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Prachi Mishra

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Prachi MishraPrachi Mishra Biography :

Born : 1986/1987
Age  : 27–28
Birthplace : Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Wiki : Prachi Mishra is a popular name in modelling world. She comes from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh from a typical Hindu family away from glamour and film world. Her father was a district judge in UP, while mother was a housewife. She was born and brought up in UP only in different cities owing to her father’s transfer including Meerut, Sultanpur, Agra and Varanasi. She did her B.Tech in Computer Science from the popular college called Hindustan College of Science and Technology based in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. After doing her engineering, she headed to Pune to join the prestigious management institute called Symbiosis Institute of Business Management for doing her PG Diploma in Management.

She started her career by working in Standard Charted Bank based in New Delhi as an investment advisory. During her college days, she was involved in her modelling career wherein she participated in Femina Miss India pavement winning the title in 2012 at the age of 24. She also won the Femina Miss Congeniality, which are the sub contests for Femina Miss India. Later she headed to Philippines to represent India in Manila for the Miss Earth 2012 pageant wherein she won a gold medal for Miss Friendship in Group 1 at Miss Earth 2012 and later was crowned Miss Congeniality the very same year as discussed above.

Prachi Mishra has used her stardom and fame to do a number of humanitarian causes as well. Recently she was seen participating in the clean India campaign initiated by the prime minister of India Mr. India. She was involved in a number of social awareness campaigns pertaining to health, environment and other issues while working with a number of NGOs. Besides, she was also seen in a couple of Music videos and recently the popular singer Yo Yo Honey Singh also devoted one song of her album to Prachi Mishra.

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Kanika Kapoor

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Kanika KapoorKanika Kapoor Biography :

Born: March 23, 1981
Age : 33
Birthplace : Lucknow
Spouse: Raj Chandok (m. 1997–2012)

Wiki : Kanika Kapoor is a popular Indian playback singer, who rose into stardom with Baby Doll song from the movie Ragini MMS 2. She hails from Lucknow wherein she was born on 23rd March 1978. After spending some time in the city, she headed outside to learn music and dance. She learnt classical music from Pundit Ganesh Prasad Mishra from Banaras at the age of 12 and soon she accompanied this man for a number of classical concerts in India. At the same time, she did a stint over All India Radio and then shifted to Bombay to work in this industry. When she was barely 18, she got married to a London based man called Raj Chandok in UK. The couple had three kids till the two separated in the year 2012. As per recent reports, she is dating a man in Bombay called Anil Aggarwal.

In the same year, she embarked with her first music video called Jugni Ji featuring the music composer Dr. Zeus. The song turned a big hit among the list of singles of 2012. This song gave her the opportunity to be approached by Meet Bros Anjjan to croon in for the film Ragini MMS 2 for the song Baby Doll. This was her first song in Bollywood, which turned big in the market. The song gave her recognition winning Mirchi Music Awards for the best song. She also bagged Stardust Awards for Best female singer category for the same song. The very same year, she got the chance to work with Vishal-Shekhar’s film called Happy New Year singing the song called Lovely was showcased on Deepika Padukone. Her next song was the remix of Kamlee song, which she did in collaboration with Meet Bros Anjjan.

Her recent song was “Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan” in Roy, which was showcased over Jacqueline Fernandez. In the year 2014, she was also the part of the promotion program of Happy New Year called Slam in the US wherein she performed with the lead actors like Shah Rukh Khan and the leggy lass Deepika Padukone. Apart from doing the tours and concerts, she is also active in humanitarian causes working with one of the top NGO’s for kids wherein she was named as the brand ambassador. She was seen promoting for the cause of children’s education. She has also walked on a number of ramps including for the brands like Having walked the ramp for brands like Alberta Ferretti, Amrapali, fashion maestro, Karl Lagerfeld and Louis Vuitton.

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Sugandha Garg

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Sugandha GargSugandha Garg Biography :

Born: June 13, 1977
Age : 37
Birthplace : Hyderabad
Spouse: Raghu Ram
Education: Maitreyi College
Upcoming movie: Coffee Bloom

Wiki : Sugandha Garg is a popular Indian film actress apart from being the TV host and singer of B Town. He hails from Hyderabad, wherein she was born and brought up. She did her schooling from Hyderabad, while for her college she headed to Maitreyi College in Delhi. However, her dreams to act in movies brought her in B Town. Her career in Bollywood started with Aamir Khan Productions’ film called Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na in 2008 along with Imran Khan in a character called Shaleen. Her next movie was Lets Dance in the very next year in 2009 wherein she played the character of Anoushka. As far as her personal life is concerned, she is married to a popular TV show producer and MTV Reality Show Host called Raghu Ram.

Sugandha then got the chance to work in Karan Johar’s film called My Name Is Khan in 2009, which was a big hit wherein she played the character of a reporter called Gayatri Patel in the film. Her next film was Tere Bin Laden, which hit the theatres in 2010 giving her recognition in the Bollywood. The very same year she got the chance to enter in the smaller screen with a British Comedy based TV serial called Mumbai Calling wherein she played the character of a Call Centre executive. In the year 2012, she was seen in another show called Patang. Apart from working in different movies and TV shows, she is also seen as TV host in several shows.

This started with a show called Haath Se Haath Mila for the channel BBC when she was barely 18 years of age. Sugandha Garg then got the chance to do a show called Whats With Indian Men along with Indrani Dasgupta, while the other show called It Happens Only in India over the Fox Traveller. Besides, she has also acted in a number of plays including I have gone marking and sometimes, while even was seen in a Assamese song called Tokari with Papon in Coke Studio over MTV in its second season. As far as her recent works are concerned, she is doing a movie called Coffee Bloom, which is in its post production phase, while she also did a couple of South Indian movies including Ceylon and Jugni. As the sequel of Tere Bin Laden is planned, she will be playing the same character of Zoya Khan in it along with Ali Zafar.

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Geeta Basra

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Geeta BasraGeeta Basra Biography :

Born : 13 March 1984
Age : 30
Birthplace : Portsmouth, England
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra,India
Occupation : Actress
Years active : 2006–present
Height : 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[2]
Relatives : Rahul Basra[3]

Wiki : Do you remember the flirt girl from the movie The Train starring Emraan Hashmi? If yes then you really know this actress. Well, she has appeared in a couple of movies in Bollywood. She was born in the year 1984 on 13th March in a non filmy background. She hails from Sikh religion and was born in Portsmouth, which is in the southern coastal areas of England, however, for her career, she has shifted to Mumbai. After her schools and college, she headed to Mumbai to start her career in acting. However, for this, she has prepared herself by learning acting and dancing at the popular Kishore Namit Kapoor’s Acting School based in Bombay.

Geeta Basra started her career with modelling wherein she walked on a number of ramps apart from appearing few commercials as well. With a brief career in modelling, she got the offer from her first movie Dil Diya Hai in 2006, wherein she played the character of Neha in opposite Ashmit Patel and Emraan Hashmi. She then got the chance to do another movie called The Train along with Emraan and Sayali Bhagat in the year 2007. She then got the chance to do films like Zilla Ghaziabad wherein she was seen in a special appearance followed by another called Mr Joe B. Carvalho and Bhaiyyaji Superhit embarked in the year 2014.

Apart from doing a number of movies, she did a couple of music videos as well. These include the ones with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Sukshinder Shinda. Her song Ghum Sum Ghum Sum wherein she played the love interest of the male protagonist turned popular. As far as her achievements in her film career are concerned, she was nominated in her first film under the debut category, however, she failed to do garner any reward for the same. Now talking about her personal life, she is single but rumoured to be dating with the popular cricketer called Harbhajan Singh, however, when asked she often was seen saying that the two are good friends. She has a younger brother, who stays with her parents in England.

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Kanishka Soni

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Kanishka SoniKanishka Soni Biography :

Born  :     August 16 ,  1987
Age    :       27
Birthplace : Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Occupation : Actress, Model
Years active : 2009-present

Wiki : Kanishka Soni is not an unknown name in B Town. She is a popular actress and model from Bombay. She was born in Ahmedabad in Gujarat doing her schooling from KV (Kendriya Vidayala)Shahibaug. Later she headed to Mumbai to do her PGDM (Equivalent to MBA) in finance from Mumbai University. After completing her career in her studies, she was seen participating in a TV singing reality show competition called Bathroom Singer showcased on Filmy TV by a group called Optimystix Entertainment. Since then it was no looking back and soon she turned out to be a popular name over smaller screen.

She started her career in B town by modelling and acting after trying out singing in one of the popular TV reality show as named above. After singing, she was seen in one of the popular reality show called Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi for the Level 2 Grand Finale along with Juhi the popular VJ of Channel V. After participating in these reality shows, she got the chance to work in a Tamil movie called Pathayeram Kodi opposite to Vivek in 2013. Since then she was seen in a number of Tamil films like Pathaayiram Kodi, Devaraya and Yuvrajayam. Besides, she also tried her luck in acting in smaller screens.

She did a couple of TV serials like in the television series called Do Dil Ek Jaan on Life OK TV channel in opposite to Akshay Dogra and Pavitra Rishta on Zee Tv as Sukruti. She was later seen getting paired to Hasan Zaidi at the Channel V show called Gumrah-The End of Innocence. These days, she is doing Diya Aur Baati Hum on the channel Star Plus as Daisa’s Bahu and also seen in Devon Ke Dev…Mahadev on Life Ok TV channel playing the character of Princess Raveti. She is known the best for playing her character Daisa’s Bahu over Star Plus TV show called Diya Aur Baati Hum.

Apart from working in different south Indian movies and TV serials, she was seen acting in a number of commercial ads including Shriram Cement, Huggies Diaper, Dicer Tele, Slicer and was even seen in the corporate ads of NTDV Imagine Show and even for Channel V for Yeh Jawani Tarairi. She also endorsed for brands like Provo, LIC, Juliet, Provo Glasses, etc. Some of the other TV series in which she was visible included CID, Shapath and Crime Patrol. She was also seen over one of the TV show called show Sankatmorchan Hanumaan on DD National. She also gave her voice for a show known as MTV Webbed-Cyber Abuse (Season 2), which was hosted by Kritika Kamra on the popular music channel MTV. As far as her rewards and recognition is concerned, she has won the contest over DD National called Music Masti Aur Dhoom along with a quiz show conducted by ITA.

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Madalasa Sharma

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Madalasa SarmaMadalasa Sharma Biography :

Born :     26 September
Birthplace : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality :    Indian
Occupation  :    Model, actress
Height : 5.3

Wiki : Madalasa Sharma is a known actress from the South Indian films apart from being a model. She was born on 26th September 2015 in a family of filmmakers. His father Subhas Sharma is a known film maker from south while her mother Sheela Sharma is an actress. She did her schooling from Marble Arch School and then went to Mithibai College in Mumbai to study English Literature. Since her childhood, she aspired to be an actress hence after completing her college, she headed to Kishore Namit Kapoor’s institute wherein she took places for acting and later learnt dance under the guidance of popular choreographer Ganesh Acharya and Shiamak Davar.

As far as Mandalsa career is concerned, she started her acting profession with a Telugu movie called Fitting Master by EVV Satyanarayana, which was followed by next movie called Kadhalukku Maranamillai by K. T. Kunjumon’s. However, the said movie failed to hit the theatres due to some issues. She then headed to Kannada based movie called Shourya in 2010. The very same year, she headed to another Telugu movie called Alasyam Amrutham, wherein she received positive reviews about her performance, however, her next Tamil film called Thambikku Indha Ooru turned out to be a big disaster over the box office. While doing a couple of south Indian movies, she was offered the only maiden Bollywood movie called Angle, which was choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. The film was released in 2011 without any hype turning a moderate film over the box office.

Madalasa Sharma then did a Telugu movie called Mem Vayasuku Vacham wherein her character performance was appreciated by a slew of entertainment magazines and critics. After doing a couple of South Indian films, she then headed to Europe doing a German movie called The Girl With Indian Emerald(de), which soon followed by a Punjabi movie known as Patiala Dreamz that was released in 2014. Her next film was a Bollywood movie produced by Rajshri Productions called Smart & Co released last year, which garnered negative reviews and declared as flop over the box office. Her last movie was a Telugu film called Feel My Love, while currently, she is engaged three different Telugu movies.

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Sara Loren

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Sara LorenSara Loren Biography :

Born : 11 December 1985
Age : 29 years
Height : 5’5″ (approx)
Place of Birth : Kuwait
Residence : Karachi, Pakistan
Nationality : Pakistani
Occupation : Model, actress
Years active : 2007-Present
Hobbies : Painting, poetry, writing and travelling
Bollywood Debut : Kajraare

Wiki : Sara Loren was born as Mona Lizza Hussain hails from Pakistan and is a known actress and model out there. She was born in Kuwait on 11th of December 1985 in a Pakistani family and was brought up in both of these countries in a family of four siblings. After her father’s demise, her family headed to Pakistan wherein she soon got involved in her modelling and acting career. Apart from the glam world, she was also seen active in the domains like poetry, writing, travelling and painting. Her formal career in acting started with a TV serial known as Rabia Zinda Rahegi, which followed a slew of other TV shows including Mehar Bano aur Shah Bano, Riyasat, Sandal, Umrao jan-e-adaa and Dupatta.

Sara Loren was also nominated for the category of Best Drama Actress in one of the prestigious award function of Pakistan called Pakistan Media Awards for her incredible performance in the TV show called Main Mar Gai Shaukat Ali. She was even seen active in stage performances in the shows like Anarkali, Shahyad Issi Ka Naam Mohabbat Hai Sheiftaa, which were held in cities like Karachi and Delhi. Her entry into Bollywood started with the film called Kajrare by Pooja Bhatt in 2010, the very next year she got her cameo appearance in one of the songs called Love Mein Ghum, which was Reema Khan’s music album with the same name.

The very next venture was Mahesh Bhatt’s venture called Murder 3 wherein Sara Loren played the character of a seductress called Nisha playing along with Randeep Hooda and Aditi Rao Hydari. Back in Pakistan, the very next year, she bagged the lead role in the movie of Yasir Nawaz called Anjuman in 2014 followed by the other Sultanat wherein she had a special appearance in one item song. Her Bollywood movies Barkhaa and Ishq Click are into post production stage, while in Welcome Back she will be seen in a special song called Tuti Bole Marriage Di. Currently she is working for the film called Fraud Saiyyan.

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Hazel Keech

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Hazel KeechHazel Keech Biography :

Born: February 28, 1987
Age : 28
Birthplace : Essex, United Kingdom
Height: 1.68 m
Education: Beal High School

Wiki : Hazel Keech is a model and actress from Great Britain, who has her origin in India. She was born and brought up in Essex in England in a British family. She did her schooling from Beal High School based in Redbridge. During her childhood she as seen joining a stage school and Indian dance academy wherein she learnt a number of dance forms both Indian classical and western contemporary apart from learning dancing and singing. She was seen performing in various school musicals as well as the amateur plays and thus continued with the arts via High School. Soon she got involved in film, stage and TV, which started her career in the glam world.

She started working in a British programme called Miss Marple and soon was seen in a documentary program called Call The Shots, which brought her close to Hindi movie. She was then seen joining the team of Bollywood musical band called Bombay Dreams when the group has visited the UK for their promotion in 2002. During this tour, she was seen singing in the choir of the west-end musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the very following year. In Harry Potter films, she was seen in the extra role. At the age of 18, she was seen holidaying in Mumbai when she got her first work offer.

It was at this very juncture, Hazel chose to stay back in India to pursue her modelling and acting careers here. She was then seen in a number of TV commercials and music videos. Some of these include “Kahin Pe Nigahen” as well as a number of TV commercials, like Vivel by ITC, and Sprite ‘University of Freshology’. While modelling for various brands she got the offer from a Tamil based movie called Billa in 2007 wherein she did an item number for the song called Sei Ethavathu.

In the very next year in 2011, Hazel Keech did her debut in Bollywood with the Salman Khan starrer movie called Bodyguard , which was directed by Siddique and produced by Atul Agnihotri. She then got the chance to play an item number called Aa Ante Amlapuram in the film called Maximum. She also appeared in a Punjabi movie called Heer and Hero in 2014 in a special appearance and currently shooting for her second Bollywood movie called Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat. She also appeared in Bigg Boss in 2013 and got evicted on the seventh day.

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Lauren Gottlieb

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Lauren GottliebLauren Gottlieb Biography :

Born: June 8, 1988
Age : 26
Birthplace : Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Height: 5.9 (1.65 m)
Nationality: American

Wiki : Lauren Gottlieb is among the popular modern dancer cum actor from Arizona, the US. She was born and brought up in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1988 and known for participating in a number of reality shows including So You Think You Can Dance and for playing the lead female character in 2013 Bollywood movie called ABCD- Any body can dance. she has also participated in another reality dance show called Jhalak Dikhla Jaa of season 6 along with her partner Punit Pathak the popular dance choreographer. Now, let’s dig deep into the life of this lady to explore more about her personal and professional life.

While, she was seen active in dance, she came into limelight with the show called So You Think You Can Dance in 2004 in the second reason. In the year 2005 she was seen in the final six contestants. After the participation, she was seen assisting Tyce Diorio, Tabitha and Napoleon D’umo, and Mia Michaels during seasons four, five, and six of the said reality dance show. Later she participated in the season of 7, 8 and 9 wherein she was even declared as the All Star dancer for these seasons. She even travelled in the fifth season with the choreographer.

Between the said seasons of the show, Lauren Gottlieb was seen performing with a number of artists, which include Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Shakira, Sean Kingston, Carrie Underwood, Willow Smith, and Enrique Iglesias. Soon she was seen giving dance lessons to Hollywood actors like Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and Tobey Maguire. She then was seen appearing as a dancer on one of the TV show called Glee in 2009 and was even seen in the meantime in including Disaster Movie (2008), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), and Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009).

It was in 2013, when Lauren Gottlieb was seen Dancing With the Stars in an Indian dance reality show called Jhalak Dikhla Jaa (Season 6, 2013) and was among the highest scorer and the runner-up with choreographer partner called Punit Pathak. In the year 2014, she was seen participating in the Jhalak Dikhla Jaa (Season 7) with her partner called Salman Yusuff Khan wherein she embarked as a “Challenge Setter”. As far as the acting career is concerned, she was seen in a TV show called Ghost Whisperer in 2005, Make It or Break It, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. In Bollywood she started with the movie called ABCD directed by Remo D Souza. She did this movie after working on her Hindi. She will be also seen in movies like Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, ABCD 2 and Ambarsariya.

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Tara Alisha Berry

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Tara AlishaTara Alisha Biography :

Born : 19 May 1988 (age 26)
Birthplace : Mumbai, Maharastra, India
Occupation :      Actress
Years active     2011–present
Parent(s)  :     Kirron Kher (mother)
Gautam Berry(father)

Tara Alisha Berry is not a very popular name in B Town, as she happens to be an actress of South Indian films. She was born in Mumbai, while was brought up in different places. Her schooling was completed from Bangalore. Since from her childhood, she was inclined to films and acting profession, which helped her move to the United States. There she studied film production and screenwriting from the prestigious university called Chapman University in Orange Country in California. After completing her program in filmmaking and script writing, she headed back to India to try her luck in Bollywood.

With a struggle, she managed to bag a role in a south Indian movie. Hence her first movie was a Telugu film called 100% Love (2011 film) wherein she played the character called Swapna. This was her cameo role, which was recognised after the film release giving her the next venture. The very same year in 2011, she got another Telugu movie called Money, Money, More Money wherein she played the character called Meghana. Both the movies were directed by Sukumar, who gave the other considering a cool performance in the cameo role.

Now talking about her debut in Bollywood, she was offered a film called Mastram wherein she did a role called Renu. The movie was critically acclaimed and the actors in different roles were appreciated the best. Her next venture was called as The Perfect Girl, which is the venture of Prakash Nambiar. The film is under post production phase and would be hitting any moment this year. Her upcoming movie is called as Gun Pe Done, which she is currently doing in opposite Jimmy Shergill. The other actors in the film include Jimmy Shergill, Vijay Raaz, Sanjay Mishra, Vrajesh Hirjee,Anant Jog, Deepraj Rana, Pankaj Jha and Bidita Bag. The movie is an action comedy, which is supposed to hit may this year or coming next year.

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Elli Avram

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Elli AvramElli Avram Biography :

Born : July 29, 1990
Age  : 24
Birthplace : Stockholm, Sweden
Height: 1.70 m
Movies: Mickey Virus, Kis Kisko Pyaar Karu
Nominations: Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut

Elli Avram was born with a name Elisabet Avramidou Granlud, who is a Swedish and Greek actress but now based in India in Mumbai. She was born in Sweden on 29th July 1990 and is known for working in the movie Mickey Virus after seen in the popular TV reality show called Bigg Boss, which gave her fame in India bringing her into B Town. She was born and brought up in Stockholm and since her childhood, she was interested in dance and music. She learnt these skills and also seen learning skating in her childhood. Later, she got her training in acting from her mother who is also a known Swedish actress.

Since her childhood she felt her connection to India, which helped her learn Indian music and dance as she was always attracted to Indian clothes and culture. As her father was a popular Greek Musician, she got the chance to notice a number of Greek songs of Indian melodies. When she entered in her teens, she wanted to be an actress in Bollywood. When Elli Avram was 17 years of age, she became the member of Pardesi Dance Group based in Sundbyberg at the opposite side of Stockholm city and soon got involved in giving a number of dance shows basically for the Bollywood songs all over Scandinavia. Avram has carried out her acting projects in Sweden including the 2008 crime drama romance movies called Forbjuden Frukt wherein she played the lead character called Selen. The film is all about a girl who falls in love with a boy coming from a criminal background. Besides, she was also seen in a number of Swedish TV series called Gomorron Sverige. In the year 2010, she was seen participating in the Miss Greece beauty contest.

In the year 2012, Elli Avram then shifted to Mumbai wherein she got the chance to do some modelling and got her work visa. Her first ad project was a TV ad for Eveready Batteries with the Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. She then was seen in a commercial called Ricchezza Silver Jewelry, which was produced by TryAngles Studio. Her major breakdown in Bollywood comes in the form of a comedy thriller called Mickey Virus by Saurabh Varma as she can speak Hindi nicely. In fact, she got a formal training to improve her Hindi accent. In the said film she had the character called Kamayani George and the film was released in 2013 and made in New Delhi.

This then followed her to participate in the popular TV reality show called Bigg Boss in the season 7, which gave her much fame. As far as awards are concerned she was nominated at two major award functions including Zee Cine Awards and Big Star Entertainment Awards for best debut actor female and Most Entertaining Debut Female respectively for the debut movie, however, she failed to bag any award for the same. Currently, she is doing two films, the first is Kis Kisko Pyar Karu releasing this year, while the other comes in the form of Housefulll 3, which will be hitting the theatres in 2016. She has also done a music video called Habibi with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

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Rakhi Sawant

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Rakhi SawantRakhi Sawant Biography :

Born: November 25, 1978
Age : 36
Birthplace : Mumbai
Height: 1.65 m
Party: Republican Party of India

Wiki : Rakhi Sawant was originally born as Neeru Bheda on 25th November 1978 is a known for wrong reasons for being an actress, politician, TV actress and TV show, and cheap video actresses. She was born in Bombay in a family of a constable from Worli Police Station. Rakhi went to Goklibai High School based in Vile Parle in Mumbai and later went to do her college at Mithibai College. Her siblings Rakesh Sawantand Usha Sawant are filmmaker and former actress respectively. She is known to float her own party called Rashtriya Aam Party and even contested 2014 Lok Sabha Elections thus falling flat on the ground. However, after her miserable defeat she then joined another political party called RPI. She is known to remain in every controversial issues even creating one for her own vested interest.

Her career started with a movie Agnichakr wherein she played the character called Ruhi Sawant which followed a couple of other movies Joru Ka Ghulam, Yeh Raaste Hai Pyaar Ke, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai and Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke. She then emerged out as an item queen starting with the music album called Churya Liyaaa Hai Tumne. She then was seen in another item number called Mohabbat Hai Mirchi, which was composed by Himesh Reshammiya. She also had small roles in movies like Main Hoon Na and Masti. In the year 2005, she was seen in a music video called Pardesia, which was among the hot videos for showcasing her avatar in extra revealing fashion.

Apart from working in a number of video albums and movies, she also loves to create controversies of her own just to remain alive in the media. Unlike the way in 2006, she was seen getting kissed from Mika Singh. The very next moment she was seen in the reality show called Bigg Boss and was among the top four finalists. In 2007 she was seen making her singing debut with the album called Super Girl, which was launched in the form of an album called Super Girl by the popular group called Venus Records and Tapes Pvt. Ltd. In the year 2009, Sawant was seen in a reality show called Rakhi Ka Swayamwar wherein she had the plans to choose her future husband and settle down in life, however, she soon left her and separated claiming that the two had irreconcilable differences.

She also was seen in participating in a couple of reality shows as judge, apart from being appearing as a stage performer. In the year 2012, she was seen in the comedy acts with actors like Ranbir Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan in the 57th Filmfare Awards. After doing loads of drama she headed to politics to try out her luck but failed miserably. She then headed to join another party called RPI of Athavale group to work among the Dalits. She serves as the state vice president of the party. Her recently released movie Mumbai Cant Dance Sala also witnessed another controversy when her close friend slapped its director and later Rakhi joined her to report to the police station of the allegation of casting couch.

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Ishita Vyas

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Ishita VyasIshita Vyas Biography :

Born   : March 18, 1992
Age     : 23
Birthplace : Hoshangabad, M.P, India
Other names     Ishita Vyas
Occupation :      Actress, Model
Years active     2010–present

Wiki : Ishita Vyas was born with a name Manju Vayas on 28th March 1992, who changed her name when entered the stage of acting. She is a popular and film actress from India. She hails from Hoshangabad a town close to Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and later was brought up in the capital city of this state by her parents. She comes from a non film background as her father works with Central Industrial Security Force, while her mother is a housewife. Since her school and college days she was very much active in cultural activities and participated in different plays and drams. She was also active in sports and played Judo & Karate at the national level. Since her childhood she did played a number of sports like shooting, fencing and horse riding. She did her graduation in commerce from Bhopal before moving to Mumbai to pursue her career.

Ishita Vyas career started with modeling right from Bhopal when she was in college. After completing her studies she headed to Mumbai wherein she worked on a couple of modeling assignments till she got the chance to act in a TV show. She even participated in a couple of talent shows and stood in the top seven of the reality television Hunt show called Kingfisher Calendar Hunt 2013. Her first venture was Lift Kara De a talk show by Yash Raj Films, which gave her another play called Jhalkaribai based on the life of a female soldier who played a vital role in Indian Rebellion of 1857 from a movie called Jhansi Ki Rani. This gave her fame for her incredible performance giving her more TV shows and serials.

Some of the TV shows include Bade Acche Lagte Hain, Savdhaan India @ 11, Shapath, Adaalat 3, Veer Shivaji, Mata Ki Chowki, etc. Apart from working a number of TV shows, she was even seen in films getting a debut with Aamir khans’ Productions Ltd called Peepli Live. Some of the movies she did in her few year career include OMG:Oh My God, Commando, Bete, and Maryam, while her upcoming movies this year include Main Gabbar and a Telugu movie called Miss Leelavathi. As far as awards are concerned, she is still to make her debut in any award as not yet is being nominated in any TV or Film award function.

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Ankita Lokhande

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Ankita LokhandeAnkita Lokhande Biography :

Born : December 19, 1984
Age  : 30
Birthplace : Indore
Height: 1.68 m
Partner: Sushant Singh Rajput
TV shows: Pavitra Rishta
Nominations: Indian Telly Award for Best Onscreen Couple, more
Awards: ITA Award for Gr8! Face Female, Star Guild Award for Best Actress in a Dra

This is a familiar name, which revolves the life of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy actor Shushant Singh Rajput. She is a TV actress who started with her career in Zee TV. She was born in Indore on 19th December 1984 in a Maharashtrian family. Since her childhood she was keen to make her career in acting world, hence was seen leaving her education in the midst to reach Mumbai the city of dreams to pursue her career in acting. With a brief struggle she got the chance to work with one of the TV serials of NDTV Imagine called Bali Umar Ko Salaam playing in opposite to Jay Soni, however, due to some technical reasons, the show couldn’t was seen on air.

With more efforts to make an entry into smaller screens, she got the chance to work with one of the serials of Zee TV called Pavitra Rishta along with Shushant Singh Rajput in 2009. This was the time when she worked with Shushant and became close to him to soon turn into a living relationship in Mumbai. The serial has given a good exposure to Ankita thus making her one of the highly paid actress in small screen with around 90,000 to 1.15 lakhs per episode. The character of Archana in this popular TV serial gave her a good exposure in the media turning a powerful actress in small screen. In fact, her journey in Zee TV started with a popular talent hunt show called Zee Cine Stars Ki Khoj (Season 1). She also participated with her boy friend in dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, while her upcoming show is the Balaji Telefilms venture called Ye Mera Pyaar.

Now talking about her personal life, she is currently dating actor Shushant Singh Rajput. The two have been working for several years in the daily soap called Pavitra Rishta. After turning friends they soon fall in love with each other. As per reports, Shushant proposed her lady love at the sets of Jhalak Dhikla Jaa. Soon the couple went into living relationship and has plans to marry. Though the marriage plans are not for immediate as at times we hear differences between the too also surfacing. Yet the couple claimed to be committed time and again and would marry one fine day. Tej actress has been recognized with four different awards for the same daily soap called Pavitra Rishta. These include the Indian Television Academy Awards: GR8! Face of The Year (Female) in 2010 and 2012, the Apsara Awards: Best Actress in 2011 and Star Guild Awards: Best Actress in Drama Series in 2014.

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Athiya Shetty

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Athiya ShettyAthiya Shetty Biography :

Born : Nov 5, 1992
Age : 22 years
Father’s Name : Suniel Shetty
Mother’s Name : Mana Shetty
Brother’s Name : Ahaan Shetty
Height : 5’8″ approx

Wiki : Athiya Shetty is still an unknown name in Bollywood as she will be making her debut with Nikhil Advani’s forthcoming movie Hero. She is the daughter of the known actor and producer Suniel Shetty. Considering the fact that she has a strong Bollywood family background, she has a good launch pad for her film career. Both are parents are bigwigs of B Town and for those who do not know her mother Mana Shetty, she is the creative head of R House Furnishing Solutions Pvt. Ltd apart from being one of the directors of S2 Realty Developers Pvt Ltd. After her schooling and college, she expressed her desire to make a career in the acting world.

Both her parent accepted her decision and thus sent her to the prestigious Institute of filmmaking based in New York. This Institute is known as one of the best places to learn filmmaking and explore career in liberal arts in the US. Accordingly when she returned she got the chance to make her debut in Salman Khan’s production movie called hero, which is directed by Nikhil Advani. Being a star kid, she went straight to the prestigious filmmaking institute called NYFA (New York Film Acadmey). She is making her debut with another novice called Sooraj Pancholi who is also making his innings in Bollywood with the movie Hero.

Now, talking about Athiya upcoming movie Hero in which she is making her debut, it is the remake of old classic of Subhash Ghai with the same title. The classic had Jackies Shroff and Meenashi Sheshadri in the lead roles. Salman Khan wanted to do a remake of this classic of 1983 with new faces. Hence the two star kids turned out to be his choice. As per reports, she is very much inspired by character of Kareena Kapoor called Geet in the film Jab We Met directed by Imtiyaz Ali.

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Meenakshi Dixit

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Meenakshi DixitMeenakshi Dixit

Born: October 12, 1988
Age : 26
Birthplace : Raebareli
Parents: Ishwar Chandra Dixit, Geeta Dixit

Meenakshi Dixit is a popular model, dancer and actress, mostly seen in the south Indian (Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu) films. Meenakshi hails from Raebareli, UP wherein she was born on 12th October in a family of lawyers – Ishwar Chandra Dixit and her mom Geeta Dixit. She has done her graduation in Science specializing in Chemistry, Botany and Zoology (CBZ). She is trained in Kathak and western dance apart from being active in sports in her early age especially in athletics. Since her childhood, she aspired to be an actor, which kept her busy in learning these skills.

This passion then led her to participate in a dance reality show called Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan, which was hosted by Saroj Khan only aired at NDTV Imagine. This gave her chance to see over the South Indian (Telugu) film called Lifestyle. Later, she tried her luck inmodeling and thus seen endorsing a number of local and global brands including Microsoft Windows, Joyalukkas Jewelry, Chennai Silks, Fair and Handsome cream, Brook Bond Taza tea, Shankaram diamond jewellery, Paaneri Sarees, Red Square Energy Drink, Radio Mirchi and ESSAR, Anytime Fitness gym and Lee Cooper. She has even walked a number of ramps and went for shoots for popular Indian magazines and fashion industry.

Meenakshi Dixit was then seen in 2011 in a dance number in film called Dookudu in a special appearance. The film was a big hit. Later, she was chosen for Bodyguard again in a dance number, but the failed to see the movie turning big over the box office. She then was seen in a Tamil movie called Billa II, which was among the top grosser of 2014, wherein she did a lead role in the two films. She then played the character of a princess in a period comedy (Tamil) called Tenaliraman and later was seen playing the character of Sharp Shooter in the film called Adavi Kachina Vennela. She was seen doing a couple of stunts for the same. Her debut in Bollywood started with P Se PM Tak which is supposed to hit the theaters soon. Currently she is doing one Kannada movie called Chinna Chinna Aase, and one Tamily movie called Takkar.

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Hrishita Bhatt

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Hrishitaa BhattHrishita Bhatt Biography :

Born: May 10, 1981
Age : 34
Birthplace : Mumbai
Height: 1.65 m
Education: Trinity College London

Hrishita Bhatt is a popular actress from B Town. She was born on 10th of May 1981 in Mumbai wherein she was brought up in a Marathi-Bengali family. After her schooling and junior college in Mumbai, she headed to the United Kingdom to join Trinity College in London. Since her childhood she had a dream of becoming a pilot, but destiny had other plans, which made her land in the film industry. However, her love for dance and music led her to take dance lessons from her teacher since her early days in Mumbai. She was also good in athletics and had represented her school at different competition making everyone proud about her feet.

After Hrishita Bhatt college she returned to India and soon was seen treading the path of modeling after getting an offer to do Liril ad. After he auditions she became the prime face in Liril Ad campaign in India, which later gave her a couple other modeling assignments. Soon, she got the chance to be in a music video from Aryans called Aankhon Me Tera Hi Chehra with Shahid Kapoor. In her recent times, she also appeared in one of the music videos Daaku Daddy With Shakti Kapoor. About her career in Bollywood, she started her debut with film Asoka in 2001 in the character of Devi.

The next year Hrishita got the movie Dil Vil Pyar Vyar and Shararat. Since then it was no looking back for her as she got a number of movies in her lap. Some of her earlier movies include Out of Control, Ab Tak Chappan, Haasil, Jawani Diwani. While some of her recent movies include Anuradha, Amma Ki Boli, Shargid, etc. She also worked in regional movies including Marathi movies like Mani Mangalsutra and Dhol-Taashe along with two Bengali movies like Mrs. Sen and Bidhaatar Lekha apart from one Telugu film called Raam. She also work in one Pakistani Urdu film called Godfather: The legend Continues in 2007. Her upcoming movie is Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho, which is releasing on 19th June, wherein she would be seen along with Annu Kapoor and Om Puri.

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Shweta Tripathi

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Shweta TripathiShweta Tripathi Biography :

Born: July 6, 1984
Age : 30
Birthplace : Delhi, India
Height : 5.6

Shweta Tripathi started getting recognition with the role of Zenia Khan in Kya Mast Hai Life of Disney Channel Original Series. She is an actor and model of B Town known more in smaller screens than the big one. Shewas born and brought up in New Delhi on 6th of July 1984. However, for three years, she spent time in Andaman & Nicobar Islands as well. As far as her primary schooling is concerned, she did it from DPS RK Puram in Delhi, while for her graduation she went to NIFT and after completing his course, she headed to Mumbai the land of dreams considering her passion for photography and dance.

Her career in Bombay started with small screen when she appeared in Kya Mast Hai Life in the tomboyish girl character called Zenia Khan. She then got the chance to do a number of ads along with walking overa a number of ramps including for the brands like Tata Sky and McDonalds and Vodafone. She even got the chance to be a photo editor for the popular woman magazine called Femina. Before she got the chance at the Disney Show, she was also seen seen cutting trailers at Pixion Trailer House, which is among the post production office in Mumbai. She was also the part of the plays including Cat in the House and Blur with the same production house, which owns a theatre groups as well.

Shweta Tripathi acted in a number of ads for a number of brands, which include Mirinda, Pepsi, Tata Sky, Tata Tea, Hajmola, Tanisq, Alpenliebe, Dabur Gulabri and Parryware. She is also a theatre artit wherein she played in a number of plays like cat house, khidki, etc. She also did a couple of short films with the same theatre group. She is a sporting kind of girl who loves to shop a lot apart from being an avid pink colour lover. As far as her debut in Bollywood is concerned, she will be seen in a movie called Haraamkhor, which is directed by Shlok Sharma featuring the talented Nawazuddin Siddiqui seen in a school teacher role who is seen entering into a forbidden relationship with his own student, which is played by the 29 years old Shweta. Interestingly, her debut film was also screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA).

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Sneha Ullal

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Sneha UllalSneha Ullal Biography :

Born: December 18, 1987
Age : 27
Birthplace : Muscat, Oman
Height: 1.70 m
Spouse: Yogesh Patil

Sneha Ullal is a well known actress of Bollywood and Tollywood (South Indian Cinema) Industry. She was born and brought in Hyderabad in 1987 in a South Indian father and Sindhi mother family. She did her schooling from Indian School, Muscat and later went to Indian School, Salalah in Oman and finally completed her schooling from Durelo Convent High School. After her school, she headed to Vartak College to complete her graduation. During her student life only, she got the offer for her first Bollywood movie Lucky: No Time For Love, which was none other than the big star of B Town- Salman Khan.

This made her popular among the new faces and was referred mostly for her striking similarities in appearance with the former Miss World and Salman’s ex girlfriend – Aishwarya Rai. This comparison though did’nt help her much in her career, but it certainly helped in getting a recognition in the B Town. Her next film was Aryan, which was in opposite to Sohail Khan, which performed bad over the Box Office. Considering her young age entry into Bollywood, she preferred taking a break from B Town to grow up and turn mature for the competitive movies. She then headed to her hometown to do a Telugu film called Ullasamga Utsahamga.

The film was a big hit, which helped to carve her niche in her acting career. This was followed by another film called Nenu Meeku Telusa. It was then followed by another Telugu movie called Nuvvu wherein she did her special appearance in one of its song opposite Nagarjuna. Some of her Bollywood movies include Click, Kaashh… Mere Hote , and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, while Telugu movies include Current, Varudu, Simha, Ala Modalaindi, etc. Some of her recent movies include Action 3D, Most Welcome, Devi, and Gandhi Park. Her upcoming movies include Bollywood films -Bezubaan Ishq and Bablu, while one Telugu movie called Antha Nee Mayalone. As far as her awards are concerned, she managed to get one in South Indian Cinema for debut category.

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Farida Jalal

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Farida JalalFarida Jalal Biography :

Born: March 14, 1949
Age : 66
Birthplace : New Delhi
Height: 1.55 m
Spouse: Tabrez Barmavar (m. 1978–2003)
Children: Yaseen Jalal
Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, more

Farida Jalal doesn’t need any introduction in B Town and people who are fond of Bollywood movies. She is among the veteran actors who is often seen supporting and comic roles working in more than 200 movies in her career span. She also appears in TV apart from the silver screen in B Town. She hails from New Delhi from a non filmy background. She did her schooling from St Joseph’s Convent in Panchgani. And at the age of 11, (1960), she won the title talent show called United Film Producers Talent Hunt Show by Filmfare. She along with Rajesh Khanna was chosen as the finalists and were given awards during the Filmfare Award Function. This gave her the break in Bollywood by getting a role in a movie called Taqdeer by Tarachand Barjatya. This gave her a couple of films, however, she got recognition with the mentally challenged would be fiancee of Rishi Kapoor’s character in Bobby.

During the eighties, she was seen in films in different roles, which included sister, girlfriend, mother, nani, aunt, etc. She is also remembered for her role in a movie called Aradhana along with Rajesh Khanna. Her role of sister in Gopi starring Dilip Kumar gave her a good boost in B Town to find similar roles in Hindi Cinema. She kept on doing similar roles and even got recognition for the same in the form of awards for films like Majboor and Paras. She worked for around 40 years in B Town movies by just taking one break during the 1983 to 1990. During the ninties, she got a number of movies, which were a big hit that include Raja Hindustani, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Dil To Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, etc. She was given the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for DDLJ.

Some of her recent movies include Student Of The Year and A Gran Plan, while she will be seen in one of the upcoming movies called Bezubaan Ishq along with Mugdha Godse, Sneha Ullal, and Sachin Khedekar. Apart from films, she also appeared in smaller screens, which started with Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi in 1984, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Shararat, etc. Some of her recent TV shows include Satrangi Sasural and The Great Maratha. She also co-hosted the 50th Filmfare Awards alongside Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Bendre. As far as awards are concerned, she has won a number of them, which include Filmfare Awards for supporting actor (female) for films like Dil Wale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Mammo, Henna and Parast, while for A Gran Plan she won the Harlem International Film Festival Award for the Best Actress Category in 2012. She was married to Tabrez Barmavar, who was frm Bhatkal and he passed away in September 2003. She has a son named Yaseen who is all set to start his career in filmmaking.

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