Biographies for Kids

One name that is synonymous with romance, aesthetics and Urdu poetry in contemporary India is that of Javed Akhtar. This famous lyricist and songwriter was born on January 17th 1945 in Gwalior. The life history of Javed Akhtar is a roller coaster ride and the number of honors to his name is an endless list that is still growing. This …

Daler Mehndi (Born: 18 Aug 1967) is a bhangra / pop singer from India. Mehndi was a student of traditional Punjabi music and his first album broke sales records in India. Since 1995 he has recorded several highly successful albums in India, and also sung in several Bollywood movies. His international popularity has grown in recent years allowing him to tour …

Born: August 3, 1916, Budaun Died: April 20, 1970, Mumbai Shakeel Badayuni was one of the famous Urdu poet and lyricist of 50s and 60s. He is best remembered for most of his songs with music director Naushad. Shakeel won three Filmfare Awards in a row from 1961 to 1963 for his songs ‘Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil’ (Bees Saal …

Katrina Kaif is a Indian Actress born on 16 July 1984 in Hong Kong. Katrina was born in Hong Kong to a Indian Kashmiri Father, Mohammed Kaif and English mother, Suzanne Turquotte. Her parents got divorced when she was very young. She is having seven siblings. From Hong Kong, they moved to China and then Japan. Then from Japan to …

Sanjeev Kumar or Harihar Jariwala (July 9, 1938 – November 6, 1985) was one of the most prominent Indian actors in Bollywood. Sanjeev Kumar was born in Surat, Gujarat to a Gujarati family living in Mumbai. A stint in film school took him to Bollywood, where he eventually became a star. He remained a bachelor all his life. He loved Actress Hema …

Sunil Dutt (Hindi: सुनील दत्त, June 6, 1928 – May 25, 2005), born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Hindi movie actor, producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government (2004-2005). His son, Sanjay Dutt, is currently also a Bollywood star. In 1984 he joined the Congress party and …

Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist, now known as the father of psychoanalysis. Freud qualified as a doctor of medicine at the University of Vienna in 1881, and then carried out research into cerebral palsy, aphasia and microscopic neuroanatomy at the Vienna General Hospital. Upon completing his habilitation in …

Mario De Miranda — Mario Miranda (born: 2 May 1926 – Died: 11 December 2011) is a well-known Indian cartoonist based in Loutolim in the Indian state of Goa. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and Padma Shri in 1988. Miranda has been a regular with The Times of India and other newspapers in Mumbai, including The Economic …

Arijit Singh, is an Indian playback singer. He was one of top six contestants in reality-singing series, Fame Gurukul in 2005 and became an assistant to music director Pritam. Known for his soulful voice that reverberates with romantic songs, Arijit Singh is setting new trends in the music industry, by stirring up unforgetable notes for the young hearts. Arijit was …

Born On: April 15, 1922 Born In: Jaipur, Rajasthan Died On: September 17, 1999 Occupation: Poet and Bollywood lyricist Nationality: Indian Hasrat Jaipuri is one of those celebrated poets who have gone down as immortal in the history of Hindi film songs. A poet who composed lines in Urdu, Persian and Hindi, he went on to become one of the …