18th October - Birth Day Of Famous Indian Personalities

 

18th October is very special birth day. Many famous person were born on date of 18th October. Here is list of famous person who born on 18th October.

 

(1) Late Mr. Om Puri (Born: October 18, 1950 at Ambala) - Om Prakash Puri  was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as independent and art films and also starred in several international cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the finest actors in world cinema. He won two National Film Awards for Best Actor, two Filmfare Awards and India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 1990. In 2004, he was made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He is best known for his author-backed roles in films like Aakrosh (1980), Arohan (1982), Ardh Satya (1983), television films like Sadgati (1981) and Tamas (1987), light-hearted roles in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), Chachi 420 (1997), Hera Pheri (2000), Chup Chup Ke (2006) and Dhol (2007) and several mainstream commercial films throughout his career. He had various collaborations with director Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani. Puri also appeared in non-Indian productions in the United States, Pakistan and Britain. In the 1990s, he appeared in My Son the Fanatic (1997) and the comedy drama East Is East (1999), receiving a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Om Puri died on  6 January 2017.


(2) Mr. Kunal Kapoor (Born: 18th October, 1977 at New Delhi) - Kunal Kishore Kapoor, professionally known as Kunal Kapoor, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi films. Kapoor is a recipient of several accolades including a Stardust Award and an Asiavision Award. K. Kapoor started his career as an assistant director, and made his acting debut with the MF Hussain 2004 film Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities. Following a career breakthrough with Rang De Basanti (2006), Kapoor went onto appear in ‘’Aaja Nachle’’, ‘’Laaga Chunari mein daag’’ in (2007), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008), Don 2 (2011), Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012), Dear Zindagi (2016), Veeram (2016), Gold (2018) After a break, Kapoor earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of Babur, in The Empire (2021). The actor will be seen next in the magnum opus Ramayan along with Ranbir Kapoor and Sai Pallavi. Next he will be seen in the Sidharth Anand, Netflix film Jewel thief co starring Saif Ali Khan. He has finished a film for Aamir Khan productions which will release in 2025. And will also make his Telugu debut in Vishwambara The film slated to be one of the most expensive Telugu films will see him joining forces with Chiranjeevi. He will also star in an action series to be shot in Lucknow, which he has co written. He has started a writers room to create scripts he wants to act in and produce. Along with his acting career, Kapoor is a writer, entrepreneur and co-founder of Ketto, Asia’s largest crowdfunding platform. The platform has raised over 150 million dollars for social and medical causes. Kapoor is married to Naina Bachchan, with whom he has a son. The actor is also a trained pilot and races rally and formula 3 cars. He is also prolific angel investor, having invested in several future tech companies. He is also a fellow of the Aspen leadership programme.


(3) Mrs. Jyothika Sadanah (Born: October 18, 1978 in Tamil Nadu) - Jyothika Saravanan (née Sadanah) is an Indian actress and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi films in addition to Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. Appeared in over 50 Films, Jyothika has received several accolades including a National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards South, a Record of four Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress, two Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Category and Kalaimamani Award. Jyothika is regarded as one of the most prolific actresses in Tamil cinema, and has been ranked among the best actresses of South India by the media. Jyothika debuted in films with the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1997), directed by Priyadarshan. She starred in her first Tamil film Vaali (1999) and her first Telugu film Tagore (2003), opposite Chiranjeevi. She received her first Filmfare Award for Vaali (1999) as Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She was awarded the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for Kushi (2000). A string of successful films followed and gained prominence for her performances in Kushi (2000), Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001), Poovellam Un Vasam (2001), Kaakha Kaakha (2004), Perazhagan (2004), Chandramukhi (2005) and Mozhi, (2007), for the latter three she won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress. For the movie, Mozhi, she was in the final three for National Film Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance, however she lost the award to Umashree for the Kannada film Gulabi Talkies. She has a record of holding maximum number of nominations with 16 for Best Tamil Actress at South Filmfare Awards. Jyothika left the industry at the peak of her career marrying Tamil actor Suriya on 11 September 2006, after being engaged in a relationship for several years, and whom she was paired with in seven films. She made a comeback in the film 36 Vayadhinile (2015) where her performance was given strong reviews and she received Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South for the movie. By Winning her fourth Best Actress Award at Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, she broke the record of winning most Best Actress Title till date with four as her record. After the success of 36 Vayadhinile, she appeared in a series of women centric films like Magalir Mattum (2017), Naachiyaar (2018), Kaatrin Mozhi (2018), Raatchasi (2019), and Ponmagal Vandhal (2020) and also played a lead female role in Mani Ratnam's multi-starrer Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018). She made a comeback to Malayalam and Hindi film industry with critically acclaimed performances in Kaathal – The Core (2023) with Mammootty for which she won her fifth filmfare Lady in the category Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Malayalam and Shaitaan (2024) with Ajay Devgn and R. Madhavan.



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