Infact all these proud Punjabis - Virat Kohli, Akshay Kumar, Kapil Sharma, General Raheel Sharif, Nawaz/Shahbaz born in Lahore Punjab, Sheikh Rasheed, Hamid Mir and the most noted poet Muhammad Iqbal are some of the most prominent Punjabis who rule India and Pakistan and west.
Bollywood has been dominated by Punjabi artists including actors Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Vinod Khanna, Dharmendra, Shammi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Kabir Bedi, Rajesh Khanna, Angad Singh, Amitabh Bacchan(from his mother's side), Pran, Prem Chopra, Vinod Mehra, Manoj Kumar, Akshay Kumar Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, Juhi Chawla, Hrithik Roshan andKareena Kapoor, singers Mohammed Rafi, Mahendra Kapoor, and Narendra Chanchal. Punjabi Prime Ministers of India include Gulzarilal Nanda, Inder Kumar Gujral and Dr.Manmohan Singh. There are numerous players in the Indian cricket team both past and present including Bishen Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Navjot Sidhu,Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh Virat Kohli, and Yuvraj Singh.