Shatrughan Sinha , popularly known as "Shotgun" will be celebrating his 66th birthday today.
Shatrughan Sinha is an eminent Indian actor turned politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party and serves as the head of the Culture and Arts Department of BJP.
Shatrughan Sinha was born on July 15, 1946 in Patna, Bihar and attended the Film and Television Institute of India Pune. Shatrughan Sinha is married to Poonam and they have three children, a daughter Sonakshi Sinha and twin sons Luv Sinha and Kussh Sinha.
Shatrughan Sinha,made his Bollywood debut in ‘Sajan’ followed by supporting roles in ‘Khilona’, ‘Prem Pujari’, ‘Mere Apne’, ‘Dost Aur Dushman’, ‘Bhai Ho To Aisa’ and ‘Bombay to Goa’. He earned immense appreciation for his performance in a negative role in Manmohan Desai’s ‘Raampur Ka Lakshman’ starring Rekha and Randhir Kapoor. Shatrughan Sinha was seen in five different characters in B.R. Ishara’s ‘Milap’ opposite Reena Roy.
After appearing in a number of mega hit multi starrers, Shatrughan Sinha starred as the solo hero in Subhash Ghai’s ‘Kaalicharan’ opposite Reena Roy. The film became a huge success and Sinha became one of the leading actors of seventies. Shatrughan Sinha later starred in blockbuster films like Harmesh Malhotra’s ‘Amar Shakti’ alongside Shashi Kapoor, Basu Chaterjee’s ‘Dillagi’ alongside Dharmendra and Hema Malini, Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Shaan’ alongside Sunil Dutt, Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee Gulzar, Parveen Babi and Bindiya Goswami, Manoj Kumar’s ‘Kranti’ also starring Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini and Parveen Babi and Dulal Guha’s ‘Dost’ alongside Dharmendra and Hema Malini.
Shatrughan Sinha has also starred in Rajkumar Kohli’s multistarrer thriller ‘Jaani Dushman’, also starring Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Rekha, Reena Roy, Neetu Singh, Bindiya Goswami and Jeetendra. Shatrughan Sinha received the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor nomination for Yash Chopra’s ‘Kala Patthar’. The film also starred Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee Gulzar, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi and Poonam Dhillon.
Shatrughan Sinha received rave reviews for his performance in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s critically acclaimed film ‘Naram Garam’ for which he also did playback singing. Shatrughan Sinha has also sung for ‘Jwalamukhi’ and ‘Dost’.
Renowned for his strong onscreen presence and the ‘Khamosh’ trademark, Shatrughan Sinha was honored with the ‘Pride of the Film Industry’ and lifetime Achievement Award at the stardust Awards.
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