Sharada (Telugu: శారద) (born 12 June 1945) is a three time national award winning South Indian actress and Indian Parliament member. She originally hails from Andhra Pradesh. She has achieved success through Malayalam movies. Initially she did many supporting roles in Telugu films and later on moved to Malayalam film industry and gained success there. She is also known as Urvashi Sharada because earlier the National Film Award for Best Actress was officially designated the Urvashi Award. Sharada has been selected for the prestigious NTR National Award instituted by the Andhra Pradesh state government for the year 2010.

Sharada was born Saraswati Devi in Tenali, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her parents Venkateswar Rao and Satyavathi Devi belonged to a family of agriculturalists. She has a brother, named Mohan Rao. Sharada was sent to Madras in her childhood to live with her grandmother Kanakamma. Sharada describes her grandmother as a strict disciplinarian who in the later days wouldn’t even let the heroes touch her and allowed rehearsals only on Sundays. Sharada started to learn dance when she was six. She used to perform during Dasara and other temple festivals. It was because of her mother's desire that she learned dance. Her mother wanted her to become a big star in cine field. Though Sharada's father was not too interested in the idea, he didn't stop her.

Pallavi Sharda is an Indian-Australian film/theatre actress and dancer, trained in the classical Indian dance form of Bharatha Natyam. Born in Perth and brought up in Melbourne she is currently based out of Mumbai. Her Bollywood debut came in the comedic-drama film, Dus Tola, in which she played the role of Geeta 'the village dance teacher' opposite actor Manoj Bajpayee. Dus Tola hit Indian theatres on 22 October 2010 and Pallavi's performance harnessed critical acclaim. Pallavi's second release, an Indo-American film called Walkaway was released on 29 October 2010 across the USA.

In March 2010 Pallavi was crowned 'Miss India Australia' in Sydney.

Pallavi's latest Bollywood venture, Love Breakups Zindagi released on 7 October 2011. Pallavi is the lead actress in the theatrical musical, 'Taj Express' directed by Shruti Merchant and choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant. Pallavi is about to make her Australian film debut with comedy film Save Your Legs.

The Kapoor family (Hindi: कपूर परिवार), is a prominent Indian family with a long history in Bollywood cinema. Many members of the family have been successful actors, film directors, and producers. It is the first family of Indian Cinema, spanning over 80 years of entertainment.

Prithviraj Kapoor, the first of the family to pursue acting, was born in 1906 in the town of Samundri near Faisalabad, in the Punjab province of then British India now Pakistan. His father, a policeman, was posted at Peshawar, and his grandfather was a Tehsildar in Samundri. Prithviraj's first lead role was in Cinema Girl in 1929.

Though all three of Prithviraj Kapoor's sons, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, and Shashi Kapoor, became actors, it is Raj Kapoor's descendants who have carried on the family legacy. His sons, Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, went on to become well-known actors; his youngest son, Rajiv Kapoor, was not as successful as his brothers. Randhir Kapoor's and Babita's daughters, Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, have found success in the film industry. Rishi Kapoor's son, Ranbir Kapoor, made his debut in 2007 opposite Sonam Kapoor, the daughter of Anil Kapoor, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya.

Ranbir Kapoor (born 28 September 1982) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.

Making his acting debut in the 2007 film Saawariya, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor earned positive notice for his performance in Wake Up Sid (2009). He later appeared in the romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009) and the political thriller Raajneeti (2010), with the later being his biggest commercial success to date. In 2011, Kapoor starred and earned critical acclaim for his performance in Rockstar for which he received the Best Actor and Best Actor (Critics) awards at the Filmfare ceremony.

Ranbir Kapoor, the son of actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, was born into a family of Punjabi origin; his sister is Riddhima Kapoor Sahni. He is the grandson of actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor, great grandson of Prithviraj Kapoor, nephew of actors Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor, grand-nephew of actors Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, and first-cousin of actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Kapoor studied at Bombay Scottish School in Mahim, Mumbai and went on to pursue method acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.