- Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt (born July 29, 1959) is a famous two time Filmfare Awards winner movie staractor in Bollywood and also indulges as playback singer, he is considered the ultimate macho man in the bollywood film industry. He is the son of a Bollywood "power couple", Nargis and Sunil Dutt. Both his parents were awarded the Padmashree, a high civilian honor in India. His father Sunil Dutt was also a politician who campaigned for the Congress Party of India.
- Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt, born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Bollywood actor, producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government (2004-2005). His son, Sanjay Dutt, is currently also a Bollywood star. In 1984 he joined the Congress (I) party and was elected to Parliament for five terms from the constituency of Mumbai North West.
- Salman Khan
Salman Khan, born Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on December 27, 1965 is a popular Indian film actor who appears in Bollywood movies. He is considered to be one of the biggest superstars in the industry.
- Aamir Khan
Aamir Hussain Khan (born March 14, 1965) in Mumbai, India, is a highly acclaimed and a National Film Award-winning Indian film actor and producer.
- Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai (born January 24, 1943/1945, Punjab, India) is an Indian director whose most notable films include "Khalnayak" (1993), "Pardes" (1997) and "Taal" (1999).
- Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi: IPA: [/mitab btn/], 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.
- Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an award-winning Indian actor. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. His wife is former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai.
- Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit (born as Madhuri Shankar Dixit to a Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin family on May 15, 1967) is an award winning Indian Bollywood actress. She is a native of Mumbai, India. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, she dominated Hindi cinema as a leading actress, appearing in many hit films. She is considered to be an icon of the Bollywood film industry.
- Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor is a popular Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies. He was born on 24 December, 1959 in Mumbai.
- Jackie Shroff
Jackie Shroff (Real name "Jaikishen Kakubhai Shroff", born 1 February 1957) is an Indian actor.
- Dilip Kumar
Yusuf Khan (born December 11, 1922), also commonly known as Dilip Kumar (Hindi: दिलीप कुमार ; Urdu: دِلِیپ کُمار) is an Indian Bollywood film actor and a former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). Dilip Kumar is regarded as one of the greatest actors ever to grace the Indian film industry. His performances have been regarded as the epitome of emoting in Indian Cinema.
- Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, on September 9, 1967) is a popular Bollywood film actor. Kumar has acted since 1991 and balancing commercial crowd attracting with critical success, he has established himself as one of the leading actors of the industry.
- Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan (Devanagari: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Naskh: شاہ رخ خان) is a prominent Bollywood actor, producer, and was recently the host of the game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati.
- Dev Anand
Dharam Dev Ānand (born September 26, 1923), better known simply as Dev Anand, is a famous Indian Bollywood actor and film producer. In his heyday as a star, he was considered the epitome of the suave, urban gentleman. Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Bollywood. His elder brother Chetan Anand was a film director, as was his younger brother, Vijay Anand.
- Preity Zinta
Preity Zinta (Hindi: प्रीति ज़िंटा, Urdu: پریتی زینتا. Pronunciation: born 31 January 1975) is an award-winning popular Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is among the most successful actresses in the industry, and is regarded as one of the biggest names in India. Balancing commercial successes with critically acclaimed performances she has established herself as one of the most prominent leading actresses of Hindi cinema.
- Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan is National Film Award winning Indian actor who stars in Bollywood films. He is the son of the Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and the actress Sharmila Tagore. His sister is actress Soha Ali Khan. Khan starred in many films since his debut in 1992 but many failed at the box office. However he gained acclaim and rose into prominence with his performance in "Dil Chahta Hai" (2001).
- Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor was a legendary Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies. He is part of the famous Kapoor family and is the son of Prithviraj Kapoor, and Rama Kapoor, grandson of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor, great-grandson of Dewan Keshavmal Kapoor.
- Yash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra is one of the greatest writer, director and producer of Bollywood movies. He has directed hit movies such as "Waqt", "Deewar", "Lamhe", "Darr" and "Veer-Zaara".
- Anu Malik
Anu Malik is a music director in the Hindi (or Bollywood) film industry. He has won the National Award for his work in "Refugee". His song "Chamma Chamma" from "China Gate" was used in the English movie "Moulin Rouge", starring Nicole Kidman, and "Chunari Chunari" from "Biwi No.1" was used in "Monsoon Wedding". With his work in crossover films like "Bride and Prejudice", …
- Karisma Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor, nicknamed "Lolo" (born 25 June 1974 in Mumbai, India) is an Award-winning popular Indian actress who has worked in many critically and commercially successful Bollywood movies.
- Hema Malini
Hema Malini is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who starred in several successful Bollywood films in the 1970s, most notably the extremely successful "Sholay". She is the most successful female filmstar of Bollywood. She has starred in a large number of hit films and is considered a living legend. She is remembered as Bollywood's one and only Dream Girl. She is a member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party and represents the party in Rajya Sabha, …
- Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur, born 6 December, 1945 in British India (in an area which became part of Pakistan) is a renowned filmmaker from India. His basic schooling was done at the Modern School, New Delhi. His works include "Elizabeth" (1998),a historically inaccurate account of the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I; it was nominated for 8 Oscars. In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri. Films directed by Shekhar Kapur: * "Masoom" * "Mr.
- Jaya Bachchan
Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan, born Jaya Bhaduri April 10, 1948 in Jabalpur, is an Indian actress. She is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Jaya is married to Amitabh Bachchan, a legend in Hindi cinema, as well as Indian cinema in general. Her son Abhishek Bachchan is also currently a successful actor. She is approximately 5'2" and is an Aries.
- Sunny Deol
Sunny Deol, born as Ajay Singh Deol (Punjabi: ਅਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਓਲ, Hindi: अजय सिंह देओल, Urdu: اَجے سِںہ دِیول) on October 19, 1956 in New Delhi, India) is a National Film Awards winning film (Bollywood) actor of Punjabi descent.
- Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan (born Rakesh Roshanlal Nagrath on September 6 1949 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India) is a producer and director of and former actor in Bollywood films. He is a member of the famous Roshan film family; his father was the legendary Bollywood music director Roshan and his brother, Rajesh Roshan, is also a music director. Rakesh himself is married to film actress Pinky Roshan who is a daughter of noted Hindi film director J. Om Prakash, …
- Dimple Kapadia
Dimple Kapadia (born June 8, 1957) is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films. She was known for her glamorous looks, sex appeal and challenging roles. She has done variety of roles spanning from sex symbol icon of "Bobby" and "Saagar" to serious roles in "Rudaali".
- Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan (born May 24 1955 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India) is a Bollywood music composer. He is the son of erstwile Bollywood composer Roshan and brother of film director and Actor Rakesh Roshan. His teacher was Faiyaz Khan. Rajesh Roshan had learnt music at a very young age. He had a successful association with Basu Chatterjee, Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar.
- Juhi Chawla
Juhi Chawla (born 13 November, 1967 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Initially starting with mainstream films, Chawla is now appearing in parallel cinema.
- Aditya Chopra
Aditya Yash Chopra or commonly known as Aditya Chopra (* 21 May 1971) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer of the Bollywood genre. He is the son of Yash Chopra and brother of film actor Uday Chopra.
- Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore is a renowned Indian film actress from Bengal, who as of April 2005 heads the Indian Film Censor Board. In December 2005 she was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Kunal Kohli
Kunal Kohli is an Indian director. He made his directorial with a TV series titled "Trikon". He studied at the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. He eventually became part of Yashraj Films owned by famed director and producer Yash Chopra. His first film under the Yashraj banner was "Mujhse Dosti Karoge!" (2002) which did not fare too well at the box office. The film starred Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor.
- Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor (born September 4, 1952 in Mumbai) is an Indian Bollywood actor.
- Vijay Anand
Vijay Anand (January 22, 1934 - February 23, 2004), also known as Goldie Anand was a Bollywood film producer, director, writer and actor. He made most of his films for the in-house banner Navketan Films. Vijay Anand was born in Gurdaspur, Punjab and was the youngest of the Anand siblings. His brothers Chetan Anand and Dev Anand also have been producers and directors. Dev Anand has also been a very popular Bollywood actor.
- Bimal Roy
Bimal Roy (July 12, 1909-January 7, 1966) was one of the most successful Hindi film directors of all time. He is particularly noted for his 1955 work "Devdas", which starred Dilip Kumar as the lead. Roy was born in Dhaka, East Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh).
- Uttam Singh
Uttam Singh (born May 25, 1948) is an India musician. He has worked as a violinist, music arranger and music director for many Bollywood films.
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is a highly acclaimed Indian film director. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. Bhansali has adopted the middle name "Leela" as a tribute to his mother, Leela Bhansali.
- Konkona Sen Sharma
Konkona Sen Sharma (Bengali: কঙ্কনা সেন শর্মা "Kongkona Shen Shôrma", born 3 December, 1979 in New Delhi, India) is an acclaimed National Award winning Indian actress. She is the daughter of director Aparna Sen.
- Muzaffar Ali
Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October, 1944; Lucknow) is an Indian film-maker, a fashion designer, a poet, an artist, a music-lover, a revivalist, a social worker. In 2005 he was awarded the Padma Shri for his achievements. His son Shaad Ali is a film director.
- Manoj Kumar
Manoj Kumar (born July 24, 1937, at Abbottabad) is an Indian actor and director in the Bollywood film industry. He is known for acting in and directing films with patriotic themes; for this reason he has been given the nickname of "Mr. Bharat" (Bharat is the Sanskrit and Hindi term for India).
- Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor is an actor in Bollywood films. The majority of his most successful pictures were made in the late 1950s and 1960s. He was born Shamsher Raj Kapoor in Mumbai to film and theatre actor Prithviraj Kapoor. Shammi was the second of three sons born to Prithviraj (the other two being Raj Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor), all of whom were, like their father, successful Bollywood actors.