Popular Actors

Most Popular Film Actors from India

India is the country that is giving respect to the stars of every field . Be it film industry, sports etc. The range and the demand increases with the support of the audience and fans. Nowadays we can see that many films from India have been screened in Cannes, Oscars and many other International events. The value of the Indian cinema is outstanding and this cause a huge number of fans all around the world and they eagerly waits for the most awaited movies. There have been many films that reached Oscar nominations. Actors also gets a wide range of support from all around the world. Some of the most popular actors from India have been listed below. their photo galleries have also been specified.

1. Rajni Kanth

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The most popular actor in India and all around the world. He has the biggest support and lots of ‘Rajni fans’ working for the welfare of orphans and many other charity works. He came from a very poor family and struggled a lot before becoming an actor. He was a bus conductor before acting in films. His gratitude to act in movies made him in this position. He is the highest paid actor in India. Well he wont act randomly in movies. One year one film thats his policy and the producer of that movie surely gathers the cost of the movie in the first week itself. No other actor comes close to Rajni Kanth. All the top line directors queue him up for signing their movies. He works for the welfare of the Tamil people. His movie is universally released which no other actor has in India. His movie releases the same time in Japan,USA,Canada and many other countries. Some are dubbed in their languages. He is meant to be the god in Tamil Nadu. He is very humble and very down to Earth nature and does lots of help to the poor people and deals with their problems.

2. Amitabh Bachchan

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Amitabh Bachchan is one of the mostly renowned actor in the Indian film industry. He is one of the most demanded actors in this industry even at his age of 65. He has a lot of caliber at this age and acts around five movies a year. His greatest asset is his personality and his voice other than his looks. He is married to the popular actor named Jayabhaduri and have two children. One of his children Abhishek Bachchan is one of the leading actor now. When he entered into the film industry he struggled a lot for a hit. It was Zanjeer that made his way clear and gave sure that he will remain here itself. Then came Sholay which made history in box office. Then he doesnt need to look back,all the movies was making a huge profit and made him more demand. Then after 25 years came his bad luck and he was debt with lots of money. Then came a TV reality show name “Kaun Banega Crorepati” which boosted up his career once more at the age of 60 and till now also he is the most demanded and popular in all over the world. HIs wax statue is fixed in Madame Tussuad’s museum in London.

3. Shahrukh Khan

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Shahrukh Khan is known as the King of the bollywood. He is one of the most bravest star. Shahrukh Khan struggled a lot for his position in Bollywood in his early times. He is the most popular young actor that has fans all over the world. He is one of the highest paid actor in this film industry. He is the only actor that has no family backgrounds related to film industry. Its his effort and hard work that made him Numero Uno. He appeared into the television serials first at early 90s named “Circus” and “Fauji”. His wax statue is also fixed in Madam Tussuad’s museum. Beside acting he is also good in business whether it is film production or owning a cricket league team he makes a good profit in any field. He is married to Gauri Khan and have two children named Aryan and Suhaana. He is one of the few actor that give more value to his family and postpones anything for his family. He has won national award and lots of film fare awards for his best performance. One of his biggest asset is that he is considered as the boy next door and a pet for all of the family and is liked by all the people of different age groups. He is very kind at heart and donates without any media presence for the welfare of the poor people.

4. Chiranjeevi

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In Andhrapradhesh Chiranjeevi is considered as their larger than life His skills have been explored worldwide and with that he created millions of fan all around the world. Chiranjeevis orginal name is Konidela Siva Shankara Vara Prasad. Chiranjeevi is the mega star of the Telugu movie industry. He has been heading a blood donation bank in Andhrapradhesh for poor people. He wont act random in all the movies. He carefully selects and make sure that it has any message in the story. Then only he acts and spreads message to all through that movie. His sincerity and humbleness has collected many fans for him. He is the second most paid actor in India. His trademark feature is his dance and vibrant in his energy at that age makes him unique. His support to upcoming actors are tremendous and very sincere to his heart. All his movies will be a big budget but his porter role in Okkadu became a trendsetter. He is the recipient of Padmabushan. In 2006 he received Doctorite from Andhra university for his for his services to the Telugu film industry and for his social work.

5. Kamal Hassan

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The name Kamal Hassan suggests us for novelty and creativity. The man with different talents in one, thats what we can define Kamal Hassan. His talents are praised worldwide. He is the multiple national award winner. He has supporters all around the world and mostly known for his different talents. He is popularly known as ‘ Sakala kala vallabhavan’ which means a man with all talents. He can sing,dance western and Bharatha Nadyam, can write lyrics for the song, direct a movie and many more in his list. He has received Padmashree and doctorate. He acted at the age of five and now at the age of 60 he is still in old form. His looks demands to be the star of India. He is the actor which had several ups and downs. His latest movie created a world record of an actor in 10 different roles in one movie . He has the advantage of knowing all the languages in India and has acted almost all the languages. His wide range of acting skills have been studied by University and defines him as the most flexible actor from India.

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Parvathi Milton

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Parvathi Melton is a top actress in telugu film industry. She was born in USA for a German father and punjabi mother. She is a famous indian model. She made her debut in the film Vennela in 2005. She acted with Raja, which turned out to be a great hit. That film made her a most wanted actress in tollywood. She has tried her luck in Malayalam film industry in the film ‘Hallo’ . The movie became a blockbuster of that year. Now she is one of the busiest star and travel around in all the film industries.

Charmy

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Charmy is a bubbly,charming and extremely confident actress in telugu film industry. She is from Vasai, Mumbai. Charmy started her film career in 2002. Charmy’s first film was Devadasu. Very soon Charmy became one of the top actress in both Kollywood and Tollywood industries. She acted in Sri Anjaneyam which was directed by Krishna Vamsi,which was a big success. She also tested her luck in Malyalam film industry but she failed in that industry. She has a very simple looks that appeals for a village girl and never labeled as a sex symbol.

Trisha Krishnan

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Trisha krishan is a famous actress in tamil and telugu movies . She started getting the attention of public with her Miss Chennai Title in 1999. Her first film with a leading role was in Leysa Leysa directed by Priyadarshan. In 2004, Trisha acted in a telugu film “Varsham”, opposite Prabhas, which was the biggest hit of the year in Telugu film industy. This success made her an overnight star in tollywood film industry. In 2005, She acted in a Telugu movie opposite Mahesh Babu titled “Athadu” and bagged another huge hit in her career.Trisha krishan has already won a number of awards for her performances in various movies including four Film Fare Awards.

Shobhana

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She is the most talented artist from south. She is an exponent to the Bharatha Nadyam dance and many other. She has bagged two national awards for her performance in the movies “Manichithrathaazhu” and Hindi movie “Mitr”. She is one of the most flexible actress in India. Her dancing skills have been heavily praised by all over the world. She has performed in Kualalumpur before the king and queen of Malaysia. She has many dance schools outside India. Her formations in her dance is a trend setter and her trademark. Her expressions are also awesome and definitely need a big round of applause. She has been teaching lakhs of students all around the world. She appears in the movie very shortly and once in a year. She has acted in many Hindi movies also. Recently she acted in one of the hit movie from Bollywood with top leading actors.

Preity ZInta

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She is the bubbly girl in bollywood and the trend setter too. She is here in this industry without any godfathers to raise her up. She was seen in many advertisements and got into industry through that. She has been voted for the best dressing last year. Her trademark is her dimple and is a perfect blend of wordly wisdom and a very smart mind. She has been booked by many top line producers for their movie and her fame is very big outside industry also. She is known as the Princess of bollywood. She is also an owner of a cricket league team which has many top order Indian players. Her fame also boosted with this match when her team went into semi finals. She is very kiddish in nature and every family members love her to their most. She is also very good for her performance. Young ,Vibrant and vivacious these are the words that describes Preity. She is one of the star that has acted with all the top line actors.

Rani Mukherji

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She is known as the Rani of the bollywood and very well known for her performance rather than her beauty. She is from Bengal and also a Bengali beauty. Top line producers are at her dates for their new movies. If the hero is a newcomer too she can do her magic and make it an average hit. She is very well connected to her family and makes decision considering to their wish. She is the first actress to ever win both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress trophies in a single year (2005) at the Filmfare. She has won over 60 awards and lots of year ahead in her career. Her father Mukherji was a director in Bengali movies and her mother was a Bengali singer named Krishna. Later her brother also followed the same way like his father. Her performance in Black has bagged many awards and was very well acclaimed for her role as a deaf-blind women completing her degree with the help of her master which was played by Amitabh Bachchan.

Shilpa Shetty

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Now she is one of the most popular film actress in India. She is the winner of the Big Brother TV reality show in London. Her fame boosted after that. She became the ambassador of India and visited the British prime minister Tony Blair . She has been suggested to the latest James Bond movie but it has not been finalized. Her launch of the meditation program of Yoga was a big success has been sold for a big amount. After the success of the reality show, everything that she touched turned into gold. Her perfume also became very big hit. Later her two movies after big brother became a very big hit. Her performance in the movie ‘Phir Milenge’ was highly praised and bagged many awards. This was the movie dealing with HIV patients and their life. Every activities done by her have been watched by media and made into a front page news. She has acted almost all the languages in India.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

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Aishwarya, the trademark of the nation is one of the most beautiful lady in this world. She is the most popular lady in the Indian film industry. She represented India for many events and has made India to reach in many heights. She is the most powerful Indian woman in the ratings of the most powerful people listings last year. She is also at her extreme in her acting and has made a safe position in the bollywood. She is the trendsetter in bollywood and all the fans go on crazy of what she do. She is married to Abhishek Bachchan and living their life happy. She is also the first Indian to star in Hollywood top class movies like Pink panther, Bride and Prejudice, mistress of spices and many more. She is endorsing to many brands and the owners claim that an hike has been produced after she has endorsed. She is not only Indias but the worlds biggest asset.

Amrita Rao

Basically she is from Andhra Pradhesh and later she migrated to bollywood film industry . She was successful in the in the first film named ‘Ishk Visk’ . The movie was an introduction for the two main leads Shahid and Amrita. The movie boosted the carriers of the two actors. Then came chance to act with the king of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan. So she never need to look back after that movie. She became a famous bollywood actress and a model. She recently made her debut in Tollywood, with the Telugu hit ‘Athidhi’ opposite Mahesh Babu. The film was a hit in Tollywood. She has made a place in tollywood with this film. The film dubbed into Tamil as Thani Kaatu Raja.

Anushka

Anushka Biography
Orginol Name : Anushka Shetty
Born : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation : Actress, Playback Singer
Anushka did her schooling and college in Bangalore.She belongs to Mangalore. After completing graduation in Computer Applications, she learned yoga. Then she became a yoga instructer.
Her first film was Super with Nagarjuna. This film was directed by Puri Jagannadh


Anushka Shetty is a rising south Indian actress who has already made a mark of her own in both Tamil and Kannada movies. She was born in Mumbai and she is a member of the famous bellipady family in Mangalore. She has got two brothers, Dr. Sai Ramesh- a dentist and Gunaranjan a businessman. Although she speaks Tamil, English and Kannada, her mother tongue is Tulu.Though she was born in Mumbai, she found herself shifted to Bangalore before she started schooling and it was in Bangalore she completed her schooling and graduation.

She was a bright student at the school and also was one of the prettiest. After schooling, she joined BCA (Bachelor of computer applications) and after graduating from a Bangalore college she spend some time. It was then she got hooked with yoga and joined to practice yoga and later she became a yoga instructor.

She made her Tamil and Kannada movie debuts in the same year that is in the year 2005. Her first film was ‘Super’ with Nagarjuna. This film was directed by Puri Jagannadh who was very impressed with her personality and contacted her through another director.Her performance in the Telungu film ‘Vikramarkudu’ won her much praise from critics all over the country.In year 2006 she played against R. Madhavan in a Tamil movie called ‘Rendu’ and the movie did fairly well in the box office.

She also had movies like ‘Asthram’, ‘Lakshyam’ this year.Recently she was dropped out of a Balakrishna movie due to some unknown reasons. And she is currently filming her new movie called ‘Don’ in Telugu.

Though she has played against several top actors in not so badly performed movies, she is still waiting for that one blockbuster movie to come to her career. She never had a movie which can be called a huge success, something that can remould and give a clear direction to any budding heroine’s career.

No one is particularly sure about her feeding habit and it still is a matter of controversy whether she is a vegetarian or not. But most sources agree that she is a pure vegetarian and she is gifted with this amazing ability to make great foods. And no matter how busy her life gets, she will always find some time to relish her paramount hobby, which is to collect news articles about natural disasters.