Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty Born in Calcutta and educated at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta, where he studied chemistry, Mithun Chakraborty is a leading actor in the Bollywood and the south Indian film industry. He started his film career in a Bengali film made by Mrinal Sen. He shot into national prominence with his films Disco Dancer, … Read more

Farida Jalal

Farida Jalal, a native of New Delhi, started her career in the 1960s, when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare. She usually played the sister or rejected fianc’e of the male lead but almost never the female lead. One of her most critically acclaimed roles is in Bobby where she … Read more

Hema Malini

Hema Malini R. Chakravarty was born on 16 October 1948 in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. She is expert in Bharatanatyam dance. She was a second actress from South India after Vyijayantimala. She was commonly known as Dream Girl. She completed her education from Andhra Mahila Sabha in Chennain. In 1961, she performed into Telugu film, Pandava … Read more

Anjan Srivastava

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 … Read more

Jaya Bachchan

Of all the actress’ of Bollywood’s bouffant 70s era Jaya Bachchan (Bhaduri) would be the one voted; “Most Likely to be the Girl you Take Home to Meet Mom and Dad”. She has that genuine and sincere quality that the parent’s love to see. There is a fortitude and level-headedness in her gaze and demeanor. … Read more