Kiara Advani was born on 31 July 1992 (age 26, as in 2018) in Mumbai, India. She did her schooling from the Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai and pursued her graduation from Jai Hind College for Mass Communication, Mumbai. ... She was born as Alia Advani but changed her name to Kiara before her debut in Bollywood.
Rashmika Mandanna was born on April 5, 1996, is an Indian actress and model who appears mainly in the Kannada and Telugu films. She starred in the hit commercial film Kirik Party in 2016 and has become one of the most popular and best-paid actresses in South Indian cinema. She has also received several award
Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly works in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. ... She started career as a model while in college, during which she also made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli (2009).
Samantha Akkineni is an Indian actress who has established a career in the Telugu and Tamil film industries, and is a recipient of several awards including four Filmfare Awards. She has emerged as a leading actress in the South Indian film industry.
Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She has also appeared in several Hindi films. In addition to acting, she also participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products
Shruti Haasan (born 28 January 1986) is an Indian film actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi language films. Born in the Haasan family, she is the daughter of actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur.
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, author, and former professional bodybuilder and politician. He served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011. As of 2020, he is the most recent Republican governor of California
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer, businessman, and former professional wrestler and football player. He was a professional wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation for eight years prior to pursuing an acting career.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor, producer, and environmentalist. He has often played unconventional parts, particularly in biopics and period films. As of 2019, his films have earned US$7.2 billion worldwide, and he has placed eight times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors
I improved Akshay Kumarranking due to his donation of rs 25 crore to corona PM fund; Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, known professionally as Akshay Kumar, is an Indian-born Canadian actor, producer, martial artist and television personality who works in Bollywood films.
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for films such as Zanjeer, Deewaar and Sholay, and was dubbed India's "angry young man" for his on-screen roles in Bollywood.
Shah Rukh Khan, also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality. Referred to in the media as the "Badshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood" and "King Khan", he has appeared in more than 80 Bollywood films, and earned numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare Awards.
Aamir Khan was born on March 14 1965 in Holy Family Hospital in Bandra, Mumbai in India in a conservative Muslim family which has been part of the Hindi Film Industry for a long time. ... Aamir first came on screen as a child artist in his Uncle Nasir Hussain's production Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973).
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is a record eight time National Film Award winning Indian musician and playback singer. Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional and cinematic songs.
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor, producer, occasional singer and television personality. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two National Film Awards as a film producer, and two Filmfare Awards for acting.
Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975) is an Indian film actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist known for his works in Telugu cinema. ... He made his debut as a lead actor with Rajakumarudu (1999) and won the State Nandi Award for Best Male Debut.
Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad, better known by his stage name Chiranjeevi, is an Indian film actor and politician. He was the Minister of State with independent charge for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India from 27 October 2012 to 15 May 2014
Akkineni Nagarjuna (born 29 August 1959) is an Indian film actor, producer, television presenter, and entrepreneur, primarily known for his works in Telugu language films. ... In 1996, he produced Ninne Pelladata, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
Nandamuri Balakrishna is an Indian film actor and politician known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is the sixth son of Telugu film actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao
Vijay Deverakonda is an Indian film actor, film producer, and media personality known predominantly for his works in Telugu language films. He debuted in 2011 with Ravi Babu's romantic comedy Nuvvila, but he gained recognition with his supporting role in the coming-of-age drama Yevade Subramanyam.
John Abraham (born 17 December 1972) is an Indian film actor, film producer and former model who appears in Hindi films. After modelling for numerous advertisements and companies, he made his film debut with Jism (2003), which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination.
Sanjay Balraj Dutt is an Indian actor, author and film producer who works in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several awards, including two Filmfare Awards and three Screen Awards. Dutt has appeared in 187 films, ranging from romance to comedy genres, but is usually typecasted in action genres
Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor and film producer. He is one of the highest-paid actors of Hindi cinema and has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2012. Kapoor is the recipient of several awards, including six Filmfare Awards
Hrithik Roshan is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills. One of the highest-paid actors in India, he has won many awards, including six Filmfares, four for Best Actor and one each for Best Debut and Best Actor.
Jai Hemant "Tiger" Shroff is an Indian actor known for his roles in Hindi-language action films. The son of actor Jackie Shroff and producer Ayesha Dutt, he made his film debut in the 2014 commercially successful action film Heropanti.
Rajinikanth (born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad 12 December 1950) is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He began acting in plays while working in the Bangalore Transport Service as a bus conductor. In 1973, he joined the Madras Film Institute to pursue a diploma in acting.
Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, dancer, film director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer, lyricist and politician who works primarily in Tamil cinema and has also worked in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Bengali films.
Uppalapati Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. Prabhas made his screen debut with the 2002 Telugu action drama film Eeswar. He has garnered the state Nandi Award for Best Actor, for his role in Mirchi
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, also known as Jr. N.T.R or Tarak, is an Indian film actor and television personality known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is the grandson of Telugu actor N. T. Rama Rao, who was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and who was commonly referred to as "NTR".
Ram Charan is an Indian film actor, producer, and entrepreneur who works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the most popular and influential actors in Tollywood and has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2013
Konidela Kalyan Babu, better known by his stage name Pawan Kalyan is an Indian film actor, producer, director, screenwriter, writer, stunt coordinator, playback singer, choreographer, philanthropist and politician. His film works are predominantly in Telugu cinema
Allu Arjun is an Indian film actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. After playing as a child artist in Vijetha and as a dancer in Daddy, Arjun made his adult debut in Gangotri. Arjun then appeared in Sukumar's debut film Arya.
Venkatesh Daggubati, known mononymously as Venkatesh, is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 30 years, he starred in 73 feature films. He has played a variety of roles in Telugu cinema and in a couple of Bollywood films
Ravi Teja is an Indian film actor known for his work in Telugu cinema. Known for his roles in action-comedy films, he is widely considered one of the most popular and highest-paid actors of Telugu cinema, who has appeared in over sixty films
Venkatesh Prabhu better known by his stage name Dhanush, is an Indian film actor, producer, director, writer, lyricist, screenwriter and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema
C. Joseph Vijay is an Indian film actor, playback singer and dancer who works in Tamil cinema. Referred to by fans and media as Thalapathy, Vijay is the highest paid actor and one of the most significant figures in the industry
Puneeth Rajkumar is an Indian film actor, playback singer, anchor and producer who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He has been a lead actor in 28 films; as a child, he appeared in films featuring his father, Rajkumar.
Mohanlal Viswanathan, known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, producer, playback singer, and distributor, who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has had a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 340 films
Pollywood is a Punjabi Cinema industry in India.
Lollywood is a Pakistan-based film industry which borrowed its name from Hollywood.
Chhollywood is a film industry in Chhattisgarh state in central India.
Bengali film industry in West Bengal, India/Telugu film industry in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Kollywood Tamil language film industry, based in Chennai, India./Nepal’s film industry.
Mollywood Malayalam film industry in Kerala, India
Sandalwood Kannada language film industry in Karnataka, India.
Jollywood Assamese language film industry in Guwahati, Assam
Ollywood Film industry of Orissa, India in Oriya language
Sollywood y. Sindhi film industry
Dhaliwood Film industry of Bangladesh
Kariwood Karachi based film industry of Pakistan
Kaliwood Nepali cinema based in Kathmandu
Dhollywood Film industry based in Gujarat, India in the Gujarati language
Ghollywood Film industry in Ghana
Hillywood Film industry in Rwanda
Kannywood Film industry based in Kano, Nigeria
The subject of language is a very complex one in India. India is a cacophany of languages. More than 1500 films get produced in India in about 20 different languages. But the major languages of production are Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi. The biggest of these is Bollywood which is the nickname for the Hindi film industry based in Bombay (now Mumbai). Actually, there have been years when the Telegu film industry (based in Hyderabad) has surpassed Bollywood in terms of number of movies and/or revenues. But by and large, Bollywood reigns supreme.
The language of Bollywood films is Hindi but strictly speaking the actual language spoken in the films is usually a variant of Hindi, that gets spoken on the streets of different parts of India.
There's Urdu, which is rarely spoken in its pristine form, because it would not be understood by many Indians. The Hindi language that is spoken in the "Hindi belt" is an amalgam of Hindi and Urdu (aka Hindustani) and even that is spoken differently in Lukhnow (the custodian of pure Urdu) and Delhi (where Urdu was born). Elsewhere in the Hindi belt, the purest form of Hindi (Sanskrited Hindi) is spoken in Madhya Pradesh, whereas the Hindi in Bihar is tinged with a fair dose of Bhojpuri. The actual Hindi spoken in Delhi is tinged with Punjabi and Haryanvi to create a khichidi (a gruel) of Delhi Hindi. The Hindi spoken in Hyderabad has its unique southern flavor. Irony of ironies, Bombay - the land of Bollywood where Hindi cinema was born - speaks the worst kind of melting pot Hindi in India - called Bambaiya Hindi. Quite a few successful movies have been made in Bambaiya Hindi, the most famous of them being the Munnabhai series. And last but not the least is Hinglish - which is Hindi mixed with English. It is not uncommon for Hindi-speaking Indians to start a sentence in Hindi, break into English in mid-sentence and end it in Hindi. Finally, the popularity of Bollywood in Pakistan is infecting Pakistani Urdu with Hindi.
