Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia was born on September 9, 1967 in Akshay Kumar. He is an Indian actor, producer, television host, martial artist, stuntman and philanthropist who works in Bollywood films. Over the course of a career spanning more than 25 years, Kumar has starred in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Rustom (2017) and two awards Filmfare for Ajnabee (2001) and Garam Masala (2005).

After getting a black belt at Taekwondo in India, he studied martial arts in Bangkok, Thailand, where he learned Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter. After Thailand, Kumar went to work in Kolkata in a travel agency, in a hotel in Dhaka, and in Delhi, where he sold Kundan jewelry. Upon his return to Mumbai, he began teaching martial arts.

Meanwhile, the father of one of his students, himself a model coordinator, recommended Kumar to do some modeling, which eventually led to a modeling mission for a furniture showroom. Kumar did earn more money in the first two days of filming than her monthly salary, so she chose a modeling career. He worked as an assistant for photographer Jayesh Sheth for 18 months, without pay, to shoot his first portfolio. He has also worked as a dancer in various films. One morning, he missed his flight for a commercial shoot in Bangalore. Disappointed by himself, he visited a movie studio with his portfolio. That night, Kumar was signed by producer Pramod Chakravarthy for the lead role in the movie Deedar.

Akshay Kumar is one of the most prolific actors in Indian cinema, having played in 108 films, including 26 commercial hit films. He is the first Bollywood actor whose national collections have reached 2,000 crore rupees ($ 280 million) by 2013 and 3,000 crores ($ 420 million) by 2016. After doing so he has established himself as one of the most important actors in Hindi cinema. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he mainly played in action movies. Kumar has also gained fame for his dramatic, romantic and comical roles.

Sonu Sood was born July 30, 1973 and is an Indian actor, producer, and humanitarian who stars primarily in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Punjabi films.

In 2009, he received the Nandi State of Andhra Pradesh Award for Best Villain and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for his work in the blockbuster Telugu Arundhati. In 2010, he won the Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role and the IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for the Bollywood blockbuster Dabangg. In 2012, he received the SIIMA award for best actor in a negative role for Julayi. He is best known for his roles in blockbuster films such as Yuva (2004), Athadu (2005), Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005), Ashok (2006), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Dookudu (2011), Shootout at Wadala (2013), Happy New Year (2014), Kung Fu Yoga (2017) and Simmba (2018).

He has also appeared in commercials for Apollo Tires and Airtel.

In July 2016, he created the production house Shakti Sagar Productions, which bears the name of his father, Shakti Sagar Sood. He married Sonali in 1996. They have two sons.

Sonu Sood Social work during the COVID-19 pandemic

In May 2020, during the national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sood helped thousands of stranded Indian migrant workers reach their homes by organizing buses, special trains and charter flights for them. In July 2020, he organized a chartered flight to bring home more than 1,500 Indian students stranded in Kyrgyzstan, transporting them from Bishkek to Varanasi. His charity during the pandemic was praised and he was hailed as a real life hero in India.

On July 25, 2020, a video of a farmer’s daughters plowing a field, like bulls with a yoke on their shoulders, went viral on social media. Sood quickly sent the family a tractor. On August 5, 2020, he helped 101 medical students, mostly from Tamil Nadu, stranded in Moscow during the lockdown, to reach Chennai safely on a chartered flight he organized after contacting his team for help. On his birthday, he launched a website and app called Pravasi Rojgar to help migrant workers find decent jobs amid the pandemic.

Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad was born on August 22, 1955, better known under her artist name Chiranjeevi, is an Indian actor and politician. He was an independent Minister of State for the Ministry of Tourism and the Government of India from October 27, 2012 to May 15, 2014. Prior to entering politics, Chiranjeevi attended the Madras Film Institute and worked primarily at Telugu Cinema, in addition to Tamil. Kannada and Hindi movies.

He made his film debut in 1978 with the film Punadhirallu. However, Pranam Khareedu was released earlier at the box office. Known for his breakdance talents, Chiranjeevi has played in 150 feature films. In 1987, he played in Swayam Krushi, dubbed in Russian and screened at the Moscow International Film Festival. Chiranjeevi won the Best Actor Award in 1988 and the Nandi State Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film. The same year, Chiranjeevi was one of the Indian delegates to the 59th Academy Awards. In 1988, he co-produced Rudraveena, winner of the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.

In a thirty-nine-year film career, he won four Nandi Awards, including the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and ten Filmfare South Awards, including the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South. In 2006, Chiranjeevi received Padma Bhushan, Third Prize in India, for her contributions to Indian cinema and an honorary doctorate from Andhra University. In 2013, he inaugurated the exhibition Incredible India, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Chiranjeevi represented Incredible India at the 14th International Indian Film Academy Awards in Macao. In 2013, IBN LIVE named him one of the “men who changed the face of Indian cinema”. The 150th film of Chiranjeevi was announced in May 2015.

Since her family revered Anjaneya, a Hindu deity, her mother advised her to take the screen name “Chiranjeevi”, which means “live forever,” a reference to Hanuman’s belief in living forever.

He has two daughters, Sushmita and Srija, and a son, Ram Charan Teja, also an actor in Tollywood.

One of Chiranjeevi’s brothers, Nagendra Babu, is a film producer and has also appeared in several films. His youngest brother, Pawan Kalyan, is also an actor in Tollywood and founder of the Jana Sena party. Allu Aravind, his brother-in-law, is a film producer. Chiranjeevi is Allu Arjun‘s uncle, Allu Sirish, Varun Tej and Sai Dharam Tej.