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Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan is the son of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and actress Jaya Bachchan; his elder sister is Shweta Bachchan-Nanda (b. 1974). His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a poet of Hindi literature. The original last name of his parental family is Srivastav, Bachchan being the pen name used by his grandfather. However, when his father Amitabh entered films, he did so under his own father’s pen name. Bachchan is of Punjabi Sikh heritage from his grandmother Teji’s side, while…

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Tusshar Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor

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

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Abhay Deol

Abhay Deol

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

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Raqesh Bapat

Raqesh Bapat

A Grasim Mr. India (1999) first runner-up title holder, Raqesh made his screen debut together with Himanshu Malik in Anubhav Sinha’s Tum Bin (2001). After the success of Tum Bin, Anubhav Sinha again cast him as a solo lead in Kuchh Dil Ne Kaha(2002) opposite Raima Sen, which bombed at the box office. After that he starred in a few average films like Dil Vil Pyar Vyar in 2002 and Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai in 2005, but none of…

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Prateik Babbar

Prateik Babbar

Prateik Babbar is the son of late actress Smita Patil and actor-politician Raj Babbar. His mother died due to post partum complications after he was born. Earlier Prateik assisted advertisement filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar for a year as a production assistant. During this time Prateik was cast in advertisement films for several companies, including KitKat. Prateik made his acting debut in the Aamir Khan production, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, alongside Imran Khan and Genelia D’Souza. His portryal of Genelia’s brother,…

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Nirmal Pandey

Nirmal Pandey

irmal Pandey, who was known for his role Vikram Mallah in Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen (1994), for portrayal of a transvestite in Daayraa (1996) for which he won a Best Actor Valenti award in France, Train To Pakistan (1998) and Godmother (1999). He was supposed to watch his latest film Lahore on 22 February 2010 at a special screening with Humorist R. K. Laxman and Music Maestro MM Kreem. Lahore, scheduled to be released in 19 March 2010, would prove…

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Sanjay Kapoor

Sanjay Kapoor

Sanjay Kapoor is a Bollywood actor and the brother of actor Anil Kapoor and producer Boney Kapoor and brother-in-law of actress Sridevi. His sister Reena is married to Sandeep Marwah of Marwah Films & Video Studios and The Asian Academy of Film & Television. He is the son of Surinder Kapoor, who is also a film producer. He began his career opposite Madhuri Dixit in the film Raja. The film was a box office success and he became a star…

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Manoj Joshi

Manoj Joshi

Manoj Joshi (born 1965) is an India film and television actor. Joshi began his career in Marathi theatre, also putting up performances in Gujarati and Hindi theatre. He has also acted in over 60 films since 1998, many of his roles being comedic. His earliest well known serials include Chanakya, Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka, Rau (Marathi), Sangdil, Kabhi Souten Kabhi Saheli, Khichdi (Occasional), Mura Raska Mai La (Marathi). This was followed by film roles in Sarfarosh (SI Bajju) alongside…

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Sohail Khan

Sohail Khan

With his second release ‘Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya’ declared a hit, Sohail Khan at last emerged from the shadow of being Salman Khan’s kid brother. Sohail Khan is finally being recognised as a director of promise, but he is coy about his achievements. He has remained a totally down to earth person, choosing to remain behind the camera, letting his work speak for him. From Auzaar to “Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya” was definitely quite a jump box-office wise….

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R. Madhavan

R. Madhavan

His boyish charm and immaculate timing, be it with comedy or action is stuff that has won Madhavan millions of fans across the world. Already a popular face on the small screen, Madhavan was introduced to films by Srinivas, who was an assistant director to Mani Ratnam. With films like ‘Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi’ ‘Alaipayuthey’, Madhavan was seen as the next big sensation on-screen. He made his debut in Bollywood with ‘Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein‘, the Hindi remake of the…

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