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BOLLYWOOD and

CELEBRITIES Know all about the Indian Cinema and Bollywood Celebrities alongwith their

Birth Date Family Details Nick names earlier profession etc

By - Vipin K Bansal 752013

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement 2

Preface 3

History of Indian Cinema 4

Film Music and Directors 4

Film Production Houses5

First Movie of other States of India 5

Censor Board 6

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds 7

First Break in Films 7

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities 9

Film Clan of Bollywood 31

Star Nicknames 31

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories 32

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession 33

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage 33

Questions Related to this Chapter 34

Scoring System 37

Bibliography 38

Thank You 38

Acknowledgement

When a book like this comes into existence it is very hard to name

and thank all the people that helped me shape this book It took me

over 7 years to consolidate and format all the content in a manner

that may benefit the readers However I would like to start by

thanking my wife Suman Bansal for her patience and the time I

stole from her I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my

father Shri B D Bansal for his encouragement invaluable

experience and support

I would like to thank my elder son Anurag Bansal who helped me

design it and offer it on various online portals My younger son

Gaurav Bansal helped me put together all the questions related to

the content

Preface

As I mentioned in the previous parts that the idea of this book came to

my mind after reviewing so many competitive examinations in

examination halls or through Media and many people drop out

without any success I think most of the time the reason was either not

enough preparation or lack of resources to enhance the knowledge

required to compete with others

Thatrsquos why I started writing this book on various subjects so that it can

offer the basic guidance to the people preparing for the competition

Nonetheless everyone can get benefitted with this set of books because

ldquoIgnorance is the curse of God Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly

to heavenrdquo

The Key to Success has been written for the people trying to prepare

for any competition Therefore the scope of this book is not to deep dive

on any subject rather to swim across various layers but what one need

to qualify However this book cannot be used to gain exhaustive

knowledge on any given subject but it provides enough information

that you can easily remember and be better prepared for anything

As usual at the end of the book a multi-choice Questionnaire is given

that has only one correct answer Try to attempt those questions on

your own and then check the correct answers from the Answer Sheet

Good Luck

History of Indian Cinema

ndia is the worlds largest producer of films It produces around 1300 feature films in different languages of India

ie Hindi Bengali Marathi Telugu Tamil Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Assamese Rajasthani etc

Bollywood is the informal name of Mumbai based film industry The other informal names are Tollywood for Bengali film industry Sandalwood for Kannada Ollywood for Odisha Mollywood for Malayalam and Kollywood for Tamil Film Industries

Dadasaheb Phalke is called the Father of Indian cinema The Indian cinema markets its films in over 90 countries

The first full length motion picture in India was Raja Harish Chandra in 1913 a Silent film produced by Dadasaheb Phalke in Marathi

Alam Ara was the first Indian talkie film which was screened in 1931 Sant Tukaram film of 1936 was screened in Venice Film Festival and became the first Indian film to be screened at an international film festival

Film Music and Directors

Older popular Film Directors of

Bollywood are Abbas Mastan Kamal Amrohi Chetan Anand K Asif Sooraj Barjatya Shyam

Benegal Mahesh Bhatt Basu hattacharya Sachin Bhowmick

BR Chopra J Om Prakash JP Dutta Subhash Ghai Gulzar Rajkumar Hirani Nasir

Husain Prakash Jha Raj Kapoor Girish Karnad Amol Palekar Shakti Samant Asit

Sen V Shantaram Rajkumar Santoshi Ravi Nagaich Govind

Nihlani Sai Paranjpye Rakesh Roshan Ramanand Sagar etc

Music Directors compose and arrange the music of a film Some of them are Playback

singers also Mostly they compose in different Indian

languages but the following

persons have composed only for Hindi films viz Adnan Sami Hemant Kumar Madan Mohan

Kalyanji Anandji Khayyam Kishore Kumar Kumar Sanu

Laxmikant Pyarelal Nadeem Shravan Naushad OP Nayyar Ravindra Jain C Ramchandra

Ram Lakshman Sajid Wajid Rajesh Roshan Sanjay Leela Bhansali Shankar Jaikishan

Vishal Bhardwaj etc

Rahul Dev Burman and AR Rehman have composed in more than Six Indian languages

including Hindi Bappi Lahiri has also composed in Hindi Bengali Tamil Kannad and

Telugu

I

Film Production Houses

Name of the Owner Name of Production

House

Aamir Khan Aamir Khan Prod

Aftab Shivdasani Rising Sun Entt

Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgan Production

Amitabh Bachchan A B C Ltd

Akshaya Kumar Hari Om Entt

Chiranjivi Anjana Productions

Dharmendra Sunny amp Bobby Deol

Vijayta Films

Dev Anand Navketan Films

Farhan Akhtar Excel Films

Gurdas Maan Sai Productions

Gulshan Rai Trimurti Films

Jeetendra Balaji Motions

Kamal Hassan Raj Kamal Prod

Karan Johar Dharma Produtions

Kiran Kumar Sainama Visions

LV Prasad Prasad Productions

Manoj Kumar Vishal International

Mehboob Khan Mehboob Studio

Mahesh Bhat Vishesh Films

Preity Zinta PZNZ Ltd

Ramanand Sagar Sagar Arts

Ronnie Screwvala UTV Productions

Sanjay Leela Bhansali SLB Productions

Shahrukh Khan Juhi

Chawla Dreamz Unlimited

Shahrukh Khan Red Chillies

Subhash Ghai Mukta Arts

Tarachand Barjatya Rajshree Productions

Yash Chopra Yashraj Films

First Movie of other States of India

State of India First Movie Year Remarks

Assam Joymati 1935

Bengali Dena Paona 1931

Bhojpuri Ganga Maiyya Tohe

Pyari Chadhaibo 1963

West Bihar East UP Delhi Mumbai etc

Gujarati Narsinm Mehta 1932

Konkan Mogacho Anvddo 1950 (24

Apr) Smallest Industry Goa

Malyalam Balan 1938 4th largest Industry

Marathi Ayodhyecha Raja 1932

North India Alam Ara 1932 Largest Industry -

Bollywood

Oriya (Odisha) Sita Bibaha 1936

PunjabiSindhi Sheila (Pind di

Kudi) 1958

Tamil Kalidas 1931 3rd largest Industry

Telugu Bhakt Prahlad 1931 2nd largest Industry

Censor Board

The Central Board of Film Certification popularly known

as Censor Board is a Government of India regulatory body and controlled by Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting

It reviews motion pictures television shows television

advertisements etc under the provisions of Cinematograph Act 1952 Films are publicly

exhibited in India only after certification by the Board

When Cinema came to India in

1896 the Cinematograph Act

1909 of England was initialized The act basically covered strict requirements for fire-safety of

theatres At that time the films made from highly flammable

cellulose nitrate base

When First film in India Raja

Harishchandra was produced in 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke

Indian Cinematograph Act was passed and came into effect in 1920 After Independence

Censor Board had implemented Cinematograph Act 1952

Cinematograph (Certification) Rules were revised in 1983 and

since then the Censor Board became Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)

The CBFC currently issues the

following certificates-

o lsquoUrsquo for Universal means all ages admitted nothing

unsuitable for children also

o lsquoUArsquo means Parental

Guidance required In this category all ages are admitted but certain

scenes may be unsuitable for children under 12

o lsquoArsquo means Adults only Nobody younger than 18 years may see these types

of movies These Films do not have limitation on the

bad language violence or sex references

o Another category is lsquoSrsquo

that means Restricted Movies or Documentaries These can be seen by a

specialised audience such as Doctors etc

The Board consists of non-

official members and a Chair

person all of whom are appointed by Central

Government Presently Leela Samson Bharatnatyam dancer 26th Chairperson presides the

Board after Sharmila Tagore who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the

history

The Boardrsquos Headquarter is at Mumbai with Nine Regional offices at Mumbai Kolkata

Chennai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Cuttack Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram

After formation of CBFC the first person who headed the

Chairperson was Mr CS Agarwal from 15th January 1951 till 14th June 1954 The

other persons were Mr MD Bhatt 1955-1959 Mr DL

Kothari 1960 ndash 1965 Mr Virendra Vyas 1972 ndash 1976 Mr KL Khandpur 1976 ndash 1981

Mr Vikram Singh 1983 ndash 1989 Mr Shakti Samanta 1991 ndash

1998 Asha Parekh 1998 ndash 2001 Vijay Anand Arvind Trivedi Anupam Kher during

2001 to 2004 Sharmila Tagore (longest period from 13102004

to 31032011) and presently Leela Samson from 1st April 2011

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax

museum in London It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud born as Anna Maria

Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg France

Her mother worked as a

housekeeper for Dr Philippe

Curtius in Bern Switzerland who was a physician skilled in wax modelling Curtius taught

Tussaud the art of wax modelling Tussaud created her

first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777

It has its branches in a number of major cities at ndash

o America - Hollywood Las Vegas (Obama Martin Luther King Jr George

W Bush JFK Benjamin

Franklin) o New York (Amitabh

Shahrukh) Washington

DC and due to open in Orlando in 2013-14

o Europe ndash Amsterdam Blackpool (Kareena) Berlin London (Salman

Khan Hritik Roshan Madhuri Dixit Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya

Rai) Vienna o Asia ndash Bangkok Hong

Kong Mumbai Tokyo Shanghai Wuhan and

o Australia ndash Sydney

Amitabh Bachchan at Madame

Tussauds ndash London New York Hongkong Washington DC Bangkok

First Break in Films

Y E A R CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm

1936-44-48 Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar (1944) Dev Anand (1948)

Achhoot Kanya Jwar Bhaata Ziddi

1951 Guru Dutt Vyjayantimala Helen

Baazi Bahar Awara

1952 Raj Kumar Mala Sinha Meena Kumari

Rangeeli Suhagan Baiju Bawra

1955-56-57 Nutan Waheed Rehman (1956) Sunil Dutt (1957)

Seema CID Mother India

1959 Asha Parekh Rajendra Kumar

Dil Deke Dekho Goonj Uthi Shehnai

1960 Dharmendra Sadhana Sanjiv Kumar

Dil Bhi Tera HBT Love in Simla Hum Hindustani

1961 Saira Banu Shashi Kapoor Tanuja

Junglee Dharam Putra Hamari Yaad Aayegi

1962-63 Manoj Kumar Mumtaz (1963)

Haryali aur Rasta Mujhe Jeene Do

1964 Jeetendra Sharmila Tagore

Geet Gaya Pathron Ne Kashmir Ki Kali

1965ndash66 Feroz Khan Babita (1966)

Oonche Log Dus Lakh

1968 Vinod Khanna Leena Chadravark

Man ka Meet Man ka Meet

1969 Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Bindu

Saat Hindustani Saajan Do Raaste

1970 Rekha Amrish Puri Rakhee

Sawan Bhaadon Prem Pujari Jeevan Mrityu

1971 Jaya Bachchan Randhir Kapoor Zeenat Aman

Guddi Kal Aaj aur Kal Hulchul

1972 Reena Roy

Jaroorat

1973 Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Neetu Singh

Bobby Bobby Yaadon ki Barat

1974 Amol Palekar Kamal Hassan Shabana Azmi

Rajnigandha Aaina Ankur

1975 Padmini Kolhapuri Smita Patil

Ishq Ishq Ishq Charandas Chor

1977 Hema Malini Raj Babbar

Dream Girl Kissa Kursi Ka

1978 Sri Devi

Solwaa Sawan

1981 Rati Agnihotri Sanjay Dutt

Ek Dooje ke Liye Rocky

1983

Anil Kapoor Jackey Shroff Mithun Chakrav

Woh 7 Din Hero Disco Dancer

Meenakshi Shesh Rajnikant Sunny Deol

Hero Andha Kanoon Betaab

1988

Juhi Chawla Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit

Q se Q Tak Biwi ho to Aisi Tezaab

Aamir Khan

Q se Q Tak

1991

Ajay Devgan Akshaya Kumar Karishma Kapoor

Phool Aur Kaante Saugandh Prem Qaidi

Maneesha Koirala Raveena Tandon

Saudagar Pathar ke Phool

1992 Govinda

Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement 2

Preface 3

History of Indian Cinema 4

Film Music and Directors 4

Film Production Houses5

First Movie of other States of India 5

Censor Board 6

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds 7

First Break in Films 7

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities 9

Film Clan of Bollywood 31

Star Nicknames 31

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories 32

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession 33

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage 33

Questions Related to this Chapter 34

Scoring System 37

Bibliography 38

Thank You 38

Acknowledgement

When a book like this comes into existence it is very hard to name

and thank all the people that helped me shape this book It took me

over 7 years to consolidate and format all the content in a manner

that may benefit the readers However I would like to start by

thanking my wife Suman Bansal for her patience and the time I

stole from her I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my

father Shri B D Bansal for his encouragement invaluable

experience and support

I would like to thank my elder son Anurag Bansal who helped me

design it and offer it on various online portals My younger son

Gaurav Bansal helped me put together all the questions related to

the content

Preface

As I mentioned in the previous parts that the idea of this book came to

my mind after reviewing so many competitive examinations in

examination halls or through Media and many people drop out

without any success I think most of the time the reason was either not

enough preparation or lack of resources to enhance the knowledge

required to compete with others

Thatrsquos why I started writing this book on various subjects so that it can

offer the basic guidance to the people preparing for the competition

Nonetheless everyone can get benefitted with this set of books because

ldquoIgnorance is the curse of God Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly

to heavenrdquo

The Key to Success has been written for the people trying to prepare

for any competition Therefore the scope of this book is not to deep dive

on any subject rather to swim across various layers but what one need

to qualify However this book cannot be used to gain exhaustive

knowledge on any given subject but it provides enough information

that you can easily remember and be better prepared for anything

As usual at the end of the book a multi-choice Questionnaire is given

that has only one correct answer Try to attempt those questions on

your own and then check the correct answers from the Answer Sheet

Good Luck

History of Indian Cinema

ndia is the worlds largest producer of films It produces around 1300 feature films in different languages of India

ie Hindi Bengali Marathi Telugu Tamil Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Assamese Rajasthani etc

Bollywood is the informal name of Mumbai based film industry The other informal names are Tollywood for Bengali film industry Sandalwood for Kannada Ollywood for Odisha Mollywood for Malayalam and Kollywood for Tamil Film Industries

Dadasaheb Phalke is called the Father of Indian cinema The Indian cinema markets its films in over 90 countries

The first full length motion picture in India was Raja Harish Chandra in 1913 a Silent film produced by Dadasaheb Phalke in Marathi

Alam Ara was the first Indian talkie film which was screened in 1931 Sant Tukaram film of 1936 was screened in Venice Film Festival and became the first Indian film to be screened at an international film festival

Film Music and Directors

Older popular Film Directors of

Bollywood are Abbas Mastan Kamal Amrohi Chetan Anand K Asif Sooraj Barjatya Shyam

Benegal Mahesh Bhatt Basu hattacharya Sachin Bhowmick

BR Chopra J Om Prakash JP Dutta Subhash Ghai Gulzar Rajkumar Hirani Nasir

Husain Prakash Jha Raj Kapoor Girish Karnad Amol Palekar Shakti Samant Asit

Sen V Shantaram Rajkumar Santoshi Ravi Nagaich Govind

Nihlani Sai Paranjpye Rakesh Roshan Ramanand Sagar etc

Music Directors compose and arrange the music of a film Some of them are Playback

singers also Mostly they compose in different Indian

languages but the following

persons have composed only for Hindi films viz Adnan Sami Hemant Kumar Madan Mohan

Kalyanji Anandji Khayyam Kishore Kumar Kumar Sanu

Laxmikant Pyarelal Nadeem Shravan Naushad OP Nayyar Ravindra Jain C Ramchandra

Ram Lakshman Sajid Wajid Rajesh Roshan Sanjay Leela Bhansali Shankar Jaikishan

Vishal Bhardwaj etc

Rahul Dev Burman and AR Rehman have composed in more than Six Indian languages

including Hindi Bappi Lahiri has also composed in Hindi Bengali Tamil Kannad and

Telugu

I

Film Production Houses

Name of the Owner Name of Production

House

Aamir Khan Aamir Khan Prod

Aftab Shivdasani Rising Sun Entt

Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgan Production

Amitabh Bachchan A B C Ltd

Akshaya Kumar Hari Om Entt

Chiranjivi Anjana Productions

Dharmendra Sunny amp Bobby Deol

Vijayta Films

Dev Anand Navketan Films

Farhan Akhtar Excel Films

Gurdas Maan Sai Productions

Gulshan Rai Trimurti Films

Jeetendra Balaji Motions

Kamal Hassan Raj Kamal Prod

Karan Johar Dharma Produtions

Kiran Kumar Sainama Visions

LV Prasad Prasad Productions

Manoj Kumar Vishal International

Mehboob Khan Mehboob Studio

Mahesh Bhat Vishesh Films

Preity Zinta PZNZ Ltd

Ramanand Sagar Sagar Arts

Ronnie Screwvala UTV Productions

Sanjay Leela Bhansali SLB Productions

Shahrukh Khan Juhi

Chawla Dreamz Unlimited

Shahrukh Khan Red Chillies

Subhash Ghai Mukta Arts

Tarachand Barjatya Rajshree Productions

Yash Chopra Yashraj Films

First Movie of other States of India

State of India First Movie Year Remarks

Assam Joymati 1935

Bengali Dena Paona 1931

Bhojpuri Ganga Maiyya Tohe

Pyari Chadhaibo 1963

West Bihar East UP Delhi Mumbai etc

Gujarati Narsinm Mehta 1932

Konkan Mogacho Anvddo 1950 (24

Apr) Smallest Industry Goa

Malyalam Balan 1938 4th largest Industry

Marathi Ayodhyecha Raja 1932

North India Alam Ara 1932 Largest Industry -

Bollywood

Oriya (Odisha) Sita Bibaha 1936

PunjabiSindhi Sheila (Pind di

Kudi) 1958

Tamil Kalidas 1931 3rd largest Industry

Telugu Bhakt Prahlad 1931 2nd largest Industry

Censor Board

The Central Board of Film Certification popularly known

as Censor Board is a Government of India regulatory body and controlled by Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting

It reviews motion pictures television shows television

advertisements etc under the provisions of Cinematograph Act 1952 Films are publicly

exhibited in India only after certification by the Board

When Cinema came to India in

1896 the Cinematograph Act

1909 of England was initialized The act basically covered strict requirements for fire-safety of

theatres At that time the films made from highly flammable

cellulose nitrate base

When First film in India Raja

Harishchandra was produced in 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke

Indian Cinematograph Act was passed and came into effect in 1920 After Independence

Censor Board had implemented Cinematograph Act 1952

Cinematograph (Certification) Rules were revised in 1983 and

since then the Censor Board became Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)

The CBFC currently issues the

following certificates-

o lsquoUrsquo for Universal means all ages admitted nothing

unsuitable for children also

o lsquoUArsquo means Parental

Guidance required In this category all ages are admitted but certain

scenes may be unsuitable for children under 12

o lsquoArsquo means Adults only Nobody younger than 18 years may see these types

of movies These Films do not have limitation on the

bad language violence or sex references

o Another category is lsquoSrsquo

that means Restricted Movies or Documentaries These can be seen by a

specialised audience such as Doctors etc

The Board consists of non-

official members and a Chair

person all of whom are appointed by Central

Government Presently Leela Samson Bharatnatyam dancer 26th Chairperson presides the

Board after Sharmila Tagore who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the

history

The Boardrsquos Headquarter is at Mumbai with Nine Regional offices at Mumbai Kolkata

Chennai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Cuttack Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram

After formation of CBFC the first person who headed the

Chairperson was Mr CS Agarwal from 15th January 1951 till 14th June 1954 The

other persons were Mr MD Bhatt 1955-1959 Mr DL

Kothari 1960 ndash 1965 Mr Virendra Vyas 1972 ndash 1976 Mr KL Khandpur 1976 ndash 1981

Mr Vikram Singh 1983 ndash 1989 Mr Shakti Samanta 1991 ndash

1998 Asha Parekh 1998 ndash 2001 Vijay Anand Arvind Trivedi Anupam Kher during

2001 to 2004 Sharmila Tagore (longest period from 13102004

to 31032011) and presently Leela Samson from 1st April 2011

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax

museum in London It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud born as Anna Maria

Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg France

Her mother worked as a

housekeeper for Dr Philippe

Curtius in Bern Switzerland who was a physician skilled in wax modelling Curtius taught

Tussaud the art of wax modelling Tussaud created her

first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777

It has its branches in a number of major cities at ndash

o America - Hollywood Las Vegas (Obama Martin Luther King Jr George

W Bush JFK Benjamin

Franklin) o New York (Amitabh

Shahrukh) Washington

DC and due to open in Orlando in 2013-14

o Europe ndash Amsterdam Blackpool (Kareena) Berlin London (Salman

Khan Hritik Roshan Madhuri Dixit Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya

Rai) Vienna o Asia ndash Bangkok Hong

Kong Mumbai Tokyo Shanghai Wuhan and

o Australia ndash Sydney

Amitabh Bachchan at Madame

Tussauds ndash London New York Hongkong Washington DC Bangkok

First Break in Films

Y E A R CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm

1936-44-48 Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar (1944) Dev Anand (1948)

Achhoot Kanya Jwar Bhaata Ziddi

1951 Guru Dutt Vyjayantimala Helen

Baazi Bahar Awara

1952 Raj Kumar Mala Sinha Meena Kumari

Rangeeli Suhagan Baiju Bawra

1955-56-57 Nutan Waheed Rehman (1956) Sunil Dutt (1957)

Seema CID Mother India

1959 Asha Parekh Rajendra Kumar

Dil Deke Dekho Goonj Uthi Shehnai

1960 Dharmendra Sadhana Sanjiv Kumar

Dil Bhi Tera HBT Love in Simla Hum Hindustani

1961 Saira Banu Shashi Kapoor Tanuja

Junglee Dharam Putra Hamari Yaad Aayegi

1962-63 Manoj Kumar Mumtaz (1963)

Haryali aur Rasta Mujhe Jeene Do

1964 Jeetendra Sharmila Tagore

Geet Gaya Pathron Ne Kashmir Ki Kali

1965ndash66 Feroz Khan Babita (1966)

Oonche Log Dus Lakh

1968 Vinod Khanna Leena Chadravark

Man ka Meet Man ka Meet

1969 Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Bindu

Saat Hindustani Saajan Do Raaste

1970 Rekha Amrish Puri Rakhee

Sawan Bhaadon Prem Pujari Jeevan Mrityu

1971 Jaya Bachchan Randhir Kapoor Zeenat Aman

Guddi Kal Aaj aur Kal Hulchul

1972 Reena Roy

Jaroorat

1973 Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Neetu Singh

Bobby Bobby Yaadon ki Barat

1974 Amol Palekar Kamal Hassan Shabana Azmi

Rajnigandha Aaina Ankur

1975 Padmini Kolhapuri Smita Patil

Ishq Ishq Ishq Charandas Chor

1977 Hema Malini Raj Babbar

Dream Girl Kissa Kursi Ka

1978 Sri Devi

Solwaa Sawan

1981 Rati Agnihotri Sanjay Dutt

Ek Dooje ke Liye Rocky

1983

Anil Kapoor Jackey Shroff Mithun Chakrav

Woh 7 Din Hero Disco Dancer

Meenakshi Shesh Rajnikant Sunny Deol

Hero Andha Kanoon Betaab

1988

Juhi Chawla Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit

Q se Q Tak Biwi ho to Aisi Tezaab

Aamir Khan

Q se Q Tak

1991

Ajay Devgan Akshaya Kumar Karishma Kapoor

Phool Aur Kaante Saugandh Prem Qaidi

Maneesha Koirala Raveena Tandon

Saudagar Pathar ke Phool

1992 Govinda

Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Acknowledgement

When a book like this comes into existence it is very hard to name

and thank all the people that helped me shape this book It took me

over 7 years to consolidate and format all the content in a manner

that may benefit the readers However I would like to start by

thanking my wife Suman Bansal for her patience and the time I

stole from her I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my

father Shri B D Bansal for his encouragement invaluable

experience and support

I would like to thank my elder son Anurag Bansal who helped me

design it and offer it on various online portals My younger son

Gaurav Bansal helped me put together all the questions related to

the content

Preface

As I mentioned in the previous parts that the idea of this book came to

my mind after reviewing so many competitive examinations in

examination halls or through Media and many people drop out

without any success I think most of the time the reason was either not

enough preparation or lack of resources to enhance the knowledge

required to compete with others

Thatrsquos why I started writing this book on various subjects so that it can

offer the basic guidance to the people preparing for the competition

Nonetheless everyone can get benefitted with this set of books because

ldquoIgnorance is the curse of God Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly

to heavenrdquo

The Key to Success has been written for the people trying to prepare

for any competition Therefore the scope of this book is not to deep dive

on any subject rather to swim across various layers but what one need

to qualify However this book cannot be used to gain exhaustive

knowledge on any given subject but it provides enough information

that you can easily remember and be better prepared for anything

As usual at the end of the book a multi-choice Questionnaire is given

that has only one correct answer Try to attempt those questions on

your own and then check the correct answers from the Answer Sheet

Good Luck

History of Indian Cinema

ndia is the worlds largest producer of films It produces around 1300 feature films in different languages of India

ie Hindi Bengali Marathi Telugu Tamil Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Assamese Rajasthani etc

Bollywood is the informal name of Mumbai based film industry The other informal names are Tollywood for Bengali film industry Sandalwood for Kannada Ollywood for Odisha Mollywood for Malayalam and Kollywood for Tamil Film Industries

Dadasaheb Phalke is called the Father of Indian cinema The Indian cinema markets its films in over 90 countries

The first full length motion picture in India was Raja Harish Chandra in 1913 a Silent film produced by Dadasaheb Phalke in Marathi

Alam Ara was the first Indian talkie film which was screened in 1931 Sant Tukaram film of 1936 was screened in Venice Film Festival and became the first Indian film to be screened at an international film festival

Film Music and Directors

Older popular Film Directors of

Bollywood are Abbas Mastan Kamal Amrohi Chetan Anand K Asif Sooraj Barjatya Shyam

Benegal Mahesh Bhatt Basu hattacharya Sachin Bhowmick

BR Chopra J Om Prakash JP Dutta Subhash Ghai Gulzar Rajkumar Hirani Nasir

Husain Prakash Jha Raj Kapoor Girish Karnad Amol Palekar Shakti Samant Asit

Sen V Shantaram Rajkumar Santoshi Ravi Nagaich Govind

Nihlani Sai Paranjpye Rakesh Roshan Ramanand Sagar etc

Music Directors compose and arrange the music of a film Some of them are Playback

singers also Mostly they compose in different Indian

languages but the following

persons have composed only for Hindi films viz Adnan Sami Hemant Kumar Madan Mohan

Kalyanji Anandji Khayyam Kishore Kumar Kumar Sanu

Laxmikant Pyarelal Nadeem Shravan Naushad OP Nayyar Ravindra Jain C Ramchandra

Ram Lakshman Sajid Wajid Rajesh Roshan Sanjay Leela Bhansali Shankar Jaikishan

Vishal Bhardwaj etc

Rahul Dev Burman and AR Rehman have composed in more than Six Indian languages

including Hindi Bappi Lahiri has also composed in Hindi Bengali Tamil Kannad and

Telugu

I

Film Production Houses

Name of the Owner Name of Production

House

Aamir Khan Aamir Khan Prod

Aftab Shivdasani Rising Sun Entt

Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgan Production

Amitabh Bachchan A B C Ltd

Akshaya Kumar Hari Om Entt

Chiranjivi Anjana Productions

Dharmendra Sunny amp Bobby Deol

Vijayta Films

Dev Anand Navketan Films

Farhan Akhtar Excel Films

Gurdas Maan Sai Productions

Gulshan Rai Trimurti Films

Jeetendra Balaji Motions

Kamal Hassan Raj Kamal Prod

Karan Johar Dharma Produtions

Kiran Kumar Sainama Visions

LV Prasad Prasad Productions

Manoj Kumar Vishal International

Mehboob Khan Mehboob Studio

Mahesh Bhat Vishesh Films

Preity Zinta PZNZ Ltd

Ramanand Sagar Sagar Arts

Ronnie Screwvala UTV Productions

Sanjay Leela Bhansali SLB Productions

Shahrukh Khan Juhi

Chawla Dreamz Unlimited

Shahrukh Khan Red Chillies

Subhash Ghai Mukta Arts

Tarachand Barjatya Rajshree Productions

Yash Chopra Yashraj Films

First Movie of other States of India

State of India First Movie Year Remarks

Assam Joymati 1935

Bengali Dena Paona 1931

Bhojpuri Ganga Maiyya Tohe

Pyari Chadhaibo 1963

West Bihar East UP Delhi Mumbai etc

Gujarati Narsinm Mehta 1932

Konkan Mogacho Anvddo 1950 (24

Apr) Smallest Industry Goa

Malyalam Balan 1938 4th largest Industry

Marathi Ayodhyecha Raja 1932

North India Alam Ara 1932 Largest Industry -

Bollywood

Oriya (Odisha) Sita Bibaha 1936

PunjabiSindhi Sheila (Pind di

Kudi) 1958

Tamil Kalidas 1931 3rd largest Industry

Telugu Bhakt Prahlad 1931 2nd largest Industry

Censor Board

The Central Board of Film Certification popularly known

as Censor Board is a Government of India regulatory body and controlled by Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting

It reviews motion pictures television shows television

advertisements etc under the provisions of Cinematograph Act 1952 Films are publicly

exhibited in India only after certification by the Board

When Cinema came to India in

1896 the Cinematograph Act

1909 of England was initialized The act basically covered strict requirements for fire-safety of

theatres At that time the films made from highly flammable

cellulose nitrate base

When First film in India Raja

Harishchandra was produced in 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke

Indian Cinematograph Act was passed and came into effect in 1920 After Independence

Censor Board had implemented Cinematograph Act 1952

Cinematograph (Certification) Rules were revised in 1983 and

since then the Censor Board became Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)

The CBFC currently issues the

following certificates-

o lsquoUrsquo for Universal means all ages admitted nothing

unsuitable for children also

o lsquoUArsquo means Parental

Guidance required In this category all ages are admitted but certain

scenes may be unsuitable for children under 12

o lsquoArsquo means Adults only Nobody younger than 18 years may see these types

of movies These Films do not have limitation on the

bad language violence or sex references

o Another category is lsquoSrsquo

that means Restricted Movies or Documentaries These can be seen by a

specialised audience such as Doctors etc

The Board consists of non-

official members and a Chair

person all of whom are appointed by Central

Government Presently Leela Samson Bharatnatyam dancer 26th Chairperson presides the

Board after Sharmila Tagore who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the

history

The Boardrsquos Headquarter is at Mumbai with Nine Regional offices at Mumbai Kolkata

Chennai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Cuttack Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram

After formation of CBFC the first person who headed the

Chairperson was Mr CS Agarwal from 15th January 1951 till 14th June 1954 The

other persons were Mr MD Bhatt 1955-1959 Mr DL

Kothari 1960 ndash 1965 Mr Virendra Vyas 1972 ndash 1976 Mr KL Khandpur 1976 ndash 1981

Mr Vikram Singh 1983 ndash 1989 Mr Shakti Samanta 1991 ndash

1998 Asha Parekh 1998 ndash 2001 Vijay Anand Arvind Trivedi Anupam Kher during

2001 to 2004 Sharmila Tagore (longest period from 13102004

to 31032011) and presently Leela Samson from 1st April 2011

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax

museum in London It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud born as Anna Maria

Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg France

Her mother worked as a

housekeeper for Dr Philippe

Curtius in Bern Switzerland who was a physician skilled in wax modelling Curtius taught

Tussaud the art of wax modelling Tussaud created her

first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777

It has its branches in a number of major cities at ndash

o America - Hollywood Las Vegas (Obama Martin Luther King Jr George

W Bush JFK Benjamin

Franklin) o New York (Amitabh

Shahrukh) Washington

DC and due to open in Orlando in 2013-14

o Europe ndash Amsterdam Blackpool (Kareena) Berlin London (Salman

Khan Hritik Roshan Madhuri Dixit Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya

Rai) Vienna o Asia ndash Bangkok Hong

Kong Mumbai Tokyo Shanghai Wuhan and

o Australia ndash Sydney

Amitabh Bachchan at Madame

Tussauds ndash London New York Hongkong Washington DC Bangkok

First Break in Films

Y E A R CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm

1936-44-48 Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar (1944) Dev Anand (1948)

Achhoot Kanya Jwar Bhaata Ziddi

1951 Guru Dutt Vyjayantimala Helen

Baazi Bahar Awara

1952 Raj Kumar Mala Sinha Meena Kumari

Rangeeli Suhagan Baiju Bawra

1955-56-57 Nutan Waheed Rehman (1956) Sunil Dutt (1957)

Seema CID Mother India

1959 Asha Parekh Rajendra Kumar

Dil Deke Dekho Goonj Uthi Shehnai

1960 Dharmendra Sadhana Sanjiv Kumar

Dil Bhi Tera HBT Love in Simla Hum Hindustani

1961 Saira Banu Shashi Kapoor Tanuja

Junglee Dharam Putra Hamari Yaad Aayegi

1962-63 Manoj Kumar Mumtaz (1963)

Haryali aur Rasta Mujhe Jeene Do

1964 Jeetendra Sharmila Tagore

Geet Gaya Pathron Ne Kashmir Ki Kali

1965ndash66 Feroz Khan Babita (1966)

Oonche Log Dus Lakh

1968 Vinod Khanna Leena Chadravark

Man ka Meet Man ka Meet

1969 Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Bindu

Saat Hindustani Saajan Do Raaste

1970 Rekha Amrish Puri Rakhee

Sawan Bhaadon Prem Pujari Jeevan Mrityu

1971 Jaya Bachchan Randhir Kapoor Zeenat Aman

Guddi Kal Aaj aur Kal Hulchul

1972 Reena Roy

Jaroorat

1973 Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Neetu Singh

Bobby Bobby Yaadon ki Barat

1974 Amol Palekar Kamal Hassan Shabana Azmi

Rajnigandha Aaina Ankur

1975 Padmini Kolhapuri Smita Patil

Ishq Ishq Ishq Charandas Chor

1977 Hema Malini Raj Babbar

Dream Girl Kissa Kursi Ka

1978 Sri Devi

Solwaa Sawan

1981 Rati Agnihotri Sanjay Dutt

Ek Dooje ke Liye Rocky

1983

Anil Kapoor Jackey Shroff Mithun Chakrav

Woh 7 Din Hero Disco Dancer

Meenakshi Shesh Rajnikant Sunny Deol

Hero Andha Kanoon Betaab

1988

Juhi Chawla Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit

Q se Q Tak Biwi ho to Aisi Tezaab

Aamir Khan

Q se Q Tak

1991

Ajay Devgan Akshaya Kumar Karishma Kapoor

Phool Aur Kaante Saugandh Prem Qaidi

Maneesha Koirala Raveena Tandon

Saudagar Pathar ke Phool

1992 Govinda

Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Preface

As I mentioned in the previous parts that the idea of this book came to

my mind after reviewing so many competitive examinations in

examination halls or through Media and many people drop out

without any success I think most of the time the reason was either not

enough preparation or lack of resources to enhance the knowledge

required to compete with others

Thatrsquos why I started writing this book on various subjects so that it can

offer the basic guidance to the people preparing for the competition

Nonetheless everyone can get benefitted with this set of books because

ldquoIgnorance is the curse of God Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly

to heavenrdquo

The Key to Success has been written for the people trying to prepare

for any competition Therefore the scope of this book is not to deep dive

on any subject rather to swim across various layers but what one need

to qualify However this book cannot be used to gain exhaustive

knowledge on any given subject but it provides enough information

that you can easily remember and be better prepared for anything

As usual at the end of the book a multi-choice Questionnaire is given

that has only one correct answer Try to attempt those questions on

your own and then check the correct answers from the Answer Sheet

Good Luck

History of Indian Cinema

ndia is the worlds largest producer of films It produces around 1300 feature films in different languages of India

ie Hindi Bengali Marathi Telugu Tamil Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Assamese Rajasthani etc

Bollywood is the informal name of Mumbai based film industry The other informal names are Tollywood for Bengali film industry Sandalwood for Kannada Ollywood for Odisha Mollywood for Malayalam and Kollywood for Tamil Film Industries

Dadasaheb Phalke is called the Father of Indian cinema The Indian cinema markets its films in over 90 countries

The first full length motion picture in India was Raja Harish Chandra in 1913 a Silent film produced by Dadasaheb Phalke in Marathi

Alam Ara was the first Indian talkie film which was screened in 1931 Sant Tukaram film of 1936 was screened in Venice Film Festival and became the first Indian film to be screened at an international film festival

Film Music and Directors

Older popular Film Directors of

Bollywood are Abbas Mastan Kamal Amrohi Chetan Anand K Asif Sooraj Barjatya Shyam

Benegal Mahesh Bhatt Basu hattacharya Sachin Bhowmick

BR Chopra J Om Prakash JP Dutta Subhash Ghai Gulzar Rajkumar Hirani Nasir

Husain Prakash Jha Raj Kapoor Girish Karnad Amol Palekar Shakti Samant Asit

Sen V Shantaram Rajkumar Santoshi Ravi Nagaich Govind

Nihlani Sai Paranjpye Rakesh Roshan Ramanand Sagar etc

Music Directors compose and arrange the music of a film Some of them are Playback

singers also Mostly they compose in different Indian

languages but the following

persons have composed only for Hindi films viz Adnan Sami Hemant Kumar Madan Mohan

Kalyanji Anandji Khayyam Kishore Kumar Kumar Sanu

Laxmikant Pyarelal Nadeem Shravan Naushad OP Nayyar Ravindra Jain C Ramchandra

Ram Lakshman Sajid Wajid Rajesh Roshan Sanjay Leela Bhansali Shankar Jaikishan

Vishal Bhardwaj etc

Rahul Dev Burman and AR Rehman have composed in more than Six Indian languages

including Hindi Bappi Lahiri has also composed in Hindi Bengali Tamil Kannad and

Telugu

I

Film Production Houses

Name of the Owner Name of Production

House

Aamir Khan Aamir Khan Prod

Aftab Shivdasani Rising Sun Entt

Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgan Production

Amitabh Bachchan A B C Ltd

Akshaya Kumar Hari Om Entt

Chiranjivi Anjana Productions

Dharmendra Sunny amp Bobby Deol

Vijayta Films

Dev Anand Navketan Films

Farhan Akhtar Excel Films

Gurdas Maan Sai Productions

Gulshan Rai Trimurti Films

Jeetendra Balaji Motions

Kamal Hassan Raj Kamal Prod

Karan Johar Dharma Produtions

Kiran Kumar Sainama Visions

LV Prasad Prasad Productions

Manoj Kumar Vishal International

Mehboob Khan Mehboob Studio

Mahesh Bhat Vishesh Films

Preity Zinta PZNZ Ltd

Ramanand Sagar Sagar Arts

Ronnie Screwvala UTV Productions

Sanjay Leela Bhansali SLB Productions

Shahrukh Khan Juhi

Chawla Dreamz Unlimited

Shahrukh Khan Red Chillies

Subhash Ghai Mukta Arts

Tarachand Barjatya Rajshree Productions

Yash Chopra Yashraj Films

First Movie of other States of India

State of India First Movie Year Remarks

Assam Joymati 1935

Bengali Dena Paona 1931

Bhojpuri Ganga Maiyya Tohe

Pyari Chadhaibo 1963

West Bihar East UP Delhi Mumbai etc

Gujarati Narsinm Mehta 1932

Konkan Mogacho Anvddo 1950 (24

Apr) Smallest Industry Goa

Malyalam Balan 1938 4th largest Industry

Marathi Ayodhyecha Raja 1932

North India Alam Ara 1932 Largest Industry -

Bollywood

Oriya (Odisha) Sita Bibaha 1936

PunjabiSindhi Sheila (Pind di

Kudi) 1958

Tamil Kalidas 1931 3rd largest Industry

Telugu Bhakt Prahlad 1931 2nd largest Industry

Censor Board

The Central Board of Film Certification popularly known

as Censor Board is a Government of India regulatory body and controlled by Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting

It reviews motion pictures television shows television

advertisements etc under the provisions of Cinematograph Act 1952 Films are publicly

exhibited in India only after certification by the Board

When Cinema came to India in

1896 the Cinematograph Act

1909 of England was initialized The act basically covered strict requirements for fire-safety of

theatres At that time the films made from highly flammable

cellulose nitrate base

When First film in India Raja

Harishchandra was produced in 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke

Indian Cinematograph Act was passed and came into effect in 1920 After Independence

Censor Board had implemented Cinematograph Act 1952

Cinematograph (Certification) Rules were revised in 1983 and

since then the Censor Board became Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)

The CBFC currently issues the

following certificates-

o lsquoUrsquo for Universal means all ages admitted nothing

unsuitable for children also

o lsquoUArsquo means Parental

Guidance required In this category all ages are admitted but certain

scenes may be unsuitable for children under 12

o lsquoArsquo means Adults only Nobody younger than 18 years may see these types

of movies These Films do not have limitation on the

bad language violence or sex references

o Another category is lsquoSrsquo

that means Restricted Movies or Documentaries These can be seen by a

specialised audience such as Doctors etc

The Board consists of non-

official members and a Chair

person all of whom are appointed by Central

Government Presently Leela Samson Bharatnatyam dancer 26th Chairperson presides the

Board after Sharmila Tagore who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the

history

The Boardrsquos Headquarter is at Mumbai with Nine Regional offices at Mumbai Kolkata

Chennai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Cuttack Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram

After formation of CBFC the first person who headed the

Chairperson was Mr CS Agarwal from 15th January 1951 till 14th June 1954 The

other persons were Mr MD Bhatt 1955-1959 Mr DL

Kothari 1960 ndash 1965 Mr Virendra Vyas 1972 ndash 1976 Mr KL Khandpur 1976 ndash 1981

Mr Vikram Singh 1983 ndash 1989 Mr Shakti Samanta 1991 ndash

1998 Asha Parekh 1998 ndash 2001 Vijay Anand Arvind Trivedi Anupam Kher during

2001 to 2004 Sharmila Tagore (longest period from 13102004

to 31032011) and presently Leela Samson from 1st April 2011

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax

museum in London It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud born as Anna Maria

Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg France

Her mother worked as a

housekeeper for Dr Philippe

Curtius in Bern Switzerland who was a physician skilled in wax modelling Curtius taught

Tussaud the art of wax modelling Tussaud created her

first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777

It has its branches in a number of major cities at ndash

o America - Hollywood Las Vegas (Obama Martin Luther King Jr George

W Bush JFK Benjamin

Franklin) o New York (Amitabh

Shahrukh) Washington

DC and due to open in Orlando in 2013-14

o Europe ndash Amsterdam Blackpool (Kareena) Berlin London (Salman

Khan Hritik Roshan Madhuri Dixit Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya

Rai) Vienna o Asia ndash Bangkok Hong

Kong Mumbai Tokyo Shanghai Wuhan and

o Australia ndash Sydney

Amitabh Bachchan at Madame

Tussauds ndash London New York Hongkong Washington DC Bangkok

First Break in Films

Y E A R CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm

1936-44-48 Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar (1944) Dev Anand (1948)

Achhoot Kanya Jwar Bhaata Ziddi

1951 Guru Dutt Vyjayantimala Helen

Baazi Bahar Awara

1952 Raj Kumar Mala Sinha Meena Kumari

Rangeeli Suhagan Baiju Bawra

1955-56-57 Nutan Waheed Rehman (1956) Sunil Dutt (1957)

Seema CID Mother India

1959 Asha Parekh Rajendra Kumar

Dil Deke Dekho Goonj Uthi Shehnai

1960 Dharmendra Sadhana Sanjiv Kumar

Dil Bhi Tera HBT Love in Simla Hum Hindustani

1961 Saira Banu Shashi Kapoor Tanuja

Junglee Dharam Putra Hamari Yaad Aayegi

1962-63 Manoj Kumar Mumtaz (1963)

Haryali aur Rasta Mujhe Jeene Do

1964 Jeetendra Sharmila Tagore

Geet Gaya Pathron Ne Kashmir Ki Kali

1965ndash66 Feroz Khan Babita (1966)

Oonche Log Dus Lakh

1968 Vinod Khanna Leena Chadravark

Man ka Meet Man ka Meet

1969 Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Bindu

Saat Hindustani Saajan Do Raaste

1970 Rekha Amrish Puri Rakhee

Sawan Bhaadon Prem Pujari Jeevan Mrityu

1971 Jaya Bachchan Randhir Kapoor Zeenat Aman

Guddi Kal Aaj aur Kal Hulchul

1972 Reena Roy

Jaroorat

1973 Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Neetu Singh

Bobby Bobby Yaadon ki Barat

1974 Amol Palekar Kamal Hassan Shabana Azmi

Rajnigandha Aaina Ankur

1975 Padmini Kolhapuri Smita Patil

Ishq Ishq Ishq Charandas Chor

1977 Hema Malini Raj Babbar

Dream Girl Kissa Kursi Ka

1978 Sri Devi

Solwaa Sawan

1981 Rati Agnihotri Sanjay Dutt

Ek Dooje ke Liye Rocky

1983

Anil Kapoor Jackey Shroff Mithun Chakrav

Woh 7 Din Hero Disco Dancer

Meenakshi Shesh Rajnikant Sunny Deol

Hero Andha Kanoon Betaab

1988

Juhi Chawla Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit

Q se Q Tak Biwi ho to Aisi Tezaab

Aamir Khan

Q se Q Tak

1991

Ajay Devgan Akshaya Kumar Karishma Kapoor

Phool Aur Kaante Saugandh Prem Qaidi

Maneesha Koirala Raveena Tandon

Saudagar Pathar ke Phool

1992 Govinda

Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

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including Amazoncom separately

History of Indian Cinema

ndia is the worlds largest producer of films It produces around 1300 feature films in different languages of India

ie Hindi Bengali Marathi Telugu Tamil Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Assamese Rajasthani etc

Bollywood is the informal name of Mumbai based film industry The other informal names are Tollywood for Bengali film industry Sandalwood for Kannada Ollywood for Odisha Mollywood for Malayalam and Kollywood for Tamil Film Industries

Dadasaheb Phalke is called the Father of Indian cinema The Indian cinema markets its films in over 90 countries

The first full length motion picture in India was Raja Harish Chandra in 1913 a Silent film produced by Dadasaheb Phalke in Marathi

Alam Ara was the first Indian talkie film which was screened in 1931 Sant Tukaram film of 1936 was screened in Venice Film Festival and became the first Indian film to be screened at an international film festival

Film Music and Directors

Older popular Film Directors of

Bollywood are Abbas Mastan Kamal Amrohi Chetan Anand K Asif Sooraj Barjatya Shyam

Benegal Mahesh Bhatt Basu hattacharya Sachin Bhowmick

BR Chopra J Om Prakash JP Dutta Subhash Ghai Gulzar Rajkumar Hirani Nasir

Husain Prakash Jha Raj Kapoor Girish Karnad Amol Palekar Shakti Samant Asit

Sen V Shantaram Rajkumar Santoshi Ravi Nagaich Govind

Nihlani Sai Paranjpye Rakesh Roshan Ramanand Sagar etc

Music Directors compose and arrange the music of a film Some of them are Playback

singers also Mostly they compose in different Indian

languages but the following

persons have composed only for Hindi films viz Adnan Sami Hemant Kumar Madan Mohan

Kalyanji Anandji Khayyam Kishore Kumar Kumar Sanu

Laxmikant Pyarelal Nadeem Shravan Naushad OP Nayyar Ravindra Jain C Ramchandra

Ram Lakshman Sajid Wajid Rajesh Roshan Sanjay Leela Bhansali Shankar Jaikishan

Vishal Bhardwaj etc

Rahul Dev Burman and AR Rehman have composed in more than Six Indian languages

including Hindi Bappi Lahiri has also composed in Hindi Bengali Tamil Kannad and

Telugu

I

Film Production Houses

Name of the Owner Name of Production

House

Aamir Khan Aamir Khan Prod

Aftab Shivdasani Rising Sun Entt

Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgan Production

Amitabh Bachchan A B C Ltd

Akshaya Kumar Hari Om Entt

Chiranjivi Anjana Productions

Dharmendra Sunny amp Bobby Deol

Vijayta Films

Dev Anand Navketan Films

Farhan Akhtar Excel Films

Gurdas Maan Sai Productions

Gulshan Rai Trimurti Films

Jeetendra Balaji Motions

Kamal Hassan Raj Kamal Prod

Karan Johar Dharma Produtions

Kiran Kumar Sainama Visions

LV Prasad Prasad Productions

Manoj Kumar Vishal International

Mehboob Khan Mehboob Studio

Mahesh Bhat Vishesh Films

Preity Zinta PZNZ Ltd

Ramanand Sagar Sagar Arts

Ronnie Screwvala UTV Productions

Sanjay Leela Bhansali SLB Productions

Shahrukh Khan Juhi

Chawla Dreamz Unlimited

Shahrukh Khan Red Chillies

Subhash Ghai Mukta Arts

Tarachand Barjatya Rajshree Productions

Yash Chopra Yashraj Films

First Movie of other States of India

State of India First Movie Year Remarks

Assam Joymati 1935

Bengali Dena Paona 1931

Bhojpuri Ganga Maiyya Tohe

Pyari Chadhaibo 1963

West Bihar East UP Delhi Mumbai etc

Gujarati Narsinm Mehta 1932

Konkan Mogacho Anvddo 1950 (24

Apr) Smallest Industry Goa

Malyalam Balan 1938 4th largest Industry

Marathi Ayodhyecha Raja 1932

North India Alam Ara 1932 Largest Industry -

Bollywood

Oriya (Odisha) Sita Bibaha 1936

PunjabiSindhi Sheila (Pind di

Kudi) 1958

Tamil Kalidas 1931 3rd largest Industry

Telugu Bhakt Prahlad 1931 2nd largest Industry

Censor Board

The Central Board of Film Certification popularly known

as Censor Board is a Government of India regulatory body and controlled by Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting

It reviews motion pictures television shows television

advertisements etc under the provisions of Cinematograph Act 1952 Films are publicly

exhibited in India only after certification by the Board

When Cinema came to India in

1896 the Cinematograph Act

1909 of England was initialized The act basically covered strict requirements for fire-safety of

theatres At that time the films made from highly flammable

cellulose nitrate base

When First film in India Raja

Harishchandra was produced in 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke

Indian Cinematograph Act was passed and came into effect in 1920 After Independence

Censor Board had implemented Cinematograph Act 1952

Cinematograph (Certification) Rules were revised in 1983 and

since then the Censor Board became Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)

The CBFC currently issues the

following certificates-

o lsquoUrsquo for Universal means all ages admitted nothing

unsuitable for children also

o lsquoUArsquo means Parental

Guidance required In this category all ages are admitted but certain

scenes may be unsuitable for children under 12

o lsquoArsquo means Adults only Nobody younger than 18 years may see these types

of movies These Films do not have limitation on the

bad language violence or sex references

o Another category is lsquoSrsquo

that means Restricted Movies or Documentaries These can be seen by a

specialised audience such as Doctors etc

The Board consists of non-

official members and a Chair

person all of whom are appointed by Central

Government Presently Leela Samson Bharatnatyam dancer 26th Chairperson presides the

Board after Sharmila Tagore who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the

history

The Boardrsquos Headquarter is at Mumbai with Nine Regional offices at Mumbai Kolkata

Chennai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Cuttack Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram

After formation of CBFC the first person who headed the

Chairperson was Mr CS Agarwal from 15th January 1951 till 14th June 1954 The

other persons were Mr MD Bhatt 1955-1959 Mr DL

Kothari 1960 ndash 1965 Mr Virendra Vyas 1972 ndash 1976 Mr KL Khandpur 1976 ndash 1981

Mr Vikram Singh 1983 ndash 1989 Mr Shakti Samanta 1991 ndash

1998 Asha Parekh 1998 ndash 2001 Vijay Anand Arvind Trivedi Anupam Kher during

2001 to 2004 Sharmila Tagore (longest period from 13102004

to 31032011) and presently Leela Samson from 1st April 2011

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax

museum in London It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud born as Anna Maria

Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg France

Her mother worked as a

housekeeper for Dr Philippe

Curtius in Bern Switzerland who was a physician skilled in wax modelling Curtius taught

Tussaud the art of wax modelling Tussaud created her

first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777

It has its branches in a number of major cities at ndash

o America - Hollywood Las Vegas (Obama Martin Luther King Jr George

W Bush JFK Benjamin

Franklin) o New York (Amitabh

Shahrukh) Washington

DC and due to open in Orlando in 2013-14

o Europe ndash Amsterdam Blackpool (Kareena) Berlin London (Salman

Khan Hritik Roshan Madhuri Dixit Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya

Rai) Vienna o Asia ndash Bangkok Hong

Kong Mumbai Tokyo Shanghai Wuhan and

o Australia ndash Sydney

Amitabh Bachchan at Madame

Tussauds ndash London New York Hongkong Washington DC Bangkok

First Break in Films

Y E A R CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm

1936-44-48 Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar (1944) Dev Anand (1948)

Achhoot Kanya Jwar Bhaata Ziddi

1951 Guru Dutt Vyjayantimala Helen

Baazi Bahar Awara

1952 Raj Kumar Mala Sinha Meena Kumari

Rangeeli Suhagan Baiju Bawra

1955-56-57 Nutan Waheed Rehman (1956) Sunil Dutt (1957)

Seema CID Mother India

1959 Asha Parekh Rajendra Kumar

Dil Deke Dekho Goonj Uthi Shehnai

1960 Dharmendra Sadhana Sanjiv Kumar

Dil Bhi Tera HBT Love in Simla Hum Hindustani

1961 Saira Banu Shashi Kapoor Tanuja

Junglee Dharam Putra Hamari Yaad Aayegi

1962-63 Manoj Kumar Mumtaz (1963)

Haryali aur Rasta Mujhe Jeene Do

1964 Jeetendra Sharmila Tagore

Geet Gaya Pathron Ne Kashmir Ki Kali

1965ndash66 Feroz Khan Babita (1966)

Oonche Log Dus Lakh

1968 Vinod Khanna Leena Chadravark

Man ka Meet Man ka Meet

1969 Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Bindu

Saat Hindustani Saajan Do Raaste

1970 Rekha Amrish Puri Rakhee

Sawan Bhaadon Prem Pujari Jeevan Mrityu

1971 Jaya Bachchan Randhir Kapoor Zeenat Aman

Guddi Kal Aaj aur Kal Hulchul

1972 Reena Roy

Jaroorat

1973 Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Neetu Singh

Bobby Bobby Yaadon ki Barat

1974 Amol Palekar Kamal Hassan Shabana Azmi

Rajnigandha Aaina Ankur

1975 Padmini Kolhapuri Smita Patil

Ishq Ishq Ishq Charandas Chor

1977 Hema Malini Raj Babbar

Dream Girl Kissa Kursi Ka

1978 Sri Devi

Solwaa Sawan

1981 Rati Agnihotri Sanjay Dutt

Ek Dooje ke Liye Rocky

1983

Anil Kapoor Jackey Shroff Mithun Chakrav

Woh 7 Din Hero Disco Dancer

Meenakshi Shesh Rajnikant Sunny Deol

Hero Andha Kanoon Betaab

1988

Juhi Chawla Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit

Q se Q Tak Biwi ho to Aisi Tezaab

Aamir Khan

Q se Q Tak

1991

Ajay Devgan Akshaya Kumar Karishma Kapoor

Phool Aur Kaante Saugandh Prem Qaidi

Maneesha Koirala Raveena Tandon

Saudagar Pathar ke Phool

1992 Govinda

Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Film Production Houses

Name of the Owner Name of Production

House

Aamir Khan Aamir Khan Prod

Aftab Shivdasani Rising Sun Entt

Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgan Production

Amitabh Bachchan A B C Ltd

Akshaya Kumar Hari Om Entt

Chiranjivi Anjana Productions

Dharmendra Sunny amp Bobby Deol

Vijayta Films

Dev Anand Navketan Films

Farhan Akhtar Excel Films

Gurdas Maan Sai Productions

Gulshan Rai Trimurti Films

Jeetendra Balaji Motions

Kamal Hassan Raj Kamal Prod

Karan Johar Dharma Produtions

Kiran Kumar Sainama Visions

LV Prasad Prasad Productions

Manoj Kumar Vishal International

Mehboob Khan Mehboob Studio

Mahesh Bhat Vishesh Films

Preity Zinta PZNZ Ltd

Ramanand Sagar Sagar Arts

Ronnie Screwvala UTV Productions

Sanjay Leela Bhansali SLB Productions

Shahrukh Khan Juhi

Chawla Dreamz Unlimited

Shahrukh Khan Red Chillies

Subhash Ghai Mukta Arts

Tarachand Barjatya Rajshree Productions

Yash Chopra Yashraj Films

First Movie of other States of India

State of India First Movie Year Remarks

Assam Joymati 1935

Bengali Dena Paona 1931

Bhojpuri Ganga Maiyya Tohe

Pyari Chadhaibo 1963

West Bihar East UP Delhi Mumbai etc

Gujarati Narsinm Mehta 1932

Konkan Mogacho Anvddo 1950 (24

Apr) Smallest Industry Goa

Malyalam Balan 1938 4th largest Industry

Marathi Ayodhyecha Raja 1932

North India Alam Ara 1932 Largest Industry -

Bollywood

Oriya (Odisha) Sita Bibaha 1936

PunjabiSindhi Sheila (Pind di

Kudi) 1958

Tamil Kalidas 1931 3rd largest Industry

Telugu Bhakt Prahlad 1931 2nd largest Industry

Censor Board

The Central Board of Film Certification popularly known

as Censor Board is a Government of India regulatory body and controlled by Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting

It reviews motion pictures television shows television

advertisements etc under the provisions of Cinematograph Act 1952 Films are publicly

exhibited in India only after certification by the Board

When Cinema came to India in

1896 the Cinematograph Act

1909 of England was initialized The act basically covered strict requirements for fire-safety of

theatres At that time the films made from highly flammable

cellulose nitrate base

When First film in India Raja

Harishchandra was produced in 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke

Indian Cinematograph Act was passed and came into effect in 1920 After Independence

Censor Board had implemented Cinematograph Act 1952

Cinematograph (Certification) Rules were revised in 1983 and

since then the Censor Board became Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)

The CBFC currently issues the

following certificates-

o lsquoUrsquo for Universal means all ages admitted nothing

unsuitable for children also

o lsquoUArsquo means Parental

Guidance required In this category all ages are admitted but certain

scenes may be unsuitable for children under 12

o lsquoArsquo means Adults only Nobody younger than 18 years may see these types

of movies These Films do not have limitation on the

bad language violence or sex references

o Another category is lsquoSrsquo

that means Restricted Movies or Documentaries These can be seen by a

specialised audience such as Doctors etc

The Board consists of non-

official members and a Chair

person all of whom are appointed by Central

Government Presently Leela Samson Bharatnatyam dancer 26th Chairperson presides the

Board after Sharmila Tagore who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the

history

The Boardrsquos Headquarter is at Mumbai with Nine Regional offices at Mumbai Kolkata

Chennai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Cuttack Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram

After formation of CBFC the first person who headed the

Chairperson was Mr CS Agarwal from 15th January 1951 till 14th June 1954 The

other persons were Mr MD Bhatt 1955-1959 Mr DL

Kothari 1960 ndash 1965 Mr Virendra Vyas 1972 ndash 1976 Mr KL Khandpur 1976 ndash 1981

Mr Vikram Singh 1983 ndash 1989 Mr Shakti Samanta 1991 ndash

1998 Asha Parekh 1998 ndash 2001 Vijay Anand Arvind Trivedi Anupam Kher during

2001 to 2004 Sharmila Tagore (longest period from 13102004

to 31032011) and presently Leela Samson from 1st April 2011

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax

museum in London It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud born as Anna Maria

Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg France

Her mother worked as a

housekeeper for Dr Philippe

Curtius in Bern Switzerland who was a physician skilled in wax modelling Curtius taught

Tussaud the art of wax modelling Tussaud created her

first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777

It has its branches in a number of major cities at ndash

o America - Hollywood Las Vegas (Obama Martin Luther King Jr George

W Bush JFK Benjamin

Franklin) o New York (Amitabh

Shahrukh) Washington

DC and due to open in Orlando in 2013-14

o Europe ndash Amsterdam Blackpool (Kareena) Berlin London (Salman

Khan Hritik Roshan Madhuri Dixit Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya

Rai) Vienna o Asia ndash Bangkok Hong

Kong Mumbai Tokyo Shanghai Wuhan and

o Australia ndash Sydney

Amitabh Bachchan at Madame

Tussauds ndash London New York Hongkong Washington DC Bangkok

First Break in Films

Y E A R CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm

1936-44-48 Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar (1944) Dev Anand (1948)

Achhoot Kanya Jwar Bhaata Ziddi

1951 Guru Dutt Vyjayantimala Helen

Baazi Bahar Awara

1952 Raj Kumar Mala Sinha Meena Kumari

Rangeeli Suhagan Baiju Bawra

1955-56-57 Nutan Waheed Rehman (1956) Sunil Dutt (1957)

Seema CID Mother India

1959 Asha Parekh Rajendra Kumar

Dil Deke Dekho Goonj Uthi Shehnai

1960 Dharmendra Sadhana Sanjiv Kumar

Dil Bhi Tera HBT Love in Simla Hum Hindustani

1961 Saira Banu Shashi Kapoor Tanuja

Junglee Dharam Putra Hamari Yaad Aayegi

1962-63 Manoj Kumar Mumtaz (1963)

Haryali aur Rasta Mujhe Jeene Do

1964 Jeetendra Sharmila Tagore

Geet Gaya Pathron Ne Kashmir Ki Kali

1965ndash66 Feroz Khan Babita (1966)

Oonche Log Dus Lakh

1968 Vinod Khanna Leena Chadravark

Man ka Meet Man ka Meet

1969 Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Bindu

Saat Hindustani Saajan Do Raaste

1970 Rekha Amrish Puri Rakhee

Sawan Bhaadon Prem Pujari Jeevan Mrityu

1971 Jaya Bachchan Randhir Kapoor Zeenat Aman

Guddi Kal Aaj aur Kal Hulchul

1972 Reena Roy

Jaroorat

1973 Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Neetu Singh

Bobby Bobby Yaadon ki Barat

1974 Amol Palekar Kamal Hassan Shabana Azmi

Rajnigandha Aaina Ankur

1975 Padmini Kolhapuri Smita Patil

Ishq Ishq Ishq Charandas Chor

1977 Hema Malini Raj Babbar

Dream Girl Kissa Kursi Ka

1978 Sri Devi

Solwaa Sawan

1981 Rati Agnihotri Sanjay Dutt

Ek Dooje ke Liye Rocky

1983

Anil Kapoor Jackey Shroff Mithun Chakrav

Woh 7 Din Hero Disco Dancer

Meenakshi Shesh Rajnikant Sunny Deol

Hero Andha Kanoon Betaab

1988

Juhi Chawla Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit

Q se Q Tak Biwi ho to Aisi Tezaab

Aamir Khan

Q se Q Tak

1991

Ajay Devgan Akshaya Kumar Karishma Kapoor

Phool Aur Kaante Saugandh Prem Qaidi

Maneesha Koirala Raveena Tandon

Saudagar Pathar ke Phool

1992 Govinda

Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

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possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

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Censor Board

The Central Board of Film Certification popularly known

as Censor Board is a Government of India regulatory body and controlled by Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting

It reviews motion pictures television shows television

advertisements etc under the provisions of Cinematograph Act 1952 Films are publicly

exhibited in India only after certification by the Board

When Cinema came to India in

1896 the Cinematograph Act

1909 of England was initialized The act basically covered strict requirements for fire-safety of

theatres At that time the films made from highly flammable

cellulose nitrate base

When First film in India Raja

Harishchandra was produced in 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke

Indian Cinematograph Act was passed and came into effect in 1920 After Independence

Censor Board had implemented Cinematograph Act 1952

Cinematograph (Certification) Rules were revised in 1983 and

since then the Censor Board became Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)

The CBFC currently issues the

following certificates-

o lsquoUrsquo for Universal means all ages admitted nothing

unsuitable for children also

o lsquoUArsquo means Parental

Guidance required In this category all ages are admitted but certain

scenes may be unsuitable for children under 12

o lsquoArsquo means Adults only Nobody younger than 18 years may see these types

of movies These Films do not have limitation on the

bad language violence or sex references

o Another category is lsquoSrsquo

that means Restricted Movies or Documentaries These can be seen by a

specialised audience such as Doctors etc

The Board consists of non-

official members and a Chair

person all of whom are appointed by Central

Government Presently Leela Samson Bharatnatyam dancer 26th Chairperson presides the

Board after Sharmila Tagore who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the

history

The Boardrsquos Headquarter is at Mumbai with Nine Regional offices at Mumbai Kolkata

Chennai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Cuttack Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram

After formation of CBFC the first person who headed the

Chairperson was Mr CS Agarwal from 15th January 1951 till 14th June 1954 The

other persons were Mr MD Bhatt 1955-1959 Mr DL

Kothari 1960 ndash 1965 Mr Virendra Vyas 1972 ndash 1976 Mr KL Khandpur 1976 ndash 1981

Mr Vikram Singh 1983 ndash 1989 Mr Shakti Samanta 1991 ndash

1998 Asha Parekh 1998 ndash 2001 Vijay Anand Arvind Trivedi Anupam Kher during

2001 to 2004 Sharmila Tagore (longest period from 13102004

to 31032011) and presently Leela Samson from 1st April 2011

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax

museum in London It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud born as Anna Maria

Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg France

Her mother worked as a

housekeeper for Dr Philippe

Curtius in Bern Switzerland who was a physician skilled in wax modelling Curtius taught

Tussaud the art of wax modelling Tussaud created her

first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777

It has its branches in a number of major cities at ndash

o America - Hollywood Las Vegas (Obama Martin Luther King Jr George

W Bush JFK Benjamin

Franklin) o New York (Amitabh

Shahrukh) Washington

DC and due to open in Orlando in 2013-14

o Europe ndash Amsterdam Blackpool (Kareena) Berlin London (Salman

Khan Hritik Roshan Madhuri Dixit Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya

Rai) Vienna o Asia ndash Bangkok Hong

Kong Mumbai Tokyo Shanghai Wuhan and

o Australia ndash Sydney

Amitabh Bachchan at Madame

Tussauds ndash London New York Hongkong Washington DC Bangkok

First Break in Films

Y E A R CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm

1936-44-48 Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar (1944) Dev Anand (1948)

Achhoot Kanya Jwar Bhaata Ziddi

1951 Guru Dutt Vyjayantimala Helen

Baazi Bahar Awara

1952 Raj Kumar Mala Sinha Meena Kumari

Rangeeli Suhagan Baiju Bawra

1955-56-57 Nutan Waheed Rehman (1956) Sunil Dutt (1957)

Seema CID Mother India

1959 Asha Parekh Rajendra Kumar

Dil Deke Dekho Goonj Uthi Shehnai

1960 Dharmendra Sadhana Sanjiv Kumar

Dil Bhi Tera HBT Love in Simla Hum Hindustani

1961 Saira Banu Shashi Kapoor Tanuja

Junglee Dharam Putra Hamari Yaad Aayegi

1962-63 Manoj Kumar Mumtaz (1963)

Haryali aur Rasta Mujhe Jeene Do

1964 Jeetendra Sharmila Tagore

Geet Gaya Pathron Ne Kashmir Ki Kali

1965ndash66 Feroz Khan Babita (1966)

Oonche Log Dus Lakh

1968 Vinod Khanna Leena Chadravark

Man ka Meet Man ka Meet

1969 Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Bindu

Saat Hindustani Saajan Do Raaste

1970 Rekha Amrish Puri Rakhee

Sawan Bhaadon Prem Pujari Jeevan Mrityu

1971 Jaya Bachchan Randhir Kapoor Zeenat Aman

Guddi Kal Aaj aur Kal Hulchul

1972 Reena Roy

Jaroorat

1973 Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Neetu Singh

Bobby Bobby Yaadon ki Barat

1974 Amol Palekar Kamal Hassan Shabana Azmi

Rajnigandha Aaina Ankur

1975 Padmini Kolhapuri Smita Patil

Ishq Ishq Ishq Charandas Chor

1977 Hema Malini Raj Babbar

Dream Girl Kissa Kursi Ka

1978 Sri Devi

Solwaa Sawan

1981 Rati Agnihotri Sanjay Dutt

Ek Dooje ke Liye Rocky

1983

Anil Kapoor Jackey Shroff Mithun Chakrav

Woh 7 Din Hero Disco Dancer

Meenakshi Shesh Rajnikant Sunny Deol

Hero Andha Kanoon Betaab

1988

Juhi Chawla Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit

Q se Q Tak Biwi ho to Aisi Tezaab

Aamir Khan

Q se Q Tak

1991

Ajay Devgan Akshaya Kumar Karishma Kapoor

Phool Aur Kaante Saugandh Prem Qaidi

Maneesha Koirala Raveena Tandon

Saudagar Pathar ke Phool

1992 Govinda

Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

After formation of CBFC the first person who headed the

Chairperson was Mr CS Agarwal from 15th January 1951 till 14th June 1954 The

other persons were Mr MD Bhatt 1955-1959 Mr DL

Kothari 1960 ndash 1965 Mr Virendra Vyas 1972 ndash 1976 Mr KL Khandpur 1976 ndash 1981

Mr Vikram Singh 1983 ndash 1989 Mr Shakti Samanta 1991 ndash

1998 Asha Parekh 1998 ndash 2001 Vijay Anand Arvind Trivedi Anupam Kher during

2001 to 2004 Sharmila Tagore (longest period from 13102004

to 31032011) and presently Leela Samson from 1st April 2011

Bollywood Celebrities in Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax

museum in London It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud born as Anna Maria

Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg France

Her mother worked as a

housekeeper for Dr Philippe

Curtius in Bern Switzerland who was a physician skilled in wax modelling Curtius taught

Tussaud the art of wax modelling Tussaud created her

first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777

It has its branches in a number of major cities at ndash

o America - Hollywood Las Vegas (Obama Martin Luther King Jr George

W Bush JFK Benjamin

Franklin) o New York (Amitabh

Shahrukh) Washington

DC and due to open in Orlando in 2013-14

o Europe ndash Amsterdam Blackpool (Kareena) Berlin London (Salman

Khan Hritik Roshan Madhuri Dixit Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya

Rai) Vienna o Asia ndash Bangkok Hong

Kong Mumbai Tokyo Shanghai Wuhan and

o Australia ndash Sydney

Amitabh Bachchan at Madame

Tussauds ndash London New York Hongkong Washington DC Bangkok

First Break in Films

Y E A R CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm CelebrityFilm

1936-44-48 Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar (1944) Dev Anand (1948)

Achhoot Kanya Jwar Bhaata Ziddi

1951 Guru Dutt Vyjayantimala Helen

Baazi Bahar Awara

1952 Raj Kumar Mala Sinha Meena Kumari

Rangeeli Suhagan Baiju Bawra

1955-56-57 Nutan Waheed Rehman (1956) Sunil Dutt (1957)

Seema CID Mother India

1959 Asha Parekh Rajendra Kumar

Dil Deke Dekho Goonj Uthi Shehnai

1960 Dharmendra Sadhana Sanjiv Kumar

Dil Bhi Tera HBT Love in Simla Hum Hindustani

1961 Saira Banu Shashi Kapoor Tanuja

Junglee Dharam Putra Hamari Yaad Aayegi

1962-63 Manoj Kumar Mumtaz (1963)

Haryali aur Rasta Mujhe Jeene Do

1964 Jeetendra Sharmila Tagore

Geet Gaya Pathron Ne Kashmir Ki Kali

1965ndash66 Feroz Khan Babita (1966)

Oonche Log Dus Lakh

1968 Vinod Khanna Leena Chadravark

Man ka Meet Man ka Meet

1969 Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Bindu

Saat Hindustani Saajan Do Raaste

1970 Rekha Amrish Puri Rakhee

Sawan Bhaadon Prem Pujari Jeevan Mrityu

1971 Jaya Bachchan Randhir Kapoor Zeenat Aman

Guddi Kal Aaj aur Kal Hulchul

1972 Reena Roy

Jaroorat

1973 Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Neetu Singh

Bobby Bobby Yaadon ki Barat

1974 Amol Palekar Kamal Hassan Shabana Azmi

Rajnigandha Aaina Ankur

1975 Padmini Kolhapuri Smita Patil

Ishq Ishq Ishq Charandas Chor

1977 Hema Malini Raj Babbar

Dream Girl Kissa Kursi Ka

1978 Sri Devi

Solwaa Sawan

1981 Rati Agnihotri Sanjay Dutt

Ek Dooje ke Liye Rocky

1983

Anil Kapoor Jackey Shroff Mithun Chakrav

Woh 7 Din Hero Disco Dancer

Meenakshi Shesh Rajnikant Sunny Deol

Hero Andha Kanoon Betaab

1988

Juhi Chawla Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit

Q se Q Tak Biwi ho to Aisi Tezaab

Aamir Khan

Q se Q Tak

1991

Ajay Devgan Akshaya Kumar Karishma Kapoor

Phool Aur Kaante Saugandh Prem Qaidi

Maneesha Koirala Raveena Tandon

Saudagar Pathar ke Phool

1992 Govinda

Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

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1955-56-57 Nutan Waheed Rehman (1956) Sunil Dutt (1957)

Seema CID Mother India

1959 Asha Parekh Rajendra Kumar

Dil Deke Dekho Goonj Uthi Shehnai

1960 Dharmendra Sadhana Sanjiv Kumar

Dil Bhi Tera HBT Love in Simla Hum Hindustani

1961 Saira Banu Shashi Kapoor Tanuja

Junglee Dharam Putra Hamari Yaad Aayegi

1962-63 Manoj Kumar Mumtaz (1963)

Haryali aur Rasta Mujhe Jeene Do

1964 Jeetendra Sharmila Tagore

Geet Gaya Pathron Ne Kashmir Ki Kali

1965ndash66 Feroz Khan Babita (1966)

Oonche Log Dus Lakh

1968 Vinod Khanna Leena Chadravark

Man ka Meet Man ka Meet

1969 Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Bindu

Saat Hindustani Saajan Do Raaste

1970 Rekha Amrish Puri Rakhee

Sawan Bhaadon Prem Pujari Jeevan Mrityu

1971 Jaya Bachchan Randhir Kapoor Zeenat Aman

Guddi Kal Aaj aur Kal Hulchul

1972 Reena Roy

Jaroorat

1973 Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Neetu Singh

Bobby Bobby Yaadon ki Barat

1974 Amol Palekar Kamal Hassan Shabana Azmi

Rajnigandha Aaina Ankur

1975 Padmini Kolhapuri Smita Patil

Ishq Ishq Ishq Charandas Chor

1977 Hema Malini Raj Babbar

Dream Girl Kissa Kursi Ka

1978 Sri Devi

Solwaa Sawan

1981 Rati Agnihotri Sanjay Dutt

Ek Dooje ke Liye Rocky

1983

Anil Kapoor Jackey Shroff Mithun Chakrav

Woh 7 Din Hero Disco Dancer

Meenakshi Shesh Rajnikant Sunny Deol

Hero Andha Kanoon Betaab

1988

Juhi Chawla Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit

Q se Q Tak Biwi ho to Aisi Tezaab

Aamir Khan

Q se Q Tak

1991

Ajay Devgan Akshaya Kumar Karishma Kapoor

Phool Aur Kaante Saugandh Prem Qaidi

Maneesha Koirala Raveena Tandon

Saudagar Pathar ke Phool

1992 Govinda

Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

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Actors and Actresses their families etc

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Shola aur Sabnam

1993 Shahrukh Khan Kajol Shilpa Shetty

Chamatkar Baazigar Baazigar

1994 Tabu

Vijaypath

1997-98

Akshaya Khanna Bobby Deol Mahima Chowdhry

Himalaya Putra Gupt Pardes

Rani Mukherjee Preity Zinta (1998)

Raja ki Aayegi Barat Dil Sehellip

1999 Aishwaya Rai Sushmita Sen

Aa Ab Laut Chale Sirf Tum

2000

Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor Hritik Roshan

Refugee Refugee Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

Amisha Patel

Kaho Naa Pyar Hai

2001 Gracy Singh Bipasha Basu Dia Mirza

Lagaan Ajnabi Rehna Hai Tere Dil

2002 Esha Deol Vivek Oberoi

Koi Mere Dil Sehellip Company

2003 Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif John Abraham

The Hero Love Story of Spy Boom Jism

2004-05 Ayesha Takia Vidya Balan (2005)

Taarzan The Wonder Car Parineeta

2007 Deepika Padukon Ranbir Kapoor

Om Shanti Om Saawariya

2010 Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Sharma

Dabangg Band Baaja Baraat

2011-12 Imraan Khan Eliana DrsquoCruz

Mere Brother ki Dulhan Barfee

Biography of Selected Bollywood Celebrities

Anil Kapoor born 24 December 1959 Brothers Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor Married

to Sunita in 1984 Two daughters Sonam and Rhea

and a son Harshwardhan

Akshay Kumar born Rajiv Hari

Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967 Founded Hari Om Entertainment production

company University of Windsor conferred an

Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2008

o Awarded Padma Shri in

2008 Father was an army officer Obtained a

black belt in Taekwondo while in India Studied martial arts in Bangkok

o Learnt Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter Twinkle Khanna

married him on 14

January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Celebrities

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Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

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Actors and Actresses their families etc

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January 2001 Son named Aarav

Adnan Sami born 15 August

1973 is a British-born Pakistani Indian and Canadian singer musician

pianist actor and composer Holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in

Mumbai Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar

Sabah Galadari and Roya Faryabi Adnan weighed over 230 kg but by diet and

exercise lost 145 kg weight in 9 months

Amitabh Bachchan Born 11th

October 1942 at Allahabad Father Dr Harivansh Rai

Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan He was initially named Inquilaab but later

changed to Amitabh o He worked as freight

broker for Bird and Co Kolkata Married to Jaya Bhaduri Abhishek

Bachchan and Shweta are his son and daughter

o Presented Kaun Banega Crorepati from Season 1

to Season 6 except Season 3

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born 1 November 1973 She worked

as a model for Camlin Pencils Pepsi Coca Cola Lakme Cosmetics Palmolive and Lux

Won Miss World in 1994 o In 2009 she was

honoured with Padma

Shri She is a brand ambassador for The Eye

Bank Association of India and Brand

ambassador for Pulse Polio since 2005

o She is married to Abhishek Bachchan on

20 April 2007 She is mother of a girl named Aaradhya born 16th

November 2011

Asha Parekh Born 2nd Oct

1942 Remained unmarried Presently she concentrates on

her dance academy Kalaa Bhavan The Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz

Mumbai is named in her honour

Aamir Khan Born 14th March

1965 Aamir Khan Productions

(AKP) was set up in 1999 for producing the film Lagaan Khans wife Kiran Rao also

worked as the Associate Producer for Taare Zameen

Par Children Junaid and Aira

Ayesha Takia born 10th April 1986 I am a Complan Girl advertising campaign She

worked in the film Taarzan ndash the wonder car On 1 March

2009 Ayesha married Farhan Azmi a restaurateur

Ameesha Patel born 9 June 1975 daughter of Amit Patel

and Asha Patel hence the name Ami-sha Trained in Bharatnatyam Studied at

Massachusetts (USA) o Before coming to Films

she was an economic

analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited She

had modelled for Bajaj Sevashram Fair amp

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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19th

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Lovely Cadburys Lux etc

Asha Bhonsle born on 8th

September 1933 She is involved in film music pop ghazals bhajans folk songs

qawwalis Apart from Hindi she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages

o Honoured in 2000 with Dadasaheb Phalke

Award and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 She is an excellent cook and

runs restaurants in Dubai United Kingdom

and Kuwait called Ashas She is also a good mimicry artist

Aditya Pancholi born 12

September 1965 born as

Nirmal Pancholi married to Zarina Wahab in 1986 They

have a daughter Sana and a son Suraj

Abhishek Bachchan born on 5th Feb 1976 Studied at Switzerland and Boston He

married to Aishwarya Rai on 20th April 2007 and father of

Aaradhya

Ashutosh Rana born Ashutosh

Jaisingh Neekhra He married to Renuka Shahane They

have two sons named Shauryaman and Satyendra His native language is Bundeli

but he speaks Urdu English Telugu fluently

Aftab Shivdasani born on 2561978 Modelled at the

age of 1frac14 yrs as the Farex baby food He was a child actor in Mr India His

production company is Rising Sun Entertainment

Arshad Warsi born 19 April

1968 He is popularly known as Circuit in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and Lage

Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) Warsi married Maria

Goretti on 14 February 1999 They have a son named Zeke

and daughter Zene He is a national level gymnast

Ajay Devgan born Vishal on 2 April 1969 On February 23

1999 he married to Kajol They have two children daughter Nysa and son Yug

He owns his aircraft for transport for shooting and personal trips

Aruna Irani born 3 May 1952

actress and dancer of her time has acted in about 300 movies Irani is the sister of

film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani Married to Kuku Kohli

Amrish Puri born on 22nd

June 1932 Elder brothers were Chaman Puri and Madan Puri Earlier did a job with

ESI Corporation He worked in Hindi Kannada Marathi

Hollywood Punjabi Telugu Malayalam and Tamil films Died on 12th January 2005

Ashok Kumar born 13th

October 1911 in Bhagalpur

Real name Kumudlal Ganguly Died on 10th December 2001

His first break in films was Achhoot Kanya in 1936

o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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o His hit movies were Victoria No 203 Ek

Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Chalti ka Naam Gaadi

Aashirvad Mr India etc He was active in films

till 1989 His last film was Clerk

Bindu full name Bindu Zaveri Desai Born on 17 January 1951 is an actress and most

popular since 1970s Bindu married her next door

neighbour Champaklal Zaveri She has no children

Boman Irani Gujarati born on 2 December 1959 and

photographer Acted in Munna Bhai MBBS Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots

o Before coming to Film Industry he worked as Waiter at the hotel Taj

Mahal Palace amp Tower He also worked with his

mother in their Bakery Shop He is also a good Photographer

o He is married to Zenobia They have two

sons Danesh and Kayoze

Bipasha Basu born 7th

January 1979 has worked in Hindi Telugu Bengali and

Tamil language films She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films

She won the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest and the Ford Models Supermodel of

the World contest o Basu was flown to New

York by the Ford

Company and began her successful modelling career at the age of 17

She has appeared on over 40 magazine

covers Basu did the video Tu for Sonu Nigams album Kismat

Balraj Sahni born 1 May 1913

real name Yudhisthir Masters degree in English He married to Damayanti During

1930 they joined Tagores Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan as English and

Hindi teacher Their son Parikshit

o He also worked with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938 In 1939-40 he

went to England to join the BBC He wrote the

books Mera Pakistani Safar and Mera Roosi Safarnama after his tour

to Pakistan and Russia in 1960 and 1969

o He was Radio

Announcer at Londons Hindi service He died

on 13th April 1973 Bobby Deol born Vijay Singh Deol on January

27 1969 He is married to Tanya Ahuja and

have two sons Aryaman and Dharam

Danny Denzongpa Real name

is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa born 25 February 1948

Sikkimese Bhutia Fond of

Indian and Nepali songs In 2003 he was awarded with

Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Padma Shree Owns Brewing industry of his owns named

Yuksom Breweries marketing in Sikkim Orissa and Assam

Loves horses and horse riding o Jaya Bachchan his

classmate at Pune

Institute decided to change his name Danny Married to a

Sikkimese Princess Gawa Denzongpa

o He does not work in Summer due to very hot atmosphere Even in

the films he works on his own terms He has a

son named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema

Dada Saheb Phalke real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke born 30 April 1869 known as

the father of Indian cinema o The Dadasaheb Phalke

Award is honoured by Government of India since 1969 The award

comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion a cash

prize of 1 million and a shawl

o The Recipients are -

Devika Rani Roerich in 1969 Prithvi Raj Kapoor in 1971 Sulochana in

1973 Kanan Devi Nitin Bose Sohrab Modi

Naushad Ali Durga Khote Satya jit Ray V Shantaram Raj Kapoor

Ashok Kumar Lata Mangeshkar Bhupen

Hazarika Majroh Sultanpuri Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar

Sivaji Ganeshan Kavi

Pradeep BR Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Asha Bhonsle Yash Chopra Dev Anand

Shyam Benegal Manna Dey K Balachander Soumitra Chatterjee and

for 2012 the recipient was Pran

Dev Anand Real name Devnath Pishori Mal Anand

born 26 September 1923 and died on 4th December 2011 at London due to Heart Attack

His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand Their

sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of Shekhar Kapur

o Padma Bhushan in

2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 Married

to Kalpana Kartik (Mona Singh) beauty queen of

Simla who acted only in 5 films Their son is Suneil Anand

Dharmendra born 8th

December 1935 real name

Dharam Singh Deol His first wife Prakash Kaur His second

marriage was with actress Hema Malini and converted to Islam before marrying her by

changing name as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna on 21st

August 1979 o Sons are Sunny Deol

and Bobby Deol and

two daughters Vijeeta and Ajeeta

o From Hema Malini he

has two daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

o Active in Politics He was elected as a Member of the Parliament in the

2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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2004 general elections from Bikaner on BJP

ticket

Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan born 11 December 1922 Started in 1944 till

date credited over 600 films Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1994 o His father Lala Ghulam

Sarwar was a fruit merchant and they moved to Pune and

started a canteen business and supplying

dried fruits o Hindi Author Bhagwati

Charan Varma gave him

the screen name Dilip Kumar

o In 1998 he was awarded

the Nishan-e-Pakistan

the highest civilian award of Pakistan

o He married to Saira Banu in year 1966 when

he was aged 44 and she was 22

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia born 8 June 1957 In 1973 she married Rajesh Khanna

and retired from acting Kapadia returned to films in

1984 after her separation from Khanna She is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke

Khanna

David full name David Abraham Cheulkar born in 1909 Started his film career

in 1941 He was unmarried and died on 28 December 1981 in Toronto Canada

Padma Shri in 1969

Farooq Sheikh belongs to a

rich Zamindari from Amroli Studied law Sheikh is

married to Rupa Jain whom

he courted for nine years He

has two daughters Shaista and Sanaa

Guru Dutt real name was

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone born 9 July 1925 ndash 10 October 1964

Govinda Born 21st December

1963 nick name Chi Chi full

name Govind Arun Ahuja Member of Parliament from

Mumbai North Constituency in 2004

Girish Raghunath Karnad born 19 May 1938 Jnanpith 1998 Padma Shri 1974 and

Padma Bhushan 1992 Awardee Master of Arts

degree in philosophy political

science and economics o Worked in the Oxford

University Press

Chennai for seven years (1963ndash70)

o Karnad is married to Dr

Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two

children Shalmali Radha and Raghu Amay and lives in Bengaluru

Gracy Singh born on 20 July

1980 She is best known for

role as Gauri in Lagaan She

began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

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began her career touring with the dance group The Planets

Hritik Roshan- Born 10th January 1974 Father is film director Rakesh Roshan while

his mother Pinky is the daughter of J Om Prakash Hrithik has an elder sister

Sunaina He is a Commerce Graduate

o Roshan is married to Suzanne daughter of Actor Sanjay Khan and

owner of Suzanne Roshans House of

Design The couple have two sons Hrehaan born in 2006 and Hridhaan

born in 2008 Hritik has two thumbs on his right hand

Helen Jairag Richardson (born

21 October 1939 in Myanmar) In 1980 Helen married Salim Khan and became his second

wife and they adopted a girl Arpita Salman Khan is her

stepson She was awarded Padma Shri in 2009

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June

1920 ndash 26 September 1989) He sang in Hindi films under

the name Hemant Kumar In 1945 Hemanta married Bela Mukherjee They had two

children a son Jayant and a daughter Ranu Jayant is

married to Moushmi Chatterjee

Hema Malini Chakravorty born 16 October 1948 On 21st August 1979 she married

Dharmendra after changing her religion to Islam and

named Aisha Bai o In 2000 she was

presented with the

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In

the same year she was honoured with the Padma Shri

o She also served as the Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corpn o Malini spends most of

her time on charitable and social ventures while making occasional

appearances in films o She is a member of

Indias Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by

the party in Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009

o Children Esha and

Ahana born in 1982 and 1984 She owned a

Hindi Magazine named lsquoNew Womanrsquo She owns a Dance School lsquoNatya

Vihar Kala Kendrarsquo

Johny Walker born 15 May 1923 ndash 29 July 2003 born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in

Indore the son of a mill

worker He worked in almost 300 movies

o Before coming to

Bollywood he was a conductor in Bombay

Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

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knowing that there is too much to write on the

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Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

buses Guru Dutt gave him the screen name

Johny Walker Walker was always a teetotaler

o Johnny Walker married

Noor sister of Shakila Three daughters Kausar Tasneem and

Firdaus and three sons Nazim Kazim and Nasir

Juhi Chawla born 13 November 1967 crowned as the winner of the Miss India

beauty contest in 1984 Juhi Chawla is married to Jai

Mehta and have two children Jhanvi and a son Arjun

o Jai Mehta and Juhi

Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team

Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with

Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment

Johny Lever real name John

Prakasa Rao Janumala born 7th January 1950 Studied upto 7th He did all kinds of

work such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay in a special way of imitating

Bollywood stars Best actor of mimicry also

o He also worked in Hindustan Levers factory in Mumbai with

his father The union leader had named him

as Johnny Lever Modelled for Kachua chhap macchar agar

batti He is president of

CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist Association) He is

also the president of MAAM (Mimicry Artist

Association Mumbai) o He is married to Sujatha

and has two children a

daughter Jamie and a son Jesse

Jagdeep real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry He is

the father of Naved Jaffery amp Jaaved Jaffrey

Jaya Bachchan born 9th April 1948 at Jabalpur and studied

in Bhopal She was awarded the Best All-India NCC Cadet Award during the Republic

Day celebrations in 1966 On 3 June 1973 she married Amitabh Bachchan Shweta

Nanda and Abhishek are their daughter and son

Jaya Prada real name Lalita

born 3 April 1962 at

Tamilnadu and starred in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Bengali

and Marathi films o She owns the Jaya

Prada Theater in Chennai In 1986 she married producer

Srikanth Nahata who was already married to

Chandra and had 3 children

o Jayaprada has no

children Member of Parliament from Rampur Constituency

Javed Akhtar born as Jadoo

Akhtar Gwalior BA First married to Honey Irani and divorced Have two children

son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar

o After Javeds divorce with Irani he married

actress Shabana Azmi Awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma

Bhushan in 2007

Jackie Shroff born 1st

February 1958 real name Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff a

pure vegetarian He married Ayesha Dutt Both run Jackie

Shroff Entertainment Limited Have two children a son Jai

and a daughter Krishna

Jeetendra real name Ravi

Kapoor born on 7th April 1942 children Tussar and Ekta Wife name is Shobha

Chairman of Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures

Katrina Kaif born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian and

former model Father Mohammad Kaif an Indian and Susanna Turquotte an

English mother both have British Visa

o Katrina visited Hong

Kong China Japan France Switzerland

Berlin Belgium and many other East European countries

Then she moved with her family to Hawaii

Kishore Kumar born 4 August

1929 ndash 13 October 1987 real

name Abhas Kumar Ganguly He sang in Bengali Hindi Marathi Assamese Gujarati

Kannada Oriya Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages

o He married four times His first wife was Ruma Guha (1950 to 1958)

Madhubala (left due to going to London for

treatment) Yogeeta Bali (1976 to 1978) and last to Leena Chandavarkar

from 1980 until his death

o Kishore Kumar had two

sons Amit Kumar with

Ruma and Sumit Kumar with Leena

Kadar Khan born in

Balochistan on 6th October

1925 He was a Civil Engineer and was a lecturer in M H Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

Mumbai in 1970 ndash 75

Kumkum real name Mehrun Nisa from Bihar She was discovered by Guru Dutt She

is a trained Kathak dancer

Kajol born on 5th August 1975 Her mother is Tanuja and father Shomu Mukherjee

Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee Cousins Rani

Mukherji and Mohnish Behl o Kajol married Ajay

Devgan on February 24 1999 They have 2 children a daughter

Nysa and a son Yug

Kumar Sanu real name Kedarnath Bhattacharya Awarded Filmfare Best Male

Playback Award over five consecutive years from 1990 to 1994 for the films Aashiqui

Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

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Saajan Deewana Baazigar and 1942A Love Story

o Honoured Padma Shri in 2009 Commerce

Graduate Kalyanji had suggested to change the name to Kumar Sanu

Konkona Sen Sharma born 3

December 1979 Daughter of

Aparna Sen Married to Ranvir Shorey in 2010 Have

one son Haroon born on March 15 2011

Kareena Kapoor born on 21 September 1980 often called

as Bebo Daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor Married to Saif Ali Khan

Karishma Kapoor born 25

June 1974 as Lolo She

married to Sanjay Kapoor of Sixth India on 29th September

2003 Have two children

Kabir Bedi born on 16th

January 1946 His career spanned in India USA and many European countries He

has acted in James Bond film Octopussy of 1983 He is very

popular in Italy also o Bedi married three times

and has three children

Pooja Siddharth and Adam He was married

to Protima Bedi an Odissi dancer Their daughter Pooja Bedi

o Their son Siddharth committed suicide in

1997 at the age of 26 in America

o He later married to a British-born fashion designer Susan

Humphreys Their son Adam Bedi is an international model

o In 1990s Bedi married TV and radio presenter

Nikki Bedi They had no children and divorced in 2005

Kamal Hassan born on 7th

November 1954 Padma Shree in 1990 Owns Film Production Company

Rajkamal Intrsquol Wife Vani Ganapati (1978-88) Sarika (1988-2004) and Gouthmi

2004 onwards as partner Children Shruti Akshara and

Subha Laxmi

Kiran Kumar is son of veteran

character actor Jeevan (Onkar Nath Dhar) He is married to Sushma Verma They have two

children Vikas and Srishti Runs a jewellery and clothing

label with her mother called Sush amp Shish A devout believer of Sai baba He is also

referred as lsquoBachchan of Gujarati Cinemarsquo as he has

been Hero of most of the Gujarati Films

Lata Mangeshkar born 28th

September 1929 to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar from Goa Her mother Sudhamati

from Maharashtra was Deenanaths second wife Lata

was named Hema at her

birth Meena Asha Usha and

Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence

o In 2001 Lata

Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna

Awarded Padma

Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Bhushan in 1969 and in 1989 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award Also got Padma Vibhushan in

1999

o In 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was

honoured on 60th anniversary of Indias

independence

Meenakshi Seshadri born in Tamilnadu on 16 November

1963 real name Shashikala Won Miss India contest in

1981 She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India She is trained in four

Indian classical dance forms namely Bharata Natyam

Kuchipudi Kathak and Odissi o She married Harish

Mysore an investment

banker Now they have settled in Texas with a daughter Kendra and

son Sanjosh

Mala Sinha was born on 11th November 1936 nick named ALDA Sinha married her co-

star from Nepali Films Chidambar Prasad Lohani in

1968 Lohani had an estate agency business

o Usually they come and

stay in Mumbai to shoot for films while her husband used to stay in

Nepal running his business She has one

daughter Pratibha Sinha

Mukri full Name Muhammad Umar Mukri Before coming to

Film Industry he was Qazi

Mandakini born 30 July 1969

real name Yasmeen Joseph Currently with the help of her husband Dr Kagyur T

Rinpoche Thakur she runs

classes in Tibetan yoga She is follower of Dalai Lama

Mahima Chaudhary born Ritu

Chaudhry on 13 September 1973 in Darjeeling In 1990s she appeared in TV

advertisements including the Walls ice cream Advertisement

when this brand entered India and was a VJ on music channels where she was

noticed by Subhash Ghai She married to Bobby Mukherjee in 2006 and had a daughter

Aryana

Madhuri Dixit born on 15 May 1967 She is a Micro Biologist She is a trained Kathak

Dancer In 2008 she was awarded the Padma Shri

o On 17th October 1999 Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene

University of California Los Angeles Trained cardiovascular surgeon

who practiced in Denver o They have two sons

Arin and Raayan (born 2003 and 2005 in Colorado) She lived in

USA after marriage for almost a decade and

returned back to India in October 2011 along with her family

Mahendra Kapoor born

January 9 1934 - September

27 2008 Sang for almost 50

years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

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years and credited about 25000 songs in various

regional languages In 1972 he was awarded the Padma

Shri

Mithun Chakraborty born as

Gouranga on June 16 1950 has appeared in about 350 films Owns Hospitality and

Education Sector since 1990 named Monarch Group and

have hotels in Mudhumalai Ootacumund Darjeeling Siliguri and Kolkata

o Mithun Chakraborty is married to former Indian

actress Yogeeta Bali and has four children three sons and a daughter

Mukesh born on 22nd July

1923 Mukesh (Mathur)

worked for the Department of Public Works Mukesh married

Sarla Trivedi Raichand in 1946 They had five children - Rita Nitin Nalini Mohnish

and Namrata Died on 27th August 1976 at Detroit (USA)

Malaika Arora Khan born on 23 October 1973 Was a

former MTV VJ She is most famous for Chaiyya Chaiyya and Munni Badnaam Hui

Her father worked in the Merchant Navy Married to

Arbaaz Khan and have a son Arhaan

Mohammad Rafi born 24th December 1924 ndash July 31 1980 nickname Pheeko

Awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards In 1967

Padma Shri

o Also sang in other languages including

Konkani Bhojpuri Oriya Punjabi Bengali

Marathi Sindhi Kannada Gujarati Telugu Maghi Maithili

and Assamese o He recorded a few

English Persian

Spanish and Dutch songs

Manna Dey Real name

Prabodh Chandra born 1

May 1919 Padma Shri in 1971 Padma Bhushan in

2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007

o Married To Sulochana

on 18 December 1953 Have two daughters Shuroma and Sumita

Presently lives in Bengaluru Manna Dey

also sang in Bengali Gujarati Marathi Malayalam Kannada

Assamese films

Meena Kumari born on 1st

August 1932 ndash 31 March 1972 real name Mahjabeen

Bano In 1952 Meena Kumari fell in love and married film director Kamal Amrohi

Madhu Bala real name

Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi born on 14 February 1933 ndash 23 February 1969

o Madhubala had a heart problem with a ventricular septal defect

commonly known as a hole in the heart she

died at age 36

Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Mumtaz real name Mumu born on 31 July 1947

Mumtaz married to Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974

They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya Natasha married to Sanjay Khanrsquos son

Manoj Kumar born on 24th July 1937 real name Hari

Kishan Goswamy Married to Shashi A son Kunal Devotee

to Sai Baba At Shirdi the road Pimpalwadi is changed to Manoj Kumar Goswami Road

Nirupa Roy born as Kokila

Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad Gujarat on 4th January 1931 She was

married to Kamal Roy Have two sons Yogesh and Kiran

She died on 13 October 2004

Nutan born on 4th June 1936

winner of Miss India in 1952 Her first big movie was Seema Married on 11 October 1959 to

Naval Lt Commander Rajnish Behl Their son is Mohnish

Behl Nutan died on 21st February 1991 of cancer

Nadira real name Farhat Ezekiel Nadira born 5

December 1932 ndash 9 February 2006 She married twice

Naseeruddin Shah born 20 July 1950 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2003 He is

married to Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah They have

a daughter Heebaa and two sons Imaad and Vivaan

Nanda born 8 January 1939 Cousins Namrata and Shilpa

Shirodkar Nandas paternal uncle V Shantaram

o Nanda has remained

unmarried and lives in her residence in Mumbai

Navin Nischol born 18 March 1946 First movie Sawan Bhadon in 1970 Navin was

first married to Dev Anands niece Neelu Kapur sister of

Shekhar Kapur Neelu divorced him Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March

2011

Neetu Singh born on 8th July

1958 as Harmeet Kaur As child artists she was named

Baby Sonia She married to Rishi Kapoor

Neelam Kothari born 9 November 1968 an actor and

jewellery designer Hailed from Hong Kong

o She started her own

shop under the name of Neelam Jewels and have showroom in Mumbai

since 2004 She married actor Samir

Soni on 24 January 2011

Nana Patekar born on 1st January 1951 Real name

Vishwa Nath

Nargis real name Fatima

Rashid born on 1st June 1929 and died on 3rd May 1981

Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

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knowing that there is too much to write on the

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Om Prakash full name

Chibbar born on 19 December 1919 ndash 21 February 1998 He joined All India Radio in 1937

He was known as ldquoFateh Dinrdquo a radio personality His wife Prabha predeceased him

without any child He lived

with his younger brother

Om Puri born on 18th

October 1950 Wife Seema Kapoor divorced in 2009

Paresh Rawal born 30 may 1950 at Ahmedabad wife

Swaroop Sampat (winner of Miss India contest in 1979)

They have two sons Aditya and Aniruddh

Poonam Dhillon born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur Her father

was in the Indian Air Force She was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16

o She runs a successful make-up van company VANITY She married

film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988 but

divorced in 1997 They have two children son Anmol and daughter

Paloma

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 nick named Sunshine Mimi and lsquoPiggi Choprsquo A

former Miss World of 2000 Parents are physicians She spent her childhood in

Bareilly and studied at La Martiniere Girls School in

Lucknow

Pran real name Pran Krishan

Sikand born on 12 February 1920 Done almost 350 films Awarded with Padma Bhushan

in 2001 and Dada Sahe Phalke Award in 2013

o He has his own football

team Bombay Dynamos Football Club He is

brilliant in Mathematics Studied at Unnao and Rampur

o Before film he worked at A Das amp Co Delhi as

an apprentice Pran married Shukla Ahluwalia on 18 April

1945 and has two sons Arvind and Sunil and a daughter Pinky

Preity Zinta born on 31st

January 1975 is a social activist a television presenter and a regular stage performer

o She is founder of production company

PZNZ Media and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia a co-owner of the

Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab

o A Post Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Zinta was the only woman to own an IPL team and was the

leagues youngest owner

Pradeep born in 1915ndash1998

titled as Kavi real name

Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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19th

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

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Again I request you all to share it with your friends

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Ramchandra Dwivedi Pradeep wrote about 1700 songs

o In 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

Lifetime Achievement After graduating from Lucknow University in

1939 he decided to work as a teacher

o Ae mere watan ke logo

song was a famous song written by him

which was sung Live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Pt

Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds New

Delhi on Republic Day 26 January 1963

o Despite many offers Kavi Pradeep pledged

the royalties of the song to War Widows Fund

Parveen Babi born 4 April

1954 ndash 20 January 2005 She

never married Left India in July 1983 and returned in 1989 She was found dead in

her Mumbai apartment on 22 January 2005

Pankaj Kapoor born on 29th

May 1954 Second marriage

with Supriya Pathak Son Shahid Kapoor

Rati Agnihotri born on 10th

December 1960 Has acted in ten languages including Hindi

Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bengali Bhojpuri Punjabi and English

o In 2006 she and her husband opened a

shopping mall in Pune where they are specialises in personally

designed Candles etc o Ek Duje ke Liye was a

remake of Tamil Film in

which also Kamal Hassan was Hero

Raaj Kumar real name

Kulbushan Pandit born on 8

October 1926 ndash 3 July 1996 Worked as Sub-inspector of

Mumbai police in the late 1940s Children Puru and Panini

Rajnikant born 12 December

1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

also appeared in USA After

being paid Rs 26 Crores for

his role in Sivaji ndash The Boss in 2007 he became the highest

paid actor o Padma Bhushan in

2000 Between 1966

and 1973 he worked in Chennai and Bengaluru

as a bus conductor o He married Latha

Rangachari on 26

February 1981 and have two daughters Aishwarya and

Soundarya o His wife currently runs a

school named The Ashram He is also a practitioner of yoga and

meditation o Rajinikanth is known for

visiting Himalaya and other temples for pilgrimage frequently

Raveena Tandon was born in

Mumbai to Ravi and Veena on

26th October 1970 Name is

an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

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an amalgamation of her parents name She adopted

two children Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in

the 1990s o She married Thadani on

22 February 2004 She

has a daughter Rasha born 16 March 2005 and a son Ranbir born

on 12 July 2007

Rani Mukherji born on 21st March 1978 is a trained Odissi dancer Have a

bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents which was

renovated by the interiors Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan

Raj Babbar born on 23rd June

1952 at Tundla Agra Married

to Nadira Zaheer Children are Arya and Juhi He also

married actress Smita Patil from whom a son Prateik Babbar He graduated from

Agra College

Raj Kapoor born on 14th

December 1924 a Punjabi refugee from Pakistan real

name Ranbir Raj Honoured Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

in 1987 o He was married to

Krishna Kapoor sister of Rajendra Nath and Prem Nath Children Randhir

Rishi Rajiv and Shweta o He died on 2nd June

1988 Dada Saheb

Phalke Award was given just one month before

on 2nd May 1988 o RK Studio was

established in 1950

o First break in the film Inqlaab in 1935 as Hero

The other Hit movies as Hero were Around the

World Sapno ka Saudagar Do Jasoos Shree 420 Teesri

Kasam Chhalia Anari etc

o As Actor Producer and

Director his films are Sangam (1964) and

Mera Naam Joker (1970)

o As Actor and Producer

only the films are Aah (1953) Jaagte Raho

(1956) and Jis Desh mein Ganga Bahti Hai (1960)

o As Producer and Director the movies are Bobby (1973) Satyam

Shivam Sundarama (1978) Prem Rog (1982)

and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

o He directed Boot Polish

(1954) Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957) Dharam Karam (1975) and Bibi

O Biwi (1981)

Raakhi born on 15 August 1947 She married to Gulzar She had a daughter Meghna

She is separated and lives in Panvel farm house in Mumbai

Rakesh Roshan (Nagrath) born

on 6 September 1949 Rakesh

is married to film actress Pinky daughter of director J Om Prakash Son Hrithik

Roshan and daughter Sunaina

o He is known for directing films with title ldquoKrdquo which are Khudgarz

(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

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(1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala

Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) Khel

(1991) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997)

Karobaar (2000) Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

Krrish (2006) and to be released Krrish 2 in

2013 o He also produced films

Kaamchor (1982)

Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (2010)

Ranjeet real name Gopal Bedi alias Goli born in Amritsar Ranjeet name was suggested

by Sunil Dutt during shooting of Reshma aur Shera He is Graduate He is married to

Naazneen who also manages design the dresses Have a

daughter and a son

Rajshree is the daughter of V

Shantaram She married to Greg Chapman alias Gautam

She permanently lives in America They have one daughter For the last 30

years running a successful custom clothing business there

Rishi Kapoor born 4 September 1952 Married to

Neetu Singh in 1980 They have two children Ranbir and

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni a fashion designer

Randhir Kapoor alias Daboo born 15 February 1947 He married to actress Babita on

November 6 1971 They have two daughters Karisma and

Kareena Kapoor Babita lived separate for almost 17 years

o He produced Aa Ab Laut

Chalen (1999) Prem Granth (1996) and

directed the Henna (1991) Dharam Karam (1975) and Kal Aaj Aur

Kal (1971)

Rajesh Khanna born on 29th

December 1942 Married to Dimple Kapadia Died on 18th

July 2012 Called first Superstar in Film Industry

Reena Roy born on 7th January 1957 Real name Roopa Husband was Mohsin

Khan who left him Daughter Sanam

Rekha born on 10th October

1954 real name Bhanurekha

Padma Shree in 2010

Suresh Oberoi born on

December 17 1946 at Quetta Pakistan Son Vivek Oberoi

He writes Romantic and Philosophical Poetries also

Sonali Bendre born 1st January 1975 She married

Goldei Behl on 12th November

2002 Have a Son Ranveer

Sulakshana Pandit born on 12th July 1954 Sister of Jatin Lalit and Niece of Pandit

Jasraj She never been married

Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

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Saeed Jaffrey born 8 January

1929 is an Indian-born British actor who has done numerous

British movies He is an Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University Started his career

by setting Unity theatre at New Delhi

o He went to the United

States on a Scholarship where he did Post

Graduation in drama He has worked as Radio Director from 1951 to

1956 for All India Radio and Director of Publicity

and Advertising at Government of India Tourist Office US from

1958 till 1960

Salman Khan born Abdul

Rashid Khan on 27 December 1965 Son of Screen writer

Saleem Khan and Salma (Maratha Hindu lady) Helen is his step mother His family

celebrate Islamic and Hindu festivals both

Sharmila Tagore born on 8th December 1946 She is the

great-grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore She married to Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi on 27 December 1969 after converting to Islam and

changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana

o They have Two sons Saif

Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan and one daughter Soha Ali Khan Mansoor

Ali Khan Pataudi died on 22 September 2011

Sridevi real name Shree

Amma Yanger born on 13

August 1963 She left the Film Industry in 1997

Husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Jhanvi and Khushi

Anil Kapoor is the brother of Boney Kapoor

Sadhana (Shivdasani) born on 2 September 1941 Babita is her cousin She and her

husband RK Nayyar formed a production company She was

married to him in 1965 She has no children After her husbandrsquos death in 1995 she

lives in Mumbai as a tenant of Asha Bhosle

Shahrukh Khan born on 2nd

November 1965 He married

Gauri Chibber a Hindu on 25 October 1991 They have two children son Aryan and

daughter Suhana o He founded two

production companies Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies

Entertainment His total wealth is over 2500 crore

o Apart from film production the

company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies

VFX where TV Advertisements are

produced o In 2008 Red Chillies

Entertainment became

the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders Awarded Padma Shri in 2007

o A life-size wax statue of Khan is installed at

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London Paris

Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

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Hong Kong and New York

Shahid Kapoor born on 25th

February 1981 Childhood was spent with his mother and maternal grandparents in

Delhi He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya

Pathak studied in Mumbai

Sushmita Sen born on 19 November 1975 nicknamed Sush She was crowned Miss

Universe in 1994 In 2000 she has adopted two girls named

Renee and Alisah

Sonam real name Bakhtawar

Murad Khan born on 2 September 1972 is the niece of actor Raza Murad Her first

film was Tridev of 1989 She married Rajiv Rai at the age of

19 and quit the Industry o She now lives with her

husband in Switzerland

Have a son name Gaurav

Saif Ali Khan born on 16 August 1970 Parents late

Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore Married to Kareena Kapoor First wife was

Amrita Singh from whom he has two children Awarded

Padma Shri in 2010

Sunil Dutt real name Balraj

Dutt born on 6 June 1930 ndash 25 May 2005 Son Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata

and Priya Dutt Namrata is married to Kumar Gaurav

o Honoured Padma Shri in 1968 Married to Nargis He was also

appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt born on 29 July

1959 Married to Richa Sharma in 1987 but died of Brain Tumor in 1996 They

have a daughter Trishala born 1989 who lives in the United States

o Sanjay again married to Rhea Pillai in 1998 but

divorced in 2005 He again married Manyata (known as Dilnawaz

Sheikh) who gave birth twin baby Boy Shahraan

and girl Iqra on 21 October 2010

o Sanjay is imprisoned

from 16th May 2013 at Yervada Jail as Qaidi No 16656 and Barrack

No 3 for 5 years under the Terrorist and

Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act due to terrorist interactions

and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle

SP Balasubramaniam

(Sripathi Panditaradhyula) born 4 June 1946 Padma shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan

in 2011 He has sung more than 40000 songs in more

than 15 different Indian languages including Telugu Tamil Kannada Hindi

Malayalam Marathi English Bengali Oriya Punjabi Tulu Sanskrit Assamese Konkani

Badaga and Gondi

Shatrughan Sinha born 9th December 1945 Member of Rajya Sabha twice and Union

Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

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Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

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Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003-04

Poonam wife and Sonakshi Luv and Kush children

Shaan born Shantanu

Mukherjee on 30 September

1972 He hosted the Television Shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil

Champs and Star Voice of India He is married to

Radhika and has two sons Soham and Shubh

Sunny Deol real name Ajay Singh born 19th October 1956

Studied Acting from Birmingham England Is a Low Profile person Married to

Pooja Deol who never faced the Industry Have two sons Rajvir and Ranvir

Sonu Nigam born 30 July

1973 in Faridabad He sings in Hindi Assamese Punjabi Bengali Marathi and Kannada

language Released Indi-pop albums and also acted in Hindi feature films He

practices fitness and yoga exercises and has trained in

Taekwondo

Sachin Pilgaonkar born 17

August 1957 Has worked in Hindi Marathi and Bhojpuri

cinema He has produced directed and acted comedy shows on Indian television

including Tu Tu Main Main Married to Supriya Marathi Actress also Have a daughter

Shriya

Sunil Shetty born 11th August 1961 He also owns some

Udupi based hotels and a boutique named Mischief

o Launched a company lsquoPopcorn Entertainmentrsquo

to promote Bollywood actors Stage Shows abroad

o He is married to Mana Shetty and has two children called Ahan

and Athiya o He has a Black Belt in

Kick Boxing

Simi Garewal real name

Smritha born on 17th Oct 1947 Father was in army as

Brigadier Simi grew up in England and studied there She had affair with Salman

Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and Governor of Punjab Pakistan Simi

Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan but now divorced

Sanjay Khan real name Abbas

Khan born on 3rd January

1941 Married to Zarine Khan They have 3 daughters Farah Simone and Suzzain

and one son Zayed Khan Suzzain is married to Hritik

Roshan

Shilpa Shetty born on 8th

June 1975 Real name is Manya

Shakti Kapoor born on 3rd

September 1952 real name is

Sunil His daughter Shraddha Kapoor was in lead role of Aashique 2

Saira Banu born on 23rd

August 1944 Married to Dilip Kumar in 1966

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Sanjiv Kumar real name was Harihar Jariwala born on 9th

July 1938 and died on 6th November 1985

Smita Patil born on 17th

October 1955 and died on

13th December 1986 Worked as News Reader

Shabana Azmi born on 18th September 1950

Sadashiv Amrapurkar Real

name Ganesh Kumar Narwode

Shashi Kapoor born on 18th March 1938 Real name Balbir Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor born 20

November 1976 Father Bollywood actor Jeetendra

Director of Balaji Telefilms of Ekta Kapoor Studied at the University of Michigan

Twinkle Khanna born on 29th

December 1974 Married to

Akshaya Kumar Son Araav

Owner of The White Windows

Store Interior Designer

Tabu born on 4th November 1970 Real Name Tabassum Hashmi Niece of Shabana

Azmi

Tun Tun Real name Uma

Devi born on 11th July 1923 Died on 24th November 2003

Urmila Matondkar born on 4 February 1974

Usha Uthup born on 8th

November 1947 Has sung in

16 Indian languages including Bengali Hindi Punjabi

Assamese Oriya Gujarati Marathi Konkani Malayalam Kannada Tamil Tulu and

Telugu

o Sang also in English Dutch French German

Zulu Italian Russian Nepalese Arabic and Spanish

o Her father Sami Iyer was police commissioner of

Mumbai She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup of Kottayam They have a

daughter Anjali and a son Sunny

V Shantaram (Vankudre) born in Jain Family on 18th November 1901 Directed

most famous films Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) and Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1957

o He married thrice namely Vimla Jayashree with whom

actress Rajshree was born and last actress Sandhya heroine of film

Do Aankhen Barah Haath He died on 30th

October 1990

Vidya Sinha born on 15

November 1947 A modeller and was married before entering films She quitted the

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

industry in 80rsquos Married to Venkateshwaran Iyer who died

in 1996 o Again she returned to

films and married Netaji Salunkhe a doctor based in Australia In

January 2009 Vidya filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband

and finally separated

Vyjayanthimala Bali born on 13th August 1936 She is trained in Bharathanatyam

She is a good Golfer Presently she continued with her dance

career o She remained MP

during the period of

Smt Indra Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi VP Singh Chandra Shekhar

and PV Narasimha Rao

o Presently she is attached to BJP since 1999 She is married

Chamanlal Bali They have a son Suchindra

o Won Life Time

Achievement Award in 1996

Vinod Mehra born on 13th

February 1945 Married three

times the first to Meena Broca second Bindiya

Goswami and last with Kiran which lasted till his death on 30th October 1990 Children

Soniya and Rohan

Vinod Khanna born on 6th

October 1946 in Peshawar Commerce Graduate Was a

follower of Osho and left the film industry in 1979 for eight

years o He was elected from

Gurdaspur Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party seat in 1997 Was

Union minister for culture Tourism and Ministry of external

affairs o Wife Geetanjali and have

two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna Divorced during 8 years

absence from family o In 1990 he again

married to Kavita and from her they have a son Sakshi and a daughter

Shraddha

Vidya Balan born on 1st

January 1981 Vidya is a social activist and supports

the empowerment of women In December 2012 she married film producer

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Vivek Oberoi born on 3rd

September 1976 Completed Masters Degree in film acting

from New York Univerity He has also worked as a script writer in India

o On 29 October 2010 Vivek Oberoi married

Priyanka Alva daughter of Karnataka minister The couple is blessed

with a son Vivaan Veer Oberoi born 6 February 2013 He is pure

Vegetarian

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Waheeda Rehman born on 14th May 1936 Married to

Shashi Rekhi alias Kamaljeet on 27 April 1974 Children

are Sohail and Kashvi who are

both writers Her husband died on 21st November 2000

Presently she lives in her own Ocean View Bungalow in

Bandra Mumbai

Zeenat Aman born on 19th November 1951 Before film

Industry she was a Journalist in Femina Magazine Married

to Mazhar Khan Done modelling for Taj Mahal Tea

Children Azhar and Azaan She was Miss Asia Pacific

winner in 1970 Spent childhood in Germany and

returned at the age of 18

Film Clan of Bollywood

Tabu and Farah are sisters Tanuja and Nutan are sisters Shekhar Kapur is Nephew of Dev

Anand son of Sheel Kanta Kapur- sister)

Navin Nischal was Brother in Law of Shekhar Kapoor

Anwar Hussain was brother of Nargis

Babita and Sadhana are cousins Moushmi Chatterjee is Daughter-

in-law of Hemant Kumar Singer

Premnath Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath are Brothers-in-law of Raj Kapoor

Padmini Kolhapuri is niece of Lata Mangeshkar

Aditya Roy Kapoor (Aashique2) is younger brother of Sidhartha Roy Kapoor and hence brother-in-law of Vidya Balan

Shakti Kapoor is Brother in law of Padmini Kolhapuri

Star Nicknames

Name of the Star Nick Name

Akshaya Kumar Rajiv Hari Om

Bhatia

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Kunjilal

Ganguly

Ajit (Villain) Hamid Ali Khan

Amrita Singh Begum Aisha

Sultana

Asrani Goverdhan

Alisha Chinai Sujata

Aditya Pancholi Nirmal

Babita Bhambhani

Balraj Sahni Yudhisthir

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh

Chiranjivi Shiv Shanker

Dev Anand Devnath Pishorimal

Anand

Dharmendra Dharam Singh

DeolDilawar Singh

Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan

Govinda Govind Arun

AhujaChi-chi

Guru Dutt Vasant Kumar

Padukone

Helen Jairag Richardson

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai

Shroff

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jaffrey

Jayaprada Lalita

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor

Johny Lever John Prakas Rao

Janumala

Johny Walker Badruddin Kazi

Kareena Kapoor Bebo

Karishma Kapoor Lolo

Kishore Kumar Abhash Ganguly

Kumar Sanu Keshav

Bhattacharya

Kum Kum Mehrun Nisa

Manoj Kumar Hari Kishan

Goswami

Mithun

Chakraborty

Gaurang

Madhu Bala Mumtaz

Mahima Chowdhry Ritu

Mala Sinha Alda

Mandakini Yasmeen Joseph

Meena Kumari Mehjabeen Bano

Meenakshi Shesrsquodri Shashikala

Mumtaz Mumu

Manna Dey Prabodh

Nadira Farhat Ezekiel

Nargis Fatima Rashid

Neetu Singh SoniaHarmeet Kaur

Nirupa Roy Kokila Balsara

Nana Patekar Vishwa Nath

Pradeep (Kavi) Ram Chandra

Dwivedi

Preity Zinta Preetam

Priyanka Chopra Sunshine Mimi

Raj Kumar Kul Bhushan Pandit

Randhir Kapoor Dabbu

Rekha Bhanurekha

Raj Kapoor Ranbir Raj

Rajnikant Shivaji Rao

Gaekwad

Ranjit Gopal Bedi

Shilpa Shetty Manya

Sushmita Sen SushTitu

Sadashiv Amrapur Ganesh Narwode

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid

Sunil Dutt Balraj Dutt

Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan

Sanjeev Kumar Harihar Jariwala

Shakti Kapoor Sunil

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol

Shashi Kapoor Balbir

Tabu Tabassum Hashmi

Bollywood Celebrities ndash Memories

Name of the Star Date of Birth

Expired on

Guru Dutt 09071925 10101964

Meena Kumari 01081932 31031972

Balraj Sahni 01051913 13041973

Mukesh 22071923 27081976

Nargis Dutt 01061929 03051981

Sanjeev Kumar 09071938 06111985

Smita Patil 17101955 13121986

Kishore Kumar 04081929 13101987

Raj Kapoor 14121924 02061988

Vinod Mehra 13021945 30101990

Nutan 04061936 21021991

Amjad Khan 12111940 27071992

Prem Nath 21111926 03111992

Raj Kumar 08101926 03071996

Om Prakash 19121919 21021998

Ajit 27011922 22101998

Rajendra Kumar 20071929 12071999

Ashok Kumar 13101911 10122001

Tun Tun 11071923 24112003

Mehmood 29091932 23072004

Johny Walker 15051923 29072004

Nirupa Roy 04011931 13102004

Amrish Puri 22061932 12012005

Parveen Babi 04041949 20012005

Sunil Dutt 06061930 25052005

Nadira 05121932 09022006

Padmini (Dancer) 12061932 24092006

Dev Anand 26091923 04122011

Joy Mukherjee 24021939 09032012

Rajesh Khanna 29121942 18072012

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Bollywood Stars Earlier Profession

Name of Actor Earlier Profession

Amitabh Bachchan Company Executive Bird

amp Co Kolkata

Amrish Puri ESI Office

AK Hangal Tailoring

Akshaya Kumar Martial Art Expert Chef

Balraj Sahni

Teaching at Shanti Niketan Announcer at

BBC Radio

Dilip Kumar Fruit Seller and Canteen

at Pune

Johny Walker Bus Conductor in BEST

Mumbai

Johny Lever Labourer at Hindustan

Lever

Prem Chopra Times of India

Raj Kumar Sub Inspector in Mumbai

Police

Rajnikant Bus Conductor

Smita Patil News Reader

Saeed Jaffrey

Govt of India Tourist

Office posted at USA All India Radio

Announcer

Zeenat Aman Journalist

Bollywood to Bollywood Stars marriage

Bollywood Celebrity Bollywood Celebrity

Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri

Akshaya Kumar Twinkle Khanna

Ajay Devgan Kajol

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab

Ashutosh Rana Renuka Shahane

Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik

Dharmendra Hema Malini

Dilip Kumar Saira Banu

Hritik Roshan Suzain Khan

Kamal Hassan Sarika (Divorced)

Kishore Kumar Leena Chadravarkar

Malaika Arora Arbaaz Khan

Mithun Chakravorty Yogita Bali

Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak

Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak

Paresh Rawal Swaroop Sampat

Rajesh Khanna Dimple Kapadia

Randhir Kapoor Babita

Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh

Raj Babbar Smita Patil

Sunil Dutt Nargis

Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor

Sri Devi Boney Kapoor

Vinod Mehra Bindiya Goswami

Vidya Balan Sidharth Roy Kapoor

Zeenat Aman Mazhar Khan

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Questions Related to this Chapter

1-G Who had won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for 5 consecutive years from 1990-1994 (a) Udit Narayan (b) Sonu Nigam (c) Abhijeet (d) Kumar Sanu 2-B Which among the following is the first film of Salman Khan

(a) Jagriti (b) Maine Pyar Kiya (c) Pather ke Phool (d) Biwi Ho to Aisi 3-L Which playback singer was nicknamed as Pheeko in Bollywood (a) Mukesh (b) Kishore Kumar (c) Manna Dey (d) Mohammad Rafi 4-E During the year 2000 who was not a winner of Beauty Contest (a) Diana Hayden (b) Dia Mirza (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Lara Dutta 5-N Which train was launched by Vinod Khanna in the film lsquoThe Burning Trainrsquo (a) Super Fast Express (b) Delhi Express (c) Mumbai Express (d) Super Express 6-N Who was the main female actress in film lsquoPhagunrsquo with Bharat Bhushan (a) Vyjantimala (b) Meena Kumari (c) Veena Roy (d) Nutan 7-L Which film was not even nominated for Oscar Award (a) Mother India (b) Devdas (2002) (c) Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam (d) Lagaan

8-D Which Indian Film was first screened in International Venice Film Festival (a) Alam Ara (b) Raja Harishchandra (c) Bhakt Prahlad (d) Sant Tukaram 9-G Which Music Director of the Film Industry has composed the Songs in

Hindi language only (a) C Ramchandra (b) AR Rehman (c) Rahul Dev Burman (d) Bappi Lahiri 10-O Who directed the famous film lsquoTitanicrsquo (a) James Cameron (b) Steven Spielberg (c) Shekhar Kapoor (d) Elias Watt 11-B In which film Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an Insurance Agent (a) Lal Baadshah (b) Saudagar (c) Besharam (d) Majboor 12-L Which of the following never chaired the Censor Board (a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Vyjantimala (c) Asha Parekh (d) Anupam Kher 13-A Who played the role of Villain in the film Johny Mera Naam (a) Pran (b) Jeevan (c) Ranjeet (d) Prem Chopra 14-G Which film broke record set by film lsquoSholayrsquo as highest Box Office grosser (a) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Pardes (d) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

15-D To which of the following the Rising Sun Production House belongs (a) Dharmendra (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ronnie Screwvala (d) Aftab Shivdasani 16-N Which film is Hindi Version of English Film lsquoWhen Love Callsrsquo and Spanish Film lsquoTe Amorsquo (a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (c) Maine Pyar Kiya

(d) Kaho Na Pyar Hai 17-D To which lsquoKalaa Bhawanrsquo a Dance Academy belongs (a) Hema Malini (b) Asha Parekh (c) Aruna Irani (d) Asha Bhonsle 18-S On inspiration of which Hollywood Movies the Bollywood movie Baazigar was made in 1993 (a) Twin Dragons (b) A Perfect Murder (c) A Kiss before Dying (d) Sleeping with the Enemy 19-G Mumbai based Film Industry is called Bollywood What name is given to Tamil Film Industry (a) Bollywood (b) Kollywood (c) Sandalwood (d) Tollywood 20-L Who was the first to enter Bollywood Industry as an Adult Artist (a) Waheeda Rehman (b) Kumkum (c) Meena Kumari (d) Sadhana 21-G Which Bollywood Actor is said that he uses his personal Helicopter for shooting of the films (a) Abhishek Bachchan (b) Aamir Khan (c) Ajay Devgan (d) Danny Denjongpa 22-N Who directed the film lsquoGuidersquo

(a) NN Sippy (b) Dev Anand (c) Vijay Anand (d) Chetan Anand 23-O Who was Baby Mumtaz as Child Artist (a) Meena Kumari (b) Sarika (c) Madhubala (d) Mumtaz 24-A Which Film of 1995 was awarded for Best Music Director Lyricist Best Male amp Female Playback awards

(a) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (b) Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (c) Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai (d) 1942-A Love Story 25-E Who wrote the patriotic song lsquoAb Tumhare Hawale Vatan Sathiyonrsquo for film lsquoHaqeeqatrsquo (a) Mazrooh Sultanpuri (b) Gulzar (c) Javed Akhtar (d) Kaifi Azmi 26-S When Saat Hindustani film of Amitabh Bachchan was released in 1969 who was other Bollywood person launched in the Industry (a) Vinod Khanna (b) Rakhee (c) Amrish Puri (d) Shatrughan Sinha 27-B Which Hindi Movie has the credit of maximum songs (a) Teesri Kasam (b) Raj Nartaki (c) Indra Sabha (d) Do Aankhen Barah Haath 28-L In how many films Sanjay Dutt has acted as Mawali (a) gt10 films (b) lt25 movies (c) lt40 films (d) lt50 films 29-G With whom Rajesh Khanna has been paired maximum (a) Hema Malini (b) Mumtaz (c) Sharmila Tagore (d) Tanuja

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

30-N From which disease Rajesh Khanna was suffering in lsquoAnandrsquo Film (a) AIDS (b) Ischemic Heart Disease (c) Pseudo Pancreato Absses (d) Limpo Sarkoma of Intestine 31-A In which year two Superhit Movies Kaho Naahellip Pyar Hai (Hritik Roshan ndash Ameesha Patel) and Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan ndash Kareena Kapoor) were released (a) 1998 (b) 1999

(c) 2000 (d) 2001 32-L Which film is not a film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee (a) Junoon (b) Khoobsurat (c) Mili (d) Anand 33-D Just remember the name of Gabbar Singhrsquos father in the film lsquoSholayrsquo (a) Bhim Singh (b) Hari Singh (c) Ram Singh (d) Het Singh 34-G Which Film Actor never worked in any Black amp White Movie (a) Jeetendra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Rajesh Khanna (d) Sanjeev Kumar

35-N Which Series of Kaun Banega Crorepati was not anchored by Amitabh Bachchan (a) Season 2 (b) Season 3 (c) Season 4 (d) Season 5 36-B Which Indian Film is a Remake of Hollywood Movie lsquoSleeping with the Enemyrsquo (a) Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (b) Hum Aapke Dil me Rehte Hain (c) Agnisaakshi (d) Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein

37-N In which film Mohd Rafi sang the song lsquoNa tu Hindu Banega Na Musalmaan Banegahelliphelliprsquo (a) Paigam (b) Dhool ka Phool (c) Jagriti (d) Hindustan ki Kasam 38-D Which Actor has acted as Villain in more films than any other actors (a) Madan Puri (b) Pran (c) Ajit (d) Jeewan 39-D Who was first actor of Bollywood who appeared on the Screen (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Raj Kapoor (c) Bharat Bhushan (d) Jeevan

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Scoring System

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating as usual which has a numeral

value These letters are A B D E G H L N O and S

Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans Q ndash Ans

1ndashd 2-d 3-d 4-a 5-d 6-a

7-b 8-d 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-b

13-b 14-d 15-d 16-c 17-b 18-c

19-b 20-c 21-c 22-c 23-c 24-d

25-d 26-d 27-c 28-d 29-a 30-d

31-c 32-a 33-b 34-a 35-b 36-c

37-b 38-c 39-d

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately

Bibliography

When I compiled this chapter I took help of some websites related to it The

following quotes and references were visited

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Indian_film_actors

httpenwikipediaorgwikiList_of_Bollywood_actresses

httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_India

Thank You

19th

part of the Book of The Key to Success

Indian Film Industry and

Celebrities

has been released Hope you are enjoying

Now in this part of book you will find knowledge

regarding History of Indian Cinema Bollywood

Actors and Actresses their families etc

I tried to give you as much information as

possible regarding the above subject even

knowing that there is too much to write on the

subject matter

Again I request you all to share it with your friends

too Very soon you may buy the book in parts at a

discounted rate from various online services

including Amazoncom separately