Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Mandira Bedi
Biography
Mandira Bedi,is an Indian Bollywood actress, who shot to international fame first as television star in the soap Shanti and then as a television presenter during the 2003 Cricket World Cup and also in 2007 Cricket World Cup. Although she doesn't quite contribute to the cricket talk shows in sense of knowledge, she does contribute to the X-factor leading to increased TRPs of the show. Bedi created a stir in Bangladesh over her unwarranted criticism of the Bangladeshi Cricket Team following their win against India in the World Cup 2007 group stages.She also reportedly loves wearing off-shoulder tops.She recently posed for the magazine Maxim.
She was born (April 15, 1972) and brought up in Bombay and is married to an Indian movie director Raj Kaushal on February 14, 1999, and lives in Bandra, Mumbai. She received national acclaim through her debut television serial Shanti (1995).
She was in the middle of a controversy recently when she was spotted wearing a tatto on her back. This infuriarated the Sikh community. She has reportedly apologised to the SGPC.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Sameera Reddy
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She was first noticed in a music video, Aahista by Pankaj Udhas. She modeled for a while before and deciding to act in films. She made her film debut opposite Sohail Khan in Maine Dil Tujhko Diya. Her role was of a shy college girl who falls in love with one of her fellow students. The film was not a success, but she did get other film offers by the time her debut film released.
After two more failures at the box office, she had her first success with Musafir. The film eventually flopped but her role in it transformed her from shy college girl to a sex symbol. The film was quite controversial as it included a kissing scene between her and her co-star Anil Kapoor.
She has also done a notable role in a Bengali film "Kalpurush".
One of her elder sisters, Sushma Reddy made her acting debut with the film Chocolate. Her other sister is Meghna Reddy. She had a short-lived affair with Telugu superstar NTR Jr.
She made a guest appearance on the British show Casualty.
Biography
Sameera Reddy is a Telugu speaking Bollywood actress. She graduated from Sydenham College. She is most famous for her role in Musafir.She was first noticed in a music video, Aahista by Pankaj Udhas. She modeled for a while before and deciding to act in films. She made her film debut opposite Sohail Khan in Maine Dil Tujhko Diya. Her role was of a shy college girl who falls in love with one of her fellow students. The film was not a success, but she did get other film offers by the time her debut film released.
After two more failures at the box office, she had her first success with Musafir. The film eventually flopped but her role in it transformed her from shy college girl to a sex symbol. The film was quite controversial as it included a kissing scene between her and her co-star Anil Kapoor.
She has also done a notable role in a Bengali film "Kalpurush".
One of her elder sisters, Sushma Reddy made her acting debut with the film Chocolate. Her other sister is Meghna Reddy. She had a short-lived affair with Telugu superstar NTR Jr.
She made a guest appearance on the British show Casualty.
Neha Dhupia
Biography
Neha Dhupia,born on August 27, 1980 in Cochin, is an Indian model and actress.Neha was born to Commander Pradip Singh Dhupia, who is in the Indian Navy and mother Manpinder. She has a brother, Hardeep. 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 with a TV serial Rajdhani at the age of 19.
Neha was crowned Miss India Universe in 2002 and competed at Miss Universe 2002, finishing in the top ten.
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. Neha Dhupia is often considered a sex symbol in Bollywood movies.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Perizad Zorabian
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Biography
Perizaad Zorabian born October 23, 1973 is an Indian actress who made her debut with Nagesh Kukunoor's movie, Bollywood Calling.
Perizaad studied in New York City and upon acquiring an MBA returned to India to assist her father in his poultry farm business. Once back in India, she was spotted at a wedding by a socialite and a friend, who presented her to the world of modeling and glamour.
She recently married construction tycoon and alleged gangster Boman Rustom Irani (not to be confused with the actor Boman Irani) on December 9, 2006.
She also made international headlines when she declined a role in a lesbian-centered film, citing her "own personal inhibitions about playing a lesbian” as the driving force behind her decision. Purva Bedi has since accepted the role in When Kiran Met Karen.
Perizaad entered into the glamour world by first doing an ad for Clearsil. Later she left for New York where she did her MBA and also theatre with Lee Strasberg. She came back to India and played the part of Maya in a TV Soap called Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye.
She entered Bollywood with Nagesh Kukunoor's movie, Bollywood Calling. She acted in Jogger's Park with Victor Banerjee and other films such as Viral Lakhia's Namaste and Anant Balani's Mumbai Matinee. In the Chinese film, Bandung Sonata, she played Indira Gandhi. However, Jogger's Park has been the most successful project of her career till now.
She also acted in the film Morning Raga with co-star Shabana Azmi. Her most recent and on going film is Ek Ajnabee with co-star Amitabh Bachchan. She also worked with Malcolm McDowell in the film Exitz in which she plays an Indian model. Other upcoming projects are Moonlight, Highway 203, among others.
Perizaad studied in New York City and upon acquiring an MBA returned to India to assist her father in his poultry farm business. Once back in India, she was spotted at a wedding by a socialite and a friend, who presented her to the world of modeling and glamour.
She recently married construction tycoon and alleged gangster Boman Rustom Irani (not to be confused with the actor Boman Irani) on December 9, 2006.
She also made international headlines when she declined a role in a lesbian-centered film, citing her "own personal inhibitions about playing a lesbian” as the driving force behind her decision. Purva Bedi has since accepted the role in When Kiran Met Karen.
Perizaad entered into the glamour world by first doing an ad for Clearsil. Later she left for New York where she did her MBA and also theatre with Lee Strasberg. She came back to India and played the part of Maya in a TV Soap called Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye.
She entered Bollywood with Nagesh Kukunoor's movie, Bollywood Calling. She acted in Jogger's Park with Victor Banerjee and other films such as Viral Lakhia's Namaste and Anant Balani's Mumbai Matinee. In the Chinese film, Bandung Sonata, she played Indira Gandhi. However, Jogger's Park has been the most successful project of her career till now.
She also acted in the film Morning Raga with co-star Shabana Azmi. Her most recent and on going film is Ek Ajnabee with co-star Amitabh Bachchan. She also worked with Malcolm McDowell in the film Exitz in which she plays an Indian model. Other upcoming projects are Moonlight, Highway 203, among others.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Ayesha Takia
Biography
Ayesha Takia born 1986 in Mumbai, India is an Indian actress.Ayesha Takia was raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra.She comes from a mixed family. Her father is Gujarati, and her mother is half British and half Maharashtrian.[citation needed] She has said in interviews that she grew up speaking English at home and had to learn Hindi and Telugu for her film roles.According to Ayesha, she has been a model since she was four years old. She appeared in the famous I'm a Complan Boy! I'm a Complan Girl! campaign alongside Shahid Kapoor and also in a music video, Falguni Pathak's Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye, when she was only fifteen. She then appeared in the video, Shake It Daddy, which brought her to the attention of the movie industry, and a few film offers followed.
She signed a contract for Socha Na Tha, then for Taarzan: The Wonder Car. However, delays in making Socha Na Tha meant that Taarzan released first and was therefore her "debut" film.
She won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004 for her performance in Taarzan.
She has appeared in a number of films that have done poorly at the box office. However, she has been highly praised for her work in the 2006 Dor, a smaller budget film in which she plays the role of a young widowed Rajasthani woman living in a traditional joint family.She went on to win a Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Dor.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Preity Zinta
Biography
Preity Zinta born 31 January 1975 is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is among the most successful actresses in the industry,and is regarded as one of the biggest names in India.Zinta has primarily acted in mainstream cinema having the biggest hits of the last years, but has also done some critically acclaimed films.Today, she has the highest number of grossing films than any other actress of her generation.Zinta met Shekhar Kapur when she accompanied her friend to an audition and was auditioned too. Coincidentally, after Kapur saw her audition he insisted on her to become an actress. Zinta was meant to make her acting debut with Kapur's Tara Rum Pum Pum opposite Hrithik Roshan but the film never took off.Later, Kapur recommended her for Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.
Technically her first film was Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna but it got delayed till 2000 .The delay of another film Soldier meant that she made her acting debut with Dil Se (1998).The film was her breakthrough role and she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance,which was only twenty minutes long.This was followed by the hit Soldierand Sangharsh, which did not do well at the Box Office, but gained her recognition as an actress. Zinta also starred in two Telugu films.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Kareena Kapoor
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Kareena attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai and then went to Welham Girls Boarding School in Dehradun. She then went to Harvard for summer school and took a course in microcomputers and information technology for three months.Set on pursuing an acting career, she then took an admission in Government Law College at Churchgate to become a lawyer. After completing one year there, she went back to her initial plan of joining the film industry,where she attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.
Kareena had planned to debut in Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai but left the project a few days into the filming.She made her debut in J.P. Dutta’s Refugee in 2000 with Abhishek Bachchan and won critical acclaim for portraying the role of a Pakistani girl.The role earned her an award for Filmfare Best Debut (Female).
Biography
Kareena Kapoor,born 21 September 1980 nicknamed "Bebo" is a four-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian popular actress who appears in Bollywood movies.Since her debut in the 2000 film, Refugee, she has acted in nearly 30 films, majority of them bringing her critical success rather than commercial success.Despite this fact, she has emerged today as one of the top and most versatile actresses from the industry.Kareena attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai and then went to Welham Girls Boarding School in Dehradun. She then went to Harvard for summer school and took a course in microcomputers and information technology for three months.Set on pursuing an acting career, she then took an admission in Government Law College at Churchgate to become a lawyer. After completing one year there, she went back to her initial plan of joining the film industry,where she attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.
Kareena had planned to debut in Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai but left the project a few days into the filming.She made her debut in J.P. Dutta’s Refugee in 2000 with Abhishek Bachchan and won critical acclaim for portraying the role of a Pakistani girl.The role earned her an award for Filmfare Best Debut (Female).
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