Sunday, March 1, 2009

Bollywood Celebrities

Salman Khan :
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan pronounced born December 27, 1965 is an Indian film actor who appears in Bollywood films.
Khan, who made his acting debut with the film Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988), had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance. He went on to star in some of Bollywood's most successful films, such as Saajan (1991), Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994), Biwi No.1 (1999), having appeared in the highest earning films of five separate years during his career.
In 1999, Khan won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his extended appearance in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), and since then has starred in several critical and commercial successes, including Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Tere Naam (2003), No Entry (2005) and Partner (2007). Khan has thus established himself as one of the most prominent leading actors of Hindi cinema

Bollywood Celebrities

Karan Johar :
Karan Johar Hindi: born May 25, 1972 in Mumbai, India is an Indian film director, producer, and TV celebrity. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the late Yash Johar.He is one of the most successful young filmmakers in Bollywood.Dharma Productions, founded by his father, is Johar's production company. As a child, He was influenced by commercial Indian cinema and he cites Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra and Sooraj R. Barjatya as his inspirations.
Johar formally entered the film industry as an actor, portraying Raj's (Shahrukh Khan) close friend in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). He was also assistant director on this film and helped director Aditya Chopra in writing the screenplay for this film.In addition, he selected Shahrukh Khan's costumes, something he continued to do for Shahrukh Khan's other movies like Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Duplicate (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Main Hoon Na and Veer-Zaara (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007).
Johar made his directorial debut with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998. The film won eight Filmfare Awards in 1998 including Best Movie, Best Director and all four Best Actor awards for both leading and supporting roles. Johar's second directorial effort was the family drama, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, released in 2001. It was also highly successful and won five Filmfare Awards.[8] His 2003 film, Kal Ho Naa Ho, was directed by Nikhil Advani. His 2005 Shahrukh Khan film, Kaal was directed by Soham Shah, Johar's assistant director from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.[10] In May 2005, after taking a four-year break from directing, Johar began working on his third film as a director and fourth film as writer; Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, (Never Say Goodbye). He is currently working in Los Angeles on his 2009 release, My Name is Khan. For a period of time, Johar followed numerology, creating film titles in which the first word and a number of others in the title began with the letter "K." After watching the 2006 film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai which was critical of numerology, Johar decided to stop this practice.

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Suchitra Krishnamoorthi :
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi is an Indian actress, writer, painter and singer.She started her career with the TV series Chunauti (1987) while still in school. She was a successful model in the early nineties having endorsed many products such as Palmolive soap, Clearasil, Sunrise Coffee and Colgate toothpaste. She made her breakthrough in films with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa opposite Shahrukh Khan in 1994. She simultaneously pursued a music career in the mid to late 1990s, releasing the pop albums Dole Dole, Dum Tara, Aha, and Zindagi.
Having given up her showbiz career for early marriage, she returned nearly ten years later in the critically acclaimed film My Wife's Murder (2005). Suchitra is a classically trained vocalist in the Gwalior gharana style of Indian classical music. She is also an accomplished poet and painter, having exhibited her paintings in galleries across India and around the globe. Suchitra's debut novel called The Summer of cool was released by Penguin India in January 2009. It is her first novel in a series of four books called the "Swapnalok Society" Series.


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Amitabh Bachchan :
Amitabh Bachchan, born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan on October 11, 1942), is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema.
Bachchan has won numerous major awards in his career, including three National Film Awards and twelve Filmfare Awards. He holds the record for most number of Best Actor nominations at the Filmfare Awards. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter, and was an elected member of the Indian Parliament from 1984 to 1987.
Bachchan is married to actress Jaya Bhaduri. They have two children, Shweta Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan. Abhishek is also an actor and is
married to actress Aishwarya Rai.