Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh was a singer and actress of the Indian films in the 40s and 50s, and was popularly known by her first name Suraiya.Suraiya was born in Gujranwala, Punjab, (which is i... Read more
Bharat Bhushan was an actor, scriptwriter and producer, who is best remembered for playing Baiju Bawra in the 1952 film of the same name. He was born in Meerut, on 14 June 1920 and brough... Read more
K. Asif was a film director, film producer and screenwriter who was famous for his work for the Hindi epic motion picture, Mughal-e-Azam (1960).Asif was born Asif Karim on 14 June 1922 in E... Read more
Padmini was a actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who has acted in over 250 films.She has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Padmini along with her elder... Read more
Jayant ( Zakaria Khan) ) was an film actor. Jayant was born in Nodeh Payan (Nawa Kali), Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan) on 15 October 1915 and was named Zakaria Khan. He was a Pash... Read more
Prithviraj Kapoor was a pioneer of theatre and of the Hindi film industry, who started his career as an actor, in the silent era of Hindi cinema, associated with IPTA and who founded Prithv... Read more
N. T. Rama rao (NTR) was born on 28 May 1923 in Nimmakuru, a small village in Gudivada taluk of Krishna District, which was a part of the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. He was... Read more
Sudha Shivpuri was an actress who was most famous for her role as Baa in the Hindi TV serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2000–2008).Brought up in Rajasthan, Sudha Shivpuri (14 July 1937... Read more
Born Afsar Unissa Begum, Chitra got the idea to enter films while she was on vacation in Bombay (she was living in Hyderabad at the time). She made her debut in Filmkar Ltd.’s costume pictur... Read more
Preeti was born on May 17,1953 to actor Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly alias Ashok Kumar and RattanBai. She was their only child. Her paternal grandfather was an Advocate, Kunjilal, and her grand... Read more