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Prashant Pillai	In the year 2007, Prashant scored music for Bejoy Nambiar's, critically acclaimed short film Rahu where he teamed with singer K. S. Krishnan.
Hariharan (singer)	In 1998, Hariharan won the national award for the best playback singer for the soulful rendition of the song'' Mere Dushman Mere Bhai'' from the Hindi movie Border, composed by Anu Malik.
Shankar Mahadevan	He was music director for School Chale Hum on Doordarshan and a mentor on the Zee TV musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009.
Rajkumari Dubey	She got important roles in films like Aankh Ka Tara and Turki Sher (1933).
Govinda (actor)	In 1992, he was seen in the critically acclaimed film, Zulm Ki Hukumat, an Indian remake of The Godfather where his performance was appreciated.
Aditya Pancholi	The same year he starred in Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri, (1990)' his first comedy film along with Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan and it proved lucky as it was in the list of Top 10 films of that year.
Aamir Khan	On 28 December 2005, Khan married Kiran Rao who had been an assistant director to Ashutosh Gowariker during the filming of Lagaan.
Shabana Azmi	Azmi has appeared in over 120 Hindi films in both mainstream and independent cinema, and since 1988 she has acted in several foreign projects.
Sandra Oh	She then went on to star in the 1997 international feature hit film Bean playing the supporting role of Bernice, the art gallery P. R. manager.
Richa Gangopadhyay	Furthermore she signed on to appear alongside Silambarasan in a leading role in Dharani's Osthe, the Tamil remake of the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg.
Urmila Matondkar	In 2004, she got critical recognition for her performance as a merciless avenger in Ram Gopal Verma's Ek Hasina Thi, co-starring Saif Ali Khan.
Khaled Youssef	He wrote and directed many films since 1999, some of which are considered among the best Egyptian films of the last few years such as'' El Rayes Omar Harb'' (Mr Omar Harb),'' Dokkan Shehata'' (Shehata Store) with the Lebanese star Haifa Wehbe.
Lata Mangeshkar	She made her debut in Tamil playback singing with Vanaradham in 1956 (Uran Khotala dubbed in Tamil) with Tamil song Enthan Kannalan picturised on Nimmi in the dubbed version composed by Naushad.
Vipul Amrutlal Shah	Shah's debut film as director was Aankhen, which was among the five biggest hits of 2002.
Imran Khan (actor)	After the failure of Kidnap and Luck, Khan received fewer film offers, until Karan Johar approached him for the lead role in I Hate Luv Storys (2010).
Manisha Koirala	In 2011 Koirala appeared in Mappillai, her first Tamil movie in 5 years.
Karishma Kotak	Karishma made her debut as an actress in the Indian film industry with the Telugu film, Shankar Dada Zindabad, which was released in July, 2007.
Narayan Hari Apte	This film is hailed as one of the finest examples of Indian silent cinema Duniya Na Mane is a 1937 Hindi social classic based on the Marathi novel, Na Patnari Goshta (न पटणारी गोष्ट) by Apte, who also wrote the film's screenplay.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	In 2011, Rai was cast as the protagonist of Madhur Bhandarkar's social drama Heroine ; however, due to her pregnancy, Rai was replaced by actor Kareena Kapoor, the original choice for the role.
Irene Zazians	She portrayed Mahde Olya (Nasereddin Shah's Mother) in Soltan-e Sahebgheran directed by Ali Hatami in 1976.
Priyadarshan	In 1997, Priyadarshan directed two films, Chandralekha in Malayalam and Virasat a Hindi adaptation of Bharathan's tamil film Thevar Magan, both super hits.
Hrithik Roshan	The film, which was directed by his father Rakesh Roshan and saw him playing a double role, proved to be very successful at the box office and was declared a runaway'' blockbuster'' with a revenue of which became the highest grossing film in India for year 2000 and winner of the Filmfare Best Movie Award.
R. Sarathkumar	In 1997, he acted in Aravindhan co-starring R. Parthiepan, Nagma and Urvashi.
Anjali Devi	In 1936 she appeared in a minor role in Raja Harishchandra and then played the lead role in L. V. Prasad's Kashtajeevi.
S. S. Vasan	Major films in Tamil include'' Avvaiyyar'' (1952) on the life of the poet-saint that was directed and produced by Vasan at lavish cost and that found everlasting success starring K. B. Sundarambal who was persuaded to act in the film (as she had been widowed a few years earlier) for a whopping sum or Rs 1 lakh rupees which was the highest ever fee for an actor in India at the time.
Abhinayashree	She received a breakthrough in her career after featuring alongside Allu Arjun in the 2004 Telugu film Arya in an item number for the song'' Aa Ante Amalapuram''.
Suresh Wadkar	He was a judge on the Indian TV singing show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs International and at the 2005 Sanjeet Awards.
Paresh Mokashi	With an idea of making film on Phalke, Mokashi started his research with the help of National Film Archive of India, Pune and finished the script by March 2005.
Nimmi	She married Ali Raza and settled down in Mumbai in the mid-1960s when she retired after her last film Akashdeep (1965) opposite Ashok Kumar.
Saadat Hasan Manto	He entered his best phase in screenwriting giving films like Aatth Din, Chal Chal Re Naujawan and Mirza Ghalib, which was finally released in 1954.
Rajkumari Dubey	She sang her only song for O. P. Nayyar in the 1952 movie Aasmaan which was his debut movie, Jab Se Pee Piya Aan Base.
Manna Dey	This established him as a leading playback singer in Bengali films and Marathi films as well by 1953.
Pawan Kalyan	In 1997, he also appeared in Suswagatham, a remake of 1997 Tamil film Love Today.
Rauf Lala	Rauf Lala (Urdu : رؤف لالہ) born in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan in 1970 is a popular Pakistan i comedian, actor, writer, and producer.
Isha Chawla	Her second release in 2012 was Srimannarayana alongside actor BalaKrishna which happened to be yet another hit, Chaawla got compliments for her comedy timing.
Jugal Hansraj	He started his adult career with Aa Gale Lag Jaa in 1994, where he was paired with Urmila Matondkar, who incidentally played his sister in his first film Masoom.
Srinivas (singer)	In 1983, Srinivas approached music director Illayaraaja, who was at the helm of Tamil film music.
Aditya Narayan	At 19 years old, Narayan's first professional outing came as an anchor for Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007.
Darshan (actor)	Darshan's first break came with the film Majestic directed by P. N. Satya and released in 2001 in which he played the role of Daasa, an innocent youth turned underwold don, for the first time.
L. R. Eswari	Her first break came from Sri K. V. Mahadevan in 1958 in the movie' Nalla Idaththu Sammandham', her first solo song recorded in this movie was' ivarey thaan avarey'.
Zayed Khan	In 2004, he starred in Main Hoon Na, which was one of the biggest hits in his career.
Urvashi (actress)	She made her debut in Tamil films with Mundhanai Mudichu (1983) with Bhagyaraj.
Babra Sharif	Her another release of 1974 Shama directed by Nazar Shabab and co-starring Waheed Murad, Deeba, Mohammad Ali and Nadeem was a golden jubilee.
Akshaye Khanna	However, Khanna's portrayal of Harilal Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, in the critically acclaimed 2007 film Gandhi, My Father is unanimously acknowledged his best performance yet as an actor.
Rahman (actor)	He was the villain in the Tamil film Billa, released in December 2007.
Lara Dutta	She made her Hindi debut in 2003 with the film Andaaz which was a box office success and won her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award.
Boney Kapoor	He is also considered one of the most lavish producers of Bollywood who produced one of the most expensive films in the history of Hindi Cinema Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja in 1993.
Manna Dey	He received a fresh lease of life in his playback singing career from 1971 after Rajesh Khanna allowed music directors to picturise or feature songs sung by Dey in films with Khanna in lead role beginning with Anand, composed by Salil Chowdahry.
Tamannaah	Also in 2005, Tamannaah made her Telugu debut in Sri, and in the following year she appeared in her first Tamil film, Kedi.
Jikki	He then introduced her to the Hindi film world by getting her to sing for his production' Mr. Sampat'' in 1952.
Shyamal Mitra	He started struggling till he got a chance to playback in'' Sunandar Biye'', with Supriti Ghosh in 1949, and recorded his first basic songs from H. M. V. under the supervision of Sudhirlal Chackraborty.
Barkha Madan	Turning to a successful model, she made her debut in big screen with the 1996 Bollywood movie Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi with Akshay Kumar, Rekha.
Vikrant Rai	In September 2007, Rai appeared in a music album Phir Bewafai produced by India's leading music company'' T-series'' in a song titled Mere Dil Ki Hai Awaaz.
Latha (actress)	He recommended her to star Akkineni Nageswara Rao for Andala Ramudu (1973), thus making her debut in Telugu films.
Asha Bhosle	Her first solo Hindi film song was for the movie Raat Ki Raani (1949).
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Priyadarshan	Thus in 1984, Priyadarshan made his debut as director with Poochakkoru Mookkuthi, which was a surprise hit.
Rajiv Kapoor	In 1999 he produced Aa Ab Laut Chalen which was directed by his brother Rishi.
Ayesha Jhulka	Her first major role was in 1990 in the film Meet Mere Mann Ke, and her next release was a Telugu film, Neti Siddhartha, opposite Nagarjuna Akkineni.
M. S. Viswanathan	J. Jayalalithaa being the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, conferred the Thirai Isai Chakravarthy (Emperors of the Cine Music) title in August 2012 Many of the Tamil movies were also dubbed into Hindi and for the dubbed versions he was the music composer.
Kajal Aggarwal	In July that year, Kajal made her Bollywood comeback after 7 years with a leading role in the police story Singham, a remake of the same-titled 2010 Tamil film, opposite Ajay Devgn.
Ambareesh	As in 2010, Ambareesh had acted in most films as lead in Kannada films, surpassing Superstar Dr. Rajkumar's record of 206 films as lead actor and Superstar Dr. Vishnuvardhan, one of his best friend's record of 220 films (including Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films) as a lead actor.
Lata Mangeshkar	In 1973, she won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song'' Beeti Na Bitai'' from the film Parichay, composed by R. D. Burman, and written by Gulzar.
Babul Supriyo	Acting is one such skill that he started demonstrating first by playing the lead role in Tarun Majumdar's Bengali Film Chander Bari (2007).
Pooja Kumar	She was earlier signed and then left out of the 1997 film V. I. P, while she had also signed to appear alongside Karthik in Chithra Lakshmanan's Chinna Raja, but was eventually dropped from the film.
T. K. Ramamoorthy	Ramamoorthy in 1940's worked in Saraswathi Stores where AVM Studo's boss, Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar, was a partner -- which lead him to play the violin for AVM's music composer, R. Sudarsanam, in some films.
T. R. Rajakumari	Haridas M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar in the Manmadhan Leelayil song in the film Haridas Rajayee made her film debut as'' T. R. Rajakumari'' in the 1939 Tamil film Kumara Kulothungan which was an average grosser.
Aryann Bhowmik	Aryann Bhowmik (or sometimes Aryan Bhowmik) is a Bengali film actor who is best known for his work in the 2011 Bengali film Chalo Paltai.
Shama Sikander	A year later Sikander appeared in the Amir Khan starer Mann (1999 Hindi) in a cameo as' Kamini'.
Masood Rana	He then became the most dominating male singer in both Urdu and Punjabi films when his six songs in film Hamarahi (1966) were mega hits.
Mohit Chauhan	However, it would n't be until 2007 when music director Pritam approached him for the song Tum Se Hi for the movie Jab We Met that Chauhan would finally achieve mainstream success.
Aziz Mirza	He made his first cinematic debut with Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992) starring Khan and Chawla.
K. S. Sethumadhavan	K. S. Sethumadhavan (born in Palakkad in 1931) is an India n director of Malayalam films.
Vidyasagar (music director)	During this period, Vidyasagar's also composed songs for Tamil movies like 1998 Vijay's Nilaave Vaa and Uyirodu Uyiraga, starring Ajith.
Suraiya	The legendary Z. A. Bukhari was then the station director at the A. I. R. Bombay, Music Director Naushad Ali once heard Suraiya's voice and chose her to sing as a 13 year old for Mehtaab in Kardar's film Sharda (1942).
Subrata Sen	Sen's third movie Vacation Blues, known as Nil Nirjane in Bengali was made in 2003 and was the first digital movie to be made in India.
Vineeth	Vineeth (born on 23 August 1970) is an Indian film actor and classical dancer who has acted in several well received films in his native Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.
Shweta Pandit	In 2012, Shweta sang her first Tamil song for the movie Vettai for composer Yuvan Shankar Raja.
Hema Malini	Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra and with Rajesh Khanna.
Naushad	Mother India (1957), for which he had composed music, was the first Indian film that got nominated for Oscar.
Richa Pallod	In 2010 she appeared in the Telugu language film, Inkosaari alongside Raja and Manjari Phadnis.
Anushka Shetty	She made her debut in Tamil cinema with Rendu (2006).
Vidyasagar (music director)	After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film Poomanam.
Anu Choudhury	Her first film as main lead actress was Maa Gojabayani which was a huge hit in 1998.
Suneeta Rao	Her first and only association with A. R. Rahman was'' Adi Paru Mangatha'', from 1994 Tamil film, May Madham.
Ramesh Babu	In 1993, he once again collaborated with Dasari Narayana Rao for the film Maama Kodalu and was also seen in Anna Chellelu opposite Aamani.
Usha Khanna	When he came to Bombay (now Mumbai) for some work in 1946 he met Jaddanbai who was mother of Hindi film actress Nargis Dutt.
Priyanka Chopra	In 2003, Chopra made her Bollywood film debut as the second female lead opposite Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in Anil Sharma's The Hero : Love Story of a Spy.
Konkona Sen Sharma	thumb | right | 180px | Konkona Sen Sharma as Meenakshi Iyer in'' Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, which earned her -LSB- -LSB- National Film Award for Best Actress -RSB- -RSB- In 2001, she starred in the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, directed by Aparna Sen. The film performed well mainly in multiplexes and was a major critical success.
Suraiya	Suraiya entered the film industry as a child actress with Taj Mahal (1941), with the help of her uncle Zahoor, who was then a popular villain actor.
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Yogesh Mittal	He turned director with Hindi thriller Yeh Faasley (2011).
Nagma	Her Tamil films include Baasha with Rajnikanth and 1994's Kadhalan with Prabhu Deva.
Raja Nawathe	In 1967, for Patthar ke Sanam, he cast Manoj Kumar once again, now with Waheeda Rehman, as the lead pair ; Laxmikant-Pyarelal created some memorable music for this film.
Mohammad Ali (actor)	Ali's debut foreign released movie was Mr. X (1963), which was dubbed in Persian and released in Iran.
Jayachitra	She was Kamal Hassan's heroine in the Tamil film Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu (1978) and its Telugu remake Vayasu Pilichindi (1978).
A. M. Rajah	In 1953, Rajah and Jikki were hand picked by Shankar Jaikishan and Raj Kapoor for the multi-lingual film Aah and invited to Bombay to sing for the Telugu (Prema Lekhulu) and Tamil (Avan) versions which were also big hits like the originals with Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar.
Habib Tanvir	In 1945, he moved to Bombay, and joined All India Radio (AIR) Bombay as a producer, while in Bombay, he wrote songs for Urdu, Hindi films and even acted in a few.
Rahman (actor)	Rahman's next Telugu film, Simha, released worldwide on 30 April 2010.
Ranbir Kapoor	In 2009 Kapoor featured in three films Wake Up Sid, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, and Rocket Singh : Salesman of the Year.