Janamdin mubarak!!! You’re a year older and wiser (like your folks would wish for you to be). Are you still all snug and smug in your bed surfing through the world wide web and somehow ended up here?
Well, here’s a list of famous peeps from across the world with whom you share your janamdin.
*Breaks into song* Tum jeeyo Hazaroon saal...
Shaan
If you grew up in the 90s, Shaan and his pop songs were a rage. Remember those days of the indie pop music boom? From his hit solo Tanhaa Dil (2000) to belting popular Bollywood numbers, Shaan has also hosted and judged a number of music talent shows and even sung songs in Konkani, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali, Hindi, Oriya, Malayalam, etc.
He is one of the few Indian singers who have collaborated with international singers. He collaborated with boy band 'Blue' for the song One Love.
Marion Cotillard
Born in Paris, the actress spent a decade in the French film and television industry before moving to Hollywood in early 2000. Her first major role was in Tim Burton's Big Fish alongside Helena Bonham Carter. In 2004, she won the Chopard Trophy of Female Revelation at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to star in six films in 2005.
She portrayed French singer Edith Piaf in the biopic La Vie en Rose for which she was given a 15-minute standing ovation at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Cotillard is also the first actress to win a Golden Globe for a foreign language performance since 1972 and the first person to win a (Comedy or Musical) Golden Globe for a foreign language performance.
She played Leonardo DiCaprio's deceased wife in Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Monica Bellucci
The stunning Italian actress, known for her roles in The Matrix Reloaded and Malena, began her career in modelling at the age of 13 and went on to become a prominent face in the fashion industry in Paris and New York. She then transitioned to acting and bagged her first film role in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
In 1996, she was nominated for a Cesar Award for best supporting actress in The Apartment.
Bellucci, at the age of 50, played Bond girl in the James Bond franchise film Spectre (2015).
She will soon travel to India for Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) festival and is set to meet Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
The films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee have become the hallmark of what can be called India’s middle-class cinema. Popularly known as Hrishi-da, he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades including hits like Chupke Chupke, Anand, Abhimaan, Gol Maal, Bawarchi and Namak Haraam.
Mukherjee’s ambition by his own admission was to be a biochemist. He had done a BSc in Chemistry Honours when, besotted by photography, he worked in an editing lab. Post this, he planned to get back to his studies and do an MSc when Bimal Roy got him to Mumbai and got him into film editing.
He was honoured with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1999 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001. He received the NTR National Award in 2001 and he also won eight Filmfare Awards.
Truman Capote
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The American novelist, playwright, and actor is the man behind the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and the true crime novel In Cold Blood. He began writing short stories at the age of 8 and started his professional career as a short story writer. Many of his non-fictional works are considered literary classics. Around 20 films and TV dramas have been produced based on his plays and stories.
Capote was best friends with author Harper Lee who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird .
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