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Bindu

Bindu born on January 17, 1951 is a Bollywood actress who gave popular performances during 1970's, 80's and 90's. She first landed in Bollywood with a role in "Anpadh" starring Dharamendra and Mala Sinha directed by Raj Khosla. In the movie,she played a young graduate though in real life, she was only 11 years old. She climed the ladders of success with the movie " Kati Patang " directed by Shakti Samanta where she appeared in the song "Mera Naam Shabnam" as a Cabaret Dancer. The song is still popular with the audiences. Bindu from then on, mostly took negative roles and became popular as a Vamp along with Helen and Aruna Irani . Bindu had everything that a sex symbol in Bollywood should possess.She was beautiful,fair skinned and carried herself with good poise.However despite having everything she could not bag lead roles in the films. After Kati Patang,came her roles in movies like Ittefaq in the year 1969 and Imtihaan in 1974 where she pla...

Venus of the Screen-Madhu Bala

Mumtaz Begum Jehan Dehlavi famously known as Madhubala was born on 14 February 1933 was an extremely popular Bollywood actress who made a mark in the industry which no other actress has managed to achieve so far. Even with contemporaries like Nargis and Meena Kumari , she was regarded as the most talented and powerful actress that Hindi Cinema had ever seen. Madhubala was born into a conservative Pathan family in New Delhi. When Madhubala's father lost his job at the Imperial Tobacco Company in Peshawar and she lost her four sisters and two brothers, life came to a standstill for her and her family moved to Mumbai in search of a better life. They frequented Mumbai's film studios in search of Work. After a lot of struggle, Mumtaz was made to enter the film industry at the age of nine. first film of her Bollywood career, title Basant released in the year 1942 was a huge hit. In the movie, she played the daughter of actress Mumtaz Shanti. She continued playing a child artist ...

Nadira

Nadira who was born on 5 December 1932 was a profound Bollywood actress who contributed a lot to the Indian cinema. Nadira is best remembered for her performance in the 1950s and 1960s flicks like Shree 420 (1955), Pakeezah (1972) and Julie (1975), which also won her Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Nadira acquired lot of fame with the 1952 film Aan with her role as a savage princess. Other than this Nadira played lead roles in a number of films like Dil Apna Prit Parayee, Hanste Zakhm, Amar Akbar Anthony and Pakeezah. In the 1980s and 1990s, Nadira entered a new phase of her career, playing elderly women as a supporting actress in Bollywood films. The actress was last seen in the film Josh (2000). On 9 February 2006, this dynamic lady died at the age of 73 at the Bhatia Hospital in Tardeo, Mumbai following a prolonged illness.

Asin Thottumkal

Asin Thottumkal was born into a Catholic family in Kochi, Kerala. Her father, Joseph Thottumkal originally from Thodupuzha, managed several businesses and was considered a prominent entrepreneur before he stopped managing his businesses and decided to manage his daughter's acting career instead. Furthermore Asin's father accompanies her to all her foreign shoots. Her mother, Seline Thottumkal, remains a surgeon despite moving settlements from Cochin to Chennai to Mumbai to live with her daughter. Asin has quoted that her name "means pure and without blemish". She claims that "the 'A' in her name is from Sanskrit meaning "without", and ‘Sin’ from English". Asin Thottumkal, born on October 26, 1985 an Indian film actress from the state of Kerela. Making her acting debut in Sathyan Anthikkad's Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), Asin had her first commercial success with Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Award f...

Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma born on 1 May 1988 is a model and Bollywood actress. In 2008, the beautiful lady played the female lead role in the flick Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi opposite Shahrukh Khan . The film was directed by Aditya Chopra , who has also directed hit movies like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Mohabbatein. Anushka Sharma was born studied in Army School and got graduated in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. Anushka Sharma wanted to acquire fame in modeling world and she also began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was called to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer 2007 Collection. Presently the actress is busy filming for Yash Raj Film titled film Right Hand Man alongwith Shahid Kapur . The film will be directed by Parmeet Sethi and Anushka will begin shooting for Nikhil Advani's Patiala House, opposite Akshay Kumar . The movie is scheduled to start it's shooting in December.

AMRITA ARORA

Amrita Arora was born in a traditional Maharashtrian family at Mumbai (Bombay). She is the younger sister of Malaika Arora , the well known model and actress. Amrita Arora followed footsteps of her elder sister. She started her career as Model and gradually moved into being a Video jockey. Amrita hosted shows such as "MTV House Full" and "MTV Chill Out". Amrita Arora also featured in many advertisements such as Ponds, Elle 18 and Sunsilk Fruitamins. Amrita Arora made her debut in Bollywood with the film "Kitne Door Kitne Pass" opposite Fardeen Khan . Her first film was unsuccessful at the Box Office. Amrita's first successful movie was "Awara Paagal Deewana" directed by Vikram Bhatt. After that, a series of flop film followed including the controversial film "Girlfriend" with Isha Koppikar (a film about lesbian relationship). She was romantically linked to Kevin Otter, Upen Patel and Ashmit Patel . Currently she is said to be dat...

Kamini Kaushal

Kamini Kaushal (born 1927) is an Indian film actress. Her original name was Uma. Her father was a Botanist and Professor at Lahore University . She did her college at Kinnaird College in Lahore, British India . Her sister died leaving behind very young children and Uma married ( or was made to marry) her sister’s husband. Her husband, Mr. Sood was an officer in the Bombay port trust. Uma came from a well-to-do background, she was an honours graduate in literature, which was very rare in the world of films in those days. There is also a mention of her having been a stage actress in Delhi. She worked as a radio artist before she was discovered by Chetan Anand as the lead for his film Neecha Nagar. This movie was shot before her marriage and released in 1946. After Neecha Nagar and marriage, Kamini Kaushal worked with all the top leading men of her time such as Ashok Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. In 1965 she moved to playing character roles with a film called Shaheed starring Man...

Gracy Singh

Gracy Singh born on July 20, 1980 in Delhi, India is a famous Indian actress. Gracy Singh is best known for her role as Gauri in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. Gracy started her career touring with the dance group The Planets and got her first break in the television soap, Amanat. After that Gracy Singh got an acting role in the film Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain as Kajol 's younger sister and in Hu Tu Tu which lead her to her role opposite Aamir Khan in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. Gracy Singh was also nominated for the best debut actress for Lagaan. Doing a number of hit films in Hindi and Telugu including Munnabhai M.B.B.S. and Santosham, the lady has also starred in Punjabi films such as Lakh pardesi hoye. Gracy Singh is the director of the NGO Save our Souls for abolishing dowry. In 2002 Awards of the International Indian Film Academy, she won Special award "Face of the Year" was nominated for Popular Award Actress in a Leading Role for Lagaan. Gracy Si...

Farida Jalal

Farida Jalal who belongs to New Delhi, started her career in bollywood films in the 1960s. Farida Jalal also won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare. Farida Jalal usually played the sister or rejected fiancée of the male lead, but the actress was never ever seen playing the main lead roles. One of her most critically acclaimed roles is in Bobby where Farida Jalal played the part of the mentally challenged would-be fiancée of Rishi Kapoor's Raj. In 1980s, Farida Jalal's roles progressed from sister and girlfriend to aunt, mother, or nanny. She is also remembered for her part in Aradhana, in which she plays Rajesh Khanna's girlfriend. The actress has acted for over 40 years. During the 1990s, Farida Jalal acted in films like Raja Hindustani , Kuch Kuch Hota Hai , Dil To Pagal Hai , Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai , Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , for which the lady won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actres...

ESHA DEOL

Esha Deol , born on November 2, 1981, is daughter of 'Dream Girl' Hema Malini and 'He Man' Dharmendra. She has a sister named Aahan. Esha is step sister of Bollywood star Sunny and Bobby Deol. Esha Deol is an accomplished classical dancer and National level Football player. Esha studied in the Jamnabai Narsee School, excelled at football, then went on to attend Oxford University and obtained a Masters Degree in Media Arts and Computer Technology. She also learned classical dance forms from her mom, the daughter of Jaya Chakraborty. Favourite Perfume: Estee Lauder's Pleasure. Esha Deol made her debut with the movie " Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche ". The film was unsuccessful at box office but she went on to win Filmfare Best Debutant Award for her performance. After that a series of unsuccessful films followed. Isha Deol's first successful film at box office was "Dhoom". Since then she has given two more hit films "Kaal" and " No E...