Laxmikanth Berde- November 3rd

Laxmikanth Berde was a well known Bollywood actor famous for his comedy based roles. He has acted several Marathi and Hindi movies. Laxmikanth Berde. He was born on November 3^rd 1954 in Mumbai in a Marathi Saraswat Brahmin family. From very younger age he had the striving to be an actor that was the reason he started his acting career through stage dramas. He won several awards in acting during the inter school and inter college competitions. He started his film career through Marathi movies. His debut movie was Lek Chalali Sasarla. His first Hindi movie was “Maine Pyar Kiya” with Salman Khan. He continued a very successful acting career which has given several good performances like Hum Apke Hain Kaun, Mere Sapno Ki Rani, Arzoo, Saajan, Beta and 100 Days. He has a production company Abhinay Arts named after his son. In December 16 2004 he passed away due to kidney failure.

Kumar Sanu – 22nd September

Kedarnath Bhattacharya or Kumar Sanu is one of the nations celebrated playback singer. He has used his voice in several language movies. Kumar Sanu has awarded Padma Shri, he has won Filmfare award for Best Male Playback singer for 5 consecutive years in a row. Kumar Sanu was born on 22^nd September 1957 in Kolkata. His father was a famous classical singer and composer. From early age Kumar showed interest in singing and learned it from his father. He also learned the musical instrument Tabla. He started his singing career in restaurants and singing shows around Kolkata. In 1987 Jagjit Singh offered him his first singing chance in the movie Aandhiyan. It is the famous music director Kalyanji-Anandji who convinced him to change his name from Kedarnath Bhattacharya to Kumar Sanu.

He won Filmfare awards for his songs in Aashiqui (1990), Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993), and 1942 A Love story (1994). He entered into Guinness World Record by singing and recording 28 songs in a single day. In 2009 h was awarded Padma Shri the forth highest civilian award offered by the Government of India for his contributions. He is currently in the judging panel of several singing contests held in different channels.