This is a list of notable
Indian male film actors.
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A. K. Hangal
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Aadhi
''Aadhi'' is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. The film stars Pranav Mohanlal in the title role (in his debut adult role) and features Jagapathi Babu, Siddique, Lena, Aditi Ravi, An ...
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Aadi Pudipeddi
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Aamir Khan
Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan (; born 14 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi films. Through his career spanning over 30 years, Khan has established himself as one of the most notable actors of Indian ci ...
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Aashish Chaudhary
''Ashish Chaudhary'' (born 21 July 1978) is an Indian television actor who has acted in many Hindi films and TV shows. He is best known for portraying Boman in the comedy films ''Dhamaal'' and ''Double Dhamaal'', winning '' Fear Factor: Khatro ...
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Abbas
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Abhay Deol
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Abhijeeth
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Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the grandson of poet Harivansh Rai Bach ...
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Abhishek Banerjee
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Abhishek Chatterjee
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Abhimanyu Dassani
Abhimanyu Dassani (born 21 February 1990) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. The son of actress Bhagyashree and Himalay, he made his acting debut in 2018 with the action film ''Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota'', for which he won Filmfare Awar ...
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Abhimanyu Singh
Abhimanyu Singh (born 20 September 1974) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Bhojpuri films.
Career
Singh made his debut with '' Aks'' (2001), directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. He got his first break with the ...
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Abijeet Duddala
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Abir Chatterjee
Abir Chatterjee (born 18 November 1980) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theater personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut i ...
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Achyuth Kumar
Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. Born in the town of Belur, in the district of Hassan and brought up in Tiptur. He graduated in bachelor of commerce from the Kalpatharu First Grade College, which was ...
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Adhyayan Suman
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Adil Hussain
Adil Hussain () is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as '' The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' and '' Life of Pi'' (both 2012).
He re ...
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Aditya Babu
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Aditya Pancholi
Aditya Pancholi (born 4 January 1965) is an Indian actor, producer and playback singer working in Hindi cinema.
Acting career
1985–87: Television movies and serials
He was signed for a few television video films produced by Hiba, which ...
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Aditya Kumar
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Aditya Roy Kapur
Aditya Roy Kapur (born 16 November 1985) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in 2009 with the musical drama film ''London Dreams''. Kapur had his first commercial success came with the romantic mu ...
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Aditya Seal
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Adoor Bhasi
K. Bhaskaran Nair (1 March 1929 – 29 March 1990), known by his stage name Adoor Bhasi, was an Indian actor and film director from Kerala. Adoor Bhasi was almost always cast as the man who stands next to the hero. His hilarious actions and role ...
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Aftab Shivdasani
Aftab Shivdasani (born 25 June 1978) is an Indian actor, producer and model known for his works in Bollywood and also working for Tamil and Kannada film industry.
Shivdasani was selected as the Farex baby at the age of 14 months and eventually ...
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Ahuti Prasad
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Ajay
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Ajay Devgan
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Ajay Ghosh
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Ajay Rao
Ajay Rao (also credited as Krishna Ajay Rao) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Kannada film industry. He rose to fame with 2003 blockbuster movie '' Excuse Me''.
Career
Ajay Rao debuted as a lead with the film '' Excuse Me'' (2003) and ...
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Ajaz Khan
Ajaz Khan is an Indian actor. He has starred in movies such as ''Rakta Charitra'' and ''Allah Ke Banday'' and acted in several television daily soaps including ''Rahe Tera Aashirwaad'' and ''Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki''. In 2013, Khan pa ...
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Ajinkya Dev
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Ajit Khan
Hamid Ali Khan (27 January 1922 – 22 October 1998), better known by his stage name Ajit, was an Indian actor active in Hindi films. He acted in over two hundred movies over almost four decades. Ajit is also credited for starring as a lead a ...
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Ajith Kumar
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Ajmal Ameer
Ajmal Ameer (born 8 November 1985) is an Indian actor and former physician, who works in the Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu film industries. He has won two Filmfare Awards South for his role '' Anjathe'' (2008) and '' Ko'' (2011).
Early and per ...
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Aju Varghese
Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985) better known as Aju Varghese is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in ''Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his college classmate Vineeth Sreenivas ...
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Akkineni Akhil
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Akhilendra Mishra
Akhilendra Mishra is an Indian film and television character actor best known for his role as ''Kroor Singh'' in the 1990s Doordarshan fantasy television series '' Chandrakanta''. His other notable works include the character of ''Mirchi'' Se ...
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Akshay Anand
John Gardner (born 30 January 1969), known professionally as Akshay Anand is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Hindi films and television.
Early life and career
Anand was born as John Gardner and he assumed the name Akshay inspired by his ...
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Akshay Kumar
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Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the son of actor Vinod Khanna. He has won numerous awards in his career including two Filmfare Awards, three Screen Awards and two IIFA Awards in varied ac ...
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Akshay Oberoi
Akshay Oberoi (born 1 January 1985) is an American actor of Indian descent, who works in Hindi films. After making his acting debut as a child in the 2002 comedy-drama '' American Chai'', Oberoi played his first leading role in Rajshri Producti ...
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Akul Balaji
Akul Balaji (born Akula Balaji on 23 February 1979) is an Indian actor, television host and dancer who has worked in both Kannada and Telugu languages. He started his career by acting and hosting television shows and has participated in the Kan ...
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Ali Basha
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Ali Fazal
Ali Fazal (born 15 October 1986) is an Indian actor and model who primarily appears in Hindi films. He made his screen debut with a small role in the English language film '' The Other End of the Line'' before appearing in the American televisio ...
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Ali Zafar
Ali Zafar ( pa, ; born 18 May 1980) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, model, actor, producer, screenwriter and painter. Zafar started out on Pakistani television before becoming a popular musician. He later also established a career in Bol ...
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Allari Naresh
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Allu Arjun
Allu Arjun (born 8 April 1982) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. One of the highest paid actors in India, Arjun is also known for his extraordinary dancing skills. He is a recipient of several awards, including six Filmfare Award ...
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Allu Sirish
Allu Sirish (born 30 May 1987) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu films. He debuted as a lead actor with '' Gouravam'' (2013) and later went on to appear in films such as ''Kotha Janta'' (2014), ''Srirastu Subhamastu'' (2016), ...
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Alok Nath
Alok Nath (born 10 July 1949) is an Indian film character actor known for his work in Hindi cinema and television. He made his film debut with the 1982 English (and Hindi) film '' Gandhi'', directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, which won an O ...
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Amar Talwar
Amar Talwar (born 21 December 1949) is an Indian artist and Bollywood actor. He appeared in the historic television series '' Shanti'', in which he played Raj 'G.J.' Singh.
Born to a Sikh family on 21 December 1949, Talwar was educated at the ...
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Ambareesh
Malavalli Huchchegowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018), known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor, media personality, politician from the state of Karnataka. Alongside Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan, he is counted in ...
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Amitabh Bachchan
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Amit Sadh
Amit Sadh (born 5 June 1983) is an Indian actor. He is known for his roles in films like ''Kai Po Che'' (2013), ''Guddu Rangeela'' (2015), and '' Sarkar 3'' (2017). He began his acting career with the teen drama ''Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr'' and lat ...
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Amit Sial
Amit Sial (born 1 July 1975) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He has also worked in various series like Maharani, Jamtara - Sabka Number Ayega, Kathmandu Connection and Inside Edge.
Early and personal life
He m ...
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Amjad Khan
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Ammy Virk
Amninderpal Singh Virk, better known as Ammy Virk, is an Indian singer, actor and producer associated with Punjabi Music and subsequently in Punjabi and Hindi films. He started the production house Villagers Film Studio and a distribution compa ...
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Amol Palekar
Amol Palekar (born 24 November 1944) is an Indian actor, director and producer of Hindi and Marathi cinema.
Career
Palekar studied fine arts at the Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, and commenced his artistic career as a painter. As a painter, he ...
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Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri (22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005) was an Indian actor, who was one of the most notable and important figures in Indian cinema and Theatre. He acted in more than 450 films, established himself as one of the most popular actor ...
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Anand Tiwari
Anand Tiwari (born 29 May 1983) is an Indian actor, producer, writer and director known for his work in Hindi films. He has appeared in films like ''Kites'' (2010), '' Udaan'' (2010), ''Aisha'' (2010), and ''Go Goa Gone'' (2013). As a stage act ...
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Ananth Nag
Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and En ...
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Angad Bedi
Angad Singh Bedi (born 6 February 1983) is an Indian actor and former model. He made his debut with '' Kaya Taran'' in 2004, an adaptation of a Malayalam short story by N. S. Madhavan, ''Vanmarangal Veezhumpol (When the Big Trees Fall)''. He ha ...
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Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, besides television and international films and television. In a career spanning over 40 years as an actor and since 2005 as a producer, Kapo ...
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Aniruddha Jatkar
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Anjan Srivastav
Aanjjan Srivastav (born 2 June 1948) is an Indian film, television and stage actor, associated with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Mumbai of which he remained Vice-President for several years. Outside theatre, he is best known as ...
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Ankush Chaudhari
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Ankush Hazra
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Annu Kapoor
Annu Kapoor (born Anil Kapoor; 20 February 1956) is an Indian actor, singer, director, radio disc jockey, and television presenter who has appeared in over a hundred films, as well as television series. His career has spanned over 40 years as a ...
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Anoop Kumar
Kalyan Kumar Ganguly ( bn, কল্যাণ কুমার গাঙ্গুলী)
(born 9 January 1926 – 20 September 1997), better known by his stage name Anoop Kumar ( bn, অনুপ কুমার hi, अनूप कुमा ...
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Anoop Menon
Anoop Menon (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before acting in Malayalam films and has acted in more than 75 films.
Menon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supportin ...
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Anshuman Jha
Anshuman Jha is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and theatre. He is known for his role in '' Love Sex Aur Dhokha''. He had been rated as one of the "Top Ten Bollywood Actors of 2010" by Rediff. He appeared in films such as '' Yeh Hai ...
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Anubhav Mohanty
Anubhav Mohanty (born 24 December 1981) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and politician who is known for his work in Odia-language films.
Career
Mohanty started his career by first appearing in Odia music videos before ...
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Anuj Gurwara
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Anupam Kher
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Anupam Sharma
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Anup Soni
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Anurag Kashyap
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Anwar Hussain
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Aparshakti Khurana
Aparshakti Khurana (born 18 November 1987) is an Indian actor, radio jockey, comedian, singer, music director, television host and a former Indian cricketer who was the captain of Haryana U-19 Cricket Team. He is the younger brother of actor A ...
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Apurva Agnihotri
Apurva Agnihotri is an Indian model and actor known for his role as Armaan Suri in '' Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin''. He also participated in ''Nach Baliye'' and ''Bigg Boss''.
Personal life
In 2004, he married television actress Shilpa Saklani. In ...
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Aravind Akash
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Arbaaz Khan
Arbaaz Salim Abdul Rashid Khan (born 4 August 1967) is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Hindi cinema, in addition to Telugu and Malayalam cinema.
Since making his debut in 1996, he has acted in many leading and suppor ...
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Arif Zakaria
Arif Zakaria (born 11 November 1966) is an Indian actor. He has had roles in many films, beginning with his debut film ''Darmiyaan'' (1997), ''1947 Earth'' (1998), ''Dance like a man'' (2004), and biographical projects '' Mardana'' and the contr ...
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Arjan Bajwa
Arjan Bajwa (born 3 September 1979) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi and Telugu films. He is credited as Deepak in Telugu films where he started his career. He made a breakthrough in Bollywood with the critically acclaimed 2007 fi ...
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Arjun Kapoor
Arjun Kapoor (born 26 June 1985) is an Indian actor working in Hindi films. Born to the Surinder Kapoor family, he is the son of film producer Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie. Kapoor made his acting debut in 2012 with romance '' Ishaqzaade'' whic ...
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Arjun Mathur
Arjun Mathur (born 18 October 1981) is a British-Indian actor working predominantly in Bollywood films, web series and television serials. He was seen internationally in the British drama series, ''Indian Summers'' and plays the lead character ...
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Arjun Rampal
Arjun Rampal (born 26 November 1972) is an Indian actor, model, film producer and television personality who works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Rajiv Rai's romance film '' Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (2001) and has since gone on t ...
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Arjun Sarja
Srinivasa "Arjun" Sarja is an Indian actor, producer, and director who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry, in addition to Kannada and Telugu languages as well. Referred to by the media and his fans as " Action King" for his roles i ...
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Arshad Warsi
Arshad Warsi (born 19 April 1968) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several awards including a Filmfare Award from five nominations and is noted for acting in varied film genres.
Before making his acting deb ...
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Arun Sarnaik
Arun Shankarrao Sarnaik (4 October 1935 – 21 June 1984) was an Indian actor and singer from Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He was the son of the famous singer "Maharashtrakokil" Pt. Shankarao Sarnaik and brother of famous classical singer "Pandit Niv ...
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Arun Vijay
Arun Vijay (born 19 November 1977), formerly known as Arun Kumar, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He also starred in a few films in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
Born as Arun Kumar and being the only son of veteran actor ...
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Arunoday Singh
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Arvind Krishna
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Arvind Swamy
Arvind Swamy (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster ...
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Arya Babbar
Aarya Babbar is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood and Punjabi films. In 2014, Aarya participated in the eighth season of ''Bigg Boss''.
Career
Aarya Babbar started his film career with Raj Kanwar's ''Ab Ke Baras'' alongside Amrita R ...
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Arya Cethirakath
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Asif Ali
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Asif Basra
Asif Basra (27 July 196712 November 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Bollywood films and TV serials. He is best known to Western audiences for his role in '' Outsourced''. He also appeared in many other films. Basra died of suicide by h ...
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Ashish Vidyarthi
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Ashok
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Ashok Kumar
Kumudlal Ganguly (13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), better known by his stage name Ashok Kumar and also by Dadamoni, was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema and who was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family.
He ...
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Asrani
Govardhan Asrani (born 1 January 1940), popularly known simply as Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, character roles ...
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Ashok Saraf
Ashok Saraf (Hindii pronunciation: ʃoːk səɾaːf born 4 June 1947) is an Indian film and stage actor and comedian. He has appeared in many Marathi language films and stage plays in lead roles and in Hindi language films and TV serials in ...
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Ashok Selvan
Ashok Selvan is an Indian actor who works prominently in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing one of the lead roles in ''Soodhu Kavvum'' (2013), before gaining critical acclaim for his performances in C. V. Kumar's productions '' Pizza ...
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Ashutosh Rana
Ashutosh Ramnarayan Neekhra (born 10 November 1967), known professionally as Ashutosh Rana, is an Indian actor, producer, author and television personality. He has worked in Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi films. He has also worked ...
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Atharvaa
Atharvaa Murali is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. The son of actor Murali and grandson of director S. Siddalingaiah, Atharvaa began his acting career with ''Baana Kaathadi'' (2010). He then garnered critical acclaim for his perform ...
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Attakathi Dinesh
Dinesh Ravi, better known as Attakathi Dinesh, is an Indian actor who has acted in leading roles in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing the lead role in ''Attakathi'' (2012), portraying Dinakaran.
Career
Dinesh completed his high ...
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Atul Agnihotri
Atul Agnihotri (born 8 July 1970) is an Indian actor, producer and director. He started his Bollywood career as an actor, went on to direct two films, and found success as a film producer. He is best known for his debut film '' Sir'' (1993), whi ...
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Atul Kulkarni
Atul Kulkarni (born 10 September 1965) is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, English, Odia and Telugu language films. Kulkarni won the National Award for the Best Supporting A ...
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Atul Parchure
Atul Parchure is an Indian actor who performs in films and television serials. Atul Parchure is an Indian movie, television, and theater actor. He is mainly known for his comedic roles in Marathi and Bollywood film industry. Although he is main ...
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Auditya
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Avinash Tiwary
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Avinash
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Ayushmann Khurrana
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B. C. Patil
Basavanagowda Channabasavanagowda Patil is an Indian Kannada film actor turned politician who is the current Minister of State for Agriculture of Karnataka from 7 February 2020. (He is a three-term MLA from Hirekerur assembly constituency. B. ...
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B. R. Panthulu
Budaguru Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu (26 July 1910 – 8 October 1974) was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is best known for directing films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. His most popular films are '' Karnan'', ''Veerapandiya ...
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Baburaj
Mohammad Sabir Baburaj was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs.
Early years
Baburaj was born on 9 March 1929 in Kozhikod ...
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Babu Antony
Babu Antony (born 22 February 1966) is an Indian-American actor and martial artist, who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in several Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sinhalese, Hindi and English films. He started his career doing a ...
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Balakrishna
Bala Krishna ( sa, बाल कृष्ण, lit=child Krishna/divine child Krishna, translit=Bālakṛṣṇa). Present day Krishna worship is an amalgam of various elements. According to historical testimonies Krishna-Vasudeva worship alread ...
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Balakrishna Nandamuri
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Balakrishna Valluri
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Balan K. Nair
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Balaraj
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Balraj Sahni
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Bank Janardhan
Janardhan, known by his stage name Bank Janardhan is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He is well-known for his comedy and drama roles in various Kannada films and television series. Some of the notable films of Janardhan as an actor ...
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Barun Sobti
Barun Sobti ( ; born 21 August 1984) is an Indian actor, known for his roles in television series '' Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon'' (2011–2012) and '' Asur'' (2020–present).
He started his acting career in 2009 with Star Plus show '' Shraddh ...
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Benjamin Gilani
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Bhagwan Dada
Bhagwan Dada (1 August 1913 – 4 February 2002), also credited and mononymously known as Bhagwan, was an Indian actor and film director who worked in Hindi cinema. He is best known for his social film '' Albela'' (1951) and the song "Shola J ...
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Bhanu Chander
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Bharat Bhushan
''Bharatbhushan Bhalla'' better known as ''Bharat Bhushan'' (14 June 1920 – 27 January 1992) was an Indian actor in Hindi language films, scriptwriter and producer, who is best remembered for playing Baiju Bawra in the 1952 film of the s ...
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Bharat Jadhav
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Bharath Gopi
Gopynathan Velayudhan Nair (2 November 1937 – 29 January 2008), popularly known by the stage name Bharat Gopy, was an Indian actor, producer and director. He was one of the first actors to be associated with the New Wave cinema movement in ...
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Bharath Srinivasan
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Bharathiraja
Bharathiraja (born 17 July 1941) is an Indian film director and actor who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Making his debut in 1977 with '' 16 Vayathinile'', he is known for realistic and sensitive portrayals of rural life in his films. ...
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Bank Janardhan
Janardhan, known by his stage name Bank Janardhan is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He is well-known for his comedy and drama roles in various Kannada films and television series. Some of the notable films of Janardhan as an actor ...
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Bijay Mohanty
Bijay Mohanty (8 April 1950 – 20 July 2020) was an Indian actor in Odia Cinema. He was honored a National Film Award.
Personal life
;Early life
Mohanty was born in 1950 at Pandiri, Kendrapara and brought up in Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Odisha. He ...
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Bijon Bhattacharya
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Biju Menon
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Biju Phukan
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Biswajit Chatterjee
Biswajit Chatterjee (born 14 December 1936), known mononymously as Biswajit, is an Indian actor, producer, director, singer and politician known for his work in Hindi and Bengali cinema.
Early career
After films in Calcutta including ''May ...
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Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury
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Bob Christo
Robert John Christo, was an Australian-Indian civil engineer and actor in Hindi films. Starting with Sanjay Khan's ''Abdullah'' (1980), he went on to act in over 200 Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s, including '' Qurbani'' (1980), '' Kaalia'' ...
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Bobby Deol
Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967) popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and web series. A member of the Deol family, he is the younger son of veteran actor Dharmendra. His accolades include a Filmfar ...
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Bobby Kottarakkara
Bobby Kottarakkara (11 March 1952 – 3 December 2000) was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He was born to Pareedkunju Ravuthar in Kottarakkara. He began his acting career on stage. He made his film debut with Mucheettukalikkaara ...
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Bobby Simha
Jayasimha (born 6 November 1983), better known as Bobby Simha, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, alongside a few Malayalam-language films. After making brief appearances in the films '' Kadhalil Sod ...
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Bonny Sengupta
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Boman Irani
Boman Irani (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian actor, photographer and voice artist who works predominantly in Hindi cinema he has also worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. He has acted in more than a 100 films in his career.
Ear ...
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Brahmanandam
Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956), known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, impersonator, and voice actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is particularly known for his comic perfor ...
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Brijendra Kala
Brijendra Kala is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He is known for his subtle portrayals of characters rooted in reality. He gained attention for his small roles in mainstream cinema.
Early life
Kala spent his childhood in Mathu ...
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Bullet Prakash
Bullet Prakash (2 April 1976 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Kannada cinema. Known for portraying comic roles, Prakash appeared in over 325 films. He earned the nickname "Bullet" because he used to ride the motorbike, Roya ...
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C. R. Simha
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Chandra Mohan (Hindi actor)
Chandra Mohan (24 July 1906 – 2 April 1949) was an Indian actor, known for his work in Hindi cinema in the 1930s and 1940s. He became known for his villainous roles in a number of critical and commercial successes.
Life and career
Born in ...
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Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)
Chandra Mohan (born Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao; 23 May 1944) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu films. He has garnered one Filmfare Award South and two Nandi Awards. He received critical reception for his perform ...
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Chandrachur Singh
Chandrachur Singh (born 11 October 1968) is an Indian actor, who mainly works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of a Filmfare Award, in addition to receiving nomination for an IIFA Award and a Screen Award.
Early life and career
Singh att ...
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Chandrashekhar (actor)
Chandrashekhar Vaidya (7 July 1922 – 16 June 2021), known simply as Chandrashekhar, was an Indian actor and filmmaker working in the Bollywood film industry. He was best known for playing supporting characters in films starring Rajesh Khanna ...
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Charan Raj
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Charlie
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Charu Haasan
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Chetan Chandra
Chetan Chandra (born 10 April 1988) is an Indian actor working in the Kannada cinema, Kannada film industry.
Early life and family
Chetan Chandra was born to K. B. Ramachandra and B. N. Anusuya. K. B. Ramachandra is a mining engineer in Malay ...
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Chetan Kumar
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Chhabi Biswas
Chhabi Biswas (''Chabi Biśbās'') (13 July 1900 – 11 June 1962) was an Indian actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's '' Kabuliwala'' and Satyajit Ray's films '' Jalshaghar'' (''The Music Room'', 1958), '' Devi'' ...
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Chi. Guru Dutt
Chitnahalli Guru Dutt is an Indian actor and director, primarily concentrating on Kannada and Tamil films. He is the son of Chi. Udaya Shankar.
Career
He debuted along with Shivrajkumar in the Kannada film '' Anand'' (1986). He was launched i ...
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Chinni Jayanth
Chinni Jayanth (born Krishnamurthy Narayanan on 26 July 1960) is an Indian film director, producer, comedian, actor and mimicry artist who has appeared in many main, character and supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular television ...
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Chikkanna
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Chiranjeevi Konidala
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Chiranjeevi Sarja
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Chunky Pandey
Suyash Panday (born 26 September 1962), better known by his stage name Chunky Panday, is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He has appeared in over 100 films in a career that has spanned over three decades.
His most successful films ...
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Crazy Mohan
Mohan Rangachari (16 October 1952 – 10 June 2019) known professionally as Crazy Mohan, was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright. An engineer by profession, Mohan started writing plays and established his own drama troupe calle ...
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Cyrus Broacha
Cyrus Broacha is an Indian TV anchor, theatre personality, comedian, political satirist, columnist, podcaster and author. He is also a prankster, best known for his show ''Bakra'' on MTV and his show ''The Week That Wasn't'' on CNN-News18 (for ...
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Cyrus Sahukar
Cyrus Sahukar (born 6 August 1980) is an Indian VJ and Bollywood actor. He is known for his comic wit in shows like ''Semi Girebaal'' and other such satirical comedy shows, hosting, and spoofs.
Early life and education
Cyrus Sahukar was b ...
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Dada Kondke
Krishna "Dada" Kondke (Marathi pronunciation: ̪aːd̪a koːɳɖke 8 August 1932 – 14 March 1998) was an Indian actor and film producer. He was one of the most renowned personalities in Marathi film industry, famous for his double entendre ...
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Dalip Tahil
Dalip Tahil (born as Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He studied at Sherwood College in Nainital, India. After attending Aligarh Muslim University for a year, he graduated from St. Xavier's C ...
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Danny Denzongpa
Tshering Phintso "Danny" Denzongpa (born 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, singer and film director who primarily works in Hindi films. He has acted in over 190 films since 1971. In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree, India's four ...
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Dara Singh
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Darshan
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Darsheel Safary
Darsheel Safary (born 9 March 1997) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and television. Safary made his film debut with the leading role of a student with learning disorder in Aamir Khan's directorial debut, the critically acclaimed d ...
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Dattatreya
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David
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
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Deepak Dobriyal
Deepak Dobriyal (born 1 September 1975) is an Indian film and theatre actor. He is recipient of a Filmfare award. He worked in many Bollywood films such as '' Omkara'' (2006), '' Shaurya'' (2008), ''Tanu Weds Manu'' (2011), '' Dabangg 2'' (2012) ...
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Deepak Tijori
Deepak Tijori (born 28 August 1961) is an Indian film director and actor who works in Bollywood and Gujarati films and is well known for his supporting roles in '' Aashiqui'' (1990), '' Khiladi'' (1992), ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' (1992), '' K ...
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Dev (Bengali actor)
Deepak Adhikari (born 25 December 1982), known by his stage name Dev, is an Indian actor, producer, singer and film writer, known for his works in Tollywood, and more recently, a politician. He owns the production house Dev Entertainment Ve ...
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Dev (Tamil actor)
Dev (born Swaminath Raamanathan) is an Indian actor and content producer, who appears in Tamil films. He was earlier credited as Abhinav until 2019, when he adopted his new name.
Career
He made his debut playing Nazriya Nazim's love interest ...
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Dev Anand
Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, through a career that spanned over six decades. He was ...
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Dev Gill
Dev Singh Gill is an Indian actor and model known for his work in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada movies alongside Hindi and Punjabi movies.
Career
Gill made his debut with film ''Shaheed-E-Azam'' (2002). In 2008, he acted in Telugu language film ...
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Devan
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Devaraj
Devaraj (born 20 September 1953) is an Indian actor and theatre actor who works in Indian film industry. He has largely featured in Kannada films performing various roles as a lead character, supporting character and villainous character. He ha ...
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Deven Verma
Deven Verma (23 October 1937 – 2 December 2014) was an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with Bollywood directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He also produced and directed fi ...
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Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
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Dharmendra
Dharam Singh Deol (born 8 December 1935), also known Mononymous person, mononymously as Dharmendra, is an Indian actor, producer and politician who is known for his work in Hindi films. Known as the first "He-Man" of Bollywood, Dharmendra has w ...
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Dhanush
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Dheerendra Gopal
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Dhruva Sarja
Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988), is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, '' Addhuri''.
Career
Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film '' Addhuri''. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lea ...
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Diganta Hazarika
Diganta Hazarika is an Indian actor and model. He made his Bollywood debut in the epic adventure film, ''Mohenjo Daro'' (2016), directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. He has acted in Assamese and Hindi films.
Early life
Diganta Hazarika was born on 2 ...
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Diganth
Diganth Manchale (born 28 December 1983), mononymously known as Diganth, is an Indian actor and former model who primarily works in Kannada films. Diganth made his acting debut in ''Miss California'' in 2006. He is a recipient of one SIIMA Awa ...
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Dinesh
Dinesh (Devanagari: ') is a common Hindu male given name. The Sanskrit word ' is a compound of ' 'day' and ' 'lord', meaning 'day-lord', an epithet of the Sun. Notable people with the name include:
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Dingri Nagaraj
Dingri Nagaraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He acted in ''Solillada Saradara'' (1992), '' Dore'' (1995) and ''Bangarada Kalasha'' (1995).
Career
Dingri Nagaraj has acted in more than 165 movies in Kannada.
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Dino Morea
Dino Morea (born 9 December 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films.
Early life
Dino Morea was born in Bangalore to an Italian father and an Indian mother. His mother hails from Kalamassery in Kochi. He is the second of three broth ...
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Dileep
Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, inc ...
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Diljit Dosanjh
Daljit Singh Dosanjh known professionally as Diljit Dosanjh (born 6 January 1984) is an Indian singer, actor, film producer and television personality. He works in Punjabi Music and subsequently in Punjabi and Hindi cinema. Dosanjh entered ...
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Dilip Kumar
Mohammed Yusuf Khan (; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021), better known by his stage name Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated the Indian movie scene from ...
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Dilip Prabhavalkar
Dilip Prabhavalkar (born 4 August 1944) is an Indian Marathi actor, director, playwright and author. He has a career spanning over four decades in Hindi and Marathi theatre, television and movies. He was awarded the National Film Award for ...
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Dinesh Lal Yadav
Dinesh Lal Yadav (born 2 February 1979), popularly known as Nirahua, is an Indian actor, singer, producer and politician associated with Bhojpuri-language films. He is among the most successful Bhojpuri actors, with successive five box office su ...
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Divyang Thakkar
Divyang Thakkar is an Indian actor, writer, and director who primarily works in Gujarati cinema.
Early life
Divyang Thakkar was born and raised in Mumbai. His family originates from Mundra town in the Kutch district of Gujarat state. He has ...
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Divyendu Sharma
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Doddanna
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Dulquer Salmaan
Dulquer Salmaan (born 28 July 1986) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business manageme ...
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Duniya Vijay
B R Vijay Kumar, who is professionally known as Duniya Vijay and Duniya Viji, is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He began his career playing small roles until he got his big break in '' Duniya'' (2007). He is noted for his perform ...
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Dwarakish
Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (born 19 August 1942), better known as Dwarakish ( ), is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. He was given the name Dwarakish by Kannada film maker C. V. Shivashankar.
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Emraan Hashmi
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Erick Avari
Erick Avari (born Nariman Nariman Erach Avari; 13 April 1952) is an Indian-American actor whose roles in science-fiction and action productions include ''Stargate'' (1994), '' Independence Day'' (1996), and ''The Mummy'' (1999).
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Fahadh Faasil
Fahadh Fazil (8 August 1982) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema and has appeared in few Tamil and Telugu films. He has acted in more than 50 films and has received several awards, including a Nati ...
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Faisal Khan
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Fardeen Khan
Fardeen Khan (; born 8 March 1974) is an Indian actor. He is the recipient of a Filmfare Award (1999) and is the son of the actor, director, and film producer Feroz Khan.
Early life and education
Fardeen Khan was born on 8 March 1974 in Mumbai ...
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Farhan Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, playback singer, producer, and television host who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influe ...
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Farooq Sheikh
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Faruk Kabir
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Fawad Khan
Fawad Afzal Khan ( ur, ) (born 29 November 1981) is a Pakistani actor, producer, screenwriter, model and singer having received several awards including a Filmfare Award, two Lux Style Awards and six Hum Awards.
Khan began his acting caree ...
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Feroz Khan
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Fish Venkat
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G. K. Govinda Rao
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G. V. Iyer
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Gajendra Chauhan
Gajendra Singh Chauhan known professionally as Gajendra Chauhan, is a former television actor known for his work on Indian television, especially his portrayal of Yudhishthira in the historical television series ''Mahabharat'' (1988–90). He h ...
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Ganesh
Ganesha ( sa, गणेश, ), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in Ganapatya sect. His image is found throughout India. Hindu ...
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Ganesh Venkatraman
Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. He had acted in Radha Mohan's '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), before working in '' Unnaipol Oruvan'' (2009) and ''Kandahar'' (2010).
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Ganesh began his a ...
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Gangadhar
Gangadhar (1936–2003) was an Indian actor known for his work in Kannada cinema. A character actor who transitioned from stage to films in the mid-1960s, he had a brief period of success when his performances in social-dramas such as '' Gej ...
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Gaurav Chanana
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Gautham Karthik
Gautham Karthik (born 12 September 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language films. He made his acting debut in Mani Ratnam's '' Kadal'' (2013).
Early life and background
Gautham Karthik was born to actor Karthik and his first wife ...
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Gautham Vasudev Menon
Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu cinema, Telugu and Hindi cinema, Hindi films th ...
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Gavie Chahal
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Gemini Ganesan
Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred to as the ''Kaadhal Mannan'' (King of Romance) for his romantic roles ...
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Gippy Grewal
Rupinder Singh "Gippy" Grewal (born 2 January 1983), is an Indian actor, singer, film director and producer whose works span over Punjabi and Hindi film industry.
His single "Phulkari" was very successful in the Punjabi music industry. He made ...
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Gireesh Sahedev
Gireesh Sahdev is an Indian film and television actor who appears in Hindi films and serials. He is best known for his roles in the serials '' Best of Luck Nikki'', '' Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal'', '' Ardhangini – Ek Khoobsurat Jeevan Sa ...
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Giri Babu
Yerra Seshagiri Rao, popularly known as Giri Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who primarily woks in Telugu films. His son, Raghu Babu, is a notable actor-director.
Career
Giri Babu hails from a middle class agricultural fami ...
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Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the ...
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Girish Kumar Taurani
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Gufi Paintal
Sarabjeet "Gufi" Paintal (born 4 October 1944) is an Indian actor and director. His most famous role was that of Shakuni in the TV serial Mahabharat. He is the elder brother of the noted comedian and character actor Paintal.
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Gufi Pai ...
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Gurmeet Choudhary
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Gopal Datt
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Goundamani
Subramaniyan Karuppaiya (born 25 May 1939), known by his stage name Goundamani, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his comic duo partnership in Tamil films with fellow actor Senthil. The pair dominated t ...
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Govinda
Govinda (), also rendered Govind and Gobind, is an epithet of Vishnu which is also used for his avatars such as Krishna. The name appears as the 187th and the 539th name of Vishnu in '' Vishnu Sahasranama''. The name is also popularly addresse ...
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Gubbi Veeranna
Gubbi Hampanna Veeranna (1891 – 1972) was an Indian theatre director. He was one of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre. He established the drama company, ''Gubbi Sree Channabasaveshwara Nataka Company'', which play ...
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Gulshan Devaiah
Gulshan Devaiah is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Hindi films. He is known for his roles in '' Shaitan'', ''Hate Story'' and '' Hunterrr''. His performance in Shaitan was critically praised and earned him a nomination for Filmfare Aw ...
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Gulshan Grover
Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in over 100 films. He is popularly known as the "Bad Man" of Bollywood because of his ability to create an impact with his negative roles in films.
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Gummadi
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Gurdas Maan
Gurdas Maan is an Indian playback singer, songwriter and actor mainly associated with Punjabi and Hindi language music and films. He gained national attention in 1980 with the song "Dil Da Mamla Hai". Since then, he had gone on to record over 3 ...
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Guru Dutt
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Gurukiran
Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie '' Upendra'' fu ...
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Guruprasad
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Gopichand Lagadapati
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Hamsavardhan
Hamsavardhan is an Indian actor who has acted in Tamil language films.
Career
Hamsavardhan was initially set to make his debut in ''Anandham Anandham'' which had begun production in 1998, though the film was delayed and later released as '' Va ...
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Harbhajan Mann
Harbhajan Singh Mann (born 30 December 1965) is an Indian-Canadian singer, actor and film producer associated with Punjabi music and cinema. His movies include ''Jee Aayan Nu (2002)'', ''Asa Nu Mann Watnan Da (2004)'', ''Heer Ranjha (2009)'' and ...
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Hardy Sandhu
Hardavinder Singh Sandhu (born 6 September 1986) is an Indian singer, actor and former cricketer who works in Punjabi and Hindi films. His first song was ''Tequilla Shot'', and he gained popularity with ''Soch'' (2013) and ''Joker'' (2014), w ...
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Harikrishna Nandamuri
Nandamuri Harikrishna (2 September 1956 – 29 August 2018) was an Indian actor, producer, and politician. He served as the Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house the Indian Parliament representing the state of Andhra Pradesh ...
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Harish Kumar
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Harish Raj
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Harsh Mayar
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Harshvardhan Kapoor
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Harshvardhan Rane
Harshavardhan Rane (born 16 December 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu and Hindi films. He is best known for '' Thakita Thakita'' (2010), ''Prema Ishq Kaadhal'' (2013) and ''Anaamika'' (2014). In 2016, he made his Hindi debut with ...
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Harisree Ashokan
Harisree Ashokan is an Indian actor and director who is known for his comedy roles in Malayalam films. Ashokan has acted in more than 200 Malayalam films. He started his career as a mimicry artist in the troupe Harisree and then worked in Kala ...
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Harman Baweja
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Himansh Kohli
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Hiran Chatterjee
Hiran Chatterjee is a Tollywood film actor and a Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Kharagpur Sadar. He has been working with the non-governmental organisation, Voice of World, which provides aid to visually and physically challe ...
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Hiten Paintal
Hiten Paintal (born 19 December) is an Indian film and television actor. He is the son of veteran actor Kanwarjit Paintal and made his debut in the 2001 film '' Tere Liye''. He quit television in early 2008 and has since worked in films.
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Hiten Tejwani
Hiten Tejwani is an Indian television actor known for his work in several fictional shows.
Personal life
Hiten Tejwani was born into a Sindhi family.
Hiten Tejwani married his ''Kutumb'' and ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' co-star Gauri ...
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Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan (; born 10 January 1974) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills. One of the highest-paid actors in India, he has won many awards, including six ...
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Himesh Reshammiya
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Honnappa Bhagavathar
Chowdasandra Honnappa Bhagavathar (14 January 1915 – 2 October 1992; kn, ಹೊನ್ನಪ್ಪ ಭಾಗವತರು) was an Indian theatre and film actor, producer, musician and singer. He was best known as a singer and as one of the pio ...
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Honnavalli Krishna
Honnavalli Krishna is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Honnavalli Krishna as an actor include ''Ratha Sapthami'' (1986), ''Aasegobba Meesegobba'' (1990), ''Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu'' (1974), ''Janumada Jo ...
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Hunsur Krishnamurthy
Hunsur Krishnamurthy (9 February 1914 – 13 February 1989) was an Indian playwright, film director, producer, actor, screenwriter and lyricist in Kannada cinema.
He worked with noted theatre personalities early in his career; Gubbi Veeranna, ...
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I. S. Johar
Inder Sen Johar(16 February 1920 – 10 March 1984), better known as I. S. Johar, was an Indian actor, writer, producer and director, who excelled in comedic roles.
Early life
Inderjeet Singh Johar was born on 16th February, 1920 in Talagang ...
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Iftekar
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Imaad Shah
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Imran Abbas Naqvi
Syed Imran Abbas Naqvi (born 15 October 1982), professionally known by his stage name Imran Abbas, is a Pakistani actor and model who works predominantly in Urdu television. Abbas made his acting debut with '' Umrao Jaan Ada'' in 2003 and la ...
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Imran Hasnee
Imran Hasnee (born 1 December 1972) is an actor who has worked in the Hollywood films '' A Mighty Heart'' and ''Slumdog Millionaire'', and played lead as well as character roles.
Career
In Bollywood (Indian Film Industry) he worked in ''Paan ...
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Imran Khan
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...
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Inder Kumar
Inder Kumar (26 August 1973 – 28 July 2017) was an Indian actor best known for playing supporting roles in Hindi films such as ''Wanted'', '' Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge'', '' Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye'' and '' Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi''. He was a c ...
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Indrajith Sukumaran
Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of Prithviraj Sukumaran.
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Indrans
Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...
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Inderpal Singh
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Innocent Vincent
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Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan () (born Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan; 7 January 196729 April 2020), also known simply as Irrfan, was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well as British and American films. Widely regarded as one of the finest actors in In ...
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Inaamulhaq
Inaamulhaq (born 14 November 1979) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who has been part of several commercial and critically acclaimed Bollywood films, including ''Filmistaan'', '' Jolly LLB 2'' and ''Airlift''. In 2019 Inaamulhaq has bagged t ...
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Ishaan Khattar
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Ivan Rodriguez
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J. V. Somayajulu
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Jaaved Jaffrey
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Jackie Shroff
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Jackky Bhagnani
Jackky Bhagnani (born 25 December 1984) is an Indian actor, film producer and entrepreneur.
Early life
Bhagnani was born in Kolkata, West Bengal in India to a Sindhi family. After schooling, he got a degree in commerce from H.R. College of Comm ...
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Jagadish
P. V. Jagadish Kumar (born 12 June 1955) known mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, television presenter and former politician. He has starred in over 375 Malayalam films and 2 Hindi films. He is best known for his com ...
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Jagapati Babu
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Jagathy Sreekumar
Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decades ...
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Jagdeep
Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffrey (29 March 1939 – 8 July 2020), better known by his stage name Jagdeep, was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in more than 400 films. He played Soorma Bhopali in ''Sholay'' (1975), Machchar in '' Purana Mandi ...
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Jagdish Raj
Jagdish Raj Khurana (1928 – 28 July 2013) was a Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played the role of a police inspector in 144 films.
Early life and career
He was born in 1928 in the tow ...
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Jaggesh
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Jai
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Jaideep Ahlawat
Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He completed his graduation from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 2008. After completing his education, he headed Mumbai, to pursue his dreams to become an ac ...
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Jaishankar
Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...
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Jai Akash
Jai Akash, also known as Akash, is an Indian actor, who acted as hero in Telugu and Tamil films. He has acted in a Kannada film as hero too. He is the hero of the Telugu blockbuster movie Anandam '' Anandam'' (2001).
Career
Jai Sathish, a Tami ...
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Jai Jagadish
Jai Jagadish (born 29 June 1954) is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. Starting his career as an actor in '' Phalitamsha'' (1976), he went on to feature in over 300 films as an actor. In 1998, he turned produce ...
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Jameel Khan
Jameel Khan is an Indian actor famously known for his tv series Gullak. Born in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, Khan was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital and Aligarh Muslim University. He moved to Mumbai to pursue his acting career, and has ac ...
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Jaspal Bhatti
Jaspal Singh Bhatti (3 March 1955 – 25 October 2012) was an Indian television personality known for his satirical take on the problems of the common man. He is most well known for his television series '' Flop Show, Full Tension'' and mi ...
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Jatin Bora
Jatin Bora (born 25 April 1970) is an Indian actor and director who has appeared in Assamese language films since 1989. He is also an actor and director in some mobile theatre groups of Assam, including Aabahan, Hengool, Ashirbaad, Bhagyadevi ...
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Javed Sheikh
Jawed Sheikh (also spelled Javaid and Javed; born 8 October 1954) is a Pakistani actor, film director and producer who works in Lollywood and Bollywood. He is best known for working in the Hindi films '' Om Shanti Om'', '' My Name Is Anthony G ...
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Jaya Prakash Reddy
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Jayadev Mohan
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Jayam Ravi
Mohan Ravi (born 10 September 1980), better known by his stage name Jayam Ravi, is an Indian actor who works in the Tamil film industry. He has won a Filmfare Award and three SIIMA Awards. The son of veteran film editor A. Mohan, Ravi made his ...
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Jayan
Krishnan Nair (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980), better known by his stage name Jayan, was an Indian actor, naval officer, stunt performer and cultural icon of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in over 150 Malayalam films. During his film care ...
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Jayant
Jayanta ( sa, जयन्त, "victory"), is a character who appears in Hindu literature. He is the son of Indra, the king of the devas (gods), and his wife, Shachi (Indrani). He has a sister called Jayanti.
He appears in various Hindu scri ...
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Jayaram
Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasional ...
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Jayram Karthik
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Jayasurya
Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...
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Jeet
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Jeetendra
Ravi Kapoor ( ; born 7 April 1942), known mononymously by his screen name Jeetendra, is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He also serves as the chairman of the Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures.
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Jeeva
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Jeevan
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Jhanak Shukla
Jhanak Shukla (born 24 January 1996) is an Indian former child actress.
She is the daughter of documentary filmmaker Haril Shukla and actress Supriya Shukla. Her greatest success to date is her character 'Gia Kapur' in the Bollywood movie '' Ka ...
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Jiiva
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Jim Sarbh
Jim Sarbh (born 27 August 1987) is an Indian film and stage actor. Best known for his supporting work in the Hindi films, he is the recipient of a Screen Award, an International Indian Film Academy Award and two Filmfare Award nominations. Add ...
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Jimmy Shergill
Jimmy Sheirgill (born Jasjit Singh Gill; 3 December 1970), also credited as Jimmy Shergill, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi and Punjabi films.
Sheirgill began his film career with the 1996 thriller '' Maachis''. His bre ...
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Jisshu Sengupta
Jisshu Ujjwal Sengupta (born 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter. who predominantly works in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu films. Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV series, '' Mahaprabhu'' where he portray ...
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Jitendra Kumar
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Jithan Ramesh
Ramesh Choudary also known by his stage name Jithan Ramesh, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Tamil cinema, Tamil cinema. He is the third son of film producer R. B. Choudary and elder brother of actor Jiiva. He made his breakthr ...
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Joe Simon
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John Abraham
John Abraham (born 17 December 1972) is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and former model working in Hindi films. He has won a National Film Award and received five Filmfare nominations.
After modelling for advertisements and companies, ...
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Johnny Lever
Johnny Lever (born John Prakash Rao Janumala; 14 August 1957) is an Indian actor and popular comedian who is known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the first stand-up comedians in India. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, in ...
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Johnny Walker
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Joseph Vijay
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born 22 June 1974), known as Vijay, is an Indian actor, dancer and singer who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He is among the highest paid actors in India. He has played the lead in 66 films and the Internatio ...
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Joy Mukherjee
Joy Mukherjee (24 February 1939 – 9 March 2012) was an Indian actor and director. He was titled as the 'heart throb of the 1960s and 1970s'.
Family background
Joy Mukherjee was the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a ...
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Jugal Hansraj
Jugal Hansraj is an Indian actor, author and filmmaker.
He started his career as a child actor in Shekhar Kapur's '' Masoom'' (1983). He continued his career as a child actor in films like ''Karma'' (1986) and ''Sultanat'' (1986). He featured a ...
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K. Bhagyaraj
Krishnasaamy Bhagyaraj (born 7 January 1953) is an Indian director, actor, screenwriter, music director, producer and politician active mainly in Tamil films. He has also written and directed Hindi and Telugu films and TV serials. As an actor ...
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K. L. Saigal
Kundan Lal Saigal, often abbreviated as K. L. Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947), was an Indian singer and actor who is considered the first superstar of the Hindi film industry, which was centred in Kolkata during Saigal's time, but is ...
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K. N. Singh
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K. S. Ashwath
Karaganahalli Subbaraya Ashwathanarayana (25 March 1925 – 18 January 2010) was an Indian veteran actor who appeared in Kannada films He appeared in over 370 films during his five-decade-long career.
His only memorial in the whole of Karnata ...
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Kabir Bedi
Kabir Bedi ( pa, ਕਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੇਦੀ; born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other European countries in three media: f ...
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Kader Khan
Kader Khan (22 October 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film director. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut film in the 1973 film '' Daag'', starring Rajesh Khanna, in which h ...
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Kaikala Satyanarayana
Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in over 750 films and served as the Member of Parliament in the 11th Lok Sa ...
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Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in ove ...
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Kalyan Kumar
Kalyan Kumar (7 June 1928 – 1 August 1999) was an Indian actor, and an occasional film director and producer who worked primarily in Kannada and Tamil cinema. Making his acting debut in the mythological drama ''Natashekara'' (1954), Kalyan Kuma ...
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Kalyan Ram
Nandamuri Kalyan Ram (born 5 July 1978) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Telugu cinema. He is the son of actor-politician Nandamuri Harikrishna. Ram is best known for his roles in action films such as '' Athanokkade'', '' Hare ...
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Kamaal Rashid Khan
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Kamal Haasan
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Kapil Bora
Kopil Bora ( as, কপিল বৰা) is an Assamese actor, anchor and All India Radio voice artist. He debuted in Bidyut Chakravarty's 2002 Assamese film ''Gun Gun Gane Gane'' and known for his performance in ''Mon'' (2002), ''Ahir Bhaira ...
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Kapil Sharma
Kapil Sharma (born Kapil Punj; 2 April 1981) is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host from Punjab, India, Primarily known for hosting ''The Kapil Sharma Show''. He won the stand-up comedy reality show, The Great Indian Laughter Challen ...
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Karan
Karan may refer to:
People
* Karan (given name), an Indian given name
* Karan (caste), an Indian caste
* Karan Kayastha, a community of Kayastha in Bihar, India
* Karan (surname)
Places
* Karan, Iran (disambiguation), a name for various vi ...
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Karan Johar
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Karan Kapoor
Karan Kapoor (born 18 January 1962) is an Indian photographer, actor and model. He is the son of actors Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal. His paternal grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor and his paternal uncles are Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor ...
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Karan Kundra
Karan Kundrra (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor which works in Hindi and Punjabi films and television. He has starred in several TV shows like '' Kitani Mohabbat Hai'', '' Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2'', ''Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum'', ''Dil Hi T ...
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Karan Nath
Karan Nath is an Indian actor. He is best known for his role as the romantic hero in '' Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa'' in 2002.
Career
Karan worked as a child artist in ''Mr India'' (1987). He made his debut as a leading actor in the 2001 film '' Paaga ...
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Karan Singh Grover
Karan Singh Grover (born 23 February 1982) is an Indian model and actor known for his work in Indian television series such as ''Dill Mill Gayye'' and '' Qubool Hai''. He has also starred in Bollywood films like '' Alone'' and ''Hate Story 3'' ...
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Karan Wahi
Karan Wahi (born 9 June 1986) is an Indian actor, model and television host. Wahi has also played for the Delhi under-17 cricket team. He started his television career in 2004 with the television show '' Remix'' on Star One. He later starred as ...
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Karibasavaiah
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Karthi
Karthik Sivakumar (born 25 May 1977), better known by his stage name Karthi, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, a SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Aw ...
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Karthik
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Kartik Aaryan
Kartik Aaryan Tiwari (born 22 November 1990), is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. After pursuing a degree in engineering, he made his acting debut with Luv Ranjan's buddy film ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'' (2011). He went on to star in the ...
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Kartikeya Gummakonda
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Karunas
Karunas (born 21 February 1970 as Karunanidhi Sethu) is an Indian actor, politician and comedian in the Tamil film industry. Appearing mostly in supporting roles, he has also played lead roles in films including ''Dindigul Sarathy'' (2008) an ...
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Kashinath
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Kashinath Ghanekar
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Kay Kay Menon
Krishna Kumar Menon (born 2 October 1966), better known by the stage name Kay Kay Menon, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and also in Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu cinema.
Early life
Menon was born in a Nair f ...
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Kayoze Irani
Kayoze Irani is an Indian actor and film director. He is the son of actor Boman Irani.
Education
Kayoze completed his BA - Film, Television & New Media Production (BAFTNMP) degree from Kishinchand Chellaram College ( KC College), Bombay. He ...
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Keerthiraj
Keerthiraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Keerthiraj as an actor include '' Gajanura Gandu'' (1996), '' Bhanda Nanna Ganda'' (1992), and '' S. P. Bhargavi'' (1991).
Career
Keerthiraj has been part ...
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Kemparaj Urs
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Keshto Mukherjee
Keshto Mukherjee (7 August 1925 – 2 March 1982) was an Indian actor and comedian. He was born in Kolkata,Bengal Presidency, British India. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecas ...
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Khayyum Basha
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Khesari Lal Yadav
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Kiku Sharda
Kiku Sharda (born Raghavendra Sharda; 14 February 1976) is an Indian comedian as well as film and television actor. He was born on 14 February 1976 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Kiku completed his schooling in Mumbai where he also completed his post-g ...
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Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar (born as Deepak Dhar; 20 October 1953) is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous Hindi, Bhojpuri and Gujarati television and film productions. His latest work in drama is ''Charlie 2''.
Personal life
Kumar co ...
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Kishan Shrikanth
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Kishore
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Kishore Kumar
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Komal Kumar
Komal Kumar (born 4 July 1973), known mononymously as Komal, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut with ''Super Nan Maga'' in 1992. Since his debut, Komal has acted in over 100 films, ...
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Kona Venkat
Kona Venkat ( born 19 February 1965) is an Indian screenwriter and producer known for his works in Telugu and Hindi cinema.
He is known for his works in box office hits such as ''Alludu Seenu'', '' Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' '' Baadshah'', ''Doo ...
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Kota Srinivasa Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has ...
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Krishna (Kannada actor)
Nagappa Sunil Kumar (born 12 June 1985), popularly known with stage name Darling Krishna, is an actor who primarily acts in Kannada films. He played titular role in soap-opera "Krishna Rukmini". Krishna's major breakthrough as an actor came w ...
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Krishna (Telugu actor)
Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy (31 May 1943 – 15 November 2022), known mononymously as Krishna, was an Indian actor, director and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a film career spanning five decades, he ...
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Krishnam Raju
Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju (20 January 1940 – 11 September 2022) was an Indian actor and politician. He was known for his works in Telugu cinema and was widely known as "''Rebel Star''" for his rebellious acting style. He was also the ...
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Krishnudu
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Krushna Abhishek
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Kanha Mishra
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in '' Shaan'' (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group 'Yatrik' in the 1 ...
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Kumar Bangarappa
Sarekoppa Vasanth Kumar (Kumar Bangarappa) (born 28 September 1963) is an Indian actor and politician from Karnataka.
Career
Kumar Bangarappa is an Indian actor in Kannada films, known as the Action Hero of the late 80s and 90s. He is known fo ...
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Kumar Gaurav
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Kumar Govind
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Kumud Mishra
Kumud Mishra is an Indian actor in Hindi cinema. He mainly plays supporting roles in movies, television series, and web series but has also played lead roles in some of them.
Career
He played Eknath, a trade union leader in the 1995 Doorda ...
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Kunaal Roy Kapur
Kunaal Roy Kapur is an Indian actor, playwright and filmmaker who works in Hindi films and television shows.
Early life and background
Kunaal comes from a family of mixed Hindu Punjabi and Indian Jewish heritage. His paternal grandfather, Raghu ...
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Kunal Singh
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Kunal Kapoor Kunal Kapoor may refer to:
* Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1959), Indian film actor
* Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977), Indian actor, writer and entrepreneur
* Kunal Kapoor (cricketer) (born 1987), Indian cricketer
* Kunal Karan Kapoor (born 1982), In ...
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Kunal Kapoor Kunal Kapoor may refer to:
* Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1959), Indian film actor
* Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977), Indian actor, writer and entrepreneur
* Kunal Kapoor (cricketer) (born 1987), Indian cricketer
* Kunal Karan Kapoor (born 1982), In ...
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Kunal Khemu
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Kunchacko Boban
Kunchacko Boban (born 2 November 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer. Sometimes referred to as Chackochan, he works in the Malayalam film industry and has acted in more than 90 films in more than two decades. He is a member of the Kun ...
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Kunigal Nagabhushan
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Kuthiravattam Pappu
Padmadalakshan, better known by his stage name Kuthiravattam Pappu (24 December 1936 – 25 February 2000), was a popular Indian stage and film actor. His repertoire of acting was based on his unique style and use of the '' Kozhikodan'' dialect, ...
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Lavrenti Lopes
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Lawrence Raghavendra
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Laxmikant Berde
Laxmikant Berde (26 October 1954 – 16 December 2004) was an Indian Marathi language film actor who appeared in several Marathi and Hindi movies. He was known for his highly energetic slapstick performances. Berde started his career as an ...
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Lekh Tandon
Lekh Tandon (13 February 1929 – 15 October 2017) was an Indian filmmaker and actor. He had directed numerous Bollywood movies and Indian TV Serials. He gained national fame due to success of his directorial ventures Professor (1962 film), Pri ...
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Lohithaswa
Lohithaswa T. S. (5 August 1942 – 8 November 2022) was an Indian Kannada film actor and playwright and an English professor. He acted in more than five hundred Kannada movies, stage plays, and television serials. He was popularly known for h ...
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Lokesh
Lokesh (; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada plays and films. His wife Girija Lokesh is an actress and film director. His father was Subbaiah Naidu, who is credited to be first hero of Kannada silent m ...
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Loknath
C. H. Loknath (14 August 1927 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor with more than 1000 Kannada plays and 650 films to his credit. Loknath is affectionately known as "Uncle Loknath" or "Uppinakayi" in the industry. His last performance wa ...
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Lucky Ali
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Luv Sinha
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Manav Kaul
Manav Kaul (born 19 December 1976) is an Indian theatre director, playwright, author, actor and filmmaker. He was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the films '' Tumhari Sulu'' (2017) and '' Saina'' (2021 ...
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M. B. Shetty
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M. G. Ramachandran
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ...
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M. G. Soman
M. G. Soman (28 September 1941 – 12 December 1997) was an Indian actor and former Indian Air Force officer who appeared in Malayalam films. He was one among the leading star actors doing hero roles in Malayalam Cinema during the late 1970s an ...
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M. K. Raina
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M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
Mayavaram Krishnasamy Thiyagaraja Bhagavathar (1 March 1910 – 1 November 1959), also known by his initials as M. K. T., was an Indian actor, producer and Carnatic singer. He is considered to be one of the most successful actors in Tamil cine ...
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M. N. Nambiar
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M. P. Shankar
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M. S. Narayana
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M. V. Vasudeva Rao
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Mac Mohan
Mohan Makijany (24 April 1938 – 10 May 2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, was an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi cinema. He was known for his villainous roles in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in over 200 films, i ...
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Madan Puri
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Madhu
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Mahendra Sandhu
Mahendra Sandhu (born 18 April 1947) is an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi film and Punjabi films, most known for '' Agent Vinod'' (1977), produced by Rajshri Pictures.
Early life and education
Sandhu was born into a Sandhu Jat Sikh family ...
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Mahesh Babu
Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in more than 25 films, and won several accolades including, eight Nandi Awar ...
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Mahesh Manjrekar
Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: əɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi, Telugu and Bhojpuri films. H ...
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Mahesh Kothare
Mahesh Amber Kothare (Marathi pronunciation: əɦeːʃ koʈʰaːɾe born 28 September 1953) is an Indian film actor, director and producer of Marathi and Hindi films. He started his acting career as child artist. Kothare acted in well-known ...
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Makrand Deshpande
Makarand Deshpande (born 6 March 1966) is an Indian actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil cinema, and Indian Theatre. He is often seen in supporting and pivotal roles in various films like ''Jungle'' ...
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Malaysia Vasudevan
Vasudevan (15 June 1944 – 20 February 2011), known as Malaysia Vasudevan, was a Malaysian-Indian playback singer and actor in Tamil cinema.
Early life
Malaysia Vasudevan's parents were from Palakkad. Chattu Nair of Ottappalam and Amma ...
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Mammootty
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Mamik Singh
Harmeet Singh Mamik popularly known as Mamik (born 3 May 1963) is an Indian actor, who works on television and has also worked in a few Bollywood movies. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' (1992), ''Kya Kehna ...
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Mandeep Roy
Mandeep Rai is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Mandeep Rai as an actor include '' ...Re'' (2016), '' Aaptha Rakshaka'' (2010), '' Amrithadhare'' (2005), ''Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu'' (2001).
Career
Mand ...
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Manish Chaudhary
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Mani Damodara Chakyar
Mani Damodara Chakyar (Māni Dāmodara Chākyār; born 1946) is a Kutiyattam and Chakyar Koothu artist in Kerala state of south India. He is a nephew and disciple of legendary guru ''Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam Padma Shri'' Māni Mādhava ...
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Mani Madhava Chakyar
Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar (IAST: ''Māṇi Mādhava Cākyār'')
(15 February 1899 – 14 January 1990) was a celebrated master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar
from Kerala, India, considered to be the greatest Chakyar Koothu and Kood ...
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Manikuttan
Thomas James better known by his stage name Manikuttan or 'MK', is an Indian actor who prominently works in the Malayalam film industry. He is known for his role as Kayamkulam Kochunni in the famous TV serial of the same title broadcast by S ...
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Manish Raisinghani
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Manivannan
S. Manivannan Rajagopal (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better known by his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film director, actor and activist who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and also worked in a few Telugu & Malayalam films. In a car ...
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Manjot Singh
Manjot Singh (born 7 July 1992) is an Indian Bollywood actor, best known for his role in films like ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'', ''Student Of The Year'' and ''Fukrey''. He won Filmfare Critics Award for the Best Debut Actor category for his per ...
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Manna Dey
Prabodh Chandra Dey (May 1, 1919 − October 24, 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an internationally acclaimed and celebrated Indian playback singer, music director, and a musician. As a classical vocalist, he belonged to the Bhe ...
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Manish Paul
Maniesh Paul (born 3 August 1981) is an Indian television presenter, anchor, model, singer, actor and comedian in Bollywood. Starting his career as an RJ and VJ, he moved to acting before taking up stand-up comedy and hosting.
Early life and ...
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Manoj Bajpai
Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done Telugu and Tamil language films. Regarded as one of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, he i ...
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Manoj Joshi
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Manoj K. Jayan
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Manoj Kumar
Harikrishan Goswami (born 24 July 1937), better known by his screen name Manoj Kumar, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for acting and making films with patriotic theme ...
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Manoj Manchu
Manchu Manoj Kumar (born 20 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in '' Major Chandrakanth''. He made his film debut in a leading role with ''Donga Dongadi'' in 2004. He re ...
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Manoj Tiger
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Manoj Tiwari
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Master Hirannaiah
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Master Manjunath
Manjunath Nayaker is an Indian actor and public relations professional. He is better known by his screen name Master Manjunath and "Swamy" for his lead role in the television series ''Malgudi Days'' (1987) directed by Shankar Nag and in its fil ...
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Master Vinayak
Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (19 January 1906 – 19 August 1947) commonly referred to as Master Vinayak was an Indian actor and film director of the 1930s and 1940s.
Personal life
Master Vinayak was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. He mar ...
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Mehar Mittal
Mehar Mittal (24 October 1934 – 22 October 2016)[The ...](_blank)
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Mehmood
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''.
Siam Mahmud
*Mahmood (singer) (born 1 ...
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Meiyang Chang
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Michael Madhu
Michael Madhu (1969/70-May 13, 2020) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Michael Madhu as an actor include ''Bhajarangi'' (2013), '' Shhh!'' (1993), and '' Ashwamedha'' (1990).
Career
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Milind Soman
Milind Soman (born 4 November 1965) is an Indian actor, supermodel, film producer, and fitness enthusiast. He was a contestant on '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3''.
Early and personal life
Soman was born on 4 November 1965 in Glasgow, ...
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Mimoh Chakraborty
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Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...
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Mithun Tejaswi
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Mohan Agashe
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Mohan Babu
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Mohanlal
Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically app ...
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Mohan Joshi
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Mohan Rao
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Mohan Shankar
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Mohit Madaan
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Mohit Marwah
Mohit Marwah is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He is best known for his debut feature film '' Fugly'' (2014), and ''Raag Desh'' (2017). He has also appeared in short films such as ''Strangers in the Night'' produced by Dharma Pro ...
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Mohit Raina
Mohit Raina (born 14 August 1982) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and television. He started his acting career with a science fiction show ''Antariksh'' (2004) and later went on to play a role in '' Don Muthu Swami'' (2008). He ...
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Mohnish Behl
Mohnish Bahl (born 14 August 1961) is an Indian actor working in the Indian film industry and on Indian television.
Career
Mohnish Bahl debuted with the film ''Bekarar'' in a supporting role opposite Padmini Kolhapure and co Starring Sanjay D ...
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Motilal
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Mukesh Mukesh is an epithet for the Hindu god Shiva, and literally means "conqueror of the Muka demon". It also means god of 3 worlds, heaven, hell & earth, which in turn represents Hindu god Shiva. It is commonly used as a male given name in India. Peopl ...
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Mukesh Khanna
Mukesh Khanna (born 23 June 1958) is an Indian actor, talk show host and producer who works in Hindi language films and television shows. He is best known for his portrayal of Shaktimaan, the superhero character in '' Shaktimaan'' (1997–2005) ...
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Mukesh Tiwari
Mukesh Tiwari (born 24 August 1969) is an Indian actor, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood. and few Tamil films. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie '' China ...
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Mukkamala
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Mukri
Mohammed Umar Mukri (5 January 1922 – 4 September 2000), popularly known as Mukri, was an Indian actor, who worked as a comedian in Hindi films.
Born as Muhammad Umar Mukri in Uran, in Kokani Muslim Family. He started his film career with th ...
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Mukhyamantri Chandru
Honnasandra Narasimhaiah Chandrashekar (born 28 August 1953), known popularly as Mukhyamantri Chandru, is an Indian actor and politician. As an actor, he is known for his work in Kannada theatre and cinema. The sobriquet ''Mukhyamantri'' (Chief ...
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Mukul Dev
Mukul Dev (born 17 September 1970) is an Indian television and film actor. He is known for his work in Hindi films, Punjabi films, TV serials and music albums. He has also acted in few Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films.
He received t ...
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Murali Krishna
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Murali Mohan
Maganti Murali Mohan (born 24 June 1940) is an Indian actor, producer, politician, and business executive from Telugu cinema. In 1973, Murali Mohan debuted in ''Jagame Maya'', produced by Atluri Poornachandra Rao. He gained recognition with the ...
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Murali Siddalingaiah
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Mysore Lokesh
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Navin Prabhakar
Navin Prabhakar is an Indian comedian, singer, actor and a mimicry artist. He is most known for his ''Pehchan Kaun'' (Mumbai bar girl) act on ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' (2005). Subsequently, he hosted a mimicry and stand-up show ...
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N. S. Krishnan
Nagercoil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan, popularly known as Kalaivanar () and also as NSK, was an Indian actor-comedian, theatre artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry – in the 1940s and 1950s. He is conside ...
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Naga Chaitanya
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (born 23 November 1986) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He made his acting debut with '' Josh'' (2009) and his breakthrough came with Gautham Vasudev Menon-directed ''Ye Maaya Chesave'' (2010). ...
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Naga Kiran
Naga Kiran, from Somarpet, Kodagu, is an Indian actor in Kannada films. He has also acted in Telugu and Tamil movies.
Nagakiran started with modelling under ace model trainer Prasad Bidapa. After moving on to acting, he started taking roles ...
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Nagarjuna Akkineni
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Nagesh
Nagesh (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in over 1,000 fil ...
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Nagendra Babu
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Nagendra Prasad
Nagendra Prasad Sundaram (born 19 December 1975) is an Indian dance choreographer and actor who works in Tamil and Kannada films (as a lead actor). He is the youngest son of dance master Mugur Sundar, and younger brother to popular cine arti ...
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Nageswara Rao Akkineni
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Nagayya V.
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Nagineedu
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Namit Das
Namit Das (born 10 July 1984) is an Indian film, television, and theatre actor. He has acted in several television commercials. He belongs to a family of musicians and singers; his father is reputed ghazal singer Chandan Dass. His maternal grand ...
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Namit Shah
Namit Shah (born 21 October 2001) is an Indian child actor who works in Hindi-language films and television series. He is known for his role as Kabir in ''The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir'' and Vivaan Dwivedi in sitcom Wagle Ki Duniya - Nayi Pe ...
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Nana Patekar
Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film maker, and a former Indian Territorial Army officer, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is regarded as one of the finest an ...
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Nani
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Narain
Narayana (Also rendered Narayane, Narayanan, Narain, Narayankar or Narine) (from Sanskrit नारायण, ''nārāyaṇá'', literally "eternal man") is an Indian name. It is identical in form to the name of the deity Narayana, another name ...
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Narasimharaju
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Narasimharaju
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Narendra Prasad
Raghava Kurup Narendra Prasad (26 December 1946 3 November 2003) was an Indian actor, playwright, director, teacher and literary critic. He was born at Mavelikkara in the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore. Appreciated for his body language and ...
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Naresh
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Naseeruddin Shah
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Nassar
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Navdeep
Navdeep Pallapolu (born 26 January 1986) is an Indian actor and television personality who appears in Telugu films along with Tamil films. He made his film debut in 2004 with the patriotic sports drama '' Jai''. He starred in films such as '' ...
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Nawazuddin Siddiqui (; born 19 May 1974) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Siddiqui's feature film debut was alongside director Prashant Bhargava in ''Patang'' (2012). He ga ...
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Neeraj Kabi
Neeraj Kabi is an Indian film entertainer and theatre actor, theatre director, and acting coach known for his works in International films and Hindi cinema, theatre, and television.
Early life
Neeraj Kabi was born on 12 March 1968 in Jamshedp ...
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Nedumudi Venu
Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...
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Negro Johnny
Johnny known professionally as Negro Johnny was an Indian actor and stunt co-ordinator in the Kannada film industry. His films include ''Samyuktha'' (1988), ''Gajapathi Garvabhanga'' (1989) and '' SP Sangliyana 2'' (1990).
Career
Negro Johnny ha ...
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Neil Bhatt
Neil Bhatt is an Indian television actor known for portraying Ranveer Singh Vaghela in ''Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop'' and DCP Virat Chavan in '' Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin''.
Personal life
Bhatt studied law but acting and dance have alway ...
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Neil Nitin Mukesh
Neil Nitin Mukesh Chand Mathur (born 15 January 1982) is an Indian actor, producer and writer who mainly works in Bollywood films . Born to singer Nitin Mukesh and grandson of Mukesh, he debuted as a child artist in '' Vijay'' (1988) and ''Jais ...
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Nikhil Gowda
Nikhil Kumaraswamy is an Indian actor and politician known for his work in Kannada films. He made his acting debut with the Kannada-Telugu bilingual film ''Jaguar'' (2016).
Personal life
Nikhil Kumarswamy is the son of former Karnataka Chief M ...
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Nikhil Siddharth
Nikhil Siddhartha (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian actor of the Telugu film industry. He played minor roles in various films before being cast in ''Happy Days'' (2007) as one of the four male leads. The film was successful and became his breakth ...
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Nikitin Dheer
Nikitin Dheer is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Telugu language films, and television shows. He was a contestant on '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5''.
Acting career
Dheer made his acting debut in 2008 with Ashutosh Gowariker's hi ...
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Nilu Phule
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Ninad Kamat
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Nipon Goswami
Nipon Goswami (3 September 1942 – 27 October 2022) was an Indian actor and theatre artist associated with Assamese-language films. He was one of the veteran actors of Assamese Film Industry. He started his acting career as a stage actor an ...
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Nithin
Nithin Kumar Reddy (born 30 March 1983 ), known professionally as Nithiin, is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. Nithiin's work has earned him one Filmfare Award and two nominations for the Filmfare Award for ...
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Nivin Pauly
Nivin Pauly (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He is a recipient of several awards including two Kerala State Film Awards and three Filmfare South awards. Nivin auditioned for ...
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N. T. Rama Rao
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh fo ...
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N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
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Nandish Sandhu
Nandish Sandhu (born 25 December 1981) is an Indian actor, model and producer. Predominantly known for his television roles, he began his career with modelling. He made his television debut playing Raunak Sabharwal in the successful show '' Kas ...
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Nazir Hussain
Nazir Hussain (15 May 1922 – 16 October 1987) was an Indian actor, director and screenwriter. He was famous as a character actor in Hindi cinema and acted in almost 500 films. Dev Anand starred in a large proportion of the films he acted i ...
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Naveen Kasturia
Naveen Kasturia (born 26 January 1984) is an Indian actor known for his work in TVF drama series ''TVF Pitchers'' and '' Aspirants''. He also appeared in lead actor in the critically acclaimed film ''Sulemani Keeda''. He received critical accla ...
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Naveen Polishetty
Naveen Polishetty (born 26 December 1989) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Hindi films. He made his debut as a lead in the film ''Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya'' (2019), for which he received Zee Cine Awards Telugu – ...
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Omkar Kapoor
Omkar Kapoor is an Indian actor who works in the Bollywood film industry. He began his performing career as a child artist and worked in films like ''Judwaa'', '' Hero No.1'' and '' Judaai''. He made his Bollywood debut as a Parallel Lead actor ...
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Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Oduvil Unnikrishnan (13 February 1943 – 27 May 2006) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He has portrayed supporting roles in both dramatic and comedic roles.The HindMalayalam film actor Oduvil Unnikrishnan dead He is a four- ...
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Om Prakash
Om Prakash (born Om Prakash Chibber 19 December 1919 – 21 February 1998) was an Indian film actor. He was born in Jammu as Om Prakash Chibber and went on to become a well-known character actor of Bollywood. His most well-known movies are Na ...
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Om Puri
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Om Shivpuri
Om Shivpuri (14 July 1938 – 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films.
A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumnus, Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory Co ...
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Omi Vaidya
Omi Vaidya (born January 10, 1982) is an American actor of Indian descent who works in Bollywood films. He is best known for his performance as Chatur Ramalingam or "Silencer" in the 2009 buddy-drama film, '' 3 Idiots''. In addition, Vaidya has ...
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Pankaj Dheer
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Pankaj Kapoor
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Pankaj Tripathi
Pankaj Tripathi (né Tiwari; born 5 September 1976) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and has also appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films. Tripathi has established himself as one of the notable actors of Hindi cinema. He is the ...
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Parambrata Chatterjee
Parambrata Chattopadhyay (born 27 June 1980) is an Indian actor and director. Parambrata started his career with Bengali television and films. He has acted as the fictional character Topshe from Feluda under Sandip Ray's direction. He made his ...
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Paresh Rawal
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Parikshit Sahni
Parikshit Sahni (born 1 January 1944) is an Indian actor who is known for playing the lead in TV series Barrister Vinod, ''Gul Gulshan Gulfaam'' (Doordarshan) and ''Gaatha'' (Star Plus). He has also appeared in three of Rajkumar Hirani's bloc ...
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Parmeet Sethi
Parmeet Sethi is an Indian actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for portraying Kuljeet Singh in his debut in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995).
Sethi has also acted in films such as '' D ...
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Parvin Dabas
Parvin Dabas (born 12 July 1974) is an Indian actor, director and model, who works predominantly in Hindi and English language films.
Early life
Parvin Dabas was born on 12 July 1974. His family is from Kanjhawala, Outer Delhi. He studied in M ...
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Parzan Dastur
Parzaan Dastur is an Indian actor and writer. He is best remembered as the cute kid in the Dhara advertisement and the silent Sikh kid in ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' by many Indians.
Early life
Parzaan is an alumnus of Balvantray Mehta Vidya Bhaw ...
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Pasupathy
Pasupathy (born 5 September 1967) is an Indian actor. He appeared in critically acclaimed roles in many noted films in Tamil cinema, playing supporting, antagonistic, comedic as well as protagonistic roles.
His performance in '' E'' (2006) ear ...
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Pawan Kalyan
Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Babu; 2 September is an Indian actor, filmmaker, and politician. His films are predominantly in Telugu cinema. Kalyan is the younger brother of actor-ex.politician Chiranjeevi, and made his debut in the 1996 ...
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Pinchoo Kapoor
Pinchoo Kapoor (1927 – April 28, 1989) was an Indian actor born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India in 1927. He acted in many Hindi films during the 1970s and 1980s. His film career lasted from 1969 to 1989. He is best remembered for his rol ...
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Piyush Mishra
Piyush Mishra (born as Priyakant Sharma; 13 January 1963) is an Indian actor, lyricist, playwright, musician and screenwriter.
Mishra grew up in Gwalior, and graduated from National School of Drama, Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he started his ca ...
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Prabal Panjabi
Prabal Panjabi (born 26 February 1990) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. In 2011, Panjabi made his debut in Y Films' ''Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge'', and '' Mere Dad Ki Maruti'' (2013).
Career
Prior to his film debut, Panjabi ac ...
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Prabhas
Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas (), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema, Prabhas has featured in '' F ...
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Prabhu Deva
Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada language films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed a ...
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Prabhu
''Prabhu'' means master or the Prince in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God. The term is also used by devotees of the Hindu God Lord Krishna/Vishnu as a title and form of address. It is also appended ...
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Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep Kumar (born Sital Batabyal; 4 January 1925 – 3 November 2001) was an Indian actor who is recognized for his work in Hindi, Bengali and English-language films.
Career
When Kumar was 17 years old, he decided to take up acting. He sta ...
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Pradeep Pandey
Pradeep Pandey "Chintu" is an Indian actor mainly active in Bhojpuri language films. In 2009 Pandey made his acting debut in the Bhojpuri film ''Deewana'', for which he won the Juri Mention Award.
Early life and education
Pradeep Pandey was ...
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Pradeep Rawat
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Prajwal Devaraj
Prajwal Devaraj (born 4 July 1987) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the Kannada film '' Sixer'' (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards. This was followed by th ...
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Prakash Raj
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Pran
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Pranav Mohanlal
Pranav Mohanlal (born 13 July 1990) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films. The son of actor Mohanlal, began his acting career as a child artist in '' Onnaman'' (2002) with his father in the lead role, and won the Kerala State Film Awa ...
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Prasadbabu
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Prasanna
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Prasenjit Chatterjee
Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors in modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema . He is the son of veteran Bollywood actor Bisw ...
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Prashant Damle
Prashant Damle (born 5 April 1961) is a Marathi actor, comedian who has acted in numerous Marathi drama, movie and Soap opera over 35 years. He has been associated with Marathi theatre since 1983 and till date has performed in 27 different play ...
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Prashanta Nanda
Prashanta Nanda (born 2 May 1947) is an Indian director, actor and politician from the state of Odisha. Actor-director duo Siddhanta Mahapatra and Prashanta Nanda Given 8 all time blockbuster Movies to Ollywood. He is currently a Member of Parl ...
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Prashanth Thyagarajan
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Prateik Babbar
Prateik Babbar (born 28 November 1986) is an Indian actor and martial artist who predominantly appears in Hindi films. The son of actress Smita Patil and actor Raj Babbar, he began his career as a production assistant before pursuing an acting ...
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Prathap
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Prem
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Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. He has a soft-spoken diction despite being a villain in most films. His 19 films, with him as antagonist ...
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Prem Kumar
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Prem Nath
Prem Nath Malhotra, better known as Prem Nath, was an Indian actor and director, who was best known for his works in Hindi films. Nath made his debut with the film ''Ajit'' (1948), and went on to appear in over 100 films throughout his career. ...
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Prem Nazir
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Prithviraj Ballireddy
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Prithviraj Kapoor
Prithviraj Kapoor (born Prithvinath Kapoor; 3 November 1906 – 29 May 1972) was an Indian actor who is also considered to be one of the founding figures of Hindi cinema. He was associated with IPTA as one of its founding members and establish ...
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Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of ...
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Pu La Deshpande
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (alternatively written as Pu La Deshpande; 8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000), popularly known by his initials ("Pu. La.") or as P. L. Deshpande, was a Marathi writer and humorist from Maharashtra. He was also an ...
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Pulkit Samrat
Pulkit Samrat (born 29 December 1983) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films along with Hindi television. Samrat made his acting debut with ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' (2006) and made his film debut with '' Bittoo Boss'' ( ...
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Puneet Issar
Puneet Issar (born 6 November 1959) is an Indian actor, writer, director, producer and dialect coach best known for his works in Hindi films and television shows. Issar started his acting career as a villain in the Manmohan Desai's 1983 film ' ...
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Puneet Rajkumar
Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Raj ...
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Puri Jagannadh
Petla "Puri" Jagannadh (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut with the Telugu film '' Badri'' starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu ...
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Pawan Singh
Pawan Singh (born 5 January 1986) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer, producer, stage performer and media personality. He is known for his works in Bhojpuri Film Industry. He began his musical career by working behind the sce ...
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R. Madhavan
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi films. Madhavan has won four Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Madhava ...
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R. Nagendra Rao
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R. Nageshwara Rao
Rajanala Nageswara Rao ( te, రాజనాల నాగేశ్వరరావు) (1928–1959) was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema, and was one of the lead actors of his time. He is best known for his works in award-wi ...
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Raaj Kumar
Raaj Kumar (born Kulbhushan Pandit; 8 October 1926 3 July 1996) was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi films. He appeared in the Oscar-nominated 1957 film '' Mother India'' and starred in over 70 Hindi films in a career that spanned over fo ...
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Raghav Juyal
Raghav Juyal (born 10 July 1991) is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and television presenter. He is known as the "''King of Slow Motion"'' for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his reinvention of the "''Slow Motion Walk ...
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Raghavendra Rajkumar
Raghavendra Rajkumar (born 15 August 1965) is an Indian actor, singer and producer of Kannada cinema. He is the son of actor Dr. Rajkumar and film producer Parvathamma Rajkumar. He made his debut as a lead in the film ''Chiranjeevi Sudhakar' ...
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Raghu Babu
Yerra Raghu, known professionally as Raghu Babu, is a Telugu comedian well known for his comic expressions and timing. He has worked in many successful films in Telugu industry. He is the eldest son of famous comedian and character actor Giri B ...
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Raghu Mukherjee
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Raghubir Yadav
Raghubir Yadav is an Indian actor, music composer, singer and set designer who works in Hindi films. He made his film debut with ''Massey Sahib'' (1985), in which he played the title role. He has won two International Awards as Best Actor for ...
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Raghuvaran
Raghuvaran Velayutham (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South India. He has acted in more than 200 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the ''Hindustan T ...
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Rahman
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Rahul Roy
Rahul Roy (born 9 February 1968) is an Indian actor, producer and former model known for his works in Hindi films and television. Roy began his acting career with the 1990 blockbuster '' Aashiqui'', a Mahesh Bhatt production as the lead actor ...
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Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose (born 27 July 1967) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, and social activist. Bose has appeared in Bengali films such as '' Mr. and Mrs. Iyer'', '' Kalpurush'', ''Anuranan'', ''Antaheen'', ''Laptop'' and ''The Japanese Wife''. ...
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Rahul Dev
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Raja Shankar
Raja Shankar or Rajashankar was an Indian actor in Kannada cinema. His films include ''Bhakta Kumbara'' (1974), ''Sampathige Saval'' (1974) and ''Sri Srinivasa Kalyana'' (1974). He also co-produced the 1974 Kannada movie ''Bangaarada Panjara'' s ...
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Raj Babbar
Raj Babbar (born 23 June 1952) is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress. three-time member of the Lok Sabha and a two-time member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He was the Pre ...
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Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor (pronunciation: aːd͡ʒ kəpuːɾ born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of th ...
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Rajanala
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Rajanand
Venkataraju known by his professional name Rajanand (1927-2004), was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Rajanand as an actor include '' Operation Diamond Racket'' (1978), '' Mayura'' (1975), and '' Eradu Ka ...
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Rajesh Sharma, born 1971
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Rajesh Sharma, born 1973
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Rajkummar Rao
Rajkummar Rao (born Raj Kumar Yadav; 31 August 1984) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi films. He has appeared in more than 30 films since 2010, and is the recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, three ...
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Rajat Barmecha
Rajat Barmecha (born 24 April 1989) is an Indian actor who is best known for his lead role in the 2010 Bollywood film '' Udaan''.
Childhood
Barmecha was born in Ladnun, Rajasthan, and grew up in Delhi. He attended Bal Bharati Public School, Bri ...
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Rajendra Gupta
Rajendra Gupta (born 17 October 1947) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and director who is known for his television roles of Adina Beg Khan Sahib e Azam in 2010 series of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pandit Jagannath in the 1990s Doorda ...
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Rajendra Kumar
Rajendra Kumar Tuli (20 July 1927 – 12 July 1999) was an Indian actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1949, he appeared in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. He was popularly known as the 'Jubil ...
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Rajendra Nath
Rajendra Nath Malhotra (8 June 1931 − 13 February 2008) was an Indian actor and comedian in Hindi and Punjabi films.
Early life and family
Rajendra Nath was born on 8 June 1931 in Tikamgarh, which is now in Madhya Pradesh. His family was ...
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Rajesh (Kala Thapaswi)
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Rajesh Khanna
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Rajesh Khattar
Rajesh Khattar (born 24 September 1966) is an Indian actor, voice artist and screenwriter from Bollywood. He was married to Neelima Azeem and is the father of actor Ishaan Khattar and step father of Shahid Kapoor.
Personal life
Khattar was b ...
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Rajesh Krishnan
Rajesh Krishnan is an Indian playback singer and film actor. Although he is known for his works in Kannada films, he has sung in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and other languages Making his mainstream debut in the film ''Gauri Ganesha'' (1991 ...
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Rajit Kapoor
Rajit Kapur is an Indian film and theatre actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film, '' The Making of the Mahatma'' for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. Other notable roles are a ...
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Rajinikanth
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Ram Kapoor
Ram Kapoor (; born 1 September 1973) is an Indian actor who works in films and television serials. He gained popularity portraying Jai Walia in the television series ''Kasamh Se'' and the character of Ram Kapoor in ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain''. He ...
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Rajeev Verma
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Rajiv Kanakala
Rajeev Kanakala (born 13 November 1968) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu films and television. He started his career in television serials and short films, where he not only acted but also produced and directed. He is marri ...
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Rajiv Kapoor
Rajiv Raj Kapoor (25 August 1962 9 February 2021) was an Indian actor, film producer, film director and a member of the Kapoor family, best known for his lead role in '' Ram Teri Ganga Maili''. He was the youngest son of Raj Kapoor, the legend ...
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Rajkumar
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Rajneesh Duggal
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Rajpal Yadav
Rajpal Yadav (born 16 March 1971) is an Indian actor which works in Hindi, Punjabi Marathi, Telugu and one Gujarati and one Bengali and one avadhi, comedian and film maker known for his work in Indian Film industry. His breakthrough came in ...
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Raju Srivastav
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Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film, stage and television actor. He is known for his comic roles in films such as ''Mera Damaad'' and '' Chashme Buddoor'' (1981). He has also appeared in television shows like ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984), ''Shrimaa ...
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Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan (born 6 September 1949) is an Indian film producer, director, screenwriter, and actor who works in Hindi films. He is the son of Indian music director Roshan and Indian Bengali singer Ira Roshan. He had appeared in 84 films thr ...
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Ramakrishna
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Ramki
Ramakrishnan, better known by his stage name Ramki, is an Indian actor best known for his work in Tamil and Telugu films. He made his debut in ''Chinna Poove Mella Pesu'' (1987). He was a lead actor from 1987 to 2004.
He was known for his per ...
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Ram Charan Teja
Konidela Ram Charan Teja (born 27 March 1985) is an Indian actor, producer, and entrepreneur who works predominantly in Telugu films. One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors, he is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards and two Nandi Awar ...
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Ramesh Aravind
Ramesh Aravind is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada films and television. In a career of over 34 years, Aravind has been appeared in over 140 films including several Tamil and T ...
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Ramesh Babu
Ghattamaneni Ramesh Babu (13 October 1965 – 8 January 2022) was an Indian actor and film producer, who was known for his work in Telugu cinema. Babu made his on screen debut with the film '' Alluri Seetharama Raju'' in 1974. He acted in over ...
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Ramesh Bhat
Ramesh Bhat is a multiple-award–winning Indian actor. He has worked predominantly in Kannada films and television serials.
Early life
Ramesh Bhat was born in Kundapur. He completed his primary education at Manki and portrayed national leader ...
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Ramesh Deo
Ramesh Deo (30 January 1926 – 2 February 2022) was an Indian film and television actor who worked in more than 285 Hindi films, 190 Marathi films and 30 Marathi dramas with over 200 showings in his long career. He also produced feature films, ...
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Ramesh Khanna
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Ram Kumar
Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to:
Animals
* A male sheep
* Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish
People
* Ram (given name)
* Ram (surname)
* Ram (director) (Ramsubramaniam), an Indian Tamil film director
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Ram Pothineni
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Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor (; born 28 September 1982) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language films. He is one of the highest-paid actors of Hindi cinema and has featured in ''Forbes India''s Celebrity 100 list since 2012. Kapoor is the re ...
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Randeep Hooda
Randeep Hooda (; born 20 August 1976) is an Indian actor and equestrian known for his work predominantly in Hindi cinema. Hooda made his Hindi film debut with '' Monsoon Wedding''. He had a turning point in his career with the gangster film '' ...
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Randhir Kapoor
Randhir Raj Kapoor (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian actor, film producer and director who worked in Hindi cinema. He was an established actor of the 1970s and received two Filmfare Award nominations. However, his career declined in the ea ...
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Ranjeet
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Ranveer Singh
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Ranvir Shorey
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Ravi Babu
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Ravi Kishan
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Ravi Prakash
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Ravi Sarma
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Ravi Shankar
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Ravi Teja
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* Ravichandran (Tamil actor) (1942–2011)
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Raza Murad
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Richard Rishi
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Rockline Venkatesh
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Rohit Roy
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Ronit Roy
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Roshan Seth
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S. J. Suryah
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S. P. B. Charan
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S. Shankar
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S. V. Ranga Rao
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Saandip
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Sachin Pilgaonkar
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Sachin Khedekar
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Sadhu Kokila
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Saeed Jaffrey
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Sahil Khan
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Sahil Shroff
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Sahil Vaid
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Sai Kumar
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Sai Kumar
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Saif Ali Khan
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Sai Dharam Tej
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Sajid Khan
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Saleem Kumar
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Salim Khan
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Salman Khan
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Sameer Dattani
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Samir Kochhar
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Samir Soni
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Sampath
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Sampath Raj
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Sandeep Kulkarni
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Sanjay Dutt
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Sanjay Kapoor
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Sanjay Khan
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Sanjay Mishra
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Sanjay Suri
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Sanjeev Bhaskar
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Sanjeev Kumar
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Sanjeev Tyagi
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Sankaradi
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Sanketh Kashi
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Sapru
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Saqib Saleem
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Sarath Babu
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Sarath Kumar
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Sarfaraz Khan
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Sarigama Viji
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Sathyaraj
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Sathyan Nadar
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Sathyan Sivakumar
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Satish Shah
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Sathish Ninasam
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Satyajeet Puri
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Sathyajith
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Saurabh Shukla
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Sayaji Shinde
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Sayak Chakraborty
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Senthil
* Shaad Randhawa
* Shaam (actor), Shaam
* Shaan (singer), Shaan
* Shahid Kapoor
* Shah Rukh Khan
* Shammi Kapoor
* Shani Mahadevappa
* Shankar (actor), Shankar
* Shankar Nag
* Shanthanu Bhagyaraj
* Sharad Kelkar
* Sharad Talwalkar
* Sharman Joshi
* Sharat Saxena
* Sharath Babu
* Sharath Kumar
* Sharath Lohitashwa
* Sharman Joshi
* Shashank shende
* Shashi Kapoor
* Shashikumar
* Shatrughan Sinha
* Shehzad Khan
* Shekhar Suman
* Shiny Ahuja
* Shirish Kunder
* Shivkumar Subramaniam
* Shivam Patil
* Shivarajkumar
* Shobaraj (actor), Shobraj
* Shreela Ghosh
* Shreyas Talpade
* Shriram Lagoo
* Sibiraj
* Siddhant Chaturvedi
* Sidhant Gupta
* Sidharth Malhotra
* Sidharth Shukla
* Siddhanta Mahapatra
* Siddharth Koirala
* Siddharth Narayan
* Siddharth Nigam
* Sikandar Kher
* Silambarasan Rajendar
* Sihi Kahi Chandru
* Sikandar Kher
* Siva Reddy
* Sivaji Ganesan
* Sivakarthikeyan
* Sivakumar
* Sobhan Babu
* Sohail Khan
* Soham Chakraborty
* Sohrab Modi
* Sonu Nigam
* Sonu Sood
* Sooraj Pancholi (actor), Sooraj Pancholi
* Sreenivasan
* Sri Murali
* Sridhar (Kannada actor), Sridhar
* Raghumudri Srihari, Srihari
* Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979), Srikanth Krishnamachari
* Meka Srikanth, Srikanth Meka
* Sriman (actor), Sriman
* Srinagar Kitty
* Srinath
* Srinivasa Murthy
* Srinivasa Reddy
* Sriram Panda
* Srujan Lokesh
* Subbaraju
* Subbaraya Sharma
* Subrat Dutta
* Suchindra Bali
* Sudeepa
* Sudheer (Kannada actor), Sudheer
* Subodh Bhave
* Sudheer Babu
* Sudhir Dalvi
* Sujan Mukhopadhyay
* Sukumaran
* Suman Setty
* Suman (actor), Suman Talwar
* Sumanth
* Sumeet Raghavan
* Sundar Krishna Urs
* Sundar Raj
* Sundeep Kishan
* Suneil Anand
* Sunil (Kannada actor), Sunil
* Sunil Dutt
* Sunil Grover
* Sunil Raoh
* Sunil Shetty
* Sunil (actor), Sunil Varma
* Sunny Deol
* Sunny Gill
* Sunny Nijar, Sunny Singh
* Suresh (actor), Suresh
* Suresh Gopi
* Suresh Heblikar
* Suresh Joachim
* Suresh Menon
* Suresh Oberoi
* Surya Sivakumar
* Suryakant Mandhare
* Sushant Singh Rajput
* Sushanth
* Suthivelu
* Sutti Veerabhadra Rao
* Swwapnil Joshi
T
* Tabla Nani
* Taher Shabbir
* Tahir Raj Bhasin
* Tanay Chheda
* Tanikella Bharani
* Tapas Paul
* Taraka Ratna
* Tarun Arora
* Tarun Chandra
* Tarun Kumar
* Tathagata Mukherjee
* Thagubothu Ramesh
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
* Thilakan
* Thotta Tharani, Tharani
* Thalaivasal Vijay
* Tiger Shroff
* Tinnu Anand
* Tiku Talsania
* Tigmanshu Dhulia
* Tom Alter
* Tottempudi Gopichand
* Tusshar Kapoor
* Tushar Pandey
U
* Uday Chopra
* Uday Kiran
* Udaykumar
* Unni Mukundan
* Upen Patel
* Upendra (actor), Upendra
* Upendra Limaye
* Utpal Dutt
* Uttam Kumar
* Uttam Mohanty
V
* Vadivelu
* Vajramuni
* Varun Dhawan
* Varun Tej
* Varun Sandesh
* Varun Sharma
* Veeru Devgan
* Venkatesh (actor), Venkatesh
* Vennela Kishore
* Venu Madhav (actor), Venu Madhav
* Vicky Kaushal
* Vidharth
* Vidyut Jammwal
* Vijay Arora
* Vijay (actor), Vijay Chandrasekhar
* Vijay Deverakonda
* Duniya Vijay, Vijay Duniya
* Vijay Raaz
* Vijay Raghavendra
* Vijay Sethupathi
* Vijayakanth
* Vijayakumar (Tamil actor), Vijayakumar
* Vijayaraghavan
* Vijay Antony
* Vijay Kashi
* Vijay Varma
* Vikas Kalantri
* Vikas Sethi
* Vikram Gokhale
* Vikram (actor), Vikram Kennedy
* Vikram Prabhu
* Vikram Singh Chauhan
* Vikrant Massey
* Vikranth
* Vimal (actor), Vimal
* Vinay Apte
* Vinay Pathak
* Vinay Rai
* Vinayak Joshi
* Vindu Dara Singh
* Vineeth
* Vineet Kumar
* Vineeth Sreenivasan
* Vinod Khanna
* Vinod Mehra
* Vipin Sharma
* Vir Das
* Vishal Jethwa
* Vishal (actor), Vishal Krishna
* Vishal Karwal
* Vishnu Manchu
* Vishnu Vishal
* Vishnuvardhan (actor), Vishnuvardhan
* Vivaan Shah
* Vivek (actor), Vivek
* Vivek Oberoi
* Vivek Mushran
* Vrajesh Hirjee
* VTV Ganesh
Y
* Yash (actor), Yash
* Yash Dasgupta
* Yash Pandit
* Yashpal Sharma (actor), Yashpal Sharma
* Yash Tandon
* Yash Tonk
* Yatin Karyekar
* Yogesh (actor), Yogesh
* Yugendran
* Yugi Sethu
Z
* Zayed Khan
* Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub Khan
* Zeishan Quadri
* Zubeen Garg
* Zulfi Syed
See also
* List of Bhojpuri actors
* List of Bhojpuri actresses
* List of Hindi film actors
* List of Hindi film actresses
* List of Indian film actresses
* List of Indian television actors
* List of Tamil film actors
* List of Tamil film actresses
* Lists of actors
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Indian Film Actors
Indian male film actors,
Lists of Indian actors, Film
Lists of male actors