Neha Dhupia (born on August 27, 1980 in Cochin) is an Indian model and actress. She was crowned Miss India in 2002 and competed at Miss Universe 2002, placing in the top ten. Neha Dhupia was also Margo Miss Beautiful Skin and MTV Most-Wanted. She was born on 27th Aug, 1980, daughter of commander Pradip Singh Dhupia, who is in the Indian Navy and mother Manpinder is a very family oriented girl who enjoys spending most of the time with her family. She has a brother, Hardeep who is a high flier with Jet Airways.Born in Cochin, Neha went to Army Public School and completed her Graduation in History (Hons)from Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi.Neha started her career at the age of 19, in a TV serial "Rajdhani", produced by Bobby Bedi of Bandit Queen fame. Neha decided to join modelling world and also did few plays and TV serials. She has imparted a facelift to Reebok, AirTel, National, Mitsubishi Lancer and Wagon R, She has played leading lady in an Indo-Japanese film and appeared in few odd music videos and Tele serial Rajdhani, seems to be in a mood to take up acting as full-fledged career.For Neha acting means a ‘high very different from modeling’. Despite her debut in semi-realistic film Neha admits that she has no qualms in dancing around the trees.Neha Dhupia debut film was Harry Baweja's "Qayamat" which is an action-packed thriller starring a number of Bollywood actors including Ajay Devgan, Sunil Shetty, Sanjay Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Isha Koppikar.She rose to popularity with her bold role in the movie "Julie". In 2004 and 2005 she apperared in movies like "Rakht" (2004),"Kyaa Kool Hai Hum" (2005),"Sheesha" (2005) and "Siskiyaan" (2005) .In 2006 she starred in movies like "Utthaan" (2006),"Chup Chup Ke" (2006),"Teesari Aankh" (2006),"Fight Club" (2006) and "Garam Masala" (2006).In the present year she appeared in movies like "Heyy Babyy" (2007)(Special appearance in song), "Ek Chalis Ki Last Local" (2007), "Shootout at Lokhandwala" (2007) and "Delhii Heights" (2007.Her upcoming releases are "Dus Kahaniyaan" (2007) and "Rama Rama Kya Hai Drama" (2007).Neha Dhupia is often considered a sex symbol in Bollywood movies.
Isha Koppikar was born in Mumbai (Bombay), India. While she was in college, she did a model shoot for Gautam Rajadhayksha. Isha Koppikar was crowned Miss Talent in 1995 at Femina Miss India Contest. She then modeled for L'Oreal, Rexona, Camay, Tips & Toes and Coca-Cola. Isha made her debut with "Kaadhal Kavidai" in Tamil film Industry. Isha Kopikar was won critical acclaim for her performance in the film and went on to win Filmfare Best Actress Debut Award (Tamil). Her next movie"En Swasa Katre" opposite Arvind Swamy was also in Tamil. The film was a musical hit and a good grosser at the box office. Then Isha Kopikkar played a cameo role in the film "Jodi" as a prospective bride. Isha Kopikar did some minor roles in Bollywood films like "Fiza" and "Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat" but she shot into fame with an item dance in the film "Company" directed by Ram Gopal Verma. Isha Koppikar was nicknamed "Khallas Girl" after that item dance on the song "Khallas". Isha Koppikar was nominated for the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her negative role in the film "Qayamat: City Under Threat". Her next film was "Girlfriend", in which Isha played a role of lesbian woman. Isha Koppikar will be seen in a lead role in the film "Sabri" directed by Ram Gopal Verma. The film is about a woman who is set to become Mumbai's first underworld lord
Esha Deol is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is half-sister to Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, and daughter of actress Hema Malini and actor Dharmendra.She also has a sister named Ahana Deol.She attended Jamnabai Narsee School, where she excelled at soccer and then went on to attend Oxford University and obtained a Masters Degree in Media Arts and Computer Technology. She is also an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer and was trained by her mother, who is a famous exponent of that particular dance form herself.Amongst her friends at Bollywood are Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. She likes to work out and listen to music.She is 5 ft 6 inches tall.Esha is a fitness fanatic and her physique is showcased in Dhoom which was her biggest hit. She's probably the only Indian actress who can boast of a six-pack.She also speaks Punjabi & Tamil fluently.She has been romantically linked up with John Abraham and Aftab Shivdasani.Her debut film, "Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe", did not do well at the box office, but her performance was noticed, and she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award. She starred in a number of films over the next two years, but none of them succeeded. She finally had her first big hit with Dhoom (2004).This was followed by a Karan Johar and Shahrukh Khan joint production, Kaal which was her second hit. Her next hit films were Boney Kapoor's "No Entry" which was declared the highest grosser of 2005 and the action thriller Dus. She is set to star in her mother's next directorial venture with Rekha and Abhishek Bachchan and also a film in which her mother and her will be starring together in for the first time.She was recently nominated for Star Screen Awards best Actor in a negative role(male/female) for her performance in Ankahee.
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
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.
Vidya Balan (born January 1, 1979, in Palakkad, Kerala) is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is a Malayali from Kerala.Vidya Balan, who began her career starring in many music videos and soap operas, made her acting debut in the Bengali film, "Bhalo Theko" (2003), for which she won critical acclaim, and had her Hindi film debut with "Parineeta" (2005), for which she received a Filmfare Best Debut Award. She received her first commercial success with Rajkumar Hirani's "Lage Raho Munna Bhai" (2006), and thus has established herself as one of the most promising actresses in the industry.Although born in Palakkad to Tamil Iyer parents in Kerala, Vidya Balan grew up in Mumbai and attended St. Anthony's Girls High School, St. Xavier's College, Bombay and later the University of Mumbai. She graduated from college with a Sociology degree. She speaks several languages including Tamil, Malayalam, English, Hindi, and Bengali.Vidya Balan, then Vidya Iyer, was signed to appear in the Malayalam film Chakram, which was shelved. She was then signed in Tamil by Lingusamy for his Run, but for reasons undisclosed, she was dropped after a first schedule and replaced by Meera Jasmine. In the jinx driven industry Vidya was dropped from her second Tamil movie "Manasellam" opposite to Srikanth in Telugu, on the grounds of 'non-performance' and replaced by Trisha Krishnan.She then turned to television advertising. From 1998 onwards, she appeared in numerous television ads, many of which were directed by Pradeep Sarkar. She also took supporting roles in music videos, appearing with singers and bands such as Euphoria, Shubha Mudgal, and Pankaj Udhas, and acted in Hindi soap operas like "Hum Paanch". She portrayed the role of Radhika Mathur in few episodes of season 1 of "Hum Paanch" which was first aired in 1995. Since she is obviously older than 15 in these episodes, her repeated claims to have been born in 1982 is believed to be false.In 2005, she finally made her appearance on the big screen, in two movies. She appeared in a Bengali film, "Bhalo Theko", for which she won the Best Actress Anand Lok Puraskar award in Kolkata. Also in 2005, Balan made her Hindi film debut in Parineeta. The film was very successful at the box office.After the success of Parineeta the same producer who dropped Vidya Balan from Manasellam saying that she was not emoting properly & non photogenic, was after her to sign her opposite to none other than Kamal Hassan for "Dasavatharam". But Vidya Balan rejected the offer and Asin Thottumkal was signed instead.In 2006 she appeared opposite Sanjay Dutt in the film "Lage Raho Munna Bhai". The movie was a major hit within India and was ranked No 1 on the box office for eight weeks after its release. Telugu Superstar Chiranjeevi who is enacting the remake of "Lage Raho Munnabhai" desperately wanted to sign Vidya Balan and the producer even offered her a remuneration of Rs. 1 crore, but Vidya Balan was not tempted to return South again.Mani Ratnam's critically acclaimed Guru was Balan's first release in 2007, in which she played a woman with a physical disability. The film did very well at the box office and her role was appreciated. Her next two releases, "Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love" and "Eklavya: The Royal Guard" failed to do well.Vidya's latest release, "Heyy Babyy" fared very well at the box office.Vidya's next release will be "Bhool Bhulaiya" Priyadarshan's version of Malayalam hit "Manichitrathazhu" that roughly translates to "magic lock". The movie is about the mysteries of superstitions, supernatural power and split personality.Vidya essays the role immortalized by Shobana, who had bagged the Best Actress Award in 1990. Priyadarshan worked in the second unit of the original as a tribute to his master Fazil. Priyadarshan thought that Vidya Balan is a good dancer as she was a Palakkad Brahmin. He was shocked to discover that the actress has two left feet. But Vidya took it as a challenge and supposed to have practiced hard for the crucial dance sequence in the climax where the Ganga transforms into the dancer Chandramukhi by personality disorder.Her father, P. R. Balan, is the Vice President of ETC Channel and her mother is a housewife.In a video interview, Vidya has stated that she is "extremely spiritual", has a "firm faith in God" and visits temples everyday .Gossip columnists linked Vidya with one of her co-stars, John Abraham. She strongly denied the allegations, saying that the rumors were "vile".
Shilpa Shetty was born in a strict and traditional close-knit family[3] that hails from the matrilineal Bunt community[4] of Tulu Nadu. Although she was born in Tamil Nadu, she describes herself as a Mangalorean.[5] She is the eldest daughter of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty, manufacturers of tamper-proof caps for the pharmaceutical industry,[3] and her native language is Tulu although she can speak nearly ten other languages at differing levels, including English, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu, Urdu and basic French.[6] One of her nicknames is "Silly Pooh".[7]
She attended St. Anthony Girls' High School, located in Chembur, and later attended Podar College. A trained Bharatanatyam dancer, she is also into sports and was the captain of the volleyball team in school and earned a black belt in Karate and currently a dancesport expert and enthusiast.[8]
Shetty currently lives in Mumbai with her parents and younger sister Shamita Shetty, who is a budding Bollywood actress. They worked together once in the film Fareb (2005). At 5 ft 10 inches (178 cm), she is one of the tallest actresses in Bollywood.
She attended St. Anthony Girls' High School, located in Chembur, and later attended Podar College. A trained Bharatanatyam dancer, she is also into sports and was the captain of the volleyball team in school and earned a black belt in Karate and currently a dancesport expert and enthusiast.[8]
Shetty currently lives in Mumbai with her parents and younger sister Shamita Shetty, who is a budding Bollywood actress. They worked together once in the film Fareb (2005). At 5 ft 10 inches (178 cm), she is one of the tallest actresses in Bollywood.
Amrita Arora , born 31 January 1978 is an Indian actress.She was born in Bombay, India to a Malayali mother and a Punjabi father, she is the sister of Malaika Arora. Her brother-in-law is Arbaaz Khan, the brother of Salman Khan. She is 5 ft 4.5 inches tall.She was featured in ads such as Ponds,Elle 18, After Smoke, Sunsilk fruitamins etc. She also hosted shows such as MTV House full and Mtv Chillout On Mtv India.Her father died of cancer when she was ten years old. One of her memorable experience is winning the MTV VJ hunt.She was romantically linked to Kevin Otter, Upen Patel and Ashmit Patel. Currently she is dating Usman Afzaal.She made her debut opposite Fardeen Khan with the film "Kitne Door Kitne Paas" which was not successful at the box office. Her first successful movie was "Awara Paagal Deewana". A series of flop followed, among them the controversial "Girlfriend" (2004) opposite Isha Koppikar, a movie about a lesbian relationship. Her upcoming movies will be Deha, Jeet: Feel the Force and Raakh, all to be released in 2007. Her recent film was ,"Red -The Dark Side" released starring Aftab Sivdastani, Celina Jaitley and Amrita Arora.Their was a controversy over the twenty-seven minute sex scene. Red received mixed reviews at the Box Office.
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Amrita Rao was born in Mumbai, to a well-to-do Saraswat Brahmin family, on June 7th 1981. In Sanskrit "Amrita" is a drink which gives you immortality. This model-turned-actress has got the talent and beauty to be immortal in viewers mind.
Amrita never really dreamed to be an actress because she thought that with no contacts in the film industry, it would be a tough battle to establish herself there. But not only has she made it to Bollywood, she is widely considered as the next big thing. Even though she has just acted in ten films so far, one of them is from Sooraj Barjatya. Her beauty bowled over acclaimed international painter M.F Husain and inspired him to make a series of paintings depicting her and her film "Vivah".
It all started when, while studying psychology at the Sophia College in Mumbai, she auditioned for "Fairever Cream" and to her surprise, got selected from among 60 other contestants. The close-up Ad campaign followed and it became a big success, granting her loads of offers. Within a year, she became one of the most sought-after models in India.
Her Cadbury's Perk and Nestle Bru Coffee advertisements fetched her offers from top directors, but she was apprehensive at first, as she wanted to complete her studies. After completing her studies, she signed Raj Kanwar's "Ab Ke Baras" which was also Raj Babbar's son Aarya's launch vehicle. The film didn't do as well as expected; she also got an offer to act in a historical film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi's "The legend of Bagath Singh", even though it was a small role.
"Ishq Vishk", with Shahid Kapur became a huge hit and earned her the girl-next-door image. She also won the best debutante award from Filmfare, Stardust and IIFA for the movie. She followed up the success with "Masti", a sex-comedy and "Main Hoon Na", which featured Shah Rukh Khan and gave her worldwide popularity. She also acted in "Deewaar", "Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi", "Shikhar", and "Pyare Mohan".
"Vivah", the Sooraj Barjatya movie is a big turning point of her career. Not only is the film a big success worldwide, but she has also gained a huge fan following of all ages through it. She and her co-star in the film, Shahid Kapur are considered the most promising pair after Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol.
The best thing about Amrita is that not only is she beautiful and talented,but she also has no hang-ups and is very down-to-earth, which makes her easy to work with. She has two films lined-up - "My Name is Anthony Gonsalves" and Telugu film "Athidhi". After "Vivah" she has lots of offers coming her way, but like before, she is taking it slow, waiting for the right scripts, because she knows "Slow and steady wins the race!"
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Amrita never really dreamed to be an actress because she thought that with no contacts in the film industry, it would be a tough battle to establish herself there. But not only has she made it to Bollywood, she is widely considered as the next big thing. Even though she has just acted in ten films so far, one of them is from Sooraj Barjatya. Her beauty bowled over acclaimed international painter M.F Husain and inspired him to make a series of paintings depicting her and her film "Vivah".
It all started when, while studying psychology at the Sophia College in Mumbai, she auditioned for "Fairever Cream" and to her surprise, got selected from among 60 other contestants. The close-up Ad campaign followed and it became a big success, granting her loads of offers. Within a year, she became one of the most sought-after models in India.
Her Cadbury's Perk and Nestle Bru Coffee advertisements fetched her offers from top directors, but she was apprehensive at first, as she wanted to complete her studies. After completing her studies, she signed Raj Kanwar's "Ab Ke Baras" which was also Raj Babbar's son Aarya's launch vehicle. The film didn't do as well as expected; she also got an offer to act in a historical film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi's "The legend of Bagath Singh", even though it was a small role.
"Ishq Vishk", with Shahid Kapur became a huge hit and earned her the girl-next-door image. She also won the best debutante award from Filmfare, Stardust and IIFA for the movie. She followed up the success with "Masti", a sex-comedy and "Main Hoon Na", which featured Shah Rukh Khan and gave her worldwide popularity. She also acted in "Deewaar", "Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi", "Shikhar", and "Pyare Mohan".
"Vivah", the Sooraj Barjatya movie is a big turning point of her career. Not only is the film a big success worldwide, but she has also gained a huge fan following of all ages through it. She and her co-star in the film, Shahid Kapur are considered the most promising pair after Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol.
The best thing about Amrita is that not only is she beautiful and talented,but she also has no hang-ups and is very down-to-earth, which makes her easy to work with. She has two films lined-up - "My Name is Anthony Gonsalves" and Telugu film "Athidhi". After "Vivah" she has lots of offers coming her way, but like before, she is taking it slow, waiting for the right scripts, because she knows "Slow and steady wins the race!"
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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
Flag bearer of the most reputed and ancient families in Bollywood, Kareena Kapoor made her mark in the film industry, not through her enviable lineage, but because of oodles of talent that she posses and her hard work. Prithviraj Kapoor, a pioneer of Indian theater and Hindi film industry, is her great grand father. Her grandfather Raj Kapoor is widely considered as Bollywood’s original showman. Her parents Babita and Randhir Kapoor were both actors so was her grand father’s brothers Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor and her uncles Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor. Her sister Karisma Kapoor was one of the most successful actresses of the 90’s.
Beboo, as she is fondly called, has a reputation of being a spontaneous actress. Just before the shots, she would be seen fooling around but once the camera is switched on, she transforms to the mood of the character so fast that she has surprising and won accolades from all of her co-stars and directors she has worked with.
Kareena is known for speaking her mind without thinking about its consequences and was misconceived as being arrogant, during her initial stages. For cheap publicity, some actresses would make some crude remarks about her, knowing that she would retort, but with age, she has wised-up.Kareena’s schooling was at Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai and then she went to Welham Girl’s Boarding School, Dehradun and later Harvard summer school, for a short-term course in microcomputers and information technology. She then took an admission in Government Law College at Churchgate, after completing one year there, she realized that acting is what she want as a career and attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.Kareena made an unconventional and rather bold debut along with Abishek Bachachan in J.P Dutta’s Refugee (2000). Her performance got her rave reviews and filmmakers started queuing up at her door for her dates. But she then had to put up with a bad phase, when some of her much awaited films like ‘Ashoka’ and ‘Yaadein’ didn’t do well but still she had more offers coming her way and producers were ready to give double her market price, realizing her potential. Such reaction from producer’s part was unheard of in Bollywood, where usually actress of a flop film is sidelined.Even though she was not the heroine in ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, her performance as ‘poo’ was widely appreciated and the film also did well in box office. Then came ‘Chameli’, in which she played a prostitute. It fetched her lot of critical acclaim and she didn’t had to look back after that. ‘Aitraaz’ and ‘Hulchul’ followed which were also successful. Critics as well as the audiences were taken aback by her acting prowess in ‘Omkara’, and her special dance appearance in ‘Don’ was also appreciated. She has a lot of prestigious projects coming up like Milenge Milenge with Shahid Kapoor, Bajirao Mastani with Salman Khan, Kismat Talkies with Hrithik Roshan, Lajjo with Aamir Khan directed by Mani Ratnam and Yash Raj’s next film.
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.
First Name: Lara Last Name: Dutta Birth Date: April 16, 1978
Star Sign: Aries
Eye Color: Light Brown
Height: 5'8"
Profession: Modeling & Acting
Titles Won: Miss Universe 2000, Femina Miss India
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
Jamshedpur girl Tanushree Dutta, was crowned Ponds Femina Miss India Universe 2004 at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai.Dutta, a dusky B Com second year student from Pune University, bagged the coveted crown amidst stiff competition from 29 contestants who were chosen from about 6,000 girls from all over the country.The ceremony, held at the sprawling Bandra-Kurla Complex, saw Lakshmi Pandit, a Mumbai-based classical dancer walking away with the Miss India World title.Tanushree's reply to actor Sanjay Dutt's question in the final round, whether there was a healthy competition when only one wins, won her the crown.The audience broke into applause when she replied, "When there is unhealthy competition everybody is a loser."Tanushree Dutta plays the role of a temptress in her debut movie Chocolate.
This blog has seen quite a lot of photos of Amrita Arora, now its time for her elder sister, Malaika Arora Khan. I think between the two Amrita wins in the looks department but Malaika just has the best body among the two. She is extremely sexy even though she has been married to Arbaaz Khan for some time now. She too like her sister started off as a VJ. And quite a successful vj she was for MTV. She has done a lot of item numbers in bollywood, none more famous than Chaiya Chaiya in Dil Se.She is these days more famous as a judge on the popular Star One show Nach Baliye.
Struggling to acquire the tag of India's sex symbol, Mallika Sherawat has virtually dropped her clothes to clinch the 'coveted'(?) title. Mallika started out as a small-time model and actress from Delhi called Reema Lamba before she re-christened herself Mallika Sherawat (the second name is reportedly her maiden one). The rumour is that she was already married to one, Capt. Gill from Delhi, but sadly, the marriage didn't exactly work!A small-town girl (from Rohtak in Haryana), Mallika always had stars in her eyes and was determined to pursue the glamour profession and give it all it took to make it! Even though her conservative father was dead against her decision (he still is!), Mallika defied his wishes and moved to Mumbai to carve a niche for herself in the big bad world of showbiz!
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Bipasha Basu , born on January 7, 1979 is a Bollywood actress and a Supermodel. She is the winner of the Ford Supermodel of the World (contest) and now works in mainstream Bollywood films. Her first name means "Deep, dark desire." She is continually listed as one of Asia's sexiest women, along with fellow stars Mallika Sherawat and Aishwarya Rai.Bipasha is the second of three daughters in her family. Her family consists of her mother, her father, her elder sister Bidisha, and her younger sister Bijoyeta . She was born in New Delhi. Later her family moved to Kolkata where she won regional beauty contest at a very young age. In an interview, she said that she had come into modeling and acting "quite by accident".She had planned to learn chartered accountancy or study medicine. She said that she dropped the idea of doing medical studies because she fainted when attempting to dissect rats.As a child she was considered ugly because of her dark skin. Dino Morea was her long term boy friend(teenage years) untill she found John Abraham. She said in KBC - celebrity episode - that they started to date each other during the shooting of a movie called Aitbar.Basu dated Dino Morea before dumping him for her successful Jism co-star John Abraham. Abraham and Basu are now rumored to be engaged. Even though Basu is a practicing Hindu and Abraham a Christian, both families have accepted the couple. Basu has stated in an interview that though she was raised a Hindu, she believes that "God is everywhere, in every religion". She also stated that all religious groups deserve respect.This Calcutta based commerce graduate model came into the limelight when she won the Ford's Supermodel of the World Contest and was named Tulips Ms Super Vivacious in the same event at the remarkably young age of 17. Basu was then flown to New York by the Ford Company. She gushed in an interview, "I was spotted by the world famous photographer, Steven Meisel, and featured in Vogue magazine. I was thrilled and soon had plenty of projects coming my way." Bipasha could have had the world at her feet and easily gained acclaim as an international model, but she gave it all up to come back to India, to be with the people she loves. "Yeah, I did a lot of ads, but my heart was not in it. I started missing my family because it was the first time I was away from them. So I happily gave it all up and came down to India", she reminiscesd.This Bengali bombshell was bold enough to accept an unusual role in her debut film, Abbas Mustan's "Ajnabee", with Bobby Deol, Akshay Kumar & Kareena Kapoor. She played a married woman who goes all out to woo her husband’s married friend.She was a household name much before she entered films. Besides doing innumerable prestigious ads, Bips, as her friends call her, did the famous video "Tu" for Sonu Nigam's album, Kismat and she also made a guest appearance in Jay Sean's music video Stolen.Of late, many Indian models have turned from modeling to acting; Bipasha has been one of the most successful model-turned-actresses.Bipasha's debut film "Ajnabee"(2001) was fairly successful and she was soon signed for other movies. She attracted attention with her roles in "Raaz" (2002) and "Jism"(2003). Jism featured more mature content than had previously been customary in Bollywood; it was a success and Bipasha was afterwards marketed as a sex symbol. In 2005, she had a boundary-pushing role in the successful film "No Entry". She later appeared in the 2006 film "Phir Hera Pheri", which did well at the box office. Basu was the female lead in "Corporate", she received much acclaim for her performance. Dhoom 2 is her latest release with Yash Raj Films, which was a huge hit overseas and in India.Her role in "Omkara" was also critically acclaimed.She has also appeared in music videos, such as Tu Kab Ye Janegi... for Sonu Nigam’s album, Kismat and in Jay Sean's Stolen.On July 7, 2007 Bipasha co-hosted the new Seven Wonders of the World event along with two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Oscar winner Sir Ben Kingsley in Lisbon, Portugal.Bipasha claims that she was harassed by organizers of the controversial 2006 India Day Parade in Edison, New Jersey.Organizers are now saying that they will sue Bipasha for breach of contract for not participating in the event and alleging harassment.Actress Nidhi Gill of Bipasha-the Black Beauty sent Basu a legal notice complaining that Basu had made derogatory remarks about the movie when she had never even seen it.
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.
Full Name: Preity Zinta Date Of Birth: January 31st, 1974Nationality: Indian
Profession: Actress
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 52 kg
Place Of Birth: Simla
Known For: Her Gorgeous Smile
First Movie: "Dil Se"
First Hit Movie: Soldier
First Hit Film : Soldier
Awards : Film Fare Best Debut for Dil Se & Soldier, 2004 - Best Actress for Kal Ho Na Ho at Film Fare Awards, Zee Awards & IIFA awards Singapore, 2005 - Best Actress Stardust Awards & BBC film cafe Best Actress award for Veer-Zaara.
Most memorable moment to date : I think when I got a slap on my bottom when I was born. Awareness, 'I've arrived'!
Ambition : "I want to bring a change and do something new and different in my profession, but in the beginning I’ll have to toe line, I want to be known as a performer not a star."
Plus Point : "I am easy to work with and get along well with almost everybody."
Minus Point : "My Hindi direction is screwed up, I blink too much and I have no technical knowledge of film making."
Colour which defines me : "Electric blue - it’s so energising."
Fav Curse Word : "Shit"
Most Often Used Word : "I am versatile. I don’t repeat myself."
As an Actress : "I want to be like Sridevi & I want to do both glamorous and non-glamorous roles like Manisha Koirala, I don’t want to called just a pretty bimbo."
Love Life : "I am single and desperately looking for a good man in my life. I did have major crushes when I was younger but no serious relationship." [ Preity is currently dating Ness Wadia ]
Idols : "Guru Dutt, Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman and Sridevi.’
I came on Earth as : "A love child.".
I get turned on by : Raw Emotion
I Dig : Ice-Creams
I Confess : I'm not perfect
I want to possess : A Villa in the South of France.
I maintain myself by : Do you think I’m maintained?
I’m the biggest fan of : Al Pacino
What fascinates me : Nature
My relationship with God : He's on my team
Favourite perfume : Envy, Gucci for Men
Favourite commercial : Lee Cooper Jeans.
Favourite outfit : String pyjamas.
School was : A beautiful Memory
My craziest fan : I dont know yet
Most memorable holiday : I've taken tons of holidays and they've all been memorable. Australia, Hawaii and Europe are my favourites.
Favourite dish : My all-time favourite is kadi-chawal.
Best place to eat : My mum’s kitchen.
Last words before sleep : Goodnight
My complete man should be : A Raymond man
I’d like to wake up : In the Afternoon
ON SCHOOL... : "I studied at the Jesus and Mary Simla Convent School, and then I went to St Bedes College. I was always involved in elocutions, dramatics, debates, basketball, which I loved. I had so much fun. We did the craziest things.
ON WHAT SHE WANTED TO BE... : Whenever I came across something that influenced me, I wanted to be that. So it varied from an astronaut, airhostess, army girl, to truck driver. Once, I wanted to be a nun - my mother wanted me to change schools after that...
ON STARDOM OVER TALENT... : Being a star is fabulous, but if you're a good actress and a star, it's a different thing altogether. It's good acting that will stand out, rather than just star appeal. I want to be both - a good actress and a star..
ON HER FIRST ENCOUNTERS WITH BOLLYWOOD : Shekhar Kapur's Tara Rum Pam Pam was the first film I signed. I met him and he asked me to audition. At that point, I wasn't sure, so I said I didn't really want to audition. But I did, and two weeks later, he called me and asked me to do the movie..
ON HOW THINGS TOOK OFF FROM THERE...: Then came Kya Kehna, actually I did a screen test for that with Akshaye Khanna. Then came Dil Se and Farz; Sangharsh came somewhere in the middle.
ON HAVING DIMPLES AND BEING CONSIDERED A NATURAL FLIRT...: Well, I didn't know all dimpled girls are natural flirts - I think I am a flirt if I like some one. Of course I am a flirt. Flirting is very healthy, for everybody, for your self-boost. It's good for your ego, for the other person's ego… But I also think it's the woman's prerogative to draw the line. So luckily, the ball is in my court, which I'm quite happy about. It's a state of mind, when you're happy you smile more. My whole family has dimples - my father did, my mom has a cleft.
ON SHOPPING...: Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! I've always been a shoe person - I love clothes and bags and belts, but shoes, I'll die for. I love to buy shoes all the time!
ON FITNESS...: I used to be into fitness! In fact, I was really fit, but then during Sangharsh, I broke my leg and was bedridden for six weeks. All I could do was sit with my leg in plaster, and watch movies. Every movie I saw I wrote down on my plaster, so by the end of the six weeks, the plaster was full of movie titles. And I ate like a pig - just ate and ate and ate, watching three movies a day. I put on a lot of weight, after which I was shooting non-stop. Then I saw myself on screen and had a heart attack!
ON A COMING-OF-AGE EXPERIENCE...: I lost my father when I was 13-years-old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love him very much. I believe it's very important that parents have a personal connection with their children. It helps kids feel more secure, have a feeling of family, makes them feel loved.
MY IDEA OF SEX APPEAL...: I think sex appeal is defined today as more trashy than it actually is. With all these cheesy videos coming out, these women trying to be sexy, it's disgusting. Sex appeal is intelligence, it's the way you look at someone, it's always more subtle. Sex appeal is not loud, trash is. You don't have to drop half your clothes to be sexy. Sometimes just the way you look at someone, the way you touch that person, that's sexy.
ONE FANTASY THAT STILL HAS TO COME TRUE...: I always keep imagining things. At one point I seriously wanted to be Prime Minister of the country. Recently, I wanted to play Trinity in The Matrix.
THINGS I FIND MOST ATTRACTIVE IN A MAN...: A couple of things-intelligence, self-esteem; I like men who are sure of themselves and not just weathercocks and most importantly, integrity. Common sense and humour also help.
IF I COULD BE REBORN AS SOMEONE ELSE...: I reckon, Madonna. It's no point saying Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi or Nutan because those spots are already taken by all the Miss Indias!
LOVE, MONEY, SEX or POWER...: Love is most important. Least important would be power because if you have money, you automatically have power. Sex is also important because I'm a normal person.
Address: C/10A, Ranwar, Waroda Rd, Off. Hill Rd, Bandra (W) [PreityZinta is not living in this house]
Mobile No: Preity Keeps on Changing
Profession: Actress
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 52 kg
Place Of Birth: Simla
Known For: Her Gorgeous Smile
First Movie: "Dil Se"
First Hit Movie: Soldier
First Hit Film : Soldier
Awards : Film Fare Best Debut for Dil Se & Soldier, 2004 - Best Actress for Kal Ho Na Ho at Film Fare Awards, Zee Awards & IIFA awards Singapore, 2005 - Best Actress Stardust Awards & BBC film cafe Best Actress award for Veer-Zaara.
Most memorable moment to date : I think when I got a slap on my bottom when I was born. Awareness, 'I've arrived'!
Ambition : "I want to bring a change and do something new and different in my profession, but in the beginning I’ll have to toe line, I want to be known as a performer not a star."
Plus Point : "I am easy to work with and get along well with almost everybody."
Minus Point : "My Hindi direction is screwed up, I blink too much and I have no technical knowledge of film making."
Colour which defines me : "Electric blue - it’s so energising."
Fav Curse Word : "Shit"
Most Often Used Word : "I am versatile. I don’t repeat myself."
As an Actress : "I want to be like Sridevi & I want to do both glamorous and non-glamorous roles like Manisha Koirala, I don’t want to called just a pretty bimbo."
Love Life : "I am single and desperately looking for a good man in my life. I did have major crushes when I was younger but no serious relationship." [ Preity is currently dating Ness Wadia ]
Idols : "Guru Dutt, Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman and Sridevi.’
I came on Earth as : "A love child.".
I get turned on by : Raw Emotion
I Dig : Ice-Creams
I Confess : I'm not perfect
I want to possess : A Villa in the South of France.
I maintain myself by : Do you think I’m maintained?
I’m the biggest fan of : Al Pacino
What fascinates me : Nature
My relationship with God : He's on my team
Favourite perfume : Envy, Gucci for Men
Favourite commercial : Lee Cooper Jeans.
Favourite outfit : String pyjamas.
School was : A beautiful Memory
My craziest fan : I dont know yet
Most memorable holiday : I've taken tons of holidays and they've all been memorable. Australia, Hawaii and Europe are my favourites.
Favourite dish : My all-time favourite is kadi-chawal.
Best place to eat : My mum’s kitchen.
Last words before sleep : Goodnight
My complete man should be : A Raymond man
I’d like to wake up : In the Afternoon
ON SCHOOL... : "I studied at the Jesus and Mary Simla Convent School, and then I went to St Bedes College. I was always involved in elocutions, dramatics, debates, basketball, which I loved. I had so much fun. We did the craziest things.
ON WHAT SHE WANTED TO BE... : Whenever I came across something that influenced me, I wanted to be that. So it varied from an astronaut, airhostess, army girl, to truck driver. Once, I wanted to be a nun - my mother wanted me to change schools after that...
ON STARDOM OVER TALENT... : Being a star is fabulous, but if you're a good actress and a star, it's a different thing altogether. It's good acting that will stand out, rather than just star appeal. I want to be both - a good actress and a star..
ON HER FIRST ENCOUNTERS WITH BOLLYWOOD : Shekhar Kapur's Tara Rum Pam Pam was the first film I signed. I met him and he asked me to audition. At that point, I wasn't sure, so I said I didn't really want to audition. But I did, and two weeks later, he called me and asked me to do the movie..
ON HOW THINGS TOOK OFF FROM THERE...: Then came Kya Kehna, actually I did a screen test for that with Akshaye Khanna. Then came Dil Se and Farz; Sangharsh came somewhere in the middle.
ON HAVING DIMPLES AND BEING CONSIDERED A NATURAL FLIRT...: Well, I didn't know all dimpled girls are natural flirts - I think I am a flirt if I like some one. Of course I am a flirt. Flirting is very healthy, for everybody, for your self-boost. It's good for your ego, for the other person's ego… But I also think it's the woman's prerogative to draw the line. So luckily, the ball is in my court, which I'm quite happy about. It's a state of mind, when you're happy you smile more. My whole family has dimples - my father did, my mom has a cleft.
ON SHOPPING...: Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! I've always been a shoe person - I love clothes and bags and belts, but shoes, I'll die for. I love to buy shoes all the time!
ON FITNESS...: I used to be into fitness! In fact, I was really fit, but then during Sangharsh, I broke my leg and was bedridden for six weeks. All I could do was sit with my leg in plaster, and watch movies. Every movie I saw I wrote down on my plaster, so by the end of the six weeks, the plaster was full of movie titles. And I ate like a pig - just ate and ate and ate, watching three movies a day. I put on a lot of weight, after which I was shooting non-stop. Then I saw myself on screen and had a heart attack!
ON A COMING-OF-AGE EXPERIENCE...: I lost my father when I was 13-years-old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love him very much. I believe it's very important that parents have a personal connection with their children. It helps kids feel more secure, have a feeling of family, makes them feel loved.
MY IDEA OF SEX APPEAL...: I think sex appeal is defined today as more trashy than it actually is. With all these cheesy videos coming out, these women trying to be sexy, it's disgusting. Sex appeal is intelligence, it's the way you look at someone, it's always more subtle. Sex appeal is not loud, trash is. You don't have to drop half your clothes to be sexy. Sometimes just the way you look at someone, the way you touch that person, that's sexy.
ONE FANTASY THAT STILL HAS TO COME TRUE...: I always keep imagining things. At one point I seriously wanted to be Prime Minister of the country. Recently, I wanted to play Trinity in The Matrix.
THINGS I FIND MOST ATTRACTIVE IN A MAN...: A couple of things-intelligence, self-esteem; I like men who are sure of themselves and not just weathercocks and most importantly, integrity. Common sense and humour also help.
IF I COULD BE REBORN AS SOMEONE ELSE...: I reckon, Madonna. It's no point saying Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi or Nutan because those spots are already taken by all the Miss Indias!
LOVE, MONEY, SEX or POWER...: Love is most important. Least important would be power because if you have money, you automatically have power. Sex is also important because I'm a normal person.
Address: C/10A, Ranwar, Waroda Rd, Off. Hill Rd, Bandra (W) [PreityZinta is not living in this house]
Mobile No: Preity Keeps on Changing
Rani Mukherjee is an actress who can be credited as the queen of bollywood, not only because of her first name which means 'the Queen' in Hindi and Bengali but also due to the kind of image that she had developed during all these years in the Indian film industry.
Her first Hindi movie was 'Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat' in 1996 and it was a big flop. Everybody considered her as a goner with her first movie crash landed, but she wasn't ready to give it up and she was right, success wasn't too far away. Two years later in 1998 she signed an Aamir Khan movie called 'Ghulam' which was a big hit of that year and her role in the movie as Alisha received much praise. But Rani's career was about to take a hard twist, a huge international hit was waiting for her in the form of 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hain' in the same year. With the huge success of the movie her star value skyrocketed and she was right there in the line of main stream actresses of bollywood. Once she got the start she never looked back, with her trademark husky voice, beautiful eyes and of course the talent she has become one of the most popular bollywood actresses of all time. Since her start in 1996, Rani has appeared in nearly 40 films.
Rani was born in March 21, 1978 in West Bengal, India. She is coming from a movie oriented family, her father Ram Mukherjee is a retired director and her mother is a former playback singer, her maternal aunt Debashree Roy was a popular Bengali actress and her cousin Kajol is a bollywood superstar. And another cousin Sharbani Mukherjee also works in movies. Though this movie oriented family background allowed her easy entrance bollywood, she never hesitated to give her hundred percent efforts to each and every project she signed in. her hardworking and trusty nature made her the favorite of many directors and co stars.
She had her high school education at Cooper High School in Juhu. There she used to participate in stage shows and dramas. At the age of 14 she did a cameo role in her father's Bengali movie called 'Biyar Phool'. But she never considered acting seriously enough, back then to hinder the studies and she completed high school. After leaving the high, she enrolled in Mithibai College in Mumbai for higher studies. During this period she received several movie offers, one of them was from Salim Akhtar, a family friend for a project named 'Aa gale lag ja'. But she turned the offer down because her father was against it and Urmila Matondkar played that role instead.
After her 1998 hit 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', she continuously produced mediocre films which kind of affected her star value. In year 2000 she had a hit movie called 'Badal' opposite to Boby Deol and it was the highest grossing film of that year and this was a relief for her after a long period of slump. But even the success of Badal did not help to alleviate the hardness of dark clouds of slack which covered her career during the start of the new millenium.
But year 2002 was all too shiny for her as her movie 'Saathiya' was a huge hit, it actually climbed up to the list of top five grossing movies of that year. After the success of Saathiya, she signed several movies and most of them performed well both in the box office and in the award functions. In 2003, her new look in Chalte Chalte opposite Shah Rukh Khan was much appreciated. And another movie Veer-zaara was also a hit. After this she had teo successful movies called 'Yuva' and 'Hum Tum'.
In 2005 she did 'Bunty Aur Babli', 'The rising' and 'black', all of these were high profile movies and the way she managed these demanding scripts brought her much praise and the commercial success of these movies lifted her star value much higher. She continued this success in 2006 with hit movie 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' directed by Karan Johar. But in the same year her much hyped movie 'Baabul' disappointed all with a wimpy performance at the box office.
Her personal life is full of activities, but she is someone who always loved to stay away from controversies and she appears in the news only for appearances at movie premieres, special events, film festivals, award ceremonies, film promotion-related proceedings, or charity work. She is very close to her niece, Mayesha whom she lovingly calls 'Mishti' (which means "sweet" in Bengali). Recently when asked about her idol by a British news paper she mentioned Adolf Hitler and this was enough for Gossip columnists and tabloids to shape a new controversy, but later she denied ever mentioning Hitler's name.
Her most anticipated release coming up this year is 'Ta Ra Ram Pum' with Saif Ali Khan. And her other movie to release in 2007 is 'Laga chunari mein daag' with Abhishek Bachan.
She has won many Filmfare awards including best actress award, supporting actress award and also won several critics awards. Last year she won Filmfare Best Actress Award and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for the movie black. She also is the winner of multiple Star screen awards and Zee cine awards. All these awards rightly give us an idea about the kind of talent she has.
Her first Hindi movie was 'Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat' in 1996 and it was a big flop. Everybody considered her as a goner with her first movie crash landed, but she wasn't ready to give it up and she was right, success wasn't too far away. Two years later in 1998 she signed an Aamir Khan movie called 'Ghulam' which was a big hit of that year and her role in the movie as Alisha received much praise. But Rani's career was about to take a hard twist, a huge international hit was waiting for her in the form of 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hain' in the same year. With the huge success of the movie her star value skyrocketed and she was right there in the line of main stream actresses of bollywood. Once she got the start she never looked back, with her trademark husky voice, beautiful eyes and of course the talent she has become one of the most popular bollywood actresses of all time. Since her start in 1996, Rani has appeared in nearly 40 films.
Rani was born in March 21, 1978 in West Bengal, India. She is coming from a movie oriented family, her father Ram Mukherjee is a retired director and her mother is a former playback singer, her maternal aunt Debashree Roy was a popular Bengali actress and her cousin Kajol is a bollywood superstar. And another cousin Sharbani Mukherjee also works in movies. Though this movie oriented family background allowed her easy entrance bollywood, she never hesitated to give her hundred percent efforts to each and every project she signed in. her hardworking and trusty nature made her the favorite of many directors and co stars.
She had her high school education at Cooper High School in Juhu. There she used to participate in stage shows and dramas. At the age of 14 she did a cameo role in her father's Bengali movie called 'Biyar Phool'. But she never considered acting seriously enough, back then to hinder the studies and she completed high school. After leaving the high, she enrolled in Mithibai College in Mumbai for higher studies. During this period she received several movie offers, one of them was from Salim Akhtar, a family friend for a project named 'Aa gale lag ja'. But she turned the offer down because her father was against it and Urmila Matondkar played that role instead.
After her 1998 hit 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', she continuously produced mediocre films which kind of affected her star value. In year 2000 she had a hit movie called 'Badal' opposite to Boby Deol and it was the highest grossing film of that year and this was a relief for her after a long period of slump. But even the success of Badal did not help to alleviate the hardness of dark clouds of slack which covered her career during the start of the new millenium.
But year 2002 was all too shiny for her as her movie 'Saathiya' was a huge hit, it actually climbed up to the list of top five grossing movies of that year. After the success of Saathiya, she signed several movies and most of them performed well both in the box office and in the award functions. In 2003, her new look in Chalte Chalte opposite Shah Rukh Khan was much appreciated. And another movie Veer-zaara was also a hit. After this she had teo successful movies called 'Yuva' and 'Hum Tum'.
In 2005 she did 'Bunty Aur Babli', 'The rising' and 'black', all of these were high profile movies and the way she managed these demanding scripts brought her much praise and the commercial success of these movies lifted her star value much higher. She continued this success in 2006 with hit movie 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' directed by Karan Johar. But in the same year her much hyped movie 'Baabul' disappointed all with a wimpy performance at the box office.
Her personal life is full of activities, but she is someone who always loved to stay away from controversies and she appears in the news only for appearances at movie premieres, special events, film festivals, award ceremonies, film promotion-related proceedings, or charity work. She is very close to her niece, Mayesha whom she lovingly calls 'Mishti' (which means "sweet" in Bengali). Recently when asked about her idol by a British news paper she mentioned Adolf Hitler and this was enough for Gossip columnists and tabloids to shape a new controversy, but later she denied ever mentioning Hitler's name.
Her most anticipated release coming up this year is 'Ta Ra Ram Pum' with Saif Ali Khan. And her other movie to release in 2007 is 'Laga chunari mein daag' with Abhishek Bachan.
She has won many Filmfare awards including best actress award, supporting actress award and also won several critics awards. Last year she won Filmfare Best Actress Award and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for the movie black. She also is the winner of multiple Star screen awards and Zee cine awards. All these awards rightly give us an idea about the kind of talent she has.
Katrina Kaif, one of the most sought after actresses in Bollywood, debuted with a bang through "Boom", a movie about models getting caught up with the underworld. Though the movie bombed, people couldn't easily forget her angelic face and voluptuous figure. Not many have gained the fans and popularity as a new entrant as Katrina has done.
Katrina is half Indian and half British. Her father is an NRI and her mother is English, which makes her poor at Hindi. Initially critics were very harsh on her for her poor Hindi. But she has worked hard on it and started taking dancing lessons - both very essential to survive in the industry. Now she has started dubbing on her own. She has done few movies down south and is a popular face there already.
She has done two Telugu movies - Malliswari(2004) and Allari Pidugu(2005) and a Malayalam film (Balram vs. Taradas). In 2005 she starred in "Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya" opposite Salman Khan and Ram Gopal Varma's "Sarkar". "Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye" with Akshay Kumar followed.
Katrina was born on July 16, 1984, in Hong Kong, grew up in Hawaii and then moved to London. Even at the young age of 14, she got modeling offers and started out by modeling for a jewelry campaign. She was attracted to her father's native land and the moment she landed in India she was flooded with modeling assignments.
She started off with photographer Atul Kasbekar. Later she got offers from Lakme, LG, Cola, Fevicol, Pantene, Veet, Kodak, and L'Oreal. She was chosen as the face of the year for the Lakme India Fashion Week (2005). The Lakme commercial made her very popular. Soon Kaizad Gustad, the director of "Boom" noticed her and offered her a role in the film. Since it was the role of a model, she promptly agreed.
Although she wears bold outfits on films and ads, she is very particular about her clothes and she feels more comfortable in not-so-revealing clothes in personal life. And unlike others in her field she absolutely hates wearing make up.
Although she has been seeing Salman Khan for some time now, she still refuses to talk about him in the media. She has made it clear that her personal life is not meant to be known to all and that no one has a right to pass any kind of judgement on it.
She has lots of exciting projects lined up. One of them is "Partner" with boyfriend Salman Khan and Govinda. She is also doing "Apne" in which real life father and sons Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol all star together, for the first time. Then there is Anees Bazmee's "Welcome" with Akshay Kumar. Another film with Akshay Kumar "Namaste, London" is all set to release on March.
Katrina is half Indian and half British. Her father is an NRI and her mother is English, which makes her poor at Hindi. Initially critics were very harsh on her for her poor Hindi. But she has worked hard on it and started taking dancing lessons - both very essential to survive in the industry. Now she has started dubbing on her own. She has done few movies down south and is a popular face there already.
She has done two Telugu movies - Malliswari(2004) and Allari Pidugu(2005) and a Malayalam film (Balram vs. Taradas). In 2005 she starred in "Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya" opposite Salman Khan and Ram Gopal Varma's "Sarkar". "Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye" with Akshay Kumar followed.
Katrina was born on July 16, 1984, in Hong Kong, grew up in Hawaii and then moved to London. Even at the young age of 14, she got modeling offers and started out by modeling for a jewelry campaign. She was attracted to her father's native land and the moment she landed in India she was flooded with modeling assignments.
She started off with photographer Atul Kasbekar. Later she got offers from Lakme, LG, Cola, Fevicol, Pantene, Veet, Kodak, and L'Oreal. She was chosen as the face of the year for the Lakme India Fashion Week (2005). The Lakme commercial made her very popular. Soon Kaizad Gustad, the director of "Boom" noticed her and offered her a role in the film. Since it was the role of a model, she promptly agreed.
Although she wears bold outfits on films and ads, she is very particular about her clothes and she feels more comfortable in not-so-revealing clothes in personal life. And unlike others in her field she absolutely hates wearing make up.
Although she has been seeing Salman Khan for some time now, she still refuses to talk about him in the media. She has made it clear that her personal life is not meant to be known to all and that no one has a right to pass any kind of judgement on it.
She has lots of exciting projects lined up. One of them is "Partner" with boyfriend Salman Khan and Govinda. She is also doing "Apne" in which real life father and sons Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol all star together, for the first time. Then there is Anees Bazmee's "Welcome" with Akshay Kumar. Another film with Akshay Kumar "Namaste, London" is all set to release on March.
Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, in the South Indian state of Karnataka, to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine engineer, and Vrinda Rai, a writer. Her ancestors are from the Bunt community of Mangalore. Her family later relocated to Mumbai. Rai has one brother, Aditya Rai, who is three years older than she is. Aditya is in the merchant navy, and has also co-produced a film with Rai in the lead.Rai's native language is Tulu; she also speaks Hindi, English, Marathi, Urdu, Kannada, and Tamil.Rai attended the Arya Vidya Mandir at Santacruz, Mumbai, then entered Ruparel College, Matunga, Mumbai. She was an A student and was on track to become an architect.Rai began modeling on the side while studying architecture. She was a contestant in the Miss India 1994 pageant, which she lost to Sushmita Sen. Rai later went on to win the Miss World title that same year. She appeared in her first film in 1997Aishwarya Rai prefers not to talk to the media about her personal life. All the details mentioned in this section are based on what was reported by the media and have not been confirmed by Ms Rai, except as otherwise indicated.Rai began dating Salman Khan, her co-star from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, after the filming of that movie. Their breakup a few years later generated a substantial amount of press attention.Rai has been described by others in the Bollywood film industry as having traditional values and being "a paragon of age-old, dutiful Indian femininity".As a practicing Hindu, she has described herself as having "immense faith in its gods", and when at home she attends the Siddhivinayak Mandir, devoted to Lord Ganesh. When not on the road, Rai lives in Mumbai with her parents.
Aftab Shivdasani FilmographyDus Kahaniyaan ( Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Dino Morea, Arbaaz Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Jimmy Shergill, Dia Mirza, Manoj Bajpai, Minissha Lamba, Neha Dhupia)Speed ( Zayed Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Urmila Matondkar, Sanjay Suri, Tanushree Dutta, Amrita Arora, Ashish Choudhary)Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee ( Aftab Shivdasani, Dino Morea, Nauheed Cyrusi, Sammir Dattani, Anjori Alagh)Red ( Aftab Shivdasani, Celina Jaitley, Amrita Arora)Jaane Hoga Kya ( Aftab Shivdasani, Bipasha Basu, Rahul Dev, Preeti Jhangiani)Ankahee ( Aftab Shivdasani, Amisha Patel, Esha Deol)Shaadi Se Pehle ( Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Mallika Sherawat, Aftab Shivdasani, Sunil Shetty)Mr. Ya Miss ( Antara Mali, Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh)Koi Aap Sa ( Aftab Shivdasani, Natassha, Dipannita Sharma, Himanshu Malik)Masti ( Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Ajay Devgan, Amrita Rao, Rakhi Sawant, Lara Dutta)Footpath ( Aftab Shivdasani, Rahul Dev)Hungama ( Rimi Sen, Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, Paresh Rawal)Darna Mana Hai ( Vivek Oberoi, Sohail Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Antara Mali, Isha Koppikar)Pyaasa ( Yukta Mookhey, Aftab Shivdasani, Zulfi Syed)Awara Paagal Deewana ( Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani)Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai ( Amisha Patel, Aftab Shivdasani)Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche ( Aftab Shivdasani, Esha Deol, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjay Kapoor)Pyar, Ishq aur Mohabbat ( Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Arjun Rampal, Kirti Reddy)Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega ( Saif Ali Khan, Fardeen Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Twinkle Khanna, Sonali Bendre, Johnny Lever)Kasoor ( Aftab Shivdasani, Lisa Ray)Mast ( Urmila Matondkar, Aftab Shivdasani)
Riteish Deshmukh is an Indian actor, hailing from Latur city in Marathwada maharashtra. He is son of Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra.Born on December 17, 1978, he completed his education from G. D. Somaya High School and Kamala Raheja School of Architecture in Mumbai. He worked in New York City after graduation while studying acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.He made his debut in 2003 with "Tujhe Meri Kasam" which was an average hit at the box office. He became a known face after the comedy Masti for which established him as an actor. He has mainly taken on comic roles, rather than serious roles. After the release of Masti, he changed his known name 'Ritesh Deshmukh' for numerological reasons.Of his latest films, he had hits with Bluffmaster and Kya Kool Hain Hum and Malamaal Weekly all of which were comedy roles. He also appeared in the horror film Darna Zaroori Hai.
He made his film debut with the 1982 film Swami Dada in which he was introduced by Dev Anand. After Swami Dada, his second movie was Hero directed by Subhash Ghai in which Jackie played the main role. This film was a huge hit and made him a star overnight. Hero was Jackie's first blockbuster hit.Then he often appeared as a secondary hero opposite Anil Kapoor in hit films such as Karma (1986) Ram Lakhan (1989) and Parinda (1990).He won the Filmfare Best Actor Award for Parinda. His next few years in the industry resulted in some hits and flops. It was usually his supporting roles that had a much more impact.His memorable roles include the freedom fighter "Shubhankar" in 1942: A Love Story (1994), "Raj Kamal" in the musical Rangeela (1995), and "Chunnilal" in the film Devdas (2002). He was recently applauded for his performance in the Bengali film Antar Mahal (2005).
Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1959, Mumbai, India) is an Indian Bollywood actor and producer.Standing 5�, 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 1980sAnil 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.
His boyish charm and immaculate timing, be it with comedy or action is stuff that has won Madhavan millions of fans across the world. Already a popular face on the small screen, Madhavan was introduced to films by Srinivas, who was an assistant director to Mani Ratnam. With films like 'Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi' 'Alaipayuthey', Madhavan was seen as the next big sensation on-screen.
He made his debut in Bollywood with 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein', the Hindi remake of the super hit Tamil movie 'Minnale'. He followed this with another two fun capers with the musical Dil Vil Pyar Vyar and Ramji Londonwaley. Also seen in Ennavale, Pammal Ke Sambandham, Run, Dumm Dumm Dumm and the critically acclaimed, Aaitha Ezhuthu, Madhavan became the undisputed blue-eyed boy down south. With Rang De Basanti Madhavan plays Ajay, the dashing air pilot, engaged to the vivacious Sonia (Soha Ali Khan)
He made his debut in Bollywood with 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein', the Hindi remake of the super hit Tamil movie 'Minnale'. He followed this with another two fun capers with the musical Dil Vil Pyar Vyar and Ramji Londonwaley. Also seen in Ennavale, Pammal Ke Sambandham, Run, Dumm Dumm Dumm and the critically acclaimed, Aaitha Ezhuthu, Madhavan became the undisputed blue-eyed boy down south. With Rang De Basanti Madhavan plays Ajay, the dashing air pilot, engaged to the vivacious Sonia (Soha Ali Khan)
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.
Harman Baweja, the handsome hunk who has already become a star due to his girlfriend Priyanka Chopra, is attending Suresh Sharma’s Institute of Memory to improve his dialogue delivery in his films. Harman finds it hard to memorize the long passages of dialogues of his film and this institute specializes in providing ‘instant record system’ to help memorize the needed stuff.
As a source close to Harman says, ‘ Harman attended classes to help him learn the dialogues. Such training provides an immense boost to an actor in not faltering in his dialogues; otherwise he has a lot of retakes on his hand.’
The institute is run by Suresh Sharma, whose name has already featured in Limca Book of Records for memorizing a five hundred word passage within thirty eight minutes. He repeated this feat live on television in a Zee t v show Shabbash India.’
Currently, Harman Baweja is busy with his debut film ‘ Love Story 2050’, where he is paired opposite gorgeous Priyanka Chopra. The film is being made by Hamran’s father Harry Baweja, who has already made several hit films. The insiders claim that the film has turn out to be a smashing product and Harman’s personality more or less looks inspired from superhero of bollywood Hrithik Roshan.
As a source close to Harman says, ‘ Harman attended classes to help him learn the dialogues. Such training provides an immense boost to an actor in not faltering in his dialogues; otherwise he has a lot of retakes on his hand.’
The institute is run by Suresh Sharma, whose name has already featured in Limca Book of Records for memorizing a five hundred word passage within thirty eight minutes. He repeated this feat live on television in a Zee t v show Shabbash India.’
Currently, Harman Baweja is busy with his debut film ‘ Love Story 2050’, where he is paired opposite gorgeous Priyanka Chopra. The film is being made by Hamran’s father Harry Baweja, who has already made several hit films. The insiders claim that the film has turn out to be a smashing product and Harman’s personality more or less looks inspired from superhero of bollywood Hrithik Roshan.
David Dhawan, affectionately called the "King of comedy", is probably one of the most commercially successful directors of today. With an enviable record of having the highest number of box-office successes, he is a hot favourite with the filmi janta. His films are unpretentious, and made with the sole purpose of entertainment.
David Dhawan, a product of FTII , Pune, directed Ankhen, a film that had a stupendous stint at the box-office, with a record that almost challenged the earlier blockbuster, Maine Pyar Kiya (1989). Ankhen, witnessed the revival of popular cinema in the 1990s. This was followed by another box-office smash, Shola Aur Shabnam.
For David Dhawan uses fun, family and nation as a formula for success. The tomfoolery, the slapstick, the preponderance of catchy songs, dance, bonhomie and the simple one-line story, all seem to be a quintessential part of a David Dhawan Film.
David doesn't believe in a grand narrative in Shola aur Shabnam a bunch of worthless collegiates are the main protagonists, while in Raja Babu, a yokel saves a family from falling apart. Coolie No 1, shows a commoner crossing class barriers, while Hero No 1 (1997) depicts a rich hero's escapades as a cook to win over his girlfriend's family. In Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan (1998) two small-time tricksters from a village pre-empt two look-alike cops who are protecting a key witness. The romantic plot, family feuds and mistaken identities, all have that special David Dhawan touch of comedy.
David Dhawan's cinema carries forward the mode of popular story telling. He weaves escapist yarns, which are a welcome respite from all the violence and melodrama of the other movies. The audience always knows what he is going to get from a David Dhawan film – pure, unadulterated entertainment and total paisa vasool.
Govind Arun Ahuja (born December 21, 1963 in Virar, Maharashtra India), popularly known as Govinda, is an actor in Hindi films. Starting with his debut in 1986, he has acted in over 120 Hindi films. In 2004, he joined politics, winning a parliamentary seat from Mumbai (formerly "Bombay").Govinda was born to former actor Arun Ahuja and singer Nirmala Arun Ahuja on December 21, 1963. He studied at Annasaheb Vartak College in Vasai, Maharashtra. His elder brother Kirti Kumar is an actor and director who appeared in some of Govinda's films playing supporting roles and has directed his brother in some films most notably "Hatya" (1988). Govinda's nephew Vinay Anand is also an actor. Govinda initially wanted to marry actress Neelam with whom he had made many films but eventually gave up and married according to his mother's choice.He married Sunita Govind Ahuja on 11 March 1987 and has two children with her. Govinda has acted in over 100 films since his debut in 1986. He has been one of the most successful comedy actors in Bollywood particularly during the 1990s. After a brief stint in politics in 2003 he is attempting to make a comeback in Bollywood since 2006.Govinda made his film debut in the 1986 film "Ilzaam" which was a success and launched his career.He acted in a string of movies after that with mixed success. Most of the films he appeared in during the 1980s were in the action, romance or family drama genres. He was often paired opposite actress Neelam and together they appeared in hit films such as "Love 86" (1986), "Khudgarz" (1987) and his brother Kirti Kumar's directed "Hatya" (1988).He had success with family drama films such as "Dariya Dil" (1988), "Jaise Karni Waise Bharni" (1989) and "Hum" (1991) as well as action films such as "Marte Dam Tak" (1987) and " Jung Baaz"(1989). He worked with David Dhawan for the first time in the 1989 action film "Taaqatwar".He then acted in 17 movies directed by David Dhawan most of which were comedy films. The most successful films during their collaboration included "Shola Aur Shabnam" (1992), "Aankhen" (1993), "Raja Babu" (1994), "Coolie No. 1" (1995), "Saajan Chale Sasural" (1996), "Hero No. 1" (1997), "Deewana Mastana" (1997), "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan" (1998), "Haseena Maan Jaayegi" (1999) and "Jodi No. 1" (2001). Dhawan and other directors frequently cast him opposite actresses such as Karishma Kapoor and Raveena Tandon during the 1990s.Govinda played the role of a villain for the first time in his career in "Shikari" (2000). Although the movie was not a commercial success, Govinda's convincing portrayal of a sociopath murderer was critically acclaimed.His box office draw suffered a setback in the early 2000s following a series of commercially unsuccessful films. His acting career was further affected when he contested and won the seat for Member of Parliament from Mumbai North in the 2004 parliamentary elections. He did not have any new film releases in 2004 and 2005 although some of his delayed films such as "Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen" (2005) and his own home production "Ssukh" (2005) were released but were box office disasters.n 2004, Govinda joined the Congress party, and was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower House of Parliament from Mumbai with a thumping majority of beating the 5 time sitting MP by over 50000 votes.In a run up to the polls, Govinda had announced that his agenda will be awaas (housing), prawaas (transportation), swasthya (health) and gyaan (education).During the first ten months of his tenure as an Member of Parliament (MP), Govinda did not spend any money from his MP Local Area Development Fund of Rs. 20 million. He started utilizing his fund only when newspaper reports brought this to notice. According to the Thane district collectorate sources, Govinda committed Rs 7 to construct anganwadi, samaj mandirs and resolve drinking water problem of Vasai and Virar residents. However, work on these projects did not begin (as of August 2005), because administrative approval was being awaited. Govinda also took credit for 80% of the quadrupling of Borivli-Virar section on Western Railway (India).During his tenure as an MP, Govinda embarrassed his party, Congress, by coming out in open to support actor Shakti Kapoor, who had been caught in an sting operation, asking for sexual favours from a television reporter posing as a Bollywood aspirant. He also opposed the ban on dance bars, which embarrassed the Congress-NCP led Democratic Front Government, which had proposed the ban.As an MP, Govinda has been criticized for being inaccessible to the people of his constituency, especially during the terrible rains (beginning July 26, 2005) that left around 450 dead in Mumbai. After the rains, while speaking to a TV channel, Govinda claimed that he had got Rs 150 million sanctioned for his flood-hit constituency after speaking to Sonia Gandhi. However, his own party colleagues contested the claim. Mohan Adhikari, the president of Palghar Congress Unit went on record saying that "not a single paisa" had been received.Govinda made a comeback to films in late 2006 with the comedy film "Bhagam Bhag" alongside Akshay Kumar which was a success.His first 2007 release was the huge multi-starrer "Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love". Although a box office disappointment Govinda was praised for his performance.His latest 2007 release is the David Dhawan directed romantic comedy "Partner", which co-stars Salman Khan. The film grossed Rs.300 Million in India on its opening week, the second highest domestic opening week gross for an Indian film.
Rishi Kapoor (born September 4, 1952 in Mumbai) is a famous Indian Bollywood actor.His pet name is Chintu.He is the second son of famous film director and star Raj Kapoor. His brothers are well-known actors: Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor. Rishi is the paternal uncle of today's actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Rishi married actress Neetu Singh, with whom he had several hit movies, in 1980. They have two children named Ranbir Kapoor and Ridhima Kapoor. His son Ranbir Kapoor is going to make his debut with Sonam Kapoor(Anil Kapoor's Daughter) in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya releasing in 2007.Chintu, as Rishi is fondly addressed, was always passionate about acting. His bedroom mirror was his earliest confidante and he would try out various expressions in front of it.Rishi first debuted in his father's 1970 film "Mera Naam Joker" playing his father's role as a child.Rishi Kapoor.When elder brother Randhir grew too old to play the role, a chubby Chintu stepped into the hallowed portals of RK Studios to play the young joker in his dad's mega movie, "Mera Naam Joker". Chintu's performance as a plump adolescent Raju, whose senses are stirred by his attractive teacher Mary (Simi Garewal), and who struggles to come to terms with his ensuing guilt, was so mature, it belied his age.Rishi won a National Award when he was barely 18 for his sensitive portrayal of a teenager's first crush in the movie.Thrilled by the adulation, a barely-out-of-his-teens Chintu hankered for the lead role in his father's next production, Bobby. But he knew he stood a slim chance to bag it if he did not shed the extra kilos. A determined Chintu stayed away from steak (his favourite dish) and cut himself down to half his size.His efforts were successful and Rishi Kapoor had his first lead role, opposite Dimple Kapadia, in the popular 1973 film "Bobby" which became an instant hit with youngsters.Rishi won heady stardom playing Raja, a disenchanted, affection-deprived teenager who falls headlong for the beauteous and well-endowed Bobby (Dimple Kapadia), the daughter of a fun-loving fisherman (Premnath). The young actor became catnip to college girls at 21.If Dimple in the title role of Bobby sent hearts spiralling out of control, Chintu with his freshly sprouted moustache and lovelorn eyes did not lag far behind. He may have lost Dimple to reigning superstar Rajesh Khanna, but Khanna lost a sizeable chunk of his young fans to Rishi.Rishi then provided a launch pad to a legion of fledgling heroines: Dimple (Bobby), Kajal Kiron (Hum Kisise Kum Nahin), Shoma Anand (Barood), Bhavna (Naya Daur), Jaya Prada (Sargam), Naseem (Kabhi Kabhie), Sonam (Vijay) and Divya Bharti (Deewana).When Dimple quit the industry, Rishi found new heroines. In frolicsome entertainers like Rafoo Chakkar, Khel Khel Mein and Amar Akbar Anthony, the nattily dressed Neetu Singh complemented him beautifully. Soon after they played a couple whose marriage is coming apart at the seams in the underrated Doosra Aadmi, they married in real life too. Rishi's success coincided with Amitabh's ascent and the prince of romance had a difficult time stepping out of the tall shadow cast by the angry young man.Rishi Kapoor could always be counted on to wear the most outrageous outfits. Whether it was the head to toe white sequence leisure suit in "Hum Kisise Kum Naheen" to the incredibly large sunglasses in "Bobby" Rishi was the male kitsch fashion plate of 70s Bollywood. His use of over the top clothes were a way for him to really get into his characters.He was nicknamed "Lover Boy" and Rishi was the major teen heartthrob of 70s Bollywood entertainers. He was the dashing singing and dancing kid chasing romance in light hearted films as opposed to the 'Angry Young Man' social drama/action films that featured actors like Amitabh Bachchan.Even if he unapologetically worked in commercial films, believability was his calling card and he worked hard to achieve it. In Amar Akbar Anthony, Rishi wore a double-knit fabric trouser, a netted see-through shirt and chewed paan to get a feel of his character. To lend throb to the Dafliwala in "Sargam", Rishi shrugged his shoulders before playing the dafli, a trait he picked up from a father-son duo of dafli players. It led to an impressed Amitabh Bachchan complimenting Rishi on his ability to dance, sing and play the dafli simultaneously.Sporadically, Rishi made valiant attempts to conform to the trend and star in vitriolic dramas like "Zehreela Insaan" and "Gunehgar", but the audience shunned them, preferring to patronise his romances like "Laila Majnu" and "Hum Kisise Kum Nahin". The deft dafliwala of "Sargam" (1979), the pop singer who wants to avenge his own murder in "Karz" (1980), the love-obsessed rebel who proposes to a widow in "Prem Rog" (1982) reinforced one's belief in Rishi Kapoor as a sensitive actor with golden toes.His films fuelled his lover boy-for-all-seasons image and Rishi became its prisoner. Besides, his early marriage seemed to disappoint his female fans. In the mid-1980s, Rishi's penchant for his evening quota of drinks manifested in a well-rounded physique. A seen-there-done-that lassitude set in.Still, Rishi acted his way back with Sridevi in Nagin. The hitherto choosy star signed a spate of films.One of them was Yash Chopra's "Chandni". Rishi played a man who shuns his love when he is crippled in an accident. The star delivered a perceptive performance capturing the anger, cynicism, self-loathing and the desire for sacrifice that stems from his helplessness.The success of his home-production Henna, directed by brother Randhir, and the cacophonous David Dhawan comedy, Bol Radha Bol, delayed Rishi's fade-out but his widening girth resulted in a thinning out of roles. He played the lead role romancing young heroines till the year 2000 with the delayed release of "Karobaar: The Business of Love". He then attempted his hand at direction, but "Aa Ab Laut Chalen", starring Akshaye Khanna and Aishwarya Rai, made under the RK banner, flopped at the box office.Today, Rishi occasionally lends sparkle to lacklustre fare like "Raju Chacha", "Kuchh Khatti Kuchh Meethi" and "Kucch To Hai"; but a youth-centric industry can offer few roles that do not waste this fine actor's talents.He did a few more supporting roles with Hum Tum (2004) and Fanaa (2006).Recently he appeared in "Namaste London" and an English-language film titled "Don't Stop Dreaming" which was directed by his cousin Aditya Raj Kapoor (son of Rishi's uncle Shammi Kapoor).
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