Sagarika Ghatge

Sagarika Ghatge

Born

:January 8, 1982 (age 27)

Maharashtra, India

Occupation :Film actor,Model Years active :2006–present

Sagarika Ghatge (8 January 1986 - ) is a Marathi speaking Indian actress who portrayed the role of Preeti Sabharwal, a member of the Indian women's national hockey team, in the 2007 hit film, Chak De India. She was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, and is daughter of Vijayendra Ghatge, an actor. She was a hockey player while in school at Mayo College Girls School. As a result of her role in Chak De India, Ghatge has become a representative for Reebok.

Sagarika has completed Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting training course.She has also done many photoshoots before and after Chak-De India.

Sagarika Ghatge's Filmography

 Year         Title                    Role                         Other notes2007    Chak de India    Preeti Sabarwal

 

Sadha (Tamil)

Sadha (Tamil)

Sadha (Telugu: సదాఫ్, Tamil: சதா), born 17 February 1984, in India as Sadhaaf Syed Mohammed (Marathi: सदाफ़ मोहम्मद सैयद उर्फ़ सधा) ^[1] is a popular Indian actress. Although, her mother-tongue is Marathi, she has acted in various Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies. Her Tamil Movie Anniyan is blockbuster in Tamil Nadu and also dubbed into Telugu as a name of Aparichithudu. And then, Anniyan was also dubbed into Hindi named Aparichit. Her recent Tamil movie,named Unnale Unnale was Musical Hit in 2007.

Personal

Sada is an actress in Telugu and Tamil film industry. She is 5 feet 4 and 1/2 inches tall (quote from an interview). She has performed in all south Indian languages. She was born in a Marathi Muslim family from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra in India. She is the only daughter of her family. She did her schooling in Ratnagiri Sacred Hearts Convent and she went to Mumbai to continue her studies till her first movie was a commercial hit. She had completed her first semester in her Engineering in Information Technology at SNDT College of Engineering, Mumbai. She also is a trained Kathak dancer.

Career

Her debut was Jayam(Telugu) alongside Nitin (in tamil - alongside with Jeyam Ravi). Afterwards, she acted in Aethiree opposite Madhavan and Varnajalam opposite Srikanth. She received a best Newcomer Filmfare Award for it in 2002. Her most successful movie to date was the Tamil Anniyan (2005). Once her debut Tamil movie Jeyam was a good hit, she discontinued her education and with her parents' support became a full-fledged actress. Her screen name is Sada, which was taken from her real name and her nick name is darlo (from the word "darling"). Although Marathi is her mother tongue, Sadha has good understanding of dialogues in movies before going for a take. This name made the whole industry to look out at her. To make a note of her first movies, she did Jayam in Telugu, (later in Tamil) and Monalisa her first release in Kannada. She was introduced by Telugu producer M.K. Mavullaya. Sada has shared her favorites and hobbies at different press meets and interviews. Sada admires Bollywood actresses like Madhuri Dixit and Meena Kumari and also Bollywood stars like Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan. She loves the movie Kaho Na Pyar Hai and her hobbies include watching movies and listening to music. She sets her own code in dressing, and she hates smoking cigarettes. The Film Fare award for best new comer in 2002 for the film ‘Jeyam’ was won by her. The actress Sada has a target of proving herself as a good actress. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.

Awards

• Winner, Filmfare Award: Best Telugu Actress - Jayam

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes	Language
2009	Love Khichdi	Archana	Announced	Hindi
2009	Click		Announced	Hindi
2009	Dil to Deewana Hai	Anamika	In Production	Hindi
2009	Naan Aval Adhu	Ashwini	In Production Telugu as Adi Oka Idhi Le	Tamil
2009	Khalbali		Releasing soon	Hindi
2008	Novel	Priya Nandini		Malayalam
2007	Takkari	Priya		Telugu
2007	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Sandhya	Guest appearance	Telugu
2007	Classmates	Raaji		Telugu
2007	Unnale Unnale	Jhansi	Was Dubbed into Telugu	Tamil
2007	Janmam		Single song appearance	Malayalam
2006	Veerabhadra			Telugu
2006	Mohini	Audithya		Kannada
2006	Thirupathi	Priya		Tamil
2006	Chukkallo Chandrudu	Shravani		Telugu
2005	Priyasakhi	Priya		Tamil
2005	Anniyan	Nandini Raghuram		Tamil
2005	Avunannaa Kaadannaa	Aravinda		Telugu
2004	Varnajaalam	Abhirami		Tamil
2004	Leela Mahal Center	Anjali	Remake of Tamil film Amarkalam	Telugu
2004	Mona Lisa			Kannada
2004	Aethiree	Priya		Tamil
2003	donga dongali			Telugu
2003	Jayam	Sujatha	Remake of Telugu film, Jayam	Tamil
2003	Naaga			Telugu
2002	Jayam	Sujatha		Telugu

Sadaf Hussein

Sadaf Hussein

Sadhika

Sadhika

Sadhana(Hindi,Tamil)

   Sadhana

(Hindi,Tamil)

Born

:Sadhana Shivdasani

September 2, 1941 (age 67)

Karachi, Sind, Pakistan

Occupation: Actress Years active :1958 to 1977 , 1994 (Retired) Spouse(s) :R. K. Nayyar (1966 - 1995) (His Death)

Sadhana (Hindi: साधना, Sindhi: ساڌھنا, born September 2, 1941 in Karachi, Sind, Pakistan) is a popular Indian Bollywood actress. Her cousin was actor Hari Shivdasani (father of actress Babita).

Early life

Sadhana was born in Karachi, the only child of Shivdasanis, a Sindhi Family. Her mother schooled her at home until she turned 8 year. They fled to Mumbai after the partition of India in 1947.

Early career

Hari helped Sadhana enter films. She was a chorus girl in Raj Kapoor's Shree 420 in 1955. She played a second lead in a Sindhi film called Abana (1958), which got her noticed and entry to an acting school. The school was run by film producer Sashadhar Mukherjee, and also had another aspiring actress named Asha Parekh as a student. When Mukherjee was casting Dil Deke Dekho (1959), he gave director Nasir Hussain a choice between Sadhana and Asha to play the heroine; Hussain chose Asha.

However, for his next project, Love in Simla (1960), Mukherjee again gave his director, R.K. Nayyar (Raj Kapoor's assistant) a say in who should play the heroine. Nayyar chose Sadhana, and she was paired with Mukherjee's own son Joy Mukherjee in the film. During the making of the film, Sadhana and director R.K. Nayyar fell in love, and married in 1966.

Film career

R.K. asked Sadhana to style her hair with a fringe (like Audrey Hepburn); this hairstyle later became a craze and is still referred to as the "Sadhana cut" in India ^[1].

Sadhana's film Mere Mehboob (1963) with Rajendra Kumar was one that helped make her career and is said to have some of her most beautiful closeups in early Technicolor. However, it was Raj Khosla's "Woh Kaun Thi?" (1964) which really became a landmark in her career and gave her the image of the "mystery girl," where her spellbinding performance kept everyone guessing to the very end. The film became a huge hit and earned her her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. Khosla was so enthralled with her performance that he would cast her in two more big-budget mystery films, Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). She would earn her second Filmfare nomination as Best Actress for the blockbuster Waqt (1965), where she set another fashion trend with her tight churidar kurtas.

In the late 1960s, a thyroid problem affected her eyes, marring her looks. She went to Boston for treatment and made a successful recovery, but film offers had dried up. She delivered only three hits in the period, with Inteqaam (1969), Ek Phool Do Mali (1969), and Geeta Mera Naam (1974), which she also directed. Then, she quit acting, saying that she wanted her fans to remember as a young, beautiful leading lady. She and her husband formed a production company afterwards.

Personal life

Sadhana married R.K.Nayyar in 1965, but lost him after two decades of marriage, and had miscarriages. She now lives alone and does not like to be photographed.

Today, Sadhana meets regularly for lunch with other 1960's actresses: Asha Parekh, Nanda, Shammi,Waheeda Rehman, and Helen (actress).^[2].

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Note
1958	Abana
1960	Love in Simla	Sonia
	Parakh	Seema	English: The Examination
1961	Hum Dono	Mita
1962	Prem Patra	Kavita Kapoor	English: Love Letter
	Manmauji
	Ek Musafir Ek Hasina
	Asli-Naqli	Renu
1963	Mere Mehboob	Husna
1964	Woh Kaun Thi?	Sandhya/Seema
	Rajkumar	Princess Sangeeta
	Picnic
	Dulha Dulhan	Rekha
1965	Waqt	Meena Mittal
	Arzoo (1965 film)	Usha
1966	Mera Saaya	Geeta/Nisha (Raina)
	Gaban
	Budtameez	Shanta
1967	Anita	Anita
1969	Sachaai	Shobha Dayal
	Intaquam	Reeta Mehra
	Ek Phool Do Mali	Somna
1970	Ishq Par Zor Nahin	Sushma Rai
1971	Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee	Neena Bakshi
1972	Dil Daulat Duniya
1973	Hum Sab Chor Hain
1974	Geeta Mera Naam
	Chhote Sarkar (1974 film)
1974	Vandana (film)
1975	Amaanat	Suchitra
1977	Ulfat

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Sandhya (Tamil)

Sandhya (Tamil)

Sandhya may refer to

• Sandhya Mridul
• Sandhya Mukhopadhyay
• Sandhya (actress)
• B. Sandhya
• Sandhya Agarwal
• Sandhya Bhraman
• Sandhya Vandana
• Sandhya Roy

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Sakshi Shivanand(Tamil, Telugu)

Sakshi Shivanand

 (Tamil, Telugu)

Born :April 15, 1977 (1977-04-15) (age 31)
Mumbai, India Occupation :Actress

Personal life and education

She was born in Mumbai,India and did her schooling there. She is the elder sister of actress Shilpa Anand

Career

Sivanad has worked mostly in glamorous roles. She played the role of a school teacher in Vamshodarakudu opposite Balakrishna. Ramya Krishna was the other female lead in this movie.

Filmography

Her major films include

• Master(1997)
• Collector Garu(1997)
• Yamajathakudu(1999)
• Iddaru Mitrulu ( Sakshi Sivanand and Suresh )
• Samudram
• Seetarama Raju
• Vamshodarakudu
• Vedham
• Yuvaraju (Mahesh Babu)
• Nidhi
• Simharasi
• Yamajathakudu(1999)

She has also played the main lead in Bollywood movie, Aapko Pehle bhi Kahin Dekha Hai.

Sandhya Mridul

Sandhya Mridul

Saira Banu (Hindi)

Saira Banu (Hindi)

Born

:August 23, 1944 (age 64)

India

Occupation :Actress Years active :1960 - 80 Spouse(s): Dilip Kumar (1966-present)

Saira Banu also Saira Bano (Hindi: साइरा बानु, Urdu: سائرہ بانو), born August 23, 1944, is a popular Bollywood actress. She acted in many blockbusters from 1960-80.

Early life

Saira Banu was born in India to actress Naseem Banu of 30s-40s ^[1], and the granddaughter of a courtesan Chamiyan Bai, also known as Shamshad Begum (not to be confused with the famous playback singer of the yesteryear Shamshad Begum). Saira had spent a significant part of her childhood in London, and went to finish school.

Her niece Shaheen Banu was also an actress who was married to former actor Sumeet Saigal and since divorced and remarried to Atul Patel and IFA in London.

Career

Banu made her acting debut opposite Shammi Kapoor in the 1961 hit film Junglee for which she earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. It also instantly made her a successful actress throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. After having a long time affair with Rajendra Kumar she married to Dilip Kumar in 1966, Saira looked for dramatically challenging roles.

She was considered to be one of the few actresses who started exposing in Bollywood. She wore a swimsuit in April Fool, followed by a number of movies including Resham Ki Dori, Victoria no. 203, International Crook, Saazish, Pocketmaar, Purab Aur Pacchim. Her chemistry with Dharmendra was awesome in Saazish.

Victoria No. 203 was the best among the lot where Saira put on a lovely show with all time famous Ranjeet.

Her valiant attempts to establish a reputation as an actress after Gopi, Sagina and Bairaag (all with Dilip Kumar) and films like Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Chaitali met with limited success. She did earn three additional Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for Shagird (1967), Diwana (1968), and Sagina (1974). In 1976, Saira chose to end her film career. Subsequently she weathered a storm in her marriage in 1980 which was quickly resolved. She then appeared in a cameo opposite her husband in Duniya (1984) and made her last film appearance in the 1988 film Faisla. She has since become a successful television producer recently producing the television serial Stree... Teri Kahani which has been written by her niece Shaheen Patel.

Personal life

In 1966, 22-year-old Saira married 44-year-old Dilip Kumar and despite furor in the media, their marriage has been one of the longest lasting marriages in Bollywood. They have no children.

Filmography

• Faisla (1988)
• Duniya (1984)
• Hera Pheri(1976)
• Zameer (1975)
• Chaitali (1975)
• Resham Ki Dori (1973)
• International Crook (1973)
• Victoria No. 203 (1972)
• Saazish (1972)
• Purab Aur Paschim (1971)
• GOPI (1970) with Dilip Kumar
• Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969)
• Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan (1968)
• Padosan (1968)
• Aman (1967)
• Diwana (1967)
• Shagird (1967)
• Pyar Mohabbat (1966)
• Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai (1966)
• Saaz aur awaaz (1966)
• April Fool (1964) ... Madhu/Rita Christina
• Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) ... Barkha Choudhry
• Door Ki Awaaz (1964)
• Bluff Master (1963) ... Seema
• Shaadi (1962)
• Junglee( 1961) ... Rajkumari 'Raj'
• Sazish... With Dharmendra

Salma Agha

Salma Agha

Born

April 3, 1952 (age 56)

Karachi, Pakistan

Salma Agha (born April 3 1952) is a popular singer from Pakistan who sang as well as acted in Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. She won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in 1982 for the ghazal "Dil ke Armaan" in Nikaah.

Early life

Agha born to a wealthy father and in Karachi, moved to London at age 9.

Career

Salma along with sister Sabina produced and sang for a record called AGHA - Salma and Sabina Agha sing ABBA hits in Hindi. The record made a few waves and was applauded by critics. However, it didn't create any major ripples in the Hindi film circles at the time.

When acclaimed Indian director Raj Kapoor was at the London reception of his son Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh's wedding, he invited his cousin Zarina Agha (Salma's mother) to the reception. Present at the wedding were many prominent Indian directors, including B.R. Chopra. Chopra had just finished a female oriented hit with Zeenat Aman called Insaf Ka Tarazu. He had just commissioned a heroine-oriented movie called Talaq Talaq Talaq and was on the look out for a Muslim actress. Zeenat Aman (even though, half Muslim) he felt had a much too urban look to portray the character of Neelofar in his movie. Raj Kappor too was on the lookout for a Muslim girl his movie Heena. Soon Raj Kapoor nixed plans and went ahead with Prem Rog. Hearing that Chopra was looking for a Muslim girl, Salma flew to Bombay to meet him. Using her uncle Raj Kapoor's connection, Salma was soon hired.

When the music directors heard Salma's ABBA hits they signed her on to sing her own playback songs. The songs were a huge success even before the movie was released. The movie got stuck with the Islamic clerics who were to approve the movie before its release. They insisted on a name change and Chopra rechristened the movie Nikah. The movie went on to be a huge success and is considered a classic. It is one of the strongest debuts for an actress and a huge vehicle for a newcomer. She earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. In addition to winning the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for the song "Dil Ke Armaan," she also earned two Filmfare nominations: one for the song "Pyar Bhi Hai Jawan" and the other for the song "Dil Ki Yeh Arzo".

Salma soon purchased Reena Roy's apartment in Bandra, while Reena packed bags to move to London with her new husband cricketer Mohsin Khan. However, Salma wasn't interested in movies much, she soon was introduced to Mehmood Sipra, a New York City business man, who made Salma drop all her movie assignments and produced movies for her, beginning with Begum Sahiba and Bebasi. Sipra's divorce came through while his love affair with Salma began to fade. Both movies were shelved and Salma was left without a husband or career.

Thankfully, her photos were constantly in magazines even though she hadn't had a release since Nikaah and refused most offers made to her. Finally, after her break with Mehmood Sipra, she signed Babbar Subhash's Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki with Mithun Chakraborty and Smita Patil. The movie was publicised with huge pictures of Salma, which in turn upset and overshadowed Mithun. This movie became Salma's second release and another hit. She earned a Filmfare nomination for the song "Jhoom Jhoom Baba." Salma went to Pakistan to visit her now married sister Sabina, living in Karachi and while visiting relatives in Lahore, she was offered Pakistani movies. She debuted in Hum aur Tum with Javed Sheikh. They both fell in love and Javed divorced his wife of 15 years and tied the knot with Salma. They were in such a rush for marriage that Salma Agha didn't even dub for the Hum aur Tum. The bad dubbing job and the horrible story line killed the movie. Though the curiosity of seeing Salma and her box office power made the movie a hit in Pakistan.

Salma worked on many other movies in Pakistan, none with major recognition other than a movie that later got adopted into a Hindi version Pati, Patni aur Tawaif. Salma played the same character she had, in the Pakistani version and was once again teamed with Mithun. While shooting in Bombay she also did Oonche Log with Rajesh Khanna (another remake of the Pakistani movie Dehleez) and Salma (also a remake of the Pakistani hit Anjuman of the 1950s). All of these movies flopped massively at the box office.

She recently went on tour promoting her album Husn.

Personal life

She was married at 16 years of age to a prominent Pakistani settled in London. A divorce soon followed.

Soon Salma was going through another divorce. She carried on with a few more Pakistani movies then settled with the squash coach Rehmat Khan. She now shuttles between Islamabad and London with Khan and puts out an album of ghazals every few years.

She has a daughter and a son with Rehmat and also runs a high-end boutique in Islamabad. She is now settled in Dubai.

Samyukta Verma(Malayalam)

Samyukta Verma

  (Malayalam)

Saloni Aswani

Saloni Aswani

Born

:Saloni Aswani

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Occupation :Actress Years active :2003-present Spouse(s) :None

Saloni Aswani is an Indian actress, who has appeared in the Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu film industries.

Career

Saloni was born in a Sindhi-speaking family, her dad is a Customs Officer. After completing school, she enrolled in SNDT in Bombay, and after graduating in psychology, she enrolled in Ashok Kumar's Acting School also in Bombay. Throughout her academic career, she had always participated in dramas, especially mimicking Sridevi. She also participated with a theater group 'Kala Sansad'.

Her initial appearances were in commercials from Vaseline, Lifebuoy, Parachute Oil, Moove, Chic shampoo, Three roses tea, Meera soaps, etc.

She first appeared on the tinsel screen in regional languages movies, especially Tamil and Telugu, and her voice was dubbed, although she is now trying to master Southern languages.

Her debut in Bollywood was in Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya, followed by Rehguzar, and Saawan.

Filmography

Hindi Films

• Saawan: The Love Season(2006)
• Reguzar (2006) .... Neha Kapoor
• Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa (2003)....Rukhsaa Khan

Kannada Films

• Budhivanta (2008)
• Theertha
• Dubai Babu

Telugu Films

• Dhana 51 (Sumanth),
• Oka Orillo (Tarun, Raja)
• Kokilla (Raja, Shivbalaji, Rajiv Kankala),
• Chukkallo Chandrudu (Siddharth)(2006) ... as Shalini

Tamil Films

• Madurai Veeran (2007) ... as Priya Mayandi

Samiksha(Telugu, Tamil)

    Samiksha

(Telugu, Tamil)

Samiksha is an upcoming Telugu and Tamil actress. Her first film 143 in Telugu was an average grosser. Her first film in Tamil Arinthum Ariyamalum was a great hit in Tamil where she starred opposite Navdeep and Arya. Her latest release Mercury Pookal opposite Srikanth and Meera Jasmine is going well in the Box-office. Her film with Shaam, Manathodu Mazhaikalam, is set to be released. She did a Hindi movie called mr hot mr kool. She also has Thirumagan in the pipelines again with Meera Jasmine and S.J. Suryah She is also in a Show "Zaara Pyaar Ki Saugat" which is currently airing on the channel Sahara One.

Filmography

• 143 (2004)
• Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005)
• Mercury Pookkal (2006)
• Manathodu Mazhaikalam (2006)
• Murugaa (2007)
• Thee Nagar (2007)
• Panchamirtham (2008)
• Karthikai (2009)

Sameera Reddy(Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil)

                

            Sameera Reddy

(Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil)

Born

:December 17, 1982 (age 26)

Hyderabad,

Andhra Pradesh

Occupation :Actress Height :5ft 7in (1.70m)

Sameera Reddy (Hindi: समीरा रैडी Telugu: సమీరా రెడ్డి) (born December 17, 1982) is an Indian actress.

Early life

Her ancestors are from Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. She is the youngest of the three sisters, the other two, models Meghna Reddy and Sushma Reddy.

She graduated from Sydenham College.

Career

Sameera Reddy made her debut in Maine Dil Tujhko Diya in 2002. She is famous for her role in Musafir. Sameera failed to give big blockbuster successes like Deepika Padukone or like Konkana Sen Sharma who managed to make their mark in Bollywood, however small through their first few films. However luck favoured Sameera in the South Indian Tamil Cinema where she recently acted in a movie Vaaranam Aayiram directed by Gautham Menon which proved to be a hit. Sameera's acting and modest potrayal of a confident and down-to-earth girl Meghna has earned her rave reviews. She is believed to have lost weight for the film and done extensive make up to pull off a slim good looking modern girl. Her performance has been rated one of her best so far and the character included very sophisticated dialogue delivery with more importance given to facial expressions. There has been a definite rise in her career graph and Sameera is looking to face the brighter side of Filmdom.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Other notes
2002	Maine Dil Tujhko Diya	Ayesha Verma	Hindi
2003	Darna Mana Hai	Shruti	Hindi
2004	Musafir	Sam	Hindi
	Plan	Sapna	Hindi
2005	Jai Chiranjeeva	Sailu	Telugu
	Narasimhudu	Palakad Papa	Telugu
2006	Ashok	Anjali	Telugu
	Naksha	Riya	Hindi
	Taxi Number 9211	Rupali	Hindi
2007	No Entry	Chachi	Hindi
	Fool and Final	Payal	Hindi
	Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala	Rekha	Bengali
2008	Race	Mini	Hindi
	One Two Three		Hindi
	Kalpurush	Supriya	Bengali
	Vaaranam Aayiram	Meghna	Tamil
	Naam		Hindi	Filming
2009	Asal	Kowshi	Tamil	Filming
	De Dana Dan		Hindi	Filming

Samvrutha Sunil(Malayalam, Tamil)

  Samvrutha Sunil

(Malayalam, Tamil)

Born :Kannur, Kerala Occupation: Film actor Years active :2004 - present

Samvrutha Sunil (also known as Samvritha) is a South Indian actress. She was introduced to the film industry through a Malayalam film Rasikan opposite Dileep. She had acted in several films in Tamil and Malayalam. She was a student of St.Theras's college, Cochin.

Acting career

Samvrutha repsresents the youth icon of malyalee cinema industry. Samvrutha entry into films happened with 'Rasikan'(2004) with Dileep in the lead. The film didn't create any ripples at the box office, but luckily for her, she was noted. After 'Rasikan', she played sub characters of such movies like 'Nerariyan CBI'(2005) and 'Chandrolsavam'(2005). She got a prestigious project 'Skaria Pothan Jeevichiripundu' opposite Superstar Mohanlal, but the film was shelved. It was her character Sherly in Lal Jose's 'Achanurangatha Veedu'(2005) which became an eye opener to her. She became more popular in the melodious song sequence 'Pachappanamthathe.. ' from the movie 'Nottam'(2006) which had a catchy beat and was picturised well. Her characters in 'Moonamathoral'(2006), 'Pothen Vava'(2006) and 'Vaasthavam' (2006) were memorable. Her latest releases 'Hello'(2007), 'Arabikatha'(2007), 'Chocolate'(2007), 'Minnaminnikoottam'(2008), 'Thirakkatha'(2008) are super hits. She appeared in guest role in Priyanandanan's 'Pulijanmam'(2006) and Rafi Mecartin's ‘Hello’(2007). She also appeared in the multi-starrer Twenty:20.

After her tamil debut 'Uyir' where she played the heroine opposite Srikanth. She has more offers from Tamil, but she has set certain conditions on the kind of roles that she will accept. Her debut Telugu movie was 'Evadithe Nakenti'(2007), a remake of Malayalayam hit 'Lion'. She has proved her credentials as an actress through her roles in Malayalam movies and now she is all set to venture into other South Indian languages. Her hobbies include watching movies, riding motorbikes and "sleeping".

The title ‘Hello’ has a special place in Samvrutha’s career. It was the title of the first film she had signed.

Director Renjith had planned to do a film with the same title. But it got shelved for some reasons. Had it been filmed, it would have been her first film. She was also considered for the movie 'Nandanam' to play Balamani’s character, but the shooting was planned during her board examination. So her parents decided against her acting in that film.^[1]

Starting with ‘Rasikan,’ Samvritha went on to do three films with director Lal Jose, whom she fondly refers to as her mentor.

Filmography

Malayalam Films

• Thirakkatha (2008)
• Minnaminnikoottam (2008)
• Romeo (2008)
• Chocolate (2007)
• Arabikadha (2007)
• Vaasthavam 2006
• Janmam (2006)
• Moonnamathoral (2006)
• Nottam (2006)
• Achanurangatha Veedu (2005)
• Nerariyan C.B.I (2005)
• Chandrolsavam (2005)...Malavika
• Rasikan (2004)...Thanki

Tamil Films

• Uyir (2006)

Telugu Films

• EVADITHE NAAKENTI (2006) (announced)

Sangeeta Bijlani

Sangeeta Bijlani

Sangeeta Bijlani (born 9 July 1965) is an Indian Bollywood actress and former model.

Beauty contestant

Bijlani was the Miss India winner in 1980, and also National Costume Winner at Miss Universe 1980.

Film career

Bijlani made her Hindi film debut in the 1989 film Tridev and subsequently acted in 16 other Hindi films. She saw limited success as an actress and was known more for her dance numbers than histrionic skills. Some of her biggest hits include Tridev and Hathyar. She quit acting after her marriage to former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin in 1996.

Personal life

Sangita Bijlani is the daughter of Motilal Bijlani, and she has a brother named Sunil. She is the second wife of former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin, whom she married in 1996 after his divorce with his first wife (with whom he has two sons).

Prior to her marriage, she was also in a relationship with Bollywood actor Salman Khan.

Career after match fixing allegations

Both Bijlani and her husband faced challenges, after match fixing allegations had been brought against him. However, Azhar has since (offlate) been accepted both by the cricketing fraternity and fans.

Current career

Both husband and wife team have started an organization called 'Azhar Sangeeta Management Services'

Sanjana Gandhi

Sanjana Gandhi

Pooja Gandhi (Kannada: ಪೂಜ ಗಾಂಧಿ), also known as Sanjana Gandhi, is a popular actress in Kannada film industry. She hails from Punjab. She studied in New Delhi Public School. Her father, Pawan Gandhi is a businessman. She left her studies midway during her first year graduation when she got an opportunity to act in a Bengali film. Since then, she has never looked back and has been associated with success in the South Indian film industry.

Career

She made her debut in the Bengali film 'Tomake Salam' released in 2003. She moved to South Indian film industry with the Tamil film 'Kokki' which went on to become a big flop. She has also acted in 'Dhamad Ke Intizaar' and has even finished a Tamil film 'Vaitheeswaran' opposite Sarath Kumar.

She entered the Kannada film industry with Mungaaru Male which was a big hit in Karnataka.

Pooja Gandhi has also acted in the Kannada movie Krishna, opposite "Comedy Time" Ganesh her co-actor in Mungaaru Male.

Filmography

Kannada

• Mungaru Male
• Manmatha
• Milana
• Krishna
• Hani Hani
• Accident
• Kamannana Makkalu
• Tata Birla
• Tajmahal
• Kodagana Koli Nungitha
• Budhivanta
• Maharshi
• Janumada Gelathi
• Haage Summane
• Anu
• Iniya
• Minaggu

Bengali

• Tomake Salam

Tamil

• Kokki
• Vaitheeswaran
• Thiruvannamalai

Sandali Sinha

Sandali Sinha

Sandali Sinha (born 11 January 1971), is an Indian Bollywood actress and model.

Filmography

• Tum Bin (2001) ... Pia
• Pinjar (2003) ... Lajjo
• Om (2003) .... Sandali Dhariwal
• Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyon (2004) ... Dr. Sakshi
• Nigehbaan: The Third Eye (2005) ... Nisha
• Main Rony Aur Jony (2007)

Santoshi(Tamil)

          Santoshi(Tamil)

Sarika

              Sarika

Born

:Suraj

3 June 1962 (age 46)

New Delhi, India

Other name(s) Baby Sarika, Sarika, Suraj (previous name) Occupation :Actress, Costume Designer Years active: 1967-1988, 2002- Spouse(s)

:Sachin

Kamal Haasan(1988-2000)

Domestic partner(s) :Deepak Parasher (previous)

Sarika ( सारिका ) (born June 3, 1962) is an acclaimed National Award winning Indian actress.

Early life

Sarika was born to Gujrati Family in New Delhi, India on June 3rd, 1962.

Career

She started her film career as a child actress (baby Sooraj) as a boy in the 60's in Hindi movies. She appeared in many children's movies as well as B grade movies . She moved to better films with Rajshri Productions Geet Gaata Chal with Sachin, with whom she starred in many films and is known to have a brief affair as well.

In her acting career, she was often cast as the vamp Vidhaata or 'westernized' girl in films from 1980's. She gave up her career after marriage with Kamal Hassan during the peak of her career. She has now made a comeback in Hindi films after her divorce with Kamal Hassan. She played Ipsita Ray Chakraverti in the film Sacred Evil which failed at the box office.

In year 2000, she won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for the film Hey Ram, her performance in Parzania in which she plays the role of a Zoroastrian woman who loses her child during the 2002 riots of India, fetched her the National Film Award for Best Actress.

She also stars as Sheetal Thadani in the movie Bheja Fry (2007).

She also had a small but important role in Manorama Six Feet Under.

Personal life

After her break off with Sachin, she was involved with an actor/model Deepak Parasher. Later she married renowned Tamil/Hindi film actor Kamal Hassan. They have two daughters Akshara Haasan, and Shruti Haasan, her daughter Shruti Haasan, who has recently made her debut in movies as playback singer, for a Tamil movie called Kathiruppen.

Sarah Khan

Sarah Khan

Filmography

Wafaa (2008)

Saroja Devi(TElugu, Kannada, Tamil)

           Saroja Devi

(Telugu, Kannada, Tamil)

Saroja Devi was an Indian actress. She is a living legend,and the most popular actress in the golden era in south Indian cinema. She was awrded the Padma Bhushan award and she has won many awards for different languages. She worked and equally popular in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies.

She made her film debut in Honappa Bhagavathar's Mahakavi Kalidas (1955). Her first Telugu film was K. Kameshwara's Panduranga Mahatyam opposite N T Ramarao. The Tamil movie Nadodi Mannan opposite M. G. Ramachandran made her very popular.

Biography

Saroja Devi was born to the affectionate Bhairappa, Rudramma couple. Bhairappa worked in the police department. Saroja Devi was for the first time spotted by Hunnappa Bhagavathar while she was singing at a function at the age of 13. Initially, she refused to act when offered by him to act in movies. She forayed into the films with the Kannada film ‘Mahaakavi Kaalidasu’ in 1955-56, which won the National Award. Saroja Devi was married to Sri Harsha, an engineer by profession on March 1st, 1967.

Saroja B. Devi was Chairperson of the Karnataka Film Development Corporation. She was also the chairperson of Kanteerava Studios, Bangalore

Saroja Devi organized many donation camps in the name of her late husband Sri Harsha, daughter Bhuvaneshwari and her mother. Charitable Trusts, rehabilitation centers and health programmes organized by her stand evidence to her immense concern towards the society.NewsArchives

She acted in more than 170 films, her kannada film "Kittuurani Chennama" won national presendental award and it was great change for her film carrier,even today also the people talk about her acting in that film.

Saroja B. Devi was Chairperson of the Karnataka Film Development Corporation. She was also the chairperson of Kanteerava Studios, Bangalore.

Awards

• Padma Sri award in 1969
• Abhinandana -Kanchana Maala’ award in 1980
• Karnataka Government’s Rajyothsav award in 1989
• Padma Bhushan in 1992
• Filmfare award for All-round Achievement
• Tamilnadu Government’s MGR award
• Cinema Express award in 1997
• NTR award in 2001
• Dinakaran award for All-round Achievement in 2003

Partial filmography

Sarojadevi acted nearly 180 films in four languages(Tamil Kannada,Telugu,Hindi) Her most films were super hit and make new records in south cinema.

A more comprehensive filmography can be found at 

• 1955 Mahahavikalidas (kannadam)( first film)
• 1957 Chintamani (Kannadam)
• 1958 Bhookailas, Naadodi mannan (Tamil), Schoolmaster(kannadam)
• 1959 Kalyana parisu (Tamil), Paigham (hindi)
• 1961 Opera House (hindi)
• 1962 Kittur Chennamma (kannadam)
• 1963 Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (telugu)
• 1972 Pandanti Kapuram (telugu)

Some memorable films

• Pagapirevenai
• kalyanaparisu
• Palum Pazhamum
• Aadiperukku
• Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddham
• Seetharama Kalyanam
• Amara Silpi Jakkana
• Intiki Deepam Illale
• Pelli Kanuka
• Sakunthala
• Iruvar Ullam
• Thamareinenjam
• Bhagya Chakram
• Uma Chandi Gauri Sankarula
• Kulavilakku
• Katha Sangama
• Mallamapavad
• Bahakiyavantheru

Saritha(Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam)

               

                        Saritha

(Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam)

Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in more than 141 feature films, and been cast in the television serial Selvi (2005). Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989; she took a hiatus to get married to Mukesh, and then raise two sons.^[1] She has separated from Mukesh and has returned to acting and dubbing voices. On March 2007, she filed for divorce.^[2]

Saritha was discovered by the famous director K. Balachander who cast her as heroine for the Telugu film "Marocharithra" (1979) opposite Kamal Haasan, which became a hit (later remade in Hindi as Ek Duje Ke Liye).^[3] She was the 162nd girl auditioned for the lead role in "Marocharithra", when director Balachander decided she was the right actress.

Director K. Balachander didn't cast her in the Hindi remake of "Marocharithra," because he needed a Punjabi actress Rati Agnihotri for the film to work in Bollywood. However, he liked Saritha's performance in "Marocharithra" (1979) so much that he cast her in 22 more South Indian films, including "Agni Satchi," "Kalyana Agathigal," and "Achamillai Achamillai." She also played herself in a guest role in his film 47 Natkal (1981).^[4] She won several acting awards for his films.

Considered to be a very sincere actress, she had tonsured her head for the cancer-affected girl role in "Sujatha"(1980) and gained several pounds to play the psychotic role in "Julie Ganapathy" (2005). Unfortunately, both films were flops.

Filmography

• Selvi serial (2005)....Thamarai
• Album (2004)
• Ammakilikkoodu (2003) .... Janaki
• Life Is Beautiful (2000) .... Vice Principal
• Thaniyavartanam (1987)
• Malaya Marutha (1986) .... Sharada
• Kathodu Kathoram (1985) .... Marykutty
• Muhurtham Pathnonnu Muppathinu (1985) .... Indu
• Achamillai Achamillai (1984) .... Thenmozhi
• Oru Kochukatha Aarum Parayatha Katha (1984) .... Janu
• Sivappu Sooriyan (1983)
• Agni Sakshi (1982)
• Thai Mookambhikai (1982)
• Aadavallu Meeku Joharulu (1981)
• Thaneer Thaneer (1981)
• Sujatha (1980)
• Guppedu Manasu (1979)
• Maro Charithra (1978) .... Swapna
• Thappitha Thala

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List of Hit Kannada movies of Saritha

1. Chalisuva Modagalu (with Dr. RajKumar) 2. Yeradu Rekhegalu 3. Mouna Geethe 4. Hosa Belaku (with Dr. RajKumar) 5. Bhakta Prahlada (with Dr. Rajkumar) 6. Keralida Simha (with Dr. Rajkumar) 7. Kamana Billu (with Dr. Rajkumar) 8. Malaya Marutha (with Dr. Vishnuvardhan) 9. Mugila Mallige

List of Hit Tamil movies of Saritha

• Nenjil oru Ragam - Rajeev

• Malaiyur mambattiyan - Thyagarajan

• Komberi Mookan - Thyagarajan

• Mouna Geethankal - K.Bagyaraj

• Netrikan - Rajinikanth

• Thanneer Thaneer - Radharavi

• Omai vizhilikal - Vijayakanth

• Vettukku oru Kannagi - Vijayakanth

• Sattai Illatha Pamparam - Sivakumar

• Anni - Mohan

• Agni Satchi - Sivakumar

• Achamillai Achamillai - Rajesh

• Kalyana Agathigal - Nazaar

• Ponnu orukku pudhusu - Sudhakar

• Enga Oru Ponnu - Sudhakar

• Melmaruvathur Athiparasakthi - Rajesh

• Thai Mookambigai - Rajesh

• Pudhu Kavithai - Rajini, Jothi

• Sivappu Sooriyan - Rajini, Radha

• Thangaikku oru geetham - T. Rajender

• Noolveli - Sarathu babi, sujatha

• Poo Poova puthirukku - Prabhu, Amala

• Vedham Pudithu - Sathyaraj, Amala

• Oru Pullangulal Adupu othugirathu - Sivakumar

• Kilvanam sivakkum - Sivaji

• Nantri - Sivaji, Suresh

• Vandi chakkram - Sivakumar

• Sainthadamma sainthadu - Sivakumar

• Album - Aryan Rajesh, Kirithiga - Mother Role

• Friends - Vijay, Surya - Mother role

• June R - Surya, Jothika - Mother role

• Julie Ganapathi - Jayaram, Ramya

• Thappu thalankal(kamal and rajini)

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Savithri(Telugu legendary lady,Tamil, Hindi)

                         Savithri

(Telugu legendary lady,Tamil, Hindi)

Born

:Savitri

December 6, 1937

Andhra Pradesh, Chirravur, India

Died

:December 26, 1981 (aged 44)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Other name(s): Nadigayar Thilakam Spouse(s): Gemini Ganesan

Savitri or Savitri Ganesh (Telugu: కొమ్మారెడ్డి సావిత్రి) (6 December 1937 – 26 December 1981), was an actress, director and producer of films in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. She was known for her liveliness and captivating performance and is still treated as the benchmark for action in Telugu movies.

Early life

Savitri was born to Nissankaram Guraviah and Subhadramma in Chirravur in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. She learned music and Indian classical dance under Sista Purnayya Sasthri. She performed stage shows during her childhood. She later acted in 318 films in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages, with ten to twenty movies released per year.

She later directed some films herself. One day she went to meet the Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, loaded with jewels. But she donated all her jewels for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. She also built a high school in Andhra. She was a left-hander. Her favorite sports were cricket and chess. She used to play chess at home. She claimed that her favorite sports person was Gary Sobers. She participated in many celebrity cricket matches.

Career

Early career

She gave some public performances as a child in Vijayawada. She worked in a theater company run by Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao. She also started her own company, the Navabharata Natya Mandali. Her best stage role was in Atma Vanchana written by Bucchi Babu.

Telugu career

Her first offer ‘Agni Pariksha’ at age twelve in 1949. However she looked too young after screen tests and was soon dropped. She was selected for main role in the film ‘Samsaram’ by the banner ‘Sadhana Chitra’ in 1950. However she was replaced by Pushpalatha and she was given small role, as she was nervous to act with popular actor Nageswara Rao. She performed a dance in Pathala Bhairavi in 1951. Her first main roles was as a second heroine Pelli Chesi Choodu by L. V. Prasad in 1952. Her early popular roles are in Ardhangi and Missamma.

She later acted in memorable Telugu films like Chandra Haram (1953), Devadasu (1953), Ardhangi (1955), Missamma(1955), Donga Ramudu (1955), Amara Deepam (1956), Todikodallu(1957), Mayabazaar (1957), Abhimanam(1958), Mangalya Balam(1958), Appu Chesi Pappu Kodu (1959), Muripinche muvvalu(1960), Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960), Manchi Manasulu(1961), Aradhana (1962), Gundamma Katha (1962), Rakta Tilakam (1963), Mooga Manasulu (1963), Doctor Chakravarthi(1964), Poojaphalam (1964), Devatha(1965), Pandava Vanavasam (1965), Kanya Sulkam, Naadi Aada Janme, Prana Mitrulu (1967), Varakatnam (1968), Maro Prapancham (1970), Manase Mandiram(1971) and Jagan Mohini (1978). These movies are testimony to her versatile action skills. She got national award for the magnum opus movie Chivarakumigiledi.

Tamil career

Savitri was a legendary actress in tamil film industry. She has paired opposite leading actors like Sivaji Ganesan, M.G.R in many films. She married Gemini Ganesh, while acting in ‘Manam Pola Mangalyam’(1953) with him. Savithri's 100th film ‘Konjum Salangai’ (‘Muripinche Muvvalu’ in Telugu) also happened to be paired with Gemini Ganeshan. She was fondly called 'Nadigaiyar Thilagam' in tamil film industry.

Kalathur Kannamma, Kai Kodutha Deivam, Thiruvilaiyadal, Navarathiri, Pasa Malar, Yaar Paiyyan, Paarthal pasi theerum, Padithal Mattum Podhuma, Karpagam, Karnan, Paava Mannippu and Saraswathi Sabatham are some of her memorable classics in tamil.

Bollywood career

She acted in few Hindi films like Bahut Din Huwe, Ghar Basake Dekho, Balaram Sri Krishna and Ganga Ki Lahren.

Director and Producer

She had directed films like ‘Chinnari Papalu’, ‘Chiranjeevi’, ‘Maathru Devatha’ and ‘Vintha Samsaram’ in Telugu. 'Kuzhanthai Ullam' and 'Praptham' in Tamil.

Personal life

Savitri married Gemini Ganesan in 1953 and was blessed with two children Vijaya Chamundeswari and Sathish Kumar. Savitri was a strict, disciplined and compassionate mother. Since there was no availability of televisions at that time, she arranged a 16mm projector to show her films to kids. She would watch all the Hollywood movies and analyze them in an amazing manner. She loved Sophia Loren and Shirley MacLaine.

Awards

She got National Award for Best Actress in 1960 for her performance in the movie Chivaraku Migiledi.^{[citation needed]} The movie was the Telugu remake of Deep Jele Jai (1959), a Bengali classic starring Suchitra Sen. The movie also got remade in Hindi later in 1969 as Khamoshi with Waheeda Rehman enacting the lead role.

She was crowned with title Nadigayar Thilakam (Greatest Actress) for her fine performances in tamil.

She was awarded with the title Kalaimamani by the Tamil Nadu State Government, Nati Siromani by the Andhra Yuvathi Mandali and with an apt title as Mahanati.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Andarikante Monagadu
1978	Ashwathama
Vattathukkul Sathuram
1971	Vichithra Dampathyam
1970	Mathru Devatha
	Maro Prapancham
	Nirdoshi
	Thalli Thandrulu	Kausalya
1968	Bandhavyalu
1967	Prana Mithrulu
1966	Bhakta Potana	Goddess Saraswathi
	Manase Mandiram
	Navarathri
	Sri Krishna Pandaviyam	Draupadi
1965	Manasulu Mamathalu
	Naadi Ada Janme
	Sumangali
	Thiruvilayadal	Goddess Parvathi
1964	Devatha
	Doctor Chakravarthy	Madhavi Devi
	Ganga Ki Lahren	Seema	Hindi
	Kai Kodutha Deivam
	Navarathri
	Poojaphalam	Seeta
	Velugu Needalu	Suguna
1963	Nartanasala	Draupadi
	Chaduvukunna Ammayilu	Sujatha
	Ghar Basake Dekho		Hindi
	Karna	Bhanumathi
	Mooga Manasulu	Radha
	Raktha Tilakam	Kamala
Karpagam	Amutha
1962	Atma Bandhuvu
	Raktha Sambandham
	Gundamma Katha	Lakshmi
	Aradhana	Anuradha
	Manchi Manasulu
	Manithan Maravillai
	Pavithra Prema
	Siri Sampadalu	Padma
1961	Kalasivunte Kaladu Sukham
	Pandava Vanavasam	Draupadi
	Papapariharam
	Pasamalar	Radha
1960	Abhimanam
	Chivaraku Migiledi	Padma
	Deepavali	Satyabhama
	Kalathur Kannamma		Tamil
	Shantinivasam
	Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam	Padmavathi
	Vimala
1959	Nammina Bantu
1958	Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu	Manjari
	Intiguttu
	Mangalya Balam
1957	Maya Bazaar	Sasirekha
	Karpurakarasi	Manjula
	Kutumba Gauravam
	M.L.A.	Nirmala
	Todi Kodallu	Susheela
	Vinayaka Chaviti	Satyabhama/Bhoodevi
1956	Amaradeepam	Aruna
	Bhale Ramudu
	Charanadaasi	Lakshmi
1955	Donga Ramudu	Seeta
	Kanyasulkam	Madhuravani
	Santanam	Sarada
	Ardhangi
	Missamma	Mary/Mahalakshmi
	Vadina
1954	Parivartana	Sundaramma
	Chandraharam	Chanchala
	Bahut Din Huye		Hindi
	Menarikam
1953	Bratuku Theruvu	Zamindar's daughter
	Devadasu	Parvathi
	Pratigna
1952	Palletooru	Suguna
	Pelli Chesi Choodu	Savitri
1951	Patala Bhairavi	Dancer
	Agni Pareeksha
1950	Samsaram