Hema Malini- 16th October

Hema Malini is an Indian born film actress most popularly called the dream girl of Bollywood. He in her peak time of her career has achieved several awards and left the spectators in awe of her beauty and acting ability. She is not only a noted film actress but also a director, producer, a Bharannattyam dancer and choreographer. She is born on October 16^th 1948 in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. Her mother was also a film producer. She has acted and given several box office hit movies especially opposite to her husband Dharmendra. She is considered one of the most successful actresses in Indian film industry. In a blooming career of 40 years she has acted in almost 150 movies. She is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was a member of Rajya Sabha. Her honors and awards include Padma Shri, Living Legend Award etc. she spends most of her time in charitable and social awareness ventures.

J P Dutta- 3rd October

J.P Dutta is one of the famous Bollywood producer and Director. He is famous for making several patriotic war movies. His films are produced under the banner of JP films. He is born on October 3^rd 1949 in Mumbai. Most of his movies have big lineup of casts. His movie “Border” which was based on the Kargil war between India and Pakistan backed National Film Award from the president of India for best film in the year 1998. his movies Refugee and LOC Kargil are also patriotic movies. His latest movie is Umrao Jaan which is remake of the movie with the same title released in 1981. His father O.P Dutta is also a director, story and dialogue writer, he is married to Bollywood actress Bindiya Goswami.

Filmography:
Umrao Jaan (2006)
LOC Kargil (2003)
Refugee (2000)
Border (1998)
Kshatriya (1993)
Hathyar (1989)
Yateem (1988)
Ghulami (1985)

Yash Chopra – 27th September

Born on September 27, 1932, Yash Chopra is a reputed Indian filmmaker, successful producer and screenwriter. The founder of Yash Raj Films, a movie production company, started his career assisting I. S. Johar. Adding feathers to his cap, the man has received a number of awards in his life. He is married to Pamela and has two sons, Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra.

Yash Chopra Banner is one of the biggest in the Bollywood industry. Over the years, he has written for, produced and directed several, out of which most remained super-dooper hits! You can get a full listing of Yash Chopra in IMDB. Most of his films are family dramas and the shootings take place in picturesque places like Gangtok, Jaisalmer, Kovalam, Kumarakom, Manali, Munnar, etc in India; and outside India the locations range from Switzerland, Australia to London. You will never fail to notice the loveliness of all these places.

Some notable films of 2000:
New York (2009) (producer)
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) (producer)
Chak De! India (2007) (producer)
Bunty Aur Babli (2005) (producer)
Veer-Zaara (2004) (producer)
Mohabbatein (2000) (producer)

Feroz Khan – 25th September

Feroz Khan was born on September 25, 1939, in Bangalore and has worked in the Hindi film industry as an actor, producer, director and film editor. He is popular for his flamboyant style in Bollywood. Khan won quite a few Filmfare awards. His son Fardeen Khan is an actor and he is also survived by a daughter named Laila Khan Rajpal. He died on 27 April, 2009.

Mahesh Bhatt – 20th September

Mahesh Bhatt is one of greatest Director in Indian film industry. He has proved his mettle in direction, production and screen writing. He has given several Box office hits for Bollywood film industry. He can be called the Ridley Scott of Indian Film Industry.

Mahesh was born on September 20 1949, in the busy city of Mumbai. His father was a Hindu Brahmin and mother was a Muslim. From his early age he was so engrossed in making movies, he dropped out from college to enter the tinsel town. His early movies where art based creations like Arth, Saaransh, Janam and Naam. He has also proved the audience that he is able to make comedy movies by directing movies like Duplicate, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke etc. His serious family movies are, Daddy (1989), Swayam (1991). He launched his daughter Pooja Bhatt as an actress in his blockbuster movie ‘Daddy’. Today Pooja Bhatt is a well known film director. It was said that, his movie Zakham was based on his true life experience which was critically acclaimed. Though he has tried all kinds of stories, he is known in the film industry for making nail biting suspense thrillers. His most famous thrillers are, Inteha, Jism, Murder, Gangster, Woh Lamhe etc.

Mahesh Bhatt has also ventured into TV series, giving some of the biggest hit series like ‘Swabhimaan’ scripted by Shobha De and an English series ‘A Mouthful of Sky’. He has bagged several prestigious awards in his long career.