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Anjana Sukhani-Bollywood Actress

Anjana Sukhani was born on December 10, 1978. She is a Bollywood Indian actress. Anjana Sukhani was born to a Sindhi family in Jaipuron. Anjana did her schooling from Bombay at Kamla High School, Khar. Anjana Sukhani holds a Management Degree in International Business. Her sister Meena Sukhani made her debut in the movie Bachna Ae Haseeno ; she was one of Minisha Lamba's friends. Anjana Sukhani put her academic pursuits behind to pursue acting. During the early years of her career, Anjana was cast in a television advertisement for Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolates with the Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan . Anjana was also noted for her performance in the remixed Hindi music video for the song 'ghar jayegi'. Even though she does not have a film industry related background, she has figured in sizeable roles in multi-starrer block buster movies such as Salaam-e-ishq. Anjana has acted in Golmaal Returns, sequel to the 2006 hit movie Golmaal . Her latest projects are Jai-Ve...

Bollywood Actress-Jiah Khan

Jiah Khan was born on 20 February 1988. Jiah is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Jiah Khan completed her A levels in film studies and literature in London. She also studied at the Lee Strasberg Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, though she quit upon receiving a movie offer from Mumbai. When the actress was 16 years old, she was assigned to debut in Mukesh Bhatt's Tumsa Nahin Dekha, but backed out when she felt the role was too mature for her and was immediately replaced by Dia Mirza. In 2006, Jiah debuted in the controversial Nishabd, where she acted opposite Amitabh Bachchan . The film was released in March 2007 to mixed reviews, though Khan was noted for her confidence, attitude. She also got a "Filmfare Best Debutant" Nomination for her Acting skills. Jiah Khan appeared alongside Aamir Khan in A.R. Murugadoss's Ghajini, the Hindi remake of its Tamil namesake. She was shot for a significant portion of Ken Ghosh directed film "Yaho...

Deepa Sahi-Biography

Deepa Sahi was born in India in Dehradun. She is an Indian actress and producer. In Deepa's early film career she collaborated with noted auteur Govind Nihalani and made her debut with the 1984 film Party. This was well-received and she subsequently acted in Aghaat (1985). Deepa Sahi's thespian achievement, no doubt, will always remain her role as the independent-minded and empowered lower-caste Punjabi woman she played in the highly acclaimed television film Tamas (1986). If we talk about the commercial cinema, after marrying film director Ketan Mehta Deepa Sahi acted in several of his films including Hero Hiralal (1988), Maya Memsaab (1992) and Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India (1995). Deepa's other notable films include Hum (1991) and Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991). Her last film appearance was in Aar ya Paar (1998). In 2005 she co-produced her husband's film Mangal Pandey: The Rising - which was a moderate success at the box office. Deepa also wrote the screenplay for Oh Da...

Leena Chandavarkar's biography

Image via Wikipedia Leena Chandavarkar was born in North Karnataka in the Karwar–Dharwar region. She is from the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community. Leena studied at Bassel Mission Girl's high school, Dharwar for some years. She won a talent competition when she was 15 and after that she went to Mumbai to try her luck in acting. In 1974, after several successful films like Humjoli , Manchali and a total of some 40 films, the actress married Siddharth Bandodkar, the son of Dayanand Bandodkar the first chief minister of Goa. Unfortunately, Leena's husband died in an accident. Later Leena married the singer actor Kishore Kumar in 1980 until his death in October 1987. She has son with him Sumeet Kumar. Leena also appeared as a guest judge for the first 2 episodes of "K for Kishore", a new reality TV singing show launched by Sony TV during December 2007. Initially Leena Chandavarkar worked in advertisements but eventually ventured into films. The actress made her deb...

Hema Malini's Biography

Hema Malini was born on October 16, 1948. Hema is an Indian actress, director and producer, as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), she went on to appear in numerous successful Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra . Hema Malini was initially promoted as "Dream Girl", and in 1977 starred in a film of the same name. Hema is a member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party and represents the party in Rajya Sabha, the upper House of parliament. She now spends most of her time involved in charitable and social ventures, though she still makes occasional appearances in films. Hema Malini debuted in a 1968 film Sapnon Ka Saudagar , playing a young teen opposite the ageing superstar Raj Kapoor. With Dev Anand in Johnny Mera Naam (1970), Hema became a top star. She worked with Dev Anand again in Tere Mere Sapne (1971), among other films, with the latest being Aman Ke Farishtey (2003...

Nutan's Biography

Nutan was born on June 4, 1936. She was an Indian Bollywood actress, who appeared in several successful movies of the 50s and 60s. Nutan was recognised as an accomplished dramatic actress, and her performances often received praises and accolades. Nutan holds the record of winning 5 Filmfare awards for best actress, the highest number of awards won by an actress. Nutan started her career as actress as a 14 year old in Hamari Beti (1950). This film was produced by her mother, Shobhana. In 1952 she was the winner of Miss India. First big break of the actress was Seema, for which she won a Filmfare Award. She followed her success with a romantic comedy, Paying Guest, in which she co-starred with Dev Anand . In 1959 Nutan starred in two hit films, Anari (with Raj Kapoor ) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (with Sunil Dutt ). In the 1960s and 1970s she had many more successful films including Chhalia (1960), Bandini (1963), Saraswatichandra (1968), Devi (1970) and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (...

Nutan's Biography

Cover of Chhalia Nutan was born on June 4, 1936. She was an Indian Bollywood actress, who appeared in several successful movies of the 50s and 60s. Nutan was recognised as an accomplished dramatic actress, and her performances often received praises and accolades. Nutan holds the record of winning 5 Filmfare awards for best actress, the highest number of awards won by an actress. Nutan started her career as actress as a 14 year old in Hamari Beti (1950). This film was produced by her mother, Shobhana. In 1952 she was the winner of Miss India. First big break of the actress was Seema, for which she won a Filmfare Award. She followed her success with a romantic comedy, Paying Guest, in which she co-starred with Dev Anand . In 1959 Nutan starred in two hit films, Anari (with Raj Kapoor ) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (with Sunil Dutt ). In the 1960s and 1970s she had many more successful films including Chhalia (1960), Bandini (1963), Saraswatichandra (1968), Devi (1970) and Main Tulsi ...

The beauty queen-Celina Jaitley

Celina Jaitley was born in Kabul,Afghanistan on 24 November 1979 to a Punjabi Indian father and Afghan mother. She is an Indian actress and former beauty queen. She was crowned Miss India in 2001. Celina grew up in several cities, including Lucknow, where she attended City Monetessori school. Celina Jaitley mostly spent her time in Kolkata, India. Jaitley was raised as a Hindu. She has said that when she was young, she wanted to join the army, either as a doctor or a pilot. She graduated with a degree in commerce from Indira Gandhi National Open University. Jaitley was a finalist in the Miss Universe 2001 contest. In addition to her title of Femina Miss India Universe, Celina has won the Miss Margo Beautiful Skin, Indiatimes Surfer's Choice, and MTV's Most Wanted award. In 2003, jaitely made her debut in the movie industry with Feroz Khan 's Janasheen . In 2007 she flew to New Zealand and shot her first international movie Love Has No Language, a romantic comedy. The act...

Bhumika Chawla - Biography

Image via Wikipedia Bhumika Chawla , born on 21st August 1978, is the youngest daughter of Ajit Singh Chawla. Her birth name is Rachna and she is affectionately called 'Gudiya'. Bhumika Chawla completed her schooling from Delhi and then shifted to Mumbai to pursue her acting career. She started her campaign in glamour world with" Ponds" talcum powder advertisement. Bhumika Chawla's charming smile in Ponds advertisement made her popular and she was noticed by film makers. Her debut film was "Yuvakudu" (Telugu) but Bhumika Chawala got recognition as an actress through her second film "Khushi" (Telugu). Bhumika won best actress award for "Khushi". Since then she hasn't looked back and has done five films in Telugu and two in Tamil. In Bollywood, she made a striking entry with" Tere Naam" opposite Salman Khan . She won Zee Cine Best New Comer (Female) Award for the film "Tere Naam". Her other noted Hindi films are-...

Bhumika Chawla - Biography

Image via Wikipedia Bhumika Chawla , born on 21st August 1978, is the youngest daughter of Ajit Singh Chawla. Her birth name is Rachna and she is affectionately called 'Gudiya'. Bhumika Chawla completed her schooling from Delhi and then shifted to Mumbai to pursue her acting career. She started her campaign in glamour world with" Ponds" talcum powder advertisement. Bhumika Chawla's charming smile in Ponds advertisement made her popular and she was noticed by film makers. Her debut film was "Yuvakudu" (Telugu) but Bhumika Chawala got recognition as an actress through her second film "Khushi" (Telugu). Bhumika won best actress award for "Khushi". Since then she hasn't looked back and has done five films in Telugu and two in Tamil. In Bollywood, she made a striking entry with" Tere Naam" opposite Salman Khan . She won Zee Cine Best New Comer (Female) Award for the film "Tere Naam". Her other noted Hindi films are-...

Tina Munim

Tina Munim was born on February 11, 1957 in Mumbai, India . Tina Munim is considered to be an Indian film actress who had a successful Bollywood career during the late 70's and early 80's. Tina Munim is married to the industrialist Anil Ambani, now one of the richest men in the world. Munim was discovered by Dev Anand after she represented India at the International Teen Princess contest in Aruba, and won the Miss Photogenic and Miss Bikini awards. In 1978, Dev Anand casted Tina Munim in his film Des Pardes , which launched her film career. Tina Munim was also romantically linked with film actor Rajesh Khanna after starring together in films such as Fifty Fifty and Souten. The relationship created a lot of publicity as Rajesh Khanna was married to Dimple Kapadia when he took up with Munim, but their relationship eventually ended. Tina also made a popular screen team with actor Rishi Kapoor , since they were paired romantically in six films, the most popular being Subhash Gh...

Bengali Beauty-Moushumi Chatterjee

Moushumi Chatterjee was born on April 26, 1948 in Calcutta, India . She is a Bollywood actress. Her father Prantosh Chattopadhyaya was in the Army. She had a sister and a brother. Her grandfather was a judge. Moushmi is married to Jayant Mukherjee, son of famous, late singer Hemant Kumar . They have two daughters, Payal and Meghna. She started to act in Bollywood movies after her marriage, which was quite unusual for women at that time. The actress was introduced to movie audiences in 1967 in a Bengali movie Balika Badhu directed by Tarun Majumdar . She was on the top of her career in the 70s and early 80s, when she starred opposite heroes such as Amitabh Bachchan , Dharmendra and Jitendra. Moushumi received Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for Anuraag (1972) where she played a blind girl, and as Best Supporting Actress for Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974) where she played a rape survivor. She still acts in movies, but not at the same pace as earlier in her career. Chatterjee act...

Rakhee - Actress of Substance

Raakhee , the bollywood veteran actress was born on August 15, 1947 and her career spans from the late 1960s to 2003. Raakhee hails from the state of West Bengal and had an arranged marriage to Bengali film director Ajay Biswas which ended shortly and unhappily thereafter. She married film director, poet and lyricist, Gulzar and has separated from him but never divorced him. She has a daughter called Meghna (Bosky) who has directed a few films like Filhaal, Just Married and Dus Kahaniyaan. Raakhee won rave reviews for her first Bengali film Badhu Baran 1967 in Calcutta after which she was offered the lead role in her first Hindi film, Rajshri Productions Jeevan Mrityu with Dharmendra in 1970. She shot to fame in the 1971 film Sharmilee where she played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor . Consequently, she established herself as a popular and major Hindi heroine acting with the best co-stars and directors, in several blockbuster films like Heera Panna (1973), Daag (1973), Blackmail...

Bindiya Goswami

Image via Wikipedia Bindiya Goswami was born on 8th August, 1961. Bindiya was a Bollywood actress who acted in Hindi films from the late 1970s to early 1980s. Bindiya Goswami was discovered when she was just fourteen years old by superstar Hema Malini 's mother at a party who felt that there was a resemblance to Hema and recommended her to film producers. Bindiya's first Hindi film was "Jeevan Jyothi" where she co-starred with Vijay Arora whose career was on the decline, and the film flopped. Bindiya Goswami forged on ahead and soon became a success starring for director Basu Chatterjee in Khatta Meetha (1977) and Prem Vivah (1979). Brief filmography of the actress- Mera Yaar Mera Dushman (1987) Vishaal (1987) Avinash (1986) Chor Police (1983) Mehndi (1983) Aamne Samne (1982) Hamari Bahu Alka (1982) Jay Vijay (1977) Jeevan Jyoti (1976) Bristi (1974) Lalita (1972) Chik Mik Bijuli (1969) Bindiya has taken up designing costumes for female stars such as Rani Mukherj...

Bollywood-Kollywood-Tollywood actress-Nagma

Nagma is an Indian actress of Bollywood, Tollywood and Kollywood. At her peak in the 1990s, she dominated Tamil cinema. Nagma began her acting career in Bollywood and acted in a few movies but shifted south where she met with greater success before returning to Mumbai. Fluent in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and English, Nagma is notable for having acted in a broad range of India's languages. Nagma has led a very different life from her half-sister Jyothika, who was not successful as a star in Bollywood but who found major success in Tamil movies. Unlike Nagma, Jyothika's public image is free of controversies. Nagma had considerable success with her 1990 hit debut film Baaghi A Rebel for Love, co-starring Salman Khan , Nagma was 16 at the time. Along with Karishma Kapoor , Nagma was also one of the female leads in 1994's Suhaag which also featured Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan . Nagma is currently a major star in Bhojpuri movies, where she has again found success as a ...