Sikhs in bollywood
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Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
individual artists who have worked in Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
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- Ajay DevganAjay DevganAjay Devgan , born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1969, is an Indian film actor, director, and producer.He made his film debut with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film and for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut Award...
- Arya BabbarArya BabbarArya Babbar is an Indian actor.-Life:Aarya Babbar was born at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai into a well-known family; his father is the renowned actor Raj Babbar and his mother the prominent theatre personality Nadira Zaheer Babbar...
- Harman BawejaHarman BawejaHarman Baweja is an Indian actor. He debuted in Bollywood with Love Story 2050. His next films were Victory and What's Your Raashee? in which he performed opposite his Love Story 2050 co-star Priyanka Chopra....
- DharmendraDharmendraDharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...
- Sunny DeolSunny DeolSunny Deol often credited as "Action King of Bollywood" is an Indian film actor, producer and director. Deol was born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra. He has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He went to England to study acting...
- Bobby DeolBobby DeolBobby Deol is a Bollywood actor. Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry....
- Abhay DeolAbhay DeolAbhay Deol is an Indian actor from Mumbai, India. He is an Indian film actor and producer whose family has a long history in the Hindi film industry. Deol has appeared in films such as Dev.D and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!. He is the nephew of Bollywood actor Dharmendra, and the cousin of Sunny Deol and...
- Simi GarewalSimi GarewalSimi Garewal is an Indian actress. She is known for her work in Mera Naam Joker, Siddhartha and Karz.-Early life:Simi Garewal was born in a Jatt Sikh family in Delhi, her father, J S Garewal served in the army rising to the rank of brigadier...
- Kanwaljit Singh (actor)
- Kabir BediKabir BediKabir Bedi is an Indian television and film actor. His career has spanned three continents including India, the United States and many European countries in three mediums: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story...
- Kirron KherKirron KherKirron Kher is an Indian theatre, film and television actress and a TV talk show host.- Early life :Kirron Kher was born in Bangalore in a JatSikh family of Punjabi background. She was brought up in Chandigarh, Punjab, where she did her schooling and later college from Panjab University, Chandigarh...
- Mangal DhillonMangal DhillonMangal Dhillon in an Indian actor and film producer. He was born in the village Wander Jatana near Kotkapura in the Faridkot district, Punjab.-Early life and education:...
- Sonu WaliaSonu WaliaSonu Walia is a Bollywood actress, winner of Miss India pageant and model.-Early life:She was a daughter of an Indian Army officer, in a Punjabi-speaking family in New Delhi...
- Arjan BajwaArjan BajwaArjan Bajwa is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu and Hindi films.-Background:Born and brought up in Delhi, His father was the Deputy Mayor of Delhi - S. S Bajwa and his mother is a homemaker. Arjan has a Graduation degree in Architecture. He used screen name Deepak for the Telugu movies...
- Parmeet SethiParmeet Sethi-Personal life and education:Parmeet was educated in Mumbai. He passed out of Sydenham college of commerce. He married Archana Puran Singh, a film and television actress, on 30 June 1992. They have two sons...
- Puneet IssarPuneet IssarPuneet Issar is an Indian actor and director, most famous for his role as Duryodhana in the TV adaptation of the Mahabharata, and directing Garv: Pride and Honour starring Salman Khan. His other notable roles are in Border, 1997 war film, directed by J. P...
- Pooja BatraPooja BatraPooja Batra in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, is an Indian actress.-Early life and background:Pooja Batra was born to Ravi Batra, an army colonel who was wounded in the 1971 war between India and Pakistan. Her mother, Neelam Batra was a former Miss India participant in 1971...
- Mandira BediMandira BediMandira Bedi is an Indian actress, model and television presenter who gained celebrity status playing the title role in the 1994 television serial, Shanti, shown on India's national channel, Doordarshan which was the first ever daily soap on Indian television.She followed up her career in TV...
- RanjeetRanjeetGopal Bedi is an actor in Indian films and television, born in Jandiala Guru near Amritsar . He has played mostly character roles, with roles as the villain dominating his over 200 Hindi films...
- Dara SinghDara SinghDara Singh Randhawa is a wrestler and Indian film actor. He was born in a Jat Sikh family of Punjabi background.He was a wrestler before he started acting in Hindi films in 1962....
- Baba SehgalBaba SehgalBaba Sehgal, a Khatri Sikh, is an Indian rapper and actor. Brought up in Lucknow, he was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper to jump on the Indipop bandwagon, and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India...
- Gracy SinghGracy SinghGracy Singh , is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role as Gauri in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. She began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets" and her first acting role was in the television soap, Amanat...
- Minissha Lamba
- Simone SinghSimone SinghSimone Singh, in Jamshedpur to a Sikh father and Bengali mother, is an Indian actress.She made her acting debut with the television series Sea Hawks followed by a small role in Swabhimaan, in 1995...
- Jimmy ShergillJimmy ShergillJasjit Singh Gill , popularly known as Jimmy Shergill , is an Indian actor.-Early life:Shergill was born in a Jatt Sikh family in Gorakhpur, India and studied there till 5th Grade in St. Paul's School. Then, his family shifted to Patiala...
- Neetu SinghNeetu SinghNeetu Singh is an Indian Bollywood actress. She worked as a child actor under the name Baby Sonia. She played Roopa in the 1966 movie Dus Lakh and a dual role in the film Do Kaliyaan. Her other notable films were Waris and Pavitra Paapi.-Career:Neetu Singh made her debut as an actress in 1972 with...
- Gul PanagGul PanagGul Panag is an Indian actress, model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Her notable films include Dor, Dhoop, Manorama Six Feet Under, Hello, and Straight....
- Poonam DhillonPoonam DhillonPoonam Dhillon is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam and Sohni Mahiwal , Samundar Saveray Wali Gaadi and Naam .- Early life :Dhall was born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur,...
- Neha DhupiaNeha DhupiaNeha Dhupia is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen and winner of Femina Miss India 2002.-Early life:...
- Gulzar(Sampooran Singh Kalra)
- Jaspal BhattiJaspal BhattiJaspal Singh Bhatti is an Indian television personality famous for his satirical take on the problems of the common man...
- Priya GillPriya GillPriya Gill is an Indian actress. She has acted in Bollywood, Tollywood, Malayalam and Punjabi film.-Film career:She began her Bollywood career with the ABCL production Tere Mere Sapne along with Arshad Warsi and Chandrachur Singh. She was known more for her Indian appeal and simple...
- Ranjeeta KaurRanjeeta KaurRanjeeta "Robby" Kaur is an Indian movie actress. She was trained at FTII. She has appeared in around 47 films.-Personal life and education:Ranjeeta was born in Punjab. Her sister Rubina also acted in films....
- Kulraj RandhawaKulraj RandhawaKulraj Kaur Randhawa is an Indian actress who shot to fame after her role as the bubbly “Kareena” in the popular TV series Kareena Kareena.- Background :...
- Ruby BhatiaRuby Bhatia-Introduction:Ruby Bhatia is a popular Indian television personality from Ajax, ON. She won the Miss India Canada contest in 1993. Ruby was a VJ in for Channel [V] and hosted BPL Oye! and was known for her hilarious pranks she played on unsuspecting commoners...
- Manjot SinghManjot SinghManjot Singh is a Indian Bollywood actor, most famous for his role in the film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! as the young Lucky.-Childhood:Manjot Singh was born in a Sikh family. His father is a doctor and mother is in government service.-Debut:...
- Dolly BindraDolly BindraDolly Bindra is a Indian film and television actress, known for her roles in films like Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and as a participant in the reality TV series, Bigg Boss in 2010.-Career:...
- Mink Brar
- Manmeet SinghManmeet SinghManmeet Singh is an Indian actor and model.-Early life:He was born in July 1969 in Haldawani, Nainital. He is the son of S. Ajit Singh Sawhney who was an Amritdhari Sikh. He had his Khande di Pahul ceremony when he was in college in 1988. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communcations from...
- jugal hansrajJugal HansrajJugal Hansraj is an Indian actor and director based at Mumbai.Hansraj started his career as a child artiste in the 1983 film Masoom, which starred Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi. The film was about a 9-year-old boy whose stepmother was not willing to accept him into the family because he was...
- Mahek ChahalMahek ChahalMahek Chahal is a Bollywood actress and a Norwegian model of Punjabi Jat Sikh origin. Mahek made her Bollywood debut with the lead role in the movie Nayee Padosan . Mahek also featured in a item number in the movie Chameli . Mehek next performed in a Punjabi movie Dil Apna Punjabi...
- Juhi ChawlaJuhi ChawlaJuhi Chawla is an Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career...
- Manmohan SinghManmohan SinghManmohan Singh is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. A Sikh, he is the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh is also the 7th Prime Minister belonging to the Indian...
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- Puneet SiraPuneet SiraPuneet Sira , is a well known British and Bollywood film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.Sira's directorial career consists of several feature films. Two feature films released in 2009, Kisaan for Sohail Khan Production, starring Jackie Shroff, Sohail Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Dia Mirza...
Director, Producer and Writer - Yash ChopraYash ChopraYash Raj Chopra is an Indian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Waqt, Deewar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara are some of his highly popular movies...
Director,producer - Uday ChopraUday ChopraUday Chopra is a Bollywood actor, producer, and assistant director.He is the son of Yash Chopra and brother of Aditya Chopra, and worked as assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's movies under the Yash Raj Films banner. In 1994 Chopra produced Yeh Dillagi starring Akshay...
- Aditya ChopraAditya ChopraAditya Chopra is an Indian film producer, screenwriter and director. He is most known for directing his only three films Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , Mohabbatein , and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi...
- Jagjit Singh
- Pammi SomalPammi SomalPammi Somal is a Bollywood journalist and a filmmaker.-Personal life and education:Pammi Somal schooled at 'Carmel Convent' in Chandigarh and then earned a Masters in Sociology from Punjab University...