Shroff may refer to:

• Parking lot

Shroff surname[link]

• A surname of Indian origin (from saraf, bullion trader)
  • Anish Shroff, American anchor for ESPNews since 2008
  • Anaita Shroff Adajania, Indian fashion stylist, and Fashion Director for Vogue (India) magazine
  • Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff (1899-1965), Indian industrialist, banker and economist
  • Boman Shroff, Indian actor, stunstman, director, writer, producer
  • Esmayeel Shroff (b. 1960), Indian film director and writer
  • Pesi Shroff (b. 1965), Indian jockey
  • Sachin Shroff (b. 1979), Indian actor
  • Jackie Shroff (b. 1958), Indian actor
  • Anaita Shroff, Indian fashion stylist
  • Anish Shroff, American television sports anchor
  • Pervin Shroff, Indian scientist
  • D. K. Shroff, Indian celebrity business manager
  • Sachin Shroff (b. 1979), Indian actor
  • Sahil Shroff, Indian model and actor
  • Sunita Shroff, British British television presenter and actor

See also[link]

• All pages with titles containing "Shroff"
• Shroff Eye Hospital

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Simi Garewal (born 17 October 1947 ) is an Indian actress. She is known for her work in Do Badan, Saathi, Mera Naam Joker, Siddhartha and Karz.

Early life[link]

Simi Garewal was born in Delhi. Her father, J S Garewal served in the army rising to the rank of brigadier. Simi grew up in England and studied at Newland House School with her sister Amrita.^[1]

Film and television career[link]

After spending much of her childhood in England, Garewal returned to India while a teenager. It was her felicity with the English language that induced the makers of the English-language film Tarzan Goes to India to offer her a role. A gangly 15-year-old at the time, Garewal made her debut alongside Feroz Khan in this film in 1962.^[2] Her performance here was good enough for her to receive many more film offers, and during the 1960s and '70s, she worked in several notable Indian films, working with leading directors such as Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker (1970), Satyajit Ray in Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest), Mrinal Sen in Padatik (The Guerilla Fighter) and Raj Khosla in Do Badan. She also starred opposite Shashi Kapoor in Columbia Pictures' Siddhartha, an English-language movie based on the novel by Herman Hesse. Garewal did a semi-nude scene in this film which caused some controversy in India.^[3] Later, in the mid-1970s, she made an appearance in the popular film Kabhi Kabhie (1976), made by her brother-in-law Yash Chopra, and had a starring role in Chalte Chalte (1976).^[4] Another notable role she played was as a vamp in Karz (1980). She also starred in the BBC docu-drama Maharajas (1987), based on the book by Charles Allen.

In the early 1980s, her attention turned to writing and direction. She formed her own production company, Siga Arts International. She hosted, produced and directed a TV series for Doordarshan called It's a Woman's World (1983). She also made a documentary for Channel 4 in the UK called Living Legend Raj Kapoor (1984). This was followed by a 3-part documentary on Rajiv Gandhi titled India's Rajiv. She also wrote and directed a Hindi feature film Rukhsat and produced television commercials, for which she won the 1st Prize from the 1988 Paters Award in Australia.

Garewal also anchored the talk show Rendezvous with Simi Garewal.^[5]

She usually wears her signature white clothes on TV shows and at award ceremonies, and is popularly known as "The Lady in White".^[6] Garewal recently appeared on Say Shava Shava 2008 as a host and judge.^[7] After the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008, Simi Garewal caused a storm of criticism in India and abroad by publicly calling for the Indian government to "carpet-bomb" the terrorist camps of its neighbour, Pakistan.

She has recently returned on Television with her new talk show India's Most Desirable on Star Plus which would interview Bollywood actors, business & media icons and Indian cricketers about their "ideal and desirable beaus".^[8]

Personal life[link]

In the early 1980s, Simi Garewal had a year long affair with Salman Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and later Governor of Punjab, Pakistan.^[9] Simi Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan, but her marriage was short and she is now divorced.^[10]

Popularity[link]

Simi Garewal is a popular TV host and has acted in few Bollywood movies. In 1972, for her nude scene in Siddhartha with actor Shashi Kapoor, the movie couldn't be released in India due to censorship and created controversy^[11][12]

Selected filmography[link]

• India's Most Desirable (May 2011) .... As the show host
• Rukhsat (1988) .... Radha Talwar
• Love and God (1986) (as Simi Garewal) .... Ghazala
• Haathkadi (1982) .... Pammi Mittal
• Teri Meri Kahani (1982) (TV) .... Meena Sastry/Seema
• Biwi O Biwi (1981) .... Nisha
• Professor Pyarelal (1981) .... Rita
• Insaf Ka Tarazu (1980 film) (as Simi) .... Lady Lawyer
• Karz (1980) .... Kamini Verma
• The Burning Train (1980) .... School-teacher
• Ahsaas (1979) .... Asha Choudhry
• Abhi To Jee Lein (1977) .... Miss Mahajan (Lecturer)
• Kabhi Kabhie - Love Is Life (1976) .... Shobha Kapoor
• Chalte Chalte (1976) .... Geeta
• Naach Uthe Sansaar (1976) .... Somu
• Haath Ki Safai (1974) .... Roma S. Kumar
• Namak Haraam (1973) .... Manisha
• Padatik (1973) .... Woman Who Shelters Activist
• Siddhartha (1972) .... Kamala
• Anokhi Pehchan (1972)
• Seema (1971 film)
• Do Boon Pani (1971) .... Gauri
• Andaz (1971) .... Mona
• Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) .... Duli
• Mera Naam Joker (1970) .... Mary
• Ek Raat (1968)
• Saathi (1968 film) (as Simi) .... Rajni
• Aadmi (1968) (as Simmi) .... Aarti
• Do Badan (1966) (as Simmi) .... Dr. Anjali
• Johar-Mehmood in Goa (1965) (as Simmi) .... Simmi
• Teen Deviyan (1965) (as Simi) .... Simi/Radha Rani
• Tarzan Goes to India (1962) (as Simi) .... Princess Kamara
• Son of India (1962) .... Lalita
• Raaz Ki Baat (1962) .... Kamal

Writer/Director:

• Rendezvous with Simi Garewal (1997) TV series .... Presenter (140 episodes)
• India's Rajiv (1991) 3 part TV documentary series
• Living Legend Raj Kapoor (1985) documentary on Raj Kapoor for Channel Four television, U.K.
• Rukhsat (1988)

Self:

• Naseeb (1981) (as Simi) .... Herself

Awards and nominations[link]

• 1966–Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in Do Badan
• 1968–Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in Saathi
• 1980–Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Karz
• 1999–Screen Awards for Best Talk Show & Best Anchor
• 2001–RAPA Award for Best Anchor & Talk show
• 2003–Indian Television Academy Award for Best Anchor
• 2003–Rotary Award for Vocational Excellence in Media & Television
• 2004–Indian Filmgoers Association Award Best Talk Show

References[link]

• Kesavan, Mukul. "The Mumbai tragedy and the English language news media", The Telegraph, 4 December 2008.

External links[link]

• Simi Garewal: the icon of style
• Bollywood501 portrait
• Simi Garewal at the Internet Movie Database

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Jackie Shroff (Hindi: जैकी श्रॉफ़) (born 1 February 1960)^[1] is an Indian actor. He has been in the industry for more than 28 years and has appeared in over 150 films in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, and Marathi.

Personal life[link]

He belongs to Gujarati-speaking Shroff family born on February 1, 1960.^[1] His brother's name is Hemant, and they live in Bandra, Mumbai. He is a non-vegetarian.

He married his longtime girlfriend, Ayesha Dutt, who is a producer. Both husband and wife run Jackie Shroff Entertainment Limited. They have two children: a son, Tiger, and a daughter, Krishna.

Career[link]

He made his acting debut in a bit-role as a villain in the 1973 hit Heera Panna which starred Dev Anand.^[2]He then went on to act in another Dev Anand starer, Swami Dada.

Subhash Ghai signed him up for the 1983 hit Hero that catapulted him to stardom, followed by yet another hit Andar Bahar with Anil Kapoor as his co-star.

Since then he went on to star in close to 150 movies. Since 2000 or thereabouts, he has appeared in main character roles.^[2]

Awards[link]

• 1990: Won: Filmfare Best Actor Award-Parinda
• 1994:Nominated: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-Khalnayak
• 1995: Won: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-1942: A Love Story
• 1996: Won: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-Rangeela
• 1997:Nominated: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-Agni Sakshi
• 2002:Nominated: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-Yaadein
• 2001:Nominated: Filmfare Best Villain Award-Mission Kashmir
• 2003:Nominated: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-Devdas

• 2007 - Special Honour Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian cinema

Other information[link]

Jackie Shroff was a judge on a magic show called India's Magic Star broadcast on Indian channel Star One on a weekend. The show began on 3 July 2010 and will run till the final "India's Magic Star" is revealed.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jackie Shroff at the Internet Movie Database

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jackie Shroff

• Jackie Shroff Superstar Website by Parveen Razwana fan of Jackie Shroff

Sanjay Dutt
Born	Sanjay Balraj Dutt (1959-07-29) 29 July 1959 (age 52) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Film actor, film producer, comedian, politician, television presenter
Years active	1972, 1981–present
Spouse	Richa Sharma (1987–1996) (deceased) Rhea Pillai (1995–2005) (divorced)[1] Manyata Dutt (2008–present)[2]
Children	Trishala, Shahraan, Iqra
Parents	Sunil Dutt Nargis Dutt

Sanjay Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is a prominent Indian Hindi film star, producer and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981. He has since featured in films that are amongst some of the most popular Hindi language films of the past three decades.

Personal life[link]

Dutt was born on 29 July 1959 to Bollywood megastars Sunil Dutt and Nargis and was educated at The Lawrence School, Sanawar.^[3] Dutt married the actress Richa Sharma in 1987.^[4] Sharma died of brain tumour. The couple have a daughter, Trishala, born in 1987, who lives in the United States with her grandparents, following a custody battle with Dutt after the death of his wife.^[5] Dutt's second marriage was to model Rhea Pillai in 1998.^[6] They divorced in 2005. Dutt married Manyata (also known as Dilnawaz Sheikh)^[7] in 2008 at a private ceremony in Goa, after two years of dating.^[8] On 21 October 2010, he became a father to twins, a boy named Shahraan and a girl named Iqra.^[9] He is well known for several altercations with the law, along with many other controversies throughout his life, as well as drug addiction in his early years.^{[citation needed]} He spent 5 months in prison in late 1982 after being caught in possession of illegal substances, upon his release he spent 2 years in the United States, the majority of which was spent in a Texan rehab clinic before returning to India and resuming his career.

Film career[link]

As a child actor, Dutt appeared in the 1972 film Reshma Aur Shera, which starred his father; he appears briefly as a qawali singer. Dutt made his Bollywood movie debut with Rocky in 1981. His mother passed away three days before the film's premiere. He went on to star in Vidhaata, the highest grossing Hindi film of 1982. In 1985 he shot for his first film in three years with Jaan ki baazi over the rest of the 1980s, Dutt appeared in successful films such as Main Awara Hoon (1983), Jeeva (1986), Mera Haque (1986), Immandaar, Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987), Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1987), Ilaaka (1989), Hum Bhi Insaan Hain (1989), Mardon Wali Baat (1988), Kanoon Apna Apna (1989), and Taaqatwar (1989).

The 1986 film Naam was Dutt's first major critical success, earning praise for his sensitive portrayal of lead character Vicky Kapoor. He also received critical acclaim for his performances in Mahesh Bhatt's Kabzaa and J. P. Dutta's 1989 Hathyar.^{[citation needed]} His successes continued in the early 1990s, with films that include Tejaa, Thanedaar, Khoon Ka Karz, Gumrah, Sahibaan and Aatish. He went on to star in some of the most era-defining Indian films of the 1990s such as Sadak, Saajan (for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award) and Khal Nayak, for which he earned his second Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination. Three weeks before its release, however, in April 1993, he was arrested, charged with involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bombings.

Dutt was imprisoned for most of the next four years, while films he had worked in continued to appear from time to time. Finally released on bail in late 1997, he returned to the screen in director Ram Gopal Verma's now cult film Daud, but despite the movie taking in a phenomenal opening the film crashed and was labelled a flop by critics. He then played a supporting role in the 1998 hit Dushman.

1999 was seen as Sanjay's comback year as he started the year off by starring in the Mahesh Bhatt directed hit Kartoos along with Khoobsurat, Daag: The Fire, Haseena Maan Jayegi and, most importantly, the Award winning Vaastav: The Reality, for which he won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. His supporting role in 2000's Mission Kashmir won him critical acclaim and a number of awards and nominations, as did his subsequent performance in Kurukshetra. As the decade went on, he continued to play important roles in popular and critical successes such as Jodi No.1 (2001), Pitaah, Kaante (2002) and the National Award-winning blockbuster Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., which also garnered him several awards. Later successes came with Musafir (2004), Plan (2004), Parineeta (2005) and Dus.

The blockbuster sequel Lage Raho Munna Bhai released in late 2006, coinciding with the start of the Mumbai bombing's trial where the nation became transfixed with Dutt's court ongoings which saw him found not guilty of terrorism related acts but jailed on two occasions between 2006-2007 for short periods, as he was found guilty under the possesion of arms act despite this he continued appearing in successes like, Dhamaal (2007), Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), and All The Best: Fun Begins (2009), Double Dhamaal (2011) and more recently Agneepath which earned him major critical acclaim once again.

In 2006 news channel NDTV named him Indian of the Year.In 2007 he received an award from the prime minister Manmohan Singh for his work in the Munna bhai series.^{[citation needed]}. In January 2008,Indian film institute Filmfare listed 14 movies featuring Dutt in its top 100 grossing movies of all time list.

Illegal possession of arms[link]

Due to terrorist interactions, and supposed weapons possession, on 19 April 1993, Sanjay was arrested under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA).^[10] He spent 16 months in jail until he was granted bail in October 1995 by the Supreme Court of India. He was later re-arrested in December 1995 and re-released in April 1997 once again on police bail terms. In 2006 the case opened for sentencing for all accused (see below). The period between 2006-2007 saw Dutt spend 7 months in Arthur Road Prison and Pune prison on three occasions for arms offences, although in 2006 Dutt was finally acquitted of any TADA-related offenses but was charged under the illegal possession of arms act.

In November 1993, a 90,000-page long primary chargesheet was filed against the 189 accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case including Sanjay.^[11]

In March 2006, when framing muthar charges against extradited Abu Salem and co-accused Riyaz Siddiqui in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, the prosecution said that Salem delivered 9 AK-56 rifles and some hand grenades to Dutt at his Bandra house in the second week of January 1993.^[12]

On 13 February 2007, the special branch of Mumbai police arrested Abdul Qayyum Abdul Karim Shaikh, a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim and wanted by Mumbai Police Special Task Force for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts from Mumbai.^[13] Qayuum had been named by Sanjay Dutt in his confessional statement. Sanjay had said that he met Qayuum in Dubai in September 1992 and bought a pistol from him. According to CBI, the pistol was sold to Sanjay at the instance of Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim.^[14]

On 31 July 2007, Dutt was sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment for illegally possessing weapons.^[15] At the same time, Dutt was also "cleared of terrorism conspiracy charges in the blasts" related to the 1993 bombings.^[15] According to The Guardian, "The actor claimed he feared for his life after the notorious "Black Friday" bombings, which were allegedly staged by Mumbai's Muslim-dominated mafia in retaliation for deadly Hindu-Muslim clashes a few months earlier. But the judge, Pramod Kode, rejected this defence and also refused bail."^[15] Dutt was immediately taken into custody and sent to Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail. As the sentence was pronounced, Dutt was "visibly shocked and was seen shivering and holding back tears".^[10]

On 2 August 2007, Sanjay Dutt was moved from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai to the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune.^[16] On 7 August 2007, Dutt appealed the sentence.^[17] On 20 August 2007, the Supreme Court of India granted Dutt interim bail. He was released after Yerwada Central Jail authorities received a copy of the court's bail order. The bail was valid until the time the special TADA court, which sentenced Dutt on 31 July, provides a copy of its judgment to him.^[18] Dutt was released from jail on 23 August.^[19] On 22 October 2007 Dutt was back in jail but again applied for bail. On 27 November 2007, Dutt was granted bail by the Supreme Court.^[20] He currently has an appeal for an acquittal pending.^[21] In January 2009, Dutt announced that he would contest the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on the Samajwadi Party ticket.^[22] However, he withdrew his candidacy in March 2009 after the Supreme Court refused to suspend his conviction, the party instead named him the General Secretary of the party. He left the post in late 2010. ^[23]

International humanitarian initiatives[link]

On 16 December 2008, he was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for IIMSAM — the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition. He will be promoting the use of Spirulina to help the organization's advocacy and endeavor against malnutrition and hunger. His role will also support IIMSAM's efforts to secure the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by mainstreaming the use of Spirulina to eradicate malnutrition, achieve food security and bridge the health divide with a special priority for the developing and the least developed countries.^[24]

Bigg Boss[link]

The veteran actor hosted the fifth season of reality TV show, Bigg Boss on Colors.^[25]

Super Fight League[link]

Dutt and celebrity entrepreneur IPL cricket team owner Raj Kundra together launched India's first professionally organized mixed martial arts league — the Super Fight League — on 16 January 2012.^[26]

Awards and honors[link]

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

Producer[link]

• Zinda (2006)
• Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
• Dus Kahaniyaan (2007)
• Rascals (2011)
• Satte Pe Satta Remake Double role (2012)

Television[link]

• Bigg Boss (season 5)

References[link]