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Reena Roy

Reena Roy was born on January 7, 1957. Reena was one of the top Hindi film actresses in India . Reena Roy performed leading roles in many films from 1972 to 1985. In 1983-at the height of her fame-Reena Roy decided to quit films to marry Pakistani cricketer, Mohsin Khan . Reena Roy's career in films started off with a non-starter, B. R. Ishara's Nayi Duniya Naye Log with another newcomer Danny Denzongpa. Her last shooting was for a tragedy Inteha (1984), in which she is raped and tormented by Raj Babbar . The film didn't do well. One of Reena's last releases was J.P. Dutta's war-torn Ghulami (1985). Reena Roy returned to Bollywood in 1992. In a supporting role as a sister-in-law in the film Aadmi Khilona Hai (1993). Reena's unhappiness showed in her significant weight gain. Awards and nominations- Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress--Nagin (1976) Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award-- Apnapan (1977) Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress--Aasha (1980) Reena...

Deepti Naval-Woman of Substance

Deepti Naval was born on August 22, 1957. Deepti Naval is an acclaimed Indian actress. Deepti Naval was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India . She went to the City University of New York and received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at Hunter College in Manhattan. Deepti Naval started her film career with Ek Baar Phir in 1980. Deepti is known to be a sensitive actress and was a part of the art films and light films of the 80's. Saath Saath , Chashme Buddoor and Mirch Masala are some of her films from the era. Deepti Naval also starred in the critically acclaimed Punjabi film Marhi Da Diva (1989). Deepti was often cast with Farooq Shaikh. Though considered as talented as Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil , Deepti somehow did not achieve the same stature in terms of awards or memorable casts. Once she moved out of lead roles, she portrayed character roles in mainstream Hindi films but was not satisfied with the roles she got and took a break. Of late she has made a comeback of sort...

Instinctual Beauty-Saira Banu

Saira Banu was born on August 23, 1944 in India to actress Naseem Banu of 30s-40s, and the granddaughter of a courtesan Chamiyan Bai, also known as Shamshad Begum . Saira had spent a significant part of her childhood in London, and went to finish school. Saira Banu's niece Shaheen Banu was also an actress who was married to former actor Sumeet Saigal and since divorced and remarried to Atul Patel and IFA in London. Always a fashion plate, Saira was forever encased in the pearl strings, chokers, mink stoles and mathapatti saris designed by mother Naseem. Saira Banu also known as Saira Bano made her acting debut opposite Shammi Kapoor in the 1961 hit film Junglee for which she earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. It also instantly made Saira a successful actress throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. After having a long time affair with Rajendra Kumar , she got married to Dilip Kumar in 1966. She wore a swimsuit in April Fool, followed by a number of movies includ...

Seema Biswas

Seema Biswas was born on January 14, 1965. Seema Biswas has a reputation for performing strong character roles. Biswas won the 1996 National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film. She won the 2000 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the 2006 Best Actress Genie Award for her role as Shakuntala in Deepa Mehta 's Water in 2005. Let's look at the filmography of the actress since 1994 to 2008- In the year 2008 Seema Biswas did Amal, Striker, What Is Cooking? and Heaven on Earth. Then in 2007 she came with Sofia and Kamagata Maru. In the year 2006, Seema gave performed in Vivah, Shoonya, Zindaggi Rocks. Then in 2005 she came with Water, Mumbai Godfather, The White Land. In the year 2004 Seema acted in four movies Kaya Taran, Dobara, Ek Hasina Thi , Hanan. Going to the year 2003 she gave her good performances in Boom,she was also nominated as the Best Suporting Actress for Bhoot. Following the same year she did two more films Iyarkai, Pinjar. In 2002 came Deewangee, Compan...

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif made her debut with Boom which was a disaster. But the actress has come a long way since then. In 2008 she had hits like Race and Singh is Kinng . In 2009, she will be coming back to the screens in a big way with New York movie . For the first time the actress will be seen with John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh who are almost as good looking as she is. New York (2009) is a story about three friends in New York . It tackles issues like racism. While the first part focusses on the three friends it takes a serious turn in the later part. Following this Katrina will be seen in Rajniti, Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani and Blue.

Riya Sen

Riya Sen is no stranger to movies. Her grand mother Suchitra Sen and her mother Moon Moon Sen were actresses and so is her sister Raima Sen . Riya Sen made her debut with Vishkanya as a child. She is usually seen in comedies like Style and Jhankaar Beats . In 2009, she has one release Paying Guest , directed by Paritossh Painter. She shares the space with actresses like Celina Jaitley , Neha Dhupia in Paying Guests movie . The actress looks very pretty in the Paying Guests stills.

Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor had a dream debut with Refugee. Though the movie was not a major hit, her performance was well received. The actress made news in 2008 for her break up with Shahid Kapoor , her relationship with Saif Ali Khan and her size zero figure. In 2009, she has been in the news for her role in Kambakhht Ishq . She is acting with Akshay Kumar in Kambakht Ishq and they make a great onscreen couple. The Kambakht Ishq wallpapers have promoted her in a big way.

Rimi Sen, is now Rimii

Rimi Sen born on September 21, 1981 in Kolkata, India is an Indian actress working in the Bollywood film industry. Her real name is Shubhomitra Sen. She is also an Odissi dancer and performed in the dance troupe of the eminent Kolkata-based Odissi exponent, Aloka Kanungo. Rimi completed her schooling from Bidya Bharati Girls' High School in the year 1998. She was first noticed when she auditioned for a Coca-Cola advertisement, impressing Priyadarshan , the director of the ad. Priyadarshan cast her in his hit film Hungama , establishing her in Bollywood. She then played Amitabh Bachchan 's and Hema Malini 's grand daughter in the hit film Baghban . Her next big hit was the Yashraj Productions Dhoom. Her next releases Phir Hera Pheri, Kyunki and Golmaal have also been successful at the box office. Rimi is now going by the screen name Rimii. She explains the name change as a career move: there are many other Sens working in Bollywood right now, and a single name may help h...

Vyjayanthimala-The Legend Of Indian Cinema

Vyjayanthimala Bali was born on August 13, 1936, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Vyjayanthimala is a major Indian actress of the 1950s and '60s, who won a large number of awards for her acting and classical dancing achievements. Following her cinema career, she entered Indian politics, and became a Member of Parliament. At the age of 5, Vyjayanthimala got the rare chance of performing a dance before the Pope. At age 15, she got a break in AVM Productions Tamil movie, Vazhkai, which was produced by M. V. Raman, a family friend. The movie was a success, and was remade in Hindi as Bahaar (1951). She acted in a few more Tamil movies before moving on to a highly successful career in Hindi movies. Her dance competition with Padmini in the Tamil film, Vanjikottai Vaaliban, received much acclaim. Vyjayanthimala got her initial Hindi movie roles in Ladki and Nagin (1954). Hemant Kumar's music and her dance accompanying the song, Man Dole, Mera tan dole, in Nagin made the movie an enormous succe...

Antara Mali

Antara Mali is an Indian actress who stars in Bollywood films. Antara is the daughter of noted photographer Jagdish Mali. Antara Mali made her acting debut in the 1999 film Prema Katha which was directed by Ram Gopal Varma . Ram Gopal Varma became Mali's frequent collaborator and went on to make several movies with her, as he did with actress Urmila Matondkar . Although Antara Mali was critically acclaimed for her performances in each of her films, she discontinued her acting career after production of her last film (Mr Ya Miss (2005) which she had also written and directed and the film didn't worked out and was critically panned. Antara Mali also wrote and directed Mr Ya Miss in the year 2005. Let's have a quick look at the film career of the actress Mr Ya Miss (2005) Naach (2004) Gayab (2004) Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon (2003) Darna Mana Hai (2003) Road (2002) Company (2002) Khiladi 420 (2000) Mast (1999) Prem Katha (1999) In this last film, Antara Mali paid...

The grand dame of Hindi cinema-Lalita Pawar

Lalita Pawar was born on April 18, 1916. Lalita was a prolific Indian actor, who later became famous as character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi and Marathi cinema, where she gave hits like, Netaji Palkar (1938), made by Bhalji Pendharkar , New Hana Pictures’ Sant Damaji, Navyug Chitrapat’s Amrit, written by VS Khandekar, and Chhaya Films’ Gora Kumbhar. Lalita Pawar's other memorable roles were in film, Anari (1959), Shri 420 and Mr and Mrs 55 , and the role of Manthara, in Ramanand Sagar 's television epic serial, Ramayan. Lalita Pawar 's first marriage was to G.P. Pawar, a stunt film director, who directed most of her later silent, and initial sound films. Lalita co-produced and acted in a silent film, Kailash (1932), and later produced another film, Duniya Kya Hai in 1938, a talkie. In 1942, Lalita was slapped by actor Bhagwan Dada , during the shooting of a film, which resulted in facial paralysis and a burst left eye vein. Three years of treatment la...

Dia Mirza Biography

Diya Mirza is a true India beauty. She is today a well accomplished actress in the Bollywood film industry though earlier she was tagged as a Aishwarya rai look alike. She must have never thought that her fate has so much of fame stored in for her. She was born on December 9, 1981. This 5'6" tall girl bagged Miss India crown in 2000 and is now employed as a well-known film actress.She also won the Miss Asia Pacific in the same year at Manila in Philippines. Her father died when she was just nine years old. Dia's mother Deepa Mirja was remarried to Ahmad Mirza, whose surname Dia Mirza took. She was a introvert kind of girl working as a marketing executive at Sriven Multi-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs. 5000, with a 15 per cent commission on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She however did an advertising campaign which appeared in Femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. That...

Neelam

Neelam was born on March 3, 1968. Neelam is an Indian actress and an established jewellery designer. Neelam was born and spent her early childhood in Hong Kong , before her family shifted to Bangkok. The actress learnt Ballet for five years in Hong Kong. The family has a traditional jewellery making business. Neelam got married to Rishi Sethia, son of a rich businessman from U.K despite opposition from Rishi's family. They married in Hong Kong, but divorced. It is rumored that Govinda , her co-star in many films had a crush on her, and pursued her for a long time before he finally gave up. She is very close to Sanjay Kapoor 's wife - Maheep Kapoor and is regularly seen in the Mumbai Page 3 circle with her other close friends Ekta Kapoor , Sunita Menon, Bhavna Pandey and Farah Khan . After Neelam's early childhood in Hongkong, her family moved to Bangkok and Neelam was holidaying in Mumbai and was approached by Ramesh Behl. The actress decided to give it a shot and did Jawa...

The Bubbly Actress Neetu Singh

Neetu Singh was on born July 8, 1958. Neetu is an Indian and Bollywood Actress of the 70s. Neetu Singh worked as a child actor under the name Baby Sonia, she played as 'Roopa' (child actress) in 1966 movie 'Dus Lakh', Neetu also played dual roles in the hit film Do Kaliyan (1968), a remake of The Parent Trap. Neetu Singh made her debut as a heroine in 1972 with Rikshawala which flopped. Neetu Singh took a small role in Yaadon Ki Baarat (1973), which became a hit, and her sizzling dance number to the song Lekar hum brought her so much attention that she was immediately elevated to heroine roles again. In most of the films, Neetu Singh was cast as the fun-loving daughter or the optimistic or lively girlfriend. Well endowed, Neetu Singh danced with and romanced all the top young stars of her day, especially Rishi Kapoor with whom she appeared in half a dozen films. Neetu Singh and Rishi Kapoor, when in 1979 after a much publicized engagement that was the talk of Bollyw...