. Bollywood is now a
serious rival of
Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai Biography
Her
looks and talent made her a sure shot winner in the beauty pageants but
faring equally well in films was a point to be debated. Would Aishwarya
be able to deliver emotions, dialogues and dance with the same élan?
Ash's
first film, 'Iruvar' (in Tamil) laid an expensive egg in the south.
Ditto for Aur Pyar Ho Gaya and Jeans. But eventually, the
girl with a million-dollar face combined with a strong personality and
intelligence conquered Bollywood.
The debate concluded and went
in Ash's favor. Almost all the happening directors and producers of
Bollywood started booking her dates for their projects. The success of Hum
Dil De Chuke Sanam and Taal proved that she possessed and
could deliver all that it takes to top the charts in Bollywood.
That
has given an international edge to Ash's star status, something she
enjoyed even with the Miss World title.
All this has done the
inevitable to Ash's career graph. She has the major producers and
directors chasing her for dates. Leading men in the industry send
feelers to producers to cast them opposite her.
Preity
Zinta
Preity Zinta Biography
Born in Shimla, native of Rohru, after earning
a degree in
criminal psychology, Zinta began her career as
a model, television anchor,
and commercial (ad films)
actress (she was seen in Lyril (soap) ad film)
before breaking into cinema in 1998 with her role
in Dil Se, for which she won the Filmfare
Sensational Debut Award.
In
2003, Zinta had two smash hits films, Koi... Mil Gaya and
Kal Ho Naa Ho. She is currently among the most successful
actresses in Bollywood, having made it without any
relation to the industry. In the year of 2003, she
won many awards for her role as "Naina" in the
film, Kal Ho Naa Ho. She also won herself another
Filmfare Award but this time in the popular award
category. Since then she has appeared in two other
box office hits (Veer-Zaara and Salaam Namaste).
She joined a group of top stars (Shahrukh Khan, Rani
Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, and Priyanka
Chopra) in the Temptation 2004 concert, which was a
huge international success.
Zinta
also writes monthly columns for BBC South Asia.
Rani Mukherjee
Rani
Mukherjee BiographyMember of the same
illustrious film family from which Kajol draws her lineage Rani
Mukherjee may still be at a distance from the citadel that houses her
cousin. But there is no doubt about the light-eyed Bengali girl's mass
appeal. Moreover, she is putting all her efforts and working hard to
reach there. 
Precocious yet innocently oblivious of it, it is the
actress's unassuming self which draw friends and well-wishers to her.
Producers
made a beeline for Rani's door (she was riding high on the success of
Ghulam and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) and just as she was gradually shifting
positions towards the top in the popularity charts, she started getting
the jolts. Good nature did not really help Rani in gaining stronghold
and consolidating her position in Mumbai.
Films like Baadal cast a
shadow on her prospects. The film left theatres in India without a
whimper. Hope was alive in the form of Hadh Kar Di Aapne, which was in
the pipeline. Rani had faith in Govinda and David Dhawan's saleability
at the box office. Unfortunately, the film failed to raise a laugh and
the cash boxes did not ring.
Rani tried to remain unfazed. She
was looking towards the future and Hey Ram. As an actress, Rani was
proud to be associated with an actor-director of Kamal Haasan's caliber
and was thrilled to have Hey Ram in her lap. Even Hey Ram did not propel
her career to the extent she had expected. There wasn't any critical
appreciation of her performance in the film. Infact, Rani's fans became
aloof when they saw their favorite actress locked in a passionate kiss
in the film.
The actress does not regret though. ''I wanted to
work with Mr. Kamal Haasan. The rest did not matter'' she said in an
interview some time ago.
Rani still is excited about the projects
that are lined up as her next films. A series of unsuccessful runs have
not dampened the giggly self. She continues to be sprightly.
Kajol
Kajol Biography
Yesteryears'
actress Tanuja may not have reached Mumbai's stellar skyline, as far as
her popularity was concerned, but she had elegance, style and piquancy
that very few actresses of her times possessed.
It is that style,
class and piquancy that sets apart daughter Kajol from the rest of her
contemporaries.
Born to the producer-actress duo of Shomu
Mukherjee and Tanuja on August 5, 1975, Kajol grew up in an influential
setting. Her father and uncles ruled in the arena of producing films and
her mother, Tanuja, aunt Nutan and grandmother Shobhana Samarth were
established actresses par excellence.
Her childhood, with sister
Tanisha, was very normal and healthy. There was no dearth of happiness.
'We had toys, outings, studies, everything we could ask for' revealed
the actress in an interview. Though in her growing up years she saw her
parents split, it did not really affect her, she says.
Kajol took
up films more as a hobby pursuit than a career choice. Rooted firmly in
a family of film people, Kajol has strong financial support. Therefore,
the actress was fortunate to never having to compromise on the kind of
films she wanted to do for the sake of money.
The pre-requisites
of a Bollywood actress, like a light complexion, dancing abilities, a
slim and slender silhouette, chiseled features, all this Kajol did not
enjoy. But she was an individual who did not fear to voice her thoughts
and opinions, had loads of confidence, and oozed talent.
Kajol
stepped into filmdom with Rahul Rawaail as her director and Kamal
Sadaana as her co-star in a film titled Bekhudi. The film flopped
but Kajol's draw continued to rise. Yeh Dillagi established her
credentials as an actress. Her performance in the film made people sit
up and notice the spontaneity and confidence she oozed.
There was no looking back. Hits or
flops, Kajol remained unaffected. With every passing day her order rose
and she became a star. She was probably the only star after Hema Malini
who could carry an entire film on her shoulders, the only actress in the
recent crop on whom distributors and producers could bank on for
returns.
At the peak of her career, in her usual carefree
approach to making decisions in life, she decided to tie the nuptial
knot and move away from the camera for sometime. Not even once did the
thought of the consequences marriage could mean to her career irk her.
She was in love and wanted to marry. It was that simple.
Kajol is
back from her sabbatical and ready for work. But she is sure of one
thing. That her schedules are going to be relaxed. Remember she treats
films as a leisure pursuit, not a medium for money. That she in any case
has plenty. Plus there are hubby Ajay Devgan's production company, a
dotcom enterprise and a distribution company.
In future, Kajol
will be seen in projects of her home production company and in a select
few ventures from outside. One film of Kajol's that is being talked
about a lot is Sridevi and Boney Kapoor's untitled film with Shah Rukh
in the male lead.
Vidya Balan
Vidya
Balan BiographyVidya
Balan is a Tamilian from Kerala. She is from the Iyer community. She
comes from a middleclass family from Palghat, on the border of Tamil
Nadu and Kerala.
Vidya did her schooling from St Antony's
School and later on joined St Xavier's College from where she graduated
in sociology.
When she was doing her MA from Mumbai
University, she was offered a role in a Malayalam film titled
Chakram
with Mohanlal, one of Vidya’s favorite actors. However, the project was
shelved mid-way and Vidya had to wait for few more years to make her
movie debut.
She made her debut as a model in a Surf Excel
advertisement in 1998. She has acted in scores of ad films, most of
which were directed by Pradeep Sarkar.
A couple of months
later, she featured in three music videos (again directed by Sarkar) for
‘Euphoria’, Shubha Mudgal and Pankaj Udhas.
Vidya Balan
started work as an actress in the Malayalam movie Chakram, paired
against Mohanlal, however the film was abandoned mid-way through
production. After making her debut in television advertising as a model
for a Surf Excel advertisement in 1998, she proceeded to do over 25 TV
ads, (mostly directed by Pradeep Sarkar), followed with a variety of
acting stints in music videos (Euphoria, Shubha Mudgal and Pankaj
Udhas), Hindi TV soap operas (Hanste Khelte and Hum Paanch) and a
Bengali movie, Bhaalo Theko, for which she won the Best Actress Anand
Lok Puraskar award in Kolkata. Hanste Khelte and Ektaa Kapoor's
Hum Paanch.
In the meantime, she acted in Bengali movie
Bhalo Theko with
actor Joy Sengupta. She even
won
the ‘best actress’ Anand Lok Puraskar in Kolkata for her performance in
the movie.
It was in Mumbai, during a pop concert, when
filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra approached her to play the female lead in
his movie
Parineeta,
to be directed by Pradeep Sarkar.
Vidya had to go through
40 screen tests and 17 make-up shoots before she was finally chosen for
the lead role in the film.
Vidya
has a very traditional Indian look in contrast to most of today's
Bollywood starlets. She is associated with AmFar (Americans for AIDS
Research) and Hale House, a home for children born with HIV and those
affected by Drug Addiction. She also involves herself
with the Harvard AIDS Institute, by Hosting Forums and participating in
events throughout the year. No wonder that Vidya Balan is one of the
most talked about names in Bollywood today.
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa
Shetty BiographyHot
Bollywood bombshell Shilpa Shetty was born on June 8, 1975 to Surendra
and Sunanda
Shetty
in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka. Her mother Sunanda was a
famous model during her time. Shilpa’s native language is Tulu and she
can also fluently speak Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati, Tamil, French and
English. She attended St Anthony Girls' High School in Chembur and then
went to Podar College. She was the captain of the school baseball team
and has earned a black belt in Karate. This tall and fit Bollywood
actress also actively participates in social activities and is attached
to various social organizations like PETA and Anti Aids campaign.
Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone BiographyDeepika
Padukone was born in Mangalore, Karnataka in the year 1986. She is the
most celebrated Indian model and an upcoming actress.
Daughter of
a former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and mother Ujjala
Padukone, Deepika grew up into a sultry model with dreams in her eyes to
make it big in
showbiz industry. Though she played badminton during her school days and
reached to the level of a State player, she did not take her game to
the national level as she had set her sights on the glamorous world of
showbiz.
Pursuing her dreams, Deepika Padukone quickly became a
model endorsing leading brands like Liril soap, Limca, Close-Up
toothpaste, Kingfisher and several other products, which include
international cosmetics giant Maybelline. The pretty svelte model won
numerous awards for her modeling style. Her sensuous photographs
appearing on the 2006 Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar has virtually proved
that she is indeed a supermodel in her own right.
She was chosen
as the 'Model of the Year' by Kingfisher at its Fashion Awards; and
further was awarded the 'Female Model of the Year' award in commercial
assignments category and 'Fresh Face of the Year' at Idea Zee Fashion F
Awards.
Deepika Padukone entered film industry with a Kannada
film, "Aishwarya" in 2006 starring opposite Kannada hero, Upendra. The
following year she bagged three Bollywood films, "Om Shanti Om",
"Pirate" and "Delhi 6". She has also appeared in a musical video, "Aap
Ka Suroor" by Himesh Reshammiya.
This pretty girl has a long way
to go in Bollywood and many predict that she will be the next big thing
in Bollywood.
Priyanka
Chopra
Priyanka Chopra BiographyPriyanka
Chopra born on July 18th, 1982 in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand State, India
is a talented Bollywood actress and a former beauty queen who won the
Miss World title in 2000.
Born to Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra, a
surgeon in the Army and mother Dr. Madhu Chopra, Priyanka grew into a
multi-talented lady finding her creative joys in singing, writing poetry
and short stories, but never ever dreamt of entering the showbiz world.
Incidentally her father too is a very good singer and Priyanka seems to
have derived her singing talents from her father as she is more
attached to him. Priyanka Chopra graduated from La Martiniere Girls'
College in
Lucknow. Prior to her graduation, she studied in several schools as her
father; a serving officer in the Army was on constant move on army
duties.
It was her father who sent Priyanka's photos to Femina
Miss India pageant and the reluctant queen finally competed and won the
Femina Miss India World title and later went on to win Miss World title
in 2000. Soon the crowning beauty became the most sought after debutant
in Bollywood with several big name movie deals coming by her way.
Priyanka
Chopra began her movie debut with a Tamil film called "Thamizhan" in
2002 and followed it up with a Bollywood movie Andaaz" {2003} starring
opposite Akshay Kumar and directed by Raj Kanwar. Making her screen
presence felt strongly in "Andaaz", Priyanka won Filmfare's and Star
Screen's Most Promising Newcomer award. She gave a commendable
performance as a villain in "Aitraaz" {2004} and won all-round praise
from critics and general public alike.
She acted in several other
block buster movies like "Mujhse Shaadi Karogi" {2004} opposite Salman
Khan, "Bluffmaster" {2005} opposite Abhishek Bachchan and Nana Patekar,
"Don" {2006} opposite Shahrukh Khan and "Krish" {2006} opposite Hrithik
Roshan, which indeed became the biggest hit of all time so far in Indian
Cinema. She is also starring in the sequels "Krish 2" and "Don 2".
The
former Miss World was also voted as the Sexiest Asian Woman of 2006 in a
poll conducted by Eastern Eye, an Asian newspaper being published from
Britain.
With age and talent on her side this dusky beauty has a
long way to go in Bollywood. With some big releases due very shortly
Priyanka’s popularity is surely set to sore to new heights.
Amrita Rao
Amrita Rao Biography
Amrita
Rao 21 years old wide- eyed adolescent who's suddenly found her path in
life, is making the most of it and dutifully learning the ropes of the
film industry at jet speed. Now she can't get over the fact that she is a
part of film industry because she had never thought of being a full
time actress. She is well know as a "Ishq Vishk Pyaar Vyaar" girl in
film industry.
Amrita began her career with Raj Kanwar's Ab Ke
Baras (2002). She was later seen in Rajkumar Santoshi's The Legend of
Bhagat Singh but it was with Ken Ghosh's Ishq Vishk Pyaar Vyaar that she
first tasted success. Filmmakers and the public have begun noticing
her.
Right
now she is having three projects 'Masti', 'Main Hoon Na' and 'Deewar-
Let's Bring Our Heroes Home'. Out of these Masti is released and
successfully running in theatres. Masti involves lot of top stars.
Vivek Oberoi
is paired opposite her. It's a comedy film in which she played a house
wife who behaves in a peculiar fashion.
Farah Khan's Main Hoon Na
is another film she is excited about. She is playing a college girl
absolute contrast to the one she played in Ishq Vishk Pyaar Vyaar. Farah
gave her a new hair style. She is wearing lot of trendy and western
stuff. Her other co stars are
Shah Rukh
Khan,
Susmita Sen
and
Zayed Khan.
She is very exicited working with shahrukh.
And the third film
is Gaurang Doshi's Deewar- Let's Bring Our Heroes Home is completely
male dominating film and she have little to do in it. It is based on an
English Film. It's a prestigious project and she is their for it only.
Besides
these 3 films Amrita have not signed any other film. She wants to gauge
the audiences reaction to her three films before signing any new
project.She want to win the race slowly and steadily. She feels every
character she plays has been a sort of professional journey. She want to
be a actress then an entertainer that's why she don't want to be in
item numbers where audience only notice her hairstyle, lipstick, costume
not her inner talent and performance.
Amrita likes to chill out
at home in spare time. She is a complete home bird. She hates going to
discos the blaring volume of music puts her off. She is a food freak.
She likes coconut curry and rice.
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena
Kapoor Biography
Kareena Kapoor , born 21 September 1980)
nicknamed "Bebo" is a four-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian popular
actress who appears in Bollywood movies.
Since her debut in the
2000 film, Refugee, she has acted in nearly 30 films, majority of them
bringing her critical success rather than commercial success. Despite
this fact, she has emerged today as one of the top and most versatile
actresses from the
industry.
Kareena attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai and
then went to Welham Girl's Boarding School in Dehradun. She then went to
Harvard for summer school and took a course in microcomputers and
information technology for three months. Set on pursuing an acting
career, she then took an admission in Government Law College at
Churchgate to become a lawyer. After completing one year there, she went
back to her initial plan of joining the film industry, where she
attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.
Kareena had
planned to debut in Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai but left the
project a few days into the filming. She made her debut in J.P. Dutta’s
Refugee in 2000 with
Abhishek Bachchan
and won critical acclaim for portraying the role of a Pakistani girl.
The role earned her an award for Filmfare Best Debut (Female).
The
success of her films Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
established her as one of the industry's most bankable stars and put
her on Bollywood's A-list. However 2004 turned out to be a turning point
in her career in terms of qualitative performance. The critical success
of the 2004 film Chameli, where she played the role of a prostitute
made critics take notice of her once again and earned her the Filmfare
Special Performance Award.
Omkara was praised from
audiences as well as the critics earning her a Filmfare Critics Award
for Best Performance and a Star Screen Award for Best Actress.
After
shooting for her film, Don, Kareena decided to take a long break from
Bollywood. Although she did sign a few new projects during her break,
she did not shoot for any of them. In March 2007, she resumed shooting
for the film Kya Love Story
Hai, in which she only appeared in an
item number. The film which released in April 2007 won favorable
reviews for her dancing again.
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