Kajal Aggarwal Biography

Birth Name: Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal who has made a mark in South Industry has delivered a blockbuster in Bollywood right from her debut film Singham opposite Ajay Devgn.
Date of Birth: 19 June 1985
Biography:
Kajal was born in Mumbai to Suman Agarwal and Vinay Agarwal. She has a sister named Nisha Aggarwal, has also begun to act in Telugu films. She finished her studies in Mumbai. The actress started her modeling career while she was in college.

She was first seen in Kyon Ho Gaya Na in as supporting role in 2004. She does not consider this film as her debut. In 2007, she made her debut in the Telugu film industry and played her first leading role in Teja's Lakshmi Kalyanam alongside Kalyan Ram, which did not fare well at the box office.

Later that year, she appeared in the Krishna Vamsi-directed film Chandamama, which opened to positive reviews and became her first major successful film.

She made a mark in the industry in 2009, with the the high-budget Telugu historical drama Magadheera, which saw her essaying double roles for the first time. The film, directed by S. S. Rajamouli, received universal critical acclaim, while Kajal, particularly, was praised for her portrayal of a princess in the film. Later the same year she was seen in Arya 2 again a Telugu film with Mahesh Babu. Her performance garnered positive feedback for her role in Arya 2. In 2010 she starred in three films which include Darling, Naan Mohaan Alla, Brindavanam.

In 2011 she got her first break in Singham opposite Ajay Devgn. The film turned out to be the highest grosser of the year.
Box Office Collection:
Singham: Rs 250.40 Crores (In 10 Days)
Filmography:
As as actor
2004 Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na 2007 Lakshmi Kalyanam (Telugu)2007 Chandamama (Telugu) 2007 Pourudu (Telugu) 2007 Pazhani (Tamil)2008 Aatadista (Telugu) 2008 Saroja(Tamil)2008 Bommalattam (Tamil)2009 Modhi Vilayadu (Tamil)2009 Magadheera (Telugu)2009 Indira (Indu) (Telugu)2009 Ganesh Just Ganesh(Telugu) 2009 Arya 2 (Telugu)2010 Om Shanti Meghana (Telugu)2010 Darling (Telugu) 2010 Naan Mahaan Alla (Tamil) 2010 Brindaavanam (Telugu)2011 Mr. Perfect (Telugu)2011 Veera (Telugu)2011 Singham Hindi2011 Dhada (Telugu) Post-production2012 Maatraan TamilFilming2012The Business Man (Telugu) Pre-production
Awards:
2010 Brindaavanam CineMAA Award for Best Actress

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Bhumika Chawla Biography

Bhumika Chawla(Bhoomika Chawla) is a cherubic faced Bollywood actress born on August 21, 1978. Her real name is Rachna. She was born in Delhi where she did her schooling. Bhumika moved to Mumbai in the year 1997, where she started her movie and ad film career. Bhumika hails from a military background. From her childhood, Bhumika and her family would settle at different places in the country because her father was a military officer. Her elder brother is a military officer too. Bhumika€™s boyfriend is Bharat Thakur, a Yoga teacher. Bhumika Chawla has guarded her private life very well and does not like to hog the limelight. The pretty lass is dignified, reserved and soft spoken. There are many who admire the way she carries herself with so much dignity in the ruckus of sleaze and smut. Professionally: Bhumika€™s first ad campaign video was the Ponds Talcum powder video. She debuted in a Telegu film, Yuvakadu back in 2000.

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Aarti Chhabria Biography

Aarti Chabria, Miss India Worldwide 2000, entered Bollywood debuting in 'Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai' (2002). This cute bubbly girl started doing ads at the tender age of three and has appeared in more than 120 commercials including Farex, Pepsodent, Clean and care face wash, Amul swastik ice cream, Krack cream, liril etc. She also appeared in a couple of music videos, and in a small role in Rajkumar Santoshi's 'Lajja' (2001) which turned out to be the beginning of a new journey. She also got chances in Telugu and Kannada movies and the talented actress has stolen the hearts of cinegoers with her charming beauty.

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Trisha Krishnan Biography

Trisha Krishnan, was born on May 4, 1983.She is a prominent, award-winning actress in both Tamil and Telugu film industries. She rose to fame in the Tamil industry with her roles in movies, Saamy and Ghilli and the Telugu industry with her movie, Varsham.

Born to Krishnan and Uma Krishnan , in Palakkad the Tamil Iyer actress got her higher education in Ethiraj College, Chennai. Later, she modelled and won Miss Salem in 1999, Miss Chennai in 1999 and Miss India Miss Beautiful Smile in 2001. In school, she participated in several cultural activities, sports and school band. She studied at Sacred Heart Church Park School, in Madras, which happens to be the same school where former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha studied.

She started her career as a model, appearing in many TV advertisements including that of Fair and Lovely and Josco Jeweller. She also starred in Falguni Pathak's music album Meri Chunar Ud Ud Jaye.

Trisha Krishnan first made her debut in films when she was offered a small cameo in the film Jodi. However, the first movie in which she signed up to enact the role of the leading lady was Priyadarshan's Leysa Leysa. A string of flops marked the beginning of her career, such as Manasellam, and Alai. However she was well suited for her role opposite Surya in Mounam Pesiyadhe and won critical acclaim. She is well acclaimed for her facial expressions while acting. She then played Vikram's lady love in the mega blockbuster Saamy. The next huge film she took part in followed immediately afterwards, was Ghilli with Vijay, which was a remake of Telugu blockbuster Okkadu. In 2004, she starred in Varsham in Telugu which went on to become the biggest hit of the year and turned her into an overnight sensation. In 2005, she starred alongside Siddharth Narayan in the telugu flick Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana as the village girl Siri. The movie is about a rich boy, who tries to marry a girl - however her brother opposes. It is directed by Prabhu Deva, was successful at the box office[1] Krishnan won 2 awards for the film which include the Filmfare Award and Nandi Award.

She appeared in Mani Ratnam's Aayitha Ezhuthu which was remade into a hit Hindi movie Yuva. The Tamil version included Siddharth Narayan, Madhavan and Surya. Her later movies, Ji, Aathi and Aaru did not do well - though Aaru was received well by critics and both dubbed in Tamil and Telugu and produced by Saran, who had previously directed several successful movies.[2] Her 2006 Telugu movie, Pournami, directed by Prabhu Deva, was a flop. However, another 2006 film, Something Something ... Unnakum Ennakum, where Krishnan acted opposite Jayam Ravi, did well at the box office. Something Something ... Unnakum Ennakum is a remake of the Telugu movie, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana where she plays the same role.

Her Telugu film Sainikudu with Mahesh Babu was released on November 30, 2006. There were high expectations in the trade circles from this film especially after the smashing hit Pokiri, but this high budget film started off with below average reviews. Despite receiving bad reviews from the film trade, the film managed to get a decent opening in India and overseas.

Her next release after Sainikudu was Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule where she was cast opposite Venkatesh. This film was Selvaraghavan's first film in Telugu. The film released on April 27, 2007. The film is a family entertainer and received good response especially from the family audience. The box office returns exceeded the collections of later releases like Aata and Munna. Krishnan's performance is one of the highlights of the movie.

In Kireedam with Ajith, Krishnan tried comedy and received rave reviews. Kireedom opened with high expectations and received good reviews from media and audience. Her 2008 films, Bheema and Kuruvi failed to succeed at the box-office, whilst Krishna with Ravi Teja , opened to rave reviews. Her other movie Bujjigadu starring Prabhas, directed by Puri Jagannadh was released during Summer and made a decent run. Her other projects include three Tamil films, Radhamohan's Abhiyum Naanum, Sarvam with Arya and a Gautham Menon film. She has also signed a Telugu film: King starring Akkineni Nagarjuna directed by Sreenu Vaitla is awaited for December release.

Trisha recently replaced Rani Mukherjee as the Brand Ambassador of Fanta India. She is the brand ambassador of Scooty Pep+, for which she has replaced Preity Zinta. She endorses Perk chocolate, for which also she has replaced Preity Zinta. She is also the brand ambassador for Fiama Di Wills , a product by ITC.

*source:Wikipedia

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Tamanna Bhatia Biography

Tamanna Bhatia is a south Indian model/actress who started her film career through her debut film in Hindi called Chand Sa Roshan Chehra.

Tamannaah was born to Santhosh Bhatia and Rajani Bhatia on 21 December 1989.She started acting at the age of 13; Now she is first year student at National College in Bandra. She has a brother, Anand Bhatia. She can speak Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and English. Tamanna has done many ads in Tamil for big companies such as Shakti Masala, Saravana Stores and RMKV. She also did few a music albums before she entered the film industry. She stars in the commercial of Sun Direct.She changed her name recently as Tamannaah Bhatia (old name Tamanna Bhatia).

She started her film career through a Hindi film called Chand Sa Roshan Chehra at the age of 13 years and made her debut in Tamil film industry with Kedi which did not do well at the box office.

Her debut film in Telugu is Sri in which she played the leading female role opposite Manoj Kumar.Presently she is gaining popularity as a heroine in both Tollywood and Kollywood industries.

Her recent movie "Kalloori" did average business at the box-office. However, she was appreciated by the audience for the simple yet realistic portrayal of her role.

Her Role in her recent movie "Happy Days" in Telugu brought her huge success in Tollywood. Her performance in the role of Madhu in "Happy Days" brought her critical acclaim.

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Hansika Motwani Biography

Birth Name: Hansika Pradeep Motwani
Hansika is an Indian actress and a former child artist has appeared in television as well as films. She made a noticeable debut as an actress in Aap Ka Suroor opposite singer/actor Himesh Reshammiya.
Date Of Birth: 9 August, 1991
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Biography:
Hansika was born to a Sindhi speaking family in Bombay, India. Her dad, Pradeep, is a businessman, while her mom, Mona, is a Dermatologist. She has an elder brother, Prashant. She is a student in Podar Internation School.

As a child artist she has appeared in many TV serials, for example 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thee', 'Hum 2 Hai Na', 'Desh Me Nikla Hoga Chand', 'Shakalaka Boom Boom', 'Celebrity Fame Gurukool', and 'Tum Bin'.

She was accordingly signed by for 'Yahoo' with herself and Govinda. Unfortunately, this movie was shelved.

Hansika made her debut in a lead role in Puri Jagannadh's Telugu film, Desamuduru, starring opposite Allu Arjun.

In Bollywood Hansika made her debut with Himesh Reshammiya in Aap Kaa Surroor – The Real Luv Story. The film was a moderate hit.

In Bollywood Hansika's last film was Money Hai Toh Honey Hai (2008). In the mean while she has been doing well in the South industry.
Personal Life:
Hansika's parents divorced during 2004, while she continues to live in Andheri, Bombay, India, with her mom.
Filmography:
As as actor
Loot (2011) (Under Production) He - The Only One (2011) (Stuck/On Hold) Money Hai Toh Honey Hai (July 25, 2008) (Released) ... Ashima Kapoor Aap Ka Surroor - The Moviee (June 29, 2007) (Released) ... Riaa Aabra Ka Daabra (December 24, 2004) (Released) Hum Kaun Hai (September 3, 2004) (Released) ... Sara Williams Jaago (February 6, 2004) (Released) ... Shruti Koi Mil Gaya (August 8, 2003) (Released) ... The Super Six Hawa (July 4, 2003) (Released)
Escape From Taliban (February 14, 2003) (Released) ... Guncha (As Seema Motwani)

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Anushka Shetty Tollywood Actress Biography

Anushka Shetty (born on 7 November 1981, as Sweety Shetty) is an Indian film actress, working in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She debuted in the 2005 Telugu film Super and rose to fame following her performance in Vikramarkudu (2006). After starring in high-budget productions alongside leading Telugu actors, she went on to became one of Telugu cinema's leading actresses in the successive years, while fetching high critical acclaim for her portrayal of the titular character in Arundhati. Anushka Shetty was born in a Bunt family of Bellipady in Mangalore. She did her schooling and college in Bangalore. She was also a Yoga Instructor and has trained under yoga guru Bharat Thakur.

Film career

Shetty made her acting debut in Puri Jagannath's 2005 Telugu film Super alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna. The same year, she acted in another film Mahanandi, which was an unsuccessful venture. In 2006, she had four releases, the first being S. S. Rajamouli's Vikramarkudu opposite Raviteja, in which she portrayed the character Neeraja Goswami. The film went on to become very successful and got her much recognition, that eventually made her very popular in Andhra Pradesh. She next had starred in the film Astram, a remake of the 1999 Hindi film Sarfarosh, following which she debuted in the Tamil film industry, acting in the Sundar C.-directed action flick Rendu, sharing screen space with R. Madhavan. Later that year, she made a special appearance in A. R. Murugadoss' directorial debut in Telugu, Stalin.

Her first release in 2007 was Lakshyam, after which she starred in Raghava Lawrence's Don opposite Nagarjuna again, of which particularly the former did very well at the box office. In 2008 she had appeared in six films. Okka Magaadu was the first release, in which she played one of three female leads. Her subsequent releases Swagatam alongside Jagapati Babu and Bhumika Chawla and Baladur opposite Ravi Teja garnered poor reviews and box office returns. She next appeared in the film Souryam with Gopichand which became a box office hit.

In 2009, Shetty first starred in the blockbuster hit Arundhati. In this heroine-centric film, she essayed two roles for the first time. It was a critical as well as commercial success. Her performance, as Jejamma in particular, was critically acclaimed and fetched her her first Nandi Award and the Filmfare Best Actress Award. Her next film, the action flick Billa, a remake of the 2007 Tamil namesake, itself a remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don, featured Shetty in a role contrary to that in Arundati. Her final release in 2009 was her second Tamil feature film, Vettaikkaran with leading Tamil actor Vijay. She had an array of releases in 2010, with her Tamil release Singam co-starring Surya emerging her highest-grosser of the year, while most her Telugu films performed poorly. She, however, won accolades for her performances, in particular for her portrayal of a prostitute in Krish's critically acclaimed Vedam, following which she was selected to reprise the character in its Tamil remake, Vaanam as well. Her other 2010 releases Panchakshari, Khaleja, Nagavalli and Ragada bombed at the box office. In 2009, she gave her voice to an AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization TeachAIDS.

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