Aadesh Shrivastava is a well-known composer in the Hindi film industry i.e. Bollywood. Till date, he has composed more than 2000 songs, which include many hit numbers. His biggest achievement so far has come in 1998 when he won the Filmfare Award for Best Background Score for the film Border. Aadesh Shrivastava was born in Jabalpur and was fortunate enough to have a family which was fond of music. His father was a railway superintendent [...]
A.R.Rahman born in Chennai on January 6, 1967 as A. S. Dileep Kumar, he came to known as A.R.(Allah Rakha Rahman) after he converted to Islam. His father, who worked as a composer and conductor died when A.R.Rahman was young as a result of which A.R.Rahman had a difficult childhood. When he was just 11, he joined the troupe of famous South Indian composer Ilaiyaraaja. He later graduated from the Trinity College at Oxford University, [...]
She has six Filmfare awards to her credit. Her maiden name is Kajol Mukherjee and after marriage she has become Mrs. Kajol Devgan. Though, her fans call her just Kajol. She holds the distinction of being the star who married when she was at the pinnacle of her career ( giving hit after hit) which does not happen often in the Indian Cinema. Even her marriage and motherhood could not erase her from the minds [...]
Kader Khan is a famous and well respected Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer as well as a Director. He was born on 22 October 1935 in Kabul, Afghanistan and is the son of Abdul Rehman and Iqbal Begum. He claims to be of Kakar tribe of the Pashtuns. Kader Khan currently lives in Mumbai and is also reported to be a citizen of Canada. Kader Khan is a famous and well respected [...]
K.S.Chitra, a playback singer of South Indian and Hindi films has won the heart of millions with her mellifluous voice. She has lent her voice to over 11,000 songs in languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali and Oriya. In the history of South Indian film playback singing she is the first female singer who was awarded for being the best playback singer by all the four state governments of southern India. K.S.Chitra was born [...]
Juhi Chawla is a beautiful, gorgeous and graceful heroine of Bollywood. She was born on 13th November 1967, in Ludhiana, in the state of Punjab. She married Jay Mehta in 1998 and has two children with him. She received her primary education from Fort Convent of Mumbai and passed her graduation in HR from Sydenham College in Mumbai. She won the Miss India title in 1984 and represented India in the Miss Universe contest held [...]
One of India’s most noted poets, lyricists and scriptwriters Javed Akhtar was born on January 17, 1945 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. He, along with Salim, were a part of the noted script writing duo of Salim Javed in the 1970s and 1980s. He completed his graduation from Saifiya College in Bhopal. Arriving in Bombay in 1964, he started writing dialogues for movies to make a living for himself. Initially, he used to write his scripts [...]
Jaspal Singh Bhatti was a famous Indian comedian, actor and satirist. As a great television personality, he was most famous for his satirical take on the problems of the common man. He is renowned for his television series “Flop Show” and mini series “Ulta Pulta” which ran on Doordarshan in the late 80s and early 90s. Jaspal Bhatti was born on 3rd March 1955 in Amritsar. He completed his Electrical Engineer Degree from Punjab Engineering [...]
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 [...]
