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

 

Sadaf Hussein

Sadaf Hussein

Sadhika

Sadhika

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.

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

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)

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)

Shabana Azmi(Hindi)

Shabana Azmi(Hindi)

Born:

18 September 1950 (age 58)

New Delhi, India

Occupation: actress Years active :1972 - present Spouse(s) :Javed Akhtar

Shabana Azmi (Hindi: शबाना आज़मी, Urdu: شبانه عظمي) (born 18 September 1950 in New Delhi, India) is one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema.^[1][2] She is a film actress as well as a social activist, and her performances in films in a variety of genres have generally earned her praises and awards including five wins of National Film Award for Best Actress.^[1][3] She is married to Indian poet Javed Akhtar.

Early life and background

Shabana Azmi was born in a Muslim family. Her parents named, 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. Early in childhood, the environment in her home inculcated into her a respect for family ties, social and human values; and her parents always supported her to develop a passion for intellectual stimulation and growth.

She completed a graduation degree in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, followed by a course in Acting at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. She topped the list of successful candidates of 1972.^[4]

Career

Shabana and Javed at the Sony studio for a program

Her first movie to be released was Shyam Benegal’s Ankur (1972), which won the national award. However, her first film was an art film, made by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Faalsa, which was released in 1974. Her roles in both the films attracted positive comments both from the reviewers and the audiences. She received the national awards consecutively for three years from 1983 to 1985 for her roles in movies, Arth, Khandhar and Paar. Another film named Godmother (1999) brought her another national award taking her tally to five national awards.

Shabana’s acting has been characterized by a life like real depiction of the roles played by her. In Mandi she acted as a madam of a whorehouse, and to act this role she put on weight and even chewed betel. Real life like portrayals continued in almost all of her movies with a variety of roles, including a tragic role of a woman named Jamini resigned to her destiny in Khandhar, and a typical urban Indian wife, homemaker and mother in Masoom.

She also did many roles in experimental and parallel Indian cinema. Deepa Mehta’s 1996 film Fire depicts her as a lonely woman, Radha, in love with her sister-in-law. Radha being the name of a goddess and the on-screen depiction of lesbianism (perhaps the first in Indian cinema) drew severe protests from many social groups of India, and also threats of ban by Indian authorities. Her role as Radha brought her international recognition with the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Chicago Film Festival and Jury Award for Best Actress at Outfest, Los Angeles.

Some of her noted films include Shyam Benegal's Nishant (1975), Junoon (1978), Susman (1986), and Antarnaad (1992); Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khiladi; Mrinal Sen’s Khandhar, Genesis, Ek Din Achanak; Saeed Mirza’s Albert Pinto Ko Guussa Kyon Aata Hai; Sai Paranjpye’s Sparsh and Disha; Gautam Ghose’ Paar; Aparna Sen’s Picnic and Sati ; Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth; Vinay Shukla’s Godmother. Her other films include the commercially successful Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish (of Manmohan Desai) and Prakash Mehra’s Jwalamukhi. Azmi has also starred in a number of Hollywood productions, the first being John Schlesinger’s Madame Sousatzka (1988), followed by Roland Joffe’s City of Joy (1992), among others.

Shabana’s debut to the small screen began with her acting in a soap opera with a cause, Anupama, that is, the unique or the unparallel. She did the role of a modern Indian woman who while endorsing the traditional Indian ethos and values negotiated more freedom for herself. She had also participated in many stage plays, and notable among them include M. S. Sathyu’s Safed Kundali (1980), which was a version of the Caucasian Chalk Circle; and Farouque Shaikh’s Tumhari Amrita, which ran almost five years. She toured Singapore for about a month on an assignment by the Singapore Repertory Theatre Company, doing role in Ingmar Bergman’s adaptation of Ibsen’s Doll House, which was directed by Rey Buono. Pointing out the differences in all these mediums, she once remarked that the theatre was really the actor’s medium; the stage was actor’s space; cinema was the director’s medium; and television was a writer’s medium.

Personal life

In the initial stage of her career, she was linked to noted film director Shekhar Kapur, but married Javed Akhtar, a famed lyricist, poet and Bollywood scriptwriter on 9 December 1984. It was Akhtar’s second marriage, the first being with the Bollywood scriptwriter, Honey Irani. Kaifi Azmi, a renowned Indian poet and writer of Urdu is her father. Her mother Shaukat Azmi is a well-known stage actress. Her brother is Baba Azmi; Farah Naaz and Tabu are her nieces.

Select filmography

Main article: Shabana Azmi filmography

She has acted in more than one hundred Hindi films, both in the mainstream as well as in parallel cinema. Several of her films have received attention in the international arena, including at the Norwegian Film Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and the American Film Institute. She has appeared in a number of foreign films, most of which have won international acclaim, including John Schlesinger’s Madame Sousatzka, Nicholas Klotz’s Bengali Night, Roland Joffe’s City of Joy, Channel 4’s Immaculate Conception, Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther, and Ismail Merchant’s In Custody.

• Ankur (1974) - Laxmi
• Nishant (1976) - Sushila
• Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977) - Khurshid, wife of Mirza
• Sparsh (1980) - Kavita
• Arth (1982) - Mrs. Pooja Inder Malhotra
• Masoom (1983) - Indu D. Malhotra
• Mandi (1983) - Rukmini Bai
• The Bengali Night (1988) - Mrs. Sen
• Madame Sousatzka, (1988) - Sushita
• City of Joy, (1992) - Kamla Pal
• In Custody, (1993) - Imtiaz Begum
• Son of the Pink Panther (1993) - Queen
• Fire (1996) - Radha
• Saaz (1997) - Bansidhar (Bansi) Vrundavan
• Side Streets (1998) - Mrs. Chandra Bipin Raj
• Earth (1998) - voice of older Lenny
• Godmother (1999) - Rambhi
• Tehzeeb (2003) - Rukhsana Jamal
• Morning Raga (2004) - Swarnlatha
• 15 Park Avenue (2005) - Anjali "Anju" Mathur
• Waterborne (2005) - Heera Bhatti
• Umrao Jaan (2006) - Khannum Jaan
• Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007) - Nahid
• Loins of Punjab Presents (2007) - Rrita Kapoor
• Sorry Bhai! (2008) - Mother Gayatri

Social activism

Shabana Azmi has been a committed social activist, active in fighting AIDS and injustice in real life. Shabana Azmi has voiced her opinion on a variety of issues. Initially, her activism drew skepticism and was dubbed by some as a publicity gimmick. However, she proved her critics wrong and used her celebrity status to emerge as a high-profile social activist.^{[citation needed]}

She had participated in several plays and demonstrations denouncing communalism. In 1989, along with Swami Agnivesh and Asghar Ali Engineer, she undertook a four day march for communal harmony from New Delhi to Meerut. Among the neglected social groups whose causes she has advocated are slum dwellers, displaced Kashmiri Pandit migrants and victims of the earthquake at Latur (Maharashtra, India). The 1993 Mumbai riots appalled her and she emerged as a forceful critic of religious extremism. After the September 11 2001 attacks, she opposed the advice of an important religious leader calling upon the Muslims of India to join the people of Afghanistan in their fight by retorting that the leader go there alone. Her strong reaction encouraged other moderate Muslim leaders to counsel restraint and tolerance, and to shun terrorism.

She has campaigned against ostracism of victims of AIDS. A small film clip issued by the Government of India depicts an HIV positive cuddled in her arms and saying: “She does not need your rejection, she needs your love”. In a Bengali film named Meghla Aakash she played the role of a physician treating AIDS patients.

Awards and honors

National Awards

Azmi has received the coveted National Film Award for Best Actress five times:

• 1975 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Ankur
• 1983 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Arth
• 1984 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Khandhar
• 1985 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Paar
• 1999 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Godmother

Filmfare Awards

Winner:

• 1978 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Swami
• 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Arth
• 1985 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Bhavna
• 2006 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominated:

• 1975 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Ankur
• 1981 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Thodisi Bewaffai
• 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Masoom
• 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Avtaar
• 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mandi
• 1985 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Sparsh
• 2003 - Filmfare Best Villain Award for makdee

International awards

• 1993: Best Actress award for Libaas in North Korea
• 1994: Best Actress award for Gautam Ghose’s Patang at the Taormina Arte Festival in Italy
• 1996: Best Actress award for Fire at the Chicago International Film Festival
• 1996: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, for Fire in L.A. Outfest

Other awards

Shabana Azmi’s long association with movies and her performances in them, as also her work as a social activist and an active parliamentarian, had been well and widely recognized, including conferment with several awards. Other awards received by her include:

• 1988: Awarded the Padma Shri from the government of India.
• 1988: Yash Bhartiya Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for highlighting women’s issues in her work as an actress and activist.
• 1994: Rajiv Gandhi Award for "Excellence of Secularism"
• 1998: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Mrityudand.
• 1998: Was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund.
• 1999: Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress for Godmother.
• 2004: Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for Tehzeeb.
• 2005: Star Screen Awards - Best Performance in an Indian Film in English for Morning Raga
• 2006: Gandhi International Peace Award, awarded [1] by Gandhi Foundation, London.
• International Awards for Best Actress for Gulzar’s Libaas in North Korea (1993), for Gautam Ghose’s Patang at the Taormina Arte Festival (1994) in Italy, and for Deepa Mehta’s Fire at the Chicago International Film Festival (1996).
• She was honoured with the coveted World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award [2]
• She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Art by Chancellor of the University Brandan Foster by the Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire [3]

Since 1989, she has been a member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister of India; a member of National AIDS Commission (of India); and was nominated (in 1997) as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. The United Nations Population Fund appointed her as its goodwill Ambassador for India, and the University of Michigan conferred (in 2002) on her the Martin Luther King Professorship award in recognition of her contribution to arts, culture and society.

Shahana Goswami

Shahana Goswami

Born:

1986

New Delhi, India

Occupation :Actress

Shahana Goswami (born 1986) is a Bollywood actress.

Early life

Shahana Goswami was born in New Delhi in 1986, and attended Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi and Sophia College, Mumbai. Her father is an Economist and her mother works as an Editorial Consultant. Shahana has an elder brother who is pursuing his PhD in Physics at Cambridge University. Shahana was the house captain and sports champion in her school. She secured second position at the National Artificial Wall Climbing Competition and has represented her school in athletics, badminton, basketball and volleyball at the zonal level. In addition, Shahana received training in Odissi for 10 years under Guru Padmashri Kiran Segal and has travelled and performed extensively with her dance troupe.

Career

Shahana had a single-minded focus on professional acting since her childhood. She moved to Mumbai to complete her graduation and to explore the possibility of taking up acting as a career. In Mumbai, Shahana's first steps in acting were at Jaimini Pathak's theatre group Working Title. There, she started off as a production assistant and then acted in their productions "Seagull" and "Arabian Nights". It is through her theatre circle that she came to meet talent consultant Shanoo Sharma who asked her to audition for a role in Naseeruddin Shah's directorial debut "Yun Hota to Kya Hota". Subsequently, she stumbled upon a small role of Boman Irani's daughter in Reema Katgi's "Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd", when she visited the production house for some other work. Meanwhile, a cinematographer who noticed her work in Yun Hota recommended her name and she auditioned for the lead role in Percept Picture Company's "Rubaru", directed by Arjun Bali, with Randeep Hooda as her co-star.

With no contacts in the film industry and no one to back her, Shahana remained steadfastly focused on her goal through rejections and unsuitable offers to finally get the big break in the form of Debbie of Rock On!!, and her memorable performance secured her a visible spot on the Bollywood map.

Filmography

• Jashn (2009)
• Mirch (2009)
• Tera Kya Hoga Johnny (2009)
• Firaaq (2009)
• Ru Ba Ru (2008)
• Rock On!! (2008)
• Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007)
• Yun Hota To Kya Hota (2006)

Awards

• 15th Nokia Star Screen Award (2009) for Best Supporting Actress - Rock On!!
• Lions Club Award (2009) for Best Supporting Actress - Rock On!!
• Nominated - Max Stardust Award (2009) for Breakthrough Performance - Rock On!!
• Nominated - Filmfare Award (2009) for Best Supporting Actress - Rock On!!

Sharmila Mandre

Sharmila Mandre

Sharmila Tagore (Hindi)

Sharmila Tagore (Hindi)

Born

:Sharmila Tagore

December 8, 1946 (age 62)

Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India

Other name(s)

:Ayesha Sultana

Ayesha Sultana Khan

Sharmila Tagore Khan

Sharmila Khan

Ayesha Khan

Occupation: Actress Years active :1959-present Spouse(s): Mansoor Ali Khan (1969 - present)

Sharmila Tagore (Bengali: শর্মিলা ঠাকুর Shormila Ṭhakur) (8 December 1946) is a renowned Indian film actress from Bengal. She has won several National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her critically acclaimed performances.

She in April 2005 is heading the Indian Film Censor Board. In December 2005 she was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Early life

Born in a Bengali Brahmo family in Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India Sharmila Tagore is the daughter of Gitindranath Tagore who was then Dy.General Manager of the British India Company owner of Elgin Mills.

Career

Tagore began her career as an actress in the 1959 Satyajit Ray film Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), as the ill-fated bride of the title character. As noted on the official website for Ray, "She was just a fourteen-year-old then, with no previous acting experience. As the shooting began, Ray had to shout instructions to Sharmila during the takes. None of this, however, is reflected on the screen. Ray cast her in his next film Devi too." [2]. She appeared in a number of Ray films, often co-starring with Soumitra Chatterjee.

She established herself as a popular Hindi film actress with Shakti Samanta's Kashmir Ki Kali in 1964. Samanta would cast her in many more hit films such as An Evening in Paris (1967), and he would be responsible for famously teaming up her with Rajesh Khanna for Aradhana (1969), Amar Prem (1972), etc. Other directors paired them together in Daag (1973) and Safar (1970). She starred in Gulzar's 1975 film, Mausam, and she played a supporting role as heroine Sarita Choudary's mother in Mira Nair's 1991 film Mississippi Masala.

Her latest release is Vidhu Vinod Chopra film, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, brings together real life mother and son, Sharmila Tagore and Saif Ali Khan. They share screen space for the first time since Aashiq Awara (1993), where she had helped launch Saif as a leading man.

Tagore would be working on her first Marathi film 'Samantar' with Amol Palekar as director and her co-star. Tagore and Aparna Sen are working together for Annirudh Roy-Chowdhary's Antaheen.

Smt. Sharmila Tagore inaugurating the Week-End Film Festival, ’50 Years of Pather Panchali – A Tribute to Satyajit Ray’ in the presence of the Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Culture, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, in New Delhi on April 22, 2005. The Film Festival organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)

Personal life

Tagore married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Nawab of Pataudi after converting to Islam^[1] and took the new name of Begum Ayesha Sultana. They have three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan (b. 1978).

Awards

• 1969 - Filmfare Best Actress Award - Aradhana

• 1976 - National Film Award for Best Actress - Mausam

• 1997 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

• 2002 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award

• 2004 - National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress - Abar Aranye

• 2006 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award - Viruddh... Family Comes First

• 2007 - Lifetime Achievement National Award (Actress) - By [www.journalistassociationofindia.org Journalist Association of India]

Select filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1959	Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)	Aparna	(dir. Satyajit Ray)
1960	Devi / The Goddess	Doyamoyee	(dir. Satyajit Ray)
1964	Kashmir Ki Kali
1965	Waqt	Renu Khanna
1966	Devar
1966	Anupama	Uma Sharma
1966	Nayak	Aditi	(dir. Satyajit Ray)
1967	An Evening in Paris	Deepa Malik/Roopa Malik (Suzy)	1967 Aamne Saamne
1968	Mere Hamdam Mere Dost	Anita
1969	Yakeen	Rita
1969	Satyakam	Ranjana
1969	Aradhana	Vandhana Tripathi
1970	Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest)	Aparna	(dir. Satyajit Ray)
1971	Seemabaddha	Tutul	(dir. Satyajit Ray)
1972	Amar Prem	Pushpa
1973	Daag
1973	Aa Gale Lag Jaa
1975	Mausam	Chanda/Kajli	(dir. Gulzar)
1975	Chupke Chupke	Sulekha Chaturvedi
1975	Faraar	Mala / Asha
1977	Amanush	Rekha
1982	Namkeen	Nimki	(dir. Gulzar)
1982	Desh Premee	Bharti
1984	Sunny	Sunny's mother
1991	Mississippi Masala	Kinnu	(dir. Mira Nair)
1993	Aashiq Awara	Mrs. Singh
1999	Mann	Dev's grandmother
2000	Dhadkan	Dev's mother
2005	Viruddh... Family Comes First	Sumitra Patwardhan	(dir. Mahesh Manjrekar)
2006	Eklavya: The Royal Guard	Suhasinidevi	(dir. Vidhu Vinod Chopra)
2007	Fool and Final
2008	Eight by Ten
2009	Samantar - Marathi		(dir. Amol Palekar)

Shilpa Shirodkar(Hindi)

Shilpa Shirodkar(Hindi)

Date of Birth

22 January 1972, Bombay, India

Nickname

Chinu

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Mini Biography

Born in a moderate Marathi-speaking family, Namrata Shirodkar is an Aquarian, born on January 22, 1972, and one of the most beautifulBollywood actresses, who used to live in Khar, an elite suburb in Bombay.

She is the grand-daughter of actress Meenakshi Shirodkar, who starred in Brahmachari (1930s), and was the first actress to wear a swimsuit and gambol in a pool, albeit to depict Lord Krishna bathing in the Holy river Yamuna with his gopis.

In addition she is a model, and has been crowned Miss India in 1993.

Namrata finished amongst the top six at Miss Universe in 1993.

She was also chosen as the 1st runner up for Miss Asia Pacific during 1993.

She is the sister of Bollywood actress, Shilpa Shirodkar. Namrata is affectionately called "Chinoo" by her family and close friends.

Her mom's name is Vanita. She has a niece, Anushka, who was born in London during 2002. She keeps in touch with Shilpa on a regular basis.

Some of her movies include Mere Do Anmol Ratan, Vaastav, Pukar, Hathyar, Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye, Aaghaaz, and Bride & Prejudice.

Namrata and Telugu speaking actor, Mahesh Babu, have been romantically linked for some time now. On February 10, 2005, bothMahesh and Namrata tied the knot at the J.W. Mariot, Bombay, India. They are expecting their first child soon.

Filmography

1. Rok Sako To Rok Lo (2004) .... Sandra (Narrator)

2. Bride & Prejudice (2004) .... Jaya Bakshi

... aka Balle Balle! Amritsar to L.A. (India: English title)

... aka Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (International: English title: promotional title)

3. Insaaf: The Justice (2004) .... Mrs. Kunti V. Prasad

4. Anji (2004) .... Swapna

... aka Diler (India: Hindi title: dubbed version)

5. Charas: A Joint Operation (2004) .... Pia

6. LOC: Kargil (2003) .... Lt Col. Y.K. - Joshi's wife

... aka L.O.C. (India: Hindi title: promotional abbreviation)

7. Tehzeeb (2003) .... Aloka

8. Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye (2003) .... Mona

9. Maseeha (2002) .... Pinky

10. Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002) .... Raksha

11. Hathyar (2002) .... Sonu Shivalkar (Rohit's mom)

12. Tera Mera Saath Rahen (2001) .... Suman Gupta

13. Albela (2001) .... Nina

14. Vamsee (2000) .... Fashion student

15. Aaghaaz (2000) .... Gittika

16. Astitva (2000) .... Revati

17. Hera Pheri (2000) .... Ms. Chinga, dancer

18. Pukar (2000) .... Pooja Mallapa

19. Vaastav: The Reality (1999) .... Sonia

... aka The Reality (International: English title)

20. Ezhupunna Tharakan (1999) .... Aswathy

21. Kachche Dhaage (1999) .... Ragini Pandit

22. Hero Hindustani (1998) .... Nikki

23. Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (1998) .... Pooja (Special Appearance)

24. Mere Do Anmol Ratan (1998) .... Kiran (Sudhakar's daughter)

Shweta Pamula

Shweta Pamula

Shilpa anand

Shilpa anand

Shilpa Anand is an Indian television actress and as per our point of view, she is one of the most beautiful actresses in Indian television industry. Shilpa was born in South Africa on 10 December 1982 and did her schooling education there. After completing education she shifted to Mumbai. Shilpa Anand has five years of experience in all phases of the Software Development life cycle.

She has expertise in Java/J2EE application development and has been working in the E-Learning domain. She has worked for clients within the Health care, Travel, Learning Management and Performance Management System field. She studied at the Punjab University MCA, obtaining a Masters in Computer Applications from 2000 to 2003. She started her career as a model and worked in several South Indian movies.

Shilpa Anand rose to fame throughout India after starring as the lead role of Dr. Riddhima Gupta in “Dill Mill Gayye” on Star One channel which is a sequel to the television show Sanjeevani-A medical boon. In this show Shilpa played the lead role. On 2nd June, she shots the last episode for Dil Mil Gaye as she has decided to leave the show for some personal reasons.

She is the younger sister of Sakshi Shivanand, famous actress in Tollywood and Kollywood. Shilpa also acted in a movie named Iqraar…By Chance, in which she played the lead role as Rashmi. This film did not worked properly at the Box Office. She has also done a minor role in the movie Sirf which released on 4 April 2008. Check out her hot and attractive casual photos and wallpapers.

Shwetta Bachan

Shwetta Bachan