D O B December 9,1945
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Patna, Bihar
Known For Actor, Singer
Married Yes

Biography Shatrughan Sinha born July Patna Bihar is an Indian film actor and politician Sinha was born in Patna Bihar He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India Pune He moved to Mumbai to become an actor and established himself as a prominent member of the Indian film industry Shatrughan Sinha was one of the top Bollywood film stars in the s and s He began his career by playing villainous roles and was immensely successful in portraying stylised villains such as the one in the movie Raampur Ka Lakshman He then switched over to playing the protagonist main lead with Subhash Ghai's Kalicharan and was even more successful in solo starrers as well as multi-starrers Apart from having an illustrious career as an actor playing different roles He also has also sung many of his songs on screen for films like Kashmakash Dost and Do Naari among many others Shatru 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 He is known for his powerful screen presence In He judged The Great Indian Laughter Challenge show More Season on-aired on STAR One tv He and Cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu were the judges of the show On October Shatrughan Sinha appeared on Sony Entertainment Television Asia Show Dus Ka Dum Season hosted by Salman Khan with Actress Hema Malini for a Special Episode He appeared on the request of Salman Khan His home production Aaj Phir Jeene ki tamanna hai under the banner of Shotgun Films is ready for release shortly He plays the leading role alongside bollywood diva Rekha He has recently been roped to play the role of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N T Rama Rao in the Hindi version of Ram Gopal Varma's upcoming bilingual film Rakha Charitra br br Inspired by Jai Prakash Narayan a respected politician from Bihar he decided to enter politics While he was at the peak of his acting career in the mid- s he chose to join an opposition party the Bharatiya Janata Party which was then a fledgling party with just two Members of Parliament He faced many obstacles in his political career due to this and his attempts to do social work in Bihar were often obstructed by the ruling party at that time His attempt to organise entertainment mega events with the help of film personalities from Mumbai to raise money for important social causes were stopped time and again under one false pretext or the other Shatrughan Sinha is considered one of the most successful actor politician of India having made history by being the first member of the film fraternity to become a cabinet minister with the Government of India He has held two portfolios the department of health and the department of shipping He is still a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and campaigns for the party all over India and is well known as a leader of the masses and a brilliant orator As of May he has been appointed as the head of the BJP Culture and Arts Department Mr Sinha won the Indian general election from Patna Saheb in Bihar Out of a total of votes polled Mr Sinha received votes Another candidate theRJD's Mr Sahu received votes The third candidate TV actor Shekhar Suman received votes and lost his security deposit in Patna Sahib Sinha is married to Poonam and they have a daughter Sonakshi Sinha a model and twin sons Luv Sinha an actor and Kussh Sinha His best friends in south Indian film industry are Rajinikanth in Tamil and Ambarish in kannada who almost looks like him