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Amaal Mallik is a music composer and playback singer in the Hindi film industry hailing from a musical family. He is the grandson of Sardar Malik; son of Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik; brother of singer Armaan Malik and nephew of music composer Anu Malik. Mallik started learning music at the age of 8 and took a liking towards the piano. He debuted in 2014 with Salman Khan's Jai Ho, following it up with the song "Naina" from Khoobsurat.

Mallik studied in Jamnabai Narsee School and completed his graduation in Bachelor of Commerce from N. M. College in Mumbai. He studied piano and completed his course at Trinity College of Music (Western Classical, Jazz & Rock) under the guidance and training he received from teachers like Benny, Xavier Fernandes, Tony Pinto, Joy Bose.

He is also trained in Indian classical music informally under the tutelage of his grandfather Sri Sardar Malik.

Mallik began his career journey at a young age. After completing his 10th grade year, he immediately went on to assist music composer and background scorer Amar Mohile for the soundtrack of Sarkar (2005) and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) at the age of 15, later moving on to producing and arranging music for his father in films like Sohail Khan's Kisaan (2009) where he collaborated on a remix track of Mere Desh Ki Dharti with pop singer, Daler Mehndi.

In 2008-2011 Malik assisted music composer Pritam on several film albums, alongside producing background scores for Sandeep Chowta and Salim-Sulaiman for films.

Mallik has composed music for over 100 advertisement jingles with top notch directors like Prakash Verma, Kailash Surendranath, Prahlad Kakar, Vinod P Vijay, Jeet Surendranth, E.Niwas, Bodhayan Mukherjee (Little Lamb Films), Hemanth Bhandari (Chrome Pictures) for brands like Amul,Vodafone, Horlicks, Relaxo, Toyota, Cornetto, Indian Oil, Sunfeast, iBall, Makemytrip.com.

He composed the title track for Sony and Ravi Adhikari's Hongey Judaa Na Hum and also the background score for reputed television director Siddharth Sengupta and Sphere Origin's Show - 26/12 (Chabbis Barah) for Life Ok, where he was nominated for best background score.

Deepa Sannidhi (born as Rahasya on June 16, 1990) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in the 2011 film Saarathi

Rahasya was born in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka to Kannadiga Parents.Her father Shashidhar,is a coffee estate owner and mother Nanda is a housewife.She completed her schooling in Bangalore and is an alumna of .St. Aloysius College (Mangalore).

She was studying in the first year in architectural engineering when she received a film offer for Saarathi. She dropped out of college to pursue a career in films. She has also some modelling and has completed a one-year course in jewellery designing.

Deepa Sannidhi took part in the audition tests conducted by the Saarathi film team and was selected to play its lead role after undergoing two rounds of tests.The film was declared the biggest blockbuster of the year.[citation needed] While shooting for Saarathi, she signed her second film Paramathma directed by Yograj Bhat,which released a week after Saarathi. Paramathma also went on to become a successful venture.Deepa was chosen as the Promising Newcomer Female for Saarathi and Paramathma in The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011.Her only 2012 release was

Preetham Gubbi's Jaanu. Rediff in its review called it "Deepa Sannidhi's film all the way".

In 2014, she was first seen in Endendu Ninagagi as Soumya, "a very bold, in-your-face, today's girl".She stated that the role was "quite challenging because this is not me" but that she loved playing it. She will be making her Tamil film debut in Lucia, a remake of the same-titled Kannada film, in which she will play the character that Shruti Hariharan did in the original. Even before her Tamil debut she signed up her next Tamil film, Vishnuvardhan's Yatchan.

Sana is a Pakistani model and film actress. She was born on 16 June, 1982. In the late 1990's, Sana Nawaz came a bit closer to success. The director Syed Noor introduced Sana to Lollywood film industry with the movie 'Sangam' in the year 1997.

Initially starting her career as a television actress, Sana then stepped in the world of Lollywood movies. Her film in 2002, 'Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa' turned out to be a mega hit at the box office, inviting commercial success. 'Kaafila' (2007) and 'Kyun Tum Say Itna Pyar Hai' (2005) brought her much acclaim and praise.

Sana Nawaz is having an array of films on her name. Some of them include 'Bazar Band Karo', 'Babul Da Wehra', 'Sala Bigra Jaye', 'Bali Jatti', 'Pehchan', 'Gustakh Akhiyan', 'Sultana Daku', 'Musalman', 'No Paisa No Problem', 'Allah Badshah', 'Lara Punjab Da', 'Majnu Da Wair', 'Foja Amritsaria', 'Sher Puttar', 'Shagna Di Mehndi', 'Ziddi Rajput', 'Lahori Shehzadey' and to list a few.

On December 13, 2008, Sana Nawaz tied the knot with film actor Fakhar Imam and the couple is having a baby boy.

Saran is a Tamil film director from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. He was once an assistant to K. Balachander. He now owns a production houses called Gemini Productions and Saran movie factory.


Saran's father T.Kulandaivelayudam worked with the directorate of examinations and many of his relatives are teachers. He finished Diploma in visual communications from the College Of Arts And Crafts and became an instructor in textile designing. But, even as a child, the only thing he wanted to do was direct films.


When He decided to take up the job as an instructor, his father couldn't make sense of it—He was earning about Rs.600, whereas others from his class went into advertising and made big money.


But Saran had a purpose. The institute He taught at was in Kodambakkam, where all the films happen, He wanted to be there, to breathe in that air, that atmosphere.


Saran worked as instructor for a year and, during this time, He did some work with a lady called Mohana who was art director for K. Balachander. KB was the director whom Saran admired above all others. Saran hoped this relationship would be the key to get to him.


At the time, KB was making Unnal Mudiyum Thambi with Gemini Ganeshan and Kamal Haasan. Saran went over to meet him and KB told him that he was too raw. He said he could work with his television company if He liked. Saran turned that offer down, said He only wanted to work on movies, that too with him.


From then on, Saran kept sending him cartoons based on the theme of my asking him for a chance. Then He sent to KB a letter in drama form, As if Saran was the accused and the judge pleads with KB on his behalf, asking him to take him on not for his sake but because it was his first case! Saran took this to KB's house and handed it over to the gardener. Then, He went over to Mohana's house.

Ravi Mariya is a south Indian film actor known for negative and character roles. He predominantly works in Tamil and Malayalam cinema and has also scripted and directed two movies. He gave the first break to actor Jiiva, who became very popular later. The movie was Aasai Aasaiyaireleased in 2002 and the same movie marked his directorial debut too. In 2010, he directed one more movie Milagaand he played cameo roles in both these movies too. He wrote the film script of Tamil films Aalwarin 2007 and Sandaiin 2008. As an actor, he made his debut with Tamil blockbuster Khushi in 2000 playing a bit role and is associated with film industry since then.

Ravi Mariya was born in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. After doing an uncredited role in 2000 Tamil blockbuster Khushi and its Telugu version, he made his directorial debut with 2002 detective film - Aasai Aasaiyai. He also scripted his debut flick. Though the movie did not fare well at the box office, it gave some decent reviews for its lead actor Jiiva who made a promising debut with the film. As his debut film was a flop, he decided to switch to acting roles and succeeded. Ravi mostly portrayed negative roles on silver screen and has acted in both Malayalam and Tamil films.

Some of his noted performances in Malayalam movies are Mission 90 Daysand Kurukshetra, both war films directed by Major Ravi. Vijay - Mohanlal starrer Jillais one of his breakthrough performances where he played villain's role. He was seen in a new avatar; a bald look for the movie. New, Veyil, Maathi Yosi, Manam Kothi Paravai, Mayandi Kudumbathar, Desingu raja, Vanna Jigina, Linga and Boologamare a few more noted roles. He is planning to direct one movie with Vimal as the lead actor.

Gouranga Chakraborty, better known by his stage name Mithun Chakraborty, informally referred to as Mithun Da, is an Indian film actor, singer, producer, writer, social worker, entrepreneur and the Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the art house drama Mrigayaa (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor.

He gained fans as a dancing star and went on to establish himself as one of the all time top ten greatest and most popular actors of India, particularly recognized for his role as the street dancer Jimmy in the 1982 Bollywood movie Disco Dancer. He also attracted worldwide audiences, particularly in the former Soviet Union where he became a household name for his role in Disco Dancer. He later won two more National Film Awards for his performances in Tahader Katha (1992) & Swami Vivekananda (1998). Chakraborty has appeared in about 350 films including Bengali, Oriya, Bhojpuri and Punjabi pictures.

Chakraborty owns the Monarch Group, which has interests in the hospitality sector and educational sector. He has also started the production house Paparatzy Productions. He is the Chairperson of Film Studios Setting & Allied Mazdoor Union which take care the welfare of cine workers and resolve their demands and problems. The Television show Dance India Dance where Chakraborty is the Grandmaster has already entered in Limca Book of Records and Guinness World Records Chakraborty played a crucial role of mediator between Pranab Mukherjee and Mamata Banerjee, winning the Congressman the support of the Trinamool chief in the 2012 presidential election. A comic book named Jimmy Zhingchak has been made based on Chakraborty.

He was educated at the renowned Scottish Church College in Kolkata, from where he earned his degree in Chemistry. After that he attended and graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He was a staunch Naxalite before entering films, but tragedy struck his family when his only brother was electrocuted and killed in a freak accident. He returned to his family and left the Naxalite fold, even though this posed a grave risk to his own life. He had also undergone expert training in Martial Arts to the grade of black belt that made him excel in fight sequences.

Mithun Chakraborty made his debut in the 1976 Mrinal Sen-directed film Mrigaya, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. His film Mera Rakshak was a success of 1978. Chakraborty rose to stardom with the low budget Ravikant Nagaich directed spy film Surakshaa, released in 1979. The film was so successful, that many movies starring Chakraborty in the lead role were launched. The combination with director Deepak Bahry also happened for the first time in 1979 with Tarana. Another important film for Chakraborty in the late 70s was Prem Vivah, directed by Basu Chatterjee.

Chakraborty had over 110 releases in the 1980s. Disco Dancer released in 1982, became a blockbuster and made Chakraborty a star. He had also done lighter roles in Shaukeen, Sun Sajna and Aamne Samne. As Amitabh Bachchan moved to politics, Chakraborty became Bollywood' s second highest paid star after Bachchan. He also became India's highest tax payer in 1986. Chakraborty went on to star in a number of romantic and family dramas during the 1980s, such as Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye, Ghar Ek Mandir, Pyaar Jhukta Nahin, Swarag Se Sunder and Pyaar Ka Mandir. These films remain his most commercially successful films to date.

He was also widely recognized as an action hero in films like Jagir, Jaal, Dilwaala, Watan Ke Rakhwale and Waqt Ki Awaz. His performances never won any award in 1986 and 1987 as Filmfare Awards was never announced due to technical reasons.  As Chakraborty always had higher number of releases, sometimes it affected the business of his own films as happened in 1989, where he had a record 19 films. 

Chakraborty had another 100 plus releases in this decade too, starting with Agneepath which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. Films like Shandaar,Gunahon Ka Devta, Pyar Ka Devta,Trinetra and Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana followed. In 1992, the critically acclaimed Bengali film Tahader Katha won him his second National Film Award for Best Actor. In this period he decided to take a break from Mumbai. He shifted his entire family to Ooty and he constructed The Monarch Hotel. Chakraborty then decided to do movies only to be shot at Ooty and nearby locations and he provided discount rates to the film crew to stay in his hotel as well. This strategy paid off as numerous films starring Chakraborty was launched every week, so he shifted his focus from mainstream Hindi cinemas to low-budget movies. Dalaal was released followed by other low-budget films like Phool Aur Angaar, Ravan Raaj: A True Story and Shapath, which created a market for low budget productions.

Jallad won him the Filmfare Best Villain Award and Star Screen Award Best Villain for the year 1995. His economical film production was popular as Mithun's Dream Factory. Even he could not do Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar as his character had to crop his hair, which would have affected his other 15 films at that time. By this time, Chakraborty held the record for appearing in the most number of Hindi films as a hero. A third National Award followed in 1998, this time for the Best Supporting Actor, for his portrayal of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, in G. V. Iyer's Swami Vivekananda. Once again the overdose of Chakraborty releases affected the business as 1998 and 1999 itself had almost 30 releases.

This decade proved Chakraborty as a businessman more than a star as low-budget filmmakers were given their due by Mithun. He operates hotels in Mudhumalai and Ooty in Tamil Nadu, Darjeeling, Siliguri and Kolkata.

Mithun's Dream Factory films still continued to hold the audiences, moreover he started doing more Bengali films and gave consistent films like Titli, Guru, Barood, Yuddho, Tulkalam and Rehmat Ali. Chakraborty also made a comeback to the mainstream Hindi film industry in 2005 with the film Elaan.

After a few supporting roles in films such as Lucky: No Time for Love (2005) and Dil Diya Hai (2006), he starred in Mani Ratnam's film Guru. He was also acclaimed for his villainous role in Kalpana Lajmi's Chingaari (2005). His 2009 movie Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya! won multiple International awards and Chal Chalein was appreciated by critics for its bold theme. Critically acclaimed Phir Kabhi with Dimple Kapadia had a première through a direct to home (DTH) release in September 2009 and won as many as six awards in as many categories at the Los Angeles Reel Awards 2009.

Chakraborty's recent films include Veer (2010) with Salman Khan, Golmaal 3 (2010) with Ajay Devgn and in 2012, he done 3 films with Akshay Kumar, Housefull 2, OMG – Oh My God! and Khiladi 786. His home production Enemmy (2013) was with his own son Mimoh Chakraborty and actor Sunil Shetty.

He also done Anthony D'Souza's Boss (2013) with Akshay Kumar. His first release of 2014 Kaanchi... directed by Subhash Ghai where he played an evil politician wearing facial prosthetics has won him critical acclaim. Now he is working on It's Entertainment with Akshay Kumar and Kick with Salman Khan and Hawaizaada with Ayushmann Khurrana.

Parallel to his Bollywood career, Mithun Chakraborty has also worked in Bengali, as well as in realistic or arthouse movies including Troyee, made in 1982. He appeared in director Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Tahader Katha which got him his second National Award in 1992. Chakraborty occasionally did Bengali films like Anyay Abichar, Swarna Trishna and Jiban Yuddha, but after 2000, he has concentrated more in Bengali films. He also appeared in Goutam Ghose's Gudia in 1999 as well as Rituparno Ghosh's Titli in 2002.

In 2008, he collaborated again with Buddhadeb Dasgupta for Kaalpurush and later appeared in films Shukno Lanka and Target: The Final Mission. His performances in Mrigaya, Tahader Katha, Kaalpurush and Titli won him National Film Awards and nominations. His debut Bhojpuri film Bhole Shankar is considered as the biggest Bhojpuri film. Similarly his Oriya film Ae Jugara Krushna Sudama where he co-starred with Oriya icon Uttam Mohanty was also a huge success.[38] The last Bengali hits for Chakraborty are Handa and Bhonda, Nobel Chor and Le Halwa Le.

His new Bengali films are Buddhuram Dhol Duniya Gol and the science fiction Jole Jongole with White Mischief Chakraborty is also doing a bi-lingual in Tamil and Telugu. Its Tamil title is Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka. He is also doing Debaditya Bandopadhyay's Bengali film Nakshal. Now he has been signed to play the same role done for Bollywood hit OMG – Oh My God! for its Telugu remake.

After the success of the Bengali competitive dance reality show Dance Bangla Dance, Mithun Chakraborty developed the concept of Dance India Dance, an Indian dance competition show that airs on Zee TV in the India, produced by UTV Software Communications and has become India's largest dance-based reality show. The contestants get a chance to perform before a panel of judges composed of Terrence Lewis, Remo D'Souza and Geeta Kapoor. The selection of the season's Top 18 live show finalists are overseen by head judge Mithun Chakraborty. The show has won several Television Awards for Most Popular Dance Reality Show. Chakraborty is also the Grand Master for Dance India Dance Li'l Masters as well as the host of the reality show titled Dadagiri Unlimited on Zee Bangla channel. He replaced Sourav Ganguly as the host of the show.

Now Chakraborty is hosting the Bengali version of Bigg Boss. Mithunda recently joined after he was nominated to be the candidate for the Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament elections by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee for her All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal Rajya Sabha Assembly Polls which was held on February 7, 2014.

Chakraborty was the ambassador of Panasonic electronics for India, back in late 80's. Now he is the face of GoDaddy, an internet domain registrar and web-hosting company. He was also the face of Channel 10, a unit of Bengal Media Pvt. Ltd. owned by Saradha Media Group and he later said "Saradha didn't pay my dues" as its branch Saradha Chit Fund collapsed. Chakraborty is also the face of Manappuram Gold Loan for West Bengal state.

Mithun Chakraborty was a wrestler in his younger days. He trained at Panchanan Bayam Samity, Jorabagan, Kolkata under the supervision of Sudhir Saha, International coach. In 1967, he won the West Bengal State Wrestling Championship in the Junior Category.

In the 1970s, Chakraborty was briefly married to model Helena Luke. After their divorce, Helena moved to the US and is now a stewardess with an American airline.

During the 1980s, Chakraborty had an affair with Sridevi. Sridevi had fallen in love with Chakraborty on the set of Rakesh Roshan's Jaag Utha Insan. Chakraborty and Sridevi grew close. But when Yogeeta Bali, Chakraborty’s wife, got to know about the affair she said that she would never leave Chakraborty. Sridevi and Chakraborty married secretly and Chakraborty later admitted it to the press after a fan magazine published their marriage certificate. Yogeeta Bali overdosed on sedatives, after which Chakraborty returned to her. Sridevi drifted closer to Boney Kapoor. Mona Kapoor, Boney's first wife, later recalled in a Savvy cover story that at one stage, Sridevi had even tied a rakhi on Boney’s wrist to prove to Chakraborty that it was only a platonic relationship.

Chakraborty is married to Yogeeta Bali and has four children. Mimoh, who is an actor, Rimoh, Namashi and Dishani.