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Vidya Sinha Biography

Vidya Sinha is an Indian actress born on November 15, 1947. She hailed from a humble family of Mumbai. Her father, S. Maan Singh was an assistant director. She began modelling at an early age of 18 and debuted opposite Kiran Kumar in Raja Kaka . However, fame came to her through a low-budget, alternative cinema break-away hit Rajnigandha, directed by her mentor Basu Chatterjee. The movie, although having none of the trappings of a typical Bollywood blockbuster, was a major box office success. This was followed by many more small-budget art-house films like Choti Si Baat (1975), and later by more mainstream, bigger budget Bollywood productions like Pati Patni Aur Woh (1977). She was married before entering films. She later quit the industry in the eighties. During this time, she raised her daughter, Janhavi .After her husband Venkateshwaran Iyer (1968-1996) died, she returned to acting, on her daughter's encouragement. She returned to acting via working in TV serials like Bahu Ra...

Amrita Prakash

Amrita Prakash is an Indian bollywood actress who has both acted in Hindi as well as in Malayalam cinema. Amrita Prakash has also appeared in a number of commercials. Amrita Prakash was born in Jaipur but currently she is based in Bombay where she is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Commerce. This young actress with her talent knows how to survive in Bollywood industry and the actress has given her best in each and every film she has been assigned. In the year 2001 Amrita was seen in Tum Bin , in 2004 she did a Malyalam film titled Manjupoloru Penkutti, 2005 came with Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai . In 2006, Amrita did Vivah where she played younger sister to Amrita Rao and in 2008 she played younger sister to Isha Kopikar in Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi and her 2009 project is titled World of Fassion .

Shabana Azmi - The Biography

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...