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.

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.