Bollywood N More Just Now: Feb 25, 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Gauhar Khan

Gauhar Khan Biography :

Gauhar Khan is an Indian model and actress. She is also a television hostess. She was the runner-up in the Femina Miss India contest, 2002.

Gauhar Khan Profile :

Name: Gauhar Khan

Sex: F

Profession: Model and Actress

Sister: Negar Khan

Filmography:

Phir Hera Pheri

Cast:

Director:

Release Date: 2006

Aan - Men at Work

Cast: Shatrughan Sinha, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Gauhar Khan [Special Appearance]

Director: Madhur Bhandarkar

Release Date: 2004

Miss India The Mystery

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Neha Dhupia and Gauhar Khan

Director: Pradeep Maini

Release Date: 2003

Bitches & Beauty Queens The Making of Miss India [TV Movie]

Cast: Gouhar Khan as contestant

Director: Minkie Spiro

Release Date: 2002

Gayatri Joshi

Born:

March 20, 1977 (1977-03-20) (age 31)

Flag of India Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Years active:

2004 - present

Spouse(s) :

Vikas Oberoi (27 August, 2005 - present)

Gayatri Joshi (Marathi: गायत्री जोशी born March 20, 1977 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a model turned Bollywood actress. Her first and only film, is the 2004 released, Swades.Her parents are maharashtrian .

Biography

Early life

She began her modeling career in 1996 while still in college. She studied at the JB Vachha High School in Dadar in Central Mumbai and Mt. Carmel High School when she was in Nagpur.

Career

She was one of the final five candidates in the 1999 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, and was crowned Sony Entertainment Channel's My Miss India-voted by viewers, and was chosen to represent India at the 2000 Miss International event in Japan. She has worked as an advertising model in addition to making appearances in several music videos: She appeared in music videos of Jagjit Singh’s Kaghaz Ki Kashti and Hansraj Hans’ Jhanjaria.

While she was still in college, she modeled for Bombay Dyeing, Philips, Ponds, Godrej, Sunsilk, LG as well as the Hyundai ad with Shahrukh Khan. She has also modeled for Seasons Catalogue and Calendar during 2001.

She made her Bollywood debut in December 2004 in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s film Swades opposite Shahrukh Khan.

Personal life

She got engaged to Vikas Oberoi on June 23, 2005 in Las Vegas [1]. They married in Mumbai on August 27, 2005. Present during the wedding were Isha Koppikar, Twinkle Khanna (Akshay Kumar, who is Vikas' friend, could not attend as he was filming in Canada), Bhushan and Kishen Kumar of T-Series, Rakesh Roshan and Abbas-Mastan. [1]

She gave birth to a baby boy, named Vihaan on September 1, 2006. [2] She also gave birth to a baby boy on 27th May 2008.

Filmography

* Swades (2004) ... Gita/Gitlee

* Dream Time(2009)... Sheera

Awards

* 2005, Bollywood Movie Awards, Best Female Debut, Swades.

* 2005, Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female, Swades.

* 2005, Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut, Swades.

* 2005, Global Indian Film Awards, Best Newcomer, Swades

Geeta Basra

ABOUT GEETA BASRA:

Geeta Basra is an Indian actress who has done two known movies. She originally hails from Portsmouth on the south coast of England, but now resides in Mumbai.

Geeta Basra's desire for Bollywood kept growing and at the age of seventeen, she got convinced that it was the right age to start her Bollywood career. She came to Mumbai and joined the acting school as any other Bollywood aspirant. The Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting school, where Geeta Basra has taken her acting lessons is the same school where Bollywood celebrities like Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra were trained. She got adjusted to the Mumbai city while taking acting classes and diction classes at Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting school. She returned to London after taking her acting lessons and hired a manager. It was her manager who introduced Geeta Basra to Aditya Datt, the director of her debut film Dil Diya Hai.

Aditya Datt's Dil Diya Hai is a multistarrer movie casting Mithun Chakraborty, Emraan Hashmi, and Ashmit Patel. Geeta Basra had high dreams while acting in the role of expatriate Neha in this movie. She was realizing her dreams to come into Madhuri's shoes while started acting for the movie. However the movie got rejected on the day one of its release. Although the film initially appeared to have a different story line, it ended up being as repetitive as any of Emraan's old films.

In Shyam Bajaj's The Train, the story moves around Geeta Basra's central character. It is a break for this new actress to get a female oriented subject in her second movie itself. In contrary to Geeta Basra's cute, young, bubbly girl character in DDH, she is a mature businesswoman who is completely aware about her personality and knows how to carry herself well in The Train

LATEST PROMO/FILM RELEASE

The Train

Cast:  Emraan Hashmi, Geeta Basra, Sayali Bhagat, Asseem Merchant, Anant Mahadevan and Others
Music Director:  Mithoon
Producer:  Narendra Bajaj, Shyam Bajaj
Director:  Raksha Mistry, Hasnain S Hyderabadwala

Geeta Bali

Born :

1930,Flag of India India

Died :

January 21, 1965 (aged 35)

Years active:

1952 - 1964

Early life

Bali was born in a Mohyal family in pre-partition Punjab as Harkirtan Kaur, a Sikh. Her family moved to Bombay and were living in near poverty when she started to get breaks in films.

Career

Bali became a star in the 1950s. She had also worked earlier with her future brother-in-law Raj Kapoor in Bawre Nain and with her future father-in-law Prithviraj Kapoor in Anand Math. Unlike other actresses who gave up films after marrying into the Kapoor family, Bali kept acting until her death.

Her secretary was Surinder Kapoor, father of producer Boney Kapoor and actor Anil Kapoor.

Personal life

In 1955 she married Shammi Kapoor who was 1 year younger than her but not yet a star.

She had two children with Shammi. She left behind a son Aditya aged 8 and a daughter Kanchan aged 3.

Later her niece, Yogeeta Bali also made it into films.

Death

She died on January 21, 1965 stricken by smallpox.

Filmography

Some of her hit films are Bawre Nain with future brother-in-law Raj Kapoor, Baazi (1951 film) with Dev Anand, Baaz with Guru Dutt, Jaal, Albela with Bhagwan Dada. She received a Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Vachan (1955) and another nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Kavi (1955).

Genelia D'Souza(Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi)

Name: Genelia D’Souza

Nick Name: Genny

Place of Birth: Bandra, Mumbai.

Date of Birth: August 5, 1983.

Religion: Christian

College: St Andrews College, Bandra, Mumbai.

Education: Business Administration

Languages: English, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada

Family Background

Family: Mom, dad and elder brother.

Favorite’s

Favorite movie stars: Sharukh Khan and Kajol.

Favorite music director: A R Rahman

Favorite singer: Lucky Ali

Favorite song: Secret of success

Favorite dresses: Jeans, T Shirts and Salwar Kameez.

Hobbies: Watching movies and listening to songs.

Film Background (Filmography)

Famous Movies: Satyam, Samba, Sye, Subash Chandra Bose, Masti, Boys, Sachien, Naa Alludu etc…

Latest Movies: Bommarillu, Chennai Kaadhal

Upcoming Movies: Vaarnam Aayiram, Santhosh Subramaniam

Visit Genelia Photo Gallery

Genelia Biography

Popular Telugu actress Genelia D'Souza was born on August 5, 1987, in England. She is also known to people close to her as Harini. Her parents originally hail from Goa and later moved to England. Genelia made her move from England to India in pursuit of her childhood dream of becoming an actress. She got her first break in the movie 'Boys' directed by Shankar. The film was a box-office hit and soon Genelia started getting more roles. Genelia has so far acted in over a dozen Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies.

Genelia - The Tollywood Actress

Genelia's success rate in Tollywood has been pretty good. Her movies Satyam, Masti, Samba, Sye and Happy have all fared pretty well at the box office. Despite getting good roles and her movies doing average business commercially, Genelia was still waiting for that one big hit that could change her career. The wait was not long as her most recent movie 'Bommarillu' has had a huge positive impact on Genelia’s career.

Bommarillu, with Genelia and Siddharth Narayan in the lead, became a super duper hit and gave her career the much needed boost. In the movie Genelia plays the role of a talkative and bubbly girl 'Hasini' who does whatever she likes to do. Her acting skills have been well appreciated throughout the industry and she won many awards for the movie.

Finally the true acting talent of Genelia has come to forefront with 'Bommarillu' and now time will tell if Genelia can become the number one actress in South India. Her latest movie Dee with Vishnu directed by Sreenu Vytla is expected to come out in January or February. Genelia also recently bagged the role of leading lady opposite Aamir Khan's nephew Imraan Khan in his debut Bollywood movie Tu Ya Jaane Na.

Gowri Munjal

Name : Gowri Munjal

Real Name : Gowri Munjal

Nick Name : Gowri

Place Of Birth : India

Date Of Birth : 31 july

Occupation : Actress

Girija Lokesh

Gouthami(Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi)

Gouthami Tadimalla

(Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi)

Born:

Gouthami Tadimalla

Andra Pradesh, India

Spouse(s) :

Sandeep Bhatia (1998-1999)

Domestic partner(s) :

Kamal Haasan (2008-)

Gouthami,(Telugu:గౌతమి ) born as Gouthami Tadimalla, is a popular Indian actress. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. Her first film was Dayamayudu,a telugu movie a film based on the life of Jesus Christ.

Film career

She was studying Electronics engineering in Vizag when she got her first film offer. She was introduced to Tamil films through Guru Shishyan, a superhit film co-starring Rajnikanth.

She was a top heroine of tamil cinema from the late 80's to the mid 90's ,and a competitor to the other heroines of the time, Kushboo and Banupriya.

Her role in the movie Thevar Magan was well received by the audience.

She also achieved a critical acclaim for her role in Mani Ratnam's "Iruvar"(1997), which had Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Nasser and Revathi.

She has acted also in Kannada films Elu Suttina Kote, Chikkejamana and Cheluva. She has acted in the Hindi movies, Pyar Hua chori chori, Janata ki Adalat, Haiwan, Admi, Appoo Raja, Trimurti and Dhaal. Prior to this, she had done a few movies in Malayalam, notably His Highness Abdulla which was a Mohanlal starrer, and Dhruvam, which was a Mammootty starrer. She has acted in the Tamil serial "Indira" in the lead role of Indira. She also danced in the famous song 'Chikku Bukku Railu' with Prabhu Deva in the film Gentleman.Recently she has done a talk show in Sun TV titled ANBUDAN which was launched to compete with Koffee with Anu running successfully on STAR Vijay.

Personal life

She married Sandeep Bhatia on June 7, 1998 at Taj Coromandel hotel in Chennai whom she divorced in a year. She now lives with Kamal Haasan along with her only daughter. She considers Kamal's daughter as hers and has publicly declared that she has 3 daughters. The same is with Kamal's daughters too. She is suffering from cancer.

Filmography

Tamil Films

Year	Film	Cast	Direction	Notes
2006	Sasanam	Arvind Swamy	Mahendran
1998	Iniyavaley	Prabhu	Seeman
1997	Iruvar	Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai	Mani Ratnam
1995	Witness	Raghuvaran	Thakkali Sreenivasan
1995	Kuruthipunal	Kamal Hassan, Arjun	P.C. Sriram
1994	Nammavar	Kamal Hassan	Sethu madhavan
1994	Sathyavan	Murali	Rajkappor
1994	Honest Raj	Vijayakanth, Aamni		Thyagarajan
1994	Oru Vasantha Geetham	T. Rajendran	T. Rajendran
1993	Aathma	Ramki, Rashin Rahman	Pratab Pothan
1993	Chinna Kannamma	Karthik	R. Raghu
1993	Airport	Sathyaraj	Madhu
1993	Gentleman	Arjun, Madhoo, Prabhu Deva	S. Shankar	Guest appearance in the song Chikku Bukku Rayile
1992	Sivanda Malar	Sarath Kumar	Sasi Mohan
1992	Thilagam	Ravi, Goundamani	Rajasekar
1992	Rickshaw Maama	Sathyaraj, Khushboo	P. Vasu
1992	Periya Gounder Ponnu	Sarath Kumar	Manivasagam
1992	Magudam	Sathyaraj, Bhanupriya	Prathap Pothan
1992	Thevar Magan	Sivaji,Kamal Hassan	Bharathan
1992	Mapillai Vandhachu	Rashin Rahman	Sasi Mohan
1992	Brahmachari	Ravi	Muktha.V.Sreenivasan
1992	Senthura Pandi	VijayaKanth,Vijay	S.A.Chandrasekar
1992	Ponnuketha Purushan	Ramarajan	Gangai amaran
1992	Pattathu Rani	Vijaya Kumar	Manivasagam
1991	Eshwari	Anand babu,Nazaar	Ramanarayanan
1991	Aboorva Naagam	Ravi	Chozharajan
1991	Rudhra	Bhagyaraj, Lakshmi	Sasi Mohan
1991	Dharmadurai	Rajinikanth	Rajashekhar
1991	Vasanthame varuga	Rashin Rahman,Radhika	Balu
1991	Adhikari	Arun Pandiyan	P. Vasu
1991	Theechatti Govindhan	Thyagarajan	Sasi Mohan
1991	Kaval Nilayam	Saratha Kumar,Anand Raj	Sendilnathan
1991	Raja Kayya Vaccha	Prabhu, Revathi	Suresh Krishna
1991	Nee Pathi Naan Pathi	Rashin Rahman	Vasanth
1990	Seetha	Rashin Rahman, Sarathkumar	S.A.Chandrasekar
1990	Santhana Katru	Vijayakanth	Manivannan
1990	Namma Oru Poovatha	Murali	Manivasagam
1990	Velai Kidaichithu	Sathyaraj	P. Vasu
1990	Vaazhkai Sakkaram	Sathyaraj	Balu anand
1990	Avasara Police 100	MGR,Bhagyaraj	Bhagyaraj
1990	Panakkaran	Rajinikanth	P. Vasu
1990	Vazhndhu kattuvom	Ramki	R. Krishnamoorthy
1990	Ulagam Pirandhadhu Enakkaga	Sathyaraj, Rubini	SP.Muthuraman
1990	Adi 18	Ravi	Ramanarayanan
1990	Ooru Vittu Ooru Vandhu	Ramarajan	Gangairaman
1990	Kalathai Ventravan	Jeppiar,Rekha	Jeppiar
1990	Adhisya Manithan	Ravi	Thakkali seenivasan
1989	En Thangai	Arjun	A.Jagannathan
1989	Pongi Varum Kaveri	Ramarajan	T.K. Bose
1989	Rajanadai	Vijayakanth,Seetha	S.A. Chandrashekhar
1989	Dharmam Vellum	Vijayakanth	A. RAngarajan
1989	Pudhiya Vanam	Sivaji, Sathyaraj	R.V.Udhayakumar
1989	Enga Oru Mappillai	Ramarajan	Ramarajan
1989	Raja Rajathan	Ramarajan	E. Ramdas
1989	Penbutti Munbutti	Ramki	Sendilnathan
1989	Nan Sonnathey sattam	Jeppiar	Jeppiar
1989	Vai Kozhuppu	Pandiarajan	Muktha. V. Sreenivasan
1988	Namma Oor Nayagan	Ramarajan	K. Subraj
1988	Ratha Dhanam	Prabhu	Sivachandran
1989	Raja Chinna Roja	Rajinikanth	S.P. Muthuraman
1989	Apoorva Sagodharargal	Kamal Hassan	S. Sreenivasa Rao
1988	Kalicharan	Karthik	Raja
1988	Kakki Sattai Potta Machan	Arjun	Chandrasekar
1988	Enga Oru Kaavalkaran	Ramarajan	T. P. Rajendran
1988	Guru Sishyan	Rajinikanth	S.P. Muthuraman

Telugu Films

Year	Film	Hero	Cast
1987	Srinivasa Kalyanam	Venkatesh,Bhanupriya
1990	Baamma Maata Bangaru Baata	Rajendra Prasad	Bhanumathi, Nutan Prasad
1991	Chaitanya	Nagarjuna
1993	Anna	Rajasekhar

Hindi Films

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Direction
1997	Dhaal: The Battle of Law Against Law	Sneha Saxena	Sunil Shetty, Vinod Khanna	Sameer Malkan
1995	Veer	Anu	Dharmendra, Jayapradha	Kanti Shah
1995	God and Gun	Sujatha Singh	Jackie Shroff	Esmayeel Shroff
1995	Trimurti	Jyoti	Shahrukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff	Mukul Anand
1994	Janata Ki Adalat		Mithun Chakraborty, Madhoo	T.L.V. Prasad
1994	Teesra Kaun?	Guest Appearance as actress Gautami	Mithun Chakraborty	Partho Ghosh
1993	Aadmi		Mithun Chakraborty	Arshad Khan
1992	Pyaar Hua Chori Chori	Radha	Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher	K.Bapaiah, J. Hemamber
1989	Naqaab	Gauri	Rishi Kapoor, Amjad Khan	Raj Khosla
1983	Andha Kanoon	Guest Appearance	Amitabh Bacchan, Rajnikanth	Rama Rao Tatineni

Malayalam Films

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Direction
2003	Varum Varunnu Vannu	Samyuktha	Balachandra Menon	K.R. Ramadas, O.Ramadas
1997	Vachalam		Manoj K. Jayan	Biju Varki
1994	Sukrutham	Lecturer Malini	Mammootty, Manoj K. Jayan	Harikumar
1994	Chukkan	Gayathri	Suresh Gopi	Thampi Kannanthaanam
1993	Dhruvam	Mythili	Mammootty	Joshi
1993	Jackpot		Mammootty	Jomon
1993	Aagneyam	Shoba Menon	Jayaram, Nedumudi Venu	P. G. Viswambharan
1992	Ayalathe Addeham	Sulochana	Jayaram	Rajasenan
1992	Daddy		Suresh Gopi Arvindsamy	Sangeeth Shivan
1990	His Highness Abdulla	Radhika	Mohanlal	Sibi Malayil
1990	Vidyarambham		Murali, Sreenivasan	Jayaraaj

Gracy Singh(Hindi)

Gracy Singh born on (July 20, 1980 in Delhi, India), is an Indian actress, from Punjab. She is best known for her role as Gauri in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. She began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets" and her first acting role was in the television soap, Amanat, later she 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 biggest role yet opposite Aamir Khan in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India where she played a village belle to perfection and was nominated for best debut losing the award to Bipasha Basu.

She then began a number of hit films in Telegu and Hindi including Munnabhai M.B.B.S and Santosham. Her performances have since been lesser and lesser. She is director of the NGO Save our Souls for abolishing dowry. She is rumoured to be engaged to her Photographer Ravi Gaurav which is completely unsubstantiated.

Filmography

* Taal (1999)

* Hu Tu Tu (1999) ... Shanti

* Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999) (as Gracy) ... Maya

* Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) ... Gauri

* Santosham (2002) ... Padmavathi

* Armaan (2003) ... Dr. Neha Mathur

* Gangaajal (2003) ... Anuradha

* Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003) ... Dr. Suman "Chinki" Asthana

* Muskaan (2004) ... Muskaan

* Shart: The Challenge (2004) ... Sonam

* Wajahh: A Reason to Kill (2004) ... Trishna Bhargava

* The White Land (2006) ... Sudha Patel

* Lakh Pardesi Hoiye(2008) ... Neha

* Desh Drohi (2008)

* Chanchal(2008)... Chanchal

* Meghave Meghave (2009), Kannada (Audio of this film was released in air, one of the benchmarks).

* Aseema (2009)

* ramdev {2009}

Gul Panag

Gul Panag (January 3, 1979[citation needed]; Chandigarh, India) is a critically acclaimed Bollywood actress and former beauty queen who has competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Her notable films are Dhoop , Dor and Manorama Six Feet Under.

Biography

Gul Panag hails from an Army background.Her father Lieutenant General H S Panag, is in the Indian Army and is at present Army Commander, Central Command. She has a younger brother , Sherbir Singh who is a nationally ranked Skeet shooter and is at present studying at her Alma Mater, The Lawrence School Lovedale. She started her education in Sangrur, in Punjab and changed more than 14 schools including various Kendriya Vidyalayas( Chandigarh, Mhow, Leh, Wellington), The Lawrence School Lovedale, Ooty and the International School Of Lusaka, Zambia. She did her Bachelors degree in Mathematics from Punjabi University Patiala and Masters in Political Science from Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Career

Gul Panag won Miss India in 1999 and she also won the miss beautiful smile awards Miss Universe 1999 pageant. She worked in films like Jurm and Dhoop and also the serial Kashmeer (STAR Plus), but she got her fame with 2006 film, Dor in the role of Zeenat. The 2007 film, Manorama Six Feet Under, inspired from Roman Polanski's Chinatown, earned her fabulous reviews. She has a big line up of films this year starting with Summer 2007. She also has acted in the film Hello(2008). Gul appeared on the front page and a photo shoot for Maxim (magazine) in September 2008.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Dhoop	Peehu A. Verma
2005	Jurm	Sonia
2006	Dor	Zeenat
2007	Manorama Six Feet Under	Nimmi
2008	Hello	Priyanka	Adapted from Chetan Bhagat's book One Night @ The Call Center
2008	Summer 2007	Vishaka
2008	Straight (film)	Renu

Gowri Pandit

Name : Gowri Pandit
Real Name : Gowri Pandit
Nick Name : Gowri
Place Of Birth : India
Date Of Birth : 31st july
Occupation : Actress

Girija Oak

Farah(Telugu, Hindi)

Born

:Farah Naaz

December 9, 1968 (age 40)

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Occupation: Actress Years active: 1980- 98

Farah Naaz (born December 9 1968) was a Bollywood actress in the 1980s.

Early life and background

Farah was born in Hyderabad, India. Her parents were divorced. Her mother was a school teacher and her maternal grandparents were retired professors who ran a school. Her grandfather, Mohammed Ahsan was a Mathematics professor and her grandmother was a professor in English Literature.

She is the older sister of Bollywood actress Tabu and niece of Shabana Azmi

Career

Farah Started her career with Yash Chopra's Faasle which released in 1985, opposite Mahinder kapoor's son Rohan Kapoor. with the release of Faasle she became one of the popular actresses of her time. Later, she did some memeorable films includes Marte Dam Tak, Yateem, Palay Khan, Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri, Rakhwala, Naqaab and Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani.

Personal life

In the 90s, she married bollywood actor Vindoo Singh, who is the son of Dara Singh.^[1] The marriage was short lived and Vindhoo has subsequently remarried. ^[2]

Filmography

Faasle (1985)
Imaandaar (1987)
Diljalaa (1987)
Khatarnaak (1989)
Jeene Do (1990)
Achanak (1998)
Hulchul (2004)

Farida Jalal

BIOGRAPHY
Name: Farida Jalal
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: 18 May 1949
ABOUT FARIDA JALAL:

Farida Jalal started her career in the sixties, when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare: she usually played the sister or rejected fiancée of the male lead but almost never the female lead. One of her most critically acclaimed roles is in Bobby where she played the part of the mentally challenged would-be fiancée of Rishi Kapoor's Raj. During the eighties, her roles progressed from sister and girlfriend to aunt and mother, or, sometimes nanny. She is also remembered for her part in 'Aradhana' where she plays Rajesh Khanna's girlfriend and the song 'Bhagon me bahar hai, kaliyon pe nikhar hai' She acted for over forty years, only taking a break during 1983 and 1990, when she settled in Bangalore.

During the nineties, Jalal had a part in almost every major hit, among them Raja Hindustani, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kya Kehna, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge for which she won a Filmfare Award as Best Supporting Actress. She also acted in many Television serials, such as, in the hit sitcom, Dekh Bahi Dekh.

She also was grandly acclaimed for her role in the 1994 film Mammo, for which she received the Filmfare Best Performance Award.

Also, she stars in Shararat (Thoda Sa Jadu, Thodi Si Nazaakat) in which she plays a leading role. The comedy is currently air on Disney channel.

In 2005, she co-hosted the 50th Filmfare Awards alongside Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Bendre, in Mumbai.

She is always a bubbly and gregarious character, even when playing the role of a mother or an old woman, such as the mentioned Shyam Benegal's Mammo.

She recently made a special appearance in the Punjabi film Yaariyan.

Jalal was married to actor Tabrez Barmavar who died in September 2003 and has a son named Yaseen. Tabrez belonged to a small place called Bhatkal.

FILMOGRAPHY

ACTRESS

2009 - Aashayein ( Hindi )

2007 - Dhol ( Hindi )

AWARDS

1996 - Filmfare Award - Best Supporting Actress for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

1995 - Filmfare Award - Best Performer - Critics for Mammo (1994)

1992 - Filmfare Award - Best Supporting Actress for Henna (1991)

1972 - Filmfare Award - Best Supporting Actress for Paras (1971)

Farzana

Farjana is a Telugu actress. Sho was a choreographer but later became an actress.

Esha Deol(Hindi)

Born : Esha Dharmendra Deol

November 2, 1982 (1982-11-02) (age 26)

Mumbai, Maharashtra , India

Other name(s) : Eesha Deol

Occupation : Actress

Years active : 2002 - Present

Esha Deol, (Punjabi,Tamil, Hindi) born November 2, 1982 is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of the famous couple of Bollywood, Dharmendra and Hema Malini.

Personal life and education

Deol is the eldest daughter of Dharmendra and Hema Malini. She was a state level footballer and was selected in the Indian national team. She is part Punjabi-Sikh and part Hindu-Tamil. She is a half-sister of Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol.

Career

Besides working in movies, Esha is an accomplished Odissi [1] dancer and National Level football player. She speaks Tamil fluently with her mother Hema Malini and sister Ahana Deol.

Esha's portrayal of a notorious and vengeful ghost in Ram Gopal Verma's Darling (2007) was praised all over and applauded with positive reviews. Taran Adarsh from indiaFM noted that, " Esha Deol is excellent in a role that’s nothing short of a challenge. It would’ve boomeranged had it been entrusted to any inferior actor, but Esha is in terrific form here. This should be the turning point in her career. "[2]

She is set to star in her mother's next directorial venture with Rekha and Abhishek Bachchan and also a film in which her mother and her will be starring together in for the first time.

Awards

* 2002: Filmfare Best Debut Award for Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe

* 2002: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe

* 2003: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Female Debut for Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2002	Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe	Eisha Singh	Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award
2002	Na Tum Jaano Na Hum	Esha Malhotra
2002	Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa	Esha
2003	Kucch To Hai	Tanya
2003	Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne	Tina Khanna
2003	LOC Kargil	Dimple
2004	Ayutha Ezhuthu	Geethanjali	Tamil film
2004	Yuva	Radhika
2004	Dhoom	Sheena	Nominated for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2004	Insan	Heena
2005	Kaal	Riya Thapar
2005	Main Aisa Hi Hoon	Maya Trivedi
2005	Dus	Neha
2005	No Entry	Pooja
2005	Shaadi No. 1	Diya
2006	Pyare Mohan	Preeti
2006	Ankahee	Kavya Krishna	Nominated Filmfare Best Villain Award
2006	Mera Dil Leke Dekho	Woman at airport	Special appearance
2007	Just Married	Ritika Khanna
2007	Darling	Geeta	Second Negative Role
2007	Cash	Pooja
2008	Pa	Nina Mathur	Announced
2008	Sunday		Special Appearance In An Item Song
2008	One Two Three
2008	Hijack	Saira
2009	24 x 7 / Raftaar

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto

Born:

October 18, 1984 (age 24)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Occupation :Actress Years active :2008 — present

Freida Pinto (born October 18, 1984) is an Indian actress and professional model, known for her performance as Latika in her debut film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which she has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Biography

Freida Pinto was born in Mumbai to Sylvia Pinto, now a principal of St. John’s Universal High School (Goregaon), and Frederick Pinto, a senior branch manager at the Bank of Baroda. Her family hails from the Mangalorean Catholic community, a Christian community in Mumbai. Her Father Frederick was born in Neerude and Mother Sylvia in Derebail, both towns near Mangalore. Her elder sister Sharon Pinto is an associate producer on the NDTV news channel.^[1]^[2] Pinto completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English Literature from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.^[2]^[3] She currently resides in the Malad suburb of Mumbai.^[4]

Career

Pinto with Dev Patel at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Before starring in Slumdog Millionaire, Freida anchored the international travel show, Full Circle on Zee International Asia Pacific in English between 2006-07. Pinto was also featured in several television and print commercials for products such as Wrigleys Chewing Gum, Škoda, Hutch, Airtel, and De Beers. Pinto modeled for two years and appeared in runway shows and magazine covers^[1]. After six months of auditions, she received a call to audition for Slumdog Millionaire. Pinto was auditioned for Danny Boyle and was short-listed and finally selected to star in Slumdog Millionaire.^[3]

Pinto made her film debut in 2008. Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on a game show and exceeds people's expectations, arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials. In the movie, Pinto played the role of Latika, the girl with whom Jamal (Dev Patel) is in love. At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, the movie won the Cadillac People's Choice Award.^[5] At the 2009 Golden Globe Awards, the movie won four awards. Pinto herself was nominated for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" at the 2009 BAFTA Awards,^[6] and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture alongside ten other cast members from Slumdog Millionaire.^[7] In a free wheeling interview to ANI, Freida revealed that she wouldn't mind doing sex scenes for Hollywood directors.^[8]

Personal life

Frieda Pinto has been reportedly dating her "Slumdog Millionaire" co-star Dev Patel. It is speculated that she secretly married her boyfriend of four years, Rohan Antao, in December 2007, but that the couple recently divorced due to her sudden international fame. She was seen around L.A. with Patel in the days leading to the 2009 Academy Awards.

Awards and honours

Won

2009: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Slumdog Millionaire^[7]

Nominated

2009: 62nd BAFTA Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Slumdog Millionaire^[6]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	Latika	English & Hindi	Slumdog Crorepati in Hindi

Ekta khosla(south Indian actress)

Ekta Mookhey

Debasree Roy (Bengali, Hindi)

Debasree Roy is an actress in the Bengali language film industry of India. She won a Silver Lotus Award for best actress in the film Unishe April in 1994.

Films

Dadar Kirti (1980)
Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981)
36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)
Bishabriksha (1983)
Phulwari (1984)
Kabhi Ajnabi (1985)
Aparanher Alo aka Twilight (1989)
Unishe April aka 19th April (1994)
Asukh aka Malaise (1999)
Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000)
Dekha (2001)
Antarghaat (2002)
Abaidha aka The Demolition Man (2002)

Daisy Bopanna

Born : Daisy Bopanna

Occupation : Actress

Years active : 2005-present

Daisy Bopanna (Kodava Kannada) is an Indian actress in Bollywood and Kannada films.

Biography

She did her schooling from Aurobindo School, pre-university at Kumarans College and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She starred in more than 150 ads before getting a big break in Bollywood with the Priyadarshan movie Garam Masala. At present she lives in Mumbai. Recently she has appeared in the Kannada movie Gaalipata. Daisy Bopanna's family hails from Coorg/Kodagu, known as Kodavas / Coorgs. Daisy born and raised in Coorg did her schooling in Aurobindo School & has graduated with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.

Daisy Bopanna made her cinematic debut in a de-glamourised role in the Kannada film Bimba (film), a film directed by Kavitha Lankesh which explored the exploitation of child artistes in the film industry. But her later work in a movie Bhagwan with Darshanearned her the tag of “spicy Daisy”. The actor, however, is rather surprised on her moniker. “I have never done glamorous roles for the heck of it. In the past, I have refused lot of roles where I was required to wear skimpy clothes,” says Daisy.

Daisy made her Bollywood debut in Priyadarshan’s Garam Masala (film). Her first scene required her to kiss John Abraham. In Mumbai, Daisy has just shifted to a new house and is busy realising her Bollywood dreams. She is all set to star in a Hindi romantic comedy and has recently finished with the photo shoot. Another Telugu film Hrudayam directed by Jai Akash is also on. The actor had earlier done two Telugu films Chanti opposite Ravi Teja Sharma and Relax. Her Tamil film Chakravyuham directed by Udayabhanu Maheshwaran was also released recently.

The pretty actress is dabbling in different regional film industries. But Bollywood is where she wants to be. She says “Every South Indian actor wants to make it in Bollywood and so do I. Just one film has given me so much recognition. South Indian films may be way beyond the Hindi films in terms of its budget, but Hindi cinema reaches the largest audience.” It hasn’t been a smooth ride for Daisy. First, it was the spine dislocation which happened during the promotion of Garam Masala. Some cysts had developed in her spine. She adds "In Mumbai, they do film promotions really well and I didn’t want to miss out on that. I even attended one of the promotional events with crutches. After the surgery I had to take a break for a year. I couldn’t walk, bend or do anything. I ate and watched television and put on so much weight, I had to let go off some good projects. Even now, I can’t do heavy dances or vigorous movements. I can’t even gym. My health is jinxed. Something or the other keeps happening.”

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Rama Shama Bama
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Garam Masala
Aishwarya
Bhagavan
Bimba
Gaalipata

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