Aishwarya Rai was born in the South indian state of Karnataka in Manglore on 1st Nov 1973. She was younger of the two siblings, her brother being 3 years elder. When she was about 4 years old, her family moved to Bombay permanently. Her father worked as a merchant navy officer. Aishwarya did her schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz. Academically, she did very well and earned her position as the head girl of her school. Ash chose the science stream while at DG Ruparel College, her favorite subject being Zoology. Aishwarya wanted to do medicine, but circumstances didn't let her. Instead she chose Architecture and passed the interview at Raheja College with flying colors.
By this time, Aishwarya had started getting modelling assignments. She then decided to take a break from architecture and concentrate on modelling. This green-blue eyed beauty stole ads for many prestigious firms, the ones which brought her into the limelight were the garden sari and the pepsi ad. Crowned Miss femina '94 runner up, she was a hot favorite to win the miss world title, which she did ! Her beauty and charm made her India's darling.
She bagged Filmfare Award for best actress for her performance in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) as Ajay Devgan's wife who is in love with another man. She also won rave reviews for her performance as a rape victim in Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000). In 2003 she bagged another filmfare award for best actress for the role of paro, she portrays in film Devdas.
She had a well publicised affair with Salman Khan which lasted 2 years. Apparently his endless tantrums traumatized her enough to give a press conference in spring 2003 where she declared that she would never work with him again for personal reasons. In April 2003, she suffered an accident on the sets of Khakee (2003). She broke a bone in one foot and suffered severe cuts. The incident rekindled the discussion about poor safety standards on Bollywood film sets.
Their are 17,000 unofficial websites in her name and she's got to give them something to write about. So she's all set to go where no Indian star has gone before. While others have struggle alot. Aishwarya's bagged a parallel role opposite 'Meryl Streep' in French director 'Coline Serreau's' Chaos. 2003 has been her annus mirabilis. On the jury at Cannes, the international festival circuit with Chokher Bali, the crossover sets of Bride And Prejudice, the cover of Time magazine. And now she's all set to waltz into Hollywood. The film trade traditionally treats its heroines as completely interchangeable assets. Aishwarya Rai is the only Indian woman in world's Top 10 looking women.
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Birth Name: Ameesha Patel
DOB: 9 June, 1976
Status: Currently, dating businessman Kanav Puri. Has dated Vikram Bhatt.
Debut Movie: Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai
Marriages: None
Most Remembered for: Her role of Sakina in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
Litigations involved: None
Jail terms served: None
Biography: Amisha Patel is the daughter of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, sister of Ashmit Patel and the granddaughter of the famous Indian lawyer Rajni Patel. She completed her graduation from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. She then worked for Morgan Stanley. After returning to India she joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and began acting in plays, but only after receiving permission from her conservative parents.
Finally in the year 2000, Amisha made her acting debut with Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai. The film was the biggest hit of the year, and made her a star overnight. She next appeared in the cross-border romance, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, alongside Sunny Deol. Set during the 1947 Indo-Pakistani conflicts, it featured Patel as Sakina, a Muslim girl who finds refuge in Deol's house during the riots, and subsequently falls in love with him. Her performance was praised, and won her the Filmfare Special Performance Award. But then followed a series of flop films for Amisha and in October 2007 the movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa where she played the role of a rejected adopted girl turned out to be a major hit.
Her personal life has been marred with misunderstandings with her mom, dad, and brother, so much so that she has sought the intervention of the courts and not on talking terms with them. However, after her break-up with producer Vikram Bhatt, now she is dating Kanav Puri, a businessman from Delhi.
Favorites:
Actor/Actress: Aamir Khan and Richard Gere; Julia Roberts and Madhuri Dixit
Holiday Destination: Paris
Cuisine: Thai. Junk food off the road. Chaat, Bhel Puri
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Birth Name: Amrita Arora
DOB: 31 January 1978
Status: Dating. Amrita is dating English criketer Usman Afzal. She has dated actor Upen Patel in the past and been linked to Aftab Shivdasani, Kevin Otter and Ashmit Patel
Debut movie: Kitne Door Kitne Paas in 2002
Famous pairing: With Isha Koppikar in Girlfriend
Number of marriages: None
Most remembered for: Being Kareena Kapoor's best friend, Malaika Arora khan's sister, her ever changing boyfriend and her boldness.
Litigations involved: None
Jail term served: None
Biography: Amrita is the younger sister of evergreen item girl maliaka Arora khan. She has a Punjabi father and a Malayali mother. She has tried her hand at acting and item songs, but has enjoyed more success in the latter. She has appeared in several item numbers in Heyy babyy in 2007, in Zameen in 2003.
The less said about her acting, the better. Most of her movies, barring Awara Paagal Deewana have flopped at the box office. Even the controversial Girlfriend, loosley based on the Charlize Theron starrer, Monster, was panned. Red:The Dark Side also falied to make a mark.
Amrita Arora, started her career as an MTV VJ and is now regarded as a sex symbol. She has dated model Upen Patel in the past and is currently dating cricketer Usman Afzal. She is best friends with Kareena kapoor. She got a Dulux paints ad and a role in Golmaal returns because of Bebo's influence. She has appeared on several magazine covers, the latest being her bikini cover for Cosmopolitan. She is a regular at Page 3 events.
Her next movies include the Ajay devgan starrer Golmaal Returns and Hello, based on Chetan Bhagat's novel, One night at the call Centre.
Favourites:
Actress: sis Malaika and Jenny McCarthy
Actor: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise
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# She is passionate about reading short stories.
# The hot actress did 30 commercial ads before coming to films.
# M F Hussain,a famous artist has plans to start a series of paintings inspired by Vivah and Amrita Rao.
# Actress is a graduate in psychology.
# Amrita Rao speaks English, Hindi, Marathi, and Konkani.
# The actress quit the college to pursue a career in modelling.
# Though her debut film was ‘Ab Ke Baras’ in 2002 she came to limelight after the success of her “Ishq Vishk” 2003.
# She won the title of “FASHION ICON OF THE YEAR” sponsored by NIFD
# Esha Deol slapped co-star Amrita Rao on the sets of Pyaare Mohan. [2005]
# Esha Deol said “Yes. One day after pack-up, Amrita abused me in front of my director, Indra Kumar and my cameraman and I thought that was totally out of line. To protect my self-respect, in the heat of the moment, I slapped her. I have no regrets becauseshe totally deserved it for her behaviour towards me at that point of time. I just stood up for myself and my dignity.” [ later they compromised]
# One of her fan persistently sent messages and gifts, including a two month old puppy from Patna despite of her indifference.Though she loves the fans, later she decided to put an end to his madness.
Amrita Rao quotes
By this time, Aishwarya had started getting modelling assignments. She then decided to take a break from architecture and concentrate on modelling. This green-blue eyed beauty stole ads for many prestigious firms, the ones which brought her into the limelight were the garden sari and the pepsi ad. Crowned Miss femina '94 runner up, she was a hot favorite to win the miss world title, which she did ! Her beauty and charm made her India's darling.
She bagged Filmfare Award for best actress for her performance in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) as Ajay Devgan's wife who is in love with another man. She also won rave reviews for her performance as a rape victim in Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000). In 2003 she bagged another filmfare award for best actress for the role of paro, she portrays in film Devdas.
She had a well publicised affair with Salman Khan which lasted 2 years. Apparently his endless tantrums traumatized her enough to give a press conference in spring 2003 where she declared that she would never work with him again for personal reasons. In April 2003, she suffered an accident on the sets of Khakee (2003). She broke a bone in one foot and suffered severe cuts. The incident rekindled the discussion about poor safety standards on Bollywood film sets.
Their are 17,000 unofficial websites in her name and she's got to give them something to write about. So she's all set to go where no Indian star has gone before. While others have struggle alot. Aishwarya's bagged a parallel role opposite 'Meryl Streep' in French director 'Coline Serreau's' Chaos. 2003 has been her annus mirabilis. On the jury at Cannes, the international festival circuit with Chokher Bali, the crossover sets of Bride And Prejudice, the cover of Time magazine. And now she's all set to waltz into Hollywood. The film trade traditionally treats its heroines as completely interchangeable assets. Aishwarya Rai is the only Indian woman in world's Top 10 looking women.
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DOB: 9 June, 1976
Status: Currently, dating businessman Kanav Puri. Has dated Vikram Bhatt.
Debut Movie: Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai
Marriages: None
Most Remembered for: Her role of Sakina in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
Litigations involved: None
Jail terms served: None
Biography: Amisha Patel is the daughter of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, sister of Ashmit Patel and the granddaughter of the famous Indian lawyer Rajni Patel. She completed her graduation from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. She then worked for Morgan Stanley. After returning to India she joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and began acting in plays, but only after receiving permission from her conservative parents.
Finally in the year 2000, Amisha made her acting debut with Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai. The film was the biggest hit of the year, and made her a star overnight. She next appeared in the cross-border romance, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, alongside Sunny Deol. Set during the 1947 Indo-Pakistani conflicts, it featured Patel as Sakina, a Muslim girl who finds refuge in Deol's house during the riots, and subsequently falls in love with him. Her performance was praised, and won her the Filmfare Special Performance Award. But then followed a series of flop films for Amisha and in October 2007 the movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa where she played the role of a rejected adopted girl turned out to be a major hit.
Her personal life has been marred with misunderstandings with her mom, dad, and brother, so much so that she has sought the intervention of the courts and not on talking terms with them. However, after her break-up with producer Vikram Bhatt, now she is dating Kanav Puri, a businessman from Delhi.
Favorites:
Actor/Actress: Aamir Khan and Richard Gere; Julia Roberts and Madhuri Dixit
Holiday Destination: Paris
Cuisine: Thai. Junk food off the road. Chaat, Bhel Puri
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DOB: 31 January 1978
Status: Dating. Amrita is dating English criketer Usman Afzal. She has dated actor Upen Patel in the past and been linked to Aftab Shivdasani, Kevin Otter and Ashmit Patel
Debut movie: Kitne Door Kitne Paas in 2002
Famous pairing: With Isha Koppikar in Girlfriend
Number of marriages: None
Most remembered for: Being Kareena Kapoor's best friend, Malaika Arora khan's sister, her ever changing boyfriend and her boldness.
Litigations involved: None
Jail term served: None
Biography: Amrita is the younger sister of evergreen item girl maliaka Arora khan. She has a Punjabi father and a Malayali mother. She has tried her hand at acting and item songs, but has enjoyed more success in the latter. She has appeared in several item numbers in Heyy babyy in 2007, in Zameen in 2003.
The less said about her acting, the better. Most of her movies, barring Awara Paagal Deewana have flopped at the box office. Even the controversial Girlfriend, loosley based on the Charlize Theron starrer, Monster, was panned. Red:The Dark Side also falied to make a mark.
Amrita Arora, started her career as an MTV VJ and is now regarded as a sex symbol. She has dated model Upen Patel in the past and is currently dating cricketer Usman Afzal. She is best friends with Kareena kapoor. She got a Dulux paints ad and a role in Golmaal returns because of Bebo's influence. She has appeared on several magazine covers, the latest being her bikini cover for Cosmopolitan. She is a regular at Page 3 events.
Her next movies include the Ajay devgan starrer Golmaal Returns and Hello, based on Chetan Bhagat's novel, One night at the call Centre.
Favourites:
Actress: sis Malaika and Jenny McCarthy
Actor: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise
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Biography / Biodata
Name | Amrita Rao |
Birth Name | Amrita Deepak Rao |
Date of Birth | June 17, 1981 |
Birth Place | Chitrapur, India |
Amrita Rao Height | 5′ (1.52 m) |
Eye colour | Brown |
Father | Deepak Rao |
Sister | Preeta |
College Days | Sophia College, Mumbai |
Hobbies | Reading short stories. |
Languages known | English, Hindi, Marathi & Konkani |
Profession | Actress,Model |
First movie | Ab Ke Baras |
Hot facts in Biography
# Amrita Rao has a sister by name preeta. Both pursued modeling career during her college days however Amrita was for ahead and did many successful commercials and films.# She is passionate about reading short stories.
# The hot actress did 30 commercial ads before coming to films.
# M F Hussain,a famous artist has plans to start a series of paintings inspired by Vivah and Amrita Rao.
# Actress is a graduate in psychology.
# Amrita Rao speaks English, Hindi, Marathi, and Konkani.
# The actress quit the college to pursue a career in modelling.
# Though her debut film was ‘Ab Ke Baras’ in 2002 she came to limelight after the success of her “Ishq Vishk” 2003.
# She won the title of “FASHION ICON OF THE YEAR” sponsored by NIFD
# Esha Deol slapped co-star Amrita Rao on the sets of Pyaare Mohan. [2005]
# Esha Deol said “Yes. One day after pack-up, Amrita abused me in front of my director, Indra Kumar and my cameraman and I thought that was totally out of line. To protect my self-respect, in the heat of the moment, I slapped her. I have no regrets becauseshe totally deserved it for her behaviour towards me at that point of time. I just stood up for myself and my dignity.” [ later they compromised]
# One of her fan persistently sent messages and gifts, including a two month old puppy from Patna despite of her indifference.Though she loves the fans, later she decided to put an end to his madness.
Amrita Rao quotes
# “For me, sensuality lies in the attitude and expression and not the clothes. I would love to work with Farah Khan in a guest appearance song or, as you call it, an item number. “
# “It’s easy to lose one’s freshness. We need to keep doing different kinds of roles to remain in the public eye. But then, if over-exposure was bad, then Hollywood actresses would have been the first targets. People like Julia Roberts have survived for so long because of their creativity and versatility.”
# “I remember when Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe crown, every schoolgirl including me wanted to be like her. I never imagined that I would get to do such a beautiful role with her in Main Hoon Na.”
# “I worked with Shah Rukh Khan first in Main Hoon Na and now in My name is Gonsalves. Now I know why they call him the Badshah. His response can only make your reflexes better.”
# “I believe there is no Mr Right. If you find the right person and want to spent the rest of your life with him, then you would have to make it work towards making it right.”
# “Getting into films was a childhood dream, which I had kept to myself. But I guess I was destined to be an actress.”
# “Especially because I had no contacts in the film industry at all. I thought it was tough battle if one wanted to establish oneself here. I guess I was destined to be here!”
# “You know, there are some screen pairs that people don’t forget, like Anil Kapoor–Madhuri Dixit, Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol…and what’s interesting is that even after two years, people remember Shahid and me as a great screen pair.”
# “Don’t be disillusioned and depressed if you don’t get a worthy opportunity here. There are other fields you can excel in!”
# “I like to read! But I don’t have the patience to read a whole novel so I prefer to read those books that have stories in them. Like recently I enjoyed reading Chitra Banerjee’s book called Arranged Marriage. I also relish reading short stories written by Jeffery Archer.”
# “The Federation of Indo-American Association of Northern California invited me, and I just had to support the NRIs’ sense of patriotism and their preservation of the Indian culture despite being based on the other side of the globe.” [Experience of being Grand Marshall]
# “Life is short and sweet, so make others happy and never let anyone down.”
# “I won’t mind exposing on the demand of the script.”
# “Sensuality is a state of the mind.”
# “I’m choosy because you have to see to believe what kind of scripts filmmakers come up with – they are hilariously silly! I can’t imagine from where they think of such stories; at times like that, you almost feel that Hindi cinema hasn’t moved for decades. Out of so many that I hear, there might be only one or two worth considering. There’s no choice but to be choosy.”
# It does hurt reading malicious articles especially when people know who you are. I guess I will have to learn to take things in my stride”
Amrita Rao best movie list
- Legend of Bhagat Singh ( Ajay Devgan , Sushant Singh , Amrita Rao )
- Ishq Vishk ( Shahid kapoor , Amrita Rao )
- Main Hoon Na ( Shahrukh Khan , Sunil Shetty , Amrita Rao , Naseeruddin Shah , Sushmita Sen )
- Deewar ( Amitabh Bachchan , Akshay Khanna , Amrita Rao , Sanjay Dutt )
- Masti ( Vivek Oberoi , Aftab Shivdasani , Ritesh Deshmukh , Ajay Devgan , Amrita Rao , Rakhi Sawant , Lara Dutta )
- Vivah ( Shahid kapoor , Amrita Rao )
- Fairever Face Cream
- Hindustan Levers – Close-up
- Johnson & Johnsons – Clean & Clear Face Wash
- Nikhar Soap
- Fena Detergent
- Pantene Hair Wash
- Nestle – Bru Coffee
- Cadbury’s – Perk Chocolates
- Wringly Chewing Gum
- Parachute Jasmine – Hair Oil
- Anne French
- Domino’s Pizza
- HMT Watches
- Jolen Bleach
- Allukas Jewellery
- 3 Roses Tea
- Allapet Jewellery
- Coca cola
- Wipro’s Milk n Roses – Soap
- Pepsi
- D’Damas
Amrita Rao awards won
- IIFA Awards, Best Female Debut; [Ishq Vishk,2004 ]
- Stardust Awards, Superstar of Tomorrow – Female;[ Ishq Vishk,2004 ]
- Sansui Awards, Best Debut – Female;[ Ishq Vishk,2004 ]
- GR8 Women Awards,Young Achiever [2007
- Anandalok Puroshkar Awards, Most Promising New Talent;[ Vivah,2007 ]
- Sports World Awards, Jodi of the Year along with Shahid Kapoor , [Vivah,2007 ]
- Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award [ Vivah , 2007]
Birth name: Anushka Sharma DOB: 1 May, 1988
Status: Single
Debut film: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in 2008
Marriages: None
Most remembered for her role of Taani in RNBDJ
Litigations involved: None
Jail term served: None
Biography
Model turned actress Anushka Sharma comes from an army background. Her father is a highly ranked Army Officer and her mother is a housewife. Having graduated from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, Sharma who always knew her calling laid in modeling began to pursue the charms of the glamour world. She enrolled in the Elite Modeling Agency where she was groomed by renowned style consultant Prasad Bidapa, whom she met when she was just 15 years of age.
Sharma was then spotted by designer Wendell Rodricks and the next thing she knew was that she was his show-stopper at Wendell Rodricks Les Vamps Show. Within a year she became a sensational model in India, and was picked to be Wendell Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer '07 Collection. Since then the demure looking model has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.
And now Anushka is the charm of Bollywood. She was spotted by Aditya Chopra and signed on to play Taani in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She has a three film contract with Yash Raj Films.
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Birth Name
Asin ThottumkalNickname
Queen of KollywoodHeight
5' 4" (1.63 m)Mini Biography
Asin was born in Cochin, Kerala, India in the Malayalam-speaking Thottumkal family which consists of her businessman dad, Joseph, and mom, Dr. Seline, who practices in Ernakulam. She attended Naval Public School in Cochin, and after obtaining her Matriculation, was enrolled in St. Theresa's Higher Secondary School. After successfully obtaining her Higher Secondary School Certificate, she enrolled in St. Theresa's College to continue studying in the Arts Faculty. After obtaining a Degree in B.A. English Literature, she assisted her dad in his business (which includes software, export of furniture and antiques) and also took up modeling on the side. Her modeling assignments included Colgate Toothpaste, and Fairever Cream.This exposure got her noticed and she made her debut on the tinsel screen through director Sathyan Anthikad's "Narendaran Makan" with Malayalyee actor Kunjachacko Boban.
After her initial success, she was offered Telugu movies, and warmly welcomed in the Telugu film industry. It was a smooth transition from Telugu to Tamil with the film "M Kumaran s/o Mahalakshmi". Asin starred in the original Telugu version, so she was the obvious choice for the Tamil remake, opposite Jeyam Ravi. The movie was a super hit. What makes Asin hot in the Tamil film industry, apart from her looks, is that she has teamed up with all the top heroes -- Vijay, Ajith, Surya and now Vikram, in "Maja".
She speaks a wide range of languages such as Malyalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, English, French, and may well be the only Indian actress with a Blogspot in French. She is very active in various functions throughout Southern India, and credits her good upbringing to her parents, who she considers her role models. She was the winner of an entrepreneurial award as a teenager. She is fond of reading and has a huge collection of books.
Asin, along with her mom and dad, have left their Harrington Road apartment at Chetpet, Chennai, and have re-located to an apartment in Lokhandwala Complex, in Andheri (West), Mumbai, in order to enable her to debut in Bollywood movies.
She has had a taste of success at a very young age in Indian regional movies, it remains to be seen if her success will continue in Bollywood also.
IMDb Mini Biography By: rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
