She can freeze you with one look, melt you with a smile. Bold and brazen. Blunt and bumptious – Like fire on ice. The waif like Namrata Shirodkar has been accused of playing hot and cold, setting the climate according to her personal likes and dislikes. Labelled the ‘enfant terrible’ during her young modelling days (She was barely sixteen when she started modelling) her impulsive behaviour is the talk of the model world even today. Her juniors would freeze in…
Made her appearance on the silver screen in a Kannada movie titled ‘Cheluvi’, and thereafter has appeared in a total of 32 movies, which includes an Italian film titled ‘Fuoco Si Di Me‘ for which she won an award in the 2006 Milan International Film Festival. She has received a Special Jury Award (non-feature film) in the 49th National Film Awards (2002) for her role in a short film in Marathi Chaitra (film). Apart from acting, she is also an…
Abhishek Bachchan is the son of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and actress Jaya Bachchan; his elder sister is Shweta Bachchan-Nanda (b. 1974). His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a poet of Hindi literature. The original last name of his parental family is Srivastav, Bachchan being the pen name used by his grandfather. However, when his father Amitabh entered films, he did so under his own father’s pen name. Bachchan is of Punjabi Sikh heritage from his grandmother Teji’s side, while…
Radhika apte is an indian movie and stage actress. From pune, apte began her career as an actress in the theater, going for walks with the aasakta theater enterprise in her region of beginning, in advance than venturing into movies. Radhika Apte first appeared in a small role in the Hindi film Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! in 2005, a project she did “just for fun” while still being in college. Actor Rahul Bose, who had seen Apte perform in…
A Grasim Mr. India (1999) first runner-up title holder, Raqesh made his screen debut together with Himanshu Malik in Anubhav Sinha’s Tum Bin (2001). After the success of Tum Bin, Anubhav Sinha again cast him as a solo lead in Kuchh Dil Ne Kaha(2002) opposite Raima Sen, which bombed at the box office. After that he starred in a few average films like Dil Vil Pyar Vyar in 2002 and Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai in 2005, but none of…
Sudha Chandran is a successful Bharatanatyam dancer and an Indian film and television actress. She was born on September 21. She earned her B.A from Mithibai College, Mumbai and an M.A in Economics. She overcame her disability of losing her leg in an accident with the help of a prosthetic ‘Jaipur foot’, becoming one of the most highly acclaimed dancers of the Indian subcontinent. Her decision to dance again after a gap of two years was met by thunderous applause….
Tara Sharma is the daughter of the well-known author and actor, Partap Sharma and Susan Sharma and is an alumnus of the London School of Economics. She is married to ad film producer, Roopak Saluja (an INSEAD alumnus). She made her debut in 2002 with Anupam Kher’s Om Jai Jagadish. Despite having a huge star cast which included Waheeda Rehman and Anil Kapoor, the film did not do well. After that she made an appearance in the popular British police series…
Gracy Singh is a warm, passionate, simple and a graceful dancer, She is complete natural in front of the camera, Seeing her performance it seems that this popular television actress is looking forward to be a great actress in the coming uears of indian cinema. Better known as Dinki in the popular serial Amaanat, Gracy Singh recently made her Bharatanatyam debut, recreating an old charm and she believes that she did well. Slow and steady wins the race. That seems…
Nauheed Cyrusi was born in Bombay, India. Her name means ‘Venus’; she has a sister, a dog named Satch, and comes from a non-filmy background. The Cyrusi family live near Podar College, South Mumbai. After completing her Secondary School Certificate from J.B. Vacha School, she enrolled at Sind Educationist Association’s Jai Hind College and Basant Singh Institute of Science and Technology, Churchgate, Bombay, and after graduating from this University-affiliated college, she pursued M.Com. through correspondence. She had wanted a career…
Payal Rohatgi is an engineering graduate. She won the coveted title of Supermodel Miss Tourism World in 2001, despite stiff competition from 65 countries. She was also a Femina Miss India Finalist in 2000. Payal was always attracted to the glamorous world of modeling and fashion, and when the right opportunity came her way she gave up the engineering sector to pursue her dreams. Payal shot to fame with television ads like Cadbury Temptations ad and other commercials including Jaguar…