Prem Chopra was the most distasteful, lecherous, and downright evil ‘Bad Guy’ of 70s and 80s Bollywood cinema. Prem Chopra made the character of the bad guy frighteningly real. I have heard people say they are terrified even by the mention of his name. Certainly after watching one of his performances many would not want to be left alone in a room with him. In countless Bollywood films (he has acted in over 400 movies) Prem Chopra played the heavy…
Rahul Bose’s tryst with acting began when he was six years old and was part of a school play Tom, The Piper’s Son. He was also part of plays like Topsy Turvy and Tim Murari’s The Square Circle. He appeared in many non commercial arty movies and has also been seen in mainstream cinema. His first movie was Dev Benegal’s English August (1994). It was based on a novel by Upamanyu Chatterjee and Bose played the character Agastya Sen. It…
Kulbhushan Kharbanda is an Indian actor who debuted as Shakal in Shaan (film) inspired by the character of Blofeld from James Bond movies. He later appeared in all three parts of Deepa Mehta’s Elements trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005). Kharbanda is a critically acclaimed actor who has also worked in mainstream cinema. Kharbanda appeared in Gupt, Border, Monsoon Wedding, and Shaan. He portrayed Reema Lagoo’s husband and Raj Babbar’s brother in Filmwala’s Production, Kalyug. He has also…
Girish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language. He is the latest of seven recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad has been composing plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He is also active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director, and screenwriter, earning numerous awards along the way. He was conferred Padma Shri and…
Rajkummar Rao aka Rajkumar Yadav is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He made his film debut with the 2010 experimental film Love Sex aur Dhokha and achieved success in 2013 with the drama film Kai Po Che!, for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was born in Gurgaon, India, into a lower-middle-class family. Rajkummar caught the acting bug on a theatre stage in his 10th grade. He finished his schooling…
From ‘Hero’ upto now Jackie has always been a hassle free and cool actor. This cool attitude has almost always backfired. He is almost always starring in two hero projects and is usually a police inspector or an elder brother – and usually plays second fiddle. But this still hasn’t kept the awards away from him. These days he’s heavily into B – grade films with Mithun. However his company (JSEL) has announce a few good projects which might just…
An actor with a difference. Versatility is second nature to this talented multi-faceted actor. Making his debut with Aaj Ki Awaaz he went on to Ankush which catapulted him to fame. He then did Parinda and Krantiveer for which he won the Best Actor Award. Nana Patekar’s range of roles varied from a jealous-sadistic husband to a deaf and dumb parent in Khamoshi to an underworld don. To each role, he imparts a very distinctive Nana Patekar style, which is…
Om Puri born on October 18, 1950 is a highly regarded and renowned Indian actor. In the course of time, he is fast emerging as India’s first truly International star and the world seems to have woken up to Puri’s versatility. He was born at Ambala, Haryana. For Om Puri (or Guddu, his childhood name) career in theatre began early in school at Sinnaur, near Patiala. His maiden venture was Zaildar by Kapoor Singh Ghuman. In college he did several…
Actor Sharman Joshi made his film debut in the year 1999, with the film ‘Godmother’, directed by Vinay Shukla. He was noticed in his very first attempt and received rave reviews for playing the troubled son of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi. If Godmother belonged to the so called art cinema, Sharman’s next role was a surprise. He starred in a film called ‘Style’ made by N Chandra. The film was a comedy and was a surprise commercial hit….
He has a very cute face and a deadly smile. The girls just go crazy about him. Fame came to him with music videos of Gur Naal Ishk Mitha and Mera Long Gawacha, which he is still remembered for. From wedding music videos he has now made it to the big screen. Spotted by Dev Anand, he played the lead role in his new venture and was signed by Pooja Bhatt in her film Dushman opposite Kajol. His forthcoming project…