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Rajshree

Rajshree , the Bollywood actress was born to the acclaimed Indian filmmaker V. Shantaram. Rajshree’s mother Jayshree was also an actress, and was the second wife of V. Shantaram. While shooting with Raj Kapoor in America for the most famous film, titled “Around the World in Eight Dollars” Rajshree met an American student by the name of Greg Chapman, to whom she got married three years later, according to Hindu marriage ceremony in India. Though, their marriage lasted only for five days and was attended by 15 thousands guests. Rajshree then, returned back to America with her husband, to permanently live there, leaving her film career in India far behind. The actress has now been living in America for the last 30 years running a successful custom clothing business. Rajshree was an actress in Indian Hindi films during the 1960s. She was known for her classic beauty, acting and dancing abilities. The actress was actually launched by her father along with the famous actor Jeetendra in the...

Sameera Reddy

Sameera Reddy was born 14 December 1982. The Bollywood actress has two sisters, Sushma Reddy and Meghna Reddy respectively. The actress did her schooling at Bombay Scottish School in Mahim, Mumbai and completed her college from Sydenham College. Sameera Reddy first appeared in the ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas’s "Are Aahista" music video when she was a graduate. In the year 2002 Sameera got a chance to make her Bollywood debut with the film Maine Dil Tujhko Diya . In 2004, she appeared in Musafir , in which she played a very sensual character. Apart from doing Hindi movies, Sameera Reddy has also appeared in a few Telugu, Tamil and Malyalam films. Follow Bollywood on twitter .

Zeenat Aman

Zeenat Aman who have been known for her glamorous and bold avatar in films, was born on November 19, 1951. She was the second runner up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in late 1970. After having studied in Los Angeles, her looks in " Yaadon Ki Baaraat ' (1973) as the girl carrying a guitar, singing 'churaliya hai tumne jo dil ko' won her more popularity. She appeared on every Hindi film magazine's cover during 1970s. In December 1974, Cine Blitz magazine was launched with Zeenat Aman on its cover page. Zeenat Aman received a Lifetime Achievement Award during the Zee Cine Awards function in the year 2008, as a recognition of her contribution to Hindi Cinema. The actress also received An Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema award at IIFA awards 2010 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka. Follow Bollywood on twitter .

Ratna Pathak

The talented Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak , was born on 18 March, 1963. The actress is married to the most famous Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah . Ratna ahs also appeared in many successful films, including Mirch Masala , The Perfect Murder. She recently appeared in the hit comedy soap Sarabhai vs Sarabhai . Ratna Pathak has been acting in a number of high quality comedy serials on the Indian television. In July 2008 she appeared in the successful film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na as the mother of Imran Khan . Follow Bollywood on twitter .

Shruti Hassan

Shruti Haasan born on 28 January 1986 is an Indian actress and singer, who has appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu movies. She’s the daughter of Bollywood stars Sarika and Kamal Hassan . After pursuing a career in singing the actress also entered into modelling and initially started by featuring in the Frappe! Magazine version of September 2007, since then she has gone on to feature in Verve. In 2000, Shruti Haasan made her cinematic debut in the Tamil and Hindi bilingual movie , “ Hey Ram ”, directed by her father. She made a cameo appearance as the daughter of Vallabhai Patel in the biopic of Mahatma Gandhi. After rejecting good film offers, in late 2007 she was set to make her full debut as a actress in 2008 with a movie opposite R Madhavan directed by Nishikanth Kamath . Shruti even featured in Soham Shah's Bollywood film “ Luck ” opposite Bollywood actor Imran Khan . Shruti Haasan is the music composer of the Tamil flick titled Unnaipol Oruvan which was released in 2009. The...

Soni Razdan

Soni Razdan born on 25 October 1962 is a British-born Indian actress and filmmaker. Soni Razdan was born in Birmingham to a German mom and a Kashmiri father. The actress attended acting school in London and came back to India to pursue career in acting. Soni Razdan appeared as Sulochana in the hit TV series Buniyaad. She has acted in numerous Bollywood films and has been a regular star on Indian television. Soni Razdan got married to prominent director Mahesh Bhatt . She lives in Mumbai with her husband Mahesh Bhatt and her two daughters, Shaheen Bhatt and Alia Bhatt. Recently she has been seen in Nikhil Advani ’s directed film Patiala House . Read Bollywood twitter updates .

Freida Pinto

A professional model and Indian actress Freida Pinto born on 18 October, 1984 is best known for her character of Latika in the 2008 Academy Award winning movie Slumdog Millionair e . Freida Pinto has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a cast in a Motion picture. In 2010, Freida featured in movies like You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. Freida Pinto was also featured in many television and print ad campaigns for products like Skoda, Vodafone India, Airtel, Wrigley’s Chewing Gum and DeBeers. Pursuing modeling for four years and appeared in runway shows and magazine covers, she learned acting from The Barry John's Acting Studio in Andheri and was trained by theatre filmmaker Barry John. She will also appear in the 2011 fantasy-action-drama flick, Immortals, in which the actress will play the role of the oracle priestess Phaedra. The actress has been approached to act opposite Aamir Khan in Bollywood film Dhoom 3 . Follow Bollywood on twitter .

Daisy Bopanna

Daisy Bopanna is an Bollywood actress who has also acted in Kannada films. Daisy has also acted in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She has worked with actors like Kamal Hassan in Rama Shama Bama , Upendra in Aishwarya, Mammootty in Prajapathi and Akshay Kumar in Garam Masala .Coming from an intellectual and highly educated family, the actress had a keen interest in pursuing a career in advertising as a copy writer. Daisy Bopanna made her cinematic debut in a de-glamorized role in the Kannada film Bimba, a film directed by Kavitha Lankesh which explored the exploitation of child artistes in the film fraternity. Follow Bollywood on twitter .