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Mukesh

Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976) was an Indian playback singer popularly known for being the voice of actors Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Feroz Khan, Sunil Dutt, and Dilip Kumar. Being the sixth in a family of ten children, Mukesh would listen to his sister’s music teacher from the adjoining room. He left school after the 10th grade and worked briefly for the Department of Public Works. He experimented with voice recordings during his employment in Delhi and gradually developed his singing abilities as well as his musical instrumental skills. Mukesh’s voice was first noticed by Motilal, a distant relative, when he sang at his sister’s wedding. Motilal then took him to Mumbai and arranged for singing lessons by Pandit Jagannath Prasad. During this time, he was offered a role as an actor-singer in the Hindi film, Nirdosh. His first song in the film was ‘Dil Hi Bujha Hua Ho To’ as an actor-singer for the film. He got his big break as a playback singer for actor Motilal in 1945 in the film Pehli Nazar. The first song that he sang for this film was ‘Dil Jalta Hai To Jalne De’. Throughout his life, Mukesh was such a fan of singer K. L. Saigal that in his early years of playback singing, he used to imitate his idol. In fact, it is said that when K. L. Saigal first heard Mukesh’s song ‘Dil Jalta Hai To Jalne do” He believed that song was his own and couldn’t recall when he sang it. Later in his career, Mukesh created his own singing style with the help of musical director Naushad Ali. Naushad gave him songs for the film Andaz. Initially though, Mukesh was the ghost voice of Dilip Kumar in this movie. Then, he went on to deliver many hits for Naushad in films like Anokhi Ada, Mela, Andaz, etc. In 1974, Mukesh received the National Film Award for best Male Playback Singer as well as several Filmfare Awards for songs such as ‘Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai’, ‘Sab Kuch Seekha Humne’, ‘Sabse Bada Naadan Wahi Hai’, etc. In total, Mukesh has sung over 1300 song in his career, before passing away from his worsening heart problem.

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Anand Bakshi

Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist born 21 July 1930 and died on 30 March 2002. He was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan and migrated to India during the partition of India and Pakistan and settled in Delhi. Bakshi was fond of writing poetry since his youth, however, he did so mostly as a private hobby. After completing his studies, he went to work for the army where he would only get time to write occasionally. He however, continued to write whenever time permitted and simultaneously tried to market his songs in the Mumbai film world. He had originally come to Hindi films to make a name for himself in writing and singing, but ended up becoming more successful in writing lyrics. He got his big break writing songs in a Brij Mohan film titled Bhalaa Aadmi. He wrote a total of four songs for this film. After writing for a few movies from 1956 onwards, he first found success in 1962 with Mehendi Lagi Mere Heath. Bakshi later made another mark for himself writing a song for the 1962 film Kala Samundari. However, he got his real breakthroughs in 1965 with Himalay Ki God Mein, and a huge breakthrough again in 1965 with the super-hit film Jab Jab Phool Khile, starring Shashi Kapoor; and yet again in 1967 with the super-hit movie Milan, starring Sunil Dutt. These six films within a decade of his entry into Bollywood cemented his status as a lyricist of immense calibre. Bakshi went on to become the preferred lyricist by Rajesh Khanna. Throughout his career, he went on to work as a lyricist for over 3500 songs and 638 films. In addition to his songwriting career, he got his first break as a singer in a film directed by Mohan Kumar – Mom Ki Gudiya. The first song he sang was a duet song ‘Baagon Mein Bahaar Aayi Hothon Pe Pukar Aayi’, along with Lata Mangeshkar. He also sang the solo ‘Main Dhoondh Raha Tha Sapnon Mein’ from the same film. He later went on to sing songs in four other films. Later in his life, he suffered from heart and lung disease as the consequence of lifelong smoking, and in March 2002, he caught a bacterial infection during a minor heart surgery. This caused him to die of multiple organ failure on 30 March 2002, at the age of 71.

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Naseeruddin Shah

Born July 20 1950, Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian film and stage actor as well as a director in the Hindi language film industry. He is most notably known in Indian parallel cinema. Shah started his acting career in 1967. He made his debut with a small role in the film Aman starring Rajendra Kumar and Saira Banu. He then continued to act in movies such as Nishant, Aakrosh, Mirch Masala, Junoon, etc. He became active in mainstream Bollywood with the 1980 film Hum Paanch, which is the film that most people attribute to his success. One of his most important films, Masoom, was released in 1983 and was shot at St. Joseph’s College, Nainital. His next major success in mainstream Bollywood was with the 1986 multi-star film Karma where he acted alongside Bollywood veteran Dilip Kumar. Shah also made debuts in Malayalam and Pakistani cinema over the course of his career. In fact, his second Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag was selected as the country’s official entry to the 86th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

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Rajendra Kumar

Ranjendra Kumar Tuli, (20 July 1929 – 12 July 1999) was an Indian film actor who prominently starred in Bollywood films. His family was based in Punjab, British India. During the partition of India, his family had to leave all the land and property behind and move to India. It was when they came to Bombay during this time that Kumar decided to try his luck in the Hindi film industry. He never wanted to be a hero and took up work with director H. S. Rawail as an assistant. For about five years, he worked with Rawail as an assistant in popular films like Patanga, Sagai and Pocketmaar. After working with Rawail, Rajendra Kumar made his film debut with a small role in Kidar Sharma’s 1950 film Jogan, opposite Dilip Kumar and Nargis. Later, it was producer Devandra Goel who noticed Kumar and gave him a role in Vachan in 1955. Kumar was only paid fifteen hundred rupees, however, the film was a huge success and was Kumar’s first silver jubilee film. After this, he was given the title ‘A Star is Born’. He then went on to get further success with his supporting role in Mehboob Khan’s blockbuster epic film Mother India in 1957. His first major success as a romantic leading man was in Amit Saxena’s musical Goonj Uthi Shehnai in 1959. After that, Kumar saw rise to stardom in the 1960s. There were times when he had six or seven of his films which had been running in cinemas for more than 25 weeks at the same time. This led to his second nickname ‘Jubilee Kumar’. He then went on to star in many box office hits including Dhool Ka Phool, Dil Ek Mandir, Mere Mehboob, Arzoo, Jhuk Gaya Aasman, etc. He also received several Filmfare Nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor during this time. Then, from 1972 onwards, he faced competition from Rajesh Khanna and many of his films were flops. He also started starring in a number of Punjabi films such as Teri Meri Ek Jindar. Sadly, he passed away on 12 July 1999 from cancer as he was known to refuse taking any medication. However, his legacy continues to live on through his children and grandchildren.

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Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra Jonas, born July 18 1982 is an Indian actress and singer. As both her parents worked in the military, Chopra was constantly moving around India. At the young age of 13, she was sent to the United States to study. While living with her aunt, she attended schools in Newton, Massachusetts, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after having lived in Queens, New York as her aunt’s family also moved frequently. After three years, Chopra returned to India, finishing the senior year of her high-school education at the Army Public School in Bareilly. It was during this time that she won the local May Queen beauty pageant, after which she was pursued by admirers. This caused her family to equip their home with bars for her protection. Later, her mother entered her in the Femina Miss India contest of 2000 in which she finished second, and won the Femina Miss India World title. Chopra next won the Miss World pageant, where she was crowned Miss World 2000 and Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty – Asia and Oceania at the Millennium Dome in London. During this time, she had enrolled in college, but left after winning those titles and the recognition she got also saw her receiving offers for film roles. Thus began her acting career. Her first film casting after the Miss India World contest was as the female lead in the romantic thriller Humraaz in which she was to make her film debut. However, this fell through for various reasons. So her initial on screen debut occurred in the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan. She then went on to make her Bollywood film debut in 2003 as the second female lead opposite Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in the film The Hero: Love Story of a Spy. This film was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films that year but still received mixed reviews from critics. Later that year, she appeared in Raj Kanwar’s box-office success Andaaz with Akshay Kumar, again sharing the female lead. Her performance in this film earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her rise to prominence came in the years 2005-2006 with three initial releases which were unsuccessful in the box office. However, throughout the rest of 2005 and throughout 2006 she played several roles which brought her good reviews from critics and saw her slowly rising the ranks of Bollywood. Then after several years in Bollywood, Chopra got the opportunity to branch out in American Film and Television. She signed a talent holding deal with ABC Studios and was later cast in the American thriller series Quantico as the character Alex Parrish. This series received positive reviews and saw Chopra being praised for her performance. She was also the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series. She went on to receive the People’s Choice Award for Favourite Actress in a New TV Series. She then went back to starring mostly in Bollywood. Over the years, she has also had a brief musical career as well as writing columns for the Hindustan Times. For her work, the government awarded her the Padma Shri Award in 2016. She has also been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine and has been listed by Forbes among the world’s 100 most powerful women.

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Zarina Wahab

Zarina Wahab, born July 17, 1959, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi and Malayalam roles in Bollywood. She was born and raised in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh into a Muslim family. After undergoing training at Film and Television INstitute of India, she started her career with negative feedback about an appearance in a film from film producer Raj Kapoor. She then started working on her appearance and attended film parties and events to make bigger connections. She eventually got noticed and cast in films. She was usually cast as the middle-class girl after her first leading role in Basu Chatterjee’s Chit Chor. She played that role in several movies including Agar, Jazbaat, Sawan ko Aane Do, etc. She was also nominated for a Filmfare Award in the Best Actress category for Gharonda. Wahab later went on to act in several Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films as well. Till this day, she is remembered for her role in the critically acclaimed Adaminte Makan Abu. She also appeared in My Name is Khan as the mother of Shah Rukh Khan’s character Rizwan Khan. In 1984, Wahab met actor Aditya Pancholi on the sets of Kalank Ka Tika and married in 1986. Together they have a daughter, Sana and son, Sooraj.

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Katrina Kaif

Born in Hong Kong on July 16, 1983 to a British businessman of Kashmiri descent and an English lawyer mother, Katrina Kaif is an English actress who works predominantly in Hindi films and has established herself in Bollywood as one of India’s highest-paid actresses. After her parents divorce at a young age, she frequently relocated with her mother and six sisters. Her career started at the age of fourteen when Kaif won a beauty contest in Hawaii, and received her first modelling assignment in a jewellery campaign. She subsequently modeled professionally in London, working for freelance agencies and appearing regularly at London Fashion Week. Then at one of her fashion shows, Kaif attracted the attention of London-based filmmaker Kaizad Gustad. He selected her for a role in the English-Hindi erotic heist film Boom as part of an ensemble cast that included Amitabh Bachchan, Gulshan Grover, Jackie Shroff, Madu Sapre and Padma Lakshmi. While filming the film in India, Kaif received offers for several other films and decided to stay in the country. All the while, Kaif received notice as a model after walking the ramp for Rohit Bal at the India Fashion Week and appeared in the first Kingfisher Calendar. She soon went on to establish a successful modelling career in India after endorsing brands such as Coca-Cola, LG, Fevicol, and Samsung. A lot of anticipation surrounding her Bollywood debut came with the success of Kaif’s career as a model. Her first film, Boom had its first screening at the Cannes Film Festival, and was heavily promoted at the event. However, it came out as a commercial and critical failure. Her performance was also very poorly received due to her poor Hindi and thick British accent. Although kaid was offered a number of modelling assignments, filmmakers were hesitant to cast her because of her poor command in Hindi. Therefore, Kaif began working on her diction through Hindi classes. Now after the failure of her first Bollywood project, Kaif appeared in the TElugu film Malliswari with Daggubati Venkatesh. In the film, she played the title role of a princess forced to flee from her murderous caretakers. Kaif received a reported 7.5 million rupees for the film, which was the highest salary for a South Indian film actress at the time. Regardless, Kaif received several negative reviews for this film as well. Her breakthrough in Bollywood came vaguely in 2005, as Kaif appeared briefly as Abhishek Bachchan’s girlfriend in Ram Gopal Varma’s political thriller Sarkar. She next featured alongside Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen and Sohail Khan in Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? which was a film she considered her “first real step into Bollywood.” Then in 2006, she appeared with Akshay Kumar for the first of many films in Raj Kanwar’s unsuccessful Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. Then Kaif’s career prospects changed in 2007, when she appeared in four Bollywood hits. After that her career was at an all-time high between 2009-2014 and then saw more fluctuations from 2015-present time. Regardless of these ups and down throughout her career, Kaif has established herself as one of the most popular and highest-paid actresses in Bollywood. She has also won several awards and been nominated for many more in Bollywood including her nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, Second best Actress, as well as Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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