List of Famous people born in Pune, India
Anirban Lahiri
Anirban Lahiri is an Indian professional golfer who currently plays on the Asian Tour and PGA Tour.
Padmarani
Padmarani, also spelled as Padma Rani, was an Indian actress who performed in Gujarati plays, Gujarati films, and Hindi films.
Shridhar Chillal
Shridhar Chillal is an Indian man from the city of Pune, who held the world record for the longest fingernails ever reached on a single hand, with a combined length of 10,000.6 centimeters. Chillal's longest single nail is his thumbnail, measuring 197.8 centimeters. He stopped cutting his nails in 1952.
Shalmalee Desai
Shalmalee Desai is an Indian television writer and actress mainly known for the role of Sojal in the Hindi television show Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? 2. She was the winner of the UTV Stars reality show Lux The Chosen One in 2012.
Ebrahim Alkazi
Ebrahim Alkazi was an Indian theatre director and drama teacher. Alkazi was a strict disciplinarian who did rigorous research before producing a play, leading to important advances in scenographic design. His standards later became very influential. He also remained the Director of National School of Drama, New Delhi (1962–1977) He was also a noted art connoisseur, collector and gallery owner, and founded the Art Heritage Gallery in Delhi with his wife, Roshan Alkazi.
Kunal Ganjawala
Kunal Ganjawala is an Indian playback singer whose songs are mostly featured in Hindi and Kannada films. He has also sung in Marathi, Bengali and other official languages of India. Kunal began his career by singing jingles. He came to limelight in Hindi with the song "Bheege Honth Tere" from the film Murder in 2004. It was his first biggest hit. The song earned him Zee Cine Award as Best Playback Singer in 2005. He came to limelight in Kannada with the song "Neene Neene" from the film Akash in 2005.
Balkrishna Vishwanath Keskar
Balakrishna Vishwanath Keskar was an Indian politician and Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting between 1952 and 1962. Remembered for creating the Vrinda Vadya and promoting classical music through All India Radio, Keskar, who was India's longest serving Minister for Information and Broadcasting, was also responsible for banning Hindi film music, cricket commentaries and the harmonium on All India Radio.
Bindu De Stoppani
Lillete Dubey
Lillete Dubey is an Indian stage and film actress and a theatre Director. She has worked in national and international theatre, television and films,. Dubey began her career with Barry John in Delhi and was the founding member of his group -Theatre Action Group (TAG) in 1973. In 1991 she set up her own Theatre Company- The Primetime Theatre Company.
Tara Deodhar
Tara Deodhar is a female badminton and tennis player from India. She is the daughter of India's cricket legend D. B. Deodhar.