Isha Koppikar

Name: Isha Koppikar
Birthday: Sunday, September 19, 1976
Star Sign : Libra
First Film : Kaadhal Kavidai










BIOGRAPHY

Isha Koppikar was born in Mumbai, India in 1976. She went to Ruia College in Mumbai and studied Life Sciences. While in college, she did a model shoot for Gautam Rajyadhaksa. She took part in the 1995 Miss India Contest, won the Miss Talent Crown and modeled for L'Oreal, Rexona, Camay, Tips & Toes and Coca-Cola, among others.

Her first movie was the Tamil En Swasa Katre opposite Arvind Swamy, one of the most successful actors that time. She received positive reviews for her role and decided to pursue a career in Bollywood: Her first movie was Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan (1997), directed by Shah Rukh Sultan, and has yet to be released.

Koppikar starred in some minor roles in Fiza (2000) and Pyaar Ishq aur Mohabbat (2001) until in 2002, she starred in Ram Gopal Varmas Company as an Item girl in the song Khallas!, which created her nickname Khallas-girl and caused her breakthrough.

In Dil Ka Rishta she played opposite Aishwarya Rai and Arjun Rampal and for her negative role in Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003), she received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Villain. In the movie Girlfriend (2004), she plays a woman involved in a lesbian relationship and in D (2004), she again worked with Ram Gopal Varma in the prequel of his movie Company.

Recently, she played Arshad Warsi's girlfriend in the Salman Khan starrer Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya?. She is now filming for Farhan Akhtar's Don alongside Shahrukh Khan.
If looks could kill, this Mumbai girl who started out as a model would be lethal. Tall, beautiful, talented, the Khallas girl, Isha Koppikar shot to fame with her song number in Ram Gopal Verma's movie Company. Born in 1976, Isha had never imagined that she would become an actress. Instead, she had hoped to walk in her father's footsteps and become a doctor. “I did not get enough marks to enroll for MBBS,” says Isha, who graduated in life sciences from Ruia College.

Modeling assignments trickled in after she did a photo shoot with Gautam Rajyadhyaksha when she was still in junior college. Besides some prominent assignments for Ponds, Camay, Rexona, Synergy, Coke, L'Oreal and Tips & Toes, she did a few ramp shows. “I did only five or six ramp shows,” she says, “as I used to be plump in those days.” Such candid admissions make her the person she is.

In 1995 she won the Miss Talent crown at the Miss India. She debuted in a Tamil film, En Swasa Katre opposite Arvind Swamy, who was at the peak of his fame at that time following the success of Roja and Bombay. The film got rave reviews and she was expected to be a big hit in the south.

However, she softly entered Bollywood. Her first film, Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan, directed by Shah Rukh Khan in 1997, never got released. Then she was back to south to do her second film with Tamil superstar Prashant. She managed to do about ten films in the south. Her performance in Tamil film 'Kaathal Kavithai' fetched her the Filmfare award for the best newcomer in the south in 2000-01.

Though her work was in the South, her heart was set on making a name for herself in Mumbai. She did small roles in Fiza, Aamdani Athani Kharcha Rupaiya and Pyar, Ishq aur Mohabbat. But she got the much wanted and needed break from Ram Gopal Verma. Her item song ‘Khallas’ in Company became all the rage.

Some of the other movies she worked in were Sanjay Gupta's multi starrer Kaante, Plan with Dino Morea and Krishna Cottage in which she played a ghost. She was nominated as a villain for film Qayamat. In Pinjar her performance was good but anyhow the film didn't work. She was recently in news for her controversial film Girlfriend where she played an obsessive lover to her friend Amrita Arora and did some bold scenes portraying a lesbian relationship.

Today Ishaa Khoppikar has grown beyond being just a sizzling item girl. Ishaa is now setting to sink her teeth into some really challenging roles in her forthcoming films Inteqaam, Humraahi and Raakh.

Isha loves to make friends, is Net-savvy and does a lot of chatting. “I love dancing but no discos and pubs. I am not a night person. I start my day early,” says Isha, who paints and makes candles in her free time. She is not much of a bibliophile, but is at home with self-help books.

If there is something else this Konkani girl loves doing, it is gorging on her mother's cooking. She is a food freak who hankers after butter chicken, biryani, seafood and Chinese! “I can't cook, I just do the eating.” Her parents had always been supportive of her decisions. “My family is my biggest asset and my sensitivity is my strength,” she maintains.

Jaya Bachchan

Name: Jaya Bachchan
Birthday: Friday, April 09, 1948
Star Sign : Aries
First Film : Satyajit Ray's













BIOGRAPHY

Jaya Bachchan (born Jaya Bhaduri April 9, 1948 in Jabalpur/Kolkata), is a Bollywood actress. She is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India. Jaya is married to actor Amitabh Bachchan. Jaya was born to Taroon Kumar Bhaduri, writer, journalist and stage artist, and Indira Bhaduri. She studied in St. Joseph's Convent School, Bhopal. She started her career with a small role in Satyajit Ray's Mahanagar at the age of 15. After initial success in her native West Bengal, she moved to Mumbai and starred in many Hindi films. Her son Abhishek was born while Jaya and Amitabh were working on the film Sholay. Following this she retired from films for a few years and focused on raising her children. However, she returned in 1981 with Silsila and once more, after a gap of eight years, in Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa. Currently, Bachchan rarely acts in movies, although she occasionally performs in stage-shows. Of late, Bachchan became active in politics, notably with the Samajwadi party and is a Member of Parliament, representing Rajya Sabha. On June 3, 1973, she married Amitabh Bachchan. She has two children with him: Shweta Bachchan-Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan, who is also an actor. She has lived her entire married life in the public eye, yet she has always kept her distance from the media (especially when it comes to her personal life). She has received various Filmfare Awards for her roles in Kal Ho Naa Ho, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Fiza, Nauker and Abhimaan. She also received a special Life Time Achievement award in 1998 for her contributions to Indian cinema. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri.

Juhi Babbar

Name: Juhi Babbar
Family: Father-Raj babber
First Film : Kash… Aap Hamare Hote














BIOGRAPHY

“After a sterling debut performance in ‘Kash Aap Hamare Hote, with several films in the pipeline and
a new man in her life, Juhi Babbar is on top of the world. A gifted stage actress, she has inherited the essentials from her parents, Raj and Nadira Babbar. This beautiful, bubbly and brilliant actress is all set to take the tinsel town by storm.
In an exclusive interview with ShaadiTimes, Juhi talks on love, traditions and the new man in her life.

Juhi Chawla

Name: Juhi Chawla
Birthday: Monday, November 13, 1967
Star Sign : Scorpio
Address: Juhi Chawla,04th Floor Veer Bhavan. Opp Govt. Guest House ,Malabar Hill Off Nepeansea Road ,Mumbai 400 036
First Film : Sultanat







BIOGRAPHY

Juhi Chawla (born 13 November 1967 in Ludhiana, Punjab) is a popular Indian actress.

She was the winner of Miss India title in 1984, later she won Best Costume Award for the Miss Universe contest in 1984.

From beauty contests, she moved into film. Her first big hit was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, in which she starred with Aamir Khan. This Romeo and Juliet story of persecuted teenage lovers was an enormous success and launched Aamir's and Juhi's careers.

Her first film with Shah Rukh Khan was a huge hit; they have been friends ever since and own a film production firm (Dreamz Unlimited) as joint partners.

Juhi won the Filmfare Best Actress Award in 1993 for Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and a Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for 3 Deewarein.

Juhi Chawla is married to industrialist Jai Mehta and is the mother of two children.

Juhi Chawla is making her comeback opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan's (Happy New Year which is slated for an early 2007 release and opposite Anil Kapoor in Nikhil Advani's Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute To Love which is slated for a November 24, 2006 release.

Kangna Ranaut

Name: Kangna Ranaut
First Film : Gangster











BIOGRAPHY

Kangana Ranaut comes from the hill town of Manali in Himachal Pradesh. She did her schooling from Shimla.

Studying as a science student in Shimla, Kangana had never thought that one day she would work in a film under a reputed banner in Bollywood. But she did harbour a dream of acting, a dream that brought her to Delhi where she learnt acting while doing theatre.

Then Kangana took another step and came to Mumbai to try her luck in films. Her lucky break did not come straightaway, but after a while when Kangana had already tried unsuccessfully to make an entry into the tinsel town.

It happened in September 2005, when Kangana was drinking coffee with one of her friends at a café in Mumbai. Filmmaker Anurag Basu , who had already directed a successful film, Murder , was keeping an open eye for the heroine of his next movie Gangster .

It was there Basu spotted Kangana and called her for the audition. Despite the fact that Kangana is not from a filmi background and has no real acting experience, Basu decided to cast her in his film. The rest, as they say, is history.

Karisma Kapoor

Name: Karisma Kapoor
Birthday: Tuesday, June 25, 1974
Star Sign : Cancer
Family: Father - Randhir Kapoor, Mother: Babita Kapoor
First Film : Prem Quadi









BIOGRAPHY

Karisma Kapoor, nicknamed "Lolo" (born 25 June 1974 in Mumbai, India) is a Bollywood actress.

She is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor, an actor popular during the 1970s and 80s, and actress Babita. Her grandfather is Raj Kapoor, great grandfather is Prithviraj Kapoor, great great grandfather is Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor and her sister is actress Kareena Kapoor.

Karisma made her debut in the 1991 movie Prem Quaidi and has since then acted in sixty movies.

Balancing commercial crowd-pleasers and art-house dramas, Kapoor has garnered four Filmfare Awards to date including Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raja Hindustani (1996) and Fiza (2000), Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Shyam Benegal's Zubeidaa. She also won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dil To Pagal Hai and an IIFA Best Actress Award for her work in Fiza, 2000.

On 29 September 2003, she married industrialist Sanjay Kapur according to Hindu marriage rites. The couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Samaira, on 11 March 2005. The couple had some widely publicized marital problems -- perhaps exaggerated by the press -- but have since reconciled.

Kashmira Shah

Name: Kashmira Shah













BIOGRAPHY

Kashmira Shah has made the move from item girl to "it" girl. People first saw her in Yes Boss, recognised her after Vaastav and loved her because of Jungle. These are the three landmarks in her career. In 1993 she won the 'Miss World University India' and went on to national contest in South Korea and won the 'Miss Talent award'. In 1995 Inaugurated the 'Miss Globe' and was 'Miss Globe India'. Resulted in Best National Costume award and was in the top 5.

At the age of 16 she had decided that she will enter the world of Film Industry. She announced in her family about this and all hell broke loose. Her mother and her grandmother are classical singer and they wanted her, to join them. So Kashmera and her mum, who supports her walked out of their matriarchal family "With just Rs 250 in their pocket." Kashmira was only 16 and obviously it wasn't easy. She got a portfolio shot and just went out and started meeting people. She had no contracts. It was a struggle but she knew she had burnt the bridges behind her, so the only way was ahead.

She began to do catalogue work for Rs 500 an assignment. Sometime on a good day, She get Rs 750. Often she just wanted someone to tell her that she was not wrong in dreaming about her future. There were times when she felt very alone but never felt like giving up. All she knew was that she wanted to be an actress and would die trying.

And soon enough, she got her first break on the silver screen Yes Boss with Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla.

Till now she had done many films, theatres, item songs. Pyaat To Hona Hi Tha, Koi Kissi Se Kam Nahin, Saazish in which had done small role. In lead role she came in Dulhan Banoo Mein teri. She had done 2 plays also 'Meena Kumari' and 'Laila'. Done lead role in TV soaps "Baat Ban Jaaye" and "Saturday Suspence". In 2002 Lead Supporting Role in Janasheen.

In 2000 Nominated for 'Best Female in a Negative Role' at Screen Videocon Awards for Jungle.

Then her terrorist act in Jungle, seems to be gravitating towards baddie roles. She is going into the negative slot. She feel more comfortable with negative roles . Despite the success of Jungle, Kash did only item numbers in Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar in 2001.

Meanwhile, she's got some interesting local releases coming up. In Roshni, with Bikram Saluja, she is a desi Glenn Close (in Fatal Attraction). In Jhamu Sughand's System, she plays a mafia don, the film about the corrupt bureaucratic system which is being directed by debutant director Arvind then in Feroz Khan's next flicks, she's a bad-ass babe on a bike.

She is in discussion for three roles in films made abroad, out of them in one film the story revolves around a her who grows up the same day that she is born. She plays a gynaecologist in the film. Being a Hollywood film, the heroine had to be an American-looking blonde. She excited about 'Mayfly', where she may get to co-star with Anne Bancroft. She's serious about starting over and has even got herself a place in the States.

Katrina Kaif

Name: Katrina Kaif
Birthday: Monday, July 16, 1984
Star Sign : Cancer
First Film : Boom










BIOGRAPHY

Katrina Kaif is a model and Bollywood actress. She was born on 16 July 1984. Her mother is English and father a NRI originally from Kashmir.

Katrina debuted in the film Boom, which featured her as a supermodel. She has done two Telugu movies down South - Malliswari and Allari Pidugu. She was allegedly paid Rs.70 lakhs for the movie Malliswari making her top the list of highest paid actress during a southern movie debut.

She reinvented her career with the hit film Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and a brief but appreciated role in Ram Gopal Varma's hit film Sarkar.

The proposed movie Bheema marks her debut in the Tamil film industry. She stars along with National Award winner - Tamil hero Vikram.

Kim Sharma

Name: Kim Sharma
Birthday: Monday, January 21, 1980
Star Sign : Aquarius
First Film : Mohabbatein













BIOGRAPHY

Kim Sharma (born 21 January 1980) is an Indian actress.

She first started her career with modelling, she is also the brand ambassoder of Olay in India.

She caught the eye of producer Aditya Chopra, and he signed her on his next directorial venture titled Mohabbatein. The debut also marked the launch of five other debutantes, Uday Chopra, Jugal Hansraj, Jimmy Shergill, Shamita Shetty and Preeti Jhangiani. The film also starred superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. The film was a huge hit and started her career in Bollywood.

Her five years in the industry has been disappointing, as she has not had a hit since Mohabbatein.

Her cousin is actor, Arjun Rampal.

Koena Mitra

Name: Koena Mitra
Star Sign : Capricorn
First Film : Road













BIOGRAPHY

Koena Mitra the Bengali Bombshell and winner of Gladrags Supermodel Contest has now forayed into Bollywood. Koena has done numerous Music Videos and Commercials too. Winner of Gladrags Mega Model 2002 this sultry and hot model from Calcutta is here to make it big. She took the modelling world by winning the Supermodel title and later on went on to become the semi-finalist of Miss Intercontinental. Koena aspires to be an actress and featured in quite a few music videos like 'Stereo Nation´s Ishq', 'Aaj Ki Raat', 'Akh Teri', 'Channo' by Jassi. The lady had set waves with an item number in Ram Gopal Varma´s film Road. Koena is very much excited after working with Ram Gopal Verma and believes that whoever works with him will eventually be successful because he is a man who deals only with success. And she was honoured to be worked with him. In fact that´s why despite being very conscious in choosing her films she opted to do a cameo in the film. Koena has done commercials like ACP Whisky, Mirinda, Clinic All Clear, Maruti Alto. Right from her childhood Koena was attracted to the glamour world and wanted to be an actress and soon realised that to be recognised one has to win a contest or a beauty pageant and thus she participated and won the Gladrags Mega Model last year. And now it's no looking back for this beautiful and confident lady.

Konkana Sen

Name: Konkana Sen
Birthday: Monday, December 03, 1979
First Film : Indira











BIOGRAPHY

With just three films, Konkona Sen is being looked as the most promising new actress in Kolkata. Konkona Sen, who won the National award for 'Mr and Mrs Iyer', now replaces Rani Mukherjee in the new film that is going to be based on Jhumpa Lahiris book. Initially, Rani Mukherjee was considered for the role because Meera Nair was very much impressed with her performance as the battered wife in 'Yuva'. It now looks as if Meera Nair is more impressed by Konkona Sen. Rani was unable to act in the film because she wasn't able to set aside call sheets for the film. Rani is caught up with another problem these days- gossips about a 'relationship' with sitting MP and actor Govinda. There are talks that the two are living together these days. Rani Mukherjee has strongly denied these rumors. Uncertainty and gossips - two permanent features of the film industry.

Lara Dutta

Name: Lara Dutta
Birthday: Sunday, April 16, 1978
Star Sign : Aries
First Film : Andaaz










BIOGRAPHY

Lara Dutta (born April 16, 1978) is an Indian actress. She was crowned Miss Universe in 2000.
Lara Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to father Wing Commander L.K. Dutta (retired) and mother Jennifer Dutta. Her family moved to Bangalore in 1981 where she completed her high school.Her sister is also serving in the Indian Airforce. Lara graduated in economics with a minor in communications from the Bombay University.

Lara Dutta won the annual Gladsrags modeling competition in her natuive India, earning her the right to be the first Indian representative at the 1997 Miss Intercontinental pageant, where she went on to capture the crown. Later, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe and Miss Universe in 2000.

At Miss Universe 2000 in Cyprus, Dutta was the clear favorite ahead of fierce competitors from Venezuela, Philippines, Colombia and even another former Miss Intercontinental titleholder, Miss Germany. Her finalist interview score, in the last year that such marks were televised, was the highest individual score in any category in the history of the Miss Universe contest, as her perfect interview saw a majority of the judges giving her the maximum 9.99 mark. After her final question, in which Dutta delivered a passionate defense of the Miss Universe contest (and other beauty pageants), she became the second Indian Miss Universe. Dutta has the distinction of being one of a few Miss Universes in the last decade to win by the unanimous vote of the jury (every judge on the panel cast a "1," or first place vote, for her). Dutta even clinched the Oscar dela Renta swimsuit competition with a score of 9.44 besting Venezuela's Claudia Moreno's 9.37 and Canada's Kim Yee's 9.31.

She made her film debut in 2003 with Andaaz, co-starring Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra. She won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for the film.

Lisa Ray

Name: Lisa Ray
Birthday: Saturday, April 04, 1970
Star Sign : Aries
First Film : Kasoor










BIOGRAPHY

Ten years ago, when Lisa ray flew to India from Canada, where she had been raised, little did she know what future had in store for her. Her visit to India—to meet her near and dear ones—proved to be a turning point in her life and career.

Lisa's chiseled face and sylph-like figure caught the attention of the modeling world and soon she got the offer for an ad for a well-known fabrics company. Since then there has been no looking back for Lisa as she went on to become one of the most sought after models who could steal the entire show with her shimmering presence.

But soon she got over the appreciation from the fashion fraternity and forayed into the world of films with the music video 'Afreen' (for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan). She is also the beautiful host of the movie show 'Star Buzz' (with Kelly Dorjee) on Star Movies.

Now Lisa has jumped aboard the Bollywood bandwagon with Vikram Bhatt's Kasoor in which she has acted quite well, considering it is her maiden attempt in films. For future Lisa is not much enthusiastic about pursuing an acting career in Bollywood, although there are chances of her doing more films for the Bhatts.

Madhubala

Name: Madhubala
Birthday: Tuesday, February 14, 1933
Family: Mumtaz Jehan Begum
Address: Delhi, India
First Film : Basant (1942)










BIOGRAPHY

Madhubala dreamt of becoming a movie star from a young age. In fact a trusted holy man had predicted that she would have fame and fortune but would lead an unhappy life and die at a young age. Her jobless father took her to Bombay remembering the holy mans words. They struggled for over a year when Mumtaz was chosen for a childhood role in Basant. Devika Rani was impressed with her performance and changed her name to Madhubala, who was to appear in Jwar Bhata, in which Dilip Kumar was playing the lead role. She was unable to work in the movie but this was the moment the youngster first set eyes on Dilip Kumar. Mohan Sinha, a Producer-director taught her to drive at the age of twelve. Madhubala and her father had to struggle until she became a leading lady. She was 16 years old when her poularity started rising from 1949 onwards, however Mahal was the movie that really established her star status. She was always puntual throughout her career and would arrive at the studio at 7am and leave on the dot at 6pm. Madhubala's heart problem was discovered in a routine check up in 1950, when heart surgery was not available, she had put on a brave face and her illness was kept a secret from the industry for many years. She frequently used to cough up blood, nevertheless she tried to live life to it's fullest extent. She was a prankster and loved to laugh and giggle, once she started she found it difficult to control herself. Madhubala never experienced childhood and was exploited by many men. She was very naive in trusting people and was let down on many occassions. Madhubala was fascinated by hollywood movies and frequently watched them to pick up a few tips to enhance her performance, she had a tutor to teach her English and had a good command of the language within a few months. Her talent and glamour was not fully utilised by some of her directors as movies were chosen for the money and security they brought. However she has given outstanding performances in some of the greatest movies ever to be produced. (Please see the movies section, the super hits are highlighted) Madhubala was a true romantic who craved for love. She had a clean heart and had the generous ability to forgive and forget as she couldn't hold onto grudges. She was 21 years old when the doctors decalred uncertainty about her life. She was a generous person who donated to charity and continued to support her family till her dying days. She had five sisters and made Ajit her rakhi brother in 1950. She was the first moviestar that had a cold war with the media.

Madhuri Dixit

Name: Madhuri Dixit
Birthday: Monday, May 15, 1967
Star Sign : Taurus
Family: Father: Shankar Dixit, Mother: Snehlata Dixit
First Film : Abodh









BIOGRAPHY

Madhuri Dixit was a top-line model in India before entering the Hindi film industry. She was launched by the Rajshri's with Abodh in 1984. But recognition came to her with the Ek-do-teen dance number in Tezaab (1988), which launched her as a top actress. Her performance in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994) was the crowning glory of her career. Her power and security lie in the knowledge that there cannot be another Madhuri Dixit. But to reach this pinnacle of success, the journey from middle-class J.B.Nagar to posh Iris Park, has been full of twists and turns. Madhuri recalls the good, the bad and sometimes humorous path she had to tread all by herself.

Who would dare to call her a middle-class Maharashtrian mulgi? These five-feet-four- inches of proportionate dynamite have been moulded on memories of Madhubala's allure and the classic looks of Suchitra Sen. Having joined films for a lark and then getting hooked, she didn't foresee the heartbreak. Her first few attempts could well have given her a one-way ticket to oblivion. But suddenly, the industry czars discovered the face to launch a 100 films. A gregarious, mischievous girl, she was always up to something. She recalls her childhood days, "I was totally unruly and disorganised. I would throw the family and the house into an uproar before I left for school. I was such a chatterbox, I wouldn't stop talking till I had said all that I wanted to." What a contrast to her now cool, poised and quiet image!
"In school I was once punished for aping a nun who sang soprano. On another occasion, I thoroughly embarrassed my mother. At three, I was asked to sing a classical song at a family get together. Instead, I broke into a cabaret number from a film, replete with all the jhataks and mataks! I guess therein lay the dormant beginnings of 'Ek, Do, Teen'..."

Those numbers, were also the beginning of her acquiring a multitude of fans that now touches a billion over five continents.

"After Abodh, I toyed with the idea of doing just a few roles here and there. I had plans to do anything from genetic research to hotel management. Acting was going to be just a hobby, another dimension to my personality. But I suppose my indecisiveness about a career in academics or a career in films, had me leaning towards the latter. I don't know whether it's called fate or whatever. I only know I had a bee in my bonnet about doing films."

Her initial foray into films though, began with several washouts.
Madhuri is one of the greatest stars of Bombay Film industry, which shined brightest during the last part of eighties and first half of nineties. She was born on May 15, 1967 to mother Snehlata and father Shankar in Maharashtra. She has two sisters and a brother. Her nickname is Bubbly.

Madhuri wanted to be a microbiologist but got into films with an offer from Rajshri Films in Abodh in 1984. Her joining the films became one of the most important incidents of Bollywood, as it heralded the rise of one of the most spectacular career in its history. Abodh and a couple of other non-descript roles did not get her going straight away.

She kept on getting small time roles in insignificant movies but could not make a break till Shubash Ghai spotted her. She did a tiny dance performance in his production 'Karma', but it was omitted from the final footage, with a promise from Ghai that he will give her major roles in his forthcoming films. Though he did pitch her in his 'Uttar Dakhin' and Anil Kapoor starrer 'Ram Lakhan' but by that time she had already taken the industry by storm in N. Chandra’s 'Tezaab'. Over night Ek do teen was on everybody’s lips and Madhuri was a hot rage amongst gossip groups. Tezaab was a golden jubilee hit.

A superb performance in Dil (1990) not only brought her the First FilmFare award but also a long association with Indra Kumar with whom she produced more blockbusters in Beta (1991) for which she won FilmFare Award and Raja (1995). Sajan and Khalnayak with Sanjay Dutt in the early ninties give ample testimony of her great acting skills, she carried in her bosom. 1990 onwards, a hit film per year followed including Kishan Kanhaiya, Saajan, Khalnayak, Parinda, 100 Days, Prahaar, Prem Pratigaya to name a few. The ever upwardly mobile career graph of Madhuri met its culmination in Hum Apke Hain Kaun. The incredible success of this family drama with Salman Khan not only made her a household name in India, but also earned her the sobriquet of being the female Amitabh Bachan of industry. Hum Apke Hain Kaun has been the greatest blockbuster in history. She won the FilmFare award, Best Actress, for her power packed performance. Success of HAHK was followed by success of Raja and by the mid nineties; Madhuri had etched her name in golden letters as the greatest actress of Bollywood.

Mahek Chhal

Name: Mahek Chhal
Star Sign : Aquarius
First Film : Nayee Padosan











BIOGRAPHY

Mahek Chahal is a 24-year-old Norwegian model of Indian origin. Although Mahek comes from a Punjabi family (that migrated to Norway), she considers herself a full-bloodied Norwegian.

She speaks Norwegian, and also “think in Norwegian”. She studied in a Norwegian-medium school. She had been doing modeling and dance shows in various countries around the world before she gave Bollywood a shot.

Mahek’s linguistic shortcoming became a problem when she was considered for a role in Ajnabee , two years back. However, she was able to get a Telugu movie titled Neetho, but the director had to get her dialogues dubbed.

Mahek quickly learned from her shortcomings and joined Kishore Namit's acting school in Mumbai, which has groomed newcomers Hrithik Roshan and former beauty queens Priyanka Chopra and Dia Mirza.

A spruced up Mahek made her Bollywood debut last year with a marginal role in a forgettable flick Nayee Padosan. She also did an item number in Kareena Kapoor starrer Chameli.

Mahek has finally broken ice in Bollywood with two films to start her career. The first is director Raj Kaushal’s ‘Two’ and the other is director Hansal Mehta’s ‘Strangers’.

Mahima Chaudhry

Name: Mahima Chaudhry
Birthday: Thursday, September 13, 1973
Star Sign : Virgo
First Film : Pardes













BIOGRAPHY

Mahima Chaudhry (born 13 September 1973), whose real name is Ritu Chaudhry, is a popular Indian actress.

Mahima Chaudhry was a model before she became a Bollywood actress, once appearing with Aishwarya Rai in a Pepsi commercial. Her first breakthrough performance, where she won rave reviews, was Pardes (1997) as Ganga, the love interest of two men played by Shah Rukh Khan and Apoorva Agnihotri. The role of Ganga was a village girl who still values her culture. She was chosen to be the female lead among about 3,000 applicants who auditioned for Pardes. Her career was launched by Subhash Ghai who had also launched the careers of popular actresses like Madhuri Dixit and Manisha Koirala. She changed her name to Mahima Chaudhary since Subhash Ghai has a superstitious belief of launching big careers with actresses whose names start with the letter 'M'.

Unlike most top actresses in India, Chaudhry did not mind playing a second fiddle in films like Dhadkan (2000) and Dil Kya Kare (1999). Apart from her role in Pardes, she also won acclaim for her role as Kavita, the loving wife of a man (played by Ajay Devgan) in Dil Kya Kare. She was nominated for Filmfare Awards for that role. She was a close friend of Leander Paes, the popular Indian tennis player. Mahima left Leander after he was linked with Rhea Pillai (ex-wife of Sanjay Dutt).
In order to acquire the tag of India's sex symbol, Mallika Sherawat has virtually dropped her clothes. Earlier known as Reema Lamba, she started out as a small-time model and actress from Delhi, before she re-christened herself Mallika Sherawat.

A small-town girl (from Rohtak in Haryana), Mallika always had stars in her eyes and was determined to pursue the glamour profession and give it all it took to make it. Even though her conservative father was dead against her decision, Mallika defied his wishes and moved to Mumbai to carve a niche for herself in the big bad world of showbiz. Very few would know that she not only defied her father’s wishes, but also walked out of her marriage with Jet Airways pilot Captain Karan Singh Gill in Delhi to pursue her dream. Mallika, then called Reema, had married Karan soon after she completed her graduation from Miranda House, Delhi University and was working as a part time airhostess.

With good reason, Mallika displayed enough skin to make her one of the 'hottest' actresses in the Hindi film industry today. Mallika debuted in a small role in Vashu Bhagnani's Jeena Sirf Mere Liye, but it was Khwahish and her dare bare attitude with co-actor Himanshu Mallik that brought her fame in Bollywood.

At 21, Mallika was on the cover page of an international magazine, Snoop, and the Indian edition of Cosmopolitan. And all this before her debut film had even hit the marquee. Truly outstanding for a girl, who does not come from a famous film family and has no godfather.

Then Mahesh Bhatt's thriller Murder directed by Anurag Basu has put Mallika in an unconventional act. A story of a lonely married woman having an affair, the film had shades of celebration, of blossoming passion, love and insecurity. Murder became the top grosser of 2004 raising Mallika’s popularity immensely, this time people were taking note of her acting skills along with the bold scenes in the movie.

While the publicity machinery going berserk promoting Mallika’s next film Kiss Kiss Ki Kismat as a sizzling sexually simmering synthesis of the two Jat actors Dharmendra and Mallika Sherawat, the fact is the twosome play father-in-law and daughter-in-law in the film.

Barely two films old, Mallika has not only established herself in Bollywood, she is also going international having bagged Jackie Chan’s next film The Myth (earlier titled Time Breaker). Audacious, vulnerable, and with tons of oomph, Mallika has the code to hack the 'Succeed in Bollywood' password.

This girl from Harayana has surprised everyone by her immense and immediate success. If media attention is the barometer of stardom then Mallika Sherawat is by far the biggest star of Bollywood at the moment. The print medium and its visual counterpart are busy lapping up every pearl of wisdom that the ‘Murder Mademoiselle’ utters. She knows how to shock, and…well…the Indian middleclass loves to be shocked.

Maliaka Arora

Name: Maliaka Arora
Star Sign : Scorpian
First Film : Aaja Meri Jaan













BIOGRAPHY

Model turned VJ turned Actress and Ramp queen who is 5'5" tall, sexy, Malaika Arora was born on 23 Aug. She always wanted to be a model since her childhood and She always loves being in front of the camera. She is a big hit on the small screen. She came into the glamorous world at the age of 17 when some of her photographs shot by lensmen 'Suresh Natarajan' fortuitously fell into the hands of 'Suma Varghese', then Society magazine editor. The first cover back of Society in April '93 set the ball rolling for Malaika. The somewhat notorious MR coffee campaign attracted a lot more attention than Malaika had bargained for. The main bonus of course was in being teamed with model-actor Arbaz Khan whom she is now married with and having a baby boy born on 9th November 2002. Malaika's best ad campaigns includes 'Pearl Pet', 'Bare Necessities', 'Mafatlal', 'Benzer', 'Tanishq', 'Tribhuvandhas Bhimji' and 'De-Beers'. Meanwhile, the tube beckoned and she came on "MTV hostess" stage, to present 'Club MTV' and 'Loveline'. While a big hit on the small screen came with her presence in the music video 'Gur Nalon Ishq Mitha', and her big hit on big screen Dil Se came with the famous number "Chhaiya Chhaiya". After that she has seen in Sanjay Gupta’s Kaante as Sunil Shetty’s love interest Soon she will be singing in a forth coming music album. Details are awaited whose music album it is going to be. Other than that she may launch a cloth range in her name and also plans to open a restaurant.

Mallika Sherawat

Name: Mallika Sherawat
Birthday: Sunday, October 24, 1976
Star Sign : Scorpio
First Film : Jeena Sirf Merre Liye













BIOGRAPHY

Mallika Sherawat (born October 24, 1981 as Reema Lamba) is an Indian actress and model from the Hisar and Rohtak area of the state of Haryana. She has a degree in philosophy from Miranda House, Delhi University.

Sherawat's birth name is Reema Lamba; she adopted the screen name of "Mallika", meaning "empress", to avoid confusion with other actresses named Reema. "Sherawat" is her mother's maiden name. She uses her mother's name as a tribute to her mother's

Mallika became known as a sex symbol after her starring appearance in the hit film Murder (2004).

On July 2004, the Bollywood film producers' union IMPAA temporarily blacklisted Mallika. Filmmaker Ramesh Sharma complained that she had committed breach of contract when she failed to turn up, as promised, for the filming of Kab Kyun Kahan (started in 1999). [1]

Mallika, who has earned her reputation by shocking the Indian middle class, was the first Indian woman to get an offer to pose nude for Playboy magazine. She refused the offer, citing her morals and upbringing.

Mamta Kulkarni

Name: Mamta Kulkarni
Birthday: Thursday, April 20, 1972
Star Sign : Taurus













BIOGRAPHY

Mamta Mukhund Kulkarni (born 20 April 1972) is an Indian Actress. She was known for her sultry acting style, tending to expose a lot of flesh (by Bollywood standards) in her movies. Her biggest role was possibly as the heroine Bindiya in Karan Arjun opposite Salman Khan, and alongside Kajol and Shahrukh Khan.

She is most notable and notorious for her topless photo shoot on the cover of the Indian cinema magazine Stardust. This led to her being charged under indecency and obscenity laws. Her appearance in court in 2000 on those charges, wearing a burqa to evade photographers, led to death threats and protests from the local Islamic community.

Although the photo shoot gained her a lot of publicity and attention initially, it also damaged her career, as it led to perceptions that she was not a serious actor. She made her debut in 1992 and has not been credited since 2002. She is now settled in New York City.