Showing all artists born in August 14

He is known for his great sense of humor, dancing skills, apt judgment and acting and aping abilities; Javed Jaffrey is undoubtedly one of his kinds of actor the industry has. He has been a trend setter in various elements like comedy and dance. He has been also one of the main contributing factors towards revolutionizing the television through his shows.

Javed Jaffrey was born on 4th December 1963 to Veteran comedian Jagdeep. Javed carries this tradition of humor endowed to him in heredity. Javed demonstrates his excellent sense of humor and comic timing while hosting shows for Channel V. Javed created his own brand of comedy on television in 1990's. He anchored Videocon Flashback and Timex Timepass which achieved a cult status. He also, co-founded and judged India's First Dance Reality show 'Boogie Woogie' along with younger brother Naved Jaffrey and friend Ravi Behl, which ultimately broke all the records and went on to strive a long period of 15 years. He gathered a huge fan following as a dancer through this show. The show also gave a platform to various young talents who later made it big in Bollywood. The other shows he hosted were Tele Housie, JBC (Javed Broadcasting Corporation), Chitrahaar, Truck Dhina Dhin, Chak Dhoom Dhoom.

His song Mumbhai, which he himself wrote, conceived, choreographed and sung gained a cult status among the young dancers and sustained as number 1 on the charts for 6 weeks. He also dubbed for Micky Mouse, Goofy and Don Carnage in Hindi for Disney. He also wrote the script for Hindi version of Disney's Jungle Book 2 and Pixar's The Incredibles along with the voice over for the antagonist. He also dubbed 'Charlie Anna' in Roadside Romeo. He won accolades for his funny commentary for Japanese TV show Takeshi's Castle on Pogo TV. On that, he performed in over 200 live shows in India and abroad, and has shared the stage of Michael Jackson, Sting, Spice Girls and Queen and the top Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, A.R.Rahman, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Shankar Ehsaan Loy etc. He has been connected with advertising since 1980 as a model, choreographer, copywriter, producer and director.

Javed appeared in a negative character in the movie 'Meri Jung' (1985) and also showed his dancing abilities in the hit song 'Bol Baby Bol'. He has acted in over 35 films after it. Next success for him was movie '100 Days', a suspense thriller. He also appeared in films like 'Tehelka' and 'Oh Darling Yeh Hai India', 'Gang' etc. He majorly concentrated on his television career. He did a Maggi tomato sauce ad, to which he owes his success. In 2003, Javed Jaffrey played the lead in 3d movie 'Jajantaram Mamantaram' specifically made for children. The film was liked by one and all and Javed gained much acclaim. But it was his performance in 'Salaam Namaste' which brought him the much needed success in the Film industry. He received his first IIFA Award for his comic performance of Jaggu Yadav, who spoke a weird version of English. After which it was no looking back. He kept on bagging significant comic roles. He starred in 'Tara Rum Pum', 'Paying Guests', etc. He got rave reviews for his performance in 'Dhamaal' which also starred Riteish Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Aashish Chaudhary. Again his grey comic character in 'Singh is Kinng' was appreciated and formed an important part of the story. He also did a cameo in '3 Idiots'. He also appeared in 'Double Dhamaal'.

Javed will next be seen in 'Total Dhamaal' the third installment of 'Dhamaal' series directed by Indra Kumar.

Suchitra Karthik Kumar (born 14 April 1979) is an Indian Tamil Radio Jockey and Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu playback singer.

Born and brought up in Chennai, She is a graduate from Mar Ivanios College (Trivandrum). Later on she moved to Coimbatore for her MBA (PSG Institute of Management) . She was then engaged with Sify for a while. This is when she responded to an ad for the post of an RJ in Radio Mirchi.

She became known as Rj Suchi, with her popular morning show Hello Chennai. Her distinct and bold voice made her very popular with the younger crowd. She still does a radio show called Flight983 on Radio Mirchi, on Sunday evenings (7-9 pm). The show deals with interesting international happenings.

She started singing after a few years as RJ. She also worked as a dubbing artist for popular heroines like Shriya.

Her career as a playback singer now spans Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films and she has several hits in all these languages to her credit. Suchitra is a sought-after performer at Corporate and other such stage shows. She has also been appreciated for her honest and positive-humour-filled judging at Reality Shows like Vijay TV's Airtel Super Singer, Sun TV's Sun Singer, Asianet's Music India, and Bol Baby Bol on Gemini TV and Surya TV. 'Music I Like', an album of Suchitra's renditions of Mahakavi Bharatiyaar's poetry, set to contemporary tunes and music, released by Universal Music, was a turning point in her career.

Suchitra is now a singer/songwriter as well, composing music on her own and in collaboration with Singer Ranjith. Their YouTube channel 'Suchi and Ranjith' has all their updated work. 

A series of controversial tweets, photos and videos were posted on the Twitter account of singer and RJ Suchitra Karthik Kumar on Friday night and Saturday morning (March 3 & 4th, 2017), following which the account was deactivated in the afternoon. A complaint was lodged on her behalf with the Cyber Cell of the Central Crime Branch. Sources say that after perusing the complaint, Twitter will be requested to delete or block the content which was posted on her micro-blogging page.

The tweets had grabbed considerable attention and featured private photos of celebrities from the Tamil film industry, some of them in intimate situations, as well as alleged leaked email exchanges.

A few photos and videos which were pornographic in nature were accompanied by tweets stating that it was to expose the state of the film industry. 

Poonam Jhawer is a model, singer and actress. She was born in a Marwari Maheshwari family on 14th August 1976 in Mumbai. She hails from a business class family. Famous poetess and writer Poojashree is her mother. Poonam did her education in Mumbai.

Poonam began her career journey as a fashion model. She did modeling assignments for many brands like Paneri Sarees, Dove and Killer Jeans etc. She has also appeared on Debonair Magazine's cover in 1995.

Poonam made her debut in Hindi films with the super hit film 'Mohra' starring Suniel Shetty, Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon. Poonam has essayed a role of Suniel Shetty's wife in the film. She later worked in many South Indian films.

Poonam produced the film 'Aanch' in 2003 starring Nana Patekar and Paresh Rawal. The film loved by the niche audience in northern India. She was also featured in Bappi Lahiri's movie 'Deewana Hoon Main Tera'. She was next seen in 'B & W: The Black and White Fact'. Later she was featured in '2G Radia -Tion' a film based on a real life 2G spectrum scam. Poonam has played the key role in the film. She was also seen in 'Muthbhed' and some regional Marathi and south Indian films. Recently she played a key role in Akshay Kumar's 'Oh My God' also starring Paresh Rawal and Mahesh Manjrekar.

Besides acting, Poonam is a very good singer. She has launched her 3 music albums. She is also an activist and works with many women's groups and NGO. Recently she openly supported Anna Hazare during his hunger strike for Jan Lokpal Bill.

Kishore Kumar (born 14 August 1974), credited as Kishore, is an Indian film actor, born in Karnataka. Known for playing characters that fit the bill of the anti-hero — be it a cop, politician, or character role, Kishore made a space for himself in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema.


Kishore was a student of National College, Basavanagudi where he started off with theatre doing plays like Teregalu and Samrata Ashoka. He then did his masters in Kannada literature from Bangalore University. He took up teaching in a college in Bangalore where he worked for two years and then as a part-time fashion designer worked under fashion designer Vidyasagar, a professor from Indian Institute of Fashion Technology (IIFT).


Kishore made his film debut in the 2004 Kannada film Kanti. He got a role in the film after having been identified initially to design costumes for the film and eventually went on to win a State award for his role in it. For his role in the film Raakshasa, he won the Karnataka State Award for Best Supporting Actor. After he appeared in a couple of other Kannada films, he was approached by director Vetrimaaran to work in Desiya Nedunchalai, as he was looking for an actor who could speak Tamil with a Kannada accent. The film was dropped, but he got a chance to act in Polladhavan. Kishore, particularly won praise for his portrayal of forest brigand Veerappan in the 2013 film Attahasa. In the same year, he appeared in a low-budget film Jatta in which played the role of a forest guard. The film was a commercial and critical success and won Kishore praise from critics.

Sulochana known by her stage name as Anuradha is an Indian film actress who was mainly active in the 1980s and 1990s. She was known for her item numbers. She has acted in Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and Oriya-language films.

Sulochana was introduced to the film industry by director K.G. George at the age of 13 as she was very very tall and he gave her the name Anuradha. She was the tallest actress at that time. She started off as a heroine and later moved on to doing item numbers. She acted in over 700 films.

She was born into a Tamil speaking family to Krishna Kumar, a choreographer and Saroja, a hair dresser in Tamil movies.Anuradha is married to Sathish Kumar, who was a dance director and they have two children Abhinayashree and Kalicharan.

Abhinayashree is an actress by profession. Anuradha's husband met with a massive motorcycle accident on November 7, 1996, which caused damage to 6 of his veins inside his brain. He died on 2007 due to heart attack. Her mother Saroja, was a hair-dresser for actresses in films and she died on February 8, 1997.