. Her grandfather is Raj Kapoor, great grandfather is Prithviraj Kapoor, great great grandfather is Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor and her sister is actress Kareena Kapoor.

Karisma made her debut in the 1991 movie Prem Quaidi and has since then acted in sixty movies.

Balancing commercial crowd-pleasers and art-house dramas, Kapoor has garnered four Filmfare Awards to date including Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raja Hindustani (1996) and Fiza (2000), Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Shyam Benegal's Zubeidaa. She also won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dil To Pagal Hai and an IIFA Best Actress Award for her work in Fiza, 2000.

On 29 September 2003, she married industrialist Sanjay Kapur according to Hindu marriage rites. The couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Samaira, on 11 March 2005. The couple had some widely publicized marital problems -- perhaps exaggerated by the press -- but have since reconciled.

Kashmira Shah

2007-12-06T02:51:00.000-08:00

Name: Kashmira Shah

BIOGRAPHY

Kashmira Shah has made the move from item girl to "it" girl. People first saw her in Yes Boss, recognised her after Vaastav and loved her because of Jungle. These are the three landmarks in her career. In 1993 she won the 'Miss World University India' and went on to national contest in South Korea and won the 'Miss Talent award'. In 1995 Inaugurated the 'Miss Globe' and was 'Miss Globe India'. Resulted in Best National Costume award and was in the top 5.

At the age of 16 she had decided that she will enter the world of Film Industry. She announced in her family about this and all hell broke loose. Her mother and her grandmother are classical singer and they wanted her, to join them. So Kashmera and her mum, who supports her walked out of their matriarchal family "With just Rs 250 in their pocket." Kashmira was only 16 and obviously it wasn't easy. She got a portfolio shot and just went out and started meeting people. She had no contracts. It was a struggle but she knew she had burnt the bridges behind her, so the only way was ahead.

She began to do catalogue work for Rs 500 an assignment. Sometime on a good day, She get Rs 750. Often she just wanted someone to tell her that she was not wrong in dreaming about her future. There were times when she felt very alone but never felt like giving up. All she knew was that she wanted to be an actress and would die trying.

And soon enough, she got her first break on the silver screen Yes Boss with Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla.

Till now she had done many films, theatres, item songs. Pyaat To Hona Hi Tha, Koi Kissi Se Kam Nahin, Saazish in which had done small role. In lead role she came in Dulhan Banoo Mein teri. She had done 2 plays also 'Meena Kumari' and 'Laila'. Done lead role in TV soaps "Baat Ban Jaaye" and "Saturday Suspence". In 2002 Lead Supporting Role in Janasheen.

In 2000 Nominated for 'Best Female in a Negative Role' at Screen Videocon Awards for Jungle.

Then her terrorist act in Jungle, seems to be gravitating towards baddie roles. She is going into the negative slot. She feel more comfortable with negative roles . Despite the success of Jungle, Kash did only item numbers in Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar in 2001.

Meanwhile, she's got some interesting local releases coming up. In Roshni, with Bikram Saluja, she is a desi Glenn Close (in Fatal Attraction). In Jhamu Sughand's System, she plays a mafia don, the film about the corrupt bureaucratic system which is being directed by debutant director Arvind then in Feroz Khan's next flicks, she's a bad-ass babe on a bike.

She is in discussion for three roles in films made abroad, out of them in one film the story revolves around a her who grows up the same day that she is born. She plays a gynaecologist in the film. Being a Hollywood film, the heroine had to be an American-looking blonde. She excited about 'Mayfly', where she may get to co-star with Anne Bancroft. She's serious about starting over and has even got herself a place in the States.

Katrina Kaif

2007-12-06T02:48:00.000-08:00

Name: Katrina Kaif
Birthday: Monday, July 16, 1984
Star Sign : Cancer
First Film : Boom

BIOGRAPHY

Katrina Kaif is a model and Bollywood actress. She was born on 16 July 1984. Her mother is English and father a NRI originally from Kashmir.

Katrina debuted in the film Boom, which featured her as a supermodel. She has done two Telugu movies down South - Malliswari and Allari Pidugu. She was allegedly paid Rs.70 lakhs for the movie Malliswari making her top the list of highest paid actress during a southern movie debut.

She reinvented her career with the hit film Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and a brief but appreciated role in Ram Gopal Varma's hit film Sarkar.

The proposed movie Bheema marks her debut in the Tamil film industry. She stars along with National Award winner - Tamil hero Vikram.

Kavita Krishnamurthy

2007-12-06T02:46:00.000-08:00

Name: Kavita Krishnamurthy
Birthday: Saturday, January 17, 1970
First Film : Not available

BIOGRAPHY

Sharda Krishnamurthi (her real name) was in Delhi till she was 15. Her father was an official in the Education and Cultural Affairs Ministry, and she was exposed to classical music and dance from a very young age. Her mother was very keen that she learnt music.

Since there was no good teacher available in Delhi for Carnatic music, her mother decided that she should learn Hindustani music. Her neighbours, a Bengali couple, were like second parents to her (Kavita lived with the lady in Mumbai till her marriage) and at their suggestion, she also learnt Rabindra Sangeet. This lady also knew Jaya Chakravarty, actress Hema Malini's mother, when the latter stayed in Delhi. On a visit to Mumbai, Jaya suggested that she try her luck in films. Her father was against a career in cinema, but Kavita assured him that she would complete her college education first. She did her B.A. in Economics at St. Xaviers' College, Mumbai.

She is critically acclaimed for having a unique and versatile voice and was often assigned to sing difficult tracks. Some songs she has sung include: "Tumse Milkar Na Jaane Kyon," "Hawa Hawai," "Julie, Julie," "Mera Piya Ghar," "Aaj Mein Upar," and she was the only soundtrack vocalist for music director, R. D. Burman's movie, 1942: A Love Story. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2005. She is married to L. Subramaniam, a famous violinist with whom she occasionally collaborates.

Khalid

2007-12-06T02:38:00.000-08:00

Name: Khalid
First Film : Mere Huzoor

BIOGRAPHY

He started his modelling career at 24, when it's time for most models to retire, or at least start looking for an alternative career. His Bollywood break happened with the movie, Joggers' Park, at 28. Wasn't Khaled Siddiqui a late entrant? "I strongly feel that kismat se jyada aur waqt se pehle kuch nahi hota," answers Khaled sounding confident. The confidence stems from the fact that though not from a film background his first commercial for Cadbury Perk was with none other than Priety Zinta. After which he shot for brands like ICICI, Bombay Dyeing, Maruti Alto, Ariel, Ponds and Gillette wherein Khaled worked alongside faces like Bipasha Basu, Mahima Chaudhary and Lara Dutta.

A recognisable face on TV, with his second film, The Film, opposite Mahima Chaudhary, Khaled hopes to make his mark as an actor. "The film is about seven guys who dream about making a movie. It deals with their aspirations and the trials and tribulations they undergo to realise those dreams," informs Khaled.

Struggling hard to get noticed? Sounds very much like Khaled's real story. Does he relate to the character? "I play an assistant director in the film who hails from a small town background and had to suffer a lot. In real life, my career has been without any hiccups. It has been an easy and smooth journey so far," says Khaled. But that does not mean he didn't have to prepare himself for the role at all. "Nothing is easy," he is quick to add.
Working with Mahima was fun, he says, adding that he thoroughly enjoyed the shooting stint. "I knew her from our modelling days and discovered that not much had changed with her. In fact, we have matured and knew better how to interact with others this time," says the actor who counts Ram Gopal Varma, Subhash Ghai and Shyam Benegal amongst his all time favourite directors.

But is there a dream role for him? "No, I'd like to experiment and play all kinds of roles. I don't want to limit myself as an actor." Khaled is hopeful that the audience will wake up to his acting potential after the release of The Film. "We saw the monoprint with the songs and visuals. It has really shaped up well. We have done our best and hope you like it."

Next for him is Prakash Jha's Apaharan and Ho Sakta Hai with Victor Banerjee. He's hopeful to get more offers.

Kim Sharma

2007-12-06T02:33:00.000-08:00

Name: Kim Sharma
Birthday: Monday, January 21, 1980
Star Sign : Aquarius
First Film : Mohabbatein

BIOGRAPHY

Kim Sharma (born 21 January 1980) is an Indian actress.

She first started her career with modelling, she is also the brand ambassoder of Olay in India.

She caught the eye of producer Aditya Chopra, and he signed her on his next directorial venture titled Mohabbatein. The debut also marked the launch of five other debutantes, Uday Chopra, Jugal Hansraj, Jimmy Shergill, Shamita Shetty and Preeti Jhangiani. The film also starred superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. The film was a huge hit and started her career in Bollywood.

Her five years in the industry has been disappointing, as she has not had a hit since Mohabbatein.

Her cousin is actor, Arjun Rampal.