Deepika Padukone is an Indian supermodel turned actor who appears in Bollywood movies.
Deepika Padukone, daughter of celebrated badminton player Prakash Padukone, is one of the most preferred models in India. She is trained Bharatanatyam dancer has always been attracted to the glamour world.
Deepika started modelling as a child, doing TV and print campaigns for several brands but discontinued later to concentrate on studies. She was a state-level badminton player while in school.
This svelte beauty has appeared in commercials like Liril, Close-up, Limca etc and has taken the glamour world by storm with her angelic visage, unguarded manner, naturally athletic body and disarming dimpled smile. She featured in Kingfisher Calender 2006, won the Society Young Achievers Award 2004 and Model of the Year Award 2005 at the Lakme India Fashion Week.
The stunning 5 6" girl made her showbiz debut with Himesh Reshammiyas music album Aap Ka Suroor. The much-awaited, much-hyped Kingfisher girl who entered the silver screen pairing with King Khan in "Om Shanti Om" has accomplished in one movie what many cannot do in a lifetime.
Padukone is currently working on Nikhil Advanis Chandni Chowk To China opposite Akshay Kumar.
Awards and Nominations:
Filmfare Awards
Winner
2008 - Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for Om Shanti Om
2008 - Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award for Om Shanti Om
Nominated
2008 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Om Shanti Om
Star Screen Awards
Winner
2008 - Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Om Shanti Om
2008 - Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan; Om Shanti Om
Zee Cine Awards
Winner
2008 - Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut for Om Shanti Om
Nominated
2008 - Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female for Om Shanti Om
IIFA Awards
Winner
2008 - IIFA Awards Best Debutant Female for Om Shanti Om
Nominated
2008: IIFA Best Actress Award; Om Shanti Om
Stardust Awards
Nominated
2008 - Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female for Om Shanti Om
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
Winner
2008 - Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards Best Female Debut for Om Shanti Om
Other Awards:
2007 - Stars Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine; Om Shanti Om
2007 - HT Caf? Film Awards, Best Newcomer Award (Female); Om Shanti Om
2008 - Reebok Zoom Glam Awards, Glam Debutant (Female); Om Shanti Om
2008 - Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Breakthrough Role (Female); Om Shanti Om
Name : Deepika Padukone
Date Of Birth : 5, January, 1986
Birth Of Place : Mangalore, Karnadaka, India
Nationality : Indian
Height : 5 6"
Profession : Actress, Model
Father : Prakash Padukone (Famous Badminton player)
Mother : Ujjala Padukone
School Days : Sophia High School, Bangalore
Relationship : Nihar Pandya (Indian model and socialite)
Favourite Actors : Aamir Khan, Sharukh Khan
Favourite Actress : Rani Mukerjee, Preeti Zinta, Susmita Sen
Debut Film : Aishwarya (Kannada)
Hindi Debut : Om Shanti Om (2007)
Claim To Fame : Female Model of the Year and Fresh
Face of the Year 2006, Appearance in Naam Hai Tera music
A caring sister, a devoted daughter, a talented actress, and above all, an ideal woman. These are the different dimensions to the person known as Kareena Kapoor. The fourth generation of the legendary Kapoor family, this young star had an ideal debut playing a young muslim lass in JP Duttas Refugee opposite star kid Abhishek Bachan in the year 2000. Though the movie didnt fare as great, Kareena was appreciated immensely. From her very first scene, with droplets of water clinging to her skin and shimmering eyes containing a river of emotions, the entire nation knew that an artiste-par-excellence was born. Touted as the next big thing, Kareena embarked on a journey of a lifetime that took her to greater heights than she had ever imagined.
Kareena was instantly scooped up by the biggest of banners even before the release of her first film. She stunned audiences in her second venture, Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai, starring opposite yet another star kid, Tushar Kapoor, and proved her star power by delivering her first solo hit.
Unfortunately, with her increasing fame, Kareena also faced increasing controversies. Her words, unintentionally, began to rub many the wrong way, and she became famous for her undiplomatic and forthright personality. Many of the incidents were fabricated and her words twisted. But this true blue Kapoor gal never let this hold her down. She plowed through her thickening unpopularity, maintaining that "my work will speak for me."
As the years passed, Kareena blossomed into a versatile artiste who experimented with different kinds of roles. While others were content portraying glamour dolls under big production houses, Kareena ventured out and took up challenging roles such as Chameli, Yuva, Dev, and Omkara, and forever shut the mouths of her critics by giving one scintillating performance after another. Although none of these films struck gold at the Box Office, she boasted of an enviable repertoire of directors, ranging from Mani Ratnam to Sudhir Mishra to Vishal Bharadwaj to Karan Johar to Priyadarshan, proving that true talent never goes unnoticed.
However, it was the year 2007 when she finally won all hearts by playing the role of a sikhni from Bhatinda in the movie Jab We Met. She gave the years most endearing and heartfelt performance, forcing even her haters to applaud her work. Additionally, she became the top choice to endorse a variety of products, including Globus, Head and Shoulders, Citizen Drive Watches, Pepsi, Lux, Emami and many more.
While her professional life took an upturn, Kareena experienced a rocky phase in her personal life when a four and half year relationship with former boyfriend Shahid Kapoor came to a close towards the end of the year. She is currently in a relationship with superstar Saif Ali Khan, and is enjoying the best phase of her career thus far.
Awards:
2007
Zee Cine Award: Best Actress for Jab We Met
Apsara Award: Best Actress for Jab We Met
Filmfare Award: Best Actress for Jab We Met
Screen Award: Best Actress for Jab We Met
Stardust Award: Star of the Year (Female) for Jab We Met
Global Indian Honours Awards: Special Honour for achievement in Indian Cinema
Hindustan Cafe Awards: Best Actress 2007
2006
Filmfare Award: Best Actress Critics for Omkara
Screen Award: Best Actress for Omkara
Tuscan Verve Zoom Glam Award: Glam Filmstar
2005
Rajiv Gandhi Award: Young Achiever Award
2004
Filmfare Award: Best Actress Critics for Dev
2003
Anandlok Award: Best Actress for Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon
Sansui Award: Best Actress Jury for Chameli
StarDust Award: Best Actress for Chameli
Filmfare Award: Special Performance Award for Chameli
IIFA Award: Diva of the Year
2001
Zee Cine Award: Queen of Hearts Award
IIFA Award: Best Debut Female for Refugee
Sansui Award: Best Debut Female for Refugee
2000
Filmfare Award: Best Debut Female for Refugee
Zee Cine Award: Face of the Year
IIFA Award: Best Debut Female for Refugee
Sansui Award: Best Debut Female for Refugee
Name : Kareena Kapoor
Nick Name : Bebo
Date Of Birth : 21, September, 1980
Birth Of Place : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height : 55"
Father : Randhir Kapoor
Mother : Babita
Sister : Karishma Kapoor
School Days : Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai, Welham Girls Boarding School in Dehradun
College Days : Governments Law College in Churchgate
Hobbies : Reading & Swimming
Favourite Actors : Sharukh Khan, Hrithick Roshan & Abhishek Bachan
Favourite Color : Black & Red
Favourite Food : Chinese, Italian and Thai
Favourite Book : Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon
Profession : Model & Actress
Debut Film : Refugee (2000), Hindi
Katrina Kaif is a celebrated model of international acclaim and a talented Indian actress.
Katrina Kaif born on July 16th, 1984 in Hong Kong was brought up in Hawaii and London. Born to a Kashmiri father and an English mother, Katrina Kaif is half-British and half-Indian. She grew up into a sensuous teen with sharp features and soon got noticed by the bigwigs in the showbiz world and subsequently landed number of modeling assignments at the tender age of fourteen.
She did ad campaigns for Lakme, Veet, Kodak, Cola, LG, Pantene, Fevicol, L?Oreal, Slice and several others products. Her beautiful face was chosen as the Face of the Year at Lakme India Fashion Week 2005.
Katrinas filmy career began with Kaizad Gustads "Boom" (2003), in which she played the principal character, a model caught in the web of underworld complexities. Though the film failed at the box office, she got widespread attention for her innocent looks and contrasting provocative body. Added to her beauty her cool acting abilities too were well received by critics and cine-goers.
Having discovered her "Boom"ing histrionic talents, Katrina Kaif shifted her base to Mumbai. In spite of having trouble speaking Hindi and other Indian languages, she soon got movie offers. She acted in a couple of Telugu movies, "Malliswari" (2004) and "Allari Pidugu" (2005). After the success of these two movies, she began her Bollywood journey with "Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya" (2005), "Sarkar" (2005) starring along side Amitabh and Abhiskeh Bachchan and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Then this unstoppable actress went on to act in several movies.
Her seriousness to climb to the top position in Bollywood is seen in the very fact that she took her Hindi classes and dancing lessons very seriously. She quickly learnt the art of dubbing and finally rendered her own lines with ease in "Namaste London" (2007) in which she acted opposite Akshay Kumar.
The promising actress is banking on her yet to be released movies, "Welcome", "Nanhe", "Race", and "Main Yuvraj" hoping that these movies will
Do well at the Box Office and take her career to new heights.
Displaying thorough professionalism, Katrina drew a line separating her personal life from that of professional life, wherein she flatly refused to speak to the media about her romance with co-star Salman Khan.
Katrina is the hottest actress in Bollywood movie industry and with her gorgeous looks and a sexy body many believe that this girl will surely go places in years to come.
Awards:
Nominated
2005: Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Debut, Sarkar
2008: IIFA Award for Best Actress, Race
2009: Apsara Award for Best Actress In Supporting Role, Race
2009: IIFA Award for Best Actress, Singh Is Kinng
2009: Stardust Award for Star Of The Year, Singh Is Kinng
2009: Stardust Award for Best Actress In A Negative Role, Race
2010: Screen Award for Best Actor In Popular Category, New York
2010: Stardust Star of the Year Award � Female for New York & Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
2010: Filmfare Best Actress Award for New York
Winner
2006: Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya
2006: Idea Zee F Awards, Fashion Diva of the Year
2008: Zee Cine Awards, British Indian Actor Award
2008: IIFA Awards, Style Diva of the Year
2008: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine, Singh Is Kinng
2008: Apsara Film Producers Guild of India Awards, Style Diva of the Year
2009: Rajiv Gandhi Award
2009: Golden Kela Awards, Dara Singh Award for the Worst Accent
2009: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine
2009: ASSOCHAM Award, Performing Excellence
2010: Star Screen Awards, Entertainer of the year
2010: Stardust Awards, Best Actress - Popular Award for New York & Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Name : Katrina Kaif
Nick Name : Kat
Date Of Birth : July, 16, 1984
Birth Of Place : Hong Kong, China
Height : 5 8"
Father : Kashmiri,Indian (Now British Citizen)
Mother : British National
Hobbies : Watching movies, Painting, going to the gym
Dancing : Learnt Kathak
School Days : London, UK
Favourite Actors : Leonardo Dicaprio, Jhonny Depp, Sharukh Khan, Amir Khan
Favourite Actress : Kajol, Maduri Dixit
Favourite Criketer : Irfan Pathan
Favourite Movies : Umaro Jaan(1981), Casabalanca(1942), Gone with the Wind(1939)
Favourite Food : Curd and Rice
Dream Roll : "I Would love to do a movie set in times of war or conflict."
Profession : Modeling & Acting
Debut Film : Boom (2003), Hindi
Aishwarya Rai, the angel and the queen of the Bollywood, was born on 1 st Nov 1973 in INDIA. Ash, the scorpion, has got the looks of an angel and a beauty that she is with lovely green eyes and blonde auburn style and she just walks like JOHN WAYNE at 57.5" of height. Shes got a charm and wit which won her the Ms WORLD crown and glory and she kills you with her dress sense.
Ashs family consists of her mom Brindya and her bro Aditya. Ashs speech skills are great and shes well-versed in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and French.
Ash, as shes known around the world, has an amazing grace in her personality that no sooner than shes given her career in the modelling arena up is she the NO 1 in the Bollywood. Its not just the grace in her which did her the magic but behind all these achievements lie her skills, determination, dedication to the art and an undying love for the state - INDIA which drove her to let the goods.
Ash, prior to her life as a model and her debut into the Bollywood, was a first class pupil of architecture while in college and was so unhappy to leave it when forced to oblige to the demands for her participation in MS WORLD competition which she strode ahead to win in the end and so the pride for INDIA.
The greatest thing about Ash is - she all the way tries and looks forward to giving out the best in her and one has to watch her as she moves in to dance.
Watch her in Subhash Ghais "Taal". Shes Breath-Takingly Outstanding and Superb.
And to say about her acting capabilities, shes a hit and shes got the credibility for that in the Bollywood. Watch her movie - "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam".
Ash is everyones dream gal in INDIA. Of course, shes had her fan association spread beyond INDIA too becoz off the screen, she participates and gets involved in a lot of social and cultural activities striving for the cause of INDIA.
Awards:
2007
Star of the Year Award - Female for Dhoom 2 - Stardust
2006
Outstanding Contribution to Cinema - Zee Astitva
2005
Global Indian Media Personality Award - IIFA
Best Performance in a Song-Female for Kajra Re - MTV Immies
2004
Women Award for Contribution to Cinema - GR8!
Global Foreign Artiste Debutantes to Mainstream Media Award
For Excellence in Indian Fashion-Female Celebrity Model of the Year - F Awards
2003
Best Actress Award for Devdas - IIFA
Best Actor- Female for Devdas- Zee Cine Awards
True Indian Beauty Award - Zee Cine Awards
Best Actress Award for Devdas- Sansui
2002
Best Actress Award for Devdas - Filmfare
Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan for Devdas - Star Screen
Best Actress for Devdas - Star Screen
Best Actress Award, Devdas - RACE
Best Female Artist Award, Devdas - RACE (V Shantaram
2001
Best Supporting Actress, Mohabbatein - BWSK Fantasy Award b>2000
Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - IIFA
Best Actor- Female for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - Zee Cine Award
Best Actress Award in a Sensational Role for Taal - Zee Gold
Best Actress Critics Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - Zee Gold
Best Actress Award for Taal - Zee Gold
Best Actress Award, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - Rupa Filmgoers Millennium
Best Actress Award, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - Priyadarshini International b
1999
Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - Filmfare
Best Actress for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - Star Screen Awards
1997
Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Aur Pyar Ho Gaya - Star Screen Award
Name : Aishwarya Rai
Nick name : Aishu
Date of Birth : 1st November, 1973
Birth Of Place : Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Brought up in : Bombay
Height : 5 7.5 "
Profession : Model, Actress
Schooling : Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz, Bombay
College : DG Ruparel College, Matunga, Bombay
Hobbies : Listening to Music
Languages Worked : Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kanada
Father : Krisnaraj Rai
Mother : Virunda Rai
Elder brother : Aditya
Spouse : Abhishek Bachchan (Actor)
Father in law : Amitabh Batchan
Favourite colour : Black
Favourite Hero : Raj Kapoor
Favourite Heroine : Madhubala, Madhuri Dixit
Favourite Drink : Coke and coffee
Favourite Subject : Biology
Philosophy of life : Be kind, there are battles being fought and not all of them are on the battlefield
Special Talent : Bharatanatyam
Achievements : Miss World94
Debut Film : Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (Hindi)
Tamil Debut : Iruvar (Tamil)
Eesha Koppikhar is an Indian actress and model. She has appeared in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films. Known in the industry as the 'Khallas girl', Isha Koppikar shot to fame with her song number in Ram Gopal Verma's movie Company. She is 5'7", tall, beautiful and talented girl born in 1976. Isha's performance in Company mezmerised movie goers.
She had actually started her glamour career with modelling. Modelling assignments trickled in after she did a photo shoot with 'Gautam Rajyadhyaksha' when she was still in junior college. But that was just the beginning. She had done modelling for 'Deepam sarees', 'Ponds', 'Camay', 'Rexona', 'Synergy', 'Coke', 'L'Oreal' and 'Tips & Toes'. She also did five or six ramp shows. But in 1995 at the Miss India 1995 contest, she won the "Miss Talent crown".
Coming from a family of academics, she first finish her degree in Life Sciences in Ruia College, Mumbai. After that her first film was in Tamil, En Swasa Katre. She was cast opposite 'Arvind Swamy', who was at the peak of his fame at that time. The film got rave reviews and she was expected to be a big hit in the south.
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 and Pyar, Ishq aur Mohabbat. Some of the other movies that released are Sanjay Gupta's multistarrer Kaante, Plan with Dino Morea. But she got the much wanted and needed break from Ram Gopal Verma. Her item song "Khallas" became all the rage. She is nominated as a villian for film Qayamat. In Pinjar her performance was good but any how film didn't work.
Today Ishaa Khoppikar has grown beyond being just a sizzling item girl. Ishaa proved her talent by doing films like Inteqaam, Krishna Cottage, Humraahi and Raakh. In all of these she was in lead roles.
Name : Isha Gopikar
Date of Birth : 19, Sep, 1976
Place of Birth : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality : Indian
Profession : Actress and Model
College : Life Sciences in Ruia College, Mumbai
Languages Worked : Tamil, Hindi
Height : 5' and 7 and 1/2"
First Film : "En Suvaasa kaattrae" and "Kaathal Kavithai"(first gets released).
Hindi Film : Fiza (2000)
Sridevi is one of the most talented and prominent actresses of India.
Sridevi started her career as a child artist in the Tamil movie (Kandhan Karunai)(1967) and acted in many Tamil and Telugu movies. During her early adult career, she acted in a number of Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Many of her Malayalam movies were directed by I. V. Sasi. Some examples of her notable Malayalam movies are: Aadhyapaadam, Aalinganam, Kuttavum Sikshaiyum, Aa Nimisham.
In 1976, she got her first big break as a heroine in K. Balachander's Moondru Mudichu, where she starred opposite Kamal Haasan and Rajnikanth. In many ways, this movie was a landmark in Tamil filmdom. It was also one of Rajnikanth's first major movies.
She entered Hindi cinema with small roles like that in 'Solwa Saawan' and 'Julie', where she played the role of a younger sister to the lead actress. But come 'Sadma', and Sridevi's luck changed. Her expressive eye unimpeachable gestures and impeccable acting abilities, and Sridevi got the break she was looking for.
But it was 'Himmatwala' with Jeetendra in 1983 that paved the way for stardom. Good movies kept coming her way and Sridevi found herself to be the new star on the horizon. Films like 'Tohfa' with Jeetendra, 'Mr. India' with Anil Kapoor and 'Nagina' with Rishi Kapoor brought her talent to the forefront.
Power-packed films like Yash Chopra's 'Chandni' with Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna, 'Chalbaaz' with Sunny Deol and Rajnikant, 'Lamhe' with Anil Kapoor, 'Khuda Gawah' with Amitabh Bachchan were roles which were nothing but tailor-made for her. These were some of the most memorable performances of Sridevi.
Sridevi married film producer Boney Kapoor on June 2, 1996. Boney and his first wife Mona Shourie Kapoor had accommodated Sridevi in their home during Sridevi's stay in Mumbai. At that time Boney and Mona had been married for several years and had two children Arjun and Anshula. Mona Kapoor stayed in Boney Kapoor's parents home for 10 years after the divorce to give her children a sense of family. Boney Kapoor and Sridevi have two daughters: Jhanvi and Khushi. Through her husband she is related to the large Surinder Kapoor film clan (see List of Bollywood film clans). Actor Anil Kapoor, her co-star in a number films, is her brother-in-law.
Awards and Honours:
Filmfare Awards
Won
1982 - Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil) for Meendum Kokila
1990 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Chaalbaaz
1992 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Lamhe
1993 - Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) for Kshana Kshanam
Nominated
1976 - Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil) for Moondru Mudichu
1977 - Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil) for 16 Vayathinile
1983 - Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil) for Moondram pirai
1980 - Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil) for Jhonny
1983 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Sadma
1990 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Chandni
1992 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Khuda Gawah
1993 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Gumrah
1994 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Laadla
1997 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Judaai
Honours:
1997 - "Kalasaraswathi" award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh
2003 - "Lachchu Maharaj Award"
2008 - FICCI "Living Legend in Entertainment" award
Name : Sridevi
Date Of Birth : August, 13, 1963
Birth Of Place : Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality : Indian
Father's Name : Ayyapan (Lawyer)
Mother's Name : Rajeswari
Spouse : Boney Kapoor (producer)
Daughters : Jhanvi, Khushi
Profession : Actress
Languages Worked : Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam
Debut Film : Kandhan Karunai (in the age of 4)
Moondru Mudichu (1976) Tamil
