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Ayesha Takia

Ayesha Takia was born at Mumbai (Bombay) in a mixed family. Her father is a Gujrati and her mother is an Anglo Indian. She grew up speaking Gujrati and English but learned Hindi and Telugu for her filmy career. Ayesha entered in glamour world through advertisements and her first advertisement was the famous "I'm a Complan Boy, I'm a Complan Girl" alongside Shahid Kapoor. Her first music video was Falguni Pathak's "Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye", when she was just fifteen. Ayisha Takiya drew the attention of the film industry with the video "Shake It Daddy" and film offers followed. Though Ayesha signed "Socha Na Tha" first but her first released movie was "Tarzan- The Wonder Car".

Ayesha Takyia won the Filmfare best debutant award in 2004 for her performance in "Taarzan". After that Ayesha acted in many films but most of them were unsuccessful at the box office. Ayisha Takia beautifully essayed the role of a young widow of Rajasthan living in a traditional joint family in the film "Dor". She was highly praised for her work in this film and went on to win Zee cine critics award for best actress. At present Ayesha is working in a number of films and some of her upcoming movies are-" Sehar Thaper, Blood Brothers ".

Date of Birth: 10th April, 1986
Nickname: Suvi
Height: 5'5"
Education: St Anthony's Girls High School.
Debut Film: "Tarzan: The Wonder Car"
Film Awards
Filmfare Best Debutant Award for "Taarzan "
Star Screen Best Actress Award (Critics) for "Dor "
Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award for "Dor "
Zee Cine Critics Best Actress Award, tied with Gul Panag for "Dor"



Celina Jaitley

Celina Jaitley is daughter of an army officer. Her mother is an Afghani and is a child psychologist by profession. Celina has a brother who is also an army officer. After graduation, Celina Jetley did a marketing job in a Cell phone company in Kolkata. In Kolkata, Celina participated in a local beauty contest just for the heck of participation and to everybody's surprise she emerged victorious. This encouraged Celina to participate in Miss India contest. She was crowned Miss India in 2001. Celina Jaitley stepped in the world of Bollywood cinema with "Janasheen". In spite of her bold scenes, the movie could not do any wonders at the Box Office though she earned the title of sex symbol with all her bikini shots. Her next film was "Khel" opposite Sunny deol, which also failed at box office. In spite of all these failures Celina Jetley continues to get roles in movies. She also appeared in the video "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo" by the Bombay Vikings.


 Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza was born in Hyderabad to a German father and a Bengali mother. Her father died when she was just nine years old. Dia's mother Deepa Mirja was remarried to Ahmad Mirza, whose surname Dia Mirza took. Dia Mirza was second runner up in Miss India Beauty contest in 2000. Diya Mirja won the Miss Asia Pacific in the same year at manila in Philippines.

Diya Mirza made her cinematic debut with "Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein" opposite R. Madhavan, who is a Tamil film star. The film did average business at box office. Thereafter, a series of unsuccessful films followed such as "Tumsa Nahin Dekha "and "Deewaanapan". Dia Mirza's next successful movie was "Parineeta". Her performance in "Lage Raho Munna Bhai "was acclaimed, in which Diya played the role of daughter of Boman Irani. She also played in the music video"Kajara Mohabbat Wala "from Sonu Nigam album Kajara Nite.
 

Esha Deol
 
Esha Deol is daughter of 'Dream Girl' Hema Malini and 'He Man' Dharmendra. She has a sister named Aahan. Esha is step sister of Bollywood star Sunny and Bobby Deol. Esha Deol is an accomplished classical dancer and National level Football player.

Esha Deol made her debut with the movie "Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche". The film was unsuccessful at box office but she went on to win Filmfare Best Debutant Award for her performance. After that a series of unsuccessful films followed. Isha Deol's first successful film at box office was "Dhoom". Since then she has given two more hit films "Kaal" and "No Entry". She was nominated for Filmfare Best Villain (Female) Award for her performance in "Ankahee". She also featured in Tamil film "Ayitha Ezhuthu" directed by Mani Ratnam. Esha Deol gave rocking performance in the movie "Yuva" opposite Ajay Devgan. Esha Deol is set to star in her mother's next directorial venture with Rekha and Abhishek Bachchan and also a film in which her mother and she will be starring together for the first time.

Date of Birth: 2nd November, 1981.
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Education: Masters Degree in Media Arts (Oxford University).
Debut Film: "Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe"
Film Awards: Filmfare Best Debut Award for "Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe "
Star Screen Most Promising Newcomer (Female) Award for "Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe"
Bollywood Movie Best Debut (female) Award for "Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe" 

Rani Mukherjee


Rani Mukherjee is a very popular name in Bollywood film industry. She is famous actress in hindi film. She started her career as a an actress in a Bengali film. Rani’s first hindi film Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat was a failure. Her next two releases Ghulam and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai were big hits. This actress appeared in large number of Bollywood films like Veer-Zaara, Bunty Aur Babli, The Rising, Black, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Baabul etc

Rani Mukherjee born in 21 march ’78. By born She is a Bengali. Another most successful Bollywood actress Kajol is her cousin. It's obvious that Rani too has got it through her genetic influences to enact the roles she's given

Rani Mukherjee has won many bollywood awards like Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1, Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, IIFA Best Actress Award, Star Screen Awards etc

 Helen

Helen Richardson Khan was born to an Anglo Indian father and Burmese mother. She started her career as chorus dancer in the films "Shabistan "and "Awaara". Since then Helen regularly featured in the films as item dancer. Her first film as solo dancer was "Alif Laila". Helen gave her first hit film with her performance in the song "Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu" in O.P. Nayyar's hit film "Howrah Bridge". After this she was in great demand for cabaret dance and vamp roles in the films. But in 70's she found herself in challenging situation when young actresses started doing vamp roles and sexy cabaret dances. Helen faced financial difficulties in those days. Then writer Salim Khan came to her rescue.

Salim Khan helped her to get good roles in the films in which he was co-scripting with Javed Akhtar such as "Don", "Imaan" and "Dostana". Therafter Helen did "Lahu Ke Do Rang" directed by Mahesh Bhatt and she went on to win Filmfare Best Supporting actress Award for her performance in this film. Soon afterwards, she married Salim Khan, as his second wife. Helen and Salim have an adopted daughter named Arpita. Helen had retired from the screen for a number of years but recently she appeared in the films "Mohabbatein" as head of girl's school and in "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" as mother of Salman Kkan


Date of Birth: 21st October, 19.
Nick Name: Cabaret Queen.
Debut Film: "Awaara"
Film Awards
Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for "Lahu Ke Do Rang".
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (1998) 


Hema Malini

Hema Malini was born in a chakaravarthy family at Ammankudi in Tamilnadu. Her mother Jaya was a Tamil film producer. Hema Malini is a trained classical dancer and she has performed at a number of dance shows and concerts. Hema made her debut in Bollywood with the film "Sapno Ka Saudagar" opposite Raj Kapoor. Her next movie was "Johny Mera Naam" opposite Dev Anand. The movie "Johny Mera Naam" was super hit at box office and Hema became a top star. Hema Malini again worked with Deva Anand in the film "Tere Mere Sapne". Hema Malini played double role with Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar in the movie "Seeta Aur Geeta" which was also a successful film at box office. With these hit films she became one of the ruling divas in the Bollywood and her fans called her 'Dream Girl' of the Bollywood.

Though Hema had starred many hit movies in 70's and 80's but she is best remembered for her role in "Sholay" as talkative Tangewali. She had taken backseat from films for a few years and Hema joined politics, she is now a member of Rajya Sabha. Hema Malini had turned down marriage proposal from Jeetendra and Sanjeev Kumar before marrying her co-star Dharmendra. She has two daughters Esha and Aahan. Esha Deol is film actress and Aahan is set to enter Bollywood as film director. Besides acting in the films she had tried her hand at directing and made the film "Dil Ashna Hai" with Sharukh Khan and late Divya Bharti. Hema also directed and starred in the TV serial Noopur, in which she was depicted as a Bharatanatyam dancer going to America.

Date of Birth: 16 October 1948, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Nickname: Dream Girl
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Debut Film: "Sapno Ka Saudagar"

Awards
Filmfare Best Actress Award for "Seeta Aur Geeta", Filmfare Life Time Achievement Award (1999)
Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India (2000),
Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement (2003),
Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 for "Baghban "(with Amitabh Bachchan) Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bollywood Movie Awards (2003)
Sports World's "Jodi of the Year" along with Amitabh Bachchan for "Baghban".
Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in recognition of her contribution to the Indian entertainment industry (2004)
Isha Koppikar


Isha Koppikar was born in Mumbai (Bombay), India. While she was in college, she did a model shoot for Gautam Rajadhayksha. Isha Koppikar was crowned Miss Talent in 1995 at Femina Miss India Contest. She then modeled for L'Oreal, Rexona, Camay, Tips & Toes and Coca-Cola. Isha made her debut with "Kaadhal Kavidai" in Tamil film Industry. Isha Kopikar was won critical acclaim for her performance in the film and went on to win Filmfare Best Actress Debut Award (Tamil). Her next movie"En Swasa Katre" opposite Arvind Swamy was also in Tamil. The film was a musical hit and a good grosser at the box office. Then Isha Kopikkar played a cameo role in the film "Jodi" as a prospective bride.

Isha Kopikar did some minor roles in Bollywood films like "Fiza" and "Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat" but she shot into fame with an item dance in the film "Company" directed by Ram Gopal Verma. Isha Koppikar was nicknamed "Khallas Girl" after that item dance on the song "Khallas". Isha Koppikar was nominated for the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her negative role in the film "Qayamat: City Under Threat". Her next film was "Girlfriend", in which Isha played a role of lesbian woman. Isha Koppikar will be seen in a lead role in the film "Sabri" directed by Ram Gopal Verma. The film is about a woman who is set to become Mumbai's first underworld lord.

Date of Birth: 19th September, 1976
Nickname: Khallas Girl
Address: Vinay Building, Plot No. 250, Moghul Lane, Mumbai - 16
Height: 5'7" (1.70 m)
Education: Graduate in Biotechnology.
Debut Film: Fiza (Hindi), Kaadhal Kavidai (Tamil)
Film Awards: Stardust "Most Exciting New Face of the Year Award "for Khallas dance number 


Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif is one of eight siblings, all girls, from a mother who is a Caucasian of British nationality and an N R I father. Katrina grew up in Hawai and was brought up in London. She started her modeling career at the tender age of fourteen, when Katrina Kaif was approached for a jewelry advertisement. Since then Katrina did various modeling assignment in London. She got her break in the Bollywood movie "Boom" offered by the famous film maker Kaizad Gustad. The film was not successful at the box office but Katrina Kaif was flooded with modeling assignments because of her innocent expressive face and drop-dead gorgeous looks.

Katrina has walked the ramp for several top designers. Besides walking the ramp she has also been the stunning face of Estelle jewelry, Lakme, Pantene, Veet, Kodak cameras, L'Oreal, Samsung, LG etc. Katreena is not fluent in Hindi so her voice in Hindi movies is dubbed by a native speaker of film's language but in the movie "Namastay London" she dubbed her lines on her own. Her recent films "Partner" with Salman Khan and Govinda and "Apne" with Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol were successful at box office. She has also done two Telugu movies "Malliswari" and "Allari Pidugu" and a Malayalam film "Balram vs. Taradas". Katrina has learnt Kathak dance recently.


Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra was born at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand state of India. Her father Dr. Ashok Chopra was a surgeon in army. Priyanka Chopra was in Jai Hind College at Mumbai when she won Femina Miss India contest in 2000. She was crowned Miss World in 2000 at London. Priyanka Chopra is the fifth Indian to be crowned Miss World. She left her studies midway after winning the beauty pageant and joined film Industry.
Priyanka Chopra first acted in Tamil film "Thamizhan ". Her debut Hindi film was "The Hero" opposite Sunny Deol. Though the film was average rated, it went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year. Priyanka Chopra's next film was "Andaaj" opposite Akshay Kumar. "Andaaj" was a successful film at box office and Priyanka was nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award. Her next release was "Aitraaz", which is a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore-starker "Disclosure". Prianka won the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her performance in "Aitraaz". Since then she has given many Hit films such as "Bluffmaster" opposite Abhishek Bachchan, "Mujhse Shadi Karogi" opposite Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan and "Krissh" opposite Hrithik Roshan. Priyanka Chopra was voted Sexiest Asian Woman of 2006 in Eastern Eye, an Asian newspaper published in Britain.



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