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Cover of Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage Amisha Patel hails from a true multi-racial family as her father Amit Patel is a Gujrati Maharashtrian and her mother Asha Patel is a Sindhi. Her family is that of reputed lawyers and politicians. Amisha is not just a famous Bollywood actress but also a Biogenetic Engineer from a university in United States. Amisha is also a gold medalist in economics. Before getting into films, she worked for a financial company, but she did not continue for long. Her inclination was towards art and cinema and hence she soon joined Satyadev Dubey’s theatre group. With her excellent foreign degree and superb family background, Amisha could easily don the seat of the CEO of her family business, but fate had another calling for her. Crediting her family connections for her first break in films, it so happened that at a at a dinner at the Roshan’s house, Rakesh Roshan offered Amisha a role in ‘ Kaho Na Pyaar Hai ’. The film was a superhit and marked Hrithik Rosha

Aishwarya - Vivek Relationship Salman Khan and Ashwairya Rai split was a traumatising phase of this beautiful lady. The scars were rather deep on her soul than her body. Those were difficult days, people noticed the bruises on her body but the glitter of fame hid the bruises on her souls. It is a difficult time for a self respecting confiden t woman to coupe the after affects of domestic violence. During this time, Vivek Oberoi came in Aishwarya’s life as a friend. Aishwarya Rai usually refuses to kiss on the screen in her movies but sometimes she does and this is one of such rare occasions when Aishwarya Rai kissed Vivek Oberoi for a scene in the movie ‘Kyon! ho gaya na’. The media tried their best to give a different meaning to their friendship. Vivek also got vocal on this private issue and openly expressed his love for the most beautiful Indian woman alive. But, Aishwarya never gave any hint that she is attached with Vivek Oberoi in a romantic way. During this time, Vivek als

Divya Bharti was born in Mumbai to Om Prakash and Meeta. This beautiful girl started early in films, when she was hardly 14 and half years. Telugu films such as "Nila Penne", "Dharma Kshetram", " Tholi Mudhu ", " Rowdy Alludu "and "Assembly Rowdy". Then Divya Bharti shifted to Bollywood and made her debut with " Vishwatma " in 1992. The film had average success at box office but Divya Bharti shot into fame with the song 'Saat Samundar Paar ……' in the movie "Vishwatma". Afterwards , Divya Bharati gave super hit film " Deewana " opposite Sharukh Khan and Rishi Kapoor . Thereafter, Divya Bharati acted in 13 films amidst speculation that she is next Sridevi. Divya Bhart i fell in love with film producer Saajid Nadiadwala and married him secretly. But her life tragically came to an end when she fell from fifth floor of her flat in Yari Road, Versova. The circumstances behind her death were considere

Cover of Mohra An actor who completely depends on his director for his performance, Sunil Shetty could have done better in business boardrooms, but anyway, made his B-Town journey with the completely inconsequential films like Balwan , Gaddar or Prithvi . His beefcake physique and square jawed face made him a director's ideal choice for an action hero, but his expressionless face gave away the ham actor in him. Yet nothing teaches better than experience. So after a long barren spell at the box office when around 21 out of his 28 films flopped miserably, Shetty finally saved his dwindling career with films like Mohra and Border. Then the resounding success of Priyadarshan 's Hera Pheri gave his career a new lease of life while Refugee and Jungle has got him on cloud nine. One of the promising stars to have hit the silver screen in the last decade Sunil Shetty stays clear of petty politics of the tinsel world and maintains a low profile. For this reason perhaps he has the choic

Image by Bollywoodzone via Flickr Shabana Azmi (born 18 September, 1950 in New Delhi, India) is one of the leading actresses of Indian cinema . Also a social activist,her performances in different genres of films have garnered her accolades and awards including five wins of National Film Award for Best Actress. Shabana Azmi hails from a renowned Muslim family with film connections. Her parents were, Kaifi Azmi - a renowned Indian poet and writer of Urdu, and Shaukat Azmi - a well known stage actress . Her brother , Baba Azmi, is a cinematographer. Her parents had an active social life, and their home was always throbbing with people and activities . Farah, Naaz and Tabu are her nieces. In the initial stage of her career, she was linked to noted film director Shekhar Kapur, but married Javed Akhtar , a lyricist, poet and Bollywood scriptwriter on 9 December, 1984. It was Akhtar's second marriage, the first being with the Bollywood scriptwriter, Honey Irani. Early in childhood

Image via Wikipedia Boman Irani was a photographer by profession. He started his career as theatre artiste with a cameo in Alyque Padamsee 's play "Roshni". Then Boman Irani portrayed Mahatma Gandhi in the Feroz Abbas Khan play "Mahatma vs. Gandhi". This play explored Gandhi's troubled relationship with his eldest son Harilal Gandhi. Boman made his debut in Bollywood with the film "Josh", but he shot to fame with portrayal of eccentric character Dr. J. C. Asthana in the film " Munnabhai M B B S ". He has also appeared in the film " Lage Raho Munnabhai " as Lucky Singh. Since then he has done many films playing a variety of character and supporting roles ranging from comic roles in films such as "Main Hoon Na ", "Waqt" and " Khosla Ka Ghosla " as well as serious roles in "Lakshya", "Veer-Zaara" and the English language film "Being Cyrus". His versatility reflects in

Image via Wikipedia Aishwarya had become the darling of India appeared in popular Bollywood films Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in 1999, Taal 1999 and Mohabbatein in 2000. Particularly interesting is how the media treated her in her early bollywood days. She was tempestuous, sexy and drop-dead gorgeous but she wasn’t aptly praised for her acting skills. For example, the Tribune India has a little paragraph about her activities, published on 28th of November 1999: Aishwarya Rai has oodles of sex appeal. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Taal or the long line of filmmakers queuing outside her door is ample proof of this. It seems even the Southie directors are under her spell! This despite her forays into Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar and Ashok Amritraj’s Jeans being damp squibs. Ash is starring in a Telugu film Raavoya Chandamama , a remake of Mann (which was a remake of An Affair to Remember ) starring Nagarjuna and Anjana Jhaveri. So where does Ash fit in? In Rani’s sexy one song appearance for a fat

Saif Ali Khan is the son of the famous couple Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi , former captain of Indian cricket team , and Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore . He studied in Lawrence School and attended Lockers Park Prep School . Later, he followed in his father`s footsteps by attending Winchester College, a famous independent school for boys in UK. He hails from the family of the Nawabs of Pataudi . But surprisingly, he choose his mother's profession and debuted in 1993 in ‘ Aashik Awara ’ and gave another average movie ‘Parampara’. The very next year he starred in the hit ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anar’i. After this, his career graph remained unnoticed until the very popular ‘ Dil Chahta Hai ’, where he got his successful turn. Since then he has gone on to prove himself as an excellent actor. He married Amrita Singh in 1991 and divorced in 2004. Since then, has been linked with Rosa Catalano, but is presently dating Kareena Kapoor . Saif Ali Khan was charged with blackbuck poaching in

AISHWARYA RAI is one of Bollywood’s pre-eminent leading ladies. This talented beauty thurst upon the world stage when her striking beauty, poise and commanding intelligence won her the Miss World crown in 1994. India’s top Bollywood directors were soon lining up to work with Ash. Entry into Bollywood Her film debut in Mani Rathnam’s IRUVAR (1997) received critical acclaim and her performance in Rahul Rawail’s … AUR PAAR HO GAYA (1997) garnered her the Best Female Debutante Award. Journey Further In 2000, she was awarded Best Actress by FilmFare for her work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali ’s HUM DIL DE CHUKE SANAM , and in that same year, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her special appearance in Aditya Chopra’s MOHABBATEIN . In 2001, Ash was nominated for FilmFare’s Best Actress Award for Satish Kaushik ’s HAMARA DIL AAPKE PAAS HAI . Ash’s star continued to rise in 2002 working again with Sajay Leela Bhansali in DEVDAS. DEVDAS was the most ambitious and most successful film in B

Star son, Sanjay Dutt debut film 'ROCKY' was a great success in bollywood.Dutt went on to appear in numerous other film s, including Vidhaata (1982), Naam (1986), and Hathyar (1989). His breakthrough role came in Subhash Ghai's Khalnayak (1993), for which he received a Filmfare Awards nomination. Despite his ups and down in reel and real life, he managed to retain his star position with his films like Naam , Sadak , Saajan , Khalnayak , Haseena maan Jayegi , Daag The Fire , Dushman , Vastav Dutt's most successful role has been that of comic goonda Munna Bhai , appearing in the films Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Sanjay Dutt was born on July 29,1959 as the son of the late actors Nargis and Sunil Dutt . He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt (Anju). He was educated at the Lawrence School , Sanawar. Dutt struggled with drug addiction while in high school and after the death of his mother. He even underwent treatment for the same at a

Bipasha Basu hails from a Bengali family at New Delhi . Later, her family shifted to Kolkata where she won regional beauty contest at a very young age, she was just 17. Bipasa Basu is the second of three sisters . Her elder sister name is Bidisha and her younger sister name is Bijyota . Modeling and acting has come to Bipasa Basu purely by chance. She had planned to be a Chartered Accountant after her graduation but in the meanwhile she won Ford super model contest and entered the world of modeling. She was also listed as sexiest woman of Asia along with fellow stars Mallika Sherawat and Aishwarya Rai . After she established herself as a model, Bipasha did the famous video 'Tu Meri Mehbooba ' for Sonu Nigam 's album, ' Kismat ', which became very popular . This coffee-colour actress made her debut in Bollywood with the film " Ajanbi ". Thereafter she did a number of movies but her performance in "Raj" opposite Dino Morea was more appreciate

Winner of "Celebrity Big Brother" (2001), series 5 made our very Bollywood lass Shilpa Shetty an international name. Trace her life journey... http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/images/shilpa-shetty.jpg" title="shilpa" alt="shilpa" width="200" /> Shilpa Shetty was nominated for her first film Baazigar , she delivered another blockbuster hit Main Khiladi Tu Anari co-starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan . However, the proceeding years her movies failed to succeed at the box office though she did receive critical acclaim for some of her performances. Then in 1998, Pardesi Babu got released and people noticed her again. Two years after that she finally delivered a super hit, Dhadkan . Since then her career took an up turn. In 2002, she had several releases and films like Hathyar and Rishtey solidified her status as a brilliant actress. In Rishtey she stole the show from superstars Anil Kapoor and Karishma Kapoor . However, it

Amrita Singh was born February 9, 1958 and is an accomplished Indian film actress . Amrita Singh was born in a Sikh- Muslim family, her father Shivinder Singh was a Sikh and her mother Rukshana Sultana was a Muslim. Her father was an army officer and mother was political activist during emergency period. Amrita Singh is well versed in Hindi, English, and Punjabi languages. She made her debut in Bollywood with " Betab " opposite Sunny Deol . Thereafter, she gave many super hit films such as " Sunny ", " Mard ", " Saaheb ", "Chameli Ki Shaadi", " Naam " and " Khudgarz ". Amrita has portrayed different characters in her acting career. Amrita left her filmy career after marriage with Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, son of the versatile Sharmila Tagore . The couple had two children a daughter named Sara and a son named Ibrahim. Due to personal differences, they got separated in 2004. After divorce Amrita returned

Mala Sinha was born on November 11, 1936. She is an Indian actress of Nepalese ethnicity. Mala became one of the most popular female stars in Bollywood films from the 50's to the early 70's starring in numerous blockbusters . The Nepali Beauty lighted up Indian film screens with her sparkling presence. Born a Nepali Christian , Mala Sinha, began her film career with Bengali films like Roshanara. Soon, she shifted to Mumbai . Mala Sinha made a not a very enviable entry with Badshah in 1954. Then came Ekadashi , a mythological film. Followed by a lead in Kishore Sahu's ' Hamlet '. Mala soon rose from a promising newcomer to star with films with a biggie like Raj Kapoor : Parvarish (1958), Phir Subah Hogi (1958) and Main Nashe Mein Hoon (1959). In 1959, Mala had , Dev Anand's musical 'Love Marriage ' and a role in B.R. Chopra 's Dhool Ka Phool , where Sinha again had a dark-shaded role of a woman who abandons her illegitimate child. What

Aruna Irani is an Indian actress of mixed Irani Zoroastrian and Hindu background. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna has acted in about 300 movies , with many memorable acting performances to her credit. Aruna is the sister of film-maker Indra Kumar . She is married to film director Kuku Kohli . Aruna Irani made her Bollywood debut with the film Ganga Jamuna . After small roles in films like Jahanara, Farz, Aaya Sawan Jhoomke and pairing with comedian Mehmood in films like Aulad, Humjoli and Naya Zamana. Aruna Irani finally shot to fame with her brilliant performance as an aggressive gypsy woman in the super hit movie Caravan . She has worked in more than 300 films as supporting actress. Aruan Irani took each role seriously and delivered great performances. She was awarded the Filmfare best supporting actress for her role in the film Pet Pyaar Aur Paap in 1984 and again for the film Beta in the year 1992. In most of her movies Irani is seen in negative role or as

Amrita Deepak Rao was born on the 7th June 1981, in Mumbai, India. This 5'5" girl was born in the Rao family and speaks Konkani. Her family is known to be well-to-do, with her father being the owner and director of an advertising agency. She studyied in C.G High School in Mumbai, and later enrolled in Sophia College for a degree in psychology. While studying there, she auditioned for an advertisement for Fairever Face Cream , and was selected amongst 60 other contestants. She eventually graduated and now has a degree in psychology. No stranger to cameras and bright lights, she has modeled for approximately 35 advertisements. Amongst other assignments that got her noticed were Hindustan Lever's ' Close-up ' Cadbury's Perk , & Nestle Bru Coffee. Ken Ghosh approached Amrita for his debut movie Ishq Vishq after seeing her in the perk commercial, where she played a girl next-door awaiting her childhood friend she loves. Amrita Rao is also a Brand Ambassador for

Madhuri Dixit was a top-line model in India before entering the Hindi film industry. She was launched by the Rajshri's with Abodh in 1984. But recognition came to her with the Ek-do-teen dance number in Tezaab (1988), which launched her as a top actress. Her performance in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994) was the crowning glory of her career. Her power and security lie in the knowledge that there cannot be another Madhuri Dixit . But to reach this pinnacle of success, the journey from middle-class J.B.Nagar to posh Iris Park , has been full of twists and turns. Madhuri recalls the good, the bad and sometimes humorous path she had to tread all by herself. This five-feet-four- inches of proportionate dynamite have been moulded on memories of Madhubala's allure and the classic looks of Suchitra Sen . Having joined films for a lark and then getting hooked, she didn't foresee the heartbreak. Her first few attempts could well have given her a one-way ticket to oblivion. But

Rekha was born on 10 October 1954 in Tamil Nadu, India. Rekha is a National Film Award-winning Indian actress who has appeared in Bollywood films. Being a versatile actress she's recognised for her willingness to play female-oriented characters, such as that of the school-girl in Khubsoorat and a avenger in Khoon Bhari Maang , both of which earned Rekha the Filmfare Best Actress Award . Rekha's portrayal of a classical courtesan in Umrao Jaan won her the National Film Award for Best Actress . Rekha has acted in over 180 films in a career that has spanned 40 years. Taking part in both Indian mainstream and art cinema, she has achieved commercial success, as well as critical praise for her performances throughout the years. Rekha's parents were not married. It was during the early 1970s, when she was looking for a footing in the Bollywood film industry. Rekha had various unsuccessful relationships with fellow Bollywood stars including Amitabh Bachchan , Vinod Mehra