- Hanadi Hindi
Captain Hanadi Hindi became the first female Saudi commercial pilot in 2003. She is a chief captain for Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal’s private jet, the Kingdom. She was born in Mecca and graduated from Jordan's aviation school.
- Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai, also known as Ash, is an Indian actress. She was awarded the Miss World title in 1994. Aishwarya Rai has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English films. She is currently regarded as one of the biggest names in Bollywood.
- 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.
- 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.
- Katrina Kaif
Katrina is a Kashmiri-Brit fusion as his father was Indian and mom was English. Katrina was born on July 16th 1983 in Hong Kong; her family lived for a while in Hawaii and the moved to London. Katrina has seven other siblings and all sisters. Katrina started modeling when she was fourteen and her first shoot was for a jewellery brand. Katrina continued modeling in London and was approached by Kaizad Gustad for his film 'Boom'; after which the model decided to move to Mumbai.
- Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress and Supermodel. Since making her debut in the film "Baazigar" (1993), she has appeared in nearly 50 films, her first leading role being in 1994 in "Aag". She resides at the centre of the Hindi-language film industry in Mumbai, India. Her younger sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress.
- Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan (born Hrithik Roshanlal Nagrath on January 10, 1974), is a prominent Bollywood actor and five time Filmfare Award winner.
- Priyanka Chopra
Free Picture Gallery of Priyanka Chopra including pictures, wallpapers, photos, images and movie stills. Priyanka Chopra Biography Priyanka Chopra was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India on 18th July 1982 to Cap. Dr. Ashok Chopra & Dr. Madhu Chopra . Priyanka Chopra was brought up at Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. Since her father was in the army, her family frequently traveled. She studied at La Martiniere Girls Hostel in Lucknow, as a young girl.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Ajay Devgan
Vishal Devgan, born (April 2, 1969 in Delhi, India), popularly known as Ajay Devgan is an actor working in the Hindi film industry (Bollywood). Beginning as an action hero in the early 1990s, Devgan matured early in his career, as is widely regarded now as one of the finest actors in the industry.
- Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, writer and film producer from Andhra Pradesh. He is popular for his slick, grisly films and his penchant for horror and gangster films. Along with tamil director Mani Ratnam, he is rated as the best director in India. He owns a production house which churns out a large number of small budget Indie films every year, with great success. He has a cult like fan following in India and abroad.
- 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.
- Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar is the melody Queen of India. Lata Mangeshkar has ruled over the hearts of millions of music lovers throughout the world for the last forty years by the magic of her melodious voice. She was born on 29th September 1928, in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) in a family of musicians. She took to singing at the age of 13. She has sung songs based on classical Indian music and ragas, bhajans or devotional songs, romantic and melancholic songs and so on.
- Karan Johar
Karan Johar (born May 25, 1972 in India) is a son of the late Yash Johar and a popular Indian film director, producer, and TV celebrity. Karan studied at the Greenlawns High School and attended H.R. College in Mumbai, India. Karan has also received a Masters degree in French. Dharma Productions, founded by his father, is his production company.
- Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 - October 13, 1987) was an Indian film playback singer and comic actor. He also achieved notable successes as a lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter. Kishore Kumar sung in many Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali (his mother tongue), Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya.
- Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher, born March 7, 1955, is an actor in Hindi films in India. He has acted in nearly 200 Bollywood films, and several English films.
- 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".
- Bobby Deol
Vijay Singh Deol (Punjabi: ਵਿਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿੳਲ, Hindi:विजय सिंह देओल, Urdu: وِجے سِںہ دِیول), born 27 January 1967, commonly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor. He was born in Mumbai, India
- 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.
- Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan Jha, popularly known as Udit Narayan is a playback singer in the Hindi, Tamil and Nepali cinema. He was born in a village called Bharadah in Saptari, Nepal.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lisa Ray
Lisa Ray (born April 4, 1972) is a Canadian Bollywood actress and former fashion model. She grew up in Toronto, is the daughter of a Bengali father and a Polish mother. Ray started her modelling career at age 16 and was the "brand ambassador" for Lakme cosmetics in India. She made numerous advertisements for various Indian companies before becoming involved in films. She began her acting career with the Bollywood film "Kasoor" in 2001 opposite Aftab Shivdasani.
- 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", …
- Sunny Deol
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- Subhash Ghai
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- Yana Gupta
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- Jagjit Singh
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- Adnan Sami
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- Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. She is best known as a Bollywood playback singer, although she has a much wider repertoire. Her career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over 950 Bollywood movies and sold many records. She is the sister of the equally accomplished Lata Mangeshkar. Asha Bhosle is considered as one of the most versatile of South Asian singers — her range of songs includes film music, …
- Farhan Akhtar
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- Amrish Puri
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- Raj Kumar
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- Sneha Ullal
Sneha Ullal (Hindi, स्नेहा उल्लाल, Snehā Ullāl, born December 18, 1987) is a Bollywood film actress.
- Madhur Bhandarkar
Madhur Bhandarkar, born in a Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin family, is an Indian film director.
- 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, …
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
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- Jiah Khan
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