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Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

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…

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Tusshar Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor went his father’s way when he entered Bollywood. After a shaky start, his career is picking up with performances in movies like Golmaal and Shootout at Lokhandwala. He spent his college years overseas at the University of Michigan and holds a degree in Business from the Stephen Ross Business School. He made his debut with Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai alongside Kareena Kapoor in 2001. The next two years followed with a list of box office flops, although he…

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Abhay Deol

Abhay Deol

Abhay Deol is an Indian actor originally from Chandigarh,Punjab. He is an Indian film actor and producer. A member of Bollywood’s Deol film dynasty, Deol has appeared in such films as Dev.D and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!. Abhay Deol has avoided the commercial cinema that his family is known for. He stated in an interview with Rediff that he is not into acting because of his famous uncle and his cousin, but that he was involved in theatre in school….

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Fardeen Khan

Fardeen Khan

Fardeen Khan was born on March 8 1974 to superstar actor, director Feroz Khan and Sundari Khan . He is a typical Pisces. Stubborn yet caring, affectionate and very hard working. He entered films in 1998 with a home production, directed by father Feroz Khan Prem Agan. Fardeen Khan was born in India but has non-Indian accent which clearly comes across on the big screen because he has studied abroad a lot. A graduate (Business Management Degree) from the University…

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Chandrachur Singh

Chandrachur Singh

Chandrachur Singh, the doe-eyed actor. he was known as Chandrachur ‘Maachis‘ Singh in Bollywood as his next movie ‘Maachis‘ won him all the glory he was overwhelmed with and in a night he was the craze of girls. A history teacher in the Doon School, Dehradun, Chandrachur Singh aka Rocky entered the big bad world of movies, thanks to Gulzar and good friend, Bobby Deol, who happens to be Chandrachur’s brother’s closest buddy. His career has been a mixed bag:…

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Mukesh Khanna

Mukesh Khanna

Think of Mukesh Khanna and the image of ‘Shaktimaan’ springs to mind. Or is it ‘Bheeshma Pitamaha’. He is one of those rare actors who lives out two screen characters. As Mukesh Khanna says: ‘I totally believe in destiny and I was destined to give ‘Aashirwad‘ (rewind to Bheeshma in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat). But there is more to the making of Mukesh Khanna so lets go back a little and get some lowdown on the real ‘Shaktimaan‘. Graduating from St….

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Kunal Khemu

Kunal Khemu

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…

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Rajesh Khattar

Rajesh Khattar

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…

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Dara Singh

Dara Singh

Dara Singh was an Indian wrestler-turned-actor from Indian Punjab. He started acting in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha. He has also worked as Hindi and Punjabi film producer, director and writer in his career. He has also been an Indian television actor. He started his career as an actor in 1952 with Sangdil. He was confined to B-grade roles for many years and played his first lead role in Babubhai Mistry’s film…

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Aashif Sheikh

Aashif Sheikh

Aashif Sheikh is one of the few actors who have had a strong influence in both the silver screen as well on the small screen in his career. Having done multiple roles throughout his career in theater, movies and television serials, his acting skills are better than most of the actors in the grid. He is of Indian nationality and his work is limited to working only in Hindi language unlike others who have tried to experiment with films of…

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