Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan also popularly known as Irrfan Khan is an Indian actor in film, television and theatre. He received
recognition for his roles in The Warrior (2001), Maqbool (2003), Haasil (2004), The Namesake (2006), A Mighty Heart (2007),
Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Billu (2009) and New York (2009). He has won two Filmfare Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award,
and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Mehdi Hassan, TI, PP, HI affectionately called Khan Sahib and titled Shehnshah-e-Ghazal is a legendary Pakistani Ghazal singer
and a former playback singer for Lollywood. Along with Ahmed Rushdi, he has ruled Pakistan film industry.
Chand Bardai (September 30, 1149 – ca. 1200) was the court poet of the Indian king Prithviraj III Chauhan, who ruled Ajmer
and Delhi from 1165 to 1192. A native of Lahore, Chand Bardai composed the Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem in Hindi about the
life of Prithviraj. A Bhat Brahman of Jagati gotra, he was a worshipper of the goddess Saraswati, who gifted him with the
boon of Bardai. The Prithviraj Raso was embellished with time and quite a few authors added to it.
Sandeep Acharya is an Indian singer. Sandeep Acharya - Indian Idol Season 2 hails from Bikaner, Rajasthan and was crowned
the winner of Indian Idol (season 2) on 22 April 2006. Acharya is the winner of the second season of Indian Idol while the
first was won by Abhijeet Sawant. Acharya beat judges favorite, 19-year old N. C. Karunya in a glitzy function in Mumbai.
Jagjit Singh is a prominent Indian Ghazal singer. He gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian Ghazal
singer Chitra Singh, as the first ever successful duo (husband-wife) act in the history of recorded Indian music. Together,
they are considered to be the pioneers of the modern Ghazal singing and regarded as the most successful recording artistes
outside the realm of Indian film music.
Brij Narayan (born 25 April 1952) is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. Narayan was born in the Indian state
Rajasthan and began to study sarod from a young age under his father Ram Narayan and other teachers. He won the All India
Radio instrumentalist competition in 1967 and accompanied his father on a tour to Afghanistan in 1969. Narayan graduated from
the University of Mumbai in 1972 and has since worked on movies and toured Africa, Europe, and America.
