Kaushik Sen

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Kaushik Sen
Kaushik Sen as a guest judge in Mirakkel
Born	7 August 1968 (age 44) Calcutta, India
Other names	Baban
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Reshmi Sen
Children	Riddhi Sen
Parents	Chitra Sen (mother) and Shyamal Sen (father)

Kaushik Sen or Koushik Sen (Bengali: কৌশিক সেন) is a prominent Indian TV, Bengali film and Bengali theatre and stage actor. He is an accomplished actor both on stage and in film. He won the prestigious BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his performance in the Mrinal Sendirected film Aamar Bhuvan. ^[1]\

Personal life

Kaushik Sen was born on 7 August 1968. He is son of actress Chitra Sen and actor Shyamal Sen. He studied at the Julien Day School, and graduated from the historic Scottish Church College, both in Kolkata.

Sen is married to Reshmi Sen and has a son Riddhi Sen.

Aparna Sen

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Aparna Sen অপর্ণা সেন
Aparna Sen in 2010
Born	Aparna 25 October 1945 (age 67) Calcutta, India
Occupation	actor, film director, screenwriter
Awards	Cinemanila Film Festival - Best Film 1982 36 Chowringhee Lane Cinemanila Film Festival - Best Screenplay 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Mumbai International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize 2000 Paromitar Ek Din Karlovy Vary Film Festival - Ecumenical Jury Award 2000 Paromitar Ek Din Hawaii Film Festival - Best Feature Film 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Locarno Film Festival - Netpac Award 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Locarno Film Festival - Youth Jury Award 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Philadelphia Film Festival - Best Feature 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer

Aparna Sen (née Dasgupta) (Bengali: অপর্ণা সেন Ôporna Shen; born 25 October 1945) is a critically acclaimed Bengali Indian filmmaker, script writer, and actress. She is the winner of three National Film Awards and eight international film festival awards.

Biography

Aparna Sen was born in Calcutta to a Bengali family, originally from East Bengal (now Bangladesh). Her father is the veteran critic and film-makerChidananda Dasgupta. Her mother Supriya Dasgupta is the cousin of renowned Bengali poet Jibanananda Das. She spent her childhood inHazaribagh and Kolkata and had her schooling initially in South Point and later mostly in Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata.

She studied her B.A. English honors in Presidency College..

She met the Magnum photographer, Brian Brake, in Kolkata in 1961 when he was visiting India to photograph his Monsoon series. Brake used Sen as the model for what was to become one of his most well known photographs — a shot of a girl holding her face to the first drops of monsoon rain. The photo shoot was set up on a Kolkata rooftop with a ladder and a watering can. Sen described the shoot:

He took me up to the terrace, had me wear a red sari in the way a village girl does, and asked me to wear a green stud in my nose. To be helpful, I said let me wear a red one to match, and he said no — he was so decisive, rather brusque — I think a green one. It was stuck to my nose with glue, because my nose wasn't pierced. Someone had a large watering can, and they poured water over me. It was really a very simple affair. It took maybe half an hour.^[1]

Ajay Devgan

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Ajay Devgn
Ajay Devgn during All the Best: Fun Beginsmovie promotions
Born	Vishal Devgan[1] 2 April 1969 (age 44) New Delhi, India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Ajay Devgan[2]
Occupation	Film actor, Director and Producer
Years active	1991 – present
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Spouse(s)	Kajol (1999–present)
Children	2
Parents	Veeru Devgan (Father) Veena Devgan (Mother)

Ajay Devgn (born:Vishal Devgan April 2, 1969^[1]) is an Indian film actor, director, and producer.^[3] who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Bollywood (Hindi cinema).^[4][5][6] Devgn has won numerous awards in his career, including two National Film Awards. He is the son of director and action choreographer Veeru Devgan.

Starting his career as a child actor in Pyari Behna (1985 film), Devgn began his professional career six years later with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance.^[7][8] He then starred in successful films such as Jigar (1992), Dilwale (1994),Suhaag (1994), Naajayaz (1995), Diljale (1996) and Ishq (1997). Early in his career he was recognised as an action star, he was quick to break the stereotype by picking out a variety of roles that allowed him to experiment with his talent.^[9] In 1998,he gave critically acclaimed performances in the in Mahesh Bhatt's drama Zakhm and he received his first National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the movie.In 1999,His most talked film was Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in which he played Vanraj, a man who tries to help his wife get back together with her lover.

In the early 2000s he starred in Raju Chacha(2000),Lajja (2001) and Tera Mera Saath Rahen(2001). In 2002, he gave critically acclaimed performances in Ram Gopal Varma's fictional expose of Mumbai underworld Company. He played the character of a gangster called ‘Malik’ for which he won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. The same year he gave another critically acclaimed performance in Deewangee(2002) for which he received the Filmfare Best Villain Award. In 2003, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bhagat Singh inRajkumar Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Throughout his career he has performed in many critically and commercially successful films including Raincoat (2004), Yuva (2004),Apaharan(2005) Omkara (2006), Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006),Halla Bol(2008), Golmaal Returns(2008), All the Best: Fun Begins (2009), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Golmaal 3 (2010), Raajneeti (2010), Singham (2011), Bol Bachchan(2012) and Son of Sardaar (2012). He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films. Having done so, he has established himself as one of the leading actors of Bollywood.^[10][11][12]

In addition, Devgn owns a production company, Ajay Devgn Films, which was established in 2000. In 2008, he debuted as a film director with U Me Aur Hum. He has been married to Indian film actress, Kajol since 1999, and together they have two children, a daughter, Nysa, and a son, Yug.In August 2009, Devgan changed his surname to Devgn on the request of his family.^[13] He was the first in Bollywood to acquire a six-seater private jet for transport to shooting locations, promotions and personal trips.^[14]

Shammi Kapoor

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Shammi Kapoor
Born	Shamsher Raj Prithviraj Kapoor 21 October 1931 Mumbai, India
Died	14 August 2011 (aged 79) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
Cause of death	Chronic kidney failure
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Elvis Presley of India[2]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–2006,2011
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3]
Spouse(s)	Geeta Bali (m. 1955–1965; her death) Neela Devi Gohil (m. 1969–2011; until his death)
Children	Aditya Raj Kapoor Kanchan Desai
Parents	Prithviraj Kapoor (Father) Ramsharani Kapoor (Mother)
Relatives	Shashi Kapoor (Brother), Raj Kapoor (Brother), Ritu Nanda (Niece), Randhir Kapoor (Nephew), Rishi Kapoor (Nephew), Karisma Kapoor (Grand Niece), Kareena Kapoor (Grand Niece), Ranbir Kapoor (Grand Nephew)
Awards	Filmfare Best Actor Award (1968) Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (1982) Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (1995) Phalke Legend Actor Award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy (2009)

Shammi Kapoor (Hindi: शम्मी कपूर; born Shamsher Raj Prithviraj Kapoor; 21 October 1931^[4][5] – 14 August 2011) was an Indian film actor and director. He made his film debut in 1953 with the film Jeevan Jyoti, which was a commercial failure.^[6] Kapoor acted in a series of flops from 1953 to 1957, finally breaking the chain with the hit Tumsa Nahin Dekha. He received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in 1968 for his performance inBrahmachari and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Vidhaata in 1982.^[7][8] He became one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema in the 1950s and 1960s.

Part of the Kapoor family, he had an older brother, Raj Kapoor and a younger one - Shashi Kapoor. They both became successful actors. He was also the son of Prithviraj Kapoor. Kapoor married twice, first to actress Geeta Bali, which ended with her death from smallpox. His second wife was Neila Devi, whom he married in 1969.^[9] Kapoor also had an affair with his Brahmachari co-star, Mumtaz.^[10]

Early life

He was given the name Shamsher Raj Kapoor at his birth in Mumbai to film and theatre actor Prithviraj Kapoor and Ramsharni Kapoor née Mehra.^[4]Shammi was the second of the three sons born to Prithviraj (the other two being Raj Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor), both successful Bollywood actors. He spent a major portion of his childhood in Kolkata, where his father was involved with New Theatres Studios, acting in films. It was in Kolkata that he did his Montessori and Kindergarten. After coming back to Mumbai, he first went to St. Joseph's Convent (Wadala) and then, to Don Bosco School. He finished his matric schooling from New Era School at Hughes Road.

Kapoor had a short stint at Ruia College, in Matunga, Mumbai, after which he joined his father’s theatrical company Prithvi Theatres. He entered the cinema world in 1948, as a junior artiste, at a salary of Rs. 50 per month, stayed with Prithvi Theatres for the next four years and collected his last pay check of Rs. 300, in 1952. He made his debut in Bollywood in the year 1953, when the film Jeevan Jyoti was released. It was directed by Mahesh Kaul and Chand Usmani was Kapoor’s first heroine.

Shashi Kapoor

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Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor at Shammi Kapoor's prayer meet, 2012.
Born	Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor 18 March 1938 (age 75)[1] Calcutta, West Bengal, British India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Balbir Shashi Balbir Raj Shasha (used by his brother,Shammi Kapoor) Shashi Baba
Occupation	Actor, Director, Producer
Years active	1941–1999 (retired)
Height	1.83 m
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Kendal (1958–1984)(died of cancer)
Children	Kunal Kapoor, Sanjana Kapoor, Karan Kapoor
Relatives	Shammi Kapoor (Brother), Raj Kapoor (Brother), Randhir Kapoor (Nephew), Rishi Kapoor (Nephew), Rajiv Kapoor (Nephew), Karisma Kapoor (Grand Niece), Kareena Kapoor (Grand Niece), Ranbir Kapoor (Grand Nephew)

Shashi Kapoor (Hindi: शशि कपूर), born Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938^[1] in Calcutta (now Kolkata), is an award-winning Indian film actor and film producer. He has also been a film director and assistant director in the Hindi film industry. He is a member of the Kapoor family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema. He is the younger brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, the son of Prithviraj Kapoor, the widower ofJennifer Kendal, and the father of Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor.^[2] He has appeared in a large number of Hindi films as well as in a few English-language films.

In 2011, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.^[3]

Early Career(1960–1975)

Shashi Kapoor started acting in films as a child in the early 1940s appearing in several mythological films and commercial films including Meena(1944), Tadbir, and Bachpan (1945) under the name of Shashiraj. His best known performances as child artist were in Aag (1948) and Awaara (1951) where he played the younger version of the characters played by his older brother Raj Kapoor. From the age of four, Shashi had started acting in plays directed and produced by his father Prithviraj Kapoor, while travelling with Prithvi Theatres. He worked in 19 films as child artist from 1944–54. He got an opportunity to work as an assistant director in the film Post Box 999, the debut film of Sunil Dutt, and worked as an assistant director to Ravindra Dave in Guest House (1959) which was followed by movies such as Dulha Dulhan, Shriman Satyawadi, where Raj Kapoor was the lead hero.

Shashi Kapoor made his debut as a leading man in the 1961 film Dharmputra and went on to appear in 116 Hindi films as main lead protagonist, including 63 films as solo lead hero and 53 multi star-cast films, as well as 22 films as supporting actor and 5 special appearances.^{[citation needed]} He was a very popular debonair actor in Bollywood during the 1960s, 1970s and the mid-1980s. Kapoor’s first films in Hindi – Dharmputra, Prem Patra, Char Diwari were not commercially successful, so he started acting in English-language films in 1963, including the films Householder andShakespeare-Wallah which were more successful. He was one of India's first actors to go international.^[4] Actress Nanda, who was an established star at this time,^{[citation needed]} signed 8 Hindi films with Kapoor even though his earlier Hindi films had not been successful, as she believed that he could deliver good performances.^{[citation needed]} Their first two films as a pair, the critically acclaimed^{[citation needed]} romantic film Char Diwari (1961) and Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath (1962) did not work, while the rest were successful at the box office.^[5] In the 1960s Kapoor acted in several romantic films opposite Nanda, including Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain (1965), Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965), Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare (1966), Raja Saab (1969) and Rootha Na Karo(1970). In the 1990s in an interview, Shashi Kapoor declared that Nanda was his favourite heroine and that he regarded her as one of his mentors.^{[citation needed]} In another interview, Nanda stated that Shashi Kapoor was her favourite hero.^{[citation needed]}