Kareena Kapoor Chudakkadi

Name: Kareena Kapoor

Birthday: 21st September, 1980

Zodiac: Virgo

Marital Status: Single, in relationship with Saif Ali Khan.

Awards: Filmfare Best Female Debutant Award, Filmfare Award for Special Performance, 2 Filmfare Critics Award for Special Performance, Filmfare Award for Best Actress, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Trivia: Kareena Kapoor is the fourth generation of the legendary Kapoor family who has been in the film industry for the last 50 years. Kareena is popularly known by her nickname ‘Bebo’. She has launched her own clothing line in association with being a brand ambassador for the retail chain Globus.

Biography: Born on 21st September, 1980, in an iconic family which has given the country few of its best actors and actresses, Kareena Kapoor is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita. Her elder sister, Karisma Kapoor is also an actress. Kareena Kapoor made her debut with Refugee (2000). Although the film didn’t do so well at the box office, it was enough for Kareena Kapoor to leave her mark as a girl with potential. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) which became the highest overseas grosser of that year gave her recognition and success as an actress. However her other films, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, Yaadein, Ajnabee and Asoka, released in the same year gained mediocre success

Her career received a setback in 2002 and 2003, all her movies, Mujhse Dosti Karoge!, Jeena Sirf Merre Liye, Talaash: The Hunt Begins…, Khushi, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, LOC Kargil, were quite unsuccessful at the box-office. Her movies released in 2004 and 2005, Chameli, Yuva, Fida, Aitraaz, Dev, Hulchal, Bewafaa, Dosti: Friends Forever received a lukewarm response at the box-office. However, her roles in Chameli and Dev were critically acclaimed. In 2006, she starred in 36 China Town, Chup Chup Ke, Omkara and did a cameo appearance in Don – The Chase Begins Again. Her portrayal of Dolly (based on Desdemona, from the Shakespearean play, Othello) received rave critical reviews.

The release of Jab We Met (2007) brought with it huge success and fan following. She delivered the role of a free spirited, fiery sikhni with gusto. Tashan, released in 2008, was a flop. Another release of 2008, Roadside Romeo, an animated movie from Yash Raj and Walt Disney Pictures had her lending her voice to the character of Laila. Kambakkht Ishq and Main Aurr Mrs Khanna both 2009 releases did not do so well, however Kurbaan and 3 Idiots which also released in the same year gained her nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She then appeared in the much stalled Milenge Milenge (2010). Karan Johar’s We Are Family (2010), a Hindi adaptation of Hollywood’s Stepmom (1998) saw her playing the role originally portrayed by the talented, Julia Roberts. The role won her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has been a part of the Golmaal series and has played a role in Golmaal Returns (2008) and was the leading lady in Golmaal 3 (2010).

 In 2011, she was first seen opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Ra.One and later opposite Salman Khan in Bodyguard. Both these films did huge business at the box-office. In 2012, she was seen opposite Imran Khan in Karan Johar’s Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu which also did well at the box-office. Her upcoming films include Agent Vinod with beau Saif Ali Khan, Talaash with Aamir Khan and Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine.

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Genelia Dsouza

Age: 25 years

Birthday: 5 August, 1987

Zodiac: Leo

Marital Status: Married

Trivia: D’souza turned the role down in Tujhe Meri Kasam initially, as she was not keen to pursue a career in acting.

Biography: Genelia gained attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan and later made her Bollywood debut with Tujhe Meri Kasam opposite Ritesh Desmukh in 2003. She was recognized for her role in a Tamil film Boyz the same year. In 2008 she was paired opposite Imran Khan in Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na. The film was a success. In 2010, she was seen in Chance Pe Dance but the film failed to do well at the box-office. Her 2011 release was Force opposite John Abraham and it was a hit. In early 2012, she was seen opposite her real life spouse Ritesh Deshmukh in Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya.

She is currently busy with her upcoming film It’s My Life.

Kajal Aggarwal

Name: Kajal Aggarwal (Kajal Agarwal)

Birthday: 19^th June, 1985

Zodiac: Gemini

Biography: Kajal Aggarwal, though earned a name in South Indian films, was born in Mumbai, Mahrashtra. She completed her education in Mumbai and was fascinated by the glam world right from the start. She began her career as a model when she was in college.

Her first experience at Bollywood was Samir Karnik directed 2004 film starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ,Vivek Oberoi and Amitabh Bachchan named Kyun Ho Gaya Na. In 2007 she was launched in Telegu films. She shot to fame in 2009 with Telegu film, Magadheera and since then she has been reigning the world of regional Telegu films.

Her real debut in Bollywood happened opposite Ajay Devgan in Singham in 2011 and the film was a huge box office escalating her popularity as a star!

Dia Mirza

Age: 30 years

Birthday: 9^th December, 1981

Zodiac: Sagittarius

Marital Status: Single

Awards: The sensational diva bagged the following awards:

• Special Award of Green Globe Award (2011),
• IIFA 2012 Green Award.
• She was also nominated for Screen Awards as Most Promising Female Newcomer for Rehnaa Hai Teree Dil Mein (2001) and Deewanapan (2001). Her nominations also came on the Popular Award as the Best Debut (Female) for Rehnaa Hai Teree Dil Mein (2001).

Trivia: The desi-videsi diva was born of a mixed parentage. Her father was a late famed German interior designer, artist and architect and her mother is a Bengali Hindu interior designer. The death of her father followed her mother’s marriage with a Pakistani citizen and thus she took her title from him.

The innocent beauty was the second runner up at Femina Miss India (2000) and this eventually sent her to the Miss Asia Pacific (2000) pageant. Here she won the title of Miss Asia Pacific and completed the trio of India’s win on international pageant in the year 2000 as Lara Dutta won the title of Miss Universe (2000) and Priyanka Chopra won the title of Miss World (2000). She also won the title of Miss Beautiful Smile from The Sony Viewers Choice Award.

Biography: The actress cum recent director Dia Mirza Handrich was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. She is the daughter of Frank Handrich, a German and Deepa, a Bengali Hindu. Her mother married secondly to Ahmed Mirza. Thus she adopted the title Mirza to her name.

She went to Vidyaranya High School For Boys And Girls in Khairtabad, Hyderabad. From there she was shifted afterwards to Nasr School at same place. She had her college life from Stanley Junior College and her graduation was completed from Andhra Pradesh Open University in Hyderabad.

Her career started at the tender age of 16 years while doing her graduation. She started her media run as a marketing executive in a multimedia company named Dr. Neeraj’s Multimedia Studio. Dee Mirza then plunged into modeling for both newspaper and media and did ads for Emami, Lipton and Walls.

Her turning point came as she earned the title of Femina Miss India (2000) 2^nd runner up and Miss Asia Pacific (2000). Just like her predecessors, the film industry beckoned this fair damsel. Thus her filmy sail started with her debut movie Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001) opposite the Tolly star R. Madhavan aka Maddy. RHTDM was not a Box Office hit but through the passing time created a buzz among the youngsters.

The gorgeous chik did many movies for next following years. Her movies include Deewanapan (2002), Tehzaab (2003), Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye (2003), Dum (2003), Stop! (2004), Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004), Naam Gum Yayega (2005), Blackmail (2005), Parinneta (2005), Dus (2005), Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai (2005), Fight Club-Members Only (2006), Alag (2006), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), Cash (2007), Dus Kahaniyaan (2007), Krazzy 4 (2008), Kissan (2009), Jai-Veeru (2009), Acid Factory (2009), Fruit And Nut (2009), Hum Tum Aur Ghost (2010), Familywala (2011).

The Mirza girl among those who after showing their talent blast and looks are less admired and wanted in silver screen. Thus all these movies could not bring the blast she hoped for, to her fortune. Though she is critically acclaimed but lags behind on the race of super star.

The star also gave special appearances on films like Kyun…! Ho Gaya Na (2004), My Brother Nikhil (2005), Heyy Baby (2007), Om Shanti Om (2007), Kurbaan (2009), Luck By Chance (2009). She even appeared at a TV release of Prateeksha (2006). She did an item number in Phir Hera Pheri (2006). She also participated in a TV game show named Kaho Naa Yaar Hai (2008) on Star Plus.

She who failing to shine as the most shining star of tinsel town decided to shine as a director and a producer thus launching her own production house with her partners, boyfriend Sahil Sangha and best friend Zayed Khan, the Born Free Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. The motto of the house is to produce films which they believe in. their first production is Love Breakups Zindagi (2011) which was not a Box Office bockbuster but received mixed critical appreciation from both movie freaks and critics.

She is among those actress’ who are repeatedly wrapped in false controversies, but she knows very well how to handle the heat.

The brown eyed sweet spoken girl is an utter philanthropist. She is an environment conservationist as well as a socialist. This portion of her earned her award also. She worked with the government to spread awareness against HIV and female foeticide. Shi is also the active member of Spastics Society Of India, The Cancer Patients Aid Association, PETA and CRY. She is also an animal lover and recently adopted two cheetah cubs at Prince Of Wales Zoological Park in Lucknow.

Her journey unlike the other superstars is full of struggle just to establish her name, just to attain the height she deserved and desired. She has indeed carved herself a long path from a model, then being an actress and now being a director and producer.

Ileana D Cruz

Age: 25 Years

Birthday: 1^st November, 1987

Zodiac: Scorpio

Marital Status: Single

Awards: Ileana D’Cruz won her first Filmfare Best Debut Female award in 2006 for her film Devadasu. Thereafter, she also won the Santosham Best Actress Award and South Scope Style Award for Best Actress for her performance in 2008 film Jalsa, for which she received a Filmfare nomination in Telugu category as well.

Trivia: An already established actress in Telugu films down south, and a newbie in the Hindi film industry, Ileana D’Cruz is the latest addition to the “To-Watch-Out-For” list of new entrants in Bollywood. The model-turned-actress will make her Bolly debut in Anurag Basu’s film “Barfi!”

Biography: A simple girl born in Mumbai and brought up for some years in Goa, Ileana D’Cruz is the second of four children of parents Ronaldo and Samira. She has an elder sister named Farrah, a younger brother named Rhys and a younger sister named Eileen.

While she was in Goa, a hotel manager coaxed her into taking up modeling as a career and even introduced her to model-actor-ramp choreographer Marc Robinson. Ileana regards her first portfolio as a disaster, yet she landed into ramp shows and photo shoots. Gradually, thanks to her second portfolio, she grabbed ads for established brands like Emami Talc, Electrolux and Fair & Lovely. The latter ad was directed by Rakesh Roshan, thus opening up vistas for her for acting in films.

Ileana debuted in 2006 in a Telugu romantic film named ‘Devadasu’, for which she took acting lessons from Aruna Bhikshu. Her performance in the film was much appreciated and she was also noticed for amazing figure and sexy legs. The film grossed around 14 crores and the heroine received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu).

Her next film, Pokiri, opposite Mahesh Babu, was also a smash hit success and became the highest grossing Telugu film at that time. However, after this film, her career graph experienced a low, with four subsequent films being commercial failures. Things took a better turn for her, with films like ‘Aata’ and ‘Jalsa’ doing pretty well at the box office. The latter not only brought in some good money, but also earned her prestigious awards and nominations for her performance.

Prior to her failures with ‘Rechipo’ and ‘Saleem’ in 2009, she starred in ‘Kick’, which became among the highest grossing films of the year. The actress again collaborated with her ‘Pokiri’ director Puri Jagannadh, and appeared in his film ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’, in which her acting and looks were much praised.

Ileana’s second Tamil film ‘Nanban’ was a remake of 3 Idiots, and she played the role performed by Kareena Kapoor. Much like its Bollywood counterpart, the Tamil version also became quite successful both commercially and critically. As of now, the actress is awaiting the release of her first Hindi film, Barfi!, co-starring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. She plays the role of a narrator and Ranbir’s first love interest in the film.

The ‘Miss Sexy Legs’ will also be seen in Puri Jagannadh’s next venture ‘Devudu Chesina Manushulu’ where the heroine will be essaying the character of a taxi driver. Her second Bolly film ‘Phata Poster Nikla Hero’ will be a romantic comedy, starring Shahid Kapoor, and is expected to release in 2013.

She is already a star down south, but will she manage to do the same in the Hindi film industry? Wait and watch out for her!

Chitrangada Singh

Name: Chitrangada Singh

Age: 36 Years

Born: 28 March, 1976.

Zodiac: Aries

Marital Status: Married to golfer, Jyoti Singh Randhawa.

Trivia: Chitrangada’s brother Digvijay Singh is well known golf player.

Biography: The dusky beauty is one of the talented actress Bollywood has today. Chitrangada launched in the industry with Sudhir Mishra’s social and political drama, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003). Her performance as the protected yet unsettled Geeta Rao won her admiring reviews and several debut awards of the year in the Promising Female category. Originally a model from Delhi, Chitrangada worked in several advertisement campaigns and music videos before plunging into Bollywood. Often called Sudhir Mishra’s muse, Shekhar Kappor appreciated Chitrangada for having “outdone Smita Patil”. She worked in 2005’s Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow, following which she took a short break. She reappeared with Onir’s Sorry Bhai (2008) starring alongside Sanjay Suri and Sharman Joshi. The film failed to create any ripples. But she bounced back with Sudhir Mishra’s Yeh Saali Zindagi and the commercially successful Desi Boyz in 2011. She shared screen space with Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone in her first ever commercial venture.

Presently, she has performed on the raunchy item song, ‘Kaafirana’ from Shirish Kunder’s 2012 comedy flick, ‘Joker’ with Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead. An active supporter of animal rights, she recently did an advertisement for PETA. She is currently working on projects like ‘I, Me aur Hum’ and Sudhir Mishra’s under production, Inkaar. She would also pair up with Arjun Rampal for Sudhir Mishra’s  Lucknow based political thriller ‘Mehrunissa’.

Chitrangada has many commercials like Garnier, Airtel, Puma, Aliva Crackers, Parachute and Borges Olive Oil in her kitty.