Name |
Shatrughan Sinha |
Height |
5' 6 |
Naionality |
Indian |
Date of Birth |
9 December 1945 |
Place of Birth |
Patna, Bihar, India |
Famous for |
Acting |
Shatrughan Sinha came to Bombay, after getting Diploma in acting from Film and Television Institute of India, Poona. His first acting opportunity was playing a Pakistani Military Officer in Dev Anand's Prem Pujari. Subsequently he got a small role of a police inspector in Mohan Sehgal’s Sajan in 1969. The release of the Prem Pujari was delayed, so his first released film was Sajan. He played supporting roles in many films before appearing in Gulzar’s Mere Apne in 1971.
He later appeared in Dulal Guha’s "Dost" in 1974 and in Kalicharan in 1976.
Shatrughan Sinha was selected by Rediff as one of the most unconventional actors in Hindi Cinema (the others being Ajay Devgan, Amitabh Bachchan, Irfan Khan, Rajnikant, Shahrukh Khan, and Sunil Shetty).
In 2008, he joined as a judge for The Great Indian Laughter Challenge show, Season 4 on STAR One TV. On 3 October 2009, Shatrughan Sinha appeared on Sony Entertainment Television Asia Show Dus Ka Dum Season 2 as host for a special episode.He is currently hosting Bhojpuri version of the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati on Mahuaa channel.The show is named as "Ke Bani Crorepati". He portrayed Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao in Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra.