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Celina Jaitley Biography

Celina Jaitley's debut film was Feroz Khan's movie titled 'Janasheen' opposite Fardeen Khan. Her other film was' Khel'. So in the year 2003 Celina Jaitley set the screen on fire with her itsy bitsy acts in both 'Khel' and 'Janasheen'. But both the films disappeared without a trace. Enough to dishearten for any newcomer but Celina Jaitley is striving hard to create a place for herself.

Most of the shooting of her film took place in South Africa. Celina Jaitley minces no words in saying that she is in love with South Africa and if there was any city she would like to settle, apart from Mumbai, it would be Cape Town. The actress says she is completely bowled over by the courtesy and hospitality of the people there. “If it comes to giving points for courtesy and hospitality, I would give 98.9 percent of my points to Johannesburg and its people, after India of course,” a report quotes Celina as saying. In fact, not just Celina, even Sunil Darshan is very much smitten with South Africa. Shakalaka Boom Boom is his sixth film to be shot in the country.

Celina Jaitley is very ound of pets. She has got a very small and cute puppy that she has named Tea Cup. The puppy is said to be no larger than Celina’s both hands put together and sometimes the actress even slips it into her loose pocket. What more, Celina even dresses up this small puppy. Besides Tea Cup, Celina has a number of other pets. These include a white Labrador called Pub Trooper, a cocker spaniel named Heineken and other pets named Shitzu and Pepe. Celina Jaitley shares this fondness for pets with her good friend Lara Dutta . Celina and Lara worked together in last year’s hit comedy film No Entry.

Celina Jaitley was fourth runner up in the Miss Universe beauty pageant of year 2001, held in Puerto Rico. Celina Jaitley is daughter of a Punjabi father who was an Indian Army officer. Her mother is an Afghan and is a child psychologist by profession. She was born in 1981, and stands 5”6’ in socks. Her nickname is Chinky. Her schooling was done all over the country due to the frequent transfers of her father.

She had to change thirteen schools till her Board exams. Presently her family stays in Bangalore. Celina’s past five generations have served the army and there was a point of time in her life, when she was also tinkering with the idea of taking the Combined Defence Services exam.

Celina Jaitley born on June 9th, 1981 in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Her dad was an officer in the Indian Army and her mom, Meeta, was an Afghan model and an ex-beauty queen. Celina, who is half Indian and half Afghani, grew up to become a beautiful women like her mother. She participated in several local beauty pageants before she was crowned Miss India in 2001.

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The moment she won the crown, Celina became an overnight celebrity and attracted the attention of the 'Who's Who' in Bollywood. Two years later, she made her Bollywood debut with 'Khel.' Over the years, she has acted in several movies such as Silsilay, Kaash Tumse Mohabbat Na Hoti, Shaka Laka Boom Boom and Dulha Mil Gaya. She has also danced to the tunes of the Bombay Vikings in a music video of 'Zara Nazron Se Kehdo'. In 2007, Celina flew to New Zealand and shot her first international movie, 'The Quest of Sheherzade,' a romantic comedy.

Movies and modeling were not her dream. She had long wanted to follow in the footsteps of her father and be a part of the defence service as a pilot. But destiny willed otherwise, and here she is, making big waves in Bollywood. Celina has also won the Miss Margo Beautiful Skin, MTV's Most Wanted, and Indiatimes Surfer's Choice awards.

Celina Jaitely "Miss India 2001" is 21 years old 5 feet 6 inches tall from Kolkata. She also won the Miss Margo Beautiful skin, Inditimes Surfer's Choice and MTV's Most Wanted Awards. She hails from a military background where she had a normal and strict upbring.

Celina is a Business Communications graduate, best science student in junior high school. She has done few computer courses also. She is a model for Angora Watches, Mother Diary, Night Angel Perfume. She wanted to be a pilot. She won the most prestigious beauty contest in Bengal. Her favorite actors are Amitabh Bachchan and 'Whoopi Goldberg'.

Celina Jaitley´s debut in Bollywood is expected to be quite a dream debut when the movie is from the Feroz Khan camp. The movie titled Janasheen opposite Fardeen Khan. Her other film was Khel. So in the year 2003 Celina Jaitley set the screen on fire with her itcy bitsy acts in both 'Khel' and 'Jaanashaeen'. But both the films disappeared without a trace. Enough to dishearten for any newcomer but she is striving hard to create a place for herself. Her confident and cool manner makes her astrong contender for an actress in the reckoning.

'Janasheen' has given her an image of a sex symbol. More than her acting skills her bikini shots were talked.

Her next release will be Idiot with Zayed Khan. Its a remake of telgu film Appu. Its a college campus love story replete with fun and light hearted situations. Then Feroz Khan one more movie Shaadi.com which has been behind schedule. Then Boney Kapoor's No entry co stars Fardeen Khan, Lara Dutta, Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu. In this film she play a naive girl who implicitly trusts others. She is to empowering women and knows judo and karate. She is playing Fardeen's wife in this movie. this is the story of 3 married couples with their problems.

These days her personal life is a mess. Because of her career the relationship with her boyfriend Alex is going through a rough patch.

Celina Jaitley is the most happening and hottest actress in Bollywood. She is a former Miss India and was the fourth runner up in the 2001 Miss Universe Pageant. She is 5'6" tall and her nickname is 'chinto'. She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 9th June 1981 to an Afghan mother and Indian father. Her father is an officer in the Indian army and is from Punjab.

She has a brother and he is also serving in the Indian army. In her childhood she never dreamed about being an actress or a model, instead she wanted to be either a pilot or a doctor in the army. Although she was born in Kabul, she never lived there for long; she grew up in Kolkata, India.

The military family background made her tough and disciplined and she was focused to find her entry point into the military which was in her dream for a long time. But future had different things in store for her and her life took a hard turn and there she was competing in the Miss India contest and she won it in style. But in the Miss Universe pageant 2001, she had to satisfy her miss universe crown dreams with only a forth runner up position, she was happy and she later told in an interview that the contest greatly increased her confidence as a beautiful young girl. A fourth runner up in the miss universe and a Miss India crown holder, obviously her path to the great Bollywood was all open.

After her winning performance in the Miss India pageant in 2001, she had to wait two more years until she finally made her Bollywood debut in the 2003 movie 'Khel'. She signed one more film in the same year called 'Janasheen'. It didn't take very long before people started noticing her. She stunned everybody with her beauty and agility.

She made some controversial comments about the kind of treatment she received from the Puerto Rican media, the Miss Universe contest was held in Puerto Rica and she believes that the media in there watched her as a threat to the hometown girl and that year's winner Denise Quinones.

Even before her entry to bollywood she was featured in popular medias for several times like in the Bombay Vikings' Zara Nazron Se Kehdo' video.

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Celina is a big fan of super star Amitabh Bachchan and she also appreciates works of Sushmita Sen, Aamir Khan and Aiswarya Rai. She once said that it is her dream to work with these people as they are few of the finest peoples in what they do. When asked which character she would like to play in a remake she said "I would like to play Meena Kumari's role in 'Pakeeza', Waheeda Rehman's role from 'Chaudhavi Ka Chand' and Rekha's role in 'Umrao Jaan'.

In one interview she admitted that she and Fardeen Khan have a "special chemistry" on screen and she also expressed her crave to act against Hrithik Roshan as she believes that their pair will look great on screen because of the height and eye-color combinations. She also added that she rates herself eight out of ten as an actress because she believes the she still has got to cover a long way before she can call herself a good actress.

She is hoping to do more and more glamour roles in the current phase of her career because she want to stay in people's mind as a beautiful and sizzling actress forever and she adds that "I have a lot of time in the future to de-glam myself".

Her latest movies are 'Shakalaka Boom Boom' and 'Red: the dark side'. 'Dulha Mil gaya', 'Kaash Tumse Mohabbat Na Hoti', 'Unusual Love Story', 'One Night', 'No Entry II' are some of her forthcoming films.

When not acting, she spends her time surfing the internet, listening to music, reading, sketching etc. Celina still cherishes her childhood dream of flying and now she is saving some serious money to join a flight club in the United States.

Celina Jaitley met a real fashion designer to bring authenticity to her character in her upcoming next, Money Hai To Honey Hai. Celina who plays a fashion designer in the film thanks her friend Rohit for introducing to the real life designer who she considers an inspiration for the role.

Celina states, “My character in the film has been sketched on a real life designer, a lady who makes her own clothes and apart from wearing the same, markets them too. But the poor lady is taken for a ride by the very same boutiques she sells her clothes to. They fool her by marketing it under their store’s name label. She actually happened to be my friend Rohit’s friend. Rohit introduced me to her and I got to learn the finer nuances for my character from her. So in the film, like a real designer would wear in real life I have worn a lot of vegetable prints and Khadi clothes. I have also experimented by wearing a lot of flared skirts and stone jewellery.” -(SAMPURN)

Celina Jaitley born on June 9th, 1981 in Kabul, the Capital of Afghanistan is a well-known Bollywood actress.

Her dad was an officer in the Indian Army and her mom, Meeta Jaitley was an Afghan model and an ex-beauty queen. Celina Jaitley, who is half-Indian and half-Afghani, grew up into a beautiful woman like her mother. She participated in several local beauty pageants before she was crowned Miss India in 2001.

The moment she won the crown, Celina Jaitley became an instant celebrity and attracted the attention of who's who in Bollywood. Two years later, she made her Bollywood debut with "Khel" in 2003 and over the years has acted in several successful movies such as "Silsilay" {2005}, "Kaash Tumse Mohabbat Na Hoti" {2006}, "Shakalaka Boom Boom" {2007} and "Dulha Mil Gaya" and its sequel 2 in 2007. She has also danced to the tunes of 'Bombay Vikings' in "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo" musical video.

Movies and modeling wasn't her cup of tea as she has long decided to follow in the footsteps of her father - to serve in the Indian Defense Services as a pilot. But destiny willed otherwise and here she is... making big waves in Bollywood. Celina Jaitley has also won Miss Margo Beautiful skin, MTV's Most Wanted and Indiatimes Surfer's Choice awards.

Celina jaitley is one amongst the most beautiful heroines in the Bollywood film industry. Celina literally means "the goddess of the moon". It goes true with her present status who is shining like moon. She was born in 1981 to a Punjabi father who was an Indian Army officer and mother an Afghan and is a child psychologist by profession. Her schooling has gone through numerous numbers of transfers because of her father's frequent transfers.

Although Celina too wanted to take the combined Defence Services exam but the destiny had something else stored in for her. The glamorous world of modelling and bollywood all came by chance for her. After completing her graduation she was working for a cellphone company in the marketing department. Here she participated in a beauty contest just for the sake of participation but to utter astonishment she emerged to be the winner. This motivated her to participate in the Miss India contest and who knew that she will be the one to win. She was crowned as Miss India 2001. Not only this she had many other titles won like "Miss Beautiful Skin", Miss Best Clothes, MTVs most wanted.

Then she stepped in the world of Bollywood cinema with "Janasheen" Inspite of all her exposures the movie was not a hit and what she could earn was the rapport of sex symbol with all her bikini shots.

She also appeared in Khel which again was not a hit. Her next release will be Idiot with Zayed Khan. Its a remake of telgu film Appu. Its a college campus love story replete with fun and light hearted situations. Then Feroz Khan one more movie Shaadi No. 1 which has been behind schedule. She also appeared in "No Entry" opposite Fardeen Khan. Though she has not made anything big till date in the world of cinema she is sure to make it big some day
Celina Jaitley Biography

Celina Jaitley (born 9 June 1981) is an Indian actress. She was crowned Miss India in 2001. She has appeared in several movies and music videos (including the Bombay Vikings' Zara Nazron Se Kehdo video).

She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, but grew up in Kolkata, India. Her father is a Kashmiri; her mother is a native of Afghanistan and was once a model. She has one brother, who is serving in the Indian army. She has said that when she was young, she wanted to join the army herself, either as a doctor or a pilot.

She was a finalist in the Miss Universe 2001 contest. She later complained that the media in Puerto Rico had treated her unfairly, hinting that she was only in the contest due to political meddling behind the scenes. She claimed that they viewed her as a threat to hometown girl and eventual Miss Universe 2001 Denise Quinones.

In addition to her Miss India win, Celina has won the Miss Margo Beautiful skin, Indiatimes Surfer's Choice, and MTV's Most Wanted awards.

Celina Jaitley

Celina when literally translated means the goddess of moon. How prophetic of her parents who named her so! Today she shines like a moon on the skyline of glamour world, having made it big in India and missing the top slot in the world by a small margin. She was fourth runner up in the Miss Universe beauty pageant of year 2001, held in Puerto Rico. Celina is one of the latest additions to India’s ever growing list of defence personnel’s daughters who made it big in beauty pageants and then entered the film world.

She is daughter of a Punjabi father who was an Indian Army officer. Her mother is an Afghan and is a child psychologist by profession. She was born in 1981, and stands 5”6’ in socks. Her nickname is Chinky. Her schooling was done all over the country due to the frequent transfers of her father. She had to change thirteen schools till her Board exams. Presently her family stays in Bangalore. Celina’s past five generations have served the army and there was a point of time in her life, when she was also tinkering with the idea of taking the Combined Defence Services exam.

But destiny willed otherwise. She graduated in Commerce and fetched her a marketing job for a Cell phone company in Kolkatta. There she participated in a local beauty contest just for the heck of participation and to everybody’s surprise she emerged victorious. This gave her a boost and she sent her pictures for the Miss India contest. Just a day before the preliminary rounds were to begin Celina got the invitation to participate. Soon she walked away with the coveted, Miss India crown bagging almost every title from Best Skin to Best Clothes to MTVs most wanted.

This title win enabled her to participate in the Miss universe title. But Indian girls had won it for three consecutive years. There was an immense pressure on her persona with press flooding her with questions about rigging. She was weighed down by this pre –contest scepticism and it did cast its impact on the final outcome. Celina was adjudged fourth runner up from amongst 83 contestants.

Having joined films she made her debut with Feroze Khan’s thriller Jansheen with Fardeen Khan. Despite her exposure role the film could not do a brisk business. She has also starred in Khel, which had in its cast Sunny Deol and Sunil Shetty besides the former test cricketer Ajay Jadeja. But despite all the euphoria it generated, Khel came a cropper at the box office.

Mini Biography

Celina Jaitley is daughter of an army officer. Her mother is an Afghani and is a child psychologist by profession. Celina has a brother who is also an army officer. After graduation, Celina Jetley did a marketing job in a Cell phone company in Kolkata. In Kolkata, Celina participated in a local beauty contest just for the heck of participation and to everybody's surprise she emerged victorious. This encouraged Celina to participate in Miss India contest. She was crowned Miss India in 2001. Celina Jaitley stepped in the world of Bollywood cinema with "Janasheen". In spite of her bold scenes, the movie could not do any wonders at the Box Office though she earned the title of sex symbol with all her bikini shots. Her next film was "Khel" opposite Sunny deol, which also failed at box office. In spite of all these failures Celina Jetley continues to get roles in movies. She also appeared in the video "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo" by the Bombay Vikings.

Date of Birth

9 June 1981, Kabul, Afghanistan

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Birth Name

Celina Jiya Jaitley

Nickname

Chinto

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

Celina Jaitley was born in Kabul, Afghanistan on 9th June 1981 to an Afghan mother and Indian father. She is daughter of a Punjabi father who was an Indian Army officer. Her mother is an Afghan and is a child psychologist by profession. Her schooling was done all over the country due to the frequent transfers of her father. She had to change thirteen schools till her Board exams. Presently her family stays in Bangalore. Celina's past five generations have served the army and there was a point of time in her life, when she was also tinkering with the idea of taking the Combined Defense Services exam.

But destiny willed otherwise. She graduated in Commerce and fetched a marketing job for a Cell phone company in Kolkatta. There she participated in a local beauty contest just for the heck of participation and to everybody's surprise she emerged victorious. This gave her a boost and she sent her pictures for the Miss India contest. Just a day before the preliminary rounds were to begin Celina got the invitation to participate. Soon she walked away with the coveted, Miss India crown bagging almost every title from Best Skin to Best Clothes to MTVs most wanted.

This title win enabled her to participate in the Miss Universe title. But Indian girls had won it for three consecutive years. There was an immense pressure on her persona with press flooding her with questions about rigging. She was weighed down by this pre -contest skepticism and it did cast its impact on the final outcome. Celina was adjudged fourth runner up from amongst 83 contestants.

Her latest movies are 'Shakalaka Boom Boom' and 'Red: the dark side'. 'Dulha Mil gaya', 'Kaash Tumse Mohabbat Na Hoti', 'Unusual Love Story', 'One Night', 'No Entry II' are some of her forthcoming films.

Celina jaitley is one amongst the most beautiful heroines in the Bollywood film industry. Celina literally means "the goddess of the moon". It goes true with her present status who is shining like moon. She was born in 1981 to a Punjabi father who was an Indian Army officer and mother an Afghan and is a child psychologist by profession. Her schooling has gone through numerous numbers of transfers because of her father’s frequent transfers.

Although Celina too wanted to take the combined Defence Services exam but the destiny had something else stored in for her. The glamorous world of modelling and bollywood all came by chance for her. After completing her graduation she was working for a cellphone company in the marketing department. Here she participated in a beauty contest just for the sake of participation but to utter astonishment she emerged to be the winner. This motivated her to participate in the Miss India contest and who knew that she will be the one to win. She was crowned as Miss India 2001. Not only this she had many other titles won like "Miss Beautiful Skin", Miss Best Clothes, MTVs most wanted.

Then she stepped in the world of Bollywood cinema with "Janasheen" Inspite of all her exposures the movie was not a hit and what she could earn was the rapport of s-ex symbol with all her bikini shots.

She also appeared in Khel which again was not a hit. Her next release will be Idiot with Zayed Khan. Its a remake of telgu film Appu. Its a college campus love story replete with fun and light hearted situations. Then Feroz Khan one more movie Shaadi No. 1 which has been behind schedule. She also appeared in "No Entry" opposite Fardeen Khan. Though she has not made anything big till date in the world of cinema she is sure to make it big some day

Celina Jaitley was born on 9th June 1981 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her mother is an Afghan and father an Indian. She is daughter of a Punjabi father who was an Indian Army officer. Her mother is a child psychologist by profession. She had to change thirteen schools till her Board exams due to the frequent transfers of her father. Currently, Celina’s family stays in Bangalore.
After graduating in Commerce and fetching a marketing job for a cell phone company in Kolkata, she participated in a local beauty contest just for the heck of it and to everybody's surprise she emerged victorious.

That was just the start for Celina Jaitley. She sent her pictures for the Miss India contest. Just a day before the preliminary rounds were to begin Celina got the invitation to participate. Soon she walked away with the coveted Miss India crown, bagging almost every title from Best Skin to Best Clothes to MTVs most wanted.

This title win enabled her to participate in the Miss Universe title where she was adjudged fourth runner up from amongst 83 contestants.

Celina then appeared in several videos, including 'Zara Nazron Se Kehdo' by the Bombay Vikings. Her debut on the tinsel Bollywood screen commenced with Feroz Khan's Janasheen in 2003 opposite Fardeen Khan and since then she has gone on to appear in several movies.

She was a finalist in the Miss Universe 2001 contest. In addition to her title of Miss India, Celina has won the Miss Margo Beautiful Skin, Indiatimes Surfer's Choice, and MTV's Most Wanted awards. There was a lot of controversy around the unfair treatment towards Celina during the Miss Universe contest when she was in Puerto Rico in 2001.

In 2007 Celina flew to New Zealand and shot her first international movie "Love Knows No Language", a romantic comedy. Whilst there she was unfortunately targeted by a stalker who had followed her from India. Celina was said to be traumatised by the experience.

Celina Jaitley is a 27-year old Afghan actress.

Celina Jaitley has sometimes been credited as Chinto.

Celina Jaitley was born Celina Jiya Jaitley on Tuesday, June 9th, 1981, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her zodiac sign is Gemini, and in Chinese astrology, her sign is that of the Rooster.

As an actress, Celina Jaitley has worked on movies such as "Jawani Diwani: A Youthful Joyride", released in 2006, in which she portrayed Roma Fernandes, "Janasheen"(2003), and "Khel"(2003).

Celina Jaitley is also currently attached to the upcoming movie "The Quest of Sheherzade", scheduled to be released in 2010.

SUSHMITA SEN ................

2008-12-03T11:24:00.000-08:00

Sushmita Sen’s uncensored autobiography!! July 29, 2006

Sushmita Sen, the former Miss Universe who has had a controversy filled career as an actress, is writing her autobiography. The name of the autobiography will be The Butterfly.

Sushmita Sen is already working on her autobiography. In her trademark style, she will shock the readers through startling revelations that are sure to ruffle more than just a few feathers.

In fact, she has been writing this book for a long time. Only now has the decided on the title.

She remarked, “I'm sure readers will sit up on reading the book. Not that it will be very different from what people know of me as a person,” and went on to say, “So far, different people had written different things about me. But now I'd like to share some truths which no one has written to date, with my readers. I want to show them a different side of myself.”

An interesting perspective to the whole idea will be her motherhood. To which, she says, “I have never hidden anything from anyone, and do not intend to do so in the book either. I smoke in Renee's presence and she keeps reprimanding me by saying, 'Mama you'll have a big hole in your lung'. But she knows that her mother is not perfect. I can't ask my child to be true to me if I lie about myself to her. My book will be an honest account of my life.”

Asked if she would also be equally honest about her former boyfriends, she replied, “Hey, I would not like to censor anything at all, not even the ugliest incidents or aspects of my life”. However, she added, “But I don't know whether the men in my life would like it were I to write about our life together, uncensored. That is my only concern. I can't jeopardize the life of others at the cost of being honest. But yes, I will mention each and every incident in my life, even though I may not mention names. Personally, though I would love to mention them all and would be grateful if they allowed me to name them too”.

Admitting that she does not have much time to write, she said she tries to fit this into her busy shooting schedule.

Sushmita, who is said to have suicidal tendencies, when asked about this, said “I know where the question is coming from. When I saw the promo of Ankahee where Esha is holding a gun to her head, I was disappointed. People said that Vikram was making a film inspired by our relationship. But I think he overdid it, which was unfair. I love my life and I consider it God's gift".

Sushmita Sen Biography

This leggy lass from Delhi came into limelight when she was crowned the Miss Universe tiara in 1994. And no sooner than her contract as Miss Universe was over she had decided to give a shot to Bollywood.

Sushmita made her debut in “Dastak” in the role of a vulnerable girl being stalked by a psycho (Sharad Kapoor). The film was a dud at the box office. Soon another flop (“Zor”) followed. Things were not going right for Sush.

Then Sushmita did a comic role in David Dhawan’s “Biwi No.1” and caught movie buff’s attention. She had a flair for the comedy. She also did a romantic role opposite Abhishek Bachchan in “Bus Itna Sa Khwab Hai”. Unfortunately this movie too bombed at the box office.

Recently she was seen in a very realistic role in Meghna Gulzar’s directorial debut “Filhaal”. She has got very rave reviews for convincing portrayal of her character in the film.

Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994, the first Miss Universe from India. Sushmita was already a very popular ad and ramp model when she stepped foot in Bollywood. "Dastak", "Aaghaz", 'Sirf Tum", "Biwi No 1", "Fiza" and "Zor" have been some of her noteworthy perfomances. In "Aankhen" we saw her in a phenomenal item number performance...here's wishing Sushmita all the best for her future.

Sushmita Sen Biography

Sushmita Sen,born November 19, 1975 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India is a well-known Bollywood actress and was India's first Miss Universe in 1994.
Sushmita's father Shubeer Sen is a former Indian Air Force officer; her mother Subhra Sen worked as a fashion artist and jewellery designer. She has one brother, Rajeev Sen, and a sister, Neelam Sen.

Sushmita's mother tongue is Bengali. She was born in Andra Pradesh, but grew up in Delhi. She attended school at Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute and Air Force Silver in Delhi, and later, schools in Nagpur and Jorhat. In Delhi, she studied English and planned a career in journalism.

In 2000, she adopted a daughter, Renee.

In 1994 at the age of eighteen, Sushmita won the title of Miss India (beating out Aishwarya Rai). Later that year, she became the first Indian Miss Universe in the Miss Universe Pageant held in the Philippines and one of the youngest women to ever win the title. She then started working as an actress.

Her first movie, Ratchakan in Tamil, was a huge flop. Her subsequent movies like Dastak in 1996, where she played the victim of a stalker, too didn't do well at the cinema. But her appearance as Rupali in David Dhawan's movie Biwi No. 1 won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 1999. So far, her biggest hit has been the 2004 movie Main Hoon Na, in which she starred as Shah Rukh Khan's love interest. Later on, she played a lawyer in Main Aisa Hi Hoon opposite Ajay Devgan. In 2005, she also starred in a remake of Cactus Flower, called Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya: Sen played the lead opposite Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif and essayed the role of Ingrid Bergman. Her most recent movies include Chingaari (2005) as a prostitute, Gulel (2006) and Karma, Confessions and Holi (2006) opposite Drena DeNiro and Naomi Campbell.

Sushmita the Delhi girl took the world by storm in 1994, when she was crowned Miss Universe. This Delhi girl with very ordinary looks was the youngest amongst the seventy-seven participants, at just 18. Absolutely no one had predicted that this dark horse of the contest would emerge as the winner.

She was frank enough to admit after the competition that she was not the most beautiful woman of the world but it was her figure, personality, demeanour and the way she presented her country that brought her the honour.

Born in a middle class family at Hyderabad on November 19, 1975 Sushmita tore apart many a myth and pre- conceived notions of the abilities of middle class girl in the field of glamour. It may come as a surprise to many that she had not studied English till her ninth standard her entire schooling till that time being in Hindi. Standing 5” 10’ she is tall by Indian standards, but she admits that height was her forte in Miss Universe contest. Little could she have imagined what destiny had in store for her after the title? She went abroad to about thirty countries and met world leaders and discussed with them topics as diverse as war and peace, environment, poverty, friendship and goodwill.

When she came back home she was flooded with offers from films. But she took her time to settle and take her pick. Ultimately she made her debut in Mahesh Bhatt production, Dastak. Many called it mimicry of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Darr. The film flopped at the box office and along with it died the euphoria amongst the masses to see Miss Universe perform on the celluloid. During those days she had a torrid yet very brief affair with Vikram Bhatt, who was married and had children. Though they always categorically denied rumours.

The failure of Dastak brought not only brought misery for her but an acute yearning for success too. She pinned high hopes on Zor co- starred by Sunny Deol. Her role was subservient to that of Hero. But Zor also failed to lift her sagging graph and her spirits. Sushmita now hovering around fringes of industry desperately needed a hit to reincarnate herself. This she got in David Dhawan’s Biwi No.1. While she played a supporting role with Karishma Kapoor she won critical acclaim for her performance by making her role stand out. The movie was the biggest hit that year. She also won the award for Best Actress in supporting role.

In 1999, she again played a side role in semi- successful Sirf Tum. Later Aaghaz could add no colour to her career and Govinda’s comedy Kyo Kii...Main Jhuth Nahin Boltha did nothing to refurbish her image. Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai, Tum ko Na Bhool Payenge, did an average business to just ensure that she was not pushed into oblivion. But Megha Gulzar’s Filhal did fill the void which was create din her celebrity hood by a series of flops. She played role of a surrogate mother and came out with a brilliant performance and put her mark on the parallel cinema as well.

Sushmita is now a mother. She adopted a baby girl from a local orphanage to have the joys of motherhood without undergoing labour pains. She has named her Renee, after the Frencdh Godess of Love. Sushmita takes every joy in bringing her up and proudly mentions about her to friends and acquaintances. She believes that Renee will some day grow up to be a lady of great repute much in the foot steps of her mother.

A person reared in the cocoon of cantonment life, in a middle-class suburb of Delhi, now showered with attention of global proportions. An ambassador of feminine beauty, peace, love, and optimism, at an age most kids are worried about getting a driving-license and a drinking permit. That's Sushmita Sen. That's Miss Universe, 1994 orginally born on 19th Nov 1975.

Sushmita made her debut in Dastak in the role of a vulnerable girl being stalked by a psycho (Sharad Kapoor). The film was a dud at the box office. Soon another flop Zor followed. Things were not going right for Sush.

Then Sushmita did a comic role in David Dhawan’s Biwi No.1 and caught movie buff’s attention. She had a flair for the comedy. She also did a romantic role opposite Abhishek Bachchan in Bus Itna Sa Khwab Hai. Unfortunately this movie too bombed at the box office. Recently she was seen in a very realistic role in Meghna Gulzar’s directorial debut Filhaal. She has got very rave reviews for convincing portrayal of her character in the film.

Sushmita is intelligent, but it's an intelligence as yet untainted by realism. Before all this happened, here was yet a gossamer world, tipped between the cradle and the crown. Creative rather than literal, poetic rather than pedantic, it is these very qualities that endeared her to the viewers and judges.

She has led a rather normal filmi existence and has had her fair share of carping critics, her erratic lifestyle, her unpunctual ways, her live in relationships, her much married boyfriend Vikram Bhatt, her phenomenal asking price, her undeflated ego, her problem and consequent patch up with Akshay Kumar, all have brought her morethan her share of flak.

Sushmita Sen Detailed Biography

An ambassador of feminine beauty, peace, love, and optimism Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994, the first Miss Universe from India. Sushmita's defence background, ensured that she led a nomadic life. Her mother's decision to shift base to Delhi, was to render some permanency in her children's lives, as also to enable her children have proper education. With an advantageous height, she made her entry into the world of fashion. She did a few fashion shows before she went in for the Femina Miss India pageant.

Her decision to join movies was well accepted and Bollywood welcomed her with open arms. She made her debut in 'Dastak'. The film was a dud at the box office. Soon another flop 'Zor' followed. Things were not going right for her. She was dubbed too westernized, too tall for Indian heroes. But Sushmita has accepted it all with a pinch of salt. The success of Biwi No.1 along with her dance number in Sirf Tum, Fiza and Kyonki? Main Jhooth Nahi Bolta changed her equation in Bollywood. She has got very rave reviews for convincing portrayal of her character in the film Filhaal. On a personal front, Sushmita is a charmer, an easygoing person who loves writing poetry. She has adopted a baby girl whom she has named Renee. Renee was apparently a sick and unhealthy baby when Sushmita decided to adopt her.

Life for Sush has changed ever since. She supposedly is said to have changed her habits, so that they would not influence the child as she grows. This ex-Miss Universe remains a much sought after woman today and the common man's ultimate dream and fantasy.

Personal life

Sushmita was born in a Bengali family to Shubeer Sen, a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander and Subhra Sen, worked as a fashion artist and jewelery designer. She has a brother, Rajeev Sen and a sister, Neelam Sen. She was born St.Theresa's hospital, Hyderabad, and grew up in New Delhi. She attended school at Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute studying English, and had career plans in journalism. She has been linked romantically to several people. In 2000, she adopted a girl, Renee, as a single mother.

Miss Universe

In 1994, at the age of eighteen, Sushmita won the title of Miss India beating out Aishwarya Rai who was the runner up. Sen represented India at the Miss Universe Pageant, held in Manila, Philippines. Sushmita won the Miss Universe contest.

At Miss Universe, Sushmita ranked third overall in the preliminaries, right behind preliminary winner Miss Colombia Carolina Gomez, and Miss Greece Rea Totounzi, who ranked second but won the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competitions. Sushmita went on to place second, fifth and third in the swimsuit, interview, and evening gown semi-final competitions respectively, placing her in third place behind Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela Minorka Mercado. All three women went on to be the final three contestants. In the end, the judges placed their votes on Sushmita, making her the first woman from India to become Miss Universe.

Sushmita's supposed rival at the Miss India pageant, Aishwarya Rai, went on to win the 1994 Miss World contest.

Date of Birth

19 November 1975, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Birth Name

Sushmita Shubeer Sen

Nickname ;

Titu

Sush

Sush

Height

5' 10½" (1.79 m)

Mini Biography

Sushmita was born in the Bengali-speaking Sen family on November 19, 1975 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her family consists of her dad, Shubeer, a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander; mom, Subhra, Jewelry Designer and owner of a Dubai-based store. She has two siblings, a sister named Neelam, who is married to Nauman Malik, and a brother named Rajeev. Subhra's dad was a poet.

She attended different schools in Jorhat, and Nagpur, but spend the majority of her schooling days in the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute and Air Force Silver School in Delhi. She was regarded as a tomboy and spent most of her times with boys. Since the schools were Hindi medium, she could not speak English until she was 16 years of age. She subsequently not only mastered English, but became an English Honors student, and also obtained a degree in Journalism. Due to her place of birth she can speak Urdu flawlessly.

Her first public appearance was at the Air Force Club Contest at the age of 15. She did a few fashion shows thereafter. Then during 1994 she decided to be a participant in Miss India beauty pageant, fully aware that she was being pitted against the reigning favorite, Aishwarya Rai. Sushmita took everyone by surprise when she was crowned Miss India while Aishwarya had to content with being the First Runner-up. Both beauties went on to win Miss Universe and Miss World titles respectively. Ironically the final outfit for Miss Universe for Sushmita was made by a little-known Meena Bazar tailor, and her mom.

It was during 1996 that she first appeared as herself in a Bollywood movie titled 'Dastak'. Though the movie did not fare too well, she was noticed and thus began her career on the silver screen. She has since then portrayed herself in a variety of characters and also some 'item' numbers.

Not considered a classic beauty and leading quite an unconventional lifestyle she ended up in many relationships but did not marry anyone. She wanted to be a mother and to adopt a baby girl, and name her Renee. Since she is single, she had to fight a Court battle before she could finally adopt Renee. Finally on 13 April 2000 she was given the go-ahead to adopt her, even though the family-owned business in Dubai was already re-named as 'Renee' quite ironically a year earlier on 13 April 1999.

BIPASHA BASU............

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Bipasha Basu Biography

Fate intervened when Bipasha recoiled and passed out when dissecting a rat. Thus ended her dream of being a medical professional. She was enrolled in the Science faculty until 12th standard, but switched to Commerce thereafter. After acquiring a degree in Commerce she planned to be a Chartered Accountant but ended up being the Ford Supermodel of the World when she was just 17 years old.Bipasha was born on January 7th 1979 in New Delhi. subsequently the Basu family re-located to Calcutta. Bipasha is the second of three sisters, born and brought up in a Hindu Bengali family, she is fluent in Hindi, English, and Bengali.

The names of her sisters are Bidisha and Bijoyeta. Unbelievable as it may sound, sexy Bipasha was considered 'ugly' in her younger years due to her dark complexion. Her name means 'Dark Deep Desire', and is also the name of a river.After her triumph as the Ford Supermodel, she went on to be crowned Miss Vivacious sponsored by Tulips.Bipasha made her foray into Bollywood with 'Ajnabee' in 2001, and subsequently acquired a place for herself in the tinsel world. She went to star in 'Raaz', 'Jism', 'No Entry', 'Phir Herapheri', 'Corporate' &'Dhoom 2'.

All of these movies did fairly well at the box office, and escalated her position as not only a leading lady, but one who can dare to bare. 'Dhoom 2' also credits her as a playback singer.She has also appeared in two music videos, and was one of the judges in the 2004 Femina Miss India beauty pageant.

Mini Biography

Bipasha Basu was born in a Bengali family at New Delhi. Later her family shifted to Kolkata where she won regional beauty contest at a very young age. Bipasa Basu is the second of three sisters. Her elder sister name is Bidisha and her younger sister name is Bijyota.

Modeling and acting has come to Bipasa Basu by chance. She had planned to be a Chartered Accountant after her graduation but in the meanwhile she won Ford super model contest and entered the world of modeling. She was also listed as sexiest woman of Asia along with fellow stars Mallika Sherawat and Aishwarya Rai.

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After winning over people's heart through modeling and advertisement, Bipasha did the famous video 'Tu Meri Mehbooba' for Sonu Nigam's album, 'Kismat'. Bipasa Basu made her debut in Bollywood with the film "Ajanbi". Thereafter she did a number of movies but her performance in "Raj" opposite Dino Morea was more appreciated. Next was erotic thriller "Jism" opposite john Abrahm, in which she played the role of a sexy wife of a middle-aged industrialist. She portrayed the character splendidly and became recognizable in Bollywood as sexy actress. Bipasha Basu gave sterling performance in a number of films such as "Company", "Rakht", "No Entry", "Barsaat, "Shikhar" and "Apaharan". Her performance in "Corporate" directed by Madhur Bhandarkar won critical acclaim. She was involved with co-actor and model Dino Morea and now Bipasha has live live-in relationship with actor John Abrahm.

Bipasha Basu Biography

Bipashu Basu: this Bollywood dazzler started out as a supermodel before scorching the big screen with her sultry sensuality.
Early days

Bipasha was born on the 7th of January, 1979 in New Delhi, later moving with her family to Kolkata. She is the second of three sisters. The other two are Bidisha and Vijayeta.

Bipasha studied science, her repulsion towards dissecting animals, prompted her to move away from medicine to commerce. She did her schooling at Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir and her college years were spent at Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College. In her spare time, she took up some modelling assignments.
She participated in the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest and walked away as the winner. She moved to New York, courtesy the Ford agency, where she continued with her modelling, until she decided to pack her bags and head back to India landing in Bollywood.

She has appeared in Sonu Nigam’s Video ‘Tu’ from his album Kismat as well as Jay Sean’s video Stolen.

Bipasha Basu dated some of the hunkiest men like Milind Soman and Dino Morea before settling for John Abraham. A photograph of her kissing footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, raised questions on whether her relationship with John Abraham was in trouble. However the couple still seem to be as smitten with each other as ever.
Bringing sexy back

2001 Bipasha broke stereotypes in Ajnabee, in which she is a married woman making a play for her husband’s married friend. The risk was worth it as she won the Filmfare Best Debut award for her role.

2002 It was followed by the success of Raaz, a thriller directed by Vikram Bhat. She was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress award for her role as Sanjana.
2003 She again made waves in Jism, with John Abraham, in which she played a scheming seductress.

2004 The year saw movies like Aetbaar, Rudraaksh that didn’t make much of an impact.
2005 Her films No entry and Phir Hera Pheri did well in the box office.
2006 It was Bipasha’s year all the way with hits like Corporate, Omkara and Dhoom 2.
Her brilliant portrayal in Corporate as Nishigandha Dasgupta won her a nomination for the Filmfare Best Actress award. She sizzled in the item number ‘Beedi’ in Omkara.

2008 Bipasha had another hit in her kitty with Race while her performance in Bachna Hai Haseeno was appreciated.

More Bips

Year 2009 will see Bips in Pankh, Freeze and a Bengali film Shob Charitro Kalponik.

The dusky Bengali beauty, Bipasha Basu, was born in Delhi, grew up in Kolkata and now is based in Mumbai. She wanted to be a doctor since childhood. She pursued science for Plus 2 but did her graduation in Commerce, as doing all those horrid rat dissections made her faint. Then she planned to do Chartered accountancy, but fate had something else in store for her. She met Mehr Jessia, one of the famous supermodels in India, in a hotel in Kolkata and she compelled her to participate in the Famous Ford Supermodels Contest in 1996. She won the contest at 17 years of age and the rest is history. Bipasha went on to catwalk for all leading Indian designers.

After winning over people's hearts through modeling and advertisements, she did the famous video 'Tu Meri Mehbooba' for Sonu Nigam's album, 'Kismat'. In 2001, she started her film career with 'Ajnabee' followed by Vikram Bhatt's 'Raaz' (2002) opposite Dino Morea in which her portrayal was greatly appreciated. In the same year she acted in a Telugu movie, 'Takkari Donga', opposite Mahesh Babu.

Next was an erotic thriller Jism (2003), where she handled the role of a sexy wife of an middle-aged industrialist very well. In this movie, her flair especially her superb body was fully utilized by the director Amit Saxena. This movie changed her image gave her a glamour-doll aura. She appeared glamorous in many films like 'Zameen' (2004), 'Footpath' (2004), 'Ishq Hai Tumse' (2004), 'Rudraksh' (2004) etc. But she proved that she can also handle intense lead roles with ease in 'Rakth' (2004).

In 2005, her list of sterling performances include films like 'No Entry', 'Barsaat', 'Shikhar' and 'Apaharan'. The year 2006 was also good for her. 'Phir Hera Pheri' and 'Darna Zaroori Hai' were movies that revealed her acting talent. Her performance in Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Corporate' , in which she played a sophisticated business executive, won her rave reviews.

Bips is now a leading contender for the top spot in Hindi films. This dazzling, attractive personality feels that her eyes are her strong feature. She is bold enough to accept unusual roles. She has been involved with co-actor and model Dino Morea and now her relationship with hot star John Abraham has often been in the news. It is widely speculated that they will end up getting married. Hardworking and talented, Bipasha deserves every bit of her success.

Bipasha Basu Detailed Biography

Bipasha was born in Delhi and has spent most of her life in Calcutta. Her desire to become a doctor made her study science, till her twelfth class later she opted for Chartered Accountancy. She came into the limelight when she won the famous Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of 17. She also won the Tulips Miss Super Vivacious in the same contest. Bipasha has catwalked for all leading Indian designers, besides featuring in advertisements, she did the famous video Tu Meri Mehbooba for Sonu Nigam's album, Kismat.

She was spotted by the world famous photographer, Steven Mizhel, she featured in Vogue magazine. But gave it up for family in India. Her debut role in Ajnabee has won her much praise then she got Raaz which was a major hit. Her performance was excellent in this film. In 2003 Jism came which was hit. In this she played a married woman. Bipasha deserves every bit of her success, and will definitely prove to be a strong competitor in the race to claim the top spot.

She is a Commerce graduate.Came into the limelight when she won the Famous Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of 17.

She was coaxed into participating for the zonal rounds by a friend.She also won the Tulips Miss Super Vivacious in the same contest.

Spotted by the world famous photographer, Steven Mizhel, she featured in Vogue magazine. But gave it up for family in India

She feels her eyes are her strong feature.

Strongly believes that Mehr Jesia is her godmother.

Her hobbies include dancing, reading helping her mother with interior designing.

"Sexy in India, is not considered positive. But, with today’s crop of fresh faces, in the modeling arena, being sexy is an asset"

Did the famous video ‘Tu..’ for Sonu Nigam’s album, Kismat.

Guys be warned. She threatens to "knock the daylights" out of any man who dares to make a pass at her!!!

Soon be making her sensational debut in the untitled Abbas-Mustan film, co starring with Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Bobby Deol.

Born and brought up in Kolkata, Bipasha was noticed and recommended for the Ford Super Model Contest, held in Mumbai in 1996. After winning the coveted title, she proceeded to participate in the Ford International Contest in Florida the same year. Having secured second place in the pageant, Bipasha was in the International Media's eye, as she traveled to Paris and worked with some of the most prestigious designers and labels. On her return to India, she received an unimaginable reception as all the prominent Indian designers, fashion gurus and top brands started vying for her attention. Bipasha has walked the ramp for almost all noteworthy Indian designers and also appeared in ad campaigns for brands such as Close up, Calida, Mazaa and Thumps Up. Her line up of music videos includes Sonu Nigam's, `Tu' and `Jaan'.

Looking to scale new heights, Bipasha finally set her sights on Bollywood, where she could explore her talent to the fullest. After receiving many offers from top banners she zeroed in on `Ajnabee' as her debut. Directed by duo Abbas Mustan, `Ajnabee' had an impressive cast of Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol & Kareena Kapoor. Inspite of being the only debutante amongst a seasoned cast and crew, Bipasha managed to hold her own and was recognized as a promising actress.

Amongst the first few to give the gorgeous lass due credit was Vikram Bhatt, who signed her on for his next venture `Raaz'. The mystique and deep aura of sensuality that Bipasha Basu exudes was exactly what the dynamic director was looking for, in the heroine of the immensely thrilling and hair raising film Raaz. With Jism, Bipasha changed the portrayal of the traditional "Indian' actress entirely. A negative role with bold shades and then some more, Bipasha set the trend for a lot like her generation to come. Seen then in movies like Rakht, Rudraksh, Barsaat, Aitbaar, Bipasha was trying out new genres with each movie she chose. Her latest release is the comic hit No Entry, where she plays a vivacious bar dancer who is all set to woo Anil Kapoor, for a fair price. Her forthcoming movies include, Phir Hera Pheri, Dhoom2, Nehle Pe Dehla and Hum Ko Diwana Kar Gaye.

Date of Birth :

7 January 1979, Delhi, India ....

Nickname :

Bonny .
Bips .

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m) .

Mini Biography

Fate intervened when Bipasha recoiled and passed out when dissecting a rat. Thus ended her dream of being a medical professional. She was enrolled in the Science faculty until 12th standard, but switched to Commerce thereafter. After acquiring a degree in Commerce she planned to be a Chartered Accountant but ended up being the Ford Supermodel of the World when she was just 17 years old.

Bipasha was born on January 7th 1979 in New Delhi. subsequently the Basu family re-located to Calcutta. Bipasha is the second of three sisters, born and brought up in a Hindu Bengali family, she is fluent in Hindi, English, and Bengali. The names of her sisters are Bidisha and Bijoyeta. Unbelievable as it may sound, sexy Bipasha was considered 'ugly' in her younger years due to her dark complexion. Her name means 'Dark Deep Desire', and is also the name of a river.

After her triumph as the Ford Supermodel, she went on to be crowned Miss Vivacious sponsored by Tulips.

Bipasha made her foray into Bollywood with 'Ajnabee' in 2001, and subsequently acquired a place for herself in the tinsel world. She went to star in 'Raaz', 'Jism', 'No Entry', 'Phir Herapheri', 'Corporate' &'Dhoom 2'. All of these movies did fairly well at the box office, and escalated her position as not only a leading lady, but one who can dare to bare. 'Dhoom 2' also credits her as a playback singer.

She has also appeared in two music videos, and was one of the judges in the 2004 Femina Miss India beauty pageant.

DIA MIRZA .......

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Biography

Name: Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza Born on: December 9, 1981Place of

Birth: Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh,India

Occupation: Actress and Model

Nick Name : Dee

Achievements: Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000.second runner up in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest.

Trade Mark: Her beautiful smile

Father : Frank Handrich

Mother: Deepa Mirza

Family: Bengali

The family lived in Khairatabad near Hyderabad and she completed her schooling in Vidyaranya High School and in Nasr School. Her step-father passed away during 2004.

Diya Mirza was introverted and unhappy as a child, and it was her parents, especially her mom, who instilled self-confidence and assisted her to break free from the barriers of low self-esteem.At the age of 16, after completing her 10th standard, she got a job with Sriven Multi-Tech in Hyderabad. This job paved her way to modeling assignments with Lipton, Emami amongst others.

With this exposure she was encouraged to participate in the 2000 Femina Miss India Beauty Pageant, which she did, came up the second runner-up and won three titles namely Femina Miss India-Pacific, Sony Viewer's Choice Award, and Miss Beautiful Smile. She went on to be crowned Miss Asia-Pacific on December 2, 2000 at Manila, making her the second Indian to win this award after a gap of 29 years.

Dia Mirza Educational Life . . . . . . . . .

Dia Mirza attended Vidyaranya High School For Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Kushnuma.

Dia Mirza Currently she lives in Bandra, Mumbai. To brush up on acting before Shootout at Lokhandwala, she took a one week course of cinema at New York

At the age of 16 she was working as a marketing executive at sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15 per cent commision on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She has done an advertising campaign which appeared in femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. Thats when Miss India happned.

Her confidence belies her status in the industry. But it is her keen sense of direction and her intrinsic intelligence which makes her so poised and confident. She's all of 20 and yet has accomplished so much. Diya Mirza has a world of opportunities open to her and for the first time she's sure of what she wants to be.

Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.

Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.

Diya Mirza is currently working on a film with arjun rampal titled Deewanapan and she is extremly excited about the project.

For a 20 year old Diya has accomplished so much but Diya's dream has only just begun.

At the age of 16 she was working as a marketing executive at sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15 per cent commision on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She has done an advertising campaign which appeared in femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. Thats when Miss India happned. She walked away with 3 titles Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewer's Choice Award and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific.

Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.

Her first film, opposite Madhavan Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.

She is also independent and armed with a mind of her own. And with everyone’s confidence and encouragement egging on her, Diya has a good chance of bagging a crown India hasn’t won in 25 years.

Diya Mirza's success story began even before she entered the Miss India contest. At the age of 16 she was working as a marketing executive at Sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15 per cent commision on every ad revenue she fetched for the company. She did an advertising campaign which appeared in Femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. That's when Miss India happened. She walked away with 3 titles Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewer's Choice Award and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific.

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Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.

She debuuted with "Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein". Though the film did not do too well, it marked her arrival in the industry. After that, film offers continued to pour in. She did "Tumko Na Bhool Payenge", "Tehzeeb", "Dum" to name a few. Today she has several films to her credit and one thing rings clear out of it, she has arrived as an actress.

Dia Mirza Handrich, formerly known as Diya Mirza or Dia Mirza, nicknamed Dee, (born 9December 1981 in Hyderabad, India) is an Indian model and actress.
She took part in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest and was second runner up. She then went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific 2000 contest.

Her father was a German interior designer; her mother is Deepa Mirza, a Bengali. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried: Ahmed Mirza whose surname she took, died in 2004. Though she has a Muslim name, she is a Hindu, and a follower of Ganesh. When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, she attended the Vidyaranya, a school based on the teachings of Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Kushnuma. Currently, she lives in Bandra, Mumbai.

Dia Mirza Biography :

Dia Mirza Handrich, popularly known as Diya Mirza or Dia Mirza, nicknamed Dee, (born 9 December 1981 in Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh, India) is an Indian model and actress and Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000. She was also second runner up in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest.

Her father was a German interior designer; her mother is Deepa Mirza, a Bengali. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried: Ahmed Mirza whose surname she took, died in 2004. Though she has been brought up in a Muslim household, she does not consider herself a Muslim; in response to a question asking which Hindu deity 'appealed' to her most, she replied Ganesha. When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, she attended the Vidyaranya, a school based on the teachings of Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School,in Kushnuma. Currently, she lives in Bandra, Mumbai.

Diya Mirza is a true India beauty. She is today a well accomplished actress in the Bollywood film industry. She must have never thought that her fate has so much of fame stored in for her. She was born on December 9, 1981. She never dreamt that one day she will be Miss India and be employed as a film actress.

She was a introvert kind of girl working as a marketing executive at Sriven Multi-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs. 5000, with a 15 per cent commission on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She however did an advertising campaign which appeared in Femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. That's when her success story began.

Life has changed in the 10 months since she won the Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific Crown. She has had to make choices over what most 18-year old girls are taken for granted – parents, education and paying bills.

As a career move, the Hyderabad girl shifted to Mumbai, away from home and family. Compromises have been difficult, but necessary.

Like with her education, for one. She opted to do her First Year Bachelor of Arts via correspondence, but as the Miss Asia Pacific competition drew closer, juggling work and studies became close to impossible, specially with her modeling assignments, traveling and training.

Traveling was a great pleasure for Diya because she mentions that traveling is a great source of learning to her.

Diya is all prepared to hitch her wagon to a star. She is a young woman who is caring, sensitive, beautiful and loving.

She is also independent and armed with a mind of her own. And with everyone’s confidence and encouragement egging on her, Diya has a good chance of bagging a crown India hasn’t won in 25 years.
Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.

Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.

Today Diya is working in numerous other films which are sure to bring her more and more success.

RAIMA SEN............

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Raima Sen Biography :

Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma on 11 November 1979) is an Indian film actress. Raima Sen is the daughter of actress Moon Moon Sen and the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her younger sister, Riya Sen, is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father is Bharat Dev Varma , scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura State. Her paternal grandmother Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar (in Bengal), whose younger sister Gayatri Devi is the Maharani of Jaipur. Raima Sen made her debut in the film "Godmother", which was a critically acclaimed success, but her minor role may have been overlooked in favor of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi. She then starred in the film "Daman" playing Raveena Tandon's daughter, where her small performance was appreciated.

Raima Sen breakthrough role came when she starred in the Rituparno Ghosh's film "Chokher Bali". She won much praise for her role as the simple, submissive Ashalata. After a few more average movies Raima Sen had a critically acclaimed hit in 2005 with "Parineeta", where she played the younger cousin of the heroine, played by the debutante Vidya Balan. Since then Raima Sen has had two more hits with the action thriller "Dus" and the Bengali film "Antar Mahal" (where she had a very small role). Most recently, she appeared in the Hindi film "Eklavya" (again co-starring with Vidya Balan and Saif Ali Khan). She has yet, however, to play the leading role as an actress in a hit movie. Raima Sen continues to model, particularly for the Indian cosmetics giant Lakme.

Raima's public profile and image is much low-key and more demure than that of her sister Riya who had been compared more to their mother. Raima is also said to resemble her grandmother much more than either her mother or her sister. Journalists who meet her describe her as easy to talk to, and devoid of starry airs.

Raima Sen Biography

She is the daughter of actress Moon Moon Sen and the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her younger sister, Riya Sen, is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father is Bharat Dev Varma, scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura state.

Her paternal grandmother Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar (in Bengal), whose younger sister Gayatri Devi is the Maharani of Jaipur.

She made her debut in the film Godmother, which was a critically acclaimed success, but her minor role may have been overlooked in favour of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi. She then starred in the film Daman playing Raveena Tandon's daughter, where her small performance was appreciated. Her breakthrough role came when she starred in the Rituparno Ghosh's film Chokher Bali.
Bollywood Actress Raima Sen

Actress Raima Sen’s Bollywood roots run deep. Her grandmother is the legendary Bollywood actress Suchitra Sen, and her mother, Moon Moon Sen and sister Riya Sen are also in the Bollywood industry. But Raima says she won’t be competing with her glamorous sister.

“We both are doing quite different films. I will really have to buck up in order to compete with Riya who is very sexy and glamorous. She has breasts and hips truly measuring up to Bollywood standards.” Raima said in a recent interview.

Sen says she would like to be known as “a sexy Indian beauty,” and “will not mind shedding clothes for success of a film.”

Raima Sen Biography

27-year-old Raima Sen was born on November 11, 1979. As noted, Sen grew up in the Bollywood industry. Her father, Bharat Dev Varma , is a descendant of the royal family of Tripura state.

After a few minor film roles, Raima’s breakthrough came in a starring role as Ashalata in the film Chokher Bali.

Raima is often compared to her grandmother, legendary Bollywood actress Suchitra Sen.

She won much praise for her role as the simple, submissive Ashalata. After a few more average movies she had a critically acclaimed hit in 2005 with Parineeta. Since then she has had two more hits with the action thriller Dus and the Bengali film Antar Mahal.

Internet Girl that's what family and friends call Raima Sen, the dusky beauty from Kolkata. Raima Sen daughter of 'Munmun Sen' and Sister of 'Riya sen'.

Her debut film was Bachelors directed by Ajai Sinha. It that she had a lead role and co-star with her sister Riya Sen.

After that she had done a science-fiction Film Fun2sh which zooms into a prehistoric era. She personelly feel not to be a stereotyped actress.

She also done many bengali films. Recently Raima Sen, wowed the audiences with her naïve but sensuous biwi’s role in Choker Bali playing the ‘wronged wife’.

Her forthcoming film is off-beat thriller tittled 99.9 FM directed by Sanjay Bhatia. She plays the biwi of Shawar Ali, who is a popular radio jockey. Predictably, the hubby is drawn towards another woman Dipannita Sharma.

She is the daughter of Moon Moon Sen and the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her sister, Riya Sen, is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father is Bharat Dev Varma, scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura state.

Her paternal grandmother Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar (in Bengal), whose younger sister Gayatri Devi is the Maharani of Jaipur.

She made her debut in the film Godmother, which was a critically acclaimed success, but her minor role may have been overlooked in favour of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi. She then starred in the film Daman playing Raveena Tandon's daughter, where her small performance was appreciated.

Her breakthrough role came when she starred in the Rituparno Ghosh's film Chokher Bali. She won much praise for her role as the simple, submissive Ashalata. After a few more average movies she had a critically acclaimed hit in 2005 with Parineeta, where she played the playmate of the film's heroine, essayed by the debutante Vidya Balan.

Since then she has had two more hits with the action thriller Dus and the Bengali film Antar Mahal (where she had a very small role). Most recently, she appeared in the film The Bong Connection (co-starring Shayan Munshi). She has signed her first Tamil film and she is expected to do more south indian films. She has yet, however, to play the leading role as an actress in any hit movie.

RIYA SEN...........

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Biography: Riya Sen is yesteryear’s actress’ Moon Moon Sen’s daughter, Suchitra Sen’s granddaughter and current actress Raima Sen’s sister. Her father, Bharat Dev Varma is a member of the Royal Family of Tripura. Ila Devi of Coochbehar, whose younger sister is Gayatri Devi, is Riya’s grandmother. Both sister’s use their maternal grandmother, Suchitra Sen’s surname. Riya is a student of Loreto House and Rani Birla College and she also did a stint at the National Institute of Fashion Technology. She designs most of her clothes in commercials and films. Riya was first noticed as the delicate beauty in Falguni Pathak’s video, Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi, though she made her film debut in Vishkanaya in 1991. She has appeared in many other music videos like Shaan’s Sutta Maro and Sonu Nigam’s Jeena Hai Tere Liye. While Riya does not have a good film career to boast of, she has established herself as a sex symbol. She wore a bikini in Shaadi No.1; she also kissed her co-stars Sharman Joshi and Ashmit Patel in Style and Silsilay respectively. She has appeared on magazine covers such as Savvy, Femina, Cosmopolitan and Elle and walked the ramp with her sis Raima at the Wills and Lakme Fashion Weeks from 2005 to 2007. Jhankaar Beats and Shaadi No. 1 are the only notable hits of her career. Riya is often compared to her mother Moon Moon Sen because of her sex symbol status. Riya Sen Biography: Riya Sen born as Riya Dev Varma on January 24th, 1981 in Kolkata, India is a promising Indian film actress and a former model. Widely regarded as the sexy star, Riya Sen has acted in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and English language movies. Riya Sen was born in the family of actresses. She is the daughter of Moon Moon Sen and a grand daughter of Suchitra Sen. Both famous Indian actresses of yesteryears. Her sister Raima Sen is also a noted actress. Her father Bharat Dev Varma hails from the Royal family of Tripura. A drop out from college, Riya Sen studied for a while at the National Institute of Fashion Technology. Riya Sen began her career as a child artist in film "Vishkanya" and bagged her major role at the age of fifteen in a Tamil movie, "Tajmahal" directed by Bharathiraaja. Her Bollywood debut began with a stalled movie, "Love You Hamesha" opposite Akshaye Khanna. Next "Style" {2001} came her way directed by N. Chandra, which became a box-office hit. She acted in several movies thereafter such as "Dil Vil Pyar Vyar" {2002}, "Jhankaar Beats" {2003}, "Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha" {2004},"Tum... Ho Na"; "Silsiilay", "Shaadi No. 1" {All 2005 releases}, "Apna Sapna Money Money" {2006}, and "Hey Baby", which is due for release. She has also acted in a Bangladeshi movie, "Money Porey Tomakey". Her best film to date was "Ananthabhadram" {2005} directed by Santhosh Sivan. Besides movies Riya Sen also appeared in several music videos gyrating her body to the popular tunes in the background. As a model, Riya Sen successfully endorsed several brands such as Margarita King, Limca, Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, Colgate, Lakme and Vatika. Riya Sen appeared partially nude in an Indian photographer Dabboo Ratnani's annual calendar. It generated tremendous response to the calendar as the photograph was too sexy and she became the only female to appear on the calendar for four years continually from 2004 to 2007. Riya Sen dated Ashmit Patel, her co-star in "Silsilay" and both were reportedly caught in an intimate position on a cell phone that was widely circulated through MMS and the Internet. However, Riya Sen denied saying, that it wasn't her in the MMS clip. The 5'1" tall, budding actress, Riya Sen is a grand daughter of legendary film actress Suchitra Sen and daughter of Moon Moon Sen. She lives with her mother and sister Raima Sen. She wishes to spend her time with Mom, Dad, Raima and her grandmother. Before come into the modelling, She studied in Rani Birla College at Calcutta. First offer for her film is Kailash Surendranath's Love You Hamesha. Her ideal men among actors are Keanu Reeves, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan. She was in Jhankar Beats. The 5'1" tall, budding actress, Riya Sen is a grand daughter of legendary film actress Suchitra Sen and daughter of Moon Moon Sen. She lives with her mother and sister Raima Sen in a cosy apartment in Juhu, the north Mumbai suburb. She wishes to spend her time with Mom, Dad, Raima and her grandmother.But everyone is so busy with their lives, hardly get anytime to spend with each other. Before come into the modelling, She studied in Rani Birla College at Calcutta. First offer for her film is, Kailash Surendranath, Love You Hamesha.Her ideal men among actors are Keanu Reeves, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan. Riya first appeared as a child artist in the film Vishkanya in 1991, where she played the role of the young Pooja Bedi. At the age of fifteen, National Film Awards winning director Bharathiraja's Tamil film, Taj Mahal (2000), which did not achieve commercial success.[1] She was scheduled to make her Bollywood film debut in Love You Hamesha, opposite actor Akshaye Khanna; however, the film was stalled, and she ultimately made her debut in N. Chandra's Style (2001).[2] This low-budget sex comedy[3][4] was the first commercial success in over a decade for the director, whose previous successes included Ankush (1986) and Tezaab (1988).[5] A launch pad for Riya, cast in the female lead along with fellow-newcomers, Sharman Joshi, Sahil Khan and Shilpi Mudgal, the film pioneered a trend of commercial success for small budget films in India.[6][7] Riya and the second female lead of the film were replaced by aspirant actresses Sunali Joshi and Jaya Seal in Xcuse Me, the sequel of Style.[8][9] Her next success was Jhankaar Beats, a comedy revolving around the music of legendary composer R D Burman, which saw her playing a small and glamorous role[10] alongside Shayan Munshi, Juhi Chawla, Rahul Bose, Rinke Khanna and Sanjay Suri. Produced by Pritish Nandy, publishing director of The Times of India, and directed by debutant director Sujoy Ghosh,[11] the film was made on a budget of Rs. 25 million (US$525,000),[11] marking the sixth in a row of small to medium budget films made by Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC).[12] Despite being part of a wave of offbeat films that mostly failed to make an impact at the box office,[13][14 it surprisingly drew public attention upon its release, which led to a commercial success among a restricted audience targeted by a selective release in twenty cities.[12][15] It was one of the first films made in Hinglish, a mixture of Hindi and English.[16][17] In 2005, she starred in Shaadi No. 1, which saw her sharing screen time with Esha Deol, Soha Ali Khan and Ayesha Takia, without anyone getting established as the female lead.[18] This comedy, which is based on the theme of modern marriage, was directed by David Dhawan, a renowned film director from this genre.[19][20] Although films like Style and Jhankar Beats succeeded commercially, most of her later films have generated less revenue.[21][22] A number of them remained unfinished. While many of her appearances have been item numbers and cameos,[23][24][25] few of her leading roles have been in low-budget films.[26] Though she had small roles in Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002), Qayamat (2003) and Plan (2004), attention was drawn to her item numbers in all three, especially the one in Qayamat that featured her in a bubble-bath.[21][27][28] Besides this, she performed another item number in James (2005) on director-producer Ram Gopal Varma's behest, who has a history of casting aspirant actress-models like Sameera Reddy, Isha Koppikar and Koena Mitra in similar roles.[29] Furthermore, she took part in a dance number for Sajid Khan's Heyy Babyy (2007) that featured several mainstream Bollywood actresses such as Amisha Patel, Diya Mirza, Neha Dhupia, Amrita Rao and Celina Jaitley, among others.[30] Riya was born to Bharat Dev Varma and Moonmoon Sen. Riya, who hails from a family of actors including her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moon Moon Sen and sister Raima Sen, began her acting career in 1991 as a child artiste in the film Vishkanya. Her first commercial success in her film career was with Style, a 2001 Hindi low-budget sex comedy directed by N. Chandra. Some of her other films include producer Pritish Nandy's musical film, Jhankaar Beats (2001) in Hinglish, director David Dhawan's comedy film, Shaadi No. 1 (2005) and director-cinematographer Santhosh Sivan's Malayalam horror film Ananthabhadram (2005). Riya has worked as an activist and appeared in an AIDS awareness music video with the aim of dispelling popular myths about the disease. She also helped raise funds for pediatric eye-care. Riya has faced controversies such as a MMS clip with actor Ashmit Patel, her semi-nude photograph on photographer Dabboo Ratnani's annual calendar and her on-screen kisses in a conservative Indian film industry. Daughter of actress Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma, a descendant of the royal family of Cooch Behar. Her maternal grandmother is the legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Sister of actress Raima Sen. First stepped into the limelight at the age of 15 when she faced the camera for the Tamil film 'Taj Mahal' directed by 'Bharati Raja'. She studied at the Rani Birla College in Calcutta. Has starred in a number of music videos in the Indipop circuit.

RIMI SEN.........

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Rimi Sen Biography

Rimi Sen is an Indian actress working in the Bollywood film industry. Sen's birth name is Shoumitra Sen. In an interview she said she doesn't use her original name because it sounds unusual.She moved to Mumbai to become a film actress. She was first noticed when she auditioned for a Coke advertisement. The director of the ad, Priyadarshan, was impressed by her and cast her in his film Hungama. The film was a hit and established her in the industry.She then played Amitabh Bachchan's and Hema Malini's granddaughter in the hit film Baghban. Her next big hit was the Yashraj produced Dhoom. Her latest release is Phir Hera Pheri, also she is currently filming for the sequel to Dhoom and Golmaal.

Rimi is now going by the screen name Rimii. She explains the name change as a career move: there are many other Sens working in Bollywood right now, and a single name may help her stand out from the crowd.She has recently made a racist remark about Africans stating: "I play a sweet and beautiful girl in the film. The best thing that I like about the film is that though it has four heroes, I am the only heroine. Rohit Shetty is amazing as a director. He can make even a black African look pretty."

Rimi Sen (Bengali: রিমি সেন) (b. on September 21, 1981 in Kolkata, India) is an Indian actress working in the Bollywood film industry. In an interview with journalist Vickey Lalwani, Sen revealed that she does not use her real name, Shoumitra Sen, "because it is so unusual."

Sen moved to Mumbai to become a film actress. She was first noticed when she auditioned for a Coca-Cola advertisement, impressing Priyadarshan, the director of the ad. Priyadarshan cast her in his hit film Hungama, establishing her in Bollywood.

She then played Amitabh Bachchan's and Hema Malini's granddaughter in the hit film Baghban. Her next big hit was the Yashraj produced Dhoom. Her next releases Phir Hera Pheri and Golmaal have been successful at the box office. Her latest release Dhoom 2, released on November 24, 2006, is another big hit, though she has very little presence in the film.

Rimi is now going by the screen name Rimii. She explains the name change as a career move: there are many other Sens working in Bollywood right now, and a single name may help her stand out from the crowd and stay apart from others.

Glamsham.com interviewed Sen in July 2006 about her work in the movie Golmaal. In the interview Sen said, "I play a sweet and beautiful girl in the film. The best thing that I like about the film is that though it has four heroes, I am the only heroine. Rohit Shetty is amazing as a director. He can make even a black African look pretty."
- Ligali, an African British group, condemned her statements and said it showed "how normalized anti-African ideology is within Bollywood and its audiences. It would be unlikely that her racist comments will hinder her career or that of the journalist and media organisation that published this anti-African statement."
- Jaspreet Pandohar, Bollywood film critic for BBC Movies Online, said that Sen's comments were "shameful but not entirely surprising. It not only reflects her ignorance of other cultures and belief that black people can’t be naturally beautiful, but also illustrates India and Bollywood’s long-running obsession with fair skin. The sad thing is Rimi probably doesn’t even realise her comments can be construed as offensive and maybe sometimes even racist . It would be practically unheard of a British actor making these kinds of racist comments in the open and to the media. She's currently still in Indian Cinema."

Rimi Sen the gorgeous belle moved from Kolkata to Mumbai to achieve her dream of acting in Bollywood. Rimi came to notice in a Coke advertisement with Aamir Khan, by filmmaker Priyadarshan, who signed her for Hungama after mere ten minutes of audition.

In Hungama Rimi played a small town girl who comes to Mumbai in search of a job. The film also stars Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani and Paresh Rawal. After that Rimi has been signed to play Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini's granddaughter in Ravi Chopra's family drama Baghbaan.

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She has now been signed to play the leading role opposite Abhishek Bachchan for an action thriller, yet-to-be-titled movie will be produced under the Yashraj Films banner and will also star Uday Chopra and John Abraham.

Rimi Sen has signed a film of Bengali director Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s another realistic movie with an earthy story. To play the leading female role the director has signed Rimi Sen. Prasanjit (who played the leading role in Chokher Bali ) will be the film’s hero.

Her last release of 2006 was the sequel to Dhoom titled Dhoom 2 which was a blockbuster hit, though she had very little presence in the film. In 2007 she appeared in the critically acclaimed Johnny Gaddaar alongside newcomer actor Neil Nitin Mukesh.

Rimi is now going by the screen name Rimii. She explains the name change as a career move: there are many other Sens working in Bollywood right now, and a single name may help her stand out from the crowd and stay apart from others.

Rimi completed her schooling from Bidya Bharati Girls' High School in the year 1998.

SHARMILA TAGORE............

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This beautiful Bengali actress, with a long chain of history, hit the Hindi speaking audiences with her charming ways in Kashmir Ki Kali. Though the film had a stalwart like Shammi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore was able to leave her mark. She was the most flamboyant actress of her time and eventually gave many hits.

Her almond-shaped eyes and bubbly nature added with acting skills made her the most sought after actress in Hindi cinema. She had a fairy-tale like appearance on screen. Sharmila Tagore has worked with all the top actors of her time like Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and even Amitabh Bachchan. Some of her movies are Aradhana (1970), Daag, Safar, Amar Prem (Rajesh Khanna), Mausam(Sanjeev Kumar), Faraar (Amitabh Bachchan), Mere Humsafar (Jeetendra), Mere Humdam Mere Dost (Dharmendra) and Chupke Chupke.

So powerful was her acting in Aradhana that she was the winner of Filmfare Best Actress award. She was also received the Lifetime Achievement award by Filmfare in 1997. She has such simple good looks that when she played the Plain Jane with Uttam Kumar in Amanush, her beauty radiated in simple traditional outfits.

Sharmila Tagore was the most good looking actresses of her times and that looks still remain intact though she has put a lot of age. Of late, she was seen in Inder Kumar's Mann where she played Aamir Khan's grandmother. It's a pity that such talented and beautiful actresses have to do such miniscule roles to keep their going strong.

Born on 8 December 1946 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Sharmila Tagore is a relative of the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Sharmila converted to Islam in order to marry Mansoor Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi and officially changed her name to Ayesha Sultana. She then married him in 1968. They have three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), Saba Ali Khan, and Soha Ali Khan (b. 1978)

Tagore established herself as a popular Hindi film actress with Shakti Samanta's Kashmir Ki Kali in 1964. Samanta would cast her in many more hit films such as An Evening in Paris (1967), and he would be responsible for famously teaming up her with Rajesh Khanna for Aradhana (1969), Amar Prem (1971), etc. Other directors paired them together in Daag (1973) and Safar (1970). She also played the mother role in Mira Nair's 1991 film Mississippi Masala.

The upcoming Vidhu Vinod Chopra film, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, brings together real life mother and son, Sharmila Tagore and Saif Ali Khan. They will share screen space for the first time since Aashiq Awara, where she had helped launch Saif as a leading man

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Sharmila Tagore is a well known name of the Indian film industry. From April 2005 onwards, she is the head of the Indian Film Censor Board. The same year in the month of December, she served as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Well, in this article, we will present you with the biography of Indian actress Sharmila Tagore. Read further to know the complete history of Sharmila Tagore.

Sharmila Tagore (Bengali: শর্মিলা ঠাকুর Shormila Ṭhakur) (also known as Ayesha Sultana, after marriage) is a renowned Indian film actress from Bengal, who as of April 2005 heads the Indian Film Censor Board. In December 2005 she was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Born in a Bengali Hindu family on 8 December 1944 in Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India. Sharmila Tagore is the daughter of Gitindranath Tagore, a distant relative of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Sharmila married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Nawab of Pataudi after converting to Islam[1] and took the new name of Begum Ayesha Sultana. They have three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan (b. 1978).

Mini Biography

A Bengali actress who achieved success young, Sharmila appeared in numerous Bengali classics before making the jump to Hindi cinema, which made her a sex symbol. The great-granddaughter of poet Rabindranath Tagore, she is also the wife of His Highness Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Nawab of Pataudi, with whom she has three children, actor Saif Ali Khan born 16 August 1970, Saba and Soha Ali Khan, born 4 October 1978.

Mini Biography

Sharmila Tagore is a Bengali actress, who has now achieved success in Hindi films produced by Bollywood. Sharmila Tagore's ancestor was the noted Rabindranath Tagore. Sharmila married the famous Indian cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan, and since then her marriage has been intact. Sharmila has one son and two daughters. Her son is Bollywood actor, Saif Ali Khan, and the daughters are Saba and Soha. Daughter Soha has recently entered Bollywood too. Sharmila is the grandmother of two children, a girl Sara Ali Khan, and a boy Ibrahim Ali Khan.

Her daughter-in-law is noted Bollywood actress, Amrita Singh. However, recently both Saif and Amrita have separated, with Sharmila's grandchildren remaining with their mother, Amrita, in India.

TANUJA...........

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Tanuja was born in Bombay on 23 September 1943.

Tanuja started her career as a child artist in the movie Hamari Beti (1950). And her career as an actress started with the movie chhabili(1960), at the age of 17 years. She is one of those actresses who doesn’t stop her career in bollywood. The turning point of her career was the movies like bhoot bungla(1965), jeene ki raah(1969),Paisa yaa Pyaar(1969), haati mere saathi(1971) . Her performances in the movies like Rules: Pyar ka superhit Formula(2003) Khaki (2004), are still appreciated. She got the hits like Bhoot Bungla, Jeene Ki raah, Paisa ya Pyaar, Haathi mere Saathi, etc. and still working and giving her best performances, but still she is not recognised as a superstar. Her last movie was Deewar(2004).after that she didn’t work in any other movie. In 1995, she played a small role in the movie Kalyug ke Avtaar as a computer operator.

Tanuja’s both the daughters, Kajol & Tanisha are actresses in Bolywood. Tanuja’s eldest daughter, kajol married with the actor Ajay Devgan. Tanuja is the sister of actress Nutan. She got married in 1973 with Mr. Shomu Mukherjee, who passed away in April, 2008

Actress Tanuja who was a popular name in the yesteryears and obviously known for being the mother of the ravishing Kajol is all set to make a comeback on the small screen. She will be seen playing the role of a Ghost in the serial ‘Babbanbhai Vs Bimlatai’. When asked about it, Tanuja said that she had been getting offers on TV but then all of them were more on the Saas-Bahu lines which were not appealing to her. She found this subject interesting and that too with a message to the audience. Hence she grabbed the offer. She will soon be seen in the 9X entertainment channel in her new role.

Tanishaa Mukherjee, the beautiful daughter of yesteryears actress Tanuja who knows how to kill hearts with her gorgeous smile became the envy of all girls on the sets of her upcoming film ‘One, Two, Three’. Incidentally, the Bengali beauty was draped in a bright yellow baby doll outfit which sent the onlookers for a round of jealousy and obviously the male members open mouthed. Her impact was so high that daughter of director Ashwini Dheer insisted that her papa buys her the same outfit.

Biography

Personal life

Tanuja was born in Bombay into a family of four children as Tanuja Samarth to poet Kumarsen Samarth and his wife Shobhna Samarth. Her mother was a famous 1930s and 1940s actress and her father was a poet and film director. When she was very young her parents separated. Tanuja entered films as a child actress and continued working until 1973. She met director Shomu Mukherjee on the set of Ek Baar Muskara Do(1972). A whirlwind romance ended in a 1973 marriage. They had two children: Kajol Mukherjee (b. 1974) and Tanisha Mukherjee (b. 1978). They were later separated.

She started her film career with her older sister Nutan in the film Hamari Beti (1950) as Baby Tanuja. She debuted as an adult actress in the film Chhabili (1960) which was directed by her mother. Her other films included Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi. Her film career ran through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

After the success of Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), she acted in Mere jeevan Saathi, Do Chor and Ek Baar Muskara Do (1972). Some of the other films she has acted in are Pavitra Paapi, Bhoot Bangla, Anubhav, Jeene Ki Raah, etc.

Afterwards, Tanuja retired from films for a number of years, but came back when her marriage ended. She was now offered supporting roles often starring former heroes. Her Pyar Ki Kahani hero Amitabh Bachchan had to call her bhabhi (sister-in-law) in Khuddar (1982). She also played a supporting role in Raj Kapoor’s Prem Rog (1982). She has recently appeared in such films as Saathiya (2002), Rules (2003), and Khakee (2003) as a supporting actress.

During the mid 60’s Tanuja started a parallel career in Bengali movies in Kolkata starting with the film Deya Neya (1963) where she was paired opposite the stalwart of Bengali cinema, Uttam Kumar. She followed it up with many other memorable hit films like Anthony-Firingee (1967) and Rajkumari (1970). Tanuja had fantastic on-screen chemistry with the then superstar Soumitra Chatterjee with whom she made some huge box office hits like Teen Bhuvaner Parey (1969), Prothom Kadam Phool etc.

This tomboyish daughter of Shobhana Samarth and sister of Nutan, Tanuja started with small roles and slowly graduated into a full-fledged heroine of 60s and 70s. She had no inhibitions in playing small roles with lots of substance. She did not have inhibitions in playing character roles. She indeed was a true actress.

Some of Tanuja's initial films were Raj Kapoor's 'Sapno Ka Saudagar', 'Jewel Thief' and the likes. But her sizzling song 'Raat Akeli Hai...' Stole many hearts and helped her in establishing a career of her own. She continued doing films like 'Jeene Ki Raah', 'Jeeyo Aur Jeene Do', 'Do Chor', 'Mom Ki Gudiya', 'Mere Jeevan Saathi', 'Humshakal', 'Imtihaan' and 'Haathi Mera Saathi'. Her co-stars mostly were Dev Anand, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna and Rajesh Khanna. She took to character roles as fish takes to water and did films after films as a character actress.

KARISHMA KAPOOR...........

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KARISMA KAPOOR BIOGRAPHY

She was born on June 25, 1974 to Randhir Kapoor, an actor popular during the 1970s and 80s, and actress Babita. She's one of the most glamorous girls in Bollywood and has got the maturity in playing the roles offered and given to her to the perfection so rapidly that she now stands among the top ten of the Bollywood. Karishma Kapoor is an Award-winning popular Indian actress who has worked in many perilously and commercially successful Bollywood movies.

Karishma Kapoor was born to one of the most eminent family of Bollywood one thought Karishma Kapoor, daughter of Babita and Randhir Kapoor, had a silver spoon to her concession and all doors would open to her automatically. Her grandfather was the Raj Kapoor; her great grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor . Her younger sister Kareena Kapoor is also a famous Indian actress.She spent her early years of schooling in "CATHEDRAL and JOHN CONNAN HIGH SCHOOL" at Fort - Bombay and did her CBSE before she joined "SOPHI COLLEGE for FYJC" in ARTS. Karisma made her debut in the 1991 movie Prem Qaidi, which was a semi-hit. An all-around actress, the pair of Karishma-Govinda gave several hits. But it was in 'Raja Hindustani? that one saw a shift in Karishma's performance. So power-packed was she in the film that it immediately fetched her the Filmfare's Best Actress award for 1996, apart from being the biggest hit of that year. The following year, she won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film, Dil To Pagal Hai. The blue-eyed beauty has acted with all the heroes and enjoys her profession keeping fit all the time that whenever she gets her time off she finds and makes a bit of it to dance. She loves her profession which keeps her going all the time that she has a dream of getting into sort of a business having connections with the Bollywood as she wants to be a woman of material.

Karishma Kapoor

Who would have thought that the great showman's granddaughter would have a tough struggle before anyone took her seriously?For that matter, would Raj Kapoor have been pleased at all, to watch little Lolo on screen? Most probably, not, considering the Kapoor family's aversion to letting their women folk pursue a career in films.

Karisma's mother, Babita had to bid adieu to the arclights when she tied the knot with Randhir Kapoor, as did Rishi Kapoor's wife, Neetu, who had to pack up at the height of her popularity.

It is no wonder then that Babita groomed her elder daughter to step into her shoes and break the family tradition, in what was then interpreted as a blatant act of rebellion. An awkward looking Karisma took centrestage at the tender age of 17 in D Rama Naidu's romance, 'Prem Qaidi' (1991), opposite Southern actor Harish.

A steady stream of flops followed its moderate success till finally, another Southern hit, 'Anari' (1993) bailed her out. After which started the beginning of her association with Govinda. Together with David Dhawan, they kicked up quite a row with the raunchy and highly controversial "Sarkailyo khatiyaa" number from 'Raja Babu' (1994), that fetched Karisma a loyal fan following amongst front benchers and earned her equal flak from critics.

But who cared for critical acclaim anyway? It was the box-office returns that mattered and that's exactly where this phenomenal team scored, once again with 'Coolie No. 1' (1995).

Around the same time, Lolo dropped the 'h' from Karishma and became Karisma Kapoor, apparently for numerological reasons. She also hired ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra to give herself a make over.

Whatever it was that clicked, transformed Karisma from being an 'also-ran' to a prime contender for Madhuri Dixit's crown. A fact affirmed by the mind-boggling success of her 'comeback' film, 'Raja Hindustani' (1996). Armed with an all-new wardrobe, brown contact lenses and refreshing make-up, Karisma looked a different person and oozed immense confidence on screen.

And then she displayed enough courage to actually take on the reigning queen by consenting to play the second lead in Yash Chopra's 'Dil To Pagal Hai', a role several other frontline heroines had politely rejected. Everyone believed this move was tantamount to professional hara-kiri, since Madhuri was still No.1 and, in any case, had the meatier part.

But, come Diwali 1997, Karisma was having the last laugh, when the film got a warm welcome at ticket windows and it was she and not Ms. Dixit who was being lauded for her performance.

Since then the Kapoor gal has only got better in every department. And has steadily pushed back the competition to earn the well-deserved top slot. For, Karisma has evolved into a polished actress, with films like 'Biwi No. 1', 'Haseena Maan Jayegi' (1999) and 'Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge' (2000).

So much so, not even rumours of her alleged fallout with long-time co-star Govinda could make a dent in her popularity ratings. Nor has the arrival of the Aishwarya Rais and Rani Mukherjees made any difference.

Today, Karisma is every filmmaker's delight, for her thorough professionalism and willingness to stretch herself to the limit. No wonder then that a Shyam Benegal has cast her in his 'Zubeida' and Khalid Mohammed has chosen her the heroine of his directorial debut, 'Fiza'.

On the personal front, there has been speculation about her relationship with Bachchan junior, but neither of them is prepared to talk about it. Rightly so. After all this is prime time for these star kids, with Abhishek about to make his debut and Karisma on top of the world…

Karishma Kapoor born on 25th June 1974 into Bombay filmdom's legendary Kapoor family. Her green eyes are the trademark of the Kapoor family. She was the first woman and the fifth generation in the Kapoor's clan to have green eyes.

She made her film debut with Prem Qaidi (1991) opposite Harish. Her next big hit was Anari (1993) and during this time she made news with a fight with her Andaz Apna Apna (1994) co-star, actress Raveena Tandon. She had a series of hit comedies between 1994 and 1997 starting with Raja Babu (1994) and ending with Hero No.1 (1997) with Govinda and director David Dhawan. She hit the big time with the super success of Raja Hindustani (1996) and further consolidated her career with Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). In Fiza (2000), she surprised many with an excellent performance showing great emotional range and depth.

She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress 1996 for her role as Arthi in Raja Hindustani (1996). Karishma has won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) as also the Filmfare and Zee award in the same category. She was offered Rani Mukherjee's role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Formerly engaged to Abhishek Bachchan (2002). Four months after her engagement news of their split came. Then she finally married with Sanjay kapur, a famous industrialist.

Karishma Kapoor, nicknamed "Lolo" (born 25 June 1974 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies.

She is from the renowned Kapoor Family of Bollywood.She is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor, an actor popular during the 1970s and 80s, and actress Babita. Her sister is actress Kareena Kapoor.Raj Kapoor is Karishma Kapoor's Grandfather and renowned actors Rishi and Rajiv Kapoor are her uncles.

She studied at the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai until grade six.

Karishma made her debut in the 1991 movie Prem Quaidi and has since then acted in sixty five movies.

She did many films which went on to become hits or do average at the box office. Films like Andaz Apna Apna, Raja Babu, Saajan Chale Sasural and Coolie No. 1 did well at the box office and enhanced her in the industry. She starred in the hit Raja Hindustani with Aamir Khan. The movie was one of the biggest hits of the year and she won her first Filmfare award. She achieved critical acclaim with film such as Zubeidaa, Shakti: The Power and Fiza.
She temporarily retired from the industry after her marriage.

Her movie Mere Jeevan Saathi was released in 2006, and marked her comeback.
Balancing commercial crowd-pleasers and art-house dramas, Kapoor has garnered four Filmfare Awards to date including Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raja Hindustani (1996) and Fiza (2000), Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Shyam Benegal's Zubeidaa. She also won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dil To Pagal Hai and an IIFA Best Actress Award for her work in Fiza, 2000.

In 2005, an American rock singer named Don Hammontree paid tribute to Karishma on "Karishma Comes to Lowell," a song about a Bollywood-oriented concert the actress performed at in 2000 in Lowell, Massachusetts. The track was released on the singer's 2005 CD "The Mumbai EP," which also pays tribute to another Bollywood actress "Juhi Chawla" on a track by the same name.

On 29 September 2003, she married industrialist Sunjay Kapur, CEO of Sixt India, according to Sikh marriage rites. The couple welcomed their first child, a daughter name Samaira, on 11 March 2005. Ever since they had some widely publicized marital problems, they reconciled. Prior to her marriage to Sunjay Kapur, she was also engaged to Abhishek Bachchan, the scion of the Bachchan Family, and also dated Ajay Devgan.

Karishma Kapoor Detailed Biography

Born on 25 Jun 1975, into Bombay filmdom's legendary Kapoor clan, Karishma Kapoor nicknamed "Lolo". She spent her early years of schooling in "Cathedral and John Connan High School" at Fort Bombay and did her CBSE before she joined "Sophi College For Fyjc" in Arts quitting her education in the end to stage her entry into the Bollywood.

Karisma made her film debut with Prem Qaidi (1991) opposite Harish. Her next big hit was Anari (1993) and during this time she made news with a fight with her Andaz Apna Apna (1994) co-star, actress Raveena Tandon. She had a series of hit comedies between 1994 and '97 starting with Raja Babu (1994) and ending with Hero No. 1 (1997) with Govinda and director David Dhawan. She hit the big time with the super success of Raja Hindustani (1996) and further consolidated her career with Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). In Fiza (2000) she surprised many with an excellent performance showing great emotional range and depth. She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress 1996 for her role as Arthi in Raja Hindustani (1996). Karisma has won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) as also the Filmfare and Zee award in the same category. She was offered Rani Mukherjee's role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

The blue-eyed beauty has acted with all the heroes and enjoys her profession keeping fit all the time that whenever she gets her time off she finds and makes a bit of it to dance. She loves her profession which keeps her going all the time that she has a dream of getting into sort of a business having connections with the Bollywood as she wants to be a woman of substance. Formerly engaged to Abhishek Bachchan (2002). Four months after her engagement news of their split came. Then she finally married with Sanjay kapur, a famous industrialist.

Mini Biography

Born into Bombay filmdom's legendary Kapoor clan, Karisma Kapoor made her film debut with Prem Qaidi (1991) opposite Harish. Her next big hit was Anari (1993) and during this time she made news with a fight with her Andaz Apna Apna (1994) co-star, actress Raveena Tandon. She had a series of hit comedies between 1994 and '97 starting with Raja Babu (1994) and ending with Hero No. 1 (1997) with Govinda and director David Dhawan. She hit the big time with the super success of Raja Hindustani (1996) and further consolidated her career with Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). Today she is the reigning megastar of Hindi cinema leaving her contemporaries like Manisha Koirala and Raveena Tandon far behind. In Fiza (2000) she surprised many with an excellent performance showing great emotional range and depth.

Mini Biography

Karisma was born on June 24, 1974 to Punjabi-speaking Randhir and his Sindhi-speaking wife, Babita, who is the daughter of actor Hari Shivdasani, and cousin to Sadhana. Karisma is the third Kapoor female to appear on the silver screen in India. The first being her aunt, Sanjana Kapoor, daughter of actor Shashi Kapoor, followed by her sister, Kareena.

Karisma studied in the Cathedral and John Cannon School in Bombay until the sixth standard.

The Kapoor family, who have all been major actors in their own rights, including great-grandfather, Prithviraj; grandfather, Raj; Uncles, Shammi and Shashi; aunt Jennifer; Paternal uncles, Rishi & Rajiv; Rishi's wife, Neetu Singh; Shashi's sons Kunal and Karan.

Karisma began appearing on the silver screen during 1991 to date, with a total of over 60 movies to her credit. She has also lent her voice in 'Papi Gudia'. So far she has bagged 10 awards for her performance in 'Dil To Pagal Hai', 'Raja Hindustani', 'Fiza', & 'Zubeidaa'.

On September 29, 2003, she married Delhi-based industrialist, Sanjay Kapur, at the R.K. Cottage, where all Kapoor marriages have taken place.

After a break of 3 years, Karisma has returned to acting during 2006.

KAJOL............

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Kajol Biography

Kajol Devgan / Mukherjee , born August 5, 1975 in Mumbai, India, popularly known as Kajol, is six-time Filmfare Award-winning popular Bollywood actress and is one of India's most successful actresses.Her height is 5 ft 5 inches.

Kajol comes from a Bengali family with a long history in Indian cinema. Her mother Tanuja was an actress; Her father is Shomu Mukherjee; her cousins Rani Mukerji, Sharbani Mukherjee and Mohnish Behl are also part of the industry. Her aunt Nutan, grandmother Shobhna Samarth and great grandmother Rattan Bai have all been influential figures in the Bollywood film industry. Her younger sister Tanisha recently started a film career. Kajol is married to actor Ajay Devgan. Her uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee. (See Mukherjee-Samarth family)

Kajol's paternal grandfather Sashadhar Mukherjee was a film director and producer who had left a great achievement in the Bombay film industry. His wife Satirani Devi, Kajol's grandmother was the sister of three great film personality Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar. Kajol is of Bengali-Marathi descent.

Kajol married actor Ajay Devgan on February 24, 1999. She is the mother of a baby girl, Nysa, who was born in April 2003.

Kajol left school and started her career at the age of seventeen. Her debut film was Bekhudi in 1992. It was not a great success at the box office, but Kajol was noticed and went onto become a successful actress with many box office hits to her credit.Kajol shot to fame with her second film Baazigar in 1993 which was her first major hit.

She went onto make a popular pairing with her Baazighar co-star Shah Rukh Khan in Karan Arjun (1994), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001).Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was so well received that, as of April 2007, it is still showing in a Mumbai cinema, an eleven-year continuous run. Kajol received her first Best Actress Award from Filmfare for her performance in the film.

In 1997 she starred in "Gupt: The Hidden Truth" which was one of the highest grossing films of that year and her performance raked a significant development for female actors in Bollywood; she was the first female actor to have won the Filmfare Best Villain Award.

Her second Filmfare Best Actress Award was received for her performance in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which was the biggest hit of that year.She also made a successful screen couple with husband Ajay Devgan in movies such as Ishq (1997) and Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998).

After the successful Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001 which she won several Best Actress Awards including her third Filmfare Best Actress Award, she took a sabbatical from full time acting for five years. She gave birth to her daughter Nysa in 2003. A few months after her delivery, she made a brief cameo appearance in the 2003 film Kal Ho Naa Ho.

Before her comeback to the silver screen, in 2005, Kajol had already started acting actively in advertisements, mostly with her husband Ajay Devgan. In May 2006, she made a successful comeback in Fanaa, one of the highest grossing films of the year. She won her fourth Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in this movie, portraying a blind Kashmiri girl who fell in love with a Kashmiri independence fighter.

Her fourth Filmfare Best Actress Award places her at par with other famous Bollywood actresses, Meena Kumari and Madhuri Dixit each of whom holds 4 Best Actress Awards from Filmfare. Kajol's late aunt, Nutan is holding the record for five such awards.Later in August 2006, she made a brief appearance in her friend Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna in the "Rock n' Roll Soniye" song. This was the film for which she was offered her comeback role, but which she declined over Fanaa instead.Currently, she is working on her husband Ajay Devgan's directorial debut U Me Aur Hum which is set for release this year. She is also set to give a guest appearance in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om.

It seems Kajol is poised for a very successful comeback with several projects in the near future in addition to U Me Aur Hum. Among them are Kunal Kohli's next as-yet untitled film where she will star alongside Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherji. The project may set off in October 2007. Then there is Rajkumar Santoshi's upcoming film Ramayan where she will star as Sita opposite her husband Ajay Devgan.

In addition there are numerous reports and rumours abound that Kajol is all set to star in Karan Johar's next film opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Work is expected to begin on it towards early 2008.

Kajol Mukherjee Detailed Biography

Born to star actress Tanuja and Shomu Mukherjee, acting was in Kajol?s blood line as her great grandmother Ratanbai, her grandmother Shobhana Samarth her mother Tanuja and aunty Nutan were all well known renowned actresses of their time. She schooled in Panchgani's St. Joseph's Convent. She admits that she was an average student whose scoring subject happened to be English literature. Eventually, she got herself enrolled in Sophia College but later gave upon studies to join the movies at the sweet age of 16. There are people who depend on beauty. But Kajol knows she's not one of them. She doesn't care if her look is unperfected. Not that she makes an effort to be unglamorous but she just- doesn't consider a perfect hair-do and the oh-so-sophisticated attire to be beautiful. Swathed in simple, young clothes, bereft of any obvious make-up, she's so totally unconventional. This being central to her identity, it's no surprise that she defines herself in her own terms and becomes something that's never been seen before. There's never any danger that Kajol would be a carbon copy of anybody. She was only nine-films-old, and her best actress trophy for DDLJ had affirmed the all-round opinion that she is one hell of the feisty actress.

She may not be a classic beauty, but is definitely sexy. She looks appealing playing a dauntless girl and also wins you over with her little girl's vulnerability. With her, we can never talk about a one-dimensional surface. There's something or the other constantly unfolding. Maybe because she's a paradox, she has this versatility, which allows her to play a variety of roles. And a lot of non-bimbo roles, you see. She's smart but she's able to play characters that don't essentially have to be smart.

She wanted fame but she never wanted anyone to put her up on a pedestal. Not shallow and yet transparent. As a little girl with resolute convictions, Kajol began pursuing her acting career quite earnestly. When she got her creative outlet, she cleverly avoided following the trajectory of other young performers who, after rising early, crash and burn. She wanted to be an artiste, and not just a piece of decoration. With her emotions lying so close to the surface that we find her so real on screen. No wonder, film makers like Yash Chopra can sense that she's like a piece of fine glass that can come out sheer, more transparent and with a keener edge if handled rightly. If Yeh Dillagi caused tremors of the unusual kind, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was a truly earth-shaking event.

Five years down, Kajol shines on in the constellation once occupied by her grandma Shobhana Samarth, mum Tanuja and aunt Nutan. Nominated first time in 1995 for the film Yeh Dillagi, Kajol was disappointed when the award went to Madhuri Dixit. But she didn't lose hope and won the 1996 Best actress award for DDLJ. According to her, an award means an acceptance and appreciation of your work... and that's what makes a trophy valuable. She felt that the biggest compliment ever paid to her was that she was competing in the same category as Madhuri Dixit. She never felt close to the role she played in DDLJ of Simran and whatever she displayed on the screen was out of her imagination. Rajiv Rai's murder-mystery Gupt, which was a major hit, had Kajol in lead, where she played a villainess to win her childhood love. Sapnay and Hamesha, was a semi-flop but Kajol's work was appreciated. Indra Kumar's Ishq was her next hit.

Kajol's other super hits in a row were Pyar To Hona Hi Tha opposite her hubby Ajay Devgan and Sohail Khan's Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which went on to became a blockbuster which also bagged Kajol many awards that year.

Right after the success of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kajol decided to get married with Ajay Devgan. Kajol Weds Ajay : Feb 24, 1999 at 1:00 PM. It was a quiet ceremony with only close relatives and friends attending it. Before the wedding, Ajay & Kajol went to the gurudwara in Andheri, and later a simple ceremony was held at Ajay's residence Varsha, in Juhu, at 7 in the evening. Mehndi was held a day before in Kajol's south Bombay apartment. For their honeymoon, the couple went to Europe, Egypt, and then later Australia.

Kajol took a long gap in the movies and there were rumors that she is quitting films but then she did two films opposite Ajay Devgan : Dil Kya Kare and Raju Chacha. Both films flopped at the box office. But success or flop doesn't matter to Kajol.

Kajol signed Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum, which was released at the end of 2001, which got trumenodus success. The film did prove that Kajol is different from others and that her marriage didnt affected her even a bit.

She had the best role to play in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum and she bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Actress 2002 and Lux Zee Cine Award's Outstanding Performance of the year 2002 for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghum.

Kajol is the best actress in Bollywood today. Her mom Tanuja , has also acted in a lot of films. Her sister Tanisha, who acts in some T.V. programs in India, presently employed by BPL Cable. Her dad's name is Somu Mukherjee, and he's a producer. Acting is in Kajol's blood. Kajol's parents are split up, though she sees both of them, and says that she wasn't affected a great deal by their split.

Kajol, one of the most successful actresses of Bollywood, was born to actress Tanuja and producer Somu Mukherjee. She comes from a filmy family, her grandmother Shobhna Samarth and great grandmother Rattan Bai have been major figures in Bollywood. Famous star of yesteryears, Nutan is her aunt and Rani Mukherjee, another equally successful actress, is her second cousin. Her childhood was laden with happiness and material prosperity.

Though she has the girl next door image and is not as glamorous as the others in her field, Kajol is outstanding in her acting. The flexibility of her acting can be seen from the various characters done by this natural actress. She gives more attention to her acting than the financial success of a film.

Kajol debuted with the flop film 'Bekhudi' (1992), but she made an impact with her second film 'Baazigar' (1993). This was followed by a fabulous performance in the family drama, 'Udhaar Ki Zindagi' (1994) for which she received rave reviews. Her next movie was 'Yeh Dillagi' (1994) where she showed her full range of acting along with Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan. In 1995, she had a hit 'Karan Arjun', with Shahruk Khan. The same year she paired with Ajay Devgan, in two action thrillers 'Gundaraj' and 'Hulchul'. Her 'Dilwale Dulahaniya Le Jayenge'(1995) with Shah Rukh Khan shot her to the top most position in Bollywood. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in this film.

She did not do many films in the year 1996. In 1997, she played a villainous role in Rajiv Rai's murder mystery 'Gupt' and became the first woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award. Then she was again paired with Ajay Devgan in Indra Kumar's romantic comedy, 'Ishq' which was a huge commercial hit. But the same year, 'Sapnay', a remake of the Tamil hit 'Minsaara Kanavu' with Arvind Swamy and Prabhu Deva, failed at the box office.

The Year 1998 was good for her with three successive hits such as 'Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha' with Ajay Devgan, 'Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya' with Salman Khan and 'Dushman' with Sunjay Dutt. But the real blockbuster of the year happened towards the end, with Karan Johar's 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' where her character Anjali played a frivolous role with her boyish look in the first half and a very different sophisticated role in the second. Then came movies like 'Dil Kya Kare' (1999), 'Hote Hote Pyar Hogaya' (1999) etc which failed to draw the same response at the box office.

She got married to actor Ajay Devgan on February 24, 1999 and a daughter Nysa was born to them in April 2003. After her marriage she became selective in her roles and joined Ajay Devgan's production company. She was seen in films like 'Raju Chacha' (2000), 'Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi' (2001), Karan Johar's 'Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham' (2001) and 'Kal Ho Na Ho' (2003). She won the third Film Fare award for her brilliant performance in 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham'. After this movie, she stayed away from the film industry for a while. In 2006, she came back enacting the role of a blind Kashmiri girl with Aamir Khan in Kunal Kohli’s 'Fanaa'. Aamir and Kajol showed sparks of brilliance and created an incredible chemistry between their characters.

Charming Kajol, with her simplicity, girl next door attitude and exceptional acting talent has won over the audience and has a steady fan following. She is the brand ambassador of Whirlpool products along with her husband. Her younger sister Tanisha appeared in films like 'Neal 'n' Nikki', 'Sarkar' etc. Kajol's eventful journey from 'Bekhudi' to 'Fanaa', shows the power of her versatility, sheer hard work and dedication towards art behind all of her roles. She doesn't give more importance to publicity or celebrity because she believes acting is purely a profession. No wonder then that Kajol is rated as superb among her generation of leading ladies...

REKHA........

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Rekha Biography

Rekha, born October 10, 1954, is a National Film Award-winning popular Bollywood actress.

She is considered to be the eternal Diva of the Bollywood film industry. Throughout the 1970s till date she has been considered as a Sex Symbol icon, known for her beauty, acting talent and dancing skills. She has acted in over 180 films in her career, taking part both in the Indian mainstream cinema as well as in parallel cinema, having commercial success as an actress, as well as critical acclaim for her strong performances down the years.

Born in 1954, in Chennai, India, Bhanurekha Ganesan (later known simply as "Rekha") is the daughter of renowned Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan and the Telugu actress Pushpavalli. Her father enjoyed phenomenal success and Rekha was to follow in his footsteps.

Rekha's parents were not married, and her father did not acknowledge his paternity during her childhood. It was during the early 1970s, when she was looking for a footing in the Bollywood film industry, that she revealed her origins. Later, at the peak of her career, Rekha told a magazine interviewer that her father's neglect still rankled and that she had ignored his efforts at reconciliation. She has had various unsuccessful relationships with Bollywood stars including Amitabh Bachchan ,Vinod Mehra and was briefly married to a businessman Mukesh Aggarwal from Delhi before he committed suicide.

Rekha appeared as a child actor in the Telugu film "Rangula Ratnam" (1966). Rekha made her debut as heroine in the successful Kannada film "Goadalli CID 999" with Dr. Rajkumar in 1969. She had two films released in 1970: the Telugu film "Amma Kosam" and the Hindi "Sawan Bhadon". "Sawan Bhadon" was a hit and she becomes a star overnight.

She got a lot of offers but nothing of substance. Her roles were mostly used to be just of a glamour girl, a typical Hindi movie heroine. She appeared in several successful films, such as "Kahani Kismat Ki", "Raampur Ka Lakshman", and "Pran Jaaye Par Vachan Na Jaaye". Her first serious and performance oriented role came in 1976 when she signed "Do Anjaane" with Amitabh Bachchan. People noticed her in that and then came "Ghar" in 1978. She got critical acclaim for her performance as a rape victim and received her first nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare Awards ceremony.

She first attained real fame in 1978 with "Muqaddar Ka Sikandar", in which she co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan. The movie was the biggest hit of the year and Rekha was set as one of the most popular actresses of these times. She went on to co-star with Amitabh in a number of 1980s hits. She was rumoured to be Amitabh's real-life flame, and that's why the most scandalous of their films together was "Silsila" (1981), in which she played Amitabh's love interest and Amitabh's real-life wife, Jaya Bhaduri, played his wife.

The film-column gossip may have contributed to her success. However, even critics had to admit that she had worked hard to perfect her Hindi and her acting, and that she had transformed herself from a "plump" duckling to a "swan" in the early 1970s. Rekha's credits to this transformation were yoga, a nutritious diet, and a regular, disciplined life.

In 1981, she starred in the critically acclaimed Urdu film "Umrao Jaan". The film was considered one of her best performances and she received the National Film Award for Best Actress. Overall, she was known for doing frequently these kinds of roles. Her portrayal of courtesan with a heart of gold in films like "Muqaddar Ka Sikandar" and "Umrao Jaan" won her acclaim and she played similar roles in other movies.

The post-Bachchan era marked the turning point where Rekha turned her career professionally. She was willing to work with independent and art film directors, and regularly worked in Parallel Cinema in films like "Utsav", "Baseraa", "Ek Hi Bhool", "Jeevan Dhaara" and "Ijaazat". These films were known for their realistic and realistic topics, and Rekha was praised for her performances. Apart from parallel cinema, Rekha took on other increasingly serious, even adventurous roles; She was among the early actresses to play lead roles in heroine-oriented films, delivering films such as "Khubsoorat", "Khoon Bhari Maang" and "Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye"; She won Filmfare trophies for her roles in "Khubsoorat" and "Khoon Bhari Maang".

The 1990s saw drop in her success and she almost lost her stardom. She was part of some commercially and critically unsuccessful films, in spite of doing even more challenging roles. Unlike most of the actresses of her generation during the 70s and the 80s like Hema Malini and Raakhee, who began making supporting roles as the mother or the aunty, Rekha was known for still playing the leading roles, at the same time as heroines Madhuri Dixit and Raveena Tandon were notable.

The foreign film "Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love" and the commercially successful "Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi" (1996) were some of her most notable films during the decade. While the former, was known for its controversial issue that Rekha played a Kama Sutra teacher in the film, the latter was a major grosser and earned her several awards in the Best Supporting Actress and the Best Villain categories for her first villain role.

In recent years, she has appeared in relatively few movies, usually as a mother or a widow rather than a glamour queen. She was acting in films such as, "Zubeidaa" (2001), "Dil Hai Tumhaara" (2002), "Koi... Mil Gaya" (2003) and "Parineeta" (2005). In 2006, she was seen in the sequel to "Koi... Mil Gaya" i.e "Krrish", which was one of the most successful films of the year.

Rekha is thus one of the few hindi film actresses who had the versatility to carry with equal aplomb such diverse roles as that of the brattish schoolgirl of "Khubsoorat", the sultry siren of "Muqaddar ka Sikandar", the school-maarmish housewife of "Ijaazat" and classical courtesan in "Umrao Jaan". Her diction and dialogue delivery in Hindi and Urdu, languages that were not natural to her, is an example even to native speakers of those tongues. She imbues every role she essayed with a dignity and characterization that makes it difficult to visualize anyone but her in those roles. In doing so, she has carved an indelible name for herself in the annals of Indian cinema.

The young Rekha filled the gossip columns with rumours of affairs with actors Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Kiran Kumar, and Amitabh Bachchan. In 1990 she married Delhi-based businessman Mukesh Aggarwal, who committed suicide in 1991. She was rumored to have married to actor Vinod Mehra in the 1973, but in a 2004 television interview with Simi Garewal she denied being married to him calling him a "well-wisher."

Rekha currently lives along with her secretary Farzana in her Bandra home in Mumbai

Rekha (Bhanurekha Ganesan) is daughter of the well known film superstar Gemini Ganeshan and actress Pushpavalli. Both of her parents were film stars hence studio became her playground. Film studio was like second home for her. Rekha started acting very early, at the age of Thirteen . She did not even know Hindi at that time. But she was a quick learner and learnt hindi in three months and dancing in one month. Her first film Sawan Bhadon done with Navin Nischol, was released in 1970. Throughout the Seventies, she remained an insignificant entity in Bollywood with nothing but moderate success to her credit. Rekha turned out to be a smart girl. With the help of Yoga and make overs she underwent amazing transformation in early 1980s both physically and mentally, transforming from a plump, darkish, also-ran sort of leading lady to an athletic sexy looking damsel.

This overnight transformation boosted her image in the Bollywood so much so that she reigned as number one for almost a decade! The transformation was so complete that it did not only change her appearance but also seemed to have enhanced her acting capabilities.It was at this stage that Amitabh Bachchan entered her personal and professional life. Their hits together like 'Mukaddar Ka Sikandar', 'Mr. Natwarlal', 'Khoon Paseena' and 'Silsila' made Amitabh-Rekha one of the most successful pairs on the Hindi screen. Her most memorable film is Umraoo Jaan in which she played the role of a court dancer with such charm and captivated the audience with her mastery of classical dances. She acted in over 20 films with the then reigning superstar Amitabh Bachchan with whom her reported love Affair culminated in Yash Chopra's art-imitating-life movie Silsila.

Rekha was the undisputed number one film actress of the 80s and part of the 90s. She wasn't just an actress though, Rekha was and still is a LEGEND, and it has been a calculated and hard earned effort. Much has been made of her "transformation" from (in her own words) "a round ball of flesh" (where I think she means a mere human) in the 70s into a toned and manicured ultimate fashion and beauty icon and screen 'star' in the 80s. She practiced yoga and mastered the art of make-up. She was media smart and kept herself in the top headlines for over a decade.

Rekha Biography

Rekha is daugher of the well known film superstar Gemini Ganeshan and actress Pushpavalli. Both of her parents were film stars hence studio became her playground. Film studio was like second home for her. Rekha started acting very early, at the age of Thirteen . She did not even know Hindi at that time. But she was a quick learner and learnt hindi in three months and dancing in one month. Her first film Sawan Bhadon done with with Navin Nischol, was released in 1970. Throughout the Seventies, she remained an insignificant entity in Bollywood with nothing but moderate success to her credit. Rekha turned out to be a smart girl. With the help of Yoga and make overs she underwent amazing transformation in early 1980s both physically and mentally, transforming from a plump, darkish, also-ran sort of leading lady to an athletic sexy looking damsel. This overnight transformation boosted her image in the Bollywood so much so that she reigned as number one for almost a decade! The transformation was so complete that it did not only change her appearance but also seemed to have enhanced her acting capabilities. It was at this stage that Amitabh Bachchan entered her personal and professional life. Their hits together like 'Mukaddar Ka Sikandar', 'Mr. Natwarlal', 'Khoon Paseena' and 'Silsila' made Amitabh-Rekha one of the most successful pairs on the Hindi screen. Her most memorable film is Umraoo Jaan in which she played the role of a court dancer with such charm and captivated the audience with her mastery of classical dances. She acted in over 20 films with the then reigning superstar Amithbh Bachchan with whom her reported love Affair culminated in Yash Chopra's art-imitating-life movie Silsila.

Rekha was born as Bhanurekha Ganesan on the 10th of October in 1954 in Chennai. She is one of the most brilliant as well gorgeous actresses of Bollywood. Well, in this article, we will present you with the biography of Indian actress Rekha.

Early life

Acting is in her blood. Her father Gemini Ganesan was a well known Tamil actor and her mother Pushpavalli was a Telugu actress. It is said that her parents did not tie wedding knots. Infact, people are of the say that, when Rekha was born, her father didn't even make the declaration of his paternity. It was in the early 1970s that, she established her foot in the Indian film industry. To know the complete life history of Rekha, read on.

She is believed to have had several relationships. She became the hottest topic of gossip. All the magazines and newspapers were filled with rumors of Rekha's relationship with Bollywood stars Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Kiran Kumar, and Amitabh Bachchan. But, none of the relationships worked out and she finally got married to a Delhi based businessman Mukesh Aggarwal in the year 1990. However, he committed suicide the next year in 1991.

Mini Biography

Bhanurekha was born in the Telugu-speaking Ganesan household on October 10, 1954. Her dad was the popular Tamil actor, Gemini, while her mom was a popular Telugu actress, Pushpavalli. She has seven sisters and one brother. One of her sisters is Dr. Kamala Selvaraj, while another one, Radha, lives in San Francisco with a son named Naveed, who is being readied to act in Bollywood movies.

No stranger to the tinsel screen, Bhanurekha acted in a Telugu movie 'Rangula Ratnam' as Baby Bhanurekha along with her mom during 1966, which was subsequently re-made and released in Hindi during 1976 as 'Rangeela Ratan'. She acted in one more Telugu as well as one Kannada movie (Amma Kosam and Goadalli CID 999 respectively) before re-locating to Bombay.

Due to her background, she ended up being very gloomy and pessimistic during her early years. She get a chance to debut in Bollywood movies during 1970 with 'Sawan Bhadon' opposite Navin Nischal with a screen name of Rekha. Inability to speak Hindi, a dusky complexion as well as her weight did not exactly add to her assets in a predominantly fair-skinned, Hindi-speaking North-Indian film industry.

She decided to take matters seriously, took Yoga, shed those extra pounds, learned Hindi and dancing, and thus was born a new and much improved Rekha - who went on to deliver one box office hit after another for example 'Nagin', 'Muqadar Ka Sikander', 'Mr. Natwarlal', 'Khubsoorat', 'Umrao Jaan', 'Khoon Bari Maang' amongst others. In her later years she has taken up character roles and appeared as a mother, even a grandmother in 'Krrish' during 2006.

Her slim, slender looks got her many admirers, including well established Bollywood actors such as Kiran Kumar, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, and Amitabh Bachchan. Her marriage to Vinod ended in a divorce, and she ended up getting married to a businessman, Mukesh Aggarwal. This marriage resulted, too, in a divorce, with Mukesh killing himself shortly thereafter.

She likes to surf the Internet, has written biographies of actresses like Zeenat Aman, and Salma Agha on IMDB, likes to collect old photographs and postcards, mimic people, watch movies, and practices Yoga regularly, read comics like Archie and Dennie the Menace, and is a vegetarian. She now lives with her Secretary, Farzana, and pets in a self-owned bungalow in Bandra (West)in Mumbai.

MADHURI DIXIT..............

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Madhuri Dixit Biography

Madhuri Dixit (born as Madhuri Shankar Dixit to a Marathi family on May 15, 1967) is a five-time Filmfare Awards winning Indian Bollywood actress. She is a native of Mumbai, India. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, she dominated Hindi cinema as a leading actress, appearing in many hit films. She is considered to be an icon of the Bollywood film industry.

Madhuri, born to Shankar and Snehlata Dixit, married an Indian-American, UCLA trained cardiovascular surgeon who practices in Denver, Dr. Sriram Madhav Nene, in 1999, also from a Marathi Koknastha Brahmin family. She has two sons, Arin (born in March 2003 in Colorado) and Ryan (born on March 8, 2005 in Colorado).She has two elder sisters, Rupa and Bharati, and an elder brother, Ajit. Madhuri now lives with Dr. Nene and her two children in Denver, Colorado, USA.

Dixit attended Parle College and wanted to be a micro-biologist.She is trained as a Kathak dancer, in the Indian classical tradition. She made her acting debut in "Abodh" (1984). After a few minor and supporting roles her first major role was in "Tezaab" (1988) which launched her career.

She then went on to star in the hit films "Dayavan" (1988), "Ram Lakhan" (1989), "Dil" (1990), "Saajan" (1991), "Beta" (1992), "Khalnayak" (1993), and the Bollywood blockbuster "Hum Aapke Hain Kaun". (1994).

After three years of little success, she appeared as Pooja in the successful "Dil To Pagal Hai" (1997) for which she won her fourth Filmfare Best Actress Award.She is considered to be the most popular and powerful actress ever in Bollywood, known for her beauty, acting talents, and dancing skills.

Her dance sequence in the many songs, such as, Ek Do Teen (Film Tezaab), Bada Dukh Dina (Film Ram Lakhan), Dhak Dhak (Film Beta), Chane Ke Kheth Mein (Film Anjaam), Choli Ke Peechche (Film Khalnayak), Akhiyan Milau (Film Raja), Piya Ghar Aya (Film Yaarana), Key Sera (Film Pukar), Mardala (Film Devdas) etc., received critical acclaim.
Her dancing skills, facial grimaces and expressive eyes in the songs has haunted the hearts of millions of viewers ever since.In 2001, Dixit was awarded the National Citizens Award to recognize various activities that effect everyday life.

In 2002, she starred in "Devdas", with actor Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai. Madhuri Dixit was applauded for her acting in the film. The film attracted worldwide attention and was featured at the Cannes Film Festival.

Since then she has not appeared in any films.On February 25, 2006 she performed on stage for the first time in six years at the Filmfare Awards to music from her last movie "Devdas". Her performance was choreographed by Saroj Khan and was very well received.

Madhuri Dixit has been the muse for the famous Indian painter M.F. Hussain who considers her the epitome of the Indian woman. She also appeared in his film "Gaja Gamini"(2000). "Gaja Gamini" was intended as a tribute to Dixit's talent and beauty.

On December 7, 2006, Dixit returned to Mumbai along with her husband and sons in order to start to film her new movie titled "Aaja Nachle", to be produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Anil Mehta.

A couple of insignificant movies like 'Abodh' and 'Swati ' and critics wrote off this diva without a flitch. More movies of the like came with 'Uttar Dakshin', 'Wardi' and 'Khatro Ke Khiladi' but it was with 'Tezaab' and 'Ram Lakhan', that the country sat up and took notice of this young woman who was going to change the course of things to come on Indian Cinema.

None other than Madhuri Dixit, she went on to become the Nation's favorite with some of the biggest hits of the 90's. Together with Anil Kapoor, she gave some of her most memorable performances with 'Parinda', 'Jeevan Ek Sangarsh', 'Jamai Raja', 'Beta' and 'Zindagi Ek Jua'. Equally popular with her other costars, Madhuri has survived in the industry and has had the opportunity to romance not just Vinod Khanna in Dayavan' but even his son (Akshaye Khanna) when he came of age with "Mohabbat'.

A couple of bloopers came along the way with "Anjaam', Prem Granth and "Rajkumar'. But taking it all in her stride she went on give further hits with 'Dil', 'Raja' and 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun' and 'Dil To Pagal Hai'.

Then came the highly acclaimed Devdas in 2002, where she created magic with her timeless role of Chandramukhi, the prostitute who falls in love with Devdas (Shahrukh Khan).

Married and settled abroad with two children today, Madhuri's forthcoming movies include Somnath Sen's untitled venture and Engineer.

Madhuri Dixit Was a top-line model in India before entering the Hindi film industry. Was launched by heavy-weight producer-director Subhash Ghai. Regretted showing flesh in Dayavan (1988) and has tried to maintain a clean image since then. Got recognised by her Ek-do-teen song/dance number in Tezaab (1988), which launched her as a top actress. Had an affair with actor Sanjay Dutt.

A superb performance followed in Dil (1990) - which brought Madhuri her first Filmfare award, a rapport was struck with Indra Kumar which resulted in two more blockbusters Beta (1991) and Raja (1995). 1990 onwards, a hit film per year followed including Saajan, Khalnayak, Prem Pratigaya, cumulating in Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994), hindi cinema's biggest blockbuster to date. Madhuri mania ensured the success of Raja (1995), a film with many flaws, thus Madhuri was renamed as female Amitabh Bachchan.

Married to "Sriram Nene" on 17 October, 1999. She didn't quit films after marriage. She gave us a splendid performance in Pukar. Now she is blessed with a baby boy. Then after a short gap, she came back in Lajja with a super performance which bagged her the Best Supporting Actor award in the Lux Zee Cine Awards 2002.

She was also awarded the "National Citizen's Award" on August 25, 2001 in Delhi. Tbe award recognizes excellence in various activities affecting national life.

Madhuri Dixit

Biology student at Parle college who started with a flop film (Abodh), then struggled for years until her success with the 'Ek do teen' song in N. Chandra's Tezaab. Her overtly sensual dance style continued to bring her fame in the 'dhak dhak' song in Beta and 'choli ke peeche' in Khalnayak. Now Mrs Nene, she reigns as one of the leading female stars of Bollywood, proving her acting ability with fine performances like Prakash Jha's Mrityudand.

Mini Biography

Was a top-line model in India before entering the Hindi film industry. Was launched by heavyweight producer-director Subhash Ghai. Regretted showing flesh in Dayavan (1988) and has tried to maintain a clean image since then. Got recognized by her Ek-do-teen song/dance number in Tezaab Is Acid (1988), which launched her as a top actress; had an affair with actor Sanjay Dutt. Her performance in Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! (1994) was the crowning glory of her career. From there on it was all downhill as she put on weight, lost her nubile charm, and had a series of flops. She has regained some ground by winning the Fimfare best actress award in 1998 for her performance in Dil To Pagal Hai (1997).

Mini Biography

Born in a Marathi-speaking Koknastha Hindu Brahmin family consisting of dad, Shankar, mom, Snehlata, sisters, Rupa and Bharati, and brother, Ajit.

An acclaimed Kathak dancer, acting was not her goal, for she wanted to be a Micro-biologist, and did study in that course in Bombay's Parle College, in Vile Parle (East), Bombay.

She first appeared on Bollywood's tinsel screen in 1986 with two releases 'Abodh' and 'Swati', and from then continued to act in approximately 66 movies, as well has lent her voice as a playback singer in 'Devdas' and 'Wajood'. She has won approximately 12 awards from Filmare, Star Screen and Zee for her performances in 'Dil', 'Beta', 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun', 'Dil To Pagal Hai', 'Devdas', 'Raja', 'Mrityudand', and 'Lajja'.

In 1999 she got married to Dr. Sriram Madhav Nene, a Cardiovascular Surgeon, belonging to the same Caste as the Dixit family, and relocated to Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., where she subsequently gave birth to two sons, Arin and Ryan in March, 2003 and March 8, 2005 respectively.

Since December of 2006, the Nene family temporarily living in India as Madhuri is starring in 'Aaja Nachle' which is being directed by Anil Mehta, and produced by Yash Chopra.

PADMINI KOLHAPURII...............

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Life of Padmini Kolhapure

KID-SINGER, CHILD-ACTRESS, singer, heroÂine and producer. The girl from Kolhapur has been all this and more. She began her film innings on a 'relative note', that is, singing "Yaadon ki baraat nikli hai aaj" ('Yaadon Ki Baraal') as a kid with kid sis Shivangi and Lata Mangeshkar, to whom she was also related. A few films as kid-singer and years later, Padmini began acting in films as a child artiste ('Zindagi', 'Dream Girl') and achieved instant stardom with four major hits â€” Raj Kapoor's 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram' (playing Zeenat Aman as a kid, coming to the rescue of her temple priest father Kanhaiyalal and taking over the song "Yashomati maiyya se"), 'Saajan Bina Suhagan', 'Thodisi Bewafai' and above all, as the teenage rape victim of psychopath Raj Babbar in B.R. Chopra's 'Insaf Ka Tarazu', for which she won the Best Supporting Actress award. In 'Gehrayee' (1981), the Hindi rehash of'The Exorcist', she played the possessed girl, creating a sensation with the shot of her nude back. Padmini's earthy-n-ethnic looks and prodigious talent earned her lead roles the moment she was physically mature enough to play a heroine.

Nasir Hussain, who had introduced her as a kid-singer in 'Yaadon Ki Baraat', was the first to cast her as Rishi Kapoor's seventh debutante co-star in 'Zamaane Ko Dikhaana Hai'. Luckily for her, her first release was not this misfired enterÂtainer, but a fairly rivetting 'Ahista Ahista' (1981), in which it was not difficult to shine as the nubile devdasi opposite a deadpan Kunal Kapoor.

The film's success (it was interestÂingly released just a few months after 'Gehrayee', her last vehicle as a kid), paved the way for more films, and her career prospects had alÂready zoomed up with Raj Kapoor signing her for 'Prem Rog' and Gulshan Rai-Subhash Ghai getting her to do 'Vidhaata'. Dev Anand even went one better by making her fall in love with him in his own 1982 flop 'Swami Dada'. Padmini Kolhapure's relaÂtively brief career (she chucked up acting after her love marÂriage to Tutu Sharma, the producer of her 'Aisa Pyar Kahan', in 1987) was resplendent with a spectrum of roles, most of which had substantial dramatic meat.

Though not averse to skin and cleavage show if the role justified it, Padmini was mainly branded as eiÂther the young girl in love or a miniature Meena Kumari-esque tragedienne. If this imaging reÂstricted her range, it also established her acting credentials in a milieu where precisely such roles brand any artiste as a great performer. Which the Kolhapure girl undoubtedly was, whether as the helpless girl trapped by her socio-cultural background in 'Woh Saat Din', the child-woman of 'Prem Rog' (a brilliant performance that annexed a Best Actress award for her), the girl-woman in the throes of a sexual awakening in 'Anubhav', the wife separated from her husband by the machinations of her rich mother in 'Pyar Jhukta Nahin', or in her other less-celÂebrated roles in films like 'Pyari Behna', 'Swarag Se Sunder', 'Mazdoor' and 'Muddat'. After the unexpected super-sucÂcess of'Pyar Jhukta Nahin', Padmini did a slew of films with Mithun Chakraborty, most of which were dramatic in nature and helped give the Bengali hero a phase of A-grade respectability as a hero.

With success as a star, Padmini wisely put her singing ambitions in a mental attic, though some filmmakers were occasionally tempted to use her voice at the fag end of her career ('Dana Pani' and a couple of other films).

After marriage to Tutu, Padmini opted out of the star firmament, completing a straggling lot of releases till 'Qurbani Rang Layegi' (1991) and 'Professor Ki Padosan' in 1994. In 1989,she turned producer with 'Dav Pech', a horrendous mutilation of the Manmohan Desai classic 'Sachcha Jhoota'. Today, she helps her husband in the producÂtion of his films, occasionally taking official credit as producer ('Rockford'/1999). An Acting AcadÂemy that she began in London has gained a .foothold and Padmini remains in touch with films even without donning the greasepaint.

Padmini Kolhapure was a famous Hindi film heroine in the 1980s.Padmini Kolhapure is one of the finest actress India has produced. Beginning her career as a child actress in Dev Anand's 'Ishk Ishk Ishk' and Raj Kapoor's 'Satyam Shivam Sundram' she went on to become a rage in the Eighties.

Padmini was born to a middle-class Maharashtrian family in 1965. Her father was a classical singer and her mother had a job working for the airlines. Her father's first cousins are singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, and as a child was in the chorus for some of their songs. Her sister Shivangi is married to famous actor Shakti Kapoor.

The buds for both acting and music were in her blood.Padmini's paternal grandmother and the legendary Dinanath Mangeshkar were sister and brother. Her grandfather Krishnarao Kolhapure, along with Dinanath Mangeshkar and Chintamani Kolhatkar owned the Balwant Naatak Company, and in these plays Krishnarao would always do all the female roles.

Her grandmother and both of her paternal aunts wanted her sister Shivangi and her to become actors, but as kids they were more inclined towards music.As kids, they would sing in films songs right from the early à¾?s under R.D.Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Kalyanji-Anandji.

Padmini first faced the camera for "Ek Khilari Bawan Pattey" ( a humble film made in 1970 during Vinod Khanna's pre-fame days) in which she doubled up for a child artiste who fell sick. "My neighbour was filmmaker B.S.Thapa and he called me for the role."

When she recorded 'Yaadon ki baaraat...', the title-song of the Nasir Husain blockbuster with Lata Mangeshkar and sister Shivangi, the sisters' voices went in a joint chorus on three child artistes, one of whom was Aamir Khan.

Asha Bhosle introduced Padmini to Dev Anand at the recording of "Ishq Ishq Ishq" as her bhatiji (niece) who could also act and she ended up playing the sixth sister in the film. This led to other films, such as "Dreamgirl"(1978), "Zindagi", "Saajan Bina Suhagan" (1978), etc.

Her mother quit her airlines job to be a full-time chaperone as Padmini picked up more roles. Her most famous child role was playing Zeenat Aman as a child in Raj Kapoor's film "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" (1977). The memorable song "yashomati maiye se" was picturized on her, with playback singing done none other than by her relative Lata Mangeshkar.

The success of that song led to her most controversial role in "Insaaf Ka Tarazu" (1980), remake of the American film "Lipstick" (1976), where she played the rape victim that was originally played by Mariel Hemingway. She became a household name and earned the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

She also graduated to heroine roles at seventeen in Nasir Hussain's "Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai" opposite Rishi Kapoor. The film flopped, but she reunited with Rishi Kapoor for his father Raj Kapoor's film "Prem Rog" (1982). The film earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award. She also won a special acting award for "Ahista Ahista"(1982).

Padmini is particulary known for her bold and brazen acts in movies like "Gehrai","Insaaf Ka Taruzu", "Anubhav" and "Pathar Dil".Her fans and people loved her for her brazen style of acting that many of other Indian actresses could not and would not do in the then conservative Indian society. Another notable fact, in her movies when singing she is most of the time actually singing the songs, being a singer herself unlike most of the actors and actresses.

Padmini was also known for her professionalism and diligence. She even worked when she had a fever on "Do Dilon ki Dastaan". She had more box office hits, such as "Vidhaata" (1982) and "Souten" (1983). She had a huge hit with "Pyar Jhukta Nahin" (1985) with Mithun Chakraborty, and they were paired together in several more films.

Padmini also has to her credit the only song in world cinema in which one actor has had seven playback voices - `Saat saheliyaan...' in Vidhaata - Hemlata, Kanchan, Anuradha Paudwal, Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam, sister Shivangi and Padmini herself sang the chartbuster with Kishore Kumar under Kalyanji-Anandji for the Shammi Kapoor-Padmini Kolhapure dance number.

A striking feature of the actor's career is her getting to work with so many legends - Dev Anand (besides Ishq Ishq Ishq and Darling Darling also romantically in Swami Dada), Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar (Vidhaata, Mazdoor, Aag Ka Darya) as also with Shammi Kapoor (Ahista Ahista, Prem Rog, Vidhaata, Daata), Rajendra Kumar (Lovers, Star), Raj Kumar (romantically in Ek Nai Paheli), Sanjeev Kumar (Zindagi and romantically in Professor Ki Padosan), Nutan (Saajan Bina Suhagan, Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar Doon), Mala Sinha (Zindagi), Nanda (Ahista Ahista, Prem Rog, Mazdoor) and Tanuja (Lovers, Suhagan).

She fell in love with producer Tutu Sharma after he cast her in "Aisa Pyar Kahan". They married and she retired from films at the tender age of 22. She has a son with him named Priyank. After her son grew up, she returned to acting in 2004, such as for the Marathi film "Manthan". She has also acted in new films such as "Eight".

She was set to play the role of Tulsi Virani in "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" after Smriti Irani left but then the role was offered to Gautami Kapoor.

DEEPIKA PADUKONE.....

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Deepika Padukone (born January 5, 1986) is an Indian model turned actress. Deepika Padukone is daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and mother Ujjala Padukone, Deepika grew up into a sultry model with dreams in her eyes to make it big in showbiz industry. Though she played badminton during her school days and reached to the level of a State player, she did not take her game to the national level as she had set her sights on the glamorous world of showbiz. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, at eleven months old she moved to Mangalore, Karnataka when her family returned to India

She attended high school in Dehli. She was a proud member of the dance club run by her father. She has been modeling for advertising Liril soap, Dabur Lal powder Part plus shampoo and Limca, receiving many prestigious modelling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewellery festival. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international covergirl face.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006. She also won two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year. She recently did a commercial for Moods condoms. She is a brand ambassador for Kingfisher Airlines

Deepika Padukone (born January 5, 1986) is an Indian model turned actress. Deepika Padukone is daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and mother Ujjala Padukone, Deepika grew up into a sultry model with dreams in her eyes to make it big in showbiz industry. Though she played badminton during her school days and reached to the level of a State player, she did not take her game to the national level as she had set her sights on the glamorous world of showbiz. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, at eleven months old she moved to Mangalore, Karnataka when her family returned to India
She attended high school in Dehli. She was a proud member of the dance club run by her father. She has been modeling for advertising Liril soap, Dabur Lal powder Part plus shampoo and Limca, receiving many prestigious modelling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewellery festival. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international covergirl face.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006. She also won two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year. She recently did a commercial for Moods condoms. She is a brand ambassador for Kingfisher Airlines

Deepika Padukone looks a natural athlete with a height of 5 ft 9 inches. She was born on January 5th 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark and spent her childhood in Bangalore. She did her schooling from Sophia’s High School, Bangalore and completed her undergraduate program from Mount Carmel College. Deepika Padukone entered the international Scenario with her first campaign with Maybelline, one of the most renowned cosmetic brands.

Deepika Padukone was associated with the glamour world from the very childhood and has appeared in various advertisement campaigns including that of Close-up, Liril and so on. Deepika Padukone has received formal training in Bharatnatyam dancing and has also played badminton at the state level like her father. But unlike her father she could not continue the game because of her board exams and to add to this was acting which was her passion as she could associate herself with it but she was not very comfortable with playing badminton. Deepika’s mother, Ujjala Padukone is a travel agent. This beautiful actress has a younger sister named Anisha.

Her graceful appearance and dimpled smile made her feature in Kingfisher’s Swimsuit calendar 2006. The title for the female model of the year for commercial assignments and Fresh Face of the year at Idea Zee F Awards has also been awarded to her. This actress has maintained her stardom with grace as she is very calm and composed. Aishwariya Rai is her idol and to be like her she has a long way to go in her acting career.

Deepika Padukone (born January 5, 1986) is an Indian model turned actress. Deepika Padukone is daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and mother Ujjala Padukone, Deepika grew up into a sultry model with dreams in her eyes to make it big in showbiz industry. Though she played badminton during her school days and reached to the level of a State player, she did not take her game to the national level as she had set her sights on the glamorous world of showbiz. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, at eleven months old she moved to Mangalore, Karnataka when her family returned to India
She attended high school in Dehli. She was a proud member of the dance club run by her father. She has been modeling for advertising Liril soap, Dabur Lal powder Part plus shampoo and Limca, receiving many prestigious modelling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewellery festival. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international covergirl face.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006. She also won two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year. She recently did a commercial for Moods condoms. She is a brand ambassador for Kingfisher Airlines

Deepika Padukone looks a natural athlete with a height of 5 ft 9 inches. She was born on January 5th 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark and spent her childhood in Bangalore. She did her schooling from Sophia’s High School, Bangalore and completed her undergraduate program from Mount Carmel College. Deepika Padukone entered the international Scenario with her first campaign with Maybelline, one of the most renowned cosmetic brands. Deepika Padukone was associated with the glamour world from the very childhood and has appeared in various advertisement campaigns including that of Close-up, Liril and so on. Deepika Padukone has received formal training in Bharatnatyam dancing and has also played badminton at the state level like her father. But unlike her father she could not continue the game because of her board exams and to add to this was acting which was her passion as she could associate herself with it but she was not very comfortable with playing badminton. Deepika’s mother, Ujjala Padukone is a travel agent. This beautiful actress has a younger sister named Anisha. Her graceful appearance and dimpled smile made her feature in Kingfisher’s Swimsuit calendar 2006. The title for the female model of the year for commercial assignments and Fresh Face of the year at Idea Zee F Awards has also been awarded to her. This actress has maintained her stardom with grace as she is very calm and composed. Aishwariya Rai is her idol and to be like her she has a long way to go in her acting career.

Deepika's schooling was done in Sophia's High School, Bangalore and she did her undergraduate studies from Mount Carmel College. Her father is the legendary Badminton player Prakash Padukone who was one of India's greatest sportsmen. Her mother is a travel agent.

Padukone has branched out from modeling into acting. She started by starring in the music video for Naam Hai Tera a song from the pop album Aap Ka Suroor, an independent album by Himesh Reshammiya.

More recently Padukone made her cinematic debut in a Kannada film Aishwarya. Padukone made her Bollywood debut in the Farah Khan- directed film Om Shanti Om, opposite Shah Rukh Khan. In the movie, she has been depicted as a 1970s superstar Shantipriya and later as Sandhya aka Sandy. Padukone has already signed Priyadarshan's next film Pirate, and Made In China opposite Akshay Kumar.

Deepika Padukone (born January 5, 1986) is an Indian model turned actress. Deepika Padukone is daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and mother Ujjala Padukone, Deepika grew up into a sultry model with dreams in her eyes to make it big in showbiz industry. Though she played badminton during her school days and reached to the level of a State player, she did not take her game to the national level as she had set her sights on the glamorous world of showbiz. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, at eleven months old she moved to Mangalore, Karnataka when her family returned to India
She attended high school in Dehli. She was a proud member of the dance club run by her father. She has been modeling for advertising Liril soap, Dabur Lal powder Part plus shampoo and Limca, receiving many prestigious modelling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewellery festival. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international covergirl face.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006. She also won two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year. She recently did a commercial for Moods condoms. She is a brand ambassador for Kingfisher Airlines

Deepika Padukone looks a natural athlete with a height of 5 ft 9 inches. She was born on January 5th 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark and spent her childhood in Bangalore. She did her schooling from Sophia’s High School, Bangalore and completed her undergraduate program from Mount Carmel College. Deepika Padukone entered the international Scenario with her first campaign with Maybelline, one of the most renowned cosmetic brands. Deepika Padukone was associated with the glamour world from the very childhood and has appeared in various advertisement campaigns including that of Close-up, Liril and so on. Deepika Padukone has received formal training in Bharatnatyam dancing and has also played badminton at the state level like her father. But unlike her father she could not continue the game because of her board exams and to add to this was acting which was her passion as she could associate herself with it but she was not very comfortable with playing badminton. Deepika’s mother, Ujjala Padukone is a travel agent. This beautiful actress has a younger sister named Anisha. Her graceful appearance and dimpled smile made her feature in Kingfisher’s Swimsuit calendar 2006. The title for the female model of the year for commercial assignments and Fresh Face of the year at Idea Zee F Awards has also been awarded to her. This actress has maintained her stardom with grace as she is very calm and composed. Aishwariya Rai is her idol and to be like her she has a long way to go in her acting career.

Deepika's schooling was done in Sophia's High School, Bangalore and she did her undergraduate studies from Mount Carmel College. Her father is the legendary Badminton player Prakash Padukone who was one of India's greatest sportsmen. Her mother is a travel agent.

Padukone has branched out from modeling into acting. She started by starring in the music video for Naam Hai Tera a song from the pop album Aap Ka Suroor, an independent album by Himesh Reshammiya.

More recently Padukone made her cinematic debut in a Kannada film Aishwarya. Padukone made her Bollywood debut in the Farah Khan- directed film Om Shanti Om, opposite Shah Rukh Khan. In the movie, she has been depicted as a 1970s superstar Shantipriya and later as Sandhya aka Sandy. Padukone has already signed Priyadarshan's next film Pirate, and Made In China opposite Akshay Kumar.

Deepika got her formal training from the maestro himself who is none other than Mr. Anupam Kher. His training institution was the place where she got her formal acting training from. She was a quick learner as well as a very dedicated student.

Like the usual trend in Bollywood, Deepika Padukone has already been linked with various men and the recent gossip is her relationship with the famous cricketer Mahindra Singh Dhoni.

Now leaving apart the reel life and coming to her real life, Deepika Padukone is a very timid person with lots of values which she has inherited from her parents. She is not at all an extrovert. During her spare time, she is either spending time with her friends and if not that she prefers to fly home and spend time with her family. Her favourite films are Matrix and Charlie’s Angels. She has always admired three women in the industry whom she saw acting when she was growing up and they are none other than Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit and of course Aishwariya Rai.

Deepika Padukone Biography

Deepika Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Deepika has modeled for several famous Indian brand names and hit the international scene withn Maybelline made her their new international spokesperson.

Deepika Padukone made her cinematic debut in Kannada film, Aishwarya in 2006. Her debut film in Bollywood was Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. Deepika’s performance in Om Shanti Om brought her the Fimlfare Best Female Debut award.
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Deepika Padukone, born 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is an Indian model & Actress. She is the daughter of former badminton Champion Prakash Padukone. Her mother tongue is Konkani.

She has been modeling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, receiving many prestigious modeling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewelery exhibition. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international cover-girl face.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly after wards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006, thus cementing her reputation as a supermodel. She also bagged two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year.

Deepika has a younger sister named Anisha.

Deepika Padukone Biography

Deepika Padukone, daughter of former all england badminton champion and Prakash Padukone,is a contemporary indian actress and a supermodel. She was born on 5th of january, 1986 in Copenhegen, capital of Denmark. She has a younger sister,Anisha, an aspiring golfer.

Her early appearances in print and TV media are made through advertisement campaigns
for Liril, Close-up and Limca. She was made brand ambassador for Jewels Of India,an annual jewelry exhibition.

Her modelling career hit the international scene when famous cosmetics company Maybelline made her their new international cover-girl face. Soon she bagged many prestigious awards and accolades, including 'Model of the year' awarded at the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards. In 2006, she was chosen as one of the models to appear in the Kingfisher Swimsuit calendar, owning herself glory of a supermodel.
Among other recent awards are two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards(2006)-

'female model of the year' and 'Fresh Face of the year'.

Daughter of famous badminton player, Prakash Padukone, Deepika was born on January 5, 1986. She took to modeling at an early age, while still in college and was a supermodel before she turned to acting. Her height, slenderness and fresh looking face have gone a long way in making her a supermodel and stand out from the crowd. During her modeling years, Deepika has been the face for almost all the famous Indian brands such as Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up and Limca.

She has received many prestigious modeling offers, which included becoming the brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India. She hit the international scene when cosmetic giants Maybelline made her their international spokesperson. At the 5th annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title Model of the Year. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006 and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards: Female Model of the Year - (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the Year later that year. Deepika was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and most recently Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.

After pursuing a successful career in modeling, Padukone decided to give acting a chance as well. She started by starring in the music video for the song Naam Hai Tera from the independent pop album Aap Kaa Surroor by Himesh Reshammiya. In 2006, she made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film, Aishwarya, opposite actor Upendra. But it was her Hindi film debut in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om in 2007, opposite Shah Rukh Khan, which really saw her arrive in films. Om Shanti Om went on to become the biggest hit of the year, both in India and abroad. Deepika won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and was also nominated in the Best Actress category.

Deepika's second film, Yash Raj banner's Bachna Ae Haseeno, directed by Siddharth Anand and starring Bipasha Basu, Ranbir Kapoor and Minissha Lamba has just been released. Even though Deepika did not have a big role in the film, but she has been appreciated for her role. Her freshness is very endearing. On the anvil, currently, is Nikhil Advani's Chandni Chowk To China opposite Akshay Kumar and opposite Saif Ali Khan in his maiden home production being directed by Imtiaz Ali. Currently Deepika is seeing Ranbir Kapoor. Her previous liaisons have got her a lot of attention as well, specially her relationship with cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who she broke off with before getting involved with Ranbir. The actress seems to be on a roll as both her professional and personal life are rocking.

PRIYANKA CHOPRA.........

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Priyanka Chopra Biography

Priyanka Chopra, is an Indian actress and Miss World 2000.

Priyanka was born on July 18, 1982 in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India to Ashok and Madhu Chopra née Sankaran, both doctors.She also has a brother.Her father is a Punjabi-Bengali-Marathi and her mother is a Tamil-Malayali-Kannada from Tamil Nadu. Her mother's family members were from Madurai and Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, Udupi in Karnataka and Kozhikode in Kerala.

She spent part of her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Her family frequently moved since her father was in the Army. She studied at La Martiniere Girls' College in Lucknow, as a young girl and later came to the United States, where she was a student at Newton North High School, in Newton, Massachusetts and North Delta Senior Secondary High School in North Delta before returning to India to complete high school at Army Public School (Bareilly). She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant. Priyanka's Father is also a very good singer.

Priyanka was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000. In the same year, Lara Dutta and Diya Mirza, both from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns, in a rare triple.When she won the Miss World crown, she became the fifth Indian woman to win the title, and the fourth Indian woman to win in a span of seven years.

After winning the Miss World title, Priyanka became an actress. She first acted in a Tamil film Thamizhan (2002) and since then has acted in many Bollywood films. She then acted in a series of flops until Mujhse Shaadi Karogi in (2004) which was her second hit. She followed it up with Aitraaz, a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore-starrer Disclosure which was yet another box office success.

In the same year, she participated in a world tour aptly titled "Temptations 2004" with Bollywood's leading stars, including Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal.In 2005, she had many releases, though most did moderately at the box office.But her film Bluffmaster which released late in 2005 was one of the biggest hits of 2005.

In 2006, she worked in two of the most successful films of the year - Krrish and Don - The Chase Begins Again. She has also recently been on the hit chat show "Koffee with Karan".

Priyanka Chopra was voted Sexiest Asian Woman of 2006 in Eastern Eye, an Asian newspaper published in Britain.

Did you know Priyanka Chopra loves to wear sarees?

Did you know that Priyanka Chopra just loves to wear sarees? Well in this article you can find out everything and anything you ever need to know about the #1 Bollywood actress - Priyanka Chopra.

Priyanka Chopra's dream run in the world of showbiz started with her winning the Miss Indian World title in 2000. After that she never looked back and was subsequently crowned Miss World in the same year. Thus she became part of the 'Beautiful Trio' which includes Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza, who were also crowned Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific respectively in the year 2000. The trio won all the major 3 beauty pageants in the world in the year 2000 thus creating a new record.

After making India proud at the world stage Priyanka or Sunshine as she is lovingly called went on top become one of the top actresses in the Bollywood film industry. Such has been her dramatic rise in the recent years that she is already the most successful actress in the Bollywood industry in the past decade. Still just 25 years old, Priyanka has already delivered some of the biggest hits in the recent years like Don and Krrish. Little do people know that Priyanka actually started off her film career with a Tamil movie in 2002 named Thamizhan. Well know more about her in our ‘Detailed Profile’ of Priyanka

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Mini Biography

Priyanka was born on July 18, 1982, in the Chopra family consisting of her dad, Dr. Ashok and mom, Dr. Madhu (nee Akhauri), and has one younger brother. Her dad is Punjabi-speaking, while her mom is from Bihar. As a child, she suffered from Asthma and was very close to her dad. Her family affectionately called her Mimi.

While she was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, she also spent her childhood in Rae Barreilly, in Uttar Pradesh as well as in Lucknow, where she was enrolled in the La Martiniere Girls' School. These frequent re-locations took place as Ashok was a doctor in the Indian Army. She subsequently re-located to the U.S. where she studied in Newton's Newton North High School and then in Cedar Rapid's John F. Kennedy High School in Massachusetts and Iowa respectively.

In 2000 she returned to India and enrolled in Jai Hind College and Basant Singh Institute of Science in Churchgate, Bombay, but had to leave abruptly as she was crowned Miss India. She was subsequently crowned Miss World in the same year - a year which proved to be a year for Indian Beauty Queens - as Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza were also crowned Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific respectively. Ironically, beauty pageants are banned in India's conservative state, Uttar Pradesh.

After completing her responsibilities as a Beauty Queen, she first appeared on the tinsel screen in India in a Tamil movie 'Thamizhan'.

She made her debut in Bollywood with 'The Hero' in 2002, and then went on to act in over 28 movies, as well as lent her voice as a playback singer in 'Barsaat (2005)'. She has won 11 awards to date for her performance in 'Andaaz', 'Aitraaz', 'The Hero', 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi', & 'Krrish'.

As of June 2007, she is involved in the filming of 'Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam', 'Kajri', 'Drona', 'London Dreams', 'Qurbani', 'Chamki Chameli', 'Love Story 2050' amongst others.

Mini Biography

Priyanka Chopra was born 18th July 1982 to the family of Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra and Dr. Madhu Chopra. She had a very varied upbringing. She started her education at La Martinière Girls College in Lucknow as a resident student; a short stay at Maria Goretti College in Bareilly prepared her for further studies in the USA. Having completed tenth grade in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, she decided to become a software Engineer or a Criminal Psychologist.

She enjoys Indian music and dance; flair for writing poetry and short stories; reading, especially biographies; and has worked for a lot of social-welfare programs. She aims for the stars after completing her education. She is a movie buff and would love to join the galaxy if a good offer comes.

MissWorld 2000, Priyanka Chopra was Born on 18 th July 1982 to the family of Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra & Dr. Madhu Chopra.Priyanka Chopra had a very varied upbringing . She started her Education from La Martiniere Girls College in Lucknow as a resident student, A short stay at Maria Goretti College in Bareilly prepared her for further studies in the USA.

Having completed class 10th from Boston USA she decided to become a software Engineer or a Criminal Psychologist.

This 5' 8'' girl likes Indian music and dance, flair for writing poetry and short stories, enjoys reading, especially biographies, and has worked for a lot of social welfare programmes. She aims for the stars after completing her education.She is a movie Buff and would love to join the galaxy if a good offer comes.

Miss World 2000, Priyanka Chopra was Born on 18th July 1982 to the family of Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra & Dr. Madhu Chopra. Priyanka Chopra had a very varied upbringing. She started her Education from La Martiniere Girls College in Lucknow as a resident student, A short stay at Maria Goretti College in Bareilly prepared her for further studies in the USA. Having completed class 10th from Boston USA she decided to become a software Engineer or a Criminal Psychologist.

This 5'8" girl likes Indian music and dance, flair for writing poetry and short stories, enjoys reading, especially biographies, and has worked for a lot of social welfare programmes. She aims for the stars after completing her education. She is a movie buff and would love to join the galaxy if a good offer comes.

Priyanka Chopra is the latest of beauty queens to join the Bollywood bandwagon. She began her film career with Andaaz opposite Sunny Deol.

She has done Aetraaz with Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor.

Priyanka Chopra never dreamt that it was going to be movies for her one day. For someone who had once dreamt of becoming a software engineer or a criminal psychologist at the best, has come a long way today.

Priyanka Chopra, Miss World 2000, is today among the top stars in Bollywood. And, going by the film offers she has bagged of late, she seems to be all set to rule Bollywood in the days to come!

And today, is she is the most sought after in Mumbai's tinsel town.

Hailing from an Army family, Priyanka did her education from La Martiniere Girls College in Lucknow as a resident student. Then a short stay at Maria Goretti College in Bareilly prepared her for further studies in the US. Life took on a complete change with the Femina Miss India.

This former Miss World has against her name a commendable list of philanthropic activities with which she is associated. During her student days, she became the only Indian in the US to be selected at state level for the National Opus Honour choir and she participated in extensive charity work.

She later joined the CAF and CII in their literacy programme and became their ambassador. Priyanka had also earlier been part of the government-sponsored Polio Eradication Programme as a volunteer.

She then made it to Hindi films after going the model route. The Miss World crown is of course a feather in her cap. After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World in 2000, Priyanka made her acting debut with the Tamil film Thamizhan in 2001. Two years later, she made her Bollywood debut with Anil Sharma's 'The Hero: Love Story of a Spy'. But she tasted success only with her second Hindi film release, 'Andaaz.

It won her the award for the Filmfare Best Female Debut. She then went on to make critics sit up and notice her when she won the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her performance in Abbas-Mustan's 'Aitraaz' in 2004. Even commercially, her career started picking up with films like 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi' in 2004, 'Krrish' in 2006 and Farhan Akhtar's Don - The Chase Begins Again, also in 2006.

There were of course duds like Harry Baweja's Love Story 2050 and Rumi Jafery's God Tussi Great Ho. But that shouldn't be cause for much worry as Priyanka has films like Goldie Behl's Drona opposite Abhishek Bachchan, Chamku in opposite Bobby Deol, Dostana opposite Abhishek and John Abraham, Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee? with Harman Baweja and Madhur Bhandrakar's Fashion in her kitty.

The lady has made her place in Bollywood and is today one of the most wanted actresses in B Town, having acted opposite all the biggies like Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan. She is here for the long haul.

JUHI CHAWLA...........

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Juhi Chawla (Born 13 November 1967 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Initially starting with mainstream films, Chawla is now appearing in parallel cinema.

Juhi Chawla was the first child born to Punjabi father Dr. S. Chawla and Gujarati mother, Mona. She has one brother named Sanjeev. She graduated from Sydenham College, Mumbai.

She was the winner of Miss India title in 1984, later she won Best Costume Award for the Miss Universe contest in 1984.

From beauty contests, she moved into film - with her movie debut being "Sultanat" in 1986. She then starred in the Kannada film "Premaloka" which was a super-hit. She also featured in "Goonj" with Kumar Gaurav.

Her first big hit in Bollywood was "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" in 1988, in which she starred with Aamir Khan.This Romeo and Juliet story of persecuted teenage lovers was an enormous success and launched Aamir's and Juhi's careers.Following films did not do as well.

Chawla made a special appearance in the film "Chandni" (1989) produced by Yash Raj Films. She was later cast in the critically accliamed "Aaina" (1993) opposite Jackie Shroff, and then in one of her biggest hits "Darr"(1993) with Sunny Deol and Shahrukh Khan.

She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award in 1993 for "Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke". Her pairing with Aamir Khan has been repeatedly successful with "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" (1989), "Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke" (1993) and later on "Ishq" (1997) becoming hits.
She has teamed up successfully with Shahrukh Khan too, delivering his first big hit "Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman" (1992) and then later on with "Darr" (1993) and "Yes Boss" (1997).

Juhi later turned producer and became the co-owner of a production company called Dreamz Unlimited with Shahrukh Khan and director Aziz Mirza. Unfortunately the first two films produced by the production company - "Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani" and "Asoka" failed at the box office. Their third film,"Chalte Chalte" was the first success for the company.

Juhi has recently appeared in the critically acclaimed films - "3 Deewarein", "7½ Phere" and "My Brother Nikhil" for which Taran Adarsh went as far as saying that her performance was amongst the finest in her career. She won a Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for "3 Deewarein".

She was recently seen in Nikhil Advani's "Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love" for which she got good reviews for her performance. She also starred with fellow superstar Urmila Matondkar in "Bas Ek Pal" (2006) and with Manoj Bajpai in 'Swami'. Juhi's forthcoming releases include Ravi Chopra's "Bhoothnath" with Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan and another film called "Krazy 4" with Irfan Khan and Arshad Warsi.

Juhi Chawla is married to industrialist Jai Mehta and is the mother of two children. She has one daughter and one son. Her daughter's name is Janhvi and her son's name is Arjun.
Her mother was killed in Prague by a driver who ran over her with his car during the shooting of Duplicate

She gave birth to her first child, a girl, on February 21, 2001. Her daughter's name is Jhanvi. Chawla later gave birth to a son called Arjun.

A thoughtful and sensitive individual, Juhi Chawla, was born on 13 Nov 1967 in Ludhiyana - India.

Juhi Chawla, the cutie-pie of the Bollywood has had her share in the field that she's been in for 15 years hitting the limelight every often with her smart performance in all the films she acted. She had a lot of hit films which are mostly musically melodious and films that did pretty well at the box office. Juhi acted opposite all the top heroes in Bollywood and she enjoys a very good rapport with all the industry people that she runs a production company "DREAMZ UNLIMITED" in a parternership with the top class actor Sharukh Khan and Aziz Mirza.

Juhi won "Ms.India" crown and "The Best Costumes" award in the Ms. Universe competition in '84 well before her debut in films and while she enjoyed her place in the BOLLYWOOD, she won the "Best Actress" award from FILMFARE in '94 for "HUM HAIN RAHI PYAR KE" and "Most Sensational Female" award in '99 from NEWYORK's BOLLYWOOD for her performance in "DUPLICATE".

Although Juhi got married to her lover boy Jai Mehta, a business man from LONDON, she still enjoys her profession in Bollywood.

Born on 13th November 1967, Ludhiana, Punjab, Juhi Chawla bagged the femina Miss india title(1984), married to Jay Mehta, a millionaire industrialist in India and have one daughter. Mansoor Khan directorial debut Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak went onto create box-office history and a star was born. Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla were accepted as the hottest romantic pair at the box-office. Together they went on to do films like Tum Mere Ho and Love Love Love. But unfortunately these films couldn't live up to the audience’s expectations. After doing eminently forgettable films like CID, Shaandaar, Sanam Bewaffa, Goonj, Radha Ka Sangam, Juhi Chawla hit the hotspot with Dharmesh Darshan's Lootere.

Her second innings in Bollywood had begun. A series of hits like Bol Radha Bol, Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman shot her into the big league instantly. Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke got her the popular Filmfare trophy for the Best actress. And her next invitation was to star in Yash Chopra's Darr. Since most stars regard the summons from Yash Chopra as a badge of honours, as valid as an award, Juhi Chawla had finally arrived. The movie's success pitched her as contender to Madhuri Dixit's No.1 title. Suddenly she was being spoken in the same league as Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit.

Movies like Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman and Darr also saw Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla emerge as a new romantic lead. Together they did movies like Yes Boss and Duplicate. She was offered the role of Karishma Kapoor in Dil To Pagal Hai (1997).

The onscreen pairing spilled off screen too. The duo, along with Aziz Mirza, formed a production company, Dreamz Unlimited, to make their kind of films. Though their first production Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani wasn't a rage at the ticket window, it was a much talked about films. Today Juhi Chawla is busy planning for her future productions. In the twilight zone of her acting career, she's now interested in doing only those films that offer her that extra special.

Mini Biography

Juhi was born in the Chawla family on November 13, 1967 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India, and is the daughter of Punjabi-speaking dad, Dr. S. Chawla and Gujarati-speaking mom, Mona. She has a brother named Sanjeev. Her mother passed away in an accident during the year 1998 while Juhi was filming 'Duplicate'.

After completing her school in Ludhiana, the Chawla family moved to Bombay, Maharashtra, India, where Juhi attended at Sydenham College. After graduating, she entered in the Miss India competition and was crowned 'Miss India 1984', taking over from Miss India 1983, Rekha Hande.

Her first appearance on the tinsel screen was as Zarina in the 1986 release 'Sultanat'. She shot to fame after the release of 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak' opposite Aamir Khan. As of August 2007, she has been bestowed with three awards for her performance in 'Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke', 'Duplicate', and '3 Deewarein'.

Juhi got married to multi-millionaire industrialist, Jai Mehta during the year 1998. Since then the couple have a daughter, Jhanvi, and son, Arjun.

Juhi continues to act in movies, and also makes appearances in many off-beat movies, rather than the mainstream cinema with which she started her career. She also appears in a number of TV ad commercials.

Mini Biography

A certain class and benevolence has always separated Juhi Chawla from her ilk. Her upbringing in a family where education, etiquette and propriety were given their due importance, Juhi was bound to imbibe all the sophistication to cultivate herself as a true lady.

A mother heading the hospitality of the Taj Group, primary education in Mumbai's Fort Convent, college education in HR and Sydenham and all those growing up years in South Mumbai led to the formation of the refined young actress of Bollywood. Before she became a heartthrob of the nation with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Juhi contested for Femina Miss India and won the crown. In 1984 she went to Miami representing India at the Miss Universe Pageant.

Though she did not win the title, she came back home loaded with experience, which she shared with the viewers on television. Though a beauty queen, Juhi successfully managed to steer clear of a sexy image and carved a niche of the innocent, vivacious girl in pigtails. She refused to star in films that could project her as a sexy and glamorous star. Lootere, for example, is one film which Juhi wasn't keen on doing as she thought it would ruin her 'girl' image. After friends cajoled her into doing it Juhi acquired the glamour tag too.

There has been no looking back since then. Yash Chopra signed Juhi for Darr a film which consolidated the actress's star value. On the personal front, Juhi is a thorough friend. Her commitment and a sense of attachment to her friends is for life. According to filmi journo and Chawla's college mate, Omar Qureshi, Juhi is a person to stick by her friends, newcomers or stars. That is how her firm friendship with Shah Rukh Khan started. SRK has ever been grateful to the star Juhi for agreeing to work opposite him, a newcomer then, in Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman.

Juhi's trustworthiness and her trusting self is a quality that will keep her embedded on people's minds long after the star Juhi fades away into oblivion.

TABU..........

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Biography

Tabu (born Tabassum Hashmi on November 4, 1970) in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India) is an award-winning Indian actress who has acted in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She has won the coveted National Film Award for Best Actress twice. She is best known for her critically acclaimed acting in many films rather than achieving box office success.

She is the niece of Shabana Azmi and the younger sister of actress Farha.She is the life member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film and Television, Noida.

Younger sister of yesteryear actress Farha, Tabu was discovered by Dev Anand, who gave her a role in a film called 'Hum Naujawan'. He had predicted that Tabu was going to become a leading actress in the years to come. Even though Tabu can't be exactly classified as a typical Bollywood "heroine', but she is some one who over the years has come to be recognized as an actress with an immense amount of talent and caliber.

Striking Indian actor Tabu has had a fair amount of success in her brief career as a performer, taking on roles in roughly 30 films in eight years, mostly in her native India. She is the niece of the even more famous Shabana Azmi.

After 'Hum Naujawan' Tabu and was chosen by Satish Kaushik and Boney Kapoor to play the lead role opposite his brother Sanjay Kapoor in his debut film 'Prem'. Though the movie failed miserably at the box office, Tabu did not give up. She struggled with movies like 'Vijaypath' , where she even found herself in situations where she was suppose to do the routine of running behind trees, something which was not exactly her cup of tea.

But things changed for the better when Gulzar, who was in the process of making 'Maachis ' was on the lookout for a star cast for the movie, and picked Tabu. She went on to win the National Award for her performance in the movie, and once there, there was no looking back for this talented girl.

Right from Priyadarsan to Gulzar to Mahesh Manjrekar and David Dhawan, Tabu has worked with all the top directors of the country. Astitva, Chandni Bar, the south Indain hit Kandukondain, Meenaxi: A Tale of Two cities and Maqbool have been some of Tabu's most memorable performances.

Life of Tabu

TABU, SHORT FOR TABASSUM, has acting in her genes. Her aunt is Shabana Azmi and her sister Farha Naaz. It was while she was visiting Farha in Mumbai that Dev Anand spotted her and gave her a small part in 'Hum Naujawan' â€” a particularly gruesome one for a kid, since she was raped and murdered in the film. Sis Farha discouraged Tabu from getting into films and packed her off to college to complete her education.

But when Boney Kapoor's 'Prem' was offered to her (apparently on Shabana Azmi's recÂommendation) opposite the producer's brother Sanjay Kapoor, she could not refuse. UnfortuÂnately for her, she signed a conÂtract that forbade her from signÂing any films till 'Prem' was reÂleased and since the film took over five years to complete, it turned out to be an endurance test for Tabu. Just when her patience was running out, and she was batÂtling rumours of a romance with Sanjay, an acrimonious split with Farha and some other unpleasÂant gossip, the Kapoors finally released her from the contract and her 'Roman Holiday'-in-spired 'Pehla Pehla Pyar' was released.

It bombed, so did 'Prem', though it was no fault of Tabu's. She had grace, charm, a natural beauty and loads of talent. The girl who was shy and reticent in person was completely transformed on screen into a confident actress. The extent of her talent was not immediately evident though, since in a desperate attempt to keep her head above water, she had signed some very ordinary films like 'Vijaypath', 'Himmat', 'Tu Chor Main Sipahi' and 'Saajan Ki Baahon Mein'. 'Haqeeqat' with Ajay Devgan, in which she played a widow who unwittingly falls in love with her husband's killer, was a flop, but showed the first glimmer of what she could do with a really meaty role.

It took the expert eye of Priyadarshan ('Saza-E-Kalapani') andGulzar ('Maachis') to recognise the potential in Tabu and give her the chance to prove it. She won acclaim for 'Saza-E-Kalapani' even in the very small role of a bride abanÂdoned on her wedding day; and a well-deserved National Award for'Maachis' in which she played a young woman who loses her family and joins a terrorist outÂfit to take revenge against the system that brutalised her people.

Tabu appeared without make-up in dowdy clothes, yet inÂfused such intelligence and pasÂsion into the role that she won the National Award in the teeth of competition from more expeÂrienced actresses.

Even though she has done typiÂcally commercial films like 'Saajan Chale Sasural' and 'Biwi No. 1', Tabu believes that she hasn't got her due because she was stamped as an art film actress. ^She tried to do glamorÂous roles, specially in Tamil, Telugu and also a few Malayalam films, but always returned to do more challenging and satisfying roles in films like 'Viraasat' and 'Hu Tu Tu' Fact is that Tabu, with her model-like height and beauty, may pass off as a dumb potboiler kind of heroine, but directors who want a leading lady who can act well, automatically make a beeline for her â€” like Govind Nihalani for 'Thakshak' and Rajiv Menon for 'Kandukondain Kandukondain'. By now, she has honed her acting skills so much that she is incapable of giving a bad performance, even if it is a two-scene role like in 'Border'. Perhaps what also came in the way of her career, was the openly admitted romance and engagement with producer Sajid Nadiadwala, now reportedly off.

But the way the male-domiÂnated film industry functions, not only are the heroes wary of acting with a very talented acÂtress, they also stay away from leading ladies who are in committed relationships. There are new and fresh faces being introduced regularly and today's heroines are required to be sexy rather than talented.

But even in this cloud of vapidity, Tabu stands head and shoulders above the others. She just needs directors like Priyadarshan, Mani Ratnam, Gulzar and Govind Nihalani to have faith in her abilities.

The beautiful refreshing face, unmeasurable talent and 5 feet 6 inches tall babe's real name is Aka Tabassum born on 4th November. Mother and fathers names are "Rizwana " and "Jamal Hashmi".Her Sister "Farha" is a well known bollywood actress. Tabu started her film career as a child artiste for Dev Anand’s Hum Naujawan and since she wasn’t the lead actress, Tabu gained little mileage from it. The first film she signed on as lead actress was 'Prem', but finally, 'Pehla Pehla Pyar' released first and launched her as leading lady.

In the many movies that Tabu has appeared, one of the most noticeable things is that she wears little or no make-up. This particular trait is not visible among many other actresses of Bollywood. With every film Tabu, has been growing as an actress. Apart from doing Hindi films, Tabu has also worked in a Telugu,

Tamil and Malayalam. She wins National Award for 'Maachis' (1997) Critis Award for 'Virasat' (Filmfare - 1998).

The beautiful refreshing face, unmeasurable talent and 5'6" tall babe's real name is "Aka Tabassum" born on 4th November. Mother and fathers names are "Rizwana " and "Jamal Hashmi". Her Sister "Farha" is a well known bollywood actress. Tabu started her film career as a child artiste for Dev Anand’s Hum Naujawan and since she wasn’t the lead actress, Tabu gained little mileage from it. The 1st film she signed on as lead actress was Prem, but finally, Pehla Pehla Pyar released first and launched her as leading lady.

Tabu actually reached the audience as the "Ruk ruk ruk" girl in Vijaypath. In the many movies that Tabu has appeared, one of the most noticeable things is that she wears little or no make-up. This particular trait is not visible among many other actresses of Bollywood. With every film Tabu, has been growing as an actress. Apart from doing Hindi films, Tabu has also worked in a Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. She wins National Award for Maachis (1997), Critis Award for Virasat (Filmfare - 1998). Tabu always likes to attempt characters very different from mainstream like her portrayal of a bar girl in Chandni Bar.

MAHIMA CHAUDHARY.............

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Mahima Chaudhary Biography

Mahima Chaudhry (born 13 September 1973 in , West Bengal, India, whose real name is Ritu Chaudhry, is a popular Indian actress. Chaudhary, is a former model. Soon as she made her film debut with the hit Pardes in 1997, she proved her acting abilities and went on to make many critically acclaimed roles during her years in the industry.

Mahima was a model before she became a Bollywood actress, once appearing with Aishwarya Rai in a Pepsi commercial. Simultaneously she also hosted the entertainment TV show, Public demand. Her first breakthrough performance, where she won rave reviews, was Pardes (1997) as Ganga, the love interest of two men played by Shah Rukh Khan and Apoorva Agnihotri. She was chosen to be the female lead among about 3,000 applicants who auditioned for Pardes.

Her career was launched by Subhash Ghai who had also launched the careers of popular actresses like Madhuri Dixit and Manisha Koirala. She has been said to have changed her name to Mahima Chaudhary since Subhash Ghai has a superstitious belief of launching big careers with actresses whose names start with the letter 'M', but this is not the case, she has kept her real name as she believes that her real name is a very personal part of her and something that she wants to keep.

She won rave review for her first performance in Pardes (1997) as a village girl who still values her culture. Unlike most top actresses in India, she didn't mind playing supporting roles in films (example: Dhadkan (2000), Dil Kya Kare (1999)). Apart from her role in Pardes (1997), she also won acclaims on her role as Kavita, the devoted wife of Ajay Devgan in Dil Kya Kare (1999) which earned her a second filmfare nomination. She was also nominated for her performances in Dhadkan and Dobara.

She has worked with numerous actresses including Kajol, Shilpa Shetty, Amisha Patel, Urmila Matondkar, Manisha Koirala, Raveena Tandon, Rekha, Preity Zinta, Tabu, Padmini Kolhapure, and Hema Malini. When asked, she expressed her desire to work with Juhi Chawla: her favourite actress.

She received her schooling in Loretto, Darjeeling along with her older sister Ashu whose modelling career never took off. She was rumoured to have dated Dino Morea, although he has denied this. Mahima had previously dated tennis star Leander Paes; the relationship apparently ended due to his infidelity.

Mahima married Bobby Mukherjee, a high profile Mumbai Architect, last year amidst total secrecy. On June 10, 2007 Mahima gave birth to their first child: a girl, called Dia. The couple already have two kids from Bobby's first marriage.

Nomination
- 1998: Best Actress for Pardes
- 2000: Best Actress for Dil Kya Kare
- 2001: Best Supporting Actress for Dhadkan

Born Ritu Chaudhry, Mahima Chaudhry shot to fame with her break through role as Ganga in Subhas Ghai's 1997 blockbuster, Pardes. After which came Dil Kya Kareopposite Ajay Devgan, which won her rave reviews for her role and she was nominated for a Filmfare award.

But her career did not exactly have a very smooth sail, and she struggled with movies like Deewane, Om Jai Jagadish, LOC Kargil and Baghbaan.

Lets hope her her upcoming film Sarhad Paar help

Mahima Chaudhry was a model before she became an actress. She was overshadowed by Aishwarya Rai in a Pepsi commercial.

Her first breakthrough performance where she won rave reviews was Pardes (1997) as Ganga, the love interest of two men, Shahrukh Khan and Apoorva Agnihotri. She was chosen to be the female lead among 3000 applicants who auditioned for Pardes (1997). Her career was launched by Subhash Ghai who launched the career of Madhuri Dixit and Manisha Koirala.

She changed her name from "Ritu Chaudhary" to "Mahima Chaudhary" since Subhash Ghai has a superstitious belief of launching big careers with actresses whose name start with M. She won rave review for her first performance in Pardes (1997) as a village girl who still values her cultures. Unlike most top actresses in India, she didn't mind playing second fiddle in films (example:

Dhadkan (2000), Dil Kya Kare (1999)). Apart from her role in Pardes (1997), she also won acclaims on her role as Kavita, the loving wife of Ajay Devgan in Dil Kya Kare (1999). She was nominated in Filmfare Awards for that role.

The model turned actress Mahima Chaudhry, who recived a filmfare nomination for her first Debut film ‘PARDES’. She has proved that successful models can also become the successful stars in bollywood. You will find her portfolio, her exclusive photographs, wallpaper, close-ups and snaps of the unforgatable moments of her successful films career. Super hits in her credit are… Pardesh, Pyar Koi Khel Nahin, Daag: The Fire, Dil Kya Kare.

Mini Biography

First got noticed as a model for Pepsi, where she was over-shadowed by Aishwarya Rai. Career launched by Subhash Ghai, who also launched Madhuri Dixit, 'Meenakshi Seshadri' and Manisha Koirala. Changed her screen name to Mahima as Subhash Ghai was superstitious about being successful with girls whose names start with M.

Mini Biography

Mahima Chaudhry was a model before she became an actress. She was overshadowed by Aishwarya Rai in a Pepsi commercial. Her first breakthrough performance where she won rave reviews was Pardes (1997) as Ganga, the love interest of two men, Shahrukh Khan and Apoorva Agnihotri. She was chosen to be the female lead among 3000 applicants who auditioned for Pardes (1997). Her career was launched by Subhash Ghai who launched the career of Madhuri Dixit and Manisha Koirala.

She changed her name from Ritu Chaudhry to Mahima Chaudhry since Subhash Ghai has a superstitious belief of launching big careers with actresses whose name start with M. She won rave review for her first performance in Pardes (1997) as a village girl who still values her cultures. Unlike most top actresses in India, she didn't mind playing second fiddle in films (example: Dhadkan (2000), Dil Kya Kare (1999)). Apart from her role in Pardes (1997), she also won acclaims on her role as Kavita, the loving wife of Ajay Devgan in Dil Kya Kare (1999). She was nominated in Filmfare Awards for that role. She was also nominated for her performances in Dhadkan and Dobara

She has played a variety of roles and is known as one of the few actresses who have played every different role an actress could play. Starting with the village girl in Pardes (1997), Her variety of roles include: Daag The Fire (1999)_ where she played a nasty prostitute, in Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin (1999) she played a widow forced to marry her brother-in-law, in Dhadkan (2000) she's a loving friend of a man who's madly in love with another woman, in Deewane she plays a singer in love with a thief, in Kurukshetra she plays the stubborn wife of a police officer, in Lajja she plays a young bride forced to fight dowry, in Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar (2001), she plays a stubborn tenant who won't give up her home at any cost, in Om Jai Jagadish she's the loving homemaker, in Dil Hai Tumhaara she's the loving sister who'd do anything for her sister's happiness, in Dobara she's the frustrated housewife, in The Film she's a desperate struggling screenwriter, in Zameer she's a paralytic dancer, in Film Star she's an uptight arrogant fading actress, in Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak (2005) she's an actress who'd do anything to get in a big movie and in Souten (2006) she plays a desperate housewife who has an affair with her stepdaughter's boyfriend.

Next to doing a variety of movies, she has also worked with numerous talented actresses including Kajol, Shilpa Shetty, Urmila Matondkar, Manisha Koirala, Raveena Tandon, Rekha, Preity Zinta, Tabu, Padmini Kolhapure, and Hema Malini. When she was asked about this she responded by saying that she enjoyed working with other actresses and she expressed her opinion to work with Juhi Chawla, her favorite actress!

RANI MUKHERJEE........

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Rani Mukherjee Detailed Biography

Rani Mukherjee was born on 21 Mar '78. She is the daughter of director Ram Mukherjee. Being a cousin of the most successful actress Kajol, it's obvious that Rani too has got it through her genetic influences to enact the roles she's given. And it's a phenomenon that unless Rani hasn't put loads of concentration and tremendous personal effort in the roles she plays, she wouldn't have been where she is now.

Though she had the introduction into the Bollywood through her first movie Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat, she was in the news with her wonderful performance in Ghulam and with the third movie Rani was in headlines again receiving the Best Supporting Actress award from Filmfare for her active and playful performance in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai thus enhancing herself in the Bollywood.

Rani was proud to be associated with actor-director Kamal Haasan and was thrilled to have his film 'Hey Ram' in her lap. But the film did not propel her career to the extent she had expected. The relationship of Rani with Govinda had become quiet a hot topic of discussion amongst colleagues and the press. The Yash Chopra production 'Mujhse Dosti Karoge' flopped but her acting is very much appreciated in the film.

A series of unsuccessful runs have not dampened her giggly self. She continues to be sprightly and seen in popular ads, the Fanta ad being the latest. Recently seen in "Yuva," "Hum Tum", she's currently busy filming several films including "1857: The Rising" and "Bajirao Mastani." Rani got the devastating looks, charm and a beautiful face the one thing that seperates her from the great and successful actress. In a span of 5 years she has worked with all the top actors and top class producers and the directors.

Rani Mukherjee made her debut in a powerful performance in the unexpected hit "Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat" and since then there has been no looking back. From the mascot of women's voice for justice she went on to become the "Aati Kya Khandala" girl of Aamir Khan in "Ghulam" and stole the limelight as Shah Rukh Khan's glamorous wife in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

The face of many varied roles ranging from movies in a lighter vien like "Hello Brother", to the more serious roles like Kamal Haasan's Bengali wife in "Hey! Ram".And just when we thought we had seen all shades there were to Rani,she as usual din't fail to make us sit up and applaud her performences in other such chart toppers like "Hadh Kar Di Aapne",similarly with Bobby Deol in "Bichoo"directed by Guddu Dhanoa and in "Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega" with Salman and Preity Zinta directed by Raj Kanwar. Some of her other big hits include Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Saathiya, Chalte Chalte, Kal Ho Na Kal, Yuva and the highly acclaimed Black, for which this talented actor bagged a lot of awards.

She comes from a film-clan family of Bengali origin: Her father, Ram Mukherjee is a retired director. Her mother Krishna used to be a playback singer, while her brother Raja Mukherjee is a film producer. Her maternal aunt is Debashree Roy. The popular Bollywood actress, Kajol, is her second cousin.
She began her film career with the Bengali film Biyer Phool. Her first Hindi film was Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996), which did not do well at the box office. However, her next two releases - Ghulam and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) - were India-wide hits. For the latter she received her first Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Mukerji was signed on for a great many movies after these successes. Unfortunately, most of them did average business at the box office. The commercial and critical success of Saathiya in 2002 is widely believed to have revived her career.
Mukerji has been romantically linked with actors such as Govinda, Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and most recently, director Aditya Chopra.All parties have, however, strongly denied these rumours.

Mini Biography

Mukerji comes from a film-oriented family of Bengali origin. Her father Ram Mukherjee is a retired director and one of the founders of 'Filmalaya Studios'. Her mother Krishna was a playback singer. Her brother Raja Mukherjee is a film producer, now turned director. Her maternal aunt, Debashree Roy, was a Bengali-film actress and her cousin Kajol is a Bollywood actress.

Mukerji is a trained Odissi dancer, and began learning the dance in tenth grade. Mukerji studied at Maneckjee Cooper High School in Juhu, and later enrolled at Mithibai College in Mumbai.

While in school at the age of 14, Mukerji did a cameo role in her father's Bengali film Biyar Phool (1992). In 1994, Salim Akhtar, a family friend, offered her a film called Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1994) but her father was against it as she was too young. Mukerji turned down the offer and Urmila Matondkar was cast instead.

Two years later, Salim Akhtar came up with another offer and insisted on her playing the protagonist of Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat (1997). After a long discussion with her father, she agreed to do the film. When the film was unsuccessful at the box office, Mukerji returned to college to complete her education.

AMISHA PATEL.............

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Amisha patel comes from a family of very high profile. but this indian damsel never dreamt of becoming an actress. She was a true beauty with brains combo. Amisha Patel was born on 19th June 1979 in Mumbai. She was a strongly determined girl who just believe in achieving her dreams. She was a Biogenetic Engineer graduate in Tufts university in the United States. She’s not just an engineer from Tufts University, but also a gold Medallist in Economics.

Amisha Patel is the daughter of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, sister of Ashmit Patel and the granddaughter of the famous Indian lawyer Rajni Patel.
She received a degree in Economics from Tufts University, U.S. During her time at Tufts, she taught a conversational Hindi class. She also studied classical Indian Bharatnatyam dance. Her name Amisha was derived from the first three letters of her father's name Amit and the last three letters of her mother's name Asha.

Her brother Ashmit's name was also derived similarly first three letters of his mother's name Asha and the last three letters of his father's name Amit. She caught the eye of Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan at a Mumbai party. He signed her to appear with his son, Hrithik Roshan, in his next film project. She was raised by her grandmother Nani. She grew up speaking three Indian dialects, Hindi, Gujrati and Marathi -- sometimes in the same sentence. She is said to have a strained relationship with her parents and brother, Ashmit Patel. She is romantically related to Bollywood director Vikram Bhatt.

Amisha did join a financial company but this job could not hold on her interest for a long period of time. She joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and started doing plays. Her family was initially not very happy with her decision because she came from a very high society family and was also academically brilliant. But then no one has a say before the destiny.

It was at a family dinner at the Roshan's house that Mr. Rakesh Roshan offered the heroine role in 'Kaho Na pyaar Hai' to her which was earlier given to Kareena Kapoor. Amisha Patel stole hearts with her impressive performance in the film opposite Hrithik Roshan, the biggest Bollywood blockbuster of 2000. Other films, she worked in were Suno Sasurji with Aftab, Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage with Hrithik, Yeh hai Jalwa with Salman, Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar, all of which bombed at the box office. Then came Gadar, one of the biggest blockbusters in the history of Indian cinema, in which she gave a mind boggling performance and thus she came up in the line of top actresses. She recieved a host of awards for this stupendous performance.

Her forthcoming films include much awaited The Rising opposite Aamir Khan, Elaan, Vaada and Jeevan Saathi. On a personal front Amisha patel is a very simple girl who hates hypocrisy. She is a shy girl with a good sense of humor and believes that her family is the biggest strength for her.

Amisha whenever she hits a low, she bounced back with one major hit that saved her the blues. Be it Gadar or then Humraaz. Now she is reapeating this in the form of historical The Rising a Ketan Mehta and Aamir Khan's projects.

Amisha Patel was born on 19th June 1979 in Mumbai. For studies she went to abroad. Determination has been one of her strengths. Even when she was in Standard IV, Amisha was sure that she wanted to be the head girl of the school. When she told her mother about it, she laughed it off. Amisha worked towards her goal by improving upon her academic record and by the time she reached Standard XII, she became one. While doing Economics in the United States, Amisha kept herself busy teaching classical dance in her free time.

A gold medalist in economics from Tuft's University, Boston, and the granddaughter of freedom fighter Late Justice Rajni Patel, Amisha Patel's background did not even remotely suggest that she was going to be an actor one day. But destiny sure had a course chalked out for her, and when her father's schoolmate Rakesh Roshan asked her if she would like to be cast opposite his son Hrithik in 'Kaho naa…' Amisha grabbed the opportunity. The role of an exhuberant college girl in love, going through pain at losing her lover and rediscovering a more mature relationship gave Amisha scope to perform.And plenty of adulation on release as the film has turned out to be a smashing success.

Amisha soon followed the success of Kaho naa.. with Gadar, which went on to create quite a bit of a stir across the country. She was later seen in movies like Aap Mujhe Acche Lagne, Dil Deke Dekho, Parwana and Zameer. Her forthcoming films include Ankahee.

She did join a financial company but a regular nine to five job couldn't hold her for long. She joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and started doing plays after convincing her parents a process that took a year. Armed with a foreign degree and an ultra respectable family background Amisha Patel was to be the CEO of the family business. Fate have something to do with her. Director Rakesh Roshan had already signed Kareena Kapoor opposite his son and had even started shooting with her.

When that association did not work out Roshan remembered his fascination with his school friend Amit Patel's limpid-eyed daughter at a sangeet celebration. Rakesh Roshan even remarked that if he ever made a film with his son he would take her as a heroine. And this way she got her debut film Kaho Naa Pyar Hai. After that she had given other hits also like Gadar, Humraaz. In 2003 she had a Parwane which was a flop.

Amisha Patel believe what is in destiny no one can take away from you. She replaced Priyanka Chopra in Humraaz. In her debut film 'KNPH' she replaced Kareena Kapoor.

Amisha Patel has the best collection of bags and belts in tinselville. Whenever she goes abroad she shops for expensive accessories. Her collection includes from Louis Vuitton, Salvotore Feragamo, Christian Dior, Gucci and Versace.

She also worked in Vikram Bhatt's Elaan in which she played a journalist. The Rising for which she thrilled to work with Aamir Khan. She played an innocent bengali girl, Jwala who gone through a devastating time before a Britisher comes into her life.

These days her personel life is also has a lot going on. She had Vikram Bhatt eating out of her pretty palms in venice and now when back home its Abhishek Bachchan who is showing a lot of interest in her. Both tuned in Morocco when they were there for Film Festival few months ago.

Mini Biography

Grand-daughter of Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, and former Justice Rajni Patel, Amisha, a Gemini, was born in Bombay's Breach Candy Hospital on June 9, 1976. Her nickname is Angel. Her dad's name is Amit, and her mom's is Asha. She has a brother named Ashmit Patel. Both Amisha and Ashmit's names contain the names of their parents.

She studied at the Cathedral and John Connon High School in Bombay, and went on to obtain a degree in Economics from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. After graduation she worked for a Finance company and also modeled on the side.

She has studied Bharat Natyam dance form, and had acted in several plays in Satyadev Dubey's Theatre.

She did not have any plans of being an actress, but when Amit's friend, film-maker and actor, Rakesh Roshan, met her at a party in Bombay, he offered her the lead role in 'Kahoo Na Pyar Hai'. Amisha accepted the offer, the movie was a super hit, and she became a celebrity overnight.

She went on to star in movies like 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha', 'Kranti', 'Kya Yehi Pyar Hai', 'Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar', 'Aap Mujhe Aache Lagne Lage', 'Yeh Hai Jalwa', 'Humraaz', 'Parwana', 'Suno Sasurjee', 'Vaada', 'Elaan', 'Zameer', 'Mere Jeevan Saathi', 'Mangal Pandey', 'Humko Tumse Pyar Hai', 'Teesri Aankh', 'Tathahastu', 'Ankahee', Aap Ki Khatir', 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd', & 'Khan'.

She has also acted in 3 Telegu movies, and has been signed up for 'Bhool Bhooliya', and 'Happy Birthday'.

Amisha has been the recipient of 4 awards for her performance in 'Kaho Na Pyar Hai', and 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'.

She has co-starred with Akshaye Khanna, Sunny Deol, Akshaye Kumar, Bobby Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Aftab Shivdasani, Hrithik Roshan amongst others.

Her personal life has been marred with misunderstandings with her mom, dad, and brother, so much so that she has sought the intervention of the courts. She was unsuccessful in finding a life partner, but is now currently dating Bollywood Director, Vikram Bhatt, who is almost twice as old as her.

She has many critics, who have described her as mediocre, but have since then bitten their lips when they were proved wrong by this petite, and beautiful actress - who has, and continues to enthrall her fans with a variety of performances on the silver

MANOJ KUMAR...........

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Date of Birth (Birthday): 24 July, 1937

Birth Place: Lahore, Punjab

Hari Krishna Goswami became Manoj Kumar after coming to Bombay and started his struggle as an actor. Some of the initial movies that he did were unheard of and even he remained unheard. But his passion and dedication helped him become the great actor that he is.

Some of Manoj Kumar's initial films were 'Fashion', 'Panchayat' and 'Chand' which did absolutely nothing for him. But he was not heartbroken. He believed in his abilities. He continued his struggle and this bore fruit. He came across some good movies like 'Hariyali Aur Raasta', 'Himalay Ki Godh Mein', 'Kanch Ki Gudiya', 'Who Koun Thi', 'Gumnaam', 'Do Badan' and 'Shaheed'.

His co-stars were Mala Sinha, Asha Parekh, Sadhana and Nanda. It was 'Shaheed' which brought the patriotic feelings out. The dream role of Bhagat Singh kindled the fire in him and from hereon Manoj Kumar did more such films. His patriotic films include 'Upkaar', 'Purab Aur Paschim', 'Shor' and 'Roti Kapda Aur Makaan'. 'Kranti' had many big stars in it and went on to become one of the finest movies ever made. But after some time Manoj Kumar failed as a director. His movies 'Kalakaar', 'Clerk' and 'Kalyug aur Ramayan' could not do well for themselves. His latest movie, 'Jai Hind', had his son Kunal Goswami but could not do well.

But having won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievment Award was an additional feather in the cap.

PRAN........

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Pran - A Biography

I'm sure like myself, many of you know who Pran is but have never given this man much more attention than simply knowing his identity. Well, after reading this book, it was pleasantly surprising to know that there is more to Pran than the PRAN we know from films.
by Khalid Ilahi

We have all grown up watching this intimidating person on screen. I can remember as far back as when I was in Kindergarten, my parents watching the old Amitabh movies and seeing his nemesis, or sometime ally PRAN. We have always given the bad guy, or the supporting actor the brush-off. With Pran, it has been different. His innumerable appearances in films with that commanding physical presence, combined with his artistic style have made him a legend.

"...and Pran," A Biography on this man sets out to tell us the story of Pran, his childhood, background and his struggles to make it in a field, which seldom rewards hard work. With a forward by Amitabh Bachchan, and written by Bunny Reuben, the book is a telling story of a man with maturing ambition who happened to be in the right place at the right time. The fruitful life Pran has lived truly shows a side of his, which we unfortunately have not been exposed to.

Pran's story starts out in Lahore, where he was first discovered buying Paan. It was the style of his paan chewing, which caught the attention of Wali Mohammad Wali, who cast him in Yamla Jatt. Launching himself from the experience, Pran eventually moved to Bombay with his wife, but not to greatness. Living from cheap hotel to cheap hotel, fighting for roles, Pran overcame a lot to finally become accepted as a genuine actor.

Having developed strong relationships with the likes of Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Amitabh, the man became a force to be reckoned with. I can go through the list of roles Pran put his stamp on, but my efforts in attempting to explain his genius would be futile. Pran made the bad guy in Bollywood cinema a lovable and classy entity. Inspiring hundreds of future Bollywood actors and thousands across the globe.

Its funny to note that the title of this book ...and Pran - came about because of a fan who actually thought Pran's first name was "And." The fan got this idea because in all of his movies, Pran was always billed at the end of the rest of the cast as "And Pran."

I chose to write about this book because I thought it would give insight on an individual who represents a lot of us. We all have the desire to reach for things we want, but face barriers in our attempts. In Pran, we find that he overcame quite a lot to actually break those barriers down, and with a bit of luck on his side, stood atop the mountain of his dreams. There is indeed a little bit of Pran in all of us.

Mini Biography

Pran was born on February 12, 1920 in Delhi. He was educated at different places namely Meerut, Dehradun and Rampur. His father Lala Kewal Krishnan Sikand was a Government Civil Contractor.

He got married in 1945. He has two sons and a daughter. He started his film career with the movie Yamla Jat (1941). He starred as villain in most of the movies in his career. Upkar (1967) directed by Manoj Kumar gave him the chance to act as supporting actor and from then he starred in movies as a father, or friend of lead actors.

PREM CHOPRA........

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One of the icons of the Hindi Cinema world, Prem was the third of six children born to Ranbirlal and Rooprani Chopra in Lahore. After the partition the family moved to Simla where he along with his four brothers and one sister did their education.He graduated from the Punjab University however the actor in him had already begun to surface.

He had been participating on stage since his college days. His talent got recognition even then and he was adjudged the best actor in some of the plays.
This encouraged him to spread his wings and try his luck in the Bombay Film Industry. However to get into films was no easy task. Struggle was the name of the game.

So in order to survive the fast life of Bombay he took up a job with the Times of India while trying to gain his foothold in the Hindi Film Industry.During his stint with the Times of India he worked in Punjabi films like Chaudhary Karnail Singh, Sapni and Hindi films such as Woh Kaun Thi, Shaheed, Main Shadi Karne Chala, Teesri Manzil.

While doing Upkaar, he gave up his job to concentrate solely on acting. He made his presence strongly felt, but as a 'bad man'. And he became an artist that the audience loved to hate. In his life outside films he gained the respect of one and all and became someone people loved to love. The name Prem Chopra is familiar to every Indian ear both within the country and abroad.

Letters with just his name on the envelope and no address reached safe and sound to his spacious house in Bombay. It has been ages since in real life he has felt the need to say "Prem Naam hai mera .....Prem Chopra." The celebrated face speak volumes.
Today he has completed nearly 400 films all in a span of 35 years and continues working with fervor and zest.Awards have loved to belong to this gifted actor. He has been awarded by Film Fare, Lions, Punjabi Kala Sangam amongst many others for his powerful performances.

He has created magic with live audiences while participating in stage shows all over the U.A.E. , Britain, America, Holland, Fiji Islands, Singapore....
This 'villain' has a tender streak in him that those close to him are aware of he has raised funds for many noble causes such as building hospitals, schools, temples, for cine artists and for the needy.If Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have competition it is with the Villainous screen image of Prem Chopra as compared to his humane real life Persona.

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVfaPFiIKQ

A son, husband, father and friend commanding much respect Prem Chopra in every way is a family man worth emulating.

He married Uma in 1969 and the blessed union of the duo turned stronger as they parented three beautiful daughters Rakita, Punita and Prerana. The 3 girls share a unique bond with their enigmatic father and if the feared screen baddie is bullied, it is by his daughters.
They call him the 'baby' of the house as he is the first one to go to sleep at night. The newest role that the actor is currently essaying is that of a grandfather as his daughters Punita and Prerana are blessed with a daughter each Sanchi and Khyana. A role which as usual he is playing to perfection.

Contrary to his screen image, the multi-faceted Prem Chopra whose biggest asset is his sincerity lives his life in congruence with name his parents had thoughtfully bestowed on him....P-R-E-M

ANUPAM KHER.........

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Anupam Kher , born March 7, 1955, is an actor in Hindi films in India. He has acted in nearly 200 Bollywood films, and several English films.

He made his acting debut in the 1982 Hindi movie "Aagman". Then in 1984 came "Saaransh", where he played a late-age retired person having lost his son and never looked back since then. He hosted TV shows such as "Say Na Something To Anupam Uncle" and "Sawaal Dus Crore Ka".

He has mainly done comic roles but has done many villain roles for which he got critical acclaim such as "Karma" (1986) where he played terrorist Dr. Dang. He was applauded for his performance in the film "Daddy"(1989). Considered one of his best performances, he received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Kher is a frequent winner in the Comedian category.

He ventured into directing with "Om Jai Jagadish" (2003) and is also a producer. He produced and starred in the film "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara"(2005). He received the Best Actor Award from the Karachi International Film Festival for his performance in the film.

Kher is known internationally with the films "Bend It Like Beckham"(2002), "Bride and Prejudice"(2004), his appearance on the hit TV show ER and most recently with "The Mistress of Spices"(2006).

He also served as the chairman of the Indian Film Censor Board until recently, when he was replaced by Sharmila Tagore. He is an alumnus of National School of Drama (1978 batch) and later became its director, between 2001 and 2004.

He is married to actress Kiron Kher and has one son, Sikander Kher, who is an actor. His brother Raju Kher is also an actor who appeared in his directorial debut "Om Jai Jagadish" and "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara".

Career

Kher made his acting debut in the 1982 Hindi movie Aagman. Then in 1984 came Saaransh, where he played a late-age retired person having lost his son and never looked back since then. He hosted TV shows such as Say Na Something To Anupam Uncle and Sawaal Dus Crore Ka. He has mainly done comic roles but has done many villain roles for which he got critical acclaim such as Karma (1986) where he played terrorist Dr. Dang.

He was applauded for his performance in the film Daddy (1989). Considered one of his best performances, he received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Kher is a frequent winner in the Comedian category.

He ventured into directing with Om Jai Jagadish (2003) and is also a producer. He produced and starred in the film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005). He received the Best Actor Award from the Karachi International Film Festival for his performance in the film.

Kher is known internationally with the films Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Bride and Prejudice (2004), his appearance on the hit TV show ER and most recently with The Mistress of Spices (2006).

He also starred in the 2005 Punjabi film Yaaran Naal Bahaaran.

He also served as the chairman of the Indian Film Censor Board until recently, when he was replaced by Sharmila Tagore. He is an alumnus of National School of Drama (1978 batch) and later became its director, between 2001 and 2004.

In 2007, Anupam Kher, with his batchmate of NSD, Satish Kaushik [2], started a new film production company, 'Karol Bagh Productions', and their first film, Tere Sang, is being directed by Satish Kaushik [3].

"I have never judged life. If I had, I would have been a complete mess..."
Perhaps it is this attitude that explains the steady evolvement of Anupam Kher, both as a person and as an actor over his nineteen years in the Indian film industry. Moving from very humble beginnings to acquire a gold medal at the National School of Drama, Anupam Kher started his career through the expression that mattered most to him - Theatre. He has always made time for the stage, having acted in more than a hundred plays including "Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai", which is currently being staged successfully all over the world.

However, there is no denying that Anupam Kher is a talent mainly associated with the silver screen. With three hundred films to his credit, some of which are irreplaceable in their performance and value, Anupam Kher has made an indelible impression in the minds of his audience as one of India 's finest actors. With Gurinder Chaddha's ' Bend it like Beckham' he has now forayed into the international arena with challenging projects at hand.

A man of many ambitions, 1994 saw the launch of his own entertainment company to provide the highest quality of cinema and television entertainment, and has produced some very popular and unusual programmes in the last ten years. He took an important step further by producing his first film 'Bariwali' that went on to receive rave reviews in the international press with invitations to ten international film festivals.The film was felicitated with the NETPAC Award for being the most outstanding Asian Film at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Best Feature Film Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Dipped in films, theatre and television, Anupam Kher's brush strokes give us a resplendent canvas that bears the weight of the Padmashree Award, bestowed upon him by the Govt. of India, and innumerable personal awards too. Not only has he to his credit the Special National Jury Award and the Actor of the Decade Award

KADER KHAN........

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Kader Khan is an Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer, producer and director. He has acted in over 100 Indian films in the Hindi language, and has written dialogue for over 1,000 Indian films, from the 1970s up to the turn of the 21st century.

Kader Khan (born circa 1937 in Pishin, now Pakistan) is an Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer.

Kader Khan is an Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer, producer and director. He has acted in over 150 Indian films in the Hindi & Urdu languages, and has written dialogue for over 1,000 Indian films, from the 1970s up to the turn of the 21st century.

He is most popularly recognized for working with comedian actor Govinda in comedic films by director David Dhawan. He has also worked side by side with other comedic legends like Shakti Kapoor and Asrani. He had taken many parts in films like Side Actor, Main Villain, Side Villain, Guest Actor, Comedian and many more. He lives in Mumbai, the home of the Indian film industry. Kader Khan is an ethnic Pashtun from present-day Quetta, Pakistan region.Some of his recent roles include Family:Ties of Blood and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi.

Kader Khan's childhood was spent in a dreaded area like the Kamathipura of Mumbai. He was brought up in a clutter of prostitutes, pimps, pickpockets and gangsters. He could have become one of them but he opted for films which was a wise decision to be taken.

Born of Pathan parents, Kader Khan found solace in graveyards during his entire childhood. This inspired him to write and there was also a desire to act. To fulfil all his dreams, he completed his studies and joined filmdom. But beneath everything there was a strong influence of a Muslim priest that his father was.

Once in the industry, he was able to take out all his bitterness that he had gone through. Kader Khan's writing career began with 'Jawani Deewani' but he has written dialogues for almost all Amitabh Bachchan films like 'Laawaris', 'Muqadar Ka Sikander', 'Amar Akbar Anthony', 'Sharabi' and many more where he could lash out some of the anti-elements of the society.

His acting career started with 'Khoon Pasina' and so far he has done as many as 300 movies. He has done a wide variety of roles and with 'Himmatwala' he even tried comedy. But Kader Khan must be dead tired with all his roles as Govinda's father in almost all his films. He has done most number of films with character actress Aruna Irani.

GULSHAN GROVER.........

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Gulshan Grover Biography

Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian actor.

Born and brought up in Delhi, Grover has been more bad than good when its come to his career. He began his acting career with the feature film Rocky (starring Sanjay Dutt) and has since acted in over 300 films. Spanning over a decade, his work includes some of the biggest national hits of all times and his awards span the most prestigious accolades in India.

He was graduated from Delhi unversity.He always planned to do something which can make him popular.So he was not concern to be an actor of lead role but he was wowed to be popular so what came first for him he accepted. He is famous for his role as a villain in many movies. He has also starred in some Hollywood movies.

But for a handful of sensitive performances, like Avataar, Sohni Mahiwal, Ram Lakhan and the likes, he swayed with the trends in Bollywood and resorted to hideous make-ups and voice contortions to play a spate of ‘baddie’ roles.

The choice to be bad has been a natural one, but it hasn't been for lack of trying. Grover's reportoire extends from playing the good guy roles like the one he essayed in Nagesh Kukunoor's Teen Deewarein, where he plays the reformist-jailor, to being the worst man in the vicinity - a role like Chattan Singh in Soumitra Ranade's Janjantram, Mamamtram. Incidentally, few know that Grover also lent his voice to a song in the film!

But there was a period where villains almost became an endangered species in Bollywood, and Gulshan Grover flew to the West and did a sequel to Disney's The Jungle Book. He soon became a ‘likeable’ villain and his reputation reached unprecedented heights. He also scored a professional coup by becoming the first and only Bollywood star to be tapped by a Washington-based company to appear in television commercials for its international long-distance dialing number.

He has worked in 5 foreign films, including the Tibetan We’re No Monks and the Italian Les, Mystères de Sadjurah where he played the main villain as a rebel chief.

He was the celebrity guest of the Grand Prix of Italy held at Monza on September 10th 2006.

Gulshan will be one of the characters in a comic book 'Nephilim' to be published by Los Angeles-based Marsh Hawk Productions. The comic book is created and directed by Danny Wilson and produced by Susan Moses.'Nephilim' will be first published as a comic book and later turned into a full-fledged action film — a first for Grover in the sense that this is the first time an Indian actor has been chosen to be a character in a comic book. Grover plays the bad guy Azazel in the film and the comic character has been designed in keeping with Grover’s features in mind.

Grover has of late been involved in doing a good turn for aspiring actors by serving as an ambassador for the new Audition for Hollywood Website which provides actors the chance to display their talents to entertainment industry decision makers.

The most loved 'bad men' of the silver screen; one of Gulshan Grover ?s earliest film Sadma, told the visually haunting story of a school teacher played by Kamal Hassan and an amnesiac girl (Sridevi). But for a handful of sensitive performances, like Avataar, Sohni Mahiwal, Ram Lakhan and the likes, he swayed with the trends in Bollywood and resorted to hideous make-ups and voice contortions to play a spate of ?baddie? roles. But there was a period where villains almost became an endangered species in Bollywood, and Gulshan Grover flew to the West and did a sequel to Disney's The Jungle Book.

He soon became a ?likeable? villain and his reputation reached unprecedented heights. He also scored a professional coup by becoming the first and only Bollywood star to be tapped by a Washington-based company to appear in television commercials for its international long-distance dialing number. He has worked in 5 foreign films, including the Tibetan We?re No Monks and the Italian Les, Mystè²¥s de Sadjurah where he played the main villain as a rebel chief. Worked with almost all the top directors of the country, Gulshan Grover?s recent movies include Rajkumar Santoshi 's Lajja , Umesh Mehra's Yeh Mohabbat Hai , Kundan Shah 's Kasam Se Prakash Jha 's Rahul , 1947 Earth, 16th December, Jism , Paap , Subhash Chandra Bose and Dus .

His forthcoming movies include My Bollywood Bride , Aryan , Family , Tom, Dick and Harry and The Fall.

FIROZ KHAN

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Feroz Khan , born September 25, 1939, sometimes spelled as Firoz Khan or Feroze Khan is one of Bollywood's famous actors, film editor, producer and director. He is the father of the young and popular actor Fardeen Khan.

Feroz Khan was born in Bangalore, India to an Afghan father, Sadiq Khan (Naib Khel) and an Iranian mother, Fatima. He belongs to the Pashtun ethnic group. He has three brothers named Sanjay Khan actor, Sameer Khan actor and film maker Akbar Khan. After his schooling from Bangalore, he arrived in Bombay where he made his debut as second lead in "Didi" (1960).

For the next five years he was forced to play the second lead in most of the movies. Through the early 1960s he made low-budget thrillers opposite starlets. He also appeared in an English-language film "Tarzan Goes to India" in 1962 opposite Simi Garewal.

His first big hit was in 1965 with the release of "Oonche Log". It was his first major hit, but failed to attain the success he had hoped. Again, in the same year, he played a sacrificing lover in the mushy musical "Arzoo". With this, Khan earned his entry into A-list second leads. With the film "Aadmi Aur Insaan" (1969), Khan won his first Filmfare award for Best Actor in Supporting Role. In 1971 he appeared alongside his real-life brother Sanjay Khan in the hit film "Mela".

But leading roles were still beyond the actor's reach. He turned producer and director so as to improve his career opportunities as a leading man. He produced, directed and starred in the 1975 film "Dharmatma" which was the first Indian film to shoot in Afghanistan and was also his first blockbuster hit as producer, director and star. This was an Indian inspiration from the Hollywood film "The Godfather". In 1976 he was one of the many actors to appear in the cult classic horror film "Nagin" which also had his brother Sanjay in one of the leading roles.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he was the top Bollywood star in films and often directed and starred in many of his films. The movie "Qurbani" (1980) was the biggest hit of his career and also launched the singing career of Nazia Hassan. In 1988 he directed and starred in "Dayavan" which was a remake of a South Indian film "Nayagan" which starred Kamal Hassan.

After he directed and starred in "Yalgaar" (1992), he took a long break from acting for 11 years and took to producing, directing and even editing a few films. He launched his son Fardeen Khan's career with the 1998 film "Prem Aggan" which was however a box office failure. He made a comeback to acting with his most recently produced and directed film "Janasheen" (2003) which also starred his son Fardeen and had Feroz make his first film appearance in 11 years. He starred with his son again in "Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena" (2005) which was not however directed by him.

In 1965, he married Sundari. They had two children together, Laila and Fardeen Khan (b. 1974). In 1985, after 20 years of marriage, he divorced his wife. His son recently married Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of his occasional on-screen lover Mumtaz. His daughter Laila is married to Indian tennis player Rohit Rajpal.

He is also alleged to be close to the Mumbai Underworld as he was known to Dawood Ibrahim, an infamous underworld don and the most wanted criminal of India and also on the CIA list.

His name was mentioned recently during the Bombay Blast Conspiracy Trials , where a famous actor, Sanjay Dutt, son of Congress MP, Sunil Dutt, was imprisoned for six years in an illegal arms case. In the early 90s, Feroz Khan had introduced Sanjay Dutt to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai which had other equally notorious criminals like Chhota Rajan, Iqbal Mirchi and Sharad Shetty.

Feroze Khan also faced a lot of difficulties on family front when his son, Fardeen Khan was arrested for carrying and abusing drugs. His son has been on rehabilitation in the past several times.
Mini Biography

Firoz was born in Bangalore on September 25, 1939 to a Pathan father, Sadiq, and an Iranian mother, Fatima. He has three brothers, Abbas alias Sanjay, Akbar, and Sameer. Both Sanjay and Akbar are actors within their own rights, while Sameer is a film-maker and assists in their Golden Palms Spa located in Bangalore.

He made his entry on the silver screen in 1960 after his return from a Bangalore-based English medium school. His career initially started as a hero in 'Didi', then he signed up for villain roles, and then made a comeback as a hero again.

His noteworthy movies are Oonche Log, Main Wohi Hoon, Aag, Mela, Upasna, Aprsdh. He became even more popular after the release of Dharmatma, Qurbani, Jaanbaaz, & Dayavan. he got an award for his role in Aadmi Aur Insaan.

He likes sports-car races and has included this sport in Apradh and then again in Janasheen. He prefers his character name to be either Rajesh or Rakesh. He is a worshipper of Bhagwan Shri Sai Baba and always wears a gold ring on his finger and has a picture close to him. Sai Baba is revered and worshiped by Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, and Hindus in India.

He got married to Sundari in 1965 and they became proud parents of Laila and Fardeen. Despite objections raised by an Islamic Moulvi, Feroz and Sanjay got their children married to non-Islamic families. Laila was married to Rajpal, while Fardeen married Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of Mayur and former Bollywood hottie Mumtaz. Sundari and Feroz have been divorced since 1985.

Feroz has kept away from controversies, though he did get himself banned by the conservative Pakistani government.

Apart from acting this talented artiste has also edited, produced, written, & directed movies. His latest 'Kurbani' is currently under production.

SHAKTI KAPOOR.........

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Biography

Shakti Kapoor (born 1958 in India) is a famous Bollywood comic actor. Since the start of his career, he has acted in more than 300 films. Often nominated for the Filmfare Award in the Best Comedian category, Kapoor won the award in 1994 for the role of Nandu in David Dhawan's film, Raja Babu.

Shakti Kapoor is currently blacklisted because of his involvement and comments in the casting couch scandal

Mini Biography

Shakti Kapoor is one of the most comic actors to grace the Bollywood screen. Since the start of his career he has done more than 300 films.

He had been often nominated for the Filmfare Award in the most comic performance category. His on-screen pairing with another comic actor Kader Khan as the latter's son has often led to laughable comedies.

When the Mumbai film industry competed with its American counterpart in serving the audience the 'show must go on' formula of 'sex and violence' this actor became one of the most recognized faces of the hodge-podge filmdom.

His very notable performances include Nandu of the David Dhawan masterpiece Raja Babu.

He is a very versatile actor. He looks equally convincing as a villain and a comedian. He has several films to his credit where in has done justice to the roles given to him.

Shakti Kapoor's introductory film was "Kahani Kismet Ki" (1973) starring Dharmendra and Rekha. He did not get any recognition from this and led an anonymous career till "Qurbani" happened.

This Firoz Khan produced film had made him a rising villain and in the films that followed, he honed his acting skills all the more. There came many more films like 'Sargam', "Naseeb", "Rocky", "Giraftaar", "Sultanate", "Tohfaa" and the likes which made him a full-fledged villain. But this great actor kept experimenting with films like "Satte Pe Satta" and there came a day when he was hooked to comedy.

Some of Shakti Kapoor's movies as a comedian are "Rajababu", "Coolie No.1", "Bol Radha Bol" and "Judwaa". He has now become a regular comedian in all David Dhawan movies and makes a good pair with Govinda.

ASHMIT PATEL........

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Biography

Ashmit patel, brother of Amisha Patel is new face in bollywood with full of confidence and talent.

His debut film is Mahesh Bhatt's Inteha in 2003 opposite Nauheed Cyrusi. In this movie he had played a negative role. Songs of this movie were hit.

His second released was Murder opposite Mallika Sherawat. Story about a couple, where the wife was physically unsatisfied from his husband.

Ashmit Patel (born January 01, 1978 in Mumbai, India is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood movies.

Ashmit Patel is the son of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, younger brother of Amisha Patel and the grandson of the famous Indian lawyer Rajni Patel. Ashmit's name is derived from his parent's name (Asha+Amit=Ash+mit). He worked in his father's business for a while, before he decided to take a step and act in films like his sister Amisha.

Before that he was studying in the United States at the University of Texas at Austin where he received a bachelors degree in 2000.

His sister is Amisha Patel. He used to date Tanya Singh, Amrita Arora and Riya Sen. He faced controversies around an intimate MMS clip with actress Riya Sen.

His debut film is Mahesh Bhatt's Inteha in 2003 opposite Nauheed Cyrusi. In this movie he had played a negative role. Songs of this movie were hit.

Ashmit Patel, touted to be the next upcoming bollywood star, started his career by assisting Vikram Bhat as an assistant director in films like 'Aap Mujhe Acche Lagne Lage', Awara Paagal Deewana', 'Raaz' and 'Foothpath'. This helped him to get him know the process of film-making in a very intimate manner. Coming from a business oriented family, took his education geared towards business. He did a short acting course from Roshan Taneja which made him realize his acting potential.

Ashmit patel, brother of Amisha Patel is new face in bollywood with full of confidence and talent.

His debut film is Mahesh Bhatt's Inteha in 2003 opposite Nauheed Cyrusi. In this movie he had played a negative role. Songs of this movie were hit.

His second released was Murder opposite Mallika Sherawat. Story about a couple, where the wife was physically unsatisfied from his husband.

UPEN PATEL.......

2008-09-20T08:41:00.000-07:00

Biography

Upen Patel (born August, 16, 1980 in London, England is a model and actor in Bollywood.Upen Patel was born and brought up in London, England and then became a model.

He has modelled for brands such as Hugo Boss, Paul Smith and Zegna.He got noticed in Bollywood in 2006 when he made his debut in the film 36 China Town which was a big success at the box office. He has since decided to try his luck in the Bollywood film industry. He is learning to speak Hindi fluently.

He previously dated Bollywood actress Amrita Arora and is now dating Shamita Singha, who is a model and a VJ on B4U.

Biography:

Upen an Indian male-model was born in India but brought up in United Kingdom. Immediately, after graduating in Media Studies from West Herts College in UK, he was sighted by a photographer in Britain after which he was offered his first modelling assignment. He modeled for brands such as Hugo Boss, Paul Smith and Zegna. After coming to Mumbai (India) he walked the ramp for the first time in the india-fashion week and currently is a global name on the fashion front

As he continued to rock on the fashion ramp, it was his first remix video Sun Sahiba Sun which got him his first step towards Bollywood following with another music video having classic Bollywood song Kya Khoob Lagti Ho featuring Udita Goswami. Finally in 2006 he made his Bollywood debut in the murder mystery film 36 China Town, where he played a casanova type character who is suspected of murder. Since then he has done very few movies as he is in no hurry and is waiting patiently for the right offer.

Favorites:
Designer: Wendell Rodricks, Vikram Phadnis.
Cuisine: Chicken dishes

Endorsements: Westside

Mini Biography

Upen Patel, born on August 16, 1980 in the UK, is an Indian male model.

Upen has made it big in the world of fashion. He has modeled for brands such as Hugo Boss, Paul Smith and Zegna and today is a global name on the fashion front. Currently, he has bagged some big campaigns with names like Wendell Rodricks, Vikram Phadnis (with Salman Khan) and Westside (with Yuvraj Singh).

Along with his family, he migrated to the UK from Uganda 23 years back where he began getting modeling offers immediately after graduating in Media Studies from West Herts College. Having shot Sun Sahiba Sun, his first remix video, Upen Patel believes he has taken his first step towards Bollywood.

Now in Mumbai, this hunk has been sent many filmi feelers from directors such as Mukesh Bhatt and Tanuja Chandra.

But Upen is in no hurry. He waits patiently for the right offer to come his way. So, for any filmmaker who is on the lookout for a fresh face with the right attitude, you know where to look.

Upen Patel is one of the most eligible bachelors walking the ramp currently

28-years-old Upen Patel is a much sought after model.

A Britain-born Indian, Upen Patel has modelled for brands such as Hugo Boss, Paul Smith and Zegna. Upen Patel is a global name on the fashion front.

Currently Upen Patel has bagged some big campaigns with names like Wendell Rodricks, Vikram Phadnis and Westside (he teams with Yuvraj Singh). Upen Patel, along with his family, migrated to the UK from Uganda 23 years back where he began getting modelling offers immediately after graduating in Media Studies from West Herts College.

Having shot Sun Sahiba Sun, his first remix video, Upen Patel believes he has taken his first step towards Bollywood. All Upen Patel's waiting for now is the right offer, preferably, an action thriller.

KUNAL KHEMU........

2008-09-20T08:30:00.000-07:00

Biography:

Kunal is the son for actors Ravi and Jyoti Khemu. He studied in Narsee Monjee College in Mumbai and is currently single. He spent his childhood in Mira Road, which is a suburb in Mumbai. He was good at both studies and sports. Kunal Khemu started his career as a child actor in the television serial Gul Gulshan Gulfam in 1987.

He then acted in films like Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, Raja Hindustani and Zakhm (1998). Kunal was praised by both the critics and the audience for his role in Zakhm. He made his adult debut in the film Kalyug as the hero of the filmfor which he was both critically and commercially successful. Traffic Signal and Dhol were not as successful, although Superstar was not a big hit, his acting was still critically acclaimed.

Girls swoon when he’s around. Guys get jealous. His acting skills are appreciated by critics and the people. But then that’s expected when you have been acting since you were a kid. That’s Kunal Khemu, the latest Bollywood actor to steal the hearts of millions of Indians with this acting skills, cute smile and long hair.

Born in 1983 in Srinagar, Kunal moved to Mumbai when he was very young. He had a penchant for acting even when he was a kid. His parents are actors Ravi and Jyoti Khemu.
Kunal debuted on television as a child actor in the critically acclaimed Gul Gulshan Gulfam in 1987.

After that starred in bollywood films like Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, Raja Hindustani and Zakhm. His roles in all these movies were widely praised. He left a deep mark on everyone as a young Mahesh Bhatt in Zakhm.

After that he disappeared from the horizons of the hindi movie industry only to appear in 2005 as the lead character in Kalyug. Kalyug was a critical and commercial hit. Its music became popular and Kunal Khemu left an indelible impression on his fans with his fresh face and acting prowess.

After Kalyug he was signed up for the movie Traffic Signal directed by one of Bollywood’s biggest directors Madhur Bhandarkar. Traffic Signal is slated for release in Feb 2007. He is also the lead character in director Priyadarshan’s Dhol which is in pre production as of Jan 2007.
Kunal Khemu (Born in 25 May 1983 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.

Kunal Khemu started his career as a child actor appearing in the television serial "Gul Gulshan Gulfam" in 1987.

Later on, he went on to appear as a child actor in films such as "Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke" (1993)," Raja Hindustani"(1995) and "Zakhm" (1998). He received great praises by the audience and critics for his role in "Zakhm".

He made his debut as a leading man in the 2005 film "Kalyug" which was both critically and commercially successful. His next release was Madhur Bhandarkar's "Traffic Signal" (2007) which fared well with the audiences and critics.His latest release was "Dhol".

Kunal Khemu was born on 25 May 1983 in Srinagar to actors Ravi Khemu and Jyoti Khemu. His parents are Hindus (Kashmiri Pandits). He studied in Mumbai’s Narsee Monjee College.

Kunal Khemu started his career as a child actor appearing in the television serial Gul Gulshan Gulfam in 1987.

Later on, he went on to appear as a child actor in films such as Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke (1993) Raja Hindustani (1995) and Zakhm (1998). He received great praises by the audience and critics for his role in Zakhm.

He made his debut as a leading man in the 2005 film Kalyug which was both critically and commercially successful. The music of Kalyug fared extremely well. Songs such as "Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye" sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and "Adaat" sung by Atif Aslam were one of the biggest hits of the year 2005 and are still running today. He is the protagonist of the film traffic signal released on 2 February 2007. He has also signed a film with Priyadarshan named Dhol.

Khemu's parents are actors Ravi Khemu and Jyoti Khemu. His parents are Hindus (Kashmiri Pandits). He studied in Mumbai's Narsee Monjee College and is currently single.

Kunal Khemu is all set to star in an English Movie "When Harry Tried to Marry" (English Bollywood movie!). The director of the movie Nayan Pandrai was very keen to cast Kunal so he didn't let the chance go by when Kunal was in New York on vacation where Nayan Pandrai is based. Nayan Pandrai is also the writer and producer for the Movie.Other cast members for the movie are yet to be finalized. The movie is about a young man who goes to the US for studies and falls in love. The movie depicts his trials and tribulations in a humourous way. Kunal Khemu liked the script so much that he didn't waste any time and signed it immediately.

KUNAL KAPOOR.....

2008-09-20T08:17:00.000-07:00

Biography:

Kunal started his career in bollywood as an assistant director to Rakesh Mehra in "Aks". However the call to be in front of a camera hac more of an effect on Kunal and he made his debut with Meenaxi: The tale of three cities" , which not only won him critical acclaim but also helped him establish his own footing and pace in the industry. Kunal has done a number of plays and has worked with Naseeruddin Shah's theatre group. He created a niche in the industry with Rang De Basanti which was a commercial success and went on to become the Official film sent by India to the Oscars.

Kunal Kapoor (born 18 October 1975) is an Indian actor.

Kunal's tryst with cinema began as a assistant director to Rakesh Mehra in "Aks". But the call for acting proved far stronger and Kunal found himself moving on. Making a most unconventional debut with "Meenaxi:The tale of three cities" , the critically acclaimed actor took things at his own pace thereafter. The film did not do well at the box office.

He has done a number of plays and has worked with Motley, a theatre group by Naseeruddin Shah.

He came into prominence with his following film Rang De Basanti (2006). The film was critically and commercially successful, and it was India's official entry to the Oscars and the Bafta's. His performance was acclaimed and he received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award nomination.

He has also done a couple of ads. A film-buff, Kunal loves everything that goes into the making of a film- editing, cinematography, production design and all the other technicalities. He has recently decided to try out scriptwriting. His recent release was "Hatrick". He is starring in two films by Yash Raj Films:" Laaga Chunari Mein Daag" and "Aaja Nachle" (2007) and Ramesh Sippy's untitled film.

Recently he appeared in a celebrity talk show called "Koffee with Karan". He is the brand ambassador of Indian Terrain and Thums Up (India).

Kunal Kapoor was born on 17 October 1975, in a family, which was into construction business. He did his schooling in Mumbai and opted in the pre university college. Later he did his graduation in commerce and then a course in export management.

Kunal never dreamt to be an actor, rather he is not a person who makes plans, but loves to venture on any thing that excites him that moment. For instance, as a child he wanted to be an architect but by the time he had reached his twelfth he gave it up and made an entry into a Construction Company.

He even dabbled into stock market, export firm and textile unit. He spent 5-6 years of his life after college trying 30 different professions, where he was pampered and served everything in a platter. Indeed he was not a person with focus or dream, but yes his fortune of fame had not yet called him to mount the peak of glamour world.

Kunal ventured into ad films after trying all his interests. He did a couple of ads with Rakesh Mehra who was searching a man with a beard for his ad. He did a screen shot and his first ad was shot on Coke. After experiencing the energy and the charm on the set Kunal started chasing Rakesh Mehra for some work on the set. He assisted him in Aks as the assistant director in 2001. During the course of the movie he often initiated for any background acting. So, his first debut in the field of acting in films was on the background of Aks.

During the making of Aks Kunal and Manoj Bajpai became friends and the latter asked Kunal to meet Barry John if he aimed to be an actor. So the dreamer finally decided to destine in the world of acting and moved to Delhi to learn acting skills. He did theater with Barry John for couple of years.

After his return from the world of theatre Kunal got a call from the world acclaimed painter M.F Hussein for the audition of his movie 'Meenakshi' (in 2004). He was selected and casted against Tabu in the lead role. Though many did not notice the movie, it did make a good start.

In 2006 after the release of Rang De Basanti, the lanky hero made everybody swoon to his acting skills and looks. Though he is personified as a sweet and soft-spoken painter in the movie, many women acclaimed him as a sex symbol. In 2007 he has three films on his list, Hat Trick, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Aaja Naachley. Besides acting he loves everything that goes with the making of the film, like editing, cinematography, production design and all the other technicalities.

ARSAD WARSI........

2008-09-20T08:06:00.000-07:00

Arshad Warsi's debut film was Tere Mere Sapne. It was a big hit. After that he had done many movies Betaabi, hogi Pyar ki Jeet, Hero Hindustani and Mujhe meri Biwi Se Bachaao etc but never come out as a big star. He had never come as a solo hero till now. His two latest released are Munnabhai MBBS with Sanjay Dutt. In this movie he had played a comic character and Waisa Bhi Hota Hai directed by Shasanka Ghosh is being dubbed in english and the portion in the film in which Arshad gives a speech in english will be dubbed in 'Italian'.

Arshad is also doing 'Karishma' a serial for 'Sahara TV'. He is doing this because he feel that this serial is being made in movie format. Even the actor in it, are movie actors. He had received many offers beside Karishma on TV.

He has also offered a English film in which the option is given to him to choice to play Hero or Villian role. He don't want to stuck in any one image. Arshad has not signed a single film after Munnabhai MBBS he feels that numbers of producer are not important but tht quality of producer is important. The only film he has consented to grace with his presence is Kabul Express to be directed by first timer Kabir Khan.

Mini Biography

Arshad Warsi debuted with the Amitabh Bachchan's first production film "Tere Mere Sapne" along with Chandracur Singh. "Tere Mere Sapne" did average business at box office and several offers followed. Arshad did a number of films after "Tere Mere Sapne" but most of them bombed at the box office. Then came "Munnabhai M. B. B. S.", which proved to be a mile stone in his career and made him famous as circuit.

Since then he has worked in several successful films such as "Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya", "Salaam Namaste", "Golmaal" and "Lage Raho Munnabhai"- the sequel to Munnabhai M.B.B.S... Arsad Warsi went on to win Filmfare Best Comedian Award for his performance in the film "Lage Raho Munnabhai".

Arshad Waarsi has made a mark for himself on the small screen as well. He hosted a popular award show 'Sabse Favourite Kaun' for Star Gold channel. He was also the host of 'Bigg Boss' the Indian version of the British reality TV series Big Brother on Sony Entertainment Television.

Filmography

Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, Dhamaal, Kabul Express , Lage Raho Munnabhai, Golmaal, Salaam Namaste, Sehar, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye, Hulchul, Munnabhai M.B.B.S. , Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao, Betaabi and Tere Mere Sapne.

Arshad Warsi (born April 19, 1968) is an Indian actor. He is married to actress Maria Goretti. Married on February 14, 1999. They have a son born August 10, 2004.
He made his acting debut with the film Tere Mere Sapne alongside Chandrachur Singh in 1996 which failed at the box-office. He then worked on a handful of films over the years without any major success. He did not break into the limelight, however, until his portrayal of "Circuit" in the popular 2003 Bollywood film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. with Sanjay Dutt.

He won a Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Comic Role for his performance in Munnabhai M.B.B.S.

To prove his worth as an actor he acted in the critically acclaimed Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part 2, where his acting was also greatly acclaimed.After that he worked in a string of successful films, such as, Hulchul (2004), Salaam Namaste (2005), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005) and Golmaal (2006). He reprised his role of Circuit in Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) which has become a big smash hit, and has been popularly labeled a 'modern day classic'.

Arshad has done a number of projects on the small screen. He hosted a popular award show Sabsey Favourite Kaun on Star Gold for three years. He is currently hosting Filmy Stock Exchange on Sahara one's Filmy channel. He did a guest appearance in Star One's popular teen show Remix, where he appeared as himself to promote his movie Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye.He is also hosting a show on Sony TV, Bigg Boss - Big Brother India.

Big Boss has become a huge hit in India making Arshad a huge star.
Arshad married Maria Goretti on February 14, 1999. They have a son named Zeke Warsi, born on August 10, 2004. Both Maria and Zeke had a blink and miss appearance in Salaam Namaste, starring Warsi as well as Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta. The film was a hit.

ANIL KAPOOR.........

2008-09-20T07:55:00.000-07:00

Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1959, Mumbai, India) is an Indian Bollywood actor and producer.Standing 5à½?, he is a well established actor in the bollywood industry and is seen as a versatile and a hard working actor, who touched his peak, during the late 1980s

Anil has many film industry connections. His father, Surinder Kapoor, is a film producer. His elder brother, Boney Kapoor, is a successful producer whose banner is Narsimha Films.His younger brother Sanjay Kapoor is also a well known Bollywood actor though not as successful . He is the brother-in-law of the actress Sridevi with whom he has starred in many films.His sister Reena is married to Sandeep Marwah of the famous Marwah Films & Video Studios in Noida Film City. Anil's daughter, Sonam Kapoor, is starring in a film with Rishi Kapoor's son, Ranbir Kapoor.

Anil grew up in Chembur, Mumbai and went to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School.
He was the second child of his parents.He was a shy but happy go lucky kid during his childhood. His father, Surinder Kapoor was then the secretary to Shammi Kapoor and subsequently started producing films. His mother, Nirmal (Suchitra) was a house wife. His childhood was quite ordinary and spent in a Mumbai chawl at Tilak Nagar - Chembur.But he was always a bit of a dreamer and would play around all day bare-foot collecting empty cigarette packets and "Gold Spot" bottle caps, never coming home before night.

At the age of Seven,he got his first break.He played the young Shashi Kapoor in a film called "Tu Payal Main Geet". Bur unluckily, the film was never released, but right from then, he realised that this is what he wanted to do for the rest of my life.

During Ganesh Chaturthi, makeshift screens down the streets of Anil's residence would play 16mm prints of films like "Kohinoor" starring Dilip Kumar & Meena Kumari and "Insaan Jaag Utha" with Sunil Dutt & Madhubala. Anil watched these films and wanted to be an actor one day.The movie that really inspired him was Raj Kapoor's "Awara".He didn't want to become a Doctor or an Engineer like other chidren of his age.All he wanted was to be an actor like Raj Kapoor.

He joined the prestigious St.Xaviers College after school. There he made friends with Mazhar Khan, a fellow actor and a fellow dreamer.They started participating dramatics every year and soon he won the Best Actor Trophy at an inter-collegiate competition which fanned his ambition further. Interestingly enough, Shashi Kapoor was the chief guest at this function and he was the first professional actor to encourage Anil Kapoor. In the second year of college, Anil was expelled due to non attendance.

At this stage of life Anil decided to chase his dream seriously.He first tried to seek admission in the Pune Film Institute but failed in the written test. So was his friend Mazhar Khan.Then he enrolled in Roshan Taneja's acting classes. He did not bunk a single day. He would change 3 buses to reach the class and get home late at night absolutely tired but completely satisfied with the shape his life was taking.

To hone his talent further as an actor,he learnt singing and dancing. He read several biographies of luminaries like SOPHIA LOREN and LAURENCE OLIVIER. He worked as a assistant producer and casting director with his brother Boney in "Hum Paanch" and other home productions.

Anil made his Bollywood debut in the 1979 film "Hamare Tumhare" where he played a supporting role.M.S.Sathyu offered him "Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya" an offbeat but sensible film .After completing the film in Calcutta, Sawan Kumar Tak signed him for "Laila" opposite Poonam Dhillon.

But his big break cane with the 1983 Hindi film "Woh Saat Din". His brother Boney launched him in "Woh Saat Din" opposite Padmini Kolhapure, which took the film industry by surprise. The movie was not only critically acclaimed, it also garnered commercial success.Anil's performance as the lovelorn singer / music director was appreciated.He then appeared in a Telugu film "Vamsa Vriksham" and played a lead role in director Mani Ratnam's debut Kannada film "Pallavi Anu Pallavi".

Then came "Mashaal". A huge film directed by Yash Chopra, costarring Dilip Kumar - a childhood dream. Anil Kapoor won his first Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Mashaal.At the premiere of Mashaal Subhash Ghai congratulated Anil and signed him for "Meri Jung" and "Karma".It was the turning point in Anil Kapoor's life .Both the films "Meri Jung" (1985) and "Karma" (1986) proved to be major box office hits and established him as a star.

In 1987, he starred in "Mr. India" which was one of his biggest box office hits and shot him to superstar status.

In 1988 he starred in the hit film "Tezaab" and was rewarded with another Filmfare Best Actor Award. The following year he had two more hit films, "Ram Lakhan" and "Parinda". In 1991 he won critical praise for his performance as a middle aged man in the film "Lamhe" which was a box office failure but was a success overseas. In 1992, Anil starred in "Beta", for which he won a second Filmfare Best Actor Award award.

After a period of little box office success for the next few years, in 1997 he had three box office successes which were "Judaai", "Virasat" and "Deewana Mastana".In 1999 once again he had three consecutive box office hits, "Biwi No.1", "Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain" and "Taal".He won a National Best Actor Award for his role in the 2000 film "Pukar".

After another long period of box office flops between the years 2001 to 2004, he had his long-awaited hit with "No Entry" in 2005 which was one of the highest grossing films of the year.

Anil recently turned producer of the film "Gandhi, My Father" which focuses on the relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and his son Harilal Gandhi. The film released on August 3, 2007.

He has been known to stand by Shilpa Shetty through the allegations that her family has link with the Indian mafia.

Although successful as an actor mainly in the 1980s and 1990s, Anil has had a bad stint as a producer, when his latest film, "Gandhi my Father", though heavily appreciated by critics, failing to do well the box office. His earlier film as both producer and star "Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja" produced by the Kapoor family was also a huge disaster at the box office. Anil has been unlucky as a producer.

He married Sunita Kapoor in 1984; the couple have two daughters and a son.Both of them first `met' on the telephone. Anil got her number from a common friend .After talking with eachother over phone for a couple of months , they decided to meet.And Anil fell in love with her at first sight. Sunita was a top model, living in a posh apartment whereas Anil was just a struggler with an attitude and big dreams at that time.Inspite of all differences they fell in love with each other.Their relationship deepened and matured for over 5 years.

When Anil got "Mashaal" and "Meri Jung" he proposed to Sunita and they got married on the 19th of May 1984, in a very private ceremony attended only by his family and close friends.Sunita Kapoor was a leading print model when Anil married her.Sunita is a well known Jewellery Designer and was the first woman to launch a fitness club, IDEA that turned into runaway success. Despite her hectic schedule and multiple interest, Sunita's priority remains her home, husband and children. She is completely involved in Anil's work and is an active participant in all my projects.Anil Kapoor's best friend is his wife Sunita.

Anil Kapoor is a popular Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies. He was born on 24 December 1959 in Mumbai.

Biography

Anil has many film industry connections. His father, Surinder Kapoor, is a film producer. His brother, Boney Kapoor, is a producer, younger brother Sanjay Kapoor is also a well known Bollywood actor though not as successful. He is the brother-in-law of the actress Sridevi with whom he had starred in many films.

His sister Reena is married to Sandeep Marwah of the famous Marwah Films & Video Studios in Noida Film City.

Anil's daughter, Sonam Kapoor, is starring in a film with Rishi Kapoor's son, Ranbir Kapoor.

Anil Kapoor one of the top ten heroes of the Bollywood was born on 24 December 1959 Chembur Maharashtra India. His family somehow belongs to the 'KAPOOR' dynasty as Anil Kapoor's dad and Raj Kapoor's dad Prithviraj Kapoor are cousins in relation.

The debut film of Anil was Woh Saat Din. His films Andhar Baahar, Maashal and Shakti did pretty well at the box office as anil co-starred with Dilip Kumar, Jackie Shroff and Amitabh Bachchan respectively. Anil actually got a chance to prove his skill when 'Subhash Ghai', one of the Hollywood's pride, offered him Karma in which Anil's performance won the applause of the industry as well as in Ram Lakhan in which he could dance stunningly to the tunes.

Anil Kapoor enjoys the hi-fi stage as far as his filmi career is concerned but throughout he worked hard to achieve this place that he is now in and his Viraasat won him Videocon Screen Award in the best actor category in '97. And he got Critics Award for "Viraasat" in '97 from FILMFARE. Anil's Award Gallery includes 'Best Supporting Actor' for Maashal in '84, 'Best Actor' for Mr. India in '88, Tezaab in '89, Beta in '93 from Filmfare. He acheived National Award 2001 for his performance in Pukar (2000).

Anil Kapoor apart from his most successful profession that keeps him busy with sort of a tight schedule, is a family man. He got married to his dressdesigner Sunita who owns an integrated dance and exercise academy in Juhu. It's one of the best 'Aerobic Gyms' in bombay. Anil's got two daughters 'Sonam' and 'Rhea' and one son 'Harshavardhan'.

Anil's is looking forward this year 2004 for his four new release. Boney Kapoor's No Entry is a comedy with Salman Khan, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitely and Esha Deol. Then there's Boney's other film Bewafaa which is a dramatic love triangle with Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor.

He also lined up with Sanjay Gupta's Musafir which is a thriller. And Ram Gopal Verma's 2'O Clock Murder an offbeat thriller.

Mini Biography

Living in a Chawl in Tilak Nagar, Punjabi-speaking Anil was born in 1959 to Surinder and Nirmal aka Suchitra Kapoor. He has an elder brother, Boney, a sister, Reena, and a younger brother, Sanjay. His dad used to be Shammi Kapoor's Secretary.

A loner, without many friends, he studied in the nearby O.L.P.S. (Our Lady of Perpetual Succor) School, and was an ardent fan of Bollywood flicks that were telecast during the Ganesh Maha Ustav every year. He was a fan of Raj Kapoor, and it was this that influenced his acting, and people saw him as a mimic of the legendary showman. He landed a role as a child artiste with Shashi Kapoor in the lead, but the movie (Tu Payal Main Geet) was never released.

After school, he went to study in St. Xaviers College. He commuted by bus and train from Chembur to Bombay V.T., and the walked the rest of the way. It was here that he met Mazhar Khan. A distracted Anil was kicked out of College in the second year due to his lack of presence. His attempts to join the Pune Film Institute were in vain, as he failed in the written examination. He then decided to join Roshan Taneja's Acting school.

He first appeared on the silver screen in Hamhare Tumhare in a character role. His first lead role was in 'Woh 7 Din' and from thence on there has been no looking back. He has acted in close to a 100 movies, and has 5 in production. He has produced two movies (Gandhi My Father & Badhaai Ho Badhaai), as well as been a Casting Director/Outdoor In charge for 'Hum Paanch'.

Anil met wealthy and chic model, Sindhi-speaking Sunita Bhambhani, and married her in 1984. Since then they have given birth to 3 children, two daughters and a son. His eldest, Sonam, is ready to make her entry in Bollywood soon.

AJAY DEVGAN.......

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Ajay Devgan is one of the most sincere and intense actor of the Bollywood film industry. He was born on 2nd April to the famous action man Veeru Devgan. The moment his son was born Veeru Devgan knew that his son will be a famous actor one day. Ajay too left no stone unturned in proving his father right.

Ajay Devgan made his entry in the Bollywood with his blockbuster hit "Phool Aur kaante" where he dared to ride two motor cycles. The film that brought true success to Ajay was Mahesh Bhatt's 'Zakhm'. Ajay had to play the part of a man who gets caught in Bombay's communal crossfire when his mother is killed by a rioting mob. He followed this up with an equally powerful performance in 'Kachche Dhaage' (1999).
And then came the crowning glory of his successful foray into the sensible end of commercial cinema: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'. He continued his success journey with more movies in line like Dil Kya Kare, Raju Chacha which though bombed at the box office yetcreated a name for Ajay Devgan.

On a personal note Ajay Devgan married his girl friend Kajol. He also got got two National Awards for his two films Zakhm and The Legend Of Bhagat Singh.

Ajay Devgan been on a roll since 2002. Roles, banners, hits, awards he got all of them. Its like in 2003 whatever he has touched had turned to gold. He had done variety of rolls going from Bhoot to Qayamat to Gangajaal with amazing ease. Year 2004 looks promising and the good time will be promising.

Ajay Devgan was born on 2nd April in Bombay. His father Veeru Devgan is a action hero. After graduation from "Mithibhai College" he has taken to the direction of video films on his own story lines.

His entry into the Bollywood is like a bolt from the blue with his first film Phool Aur Kaante by Kuku Kohli hitted the box offices and the sale of audio album of the movie was beyond expectation. Later the films he produced on their own banner - "Devgan Entertainment And Software Ltd." - along with his father could not satisfy him. He's not the one who gives up and through his sheer determination and hard work he finally managed to find a place for him among the top and has been working sincerely for his forth coming projects.

Ajay Devgan got married to his long-time girl friend and his professional colleague Kajol and is now blessed with a baby girl.

He has got two National Awards for his two films Zakhm and The Legend Of Bhagat Singh. He is excellent in performing intense roles in both action and emotional kinds.

Vishal Devgan , born (April 2, 1967 in Delhi, India), popularly known as Ajay Devgan is an actor working in the Hindi film industry (Bollywood). Beginning as an action hero in the early 1990s, Devgan matured early in his career, as is widely regarded now as one of the finest actors in the industry.

He is originally from Punjab. His father is Veeru Devgan, a director and stunt man. His brother is Anil Devgan, a film director in Bollywood.

He did his schooling from Silver Beach High School in Juhu & graduated in Mithibai College.His debut film was Phool Aur Kaante, where he played opposite Amrish Puri and which started his Bollywood career and for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut award.

Though most of his earlier movies were action films, he broke this trend when he starred in the comedy Ishq in which he acted with his future wife Kajol.This was followed by critically acclaimed hits like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Zakhm which earned him a National Award. His association with Ram Gopal Verma resulted in box office successes, notably Company and Bhoot.

Recently he has worked in successful films like Kaal, Golmaal and played the title role in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello titled Omkara.Ajay.

Devgan married the successful actress Kajol on February 24, 1999. They have one daughter, Nysa Mukherjee- Devgan, born April 20, 2003.

His first ever introduction on celluloid saw him make an entry on two motorcycles, a feat one could only expect from the son of legendary action director, Veeru Devagn. The film was Phool Aur Kaante and it marked the arrival of Hindi Cinema's new "dark, angry, young man' a title earlier bestowed on Amitabh Bachchan post Zanjeer.

Ajay quickly solidified his position as the angry young man with several hit action films, and was categorized as an "action hero'. Being the son of a master action director, it was only obvious that Ajay would excel in action, but he surprised the industry and audiences alike with his comic performance in Ishq and his heart rendering romantic performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. Ajay quickly proved that there was no genre of cinema which was alien to him and he continued to excel in each of his roles and his stellar performance in Mahesh Bhatt's Zakhm fetched him his first ever National Award.

Contrary to his on screen image, Ajay is a very soft spoken introvert and yet a master prankster on the sets of his films, an actor who has rarely ever been spoken ill of by his co-actors. Have experimented and excelled in his performance across all genres, Ajay has proven that he is one of the most versatile and bankable actors of the industry.