Biography of Javed Akhtar Jagjit Singh aka Jagmohan Singh was born on 8 February 1941 in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India (then Bikaner State). He was one of the most famous Ghazal singers in India and is still considered as the ‘Ghazal King’. He along with his wife gained fame for their contribution to the Indian music industry. His albums which include music from films such as Arth and Saath Saath have been HMV’s largest selling [...]
Jagdeep is a famous comedian of Indian film industry. He entered the film industry as a child artist in BR Chopra’s Afsana, which was followed by Ab Dilli Door Nahin, K A Abbas’s Munna and Hum Panchi Ek Dal Ke. The year 1957 was a milestone in Jagdeep’s career. He performed in a children’s film, Hum Panchi Ek Dal Ke, for which he was awarded along with other artists of the film by Pandit Jawaharlal [...]
Jackie Shroff or our famous Jaggu dada was born in Mumbai on 1st February, 1958. Soon completing his studies, Jackie Shroff started his film career in Bollywood as a leading hero. He was introduced by Dev Anand in the film Swami Dada in 1982. A year later, Subhash Ghai gave him a break in his film Hero, which turned him into a star overnight. This hero of 80s was often paired with Anil Kapoor. Films [...]
Isha Koppikar, popular as the Khallas girl in Bollywood was born on September 19, 1976 in Mumbai. She graduated in Life Sciences from Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai. During her college days she did modelling for Gautam Rajadhyaksha. In 1995 she participated in the Miss India contest, whereby she won the title of Miss Talent. Consequently she did modelling for L’Oreal, Rexona, Camay, Tips and Toes, Coca-Cola, Synergy and Deepam Sarees. Isha Koppikar started her film [...]
Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian musical maestro; a composer, singer and song writer of exceptional repute. He is the most renowned composer of South Indian cinema. He gave a new form to South Indian music by blending Tamil folk lyricism with Western music. Ilaiyaraaja was born in Pannaipuram,Theni district,Tamil Nadu, to Daniel Ramaswamy and Chinnathayammal. He married Jeeva, and has two sons Karthik Raaja (Composer), and Yuvan Shankar Raaja (Composer) and a daughter Bhavatharini (Composer & [...]
Hrithik Roshan is a leading Bollywood actor and a versatile actor. He was born in Mumbai on January 10, 1974. His father Rakesh Roshan is a director of Bollywood and has directed many hit movies. Hrithik Roshan married Sussanne Khan, daughter of actor/director Sanjay Khan. Their first child, a baby boy, Hrehaan was born on March 28, 2006. As a child artist Hrithik Roshan acted in films like Aasha, Aap Ki Deewane (1980) and Bhagwan [...]
Hema Malini R. Chakravarty was born on 16 October 1948 into a Tamil Iyengar family in Ammankudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. She is the third child born to VSR Chakravarti and Jaya Lakshmi Chakravarti, a film producer. She studied at Andhra Mahila Sabha in Chennai. Hema married film actor Dharmendra in 1980. They both converted to Islam before getting married since Dharmendra was married to Prakash Kaur who refused to divorce him. She became the step-mother [...]
Johnny Walker was a famous Indian actor and comedian, who performed in more than 300 movies. He was born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi on 11 November, 1920. He belonged to a very poor family, his father was a mill worker. To look after his 15-member family, he tried his hands at all sorts of petty works. He even worked as a conductor for the B.E.S.T bus in Bombay. While traveling in one of these buses, [...]
Bollywood star John Abraham is the icon of teenagers for his physique and macho looks. He was born in Mumbai on 17th December 1972. His father is a Christian from Kerala and mother an Indian Parsee. He grew up in Mumbai and studied at Bombay Scottish School and college. He was a good athlete and participated in the 100 and 200 meters runs. He passed his B.A. (Hons) in Economics and also learned Taekwondo, under [...]
Jitendra is a celebrated actor of Indian film industry. He was born on 7th April, 1942, in Mumbai as Ravi Kapoor. He was given a chance in films in the late 1950s by V. Shantaram in Navrang (1959) and Sehra (1963). But his first break in a lead role was in Shantaram’s film Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1964). Since then, he has acted in more than 200 films. Jitendra married Shobha Kapoor, and has a [...]
