Bobby Deol, the charming yet macho hero from the Deol clan, was born as Vijay Singh Deol on January 27, 1967 to Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur. His father Dharmendra is a celebrated Hindi actor and so is his elder brother Sunny Deol. The other famous members of Bobby Deol’s family are his step-mother Hema Malini, the ‘Dreamgirl’ of Bollywood and his sister Esha Deol, a promising and glamorous Hindi film actor. Born into a famous [...]
Bipasha Basu, a Begali Hindu, born on 7 January 1979, was a successful model before she joined films. The second of three siblings, she comes from a non film background and has lived and grown up in Delhi and Kolkata, West Bengal. Her modeling career was launched in 1996, when she won two modeling contests – the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of the World. She then featured in the singer [...]
The golden voice of Assam, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika is a singer, lyricist, music director, poet and director who enjoys cult status in the entire Northeast, West Bengal and even Bangladesh. Born in the remote town of Sadiya of Assam in 1926,he came to Guwahati for his Intermediate in Arts from Cotton College, Guwahati in 1942 before moving on to the Banaras Hindu University where he earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees. He then went over [...]
Babita was an Indian actress of the 1960s and 70s. She was born on 20th April,1948 in Mumbai, Maharashtra as Bhambhani. Her father Hari Shivdasani was also an actor. She married Randhir Kapoor on November 6, 1971. After her marriage, Babita quit the film industry, and followed the tradition of the Kapoor family, which refrained women from acting in films. They had two children: Karishma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, both of them are the topmost [...]
Gracy Singh became a household name in India soon after the release of the film “Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India” in 2001, the movie which bagged a number of awards and was nominated for the Oscar awards. Gracy ( born on 20th July), the graceful, young lady from Delhi was a familiar face on the T.V. soap “Amanat,” in which she played the role of Dinky. She was thrilled when she was chosen [...]
Farhan Akhtar is an Indian bollywood film Actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He was born on 9th January 1974 in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani. His parents got divorced during his early days and his father married Shabana Azmi in 1984. Speaking about the influence of his parents on his childhood, Farhan said that his parents never pressurized him. He completed his schooling from Maneckji Cooper School. He studied in HR College, [...]
Fardeen Khan is a popular Indian actor. He is the son of Feroz Khan who is also a Bollywood actor. He was born on March 8, 1974. Fardeen Khan is of Pathan ancestry and although he was born in India, he studied abroad;which gave him a distinct foreign accent. He earned a management degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst U.S.A. He made his bollywood debut with the movie ‘Prem Agan’ (1998) which was a [...]
Ekta J Kapoor, born on June 7, 1975, is the creative head of Balaji Telefilms. Ekta Kapoor is the daughter of Jeetendra, the legendary Indian actor and Shobha Kapoor. The actor Tusshar Kapoor is her brother. Kapoor is the alumni of Bombay Scottish School and Mithibai College. Started her career at an early age of seventeen. In the beginning, she tried her luck attending the shoots of Kailash Surendranath, the ad and feature filmmaker – [...]
Dino Morea was born on December 9, 1975, in Bangalore to an Italian father and an Indian mother. He has two siblings and he is the second one among them. He started his career with modeling and was first noticed by a fashion company. He won the Gladrags supermodel contest in 1999 and from then onwards there was no looking back. He got endorsement offers from reputed designers and music videos with reputed singers. He [...]
Discovered and introduced by the legendary actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia entered Hindi film industry in 1973 with her debut performance in Bobby opposite Rishi Kapoor. The 16-year-old glamour girl never looked back since then. Besides commercial films, Dimple has also proven herself as an able actor in the parallel cinema as well. Born on June 8, 1957, Dimple was born to Chunnibhai Kapadia, an entrepreneur and his wife Betty. Her younger sister [...]
