ACTOR KAMALHASAN

Mini Biography

Kamal Haasan

was born 7th November 1954. In 1960 he starred as a child artist in "Kalathoor Kannammaa", his first movie. Ever Since, he has starred in more than 150 movies, in almost all the major Indian languages -

Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi

. His trajectory in the Indian film industry is one prototypical journey, where he started as a child artist, then continued as a romantic hero, and finally evolved into one of the best actors Indian has ever produced. As most of his movies are in Tamil, he might not have given such a wide array of versatile performances over the last two decades like Kamal. he had to occasionally work through the commercial roles and trashy movies to finance the movies he wanted to produce with his heart - but the movies that resulted out of his artistic potential - they were in a class apart. 16 Vayadhinilae, Nayakan, Guna, Mahanadhi, Hey Ram and Alavandaan are some of the must - watch among his movies. Had he been a star in Hollywood, he would now be effortlessly rubbing shoulders with extremely talented actors like Jack Nicholson of yesteryears and Tom hanks of the present day.
Trivia
His innovative acting has earned him the title "the first, and perhaps the last, complete hero in Indian Cinema"
Kamal's hobby is magic
On April 27 2002 Kamala Haasan was detained at Toronto airport and denied boarding his fight to L.A. because he had an Arab name/look and was considered a potential terrorist.
Is the only actor to have earned a Best Actor in a Leading Role award and a Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination for the same movie (Saagar (1985)) at Filmfare Awards.
Is a very very strong fan of Ilayaraja and always ropes him as the composer for all his home productions.
Has two daughters , Shruti K Haasan and Akshara.Gets his wife/girlfriend to do costumes for his filmsSeven movies that he has starred in have been sent to represent India in Oscars for Best foreign movie category, highest by any Indian.
Trained in the classical Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam.
Has acted in Tamil, Telugu, kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Hindi films.
Met action superstar Jackie Chan for the first time, when the latter came to the audio lauch of Hassan's latest thriller, Dasavatharam in April of 2008. hassan confessed to have been a huge fan of Chan, and admitted at the audio launch that he had during his career, tried emulating Jackie Chan's stunts, resulting in 32 fractures to his body.
Did daredevil stunts for the film, Abhay (2001), where he did bungee jumping. Severely injured his back whilst filming.
Personal Quotes
" A London editor once told me that the best way to put news hounds off your scent is to lile inventively"
"The closest I feel to is Dustin Hoffman who shares many of my paradoxes. Physical appearance to begin with". SalaryIndian (1996) Rs. 40,000,000/-

ACTOR RAJINIKANTH

RAJANIKANTH BIOGRAPHY

Rajanikanth is a rags to riches story. His histrionics onscreen have raised his status to that of a cult hero. His presence creates an excitement close to hysteria among his fans.

BASICS ON RAJANIKANTH

Rajanikanth was born on 12th December 1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad to a Maratha family in Bangalore, karnataka. His roots are in nachikuppam, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Naidu. His father is Ramojirao Gaekwad, a police constable and his mother is Jijabai, who passed away when he was eight years old.


Rajanikanth studied at the Acharya Paathshala and Vivekananda Balaka Sangha in Bangalore. He worked as a bus conductor for the Bangalore Transport Service to earn a living. His love for acting was evident even then as he used to participate in stage plays and practice stunts atthe Rama Hanuman Temple. In 1973, he joined the Madras Film Institute with a colleague to study acting and was mentored by A.Prabhakarn, his vice Principal.


He married actor Y.G.Mahendran's wife Latha Parthasarthy in 1981 in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. She runs a school called The Ashram. They have two daughters Aishwarya and Soundarya. While Aishwarya is married to actor Dhanush, Soundarya is a director, producer and graphic designer.

Rajanikanth was honoured with the padma Bhushan in 2000 for his contribution to cinema.

Rajanikath - Politics, Social Service & Trouble

In 1995 Rajanikanth spoke to Prime Minister Narasimha Rao and confirmed that he'd support the Congress Party. But when the Congress Party joined hands with AIADMK, he withdrew support and joined the DMK-TMC alliance. He later shifted loyalties and joined the BJP-AIADMK alliance. Though his fans look forward to see more of him in Politics Rajanikanth is reluctant. His fans even started a political party in his name but he confirmed he has no hand in it.


He marked his protest against Karnataka's decision not to release water to tamil Nadu by fasting in 2002. His remarks regarding this issue angered the prokarnataka group Rajshan Vedike which threatened that his movies would not be screened in Karnataka after which he issued an apology.


Rajanikath has shown his generous side often. He used one of his banquet halls the Raghavendra Marriage Hall to help the needy. He plans to start a hospital and a school. He has made several donations - twelve lakh rupees to the family members of the victims of the Coimbatore bomb blasts, one crore rupees was handed to Chief Minister Jayalalitha for the Tsunami Relief Fund in 2004 and ten lakhs rupees to the Sri Lankan Tamil humanitarian aid in 2008.

ACTOR BALAKRISHNA

BALAKRISHNA

Nandamuri Balakrishna, the heir to Legendary actor NTR, is the hero of the masses. He needs no ontroduction to the Telugu audience. Balakrishna, dearly called by his fans as Balayya, stayed away from publicity and never areally cared for the media. Though he entered the field because of his father, it's his hardwork and dedication that got him a top slot in the industry.


Balakrishna entered film industry at a very young of 14. Tatammakala starring NTR and Bhanumathi is his first film. He acted in many films with his father, legendary actor NTR. He acted as NTR's brother in Annadammula Anubandham and Rowdy Ramudu Konte Krishnudu. He also played son to his real life brother hari Krishna in the movie Dana Veera Soora Karna, directed and prodiced by NTR. Balayya played the role of Abhimanya in Dana Veera Soora Karna. Also he acted with his father in one the greatest movies, Sri Madvirat Potuluri Veerabrahmendraswamy charitra, as his disciple. Other films that he worked with his fater inclufe Raam Rahim, Vemulavada Bhimakavi, Akbar Salim Anarkali, Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam, Anuraga Devatha.


Balakrishna married Vasundhara Devi in 1982. The couple is blessed with three children - brahmini, Tejaswini and Mokshangna Tarakarama Teja it was in 1984, he did his first movie as solo hero. Mangamma gari manavadu, kathanayakudu to start with. Form there on he went to become hte hero of the masses. Sitarama Kalyanam, Desodharakudu, Apoorva sahodarulu, Ramudu Bhimudu, Rakthabhishekam, Muddula Mavayya and many more steered his career successfully in to the 90's.


Undeniably, Balakrishna is the best suitable hero to do films with village backdrop. Village costumes, in full white, fits no one as good as it does for Balayya. Following NTR, it's only Balakrishna who could do justice to the mythological films. Bhairawa Dweepam and Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham - both directed by Singitham Srinivasarao fall in the same category. Only science fiction film in Telugu - Aditya 369 - is done by none other than Balayya. Also Balakrishna gets the unique distinction of hero ever to have two releases on one day. They are Nippuravva and Bangaru Bullodu.


His films Samarasimhareddy, Narasimhanaidu released in 1999 and 2001 resp ectively created history, proving the stamina of Telugu film industry's box office stamina. Why else was he called Box office Bonanza?

In one of his interviews to a magzine, he mentioned about his dream projects to be Ganna Reddy and Chengiz Khan. He wanted to direct these movies too under his home production of Ramakrishna studios.

BIOGRAPHY OF SNEHA

SNEHA BIOGRAPHY

Sneha is a calm and lovely Tamil actress who worked in couple of movies in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada Languages. She was born in October 12, 1981 in Mumbai.She finished the year with an incursion into Telugu cinema, making two appearances in notable films like Ennavale opposite to madhavan and Aanandham. She also managed doing eight films in a single year 2002 like hanuman Junction, Unnai Ninaithu, April Madhathil, King, and Pammal K. Sambandam.

CAREER

Sneha started her career in Malayalam film ingane Oru Nilapakshi in a supporting role in 2001 and next Tamil language film, Ennavale opposite to Madhavan and later worked in Ingane Oru Nilapakshi a Malayalam film, ennavale in Tamil, Annandham. She in Tamil, Parthale Parabasam in tamil, Priyamaina neeku in Telugu, Tholi valapu in Telugu, Yei! Nee Romba Azhagey irruke in Tamil, hanuman Junction in Telugu, Unnai Ninaithu in Tamil, King in Tamil, Punnagai Desam in Tamil, Pammal K. Sambandam in Tamil, Parathiban Kanavu in Tamil Manasu Palike Mouna Raagam in Telugu, Nee Sukhama Ne Korujunna in Telugu, Achchamundu In Tamil, Angaadi Theru in Tamil, Pandurangadu Telugu etc.

MEENA MINI BIOGRAPHY

About Meena :

Meena Durairaj ( Tamil) is one of the most successful actresses in South Indian cinema. Meena was born on September 16, 1977, in Chennai, she became heroine at a very young age of 13 while doing her 8th grade. She established hereself in some matured roles and that making her a very successful heroine.

Meena started her career as a child as a child artist in the film Nenjangalin 1982 when she was 5 years old featuring Dr Sivaji Ganesan in the lead role. She later became a heroine in 1990 at the age of 13 in the film Oru Pudhiya kathai. Before that, she did a short role in the film Karthavyam which was dubbed as Vijayshanthi IPS in the same year.
Meena was still very young at that time she was doing child roles. Her mother Rajamallika brought her to A.M. Ratnam's office for an offer. Even though she looked chubby, they felt she fitted the bill.
She has acted with Rajinikanth, Kamal haasan and Chiranjeevi and later became a the star in her own right . She had hits with films like Muthu, Ejaman, Veera, Awai Shanmughi and Mutamestri.
Following the release of her movies with Rajanikath in Japan and their commercial success, Meena's popularity rose in Japan. She acted in almost all the south Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and kannada etc., opposite almost all the leading actors.
She was in the film industry as the top heroine in Telugu and Tamil for almost one and a half decades successfully from the early 1990s. She often portrayed characters with unidimensional personality with no negarivity or grey shades. She was known to restruct glamourous roles though she has acted in a few like Maaman magal in Tamil opposite Sathyaraj and Muta Mestri in Telugu osspsite Chiranjeevi. In the Kannada remake of Autograph, she essayed senha's role of Divya. Meena was a judge for a dancing competition "Mastana Mastana Season1" is Sun TV. She is currently starring as the lead actress in the Sun TV serial Lakshmi.
Rajanikaht's Kuselan (Kathanayukudu in Telugu) got a lujewarm response from Rajini's diehard fans and critics. Meena, who acted in the film in a significant role opposite Pasupathy, has said that she was not happy with the way the kuselan team treated her.
She is an only child to her parents. She did her schooling till 8th std in Vidyodhya schools in Chennai. Busy with her acting schedules she had to discontunue schooling in 8th gradem later taking up private coaching and completed her 10th grade. She went on to get her MA in History from the University of Madras through open univeristy system 2006.
Meena acted as amarried woman in a 1990 DD TV Serial (Anbulla Amma) with famous tamil actresses.
When the make up artist failed to turn up at a remote village in Kakinada during the movie shoot of "Bobbilli Simham" in 1994, it is known that Roja Selvamani did Meena's hairstyles for those two days for a song involving Meena and was much appreciated by Meena herself . Roja Selvamani and Meena are best friends. her another close friend is actresses Maheswari. Roja and Meena, in their younger age, resembled each other so much. Infact Meena has acted as Roja's younger sister at least in 5 or 6 movies in Telugu.Name : Meena

Sex : Female
Date of Birth : 16 Sep 1977
Place of Birth : Chennai

RAVALI MINI BIOGRAPHY

Date of Birth : 28 February , Gudivasa, Andhra Pradesh, India

Height : 5'4" (1.63 m)

Mini Biography

Ravali, the south Indian beauty seems to have wished to become an actress ever since the times she could remember. She started out her career with screen name as Sailaja, then changed to Apsara then again to present name Ravali - hoping that this neme would bring luck. It did indeed - by giving her a streak of hit films in Telugu : Ore Rickshaw (1995), Pelli Sandadi (1997), Subhakansshalu (1998) and "Vinodam". Despite the hits, she could not ger amny Telugu films - and but she got busy doing films in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi. It was Mithun Chakraborty who introduced Ravali to Hindi film Through "Mard". In Kannada she has paire with Shiv Rajkumar in the movie "Gadabida Krishna", with "Jaggesh" in "Veeranna" and "Kubera" and with Suman in "Billa-Ranga". In Tamil she did films with Sathyaraj, Arjun and "Vijayakanth". She is getting fewer films in Telugu films these days, as procedure are giving preference to heroines from Bollywood (Mumbai filmdom) than the native ones. But she is busy doing films in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi - as well as a couple of Telugu films.

ACTOR KAMALINEE

Kmalinee Mukherjee (born March 4, 2980) is an Indian film actress. She has appeared in telugu films as well as Tamil and Hindi language movies. After graduating with a degree in English literature, she completed a workshop on theatre in Mumbai because of her strong background in it. She made her acting debut in Phir milenge (2004), a film that was based on the subject of AIDS. Though it went unnoticed, she gained recognition in the multiple-award winner, Anand (2004).

Mukherjee was born and brought up in Kolkata. While her father is a businessman, her mother is a grament designer. She is the eldest of the two siblings in the family. Owing to her "love for being on the stage "Since childhood, she acted in all sorts of amateur and professional stageplays while in School and College. Incidentally, she always protrayed masculine characters in these plays. Besides theater, she developed a love for reading spiritual works, painting and writing poetry. Just before she began her acting carrer in 2004, she had written three poems, each of these titled as thoughts, Confusion and Solitude for poetry.Com, a poetry-based website. One of these poems was selected for an international Poetry Contest, where along with one of the 150 people all over the world, she was invited to washington, D.C. for a seminar that wa presided over by Dalai Lama. Besides writing poerty, she also underwent several years of training in Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance form.

After graduating with a degree in English literature from Loreto College in Kolkata, she took up a management course in New Delhi, but left it midway. Thereafter, she took a course in theatre arts in Mumbai due to her good background in the field. Thereafter, she performed in many theater plays and also modeled in advertisements for brands such as Neelkamal Furniture, Parchute, Fair & Lovely and Ayush.

After noticing Mukherjee in one of the advertisements that featured her, actor-director Revathi offered her a role in her second directorial venture, Phir Milenge that revolved around the subject of AIDS. Though initially apprehensive about her entering into the acting profession, her parents were very supportive. In the film, she plays a radio jockey and the younger sibling to Shilpa Shetty in the film. Despite the fact that hers was not a lead character, she had ample role to play in the film. Although the film met with critical acclaim, her role went telatively unnoticed.
Around the time Phir Milenge happened to Mukherjee in Bollywood, Sekhar Kammula, a relatively new director from the Telugu film industry was in the process of casting for his next Telugu film, Anand. After coming to know about her, kammula selected her after a screen test. She said that the role of an independent and modern woman, which was just like her own personality, appealed to her. When asked about her thoughts on a total change of working environment from Bollywood to Tollywood, she said that the only difference was with the language and that she was more comfortable working for Anand because the entire crew belonged to same age group. With her being a Bengali and not knowing the Telugu, well-known singer and television host, Sunitha lent her voice for the film. After completion of filming, she felt tgat as a relative newcomer she couldn't have asked for more, but thought that she could have performed better. Despite her thoughts, the film won 6 prestigious 2004 nandi Award for the Best Leading Actress. Upon receiving the award, she said " it is beyond the belief". Besides this, she won a couple of awards for being the best debutant actress of the year.

BIOGRAPHY OF SADA

Sada Filmography

1. 2007 - Shankar Dada Zindabad

2. 2007 - Adi Oka Idhi

3. 2007 - Leelai

4. 2007- Classmates

5.2007-Unnale Unnale

6. 2006-Thirupathi

7.2006- Veerabhadra

8. 2006-Chukkallo Chandrudu

9. 2005-Anniyan

10. 2005-Priyasakhi

11.2005- Avunannaa Kaadannaa

12. 2004- Varnajalam

13. 2004- Leela Mahal Center

14. 2004 - Mona Lisa

15. 2004 - Aethiree

16. 2003 -Jayam

17. 2002- Jayam

SADA : Born : 17th february, 1984 Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India

Zodiac Sign : Aquarian

Hight : 5.4

Favirite Colors : Black and Red

Salary : Rs. 20Lakhs (Approx).

Net Worth : Rs. Crores (Approx).

Sada a Bohra muslim from Pune is the most stunning actress in the Tamil, telugu, Kannada film Industry. being the only child in the family with no siblings. She had completed her first semester in her Engineering in Information Technology at SNDT College of Engineering, Mumbai.

She loves music and her favorite music directors are A.R. Rahman and Harries Jeyaraj. Her favorite sport is Cricket.

KEERTHI CHOWLA

KEERTHI CHAWLA

Keerthi Chawla is a young beautifull girl who started her carrier with teh movie Aadhi which was a sensational hit Telugu movie made a record brake in collection of money. She has done a very good performance in the film Aadhi and Soon after Aadhi left to the United States.

Keerthi Chawla missed the contact of the producers and when she returned back and approached them, it was too late that she missed lot of oppurtunities losing her image with a single blockbuster.

Keerthi got others in various other languages for a that she had to turn down for the pay offered being lesser than her renumeration. She starred as one among the heroines opposite 'Rajendra Prasad' in the telugu comedy 'Idharau Athala Mudhula Alludu' ending up exposing skin just to get.

Keerthi finally made her debut in Tamil films opposite Action King Arjun in Aanai and after that, moving straight up the chart, she has done a commendable role in Aalwar as Ajith's friend and confidante. Keerthi was recently spot in a vital role as one of the 5 leads playing victims opposite 'Jeevan' in the blockbuster 'Naan Avan Illai'. Keerthi is soon to be spotted in other tamil films like Piragu, Kaadhalin Kadhai, No.1999 and Supriya which are yet to hit screens.

Keerthi recently played the second heroine in a Kannada film 'Datta' as a traditional girl opposite Darshan expecting to get a break through Gurudatt's 'Datta' a runaway hit. She is now recently signed to be the leading lady for the film ' Thirumathi Thamizh' produced by Actress Devayani who is happy to see her husband Rajkumaran to don the role of hero in the film besides being its lyricist & director.

NAYANTARA

Mini Biography

At just age of 21 years, Keralite Nayanthara has acquired of acting opposite male actors whoa re almost twice as old. She starred in her first Malyalam film opposite Jayaram, and then in " Chandramuki" with renowned India actor Rajanikanth, then with other aging actors like Sarath Kumar Mohanlal, and mammotty. Now she has been cast to play the lead role in a much youngers Simbu's directorial debut, in which he also has the lead role. Nayanthara and Simbu's intimate life-sized posters created shock waves in Chennai, which were subsequently pulled down by the police. Similar excitment resulted when glamorous life-sized posters were posted all over Chennai-this time with her co-star S.J.Surya. With her atteactive looks and talent, it is no wonder that she is one of the most popular actresses in the Tamil film industry.

TRIVIA

Nayantara means " Star eyes"

Completed her B.A. in Literature. Was able to continue with her C.A. studies though due to her film commitments.

Her favoritie film is Manassainakkare (2003)

Won the Best Thiruvalla, a small town in Kerala where her parents, Kurian and Omana Kodiyattu, settled after her father retired form the defense service. She has one brother, Lenu, who lives in Dubai.

Personal Quotes

" I ve begum my career working with older heroes. The people I had been fan of, I now work with them. It's a great opportunity for me".

Date of Birth

November 18 1984, Thiravalla, Kerala, India

Birth Name

Diana Kurien

Nickname

Nayan

Mani

Heigth

5'2" (1.57 m).

AYESHA TAKIA

AYESHA TAKIA BIOGRAPHY

Ayesha Takia is best remembered as the Complan Girl who grew up to be Meera in Dor.

I'm a Complan Girl

Ayesha was born on April 10th 1986 in Mumbai. Her father Nishit is a Gujrathi while her mother Faridah is an Anglo-Indian Muslim. She has a younger sister called Natasha.

She studied at the Anthony's High School but did not pursue her education any further as she started her career in show business when she was as young as fifteen.

She was dating Farhan Azmi and the wedding bells are ready to ring for this couple very soon.

Ayesha was part of a popular Complan advertisement. She was also part of two music videos - Falguni Pathak's Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye and DJ Aqeel's Shake It Daddy.

In the Bollywood Mix

Ayesha was first offerd Socha Na Tha Abhaya Deol and then Tarzan: The Wonder Car in 2004. She won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for the latter. She has worked in more than fifteen films since then like Dil Maange More, Salaam-e-Ishq, Fool and Final, No Smoking and De Taali. Most of them did nit do well at the box office.

However her performance in Nagesh Kukunoor's critically acclaimed Dor, in which she played the part of a Rajasthani widow Meera stood out winning her quite a few awards.

The End?

Ayesha is said to be all set to bid adieu to Bollywood soon after her marriage. The films up for release before she ties the knot are Wanted: Dead or Alive with Salman Khan, Paathashaala withShahid Kapoor, another Nagesh Kukunoor film Eight By Ten with Akshay Kumar, Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai, Naughty At Forty and Ab Dil Door Nahin, which is an animated film where she is lending her voice to a leopard cub.

ACTOR PRABU-DEVA

BIOGRAPHY

Prabhu Deva shot to fame with his dance moves that got him tagged as the Michael jackson of India. He is a choreographer, director and actor.

Basics on Prabhu Deva

Prabhu deva was born in MYsore, karnataka, India. His father Mugur Sundar was also a choregrapher, as are his two brothers, Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad.

He is married to Latha with whome he had three sons Vishal, Rishi Raghavendra and Aditya. His son Vishal succumbed to cancer in 2008.

Prabhu Deva's Movies

In the 90s Prabhu Deva started as a choreographer with Vetrfi Vizha. He appeared in song sequences like "April Mayile" in Idhayam (1991) and gentleman's (1993) "Chikku Bukku Raiyle" , which became an instant hit.

With his growing popularity he landed a role in kadhalan (1994) with Nagma. In Rajiv menon's Minsara Kanavu (1997) he was seen with Arvind Swamy and kajol as Deva, a barber. The movie earned him a National Film Award for Best Choreography. He acted with Kamal Hasan in Kadhala Kadhala (1998).

2000 on wards he was seen with Madhuri Dixit Pukar (2000) for the song "Que Sera Sera " . In 2002, he acted in 123 with his brothers, Charlie Chaplin with Prabhu and in Rajnikanth's baba for the song " baba Kichchu". The Telugu movie Santhosham which also starred nagarjuna, Shriya Saran and Gracy Singh did extremely well.

He handled the choreography for farhan Akhtar's Lakshya (2004) which had Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta in lead roles. This won him another National Film Award for Best Choreography.

He directed the his movie Pokkiri (2007) with Vijay and Asin which was a love story mixed up with the real estate mafua. Villu (2009) with Nayantara and Vijay didn't do that well at the box office.

He is remaking Pokkiri in Bollywood as wanted Dead and Alive (2009) with Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia in the lead. He has not quit acting altogether and will be back in Kalavadiya Pozhudugal (2010) with Bhumika Chawla.

KATRINA KAIF

MINI BIOGRAPHY

Born in Hong Kong on July 16, 1984 Katrina Kaif is one if eight siblings, all girls, from a mother who is a Caucasian of British nationality, and a father who was formerly form kashmir, Indian, but who has since acquired British citizenship.

She spent subsequent years in Hawaii, and than in London, Britain, She started modeling accidentally when she was in Hawaii at the tender age of 14, when she was appoached for a jewelry campaign. Thereafter continued modeling London.

Continuing to model was the reason she got her break in a Bollywood movie "Boom" offered by none other than film-maker Kaized Gustad.

She was flooded with modeling assignments the minute she set her foot on Indian soil, especially with her innocent expressive face, hour-glass figure, and drop-dead gorgeous looks.

Professionally she started off a a model with photographer Atul kasbekar,a nd upon being accepted, she received offers from LG, Cola, Fevicol, Lakme, & Veet. It was the Lakme commercial that got her noticed. She retained Matrix as her Manager to accept work on her behelf and at the price she deserved.

Moving to different culture and country was not must of a culture shock for her, as she states that no matter where you come from, the bottom line is that everyone wants to be loved, respected, and cared for.

Unlike other artistes from foreign lands. Katrina did not experience any difficulties in getting a visa nor of getting it exteded in India.

Although linguistically challenged. Katrina puts on a bold face and states that other Bollywood artistes like Sridevi, who did not know Hindi, did get offers from Bollywood film-makers, and she is no different. She has taken Hindi and dancing lessons to fit in with the Bollywood culture. She likes to display a picture of her learning Kathak dancing where she used to dance 7 hours a day non-stop.

Despite of her soft gorgeous looks, she is not easily intimidated, but admits that she is very emotional, almost an incurable romantic, wears comfortable non-revealing clothes when at home, hates to do her hair, and above all dislikes make-up. Admitting to being lonely in the beginning, but now has several friends who she can hang out with.

Although her first movie 'Boom' was panned by the critics and shunned by the audience, two other Telugu movies 'Malliswari' and 'Pidugu' did get her noticed. She grossed 70 Lakh Rupees for 'Malliswari'- making her top the list of the highest paid actresses during a South India movie debut.

Not done with South Indian movies, she has been signed in a Tamil movie 'Bheema' opposite National Award Winner Vikram.

She has received decent reviews for her part in "Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya", as a brief appearance in 'Sarkar'.

Katrina had made Mumbai her base, didn't mind singing and dancing around trees and as a result is now one of the biggest mega-stars, perhaps one of the highest paid female-lead actresses in Bollywood, and a crowd-puller whenever she makes an appearance for a live song and dance number.

ACTOR PRIYANKA-CHOPRA

MINI BIOGRAPHY

Priyanka Chopra was born 18th July 1982 to the family of capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra and Dr. Madhu Chopra. She has a very varied upbringing. She started her education at la Martiniere Girls College in Lucknow as a resident student, a short stay at Maria Goretti College in bareilly prepared her for further studies in the USA Having complected tenth grade in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, she decided to become a software Engineer or a Criminal Psychologist.

She enjoys Indian music and dance, flair for writing poetry short stories, reading especially and has worked for a lot of social welfare programs. SHe aims for the stars after completing her education. She is amovies buff and would love to join the galaxy if a good offer comes.

In 2000 she returned to India and enrolled in Jai Hind College and Basant Singh Institute of Science in Churuchgate, Bombay, but had to leave abruptly as she was crowned Miss India. She was subsequently crowned Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific respectively. lronically, beauty pageants are banned in India's conservative state, Uttar Pradesh.

After completing her responsibilities as a Beauty Queen, she first appeared on the tinsel screen in India in a Tamil movies " Thamizhan".

She made her debut in Bollywood with " The Hero" in 2002, and then went on to act in over 28 movies, as well as lent her voice as a playback singer in " Barasaat (2005) . She has won 11 awards to dare for her performance in " Andaaz" Aitraaz" The Hero Mujhse Shaadi Karogi " & Krrish"

As of June 2007, she is involved in the filmilng of "Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam" " Kajri " Drona" , "London Dreams ", " Qurbani", " Chamki Chameli " "Love Story 2050 " amongst others.
Trade Mark . Her Beautiful Smile.

ACTORS AISHWARYA

Biography for

Aishwarya

:Date of Birth:november 1st 1973 Mangalore, Karnataka, India Birth Name:

Aishwarya Krishnaraj Rai

Nick Name : Ash, Gullu, The Queen Of the Bolly wood Height:'5'7"(1.70m)Mini Biography:Born into a traditional south India family, Aishwarya started modeling at a young age. The

Green- Blue-eyed beauty

appeared in advertisements for many prestigious firms the ones that brought her into the lime light were the garden Saree and the pepsi ad.Crowned Miss India 1994 runner- up she was a hot favorite in the run for miss world title wnich she won her beauty and charm made her india's darling. Ash stormed into the indian Movie industy where she has proven herself a brilliant and genue actress. Her performance in Iruvar (1997) was criticaly acclaimed and she won the screen best female debutant award for her role in 'Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya'(1997). She was adored in movies like Taal, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devadas, her item number in 'Bunty &Bubbly' had sent waves of rhythm across the Nation.With her successful Bolly wood movies and prestigious Holly Wood project lined up for release it is impossible to ignore this indian diva in international scenes Mini Biography:Aishwarya was an architecture student before she entered modeling as part time job she was best known for her Pepsi commercial with Mahima Chowdhry. With her green- grey eyes she was already approached by big names in india's film industry where they offered her starring roles. She rejected the films offers since she aimed to be an architect. How ever, fate had other things in store her she was cromed as miss world 1994. Soon after her winning again she received offers to star in movies In southern india she was best known for her role as madumitha/veishnavi in jeans (1998) and as meenakshi in Kandu Kondain Kandu Kondian (2000). She won the film fare award for best actress for her performance in Hum Dil De Chuke sanam (1999) as ajay devagan'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 Pass Hai(2000).Aishwarya Rai is one of the Bolly wood's pre-eminet leading ladies. This Indian darling burst up on the world stage when her striking beauty poise and commanding intellegence won her the miss world crown in 1994. This former architecture major soon lining up to the work with Ash.Her film debut in Mani Rathnam's "Iruvar"(1997) received critical and her performance in Aurpaar Ho Gaya (1997) directed by Rahul Rawail gardenered her best female debutante in 2000. She was awrded best actress by film fare and zee Cine for her work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Hum Dil De Chuke sanam" in that same year she was nominated for best supporting actress for her special appearance in Adithya Chopra's Mohabbatein (2000). In (2001) Ash was nominated for best film fare actress Award for satish Koushik's " Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai"