Arshad Warsi
(born 19 April 1968 in Mumbai, Maharashtra)
is an Indian film actor who made his debut in 1996 with Tere Mere Sapne which
managed to succeed at the box office. He is best known for his role as
"Circuit" in the comedy series Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and Lage
Raho Munnabhai (2006). He is also recognized for his role as Babban in Ishqiya
(2010) and Jolly LLB (2013) which both won him acclaim and also with the latter
he has been able to score his first solo hit.
Early life and education
Warsi was born into a Muslim family in Mumbai,
India, and did his
schooling at a boarding school, Barnes
School, Deolali in Nashik district,
Maharashtra. He was orphaned at the age of 14 and
struggled for a living in Mumbai during his early days.
Early career
Financial circumstances forced Warsi to start work as a
door-to-door cosmetics salesman at age 17. Later he worked in a photo lab.
Meanwhile he had a keen interest in dancing and received an offer to join Akbar
Sami's Dance group in Mumbai, which started his dancing and choreographing
career. He also assisted Mahesh Bhatt in Thikana (1987) and Kaash (1987).
Then in 1991, he won the Indian dance competition, followed
by the fourth prize in the Modern Jazz category in 1992 World Dance
championship, London, at the age of
21. Soon, he started his own dance studio, 'Awesome' with that money and also
formed a dance troupe. It was here, his future wife, Maria Goretti, a St.
Andrew's College student joined him, before she became a VJ. He was also
associated with English theater group in Mumbai, choreographing shows for
Bharat Dabholkar and got an opportunity to choreograph the title track for the
film, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993).
Aamir Khan
(born: Aamir Hussain Khan on 14 March 1965) is an Indian film actor, director, and
producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi
cinema.
Starting his career as a child actor in his uncle Nasir
Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Khan began his professional career
eleven years later with Holi (1984) and had his first commercial success with
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). He received his first National Film Award as a
Special Jury Award for his roles in the films Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and
Raakh (1989). After eight previous nominations during the 1980s and 1990s, Khan
received his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in the
major grosser Raja Hindustani (1996)and later earned his second Best Actor
award for his performance in the Academy Award-nominated Lagaan, which also
marked the debut of his own production company.
Following a four-year break from acting, Khan made his
comeback playing the title role in the historical drama Mangal Pandey: The
Rising (2005), and later won a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his
role in Rang De Basanti (2006). The following year, he made his directorial
debut with Taare Zameen Par, for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best
Director. This was followed by the thriller Ghajini (2008), which became the
highest grossing film of that year, and the comedy 3 Idiots (2009), which was
the highest-grossing Bollywood film as of 2010.
On 30 November
2011, Khan was appointed as national brand ambassador of UNICEF to
promote child nutrition. He is part of the government organised IEC campaign to
raise awareness about malnutrition.
The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in
2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010 for his contributions towards the
arts.[9][10][11] In April 2013, he was among TIME magazine's 100 Most
Influential People in the World List.
Early life
Khan was born in Bandra's Holy
Family Hospital,
Mumbai, India,
to a family that has been actively involved in the Indian motion picture
industry for several decades. His father, Tahir Hussain, was a film producer
while his uncle, Nasir Hussain, was a film producer as well as a director and
an actor.Aamir Khan's mother is Zeenat Hussain. His siblings are Faisal Khan,
Farhat Khan and Nikhat Khan. Imran Khan is the nephew of Aamir Khan. Aamir Khan
belongs to the family of Indian freedom fighter Abul Kalam Azad. He is also a
descendant of former president of India,
Dr. Zakir Hussain. He is a second cousin to former chairperson of Rajya Sabha
and the current vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Dr Najma
Heptullah.His father, Tahir Hussain, died on 3 February 2010.
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein is a Bollywood Romance Drama directed by Punit
Malhotra who previously directed I Hate Luv Storys. So Imran & Punit
are back again with an another romance film, Kareena Kapoor is playing
the leading lady against Imran.
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