Entertainment Bollywood
Top Bollywood Entertainers of All Time
All of us want entertainment & cinema is one of the best modes of entertainment. Most of us Love Cinema & life without Cinema will make it dull & boring. We need the thrill , excitement & joy which cinema provides us.
What is Bollywood?
Bollywood refers to the Hindi film industry or Cinema Industry of India which makes movies in the Hindi language. Just the way there is Hollywood in the USA for the English film industry. In India there is Bollywood, Kollywood etc. Kollywood is used for south indian movies. These movies are made in South Indian languages. The Pakistani movie industry is called Lollywood. So different words are used in different countries & at times within the same country as in the case of India to refer to its movie making industry.
Role of Movies ?
Movies play a pivotal role in society. They show dreams, they play larger than life characters, they play ordinary people, the plight & fight of a common man , beautiful love stories, sad love stories, the fight between right & wrong, they basically play a very influential role in society. There are comedy, action, patriotic, drama , romantic, Love Stories, off beat movies etc.
At times there are also propaganda movies made with the motive to arouse sensational feelings in the society in the guise of making a movie. What such movies do is they exaggerate & distort the facts in the name of presenting facts.
Importance of Cinema
Cinema is very important for entertainment. Life without cinema would be meaningless. Our mind needs something unique & artificial which is played on screen. The beauty about the cinema is that even tho it is artificial but it looks real.
Top Bollywood Entertainers
Actors, Actresses, Character Actors, Comedians & Villains all are Entertainers & if speak about top Bollywood entertainers then we need to speak about all of them in detail.
Top Actors
Raj Kapoor
His passion for making movies was unimaginable. He was Actor, Director, Producer, his all round contribution in Bollywood is praiseworthy.
Guru Dutt
Guru Dutt is one of the legends of Bollywood. People highly appreciate his contribution in movies.
Ashok Kumar
He has played many beautiful roles. He was a great actor and played versatile roles. He was highly appreciated & still remembered for his huge contribution to the Bollywood.
Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar is regarded as one of the best actors in the Bollywood industry. His original name is Yusuf Khan. Dilip Kumar is the name he adopted for movies. He is known as the king of tragedy.
Devanand
Devanand is one of the legends of Bollywood. He had a unique style & very lively personality. His passion for making movies continued till his last breath.
Manoj Kumar
One of the legends of Bollywood, his contribution especially in patriotic movies is highly appreciated.
Sunil Dutt
Regarded as Dutt Sahab Sunil Dutt is one of the legends of Bollywood. His work in Bollywood is highly appreciated. He later on Joined politics by joining Indian National Congress. His Son Sanjay Dutt is also an amazing actor.
Rajesh Khanna
He is regarded as First superstar of Bollywood & Superstar of Superstars. He had an amazingly charming personality. He was a very charming person. He was an amazing actor & gave endless super hit , blockbuster movies. He was also a style icon & people used to follow this dress style, hair style. The craze among girls for Rajesh Khanna was beyond imagination. When he got married to Dimple Kapadia, police and security had to be placed outside his home because of the anger of her female fans. He later on joined Indian National Congress. He later on left politics again and did movies.
Hathi Mere Sathi, Bawarchi , Aradhana etc are just a few of his endless great movies.
When he died people cried a lot, his fans came all the way from Bandra to Vile Parle place where his last ceremony had taken place.
Raj Kumar
Raj Kumar is well known for his famous dialogues and unique style of dialogue delivery. Jaani is a common word which he used to say in his dialogues. He was a swashbuckling person & amazing actor.
Dharmendra
He is regarded as HeMan of Bollywood. He is blessed with an amazing physique and a handsome face. He did all kinds of movies & was a versatile actor. He married 2nd time with Hema Malini & has 2 wives. His Son Sunny Deol & Bobby Deol are also amazing actors. He also joined politics & Joined Bharatiya Janata party. Later he left politics & did some movies.
Shammi Kapoor
He had a unique personality and very lively character. He did many movies & he was a wonderful actor.
Shashi Kapoor
He was a versatile actor, did endless amazing movies. Very charming person & his work in Diwar film is still alive in everyone’s mind. Especially the dialogue with Amitabh Bachchan.
His passion for acting can be understood by the fact that for one role he increased his weight. Unfortunately later on he could never reduce it. This speaks volumes about his dedication for acting.
Rishi Kapoor
He came in Bollywood as a sensation & he remained a sensational actor till end of his career. His work in Damini & many other movies is highly appreciated by the people. In the latter part of his career he played the role of Dawood Ibrahim which seemed very real.
Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna was so handsome and a trailblazing actor. He was tall & handsome man who did endless great movies. He later on joined politics as well.
Vinod Mehra
Amazing actor did many great movies. He had very innocent face & lovely acting skills.
Sanjiv Kumar
Sanjiv Kumar was such a lovely actor. Just looking at him in movies filled the heart with joy. He was a wonderful actor & legend. He has done endless Great movies.
Jitendra
One of the legends of Bollywood, his movies with Sri Devi & Jayaprada used to be very special. His movies were really nice.
Shatrugan Sinha
One of the most fabulous actors of Indian Cinema, Shatrughan Sinha had an amazing personality & great selection of movies. He is still as Dashing as he used to be.
Firoz Khan
One of the great actors who was very handsome & very bold in his style. He had a very unique personality.
Amol Palekar
Did offbeat movies , the movies were very different, very unique stories. That kind of cinema is very rare & missing but it was only with that era & amol Palekar.
Amitabh Bachchan
6 ft tall actor, one of the great actors of bollywood. He initially had a lot of flops but later on became successful after working with Rajesh Khanna in a movie. Because of Rajesh Khanna he got noticed & recognised. He was angry young man on the screen who later joined politics. Later left politics & then came back with Kaun Banega Crorepati quiz show. His dialogues in Dewar movie became very popular. His work in Baghban movie & Sarkar movie is very Praiseworthy.
Raj Babbar
Raj Babbar was a very talented actor. He later on joined politics. But his movies are still remembered.
Sanjay Dutt
He is son of legendary Sunil Dutt. He has great personality & never say die attitude. His Khalnayak movie , Sadak, Vastav, Road movies are some of his endless great movies. He is phenomenal actor & versatile actor.
Sunny Deol
Son of legendary Dharmendra, Sunny Deol is yet another legend of Bollywood. He is versatile Actor & known for his dialogue delivery. He is the only actor who’s maximum dialogues are famous. He is the only actor with maximum blockbuster super hit movies. He is the only actor not just in Bollywood but in the entire world who has the record of the most successful movie ever in the world.
His movie Gadar ek Prem Katha released in 2001 holds the world record , in Limca Book of records, this is the only movie which had maximum footfalls. For this movie 10 Crore (100 million or 0.1 billion) tickets were sold. But even after giving the most successful movie not just in India but in the entire world Sunny Deol remained very humble & down to earth human being.
Started his career in 1983 with Betaab movie then did movies like Soni mahiwal , Tridev, Ghayal, Ghatak, Jiddi, Gadar, Hero The Love story of a Spy, Border, Yamla Pagla Deewana, Chup, Apne, Poster Boys, Mohalla Assi, Jaat, Bhaiyaji Superhit.
These are just a few names of his endless great movies. He has a great body, Super Strong but not artificial it is an all natural body. His movies have Romance , Love, Drama, Comedy , emotion , action etc. He is a complete actor and has done versatile roles. He has done out & out comedy movies like poster boys & totally unique movie like Mohalla Assi. The best part about Sunny Deol is his selection of Stories. He has a very good sense of selecting movies.
In his 42 year long career he has given endless blockbuster superhit movies. His bond with Amrish Puri was all together on a next level. The chemistry between Sunny Deol & Amrish Puri is a guarantee of Magic on the screen.
He has an amazing pair with all actresses. Madhuri Dixit, Ravina Tandon, Karishma, Amisha Patel, Tabbu name any actress, Sunny Deol has perfect chemistry with all of them.
His movie Right or Wrong is yet another masterpiece. Mind-blowing story. His movie Jaat is the latest movie which created huge excitement among his fans as usual. The beauty about this movie is how just on the theme of Idli Sambhar such a beautiful movie was created. It has a surprise element and the trailer is deceptive. The movie is full of comedy & drama, emotion & action is just a small part of it. It is a beautiful movie and a must watch movie.
His movie Arjun Pandit is yet another classical movie which has love, betrayal, comedy, action all attached to it.
His movie Jiddi is one Gem of a movie. In one scene he breaks & pulls out the hand of a villain. If someone else did it will look unreal but if it is sunny it looks real.
His movie Border has goosebumps for the audience. It is a beautiful movie with patriotism, love story, emotion, and comedy all included in it.
His movie Ghatak is a masterpiece, a story of a lone man fighting against draconian villains. Amrish Puri played his father.
His movie Ghayal Once Again is a super thriller & very beautiful movie.
His movie Damini is an all time classic of Bollywood. His acting as an Advocate Govind against Amrish Puri is mind-blowing.
His movie Hero Love story of a Spy is yet another masterpiece. He played Role of a Spy. Priti Zinta pair with him looks beautiful.
He joined politics for 5 years and became an MP from Gurdaspur from Bharatiya Janata Party. Later he quit politics & kept doing movies.
His upcoming movies Lahore 1947, Border 2 & Gadar 3 are just few of many memorable movies which will hit the silver screen.
Govinda
He is regarded as Hero No.1 of bollywood. He is versatile actor & the most amazing dancer & king of comedy. His chemistry with Kadar Khan was amazing. They did many great movies.
Kyunki me juth nahi milta is one of his Great movies. In which he played role of an advocate.
His movie Rajababu , Coolie No.1, Swarg are just few of his endless great movies.
His last movie which came on silver screen was Rangeela Raja. After he joined politics his career was brought to an end by dirty Bollywood politics.
He made a comeback with Partner which was a huge hit but despite it the dirty politics of bollywood ended his career. After that he got only a few movies & few were not allowed to be released.
No matter what bollywood has done with him but he will remain Hero No.1 in the hearts of his fans for always. He still looks very fit for movies but sadly his talent is wasted by the dirty politics of bollywood.
Anil Kapoor
He has done very good movies like loafer , Nayak etc. His work in Nayak movie is highly appreciated. His work in many other movies has been exceptionally good. His pair with Sridevi is highly appreciated.
Sunil Shetty
Versatile actor did many great movies like Gopi Kishan, Surakshaa, Loha, Border etc. He doesn’t do many movies now but really amazing actor.
His work in Hera pheri movie and Gopi Kishan was highly appreciated.
Saif Ali Khan
He is very good actor, his work in Dil Chahta hai is highly appreciated. He has done many good movies.
Jackie Shroff
He has a really amazing personality. His personality stands apart from the rest. He has done many great movies in Bollywood, also in the Gujarati film industry he did a movie.
Mithun Chakraborty
He is one of the legendary actors of India and has done many great movies. He also joined politics.
Shahrukh Khan
Actor known for his passion has done many good movies. However since 2011 there have been many movies with pathetic stories. Most of them have been flops. But his movie Chak De India, Swadesh , Badshah, Baazigar were some of his greatest movies.
Salman Khan
Tere Naam, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Andaj Apna Apna etc are some of his great movies. But for the past many years his selection of movies has been pathetic. Not matching his acting capabilities.
Amir Khan
Called perfectionist he has done many wonderful movies like Andaj Apna Apna, Rangeela, Lagan, Tare Zamee par etc. His movie Mann with Manisha Koirala is one of the most beautiful movie one may ever watch.
He has an abundance of talent, since the past few years hasn’t done any great movies. But his talent is highly appreciated.
Ajay Devgan
Movies he did at the start of his career were truly amazing. Movies like phool aur kante & many more. But since past many years hasn’t done movies on good topics. He is very good actor but need to do good movies, story selection plays key role.
Boby Deol
Brother of Sunny Deol’s, first movie Barsat was a huge hit. He did many great movies. Soldier , Bichhoo etc. Curly hairs , great actor nice body looks & personality.
Emran Hashmi
One of the great actors who recently came in the last few decades. He is known for his kissing scenes but he is a great actor with charming looks.
Abhay Deol
Cousin of Sunny Deol very good actor but hasn’t done many movies.
Akshay Khanna
Son of Vinod Khanna Great actor did many great movies.
Akshay Kumar
Very good actor at the start of his career but in the past many years he has focussed only on quantity & totally compromised quality.
Arshad Warsi
Amazing actor, Jolly LLB is one of his many great movies. His acting skills are natural. His work with Sanjay Dutt is highly appreciated.
Abhishek Bachchan
Super talented, Son of Amitabh Bachchan, very tall , he is taller than his father. And his acting is way better than his father’s.
Refugee his first movie is beautiful love story.
Bunty aur Babli with Rani Mukherjee is a beautiful movie.
Sarkar his acting is way better than Amitabh Bachchan in this movie. Amitabh Bachchan did great acting in this movie but Abhishek was miles ahead of him.
Fardeen Khan
Son of Legendary Firoz Khan, fardeen is amazing actor & very handsome. He became fat in between but regained fitness.
Aftab Sivdasani
Looks very cute & very talented actor.
Hrithik Roshan
Son of Rakesh Roshan made a sensational debut with Kaho na Pyar Hai. Great dancer & very good actor.
Tiger Shroff
Son of legendary Jackie shroff, one of the latest stars to enter Bollywood. Great dancer, good looks.
Arjun Rampal
One of the most handsome actor of recent times. Very good actor and did many good movies.
Manoj Bajpai
One of the great actors of bollywood did many great movies. His movie Satya is highly appreciated.
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir is Son of Rishi Kapoor. His work in the Sanju movie was amazing. He really made it look like Sanjay Dutt.
Villains & Character Actors of Bollywood
Amrish Puri
One of the greatest villains of Bollywood. When you speak about villains his name come right at the top. He has done many unforgettable roles. Mogambo is one of the greatest roles he played. He is one of the greatest legend of Bollywood. He played as villain & character roles.
Amjad Khan
His role in Sholay movie as Gabbar singh & many others are unforgettable. He is one of the greatest legends of Bollywood who’s contribution can never be forgotten. He played villain & character roles.
Om Puri
One of the best villains & character actors Bollywood has ever seen. He was amazing & loved a lot by people.
Ranjit
One of the best actors who played many great roles as villain.
Shakti Kapoor
One of the greatest actors of Bollywood who played as a villain and character roles. His pair with Govinda is unforgettable.
Raja Murad
One of the greatest villain and character actors of Bollywood. His movie Heena is unforgettable. He has done endless Great movies. He is a Legend of Bollywood
Ajit
He played as villain & one of the greatest legends of Bollywood.
Jivan
One of the best villains of Bollywood. Great acting skills.
Anupam Kher
He has played villain roles and character actors roles over the years. He is a good actor. However in the recent past he hasn’t selected good scripts.
Kadar Khan
He is one of the greatest legends of Bollywood. He has played villain roles , Character Actor, Comedy all kinds of roles. His chemistry with Govinda is unforgettable.
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
One of the legends of Bollywood he has played many unforgettable roles as villain & also as character actor.
Paresh Rawal
He has played all kinds of roles in Indian cinema. He is one of the greatest actors who played villain, character roles, and comedy roles. His contribution in Bollywood is highly praiseworthy.
His movies Hera Pheri & many more are unforgettable.
Pran
One of the legendary actors who played villain & character roles. He is one of the greatest legends of Bollywood.
Prem Chopra
One of the greatest villains of all time in the Bollywood industry. He has also played character roles. He is amazing to say the least.
Mcmohan
One of the greatest villains of Bollywood.
Danny
One of the greatest villains in Bollywood. His work in Ghatak & many more is unforgettable.
Gulshan Grover
One of the best villains in Bollywood.
Comedian
Kadar Khan
Kadar Khan as discussed above has also made huge contribution as comedian.
Johny Lever
Played as a comedian, one of the legends of Bollywood. Very good comic skills.
Rajpal Yadav
One of the greatest comedians to have entered into the Bollywood industry. His comic timing is amazing.
Actress
Mina Kumari
Madhubala
Nargis
Rekha
Jaya Baduri
Sri Devi
Minakshi Shaishadri
Amisha Patel
Juhi Chawla
Karishma Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
The list is huge & endless but we will only discuss few of them.
Rekha
One of the most beautiful actresses in Bollywood and she had great acting skills. She still looks very beautiful and very fit and fine.
Sridevi
One of the best actress of Bollywood.Unfortunately she has passed away but she has done many great movies.
Hema Malini
She is known as dream girl because of the song dream girl of one of her movies. She is very beautiful and she is a great actress.
Madhuri Dixit
One of the most beautiful women on the planet. She has a great body and great acting skills and a very beautiful face. Just by looking at her the heartbeat of the people rises.
She has done endless Great movies over the years.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
One of the most beautiful women who came on this earth. She was also a Miss world and an amazing actress.
Jayaprada
Jayaprada is still so beautiful. She has done many great movies over the years.
Karishma Kapoor
One of the most wonderful actresses of the Bollywood industry. she has done many great movies.
Juhi Chawla
One of the best actresses in Bollywood. She has done many unforgettable roles.
Amisha Patel
One of the most beautiful person in India. She looks so beautiful and she is a great actress. Her role as Sakina is unforgettable.
Her pair with Sunny Deol is unforgettable in the Bollywood industry.
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