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Shroff
Shroff is a surname. The word is derived from the Hindustani word ''saraf'' (bullion merchant , Baniya), which in turn, is ultimately derived from the Arabic ''ṣarrāf''. The word is also used to mean a cashier, especially in a car park or identity card, car licensing offices and public service agents in East Asia, and a money changer or banker in South Asia. In Hong Kong a shroff may be a place to conduct payments. In 2016 the word "shroff" became a part of the Oxford English Dictionary. List of people with surname Shroff * Anaita Shroff Adajania (born 1972), Indian fashion stylist * Anish Shroff, American anchor for ESPNews since 2008 *Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff (1899–1965), Indian industrialist, banker and economist *Boman Shroff, Indian actor, stuntman, director, writer, producer * D. K. Shroff, Indian celebrity business manager *Esmayeel Shroff (born 1960), Indian film director and writer *Jackie Shroff (born 1957), Indian actor *Pervin Shroff, Indian scientist *Pesi Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Shroff
Jai Hemant "Tiger" Shroff (born 2 March 1990) is an Indian actor and martial artist known for his work in the Indian cinema. He is best known for his Baaghi action franchise, ''Heropanti'' (2014) and ''War'' (''2019''). He has featured in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list since 2018. The son of actor Jackie Shroff and producer Ayesha Dutt, he made his film debut with the 2014 action romantic film ''Heropanti'' which became a commercial success and earned him several awards including Stardust Awards For Superstar of Tomorrow – Male and IIFA Awards For Star Debut of the Year – Male. Early life Jai Hemant Shroff was born on 2 March 1990, to Indian film actor Jackie Shroff and his wife Ayesha Shroff (née Dutt). He has a younger sister named Krishna Shroff. On his paternal side, he is of Gujarati and Turkmen ancestry while from his maternal side, he is of Bengali and Belgian descent. Shroff is a devout Hindu devotee of Lord Shiva and has attributed his physique to Lord Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Shroff
Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), popularly known as Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model. He has been in the Bollywood industry for over four decades, and , has appeared in over 220 films in 13 languages namely Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Konkani, Odia, Gujarati and English. He has won four Filmfare Awards among other accolades. He became an overnight star with Subhash Ghai's ''Hero'' (1983) film, and eventually established himself as one of the leading men of Indian cinema from 1980s to 1990s. Early and personal life Shroff was born as Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff in Bombay (present Mumbai), India. His father, Kakubhai Haribhai Shroff, was Gujarati, while his mother was a Turkmen who fled from Kazakhstan (then the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic under the Russian Soviet Union) during a coup. His maternal grandmother escaped to Ladakh along with her seven daughters when there was a coup in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenobia Shroff
Zenobia Shroff (born May 27, 1965) is an Indian-born American actress. Shroff has been an actress, writer, teaching artist and sketch comedian for over 30 years and she is known for her role in the 2017 film ''The Big Sick'', and as Muneeba Khan in the Disney+ TV series ''Ms. Marvel (TV series), Ms. Marvel''. Early life Shroff grew up in a Parsi family in South Bombay, in what is now known as Mumbai. Career Shroff began her professional career at age sixteen as a commercial print model. After seven successful years as a model (person), model, she switched to acting. She got her acting start in Mumbai under the mentorship of Pearl Padamsee. She then moved to study acting at New York City's Circle in the Square Theatre School. Soon after, she appeared at the Broadway Castillo Theatre, where she played several roles such as Nora in Henrik Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'' to German avant-gardist Heiner Müller. She also performed in ''Erotic Adventures in Venice'' at the La MaMa Experimenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachin Shroff
Sachin Shroff (born 17 December 1972) is a businessman and TV personality. He is an actor, anchor and dancer. He played Gyan in ''Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai'' and Arjun in ''Naaginn''. Other appearances include ''Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka'', '' Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar'', ''Naam Gum Jayegaa'', ''Shagun'', Vishwaas and ''Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah''. Personal life Sachin Shroff married television actress Juhi Parmar on 15 February 2009 at a palace in Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop .... The couple have a daughter, Samaira Shroff, born on 27 January 2013. In early January 2018, Parmar confirmed that they had filed for divorce, which was finalised in July 2018. Parmar was granted custody of their daughter. Filmography Films Television Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaita Shroff Adajania
Anaita Shroff Adajania is an Indian fashion stylist, costume designer and actress. She is the Fashion Director for ''Vogue India'' magazine. Early life Adajania was born in Mumbai in a Parsis, Parsi family. She attended The Bombay International School and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Career She started her career as assistant fashion editor with ''Elle (magazine), Elle'' magazine, upon its Indian launch in 1996. Subsequently, she worked with ''L'Officiel India'', before becoming the fashion director at ''Vogue India''. Anaita Shroff Adajania owns a styling company called Style Cell. Anaita has served as a motivational speaker at several colleges within India and runs her company, Style Cell, in Mumbai. Not only has Anaita been a council member for Vogue, but she's also accomplished becoming a masterclass in Vogue India Wedding Show. The owner of the Style Cell company, Adajania has been noted for her design work on several Bollywood films including ''Dhoom 2'', ''Being Cyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anish Shroff
Anish Shroff (born 1982) is the radio play-by-play man for the Carolina Panthers and play-by-play announcer and on-air host at ESPN Early life and education Shroff was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, to Indian parents who are both from Mumbai. His father is a professional photographer. Shroff graduated from Bloomfield High School in 2000, and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Career He was featured on the second season of ESPN reality show ''Dream Job'' in 2004, in which he was one of the three finalists. Following his stint on ''Dream Job'', Shroff worked as an anchor, talk show host and play-by-play announcer at WHEN Radio in Syracuse, New York. He was later a freelance anchor at CSTV (now CBS Sports Network) in New York City and then served as sports director at KNDO-TV in Yakima, Washington. He joined ESPN on January 1, 2008, initially at ESPNews. While at ESPN, he call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmayeel Shroff
Esmayeel Shroff (12 August 1960 – 26 October 2022) was an Indian film director and writer, noted for his work in the Bollywood industry. His hit film ''Thodisi Bewafaii'' was famous among the crowd of the 1980s. The movie was written by his brother, ''Moin-Ud-Din''. Career Early work Shroff graduated in Sound engineering, Sound Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He later went to Bombay, now Mumbai, to pursue his interest in films. He worked as Assistant Director to Bheem Singh and later directed his first film ''Thodisi Bewafaii'', followed by other films in Bollywood. Breakthrough Shroff directed ''Thodisi Bewafaii'' followed by ''Agar – If'', ''God and Gun'', ''Ahista Ahista (1981 film), Ahista Ahista'', ''Zid (1994 film), Zid'', ''Police Public'', ''Majhdhaar'', ''Dil Akhir Dil Hai'', ''Tarkieb'', ''Bulundi'', ''Nishchaiy'', ''Surya'' and ''Jhuta Sach''. He was directing the movie – ''Nazuk sa Modh'' which is to be shot in Delhi. "I am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Shroff
Sunil Shroff is the managing trustee of a non-government and non-profit organisation called MOHAN Foundation and is well known for his work in the field of deceased donation transplantation in India. He has worked towards improving the deceased organ donation rate in India. Background He was born in Sahibganj, Bihar and did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Gill Nagar, Chennai. He did his under-graduate and post graduate medical education from Prince of Wales Medical College now called Patna Medical College and Hospital in 1982 and FRCS in 1986 from Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He joined as a lecturer first at the Institute of Urology and then at the Royal London Hospital in London from 1991 to 1995. He decided to return to India in 1995 and became Professor and Head of Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation at the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (SRMC & RI). Currently he is Senior Consultant, Urology and Renal Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parking Lot
A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles. The term usually refers to an area dedicated only for parking, with a durable or semi-durable surface. In most countries where cars are the dominant mode of transportation, parking lots are a feature of every city and suburban area. Shopping malls, sports stadiums, megachurches and similar venues often have immense parking lots. (See also: multistorey car park) Parking lots tend to be sources of water pollution because of their extensive impervious surfaces, and because most have limited or no facilities to control runoff. Many areas today also require minimum landscaping in parking lots to provide shade and help mitigate the extent to which their paved surfaces contribute to heat islands. Many municipalities require minimum numbers of parking spaces for buildings such as stores (by floor area) and apartment complexes (by number of bedr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunita Shroff
Sunita Shroff is a British television presenter and actress. Early life Sunita Shroff was born in Scotland to Irish and Indian parents, and raised in Greece where she was educated in the Campion School. She speaks fluent Greek, Italian and French. Career Her TV career started at Channel East where she fronted their flagship current affairs show. Shroff went on to compete against 11,000 other people in the BBC Talent Competition and came in the final 3 in the ‘Holiday Program' category. Shroff gained presenting experience on the QVC shopping channel and has gone on to work as a presenter on a variety of terrestrial television projects, predominantly relating to the property market. She has also pursued an acting career, appearing in a number of television serials, commercials and in films. Presenting credits *Secret Location *House Swap - BBC1 *Homes & Property - ITV1 *Get a new life - BBC2 *Moving Day - ITV1 *A house in the country - ITV1 *Women in the property market - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahil Shroff
Sahil Shroff is an Indian model and actor who made his debut in Hindi film ''Don 2: The King is Back''. Early life Sahil comes from a Sindhis, Sindhi family and grew up in Australia. He did his master's degree in information technology, pursued management studies in Australia and worked graveyard shifts as a Bouncer (doorman), bouncer in the nightclubs there. He then moved to Mumbai and has been modelling full-time. His enviable physique and ability to carry off clothes got him noticed in the modeling circles. Career Sahil is best known as a contestant on the The Amazing Race Asia 1, first season of the reality television competition ''The Amazing Race Asia'', from 2006 to 2007. He has also done many TV commercials including HCL Enterprise, Tata Indica, Lux and Cadbury's Eclairs, and walked for designers like Manish Malhotra, Vikram Phadnis, Narendra Kumar and JJ Valaya. He took acting and voice lessons from veterans like Anupam Kher before walking into films. In 2011, he mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pervin Shroff
Pervin Keki Shroff (born c. 1955) is an Indian accounting academic and Carl L. Nelson Professor of Accounting at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, known for her work in the field of information content and accountancy. Biography Shroff was born in Pawnee, Indiana Pawnee, Indiana ( ) is the fictional city in which the NBC comedy series ''Parks and Recreation'' is set. Since the show's start in 2009, the city's colorful history and inhabitants have been the joke or focal point for many episodes. Overview ..., in 1976 and later moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania, where she lived for 15 years. Shroff obtained her Bachelor of Commerce in 1976 at the Bombay University (now the University of Mumbai), and her Bachelor of Laws in 1979. She also obtained her licence as Chartered Accountant in India, and obtained her PhD in accounting at Columbia University in 1992. She is an Accredited Management Accountant, through the Institute of Cost and Managemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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