Anushka Sharma

Name : Anushka Sharma

Height : 5'9"

Debut Film : Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Birth Date: May 1, 1988

Birth Place: Bangalore, Karnataka, India


Anushka Sharma a 5'9" tall Bengaluru based elite model is the heroine of the forthcoming Indian Bollywood film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi that stars Shahrukh Khan in the pivotal role. Directed by Aditya Chopra, who earlier directed hits like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) and Mohabbatein (2000), the film is currently in its filming stage and is expected to release on December 12, 2008.


Anushka was picked to be Wendell Rodrick's finale model at the last Fashion Week. Since then the demure looking model has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper and Fiat Palio. With a set of expressive eyes, this 21-year old Bangalorean has always wanted to be a model. "I can't see myself doing anything else," she was once quoted as saying. At the moment she is studying for a degree in economics.

Yash Raj films had created much mystery and speculations about the girl who would be cast opposite SRK in their next mega venture ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’. The suspense now comes to an end with the announcement of Anushka Sharma’s name as the female lead for the film.

Anushka, 19 year old teenager, is a small time model from Bangalore. During the last Fashion Week, Anushka was one of the models picked for Wendell Roderick’s finale. Since then she has been doing product endorsements.

Right from the beginning, Anushka wanted to make it big in the glamour world. She studied in Army School and then went ahead to do graduation in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.

With moral support from her parents, a confident Anushka got herself enrolled in Elite Modelling Agency. She was groomed by renowned style consultant Prasad Bidapa, who met her when she was just 13. Bidapa admits that Anushka always had the quality to be a star.

Designer Wendell Rodricks selected her for his finale show in 2007 at Fashion week. Later, Anushka did few ad-campaigns for Whisper, Silk & Shine and Fiat Palio.

She bagged her dream debut in Aditya Chopra’s film ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ through Elite Modelling Agency.

Talking about the choice, Yash Chopra said, “We were looking first and foremost for someone who could truly embody the spirit of small town Punjab and we know we have found her in Anushka Sharma. And while she has no previous acting experience, we have seen that unique spark in her that makes us confident that she will be a standout even opposite Shah Rukh.

Celina Jaitley

Name : Celina Jaitley
Date of Birth: 9th June 1981
Place : Kabul, Afghanistan.
Nickname : Chinky, Chinto
Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Education : Bachelor of Commerce.
Debut Film : "Janasheen" opposite Fardeen Khan.


Celina Jaitley is the most happening and hottest actress in Bollywood. She is a former Miss India and was the fourth runner up in the 2001 Miss Universe Pageant. She is 5'6" tall and her nickname is 'chinto'.
She is one amongst the most beautiful heroines in the Bollywood film industry. Celina literally means "the goddess of the moon". It goes true with her present status who is shining like moon. She was born in 1981 to a Punjabi father who was an Indian Army officer and mother an Afghan and is a child psychologist by profession. Her schooling has gone through numerous numbers of transfers because of her father’s frequent transfers.

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

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

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

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

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


Filmography
Shaka laka Boom Boom, Red, No Entry, Apna Sapna Money Money, Tom Dick and Harry, Zinda, Jawani Diwani, Silsiilay,

Trivia

* Celina was fourth runner up at the 2001 Miss Universe pageant.
* Her favorite actor is Aamir Khan and favorite actress is Aishwarya Rai.
* She wanted to be a Pilot or a Doctor in armed forces.
* Her hobbies are- Surfing the net, reading, sketching and listening to music.
* Celina Jetley is a great fan of Amitabh Bachchan and Sushmita Sen. She dreams to work with them some day.
* In her upcoming movie Red, Celina Jaitley is playing the role of a young widow who gets involved in an intense physical and emotional relationship with Aftab Shivdasani.

Amrita Arora

Name : Amrita Arora

Nickname : Ammu

Date of Birth : 31 January 1978

Place of Birth : Bombay

Height : 5' 4 1/2"

Debut Film : Kitne Door Kitne Paas





Amrita started her career as a model and gradually moved into being a video jockey
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.


Recent Movies :

Golmaal Returns (2008)
Heroes (2008)
Hello (2008)
Rama Rama Kya Hai Drama (2008)

Vidya Balan

Name:              Vidya Balan

Date of Birth:  1 January 1978

Place of Birth:  Palakkad, Kerala

Height   :            5' 4" (1.63 m)

Profession:       Actress

Debut Film: Bhaalo Theko (Bengali)

Awards / Achievements:

*2006: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, Parineeta
*2006: Filmfare Face of the Year, Parineeta[14]
*2006: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female, Parineeta
*2006: Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut, Parineeta
*2006: IIFA Best Female Debut, Parineeta



Vidya was born in the Tamil-speaking Balan family on January 1, 1978 in Palghat, Kerala, India. Her family consists of her dad, P.R. Balan, who is the Vice-President of ETC Channel; mom - a home-maker, and an elder sister, Priya, who is married to Kedar. She also has an aunt by the name of Raji Raju. The Balan family re-located to live at Bombay, when Vidya was very young. She studied in St. Anthony's Convent School, and thereafter in St. Xavier's College from where she obtained a degree in Sociology. She then went on to obtain a Masters degree in Sociology from Bombay University. She also studied and performed in Prithvi Theaters' workshops. Due to tradition of most Tamil-Iyer families, Vidya and her Priya learned Carnatic dance form during their early childhood days, but Vidya opted out as the dance classes took place early on Sunday mornings and as she is not an early riser.

Considerably overweight during her school-days, she decided to shed those extra pounds when she elected to opt for modeling and movies. Her first break came with a Malyalam movie 'Chakram' opposite Mohanlal, however,the project was shelved, and she had to wait until 1998 to debut in a Surf Excel commercial. She then went on to appear in several commercials directed by Pradeep Sarkar. She also appeared in three music videos for Pankaj Udhas, Euphoria, and Shubha Mudgal in supporting roles. She then also appeared in two TV serials Ekta Kapoor's 'Hum Paanch', and Ashok Pandit's 'Hanste Khelte'.

During 2003 she was signed-up to play a role in a Bengali movie 'Bhaalo Theko' opposite Joy Sengupta. This project was completed during the year 2006, and was a considerable hit.

Then during 2006 Vidya was approached by Vidhu Vinod Chopra during a pop-concert in Mumbai to play a lead role in 'Parineeta'. She then had to undergo 17 make-up shoots and 40 screen tests before being chosen for this role. All this hard work did result in success as 'Parineeta' was very well received so much so that the Tamil producer, who had previously rejected her, invited her to appear in a 'Dasavatharam' opposite Kamal Hassan, and now it was Vidya's turn to reject this offer which eventually went to Asin.

Apart from acting, Vidya occupies herself for supporting education for young Indians by promoting children's books; is associated with Americans for Aids Research; with Hale House - that provides support and housing for children born with HIV and drug abuse; as well as hosting forums and attending events for Harvard Aids Institute.

An ardent devotee of Bhagwan Shri Sai Baba, she makes it a point to attend Mandirs every Thursday. She is proficient in Tamil, Malyalam, Hindi, English, Bengali, and can also read Urdu.

Aishwarya Rai - Aish

Name:                Aishwarya Rai

Nicknames:       Ash, Aishu and Gullu

Date of Birth:   1st November 1973

Place of Birth:  Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Sign:                   Scorpio

Height:               5' 7”

Eyes:                 gray green

Hair:                  Brown

Languages Spoken: English, Hindi and Kannada

Marital Status: Married

Education: Bchelor Of Architecture.

Profession: Actress, Model

Debut Film: "Iruwar"(Tamil),"Aur Pyar Ho Gaya"(Hindi).

Awards / Achievements:

* Miss World title at Sun City in 1994

* Miss Femina World (Miss India 1st Runners Up) 1994

* IIFA Awards : 
Best Actress for "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" (2000)
Best Actress for "Devdar" (2003)
* Filmfare Awards: Best Actress (Tamil) For "Jeans "(1999),

The Beauty Queen, Aishwarya Rai was born in a traditional south Indian family. She got her education at Mumbai (Bombay) and started modeling during her graduation. Aishwarya became a household name in India when she featured in Pepsi advertisement with Mahima Chaudhary. This gorgeous model was now set to rock the world with her beauty and intelligence. Aishwarya Rai took the glamour world by storm by winning the Miss World crown at Sun City in 1994. The leading directors of Bollywood were soon lined up to work with Ash.

Aishwarya Rai made her debut with Mani Ratnam's "Iruvar" (Tamil). Aishwarya received critical acclaim for her performance in "Iruvar". She was introduced to Bollywood by film director Rahul Rawail in his film"Aur Pyar Ho Gaya" and she won the Best Female Debutant Award for her performance in this film. The turning point in her acting career came with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's " Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" and she went on to win International Indian Film Academy Best Actress award and the Fimlfare Best Actress Award for her performance.

Aishwarya did a number of movies with different directors such as Aditya Chopra (Mohabbatein) and Satish kaushik (Hamara Dil Aap Ke Pas Hai). Aishwarya again worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the film "Devdas" which became memorable in a number of ways- "Devdas" was the biggest blockbuster of the film Industry and the first Bollywood movie to have special screening at Canne's Film Festival. Later, Ash was made a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival, the first Indian actress to have this honour. She also featured on the covers of India Today and the Time Magazine. Time Magazine has also listed her in their list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World Today". She also became the first Indian female actress to be immortalized in wax at the world famous Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London. Aishwarya is married to Bollywood star Abhisekh Bachchan.

Kareena Kapoor - BeBo

**Kareena is Kapoor Icon in the Bollywood .

Nickname :- Bebo

Birth Dat :- 21 Septemember 1980

Birth Place :- Bombay

Height :- 5' 5" (1.65 m)

Star Sign :- Virgo

Eye Color :- Light Brown

Debut Film :- Refugee

Awards :- Four time Filmfare Award

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Kareena was born to Sindhi-speaking Babita (nee Shivdasani) and Punjabi-speaking Randhir Kapoor on September 21, 1980 in Bombay, India. She has an elder sister, Karisma. Kareena's name was inspired by the book, Anna Karenina .

She is born in a family that have been actors for generations, including her paternal great-grandfather, Prithviraj Kapoor; her grandfather, Raj Kapoor; her paternal uncles, Shammi, Shashi, Rishi, and Rajiv; as well as aunt, Neetu Singh, & Jennifer Kendall, the wives of Rishi and Shashi respectively.
On her maternal side, her grandfather, Hari Shivdasani, and aunt, Sadhana, have been actors in their own rights.

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As a child she studied in Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu, Bombay, and thereafter was enrolled in Dehra Dun's prestigious Welham Girls' Boarding School. Then she re-located to Harvard for approximately 3 months to take a course in Information Technology and Microcomputers. Upon her return to India, she joined the Government Law College in Churchgate, Bombay, but left it after one year, to enroll in the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School.

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Her dad, Randhir is very protective towards his daughters and wanted both of them to keep away from acting, get married, and settle down, as per the Kapoor family tradition. This led to irreconcilable differences between her parents, ultimately leading to a divorce, with both sisters leaving their dad to live with their mom.

Her film debut was in the year 2000 with 'Refugee' along with the debut of Amitabh Bachchan's son, Abhishek.

She went on to appear in 31 other Hindi movies, and has thus far won four awards for her performances in 'Refugee', 'Chameli', 'Dev', and 'Omkara'.

She is one of the most sought-after actresses in Bollywood, considered bankable, with an enviable A-listing .

Katrina Kaif- Kat

Katrina Kaif is one of the Loverly Bollywood Actress and Model.

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Nickame :- Kat

Birth Date :- July 16, 1984

Birth Place :- Hong Kong, China

Zodiac sign :- Scorpio

Height :- 5' 8½"

Favorite Indian food :- Dahi and Rice.

Favorite perfume :- Gucci Rush.

Debut Film :- Boom

Awards :- Face of the Year For the Lakme India Fashion Week (2005).
Best Female Style Icon at the IIFA Awards.
Sabsay Favourite Heroine Award (2008).


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Katrina Kaif is one of eight siblings, from a mother who is a Caucasian of British Nationality, and a father who was formerly from Kashmir, India, but who has since acquired British citizenship.
Katrina born in Hong Kong ,grew up in Hawaii, but was brought up in London, UK.She has Seven Sisters.
She started modeling accidentally when she was in Hawaii at the tender age of 14, when she was approached for a jewelery campaign. Thereafter she continued modeling in London. After that she continued modeling in London.
Filmmaker Kaizad Gustad discovered Katrina in London and gave her a part in his film "Boom". It wasn't long before the acting bug bit Katrina who decided to take it up full time and move permanently to Mumbai. She was flooded with modeling assignments the minute she set her foot on Indian soil, especially with her innocent expressive face, hour-glass figure, and drop-dead gorgeous looks.


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With her attractive features, Katrina was offered a number of modeling assignments. However, filmmakers were at first hesitant to sign her because of her linguistic shortcomings, such as her inability to speak Hindi. Films that did feature her usually had her voice dubbed over by a native speaker of the film's language.

She has done two Telugu movies - Malliswari(2004) and Allari Pidugu(2005) and a Malayalam film (Balram vs. Taradas).

Professionally she started off as a model with photographer Atul Kasbekar, and upon being accepted, she received offers from LG, Cola, Fevicol, Lakme, & Veet. It was the Lakme commercial that got her noticed. She retained Matrix as her Manager to accept work on her behalf and at the price she deserved.


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Despite of her soft gorgeous looks, she is not easily intimidated, but admits that she is very emotional, almost an incurable romantic, wears comfortable non-revealing clothes when at home, hates to do her hair, and above all dislikes make-up. Admitting to being lonely in the beginning, but now has several nice friends who she can hang out with.

She is very particular about her clothes which she wears a bold outfit on screen or for ads, but she feels more comfortable in not-so-revealing clothes in personal life. And the one thing she hates is make up.
She refuses to speak about her personal life in the media.
She is said to be romantically linked with Salman khan. Although she has been seeing Salman Khan for sometime 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 judgment on it.
She has lot of exciting projects lined up. One of them is ‘Partner’ with Salman Khan and Govinda. She is also doing ‘Apne’ with Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol together in the movie, for the first time.
Then there is Anees Bazmee’s ‘Welcome’ with Akshay Kumar.Her most recent release was film ‘Race.

Sameera Reddy- Sam

Sameera Reddy is one of the sexiest actresses in Bollywood.

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NickName: Sam

Date Of Birth : 8 September 1982

Height5' 7" (1.70 m)

Education: Rani Birla College at Calcutta

Ex-boyfriend: NTR Junior, Sanjay Gupta

Favorite food: Japanese dish – Sushi

Favorite drink: Soya milk

Hobbies: Swimming

Occupation: Actress

Debut Film: Maine Dil Tujhko Diya

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Sameera Reddy is an Indian telugu actress. She is most famous for her incopcious role in Taxi Number 9211. She first came into notice with the music video 'Aahista' by Pankaj Udhas. She did a few modelling jobs and then decided to act. She made her 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 went un-noticed but by the time of the release she was getting more film offers.

After two more flops she had her breakthrough role with Musafir. The film eventually flopped but it made it clear that Sameera Reddy had arrived. She went from shy college girl to ultimate sex symbol. Her stunning image and sensuality was enough to get her noticed. The film was quite controversial as it included a kissing scene between her and her co-star Anil Kapoor.

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She has also done a notable role in a Bengali film "Kalpurush". Her elder sister, Sushma Reddy made her acting debut with the film Chocolate. Her other elder sister is Meghna Reddy. She made a guest appearance on the British show Casualty. Her name had been associated with many, including celebrities. However so far she has denied all such link ups.

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Sameera’s is a trained Kathak dancer. She loves swimming, dancing and playing video games. And she cannot do without working out in the gym. Yoga is another one of her favorite activity. She absolutely hates fatty and fried foods. Sameera Reddy became popular with Pankaj Udhas’s music video ‘Aahista’. She did the video when she was in college. In the video she played a demure character, very unlike her current sex symbol image. In her school days she was very fat and was teased a lot for that. But everything changed when she started working out. Nowadays she is called Indian Jennifer Lopez.

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Sameera is also the first Indian actress to have her own video game, Sameera the Street Fighter. This mobile video game can be downloaded by millions of fans and is available to cell phone users throughout India.

Bipasha Basu- Bonny - Bips

Bipasha Basu one of the hottest Actress in Bollywood.

Birth Date : 7th January 1979

Birth Place : Delhi, India

Height : 5' 8.5

Occupation : Actress, Model

Debut Film : Ajnabee (2001)

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

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Her desire to become a doctor made her study science, till her twelfth class .Fate intervened when Bipasha recoiled and passed out when dissecting a rat. Thus ended her dream of being a medical professionallater ,she opted for Chartered Accountancy. She came into the limelight when she won the famous Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of 17. She also won the Tulips Miss Super Vivacious in the same contest. Bipasha has catwalked for all leading Indian designers, besides featuring in advertisements, she did the famous video Tu Meri Mehbooba for Sonu Nigam's album, Kismat. She was spotted by the world famous photographer, Steven Mizhel, she featured in Vogue magazine. But gave it up for family in India. Her debut role in Ajnabee has won her much praise then she got Raaz which was a major hit. Her performance was excellent in this film. In 2003 Jism came which was hit. In this she played a married woman. Bipasha deserves every bit of her success, and will definitely prove to be a strong competitor in the race to claim the top spot.

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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.