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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Actress Biography
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011
Ameesha Patel
Ameesha Patel the famous Bollywood figure features chiefly in Bollywood films. Making her acting debut with Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai opposite Hrithik Roshan, the actress bagged critical acclaim for her acting skills in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha opposite superstar Sunny Deol, and soon the film became one of the biggest hits in the era of Hindi cinema,bagging her a Filmfare Special Performance Award. The actress would consequently showcased in various flicks, most of which proved dud at the box office.
It is said that her performance in the 2006 release Ankahee, received critical acknowledgement, and she continued it with a supporting character that she played in 2007 hit movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa. The actress has also endorsed famous Indian brands such as Bajaj Sevashram, Fair and Lovely, Cadburys Jai Lime, Fem, Lux, etc. After showing her brilliant acting skills in Anil Sharma’s Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, in 2002, she had four failures but her last suspense thriller, Humraaz, became one of the biggest grossing movies of the year at the box office,
and she was also nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award for the film. The Abbas-Mustan marital thriller saw her enacting a role with negative shadows for the first time in in her career. Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai, Aap Mujhe Acche Lagne Lage were average box office success. Satish Kaushik's thriller film Vaada, featured Ameesha portraying the character of Arjun Rampal's disloyal wife. Elaan, showcased her as a TV reporter. She was also seen in Ketan Mehta's historical drama Mangal Pandey: The Rising. 2006 releases Mere Jeevan Saathi, Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera, Tathastu, Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai, etc were all big flops. 2011 projects Power, Run Bhola Run and Chatur Singh two Star featured the diva.
MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2011
Praveen Babi
Parveen Babi was a famous Bollywood artiste, who is chiefly known to the whole world for her enchanting characters together with top listed male actors of the 1970’s and early 1980’s in smash hits like Deewar, Namak Halaal, Amar Akbar Anthony and Shaan. The actress never married but was involved in relationships with famous personalities like filmmakerMahesh Bhatt, Bollywood star Kabir Bedi, and Danny Denzongpatoo. It was also believed that the beautiful diva had a strong love affair with Amitabh Bachchan.
Mahesh Bhatt penned and directed the 1982 successful hit film Arth , that was considered as a semi-autobiographical venture about his personal relationship with Praveen, and again he wrote as well as produced the 2006 released WohLamhewhich was madeon real facts about his relationship with the actress. Parveen Babi started her line of business in modelling in 1972 and was immediately followed by her debut with the movie Charitra which was released in 1973 opposite cricketer Salim Durrani.
The movie was a ringing flop but Parveen Babiwas admired and was signed up for many more Bollywood projects. Her foremost successful hit was 1974 Majboor opposite Amitabh Bachchan. Praveen was the first Bollywood babe to have been showcased on TIME magazine's cover page, in July 1976, much to the unrest of her colleagues. She had also appeared in Kaalia, Khud-daar, Suhaag, Kaala Patthar, Meri Aawaaz Suno and The Burning Train. She too featured in innovative movies like Vinod Pande's Yeh Nazdeekiyan which got released in 1982. In the film she portrayed the character of the other lady opposite Marc Zuber.
Praveen known for her sublime acting skills was found dead in her Mumbai residence on 22nd January 2005 after the residential society secretary stated the police that she had not collected milk and newspapers from her house for three days. It was assumed that the actress was suffering from gangrene of the foot as she was diabetic. The police ruled out any foul play and it was determined she had died from what appeared to be complications from diabetes.
MONDAY, MAY 16, 2011
Farah Naaz
Farah Naaz was a well known face in Bollywood. Her most memorable movies were Hamara Khandaan, Naqab, Yateem and Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri. Farah took retirement from acting in 1990. She worked with almost all of the top listed stars of her times namely Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Mithun, Govinda, and Aamir Khan. Farah made her debut in the year 1985 with Yash Chopra's Faasle opposite Rohan Kapoor.
She was part of hits movies like Marte Dam Tak, Naseeb Apna Apna, Love 86, Imaandaar, Ghar Ghar Ki Kahaani, Diljala, Rakhwala, Hamara Khandaan, Woh Phir Ayegi, Veeru Dada, Baap Ek Numbari Beta Dus Numbari and Muqabla and so on. In the 1990s, Farah Naaz worked withAamir Khan in two films, Jawani Jindabad and Isi Ka Naam Zindagi, but both the films badly failed at box office. She was also approached forKhuda Gawah but because of delays in production, she was later on replaced with Shilpa Shirodkar. Farah Naaz then started portraying supporting characters in movies like Muqabla, Dhartiputra and Izzat Ki Roti. The actress after sometime appeared on small screen and did some daily soaps like Amar Prem, Andaz, Ahaa, Vailayiti Babu and Papa.
SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2011
Smita Patil
Making a mark for herself in Bollywood industry with the release of 1977 flick Bhumika actress Smita Patil acted in number of Bollywood films and also contributed in television and theatre. Smita Patil featured in almost seventy five Hindi and Marathi movies and also bagged National Film Awards and Filmfare Award and she was the receiver of the Padma ShriIndia's fourth-highest civilian honour in 1985. Smita played most remarkable roles in movies like Manthan, Bhumika, Aakrosh, Chakra and Mirch Masala. Apart from acting, the Bollywood known figure was a member of the Women's Centre situated in Mumbai. Smita Patil was always ready to help women in every possible way.
Smita Patil was married to Bollywood famous star Raj Babbar. Unfortunately, the actress died on 13 December 1986 at the age of 31. It has been revealed that the successful actress was more related to small cinema for about five years. She had also truned down all commercial offers. Somewhere in 1977 and 1978, the small cinema era began approaching many stars. She was abruptly removed from a couple of ventures. This was a understated matter but anyhow affected the actress. She even tried to keep her cool. The day she turned down big, commercial offers because of her contract to small cinema, since then the actress got less amount of offers from Bollywood. Also named as tidal wave, the actress had to suffer a lot of controversies as she was linked up with many Bollywood celebrities.
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011
Jacqueline Fernandez biography
Jacqueline Fernandez born in Colombo, Western Province, Fernandez belongs to Sinhalese family. Her fafther's native place is Negombo who noe lives in Malaysia and her mother is from Kandy. At the little age, her family migrated to Bahrain from where she did her schooling. She completed her graduation in mass media from the Murrey University in Melbourne, Australia . It was from there, she planned to chose Modelling as her career followed by serving for various fashion shows Australia, Singapore, Dubai and Sri Lanka Her career- Fernandez earned the title of Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe 2006.
in March 2006, She was among one of the contestant in Miss Universe 2006. After contending at the pageant of Miss Universe she started her work as an anchor on Lanka Business Report where she use to write weekly column for The Daily Mirror, at the time she continued modeling in India. In year 2006, she made her first acting debut for a fascinating Bollywood movie, Alladin. The movie was directed by Sujoy Gosh,. It was this movie which added spark to her career as she got an opportunity to work with B Towns big fames Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, and Ritesh Deshmukh.In the movie, She potraited the character of Jasmine, the new girl in college who has come from America.
actress once again was seen with Actor Ritesh Deshmukh again in the romantic comedy Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai. Ater this she appeared in many super hit movies like in Sajid Khan's Housefull featuring in supporting role.currently Fernandez is working in the Tamil film Mankatha in a special role alongside Ajith Kumar, Nagarjuna, Trisha Krishnan, Manoj Manchu, Vedhika Kumar and Lakshmi Rai. Well, her upcoming movie isMurder 2 and further will be seen in Milap Zaveri's film.
MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011
Sensational queen- Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukonee, born on 5th January 1986 in Mangalore, Karnataka is daughter of former badminton champion Prakash Padukonee and Ujjala Padukonee. She started her career as a scorching model and gradually swifted into Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language movies. She did played Badminton during her school days and at State level but did not chose it as career as her poised Beauty tilted her towards the Glamor world. Padukonee Started the journey by perusing career in modeling ,marked in a ramp competition in NLS, Bangalore. Next was the aupicious eve of fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards where she was awarded the title "Model of the Year" followed by being chosen as one of the model for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006.
Successfully she won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards: "Female Model of the Year" and "Fresh Face of the Year”. Throwing light on her acting journey, her first debut was in Kannada film Aishwarya in 2006 followed by Hindi Super blockbuster 'Om Shanti Om' opposite to Shah Rukh Khan, the movie which revolutionize her whole career and because of which, she was honored with Filmfare Best Female Debut Award .Casting opposite to King Khan easily justifies her elegant beauty and talent both. on the way was Siddharth Anand's romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno opposite to Ranbir Kapoor where she played the role of independent young girl, Gaytri. Forster came big banner superhits like Chandni Chowk To China, Love Aaj Kal and Housefull. Former Model was also debuted inHimesh Reshmiya's album 'aap ka Suroor' where she looked stunning in black gown. Besides acting,She quickly endorsed premium brands like Liril soap, Limca, Close-Up toothpaste, Kingfisher Airlines ,Tissot, Nescafe and more including international cosmetics vogue Maybelline. The young dynamic model was conferred with lot many Awards for Modeling and acting styles.
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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
Zarina Wahab
Bollywood actress Zarina Wahab hails from Andhra Pradesh. The actress who is well versed in English, Hindi and Telugu languages have done numerous critically acclaimed films like Chit Chor, Gopal Krishna. Flmmaker Raj Kapoor was not so much impressed with her personality, when he met her at FTII. So Zarina Wahab since that day decided to work hard to change her entire look and attended film parties and events. The actress as time passed got noticed and was cast in several movies. In 1974 Zarina was seen in Dev Anand directed film Ishq Ishq Ishq along with Zeenat Aman, Kabir Bedi and the talented actress Shabana Azmi.
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Zarina Wahab was normally roped in as the middle-class, natural character. The diva had a major hit movie in Basu Chatterjee's Chit Chor which was released in 1976. Zarina also bagged a a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress for the character she portrayed in Gharonda in 1977. She has also contributed in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam movies. In 1977, she also featured in “Agar…If” alongwith Amol Palekar and Kader Khan. Zarina Wahab as stated made a comeback to Malayalam projects with Calendar, which released in 2009. She appeared in Bollywood movie “My Name Is Khan” playing mother to Rizwan Khan played by Shahrukh Khan.
She most targets towards Telugu flicks, and has encouraged her daughter Sana too to begin start her career in South Indian films, the way she had in a Telugu film Gajula Kistayya
Though her daughter Sana tried acting in 2006 many times but couldn’t survive in the stardom world. Zarina Wahab currently plays older roles in television serials. Zarina Wahab met Bollywood filmstar Aditya Pancholion the sets of Kalan Ka Tika. After which they got married in 1986. Still they are living happily together. Other than this she has also appeared inRam Gopal Varma’s Rakta Charitra in 2010.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
Rajshree
Bollywood actress Rajshree was well acknowledged for her classic beauty, acting abilities and dancing qualifications. Rajshree is the daughter of acclaimed Indian filmmaker V. Shantaram and actress Jayshree, second wife of V. Shantaram. Her brother Kiran Kumar was a former Sheriff of Mumbai. While shooting with Raj Kapoor in America for film “Around the World in Eight Dollars”, Rajshree met American student Greg Chapman.z The two got married three years later in a Vedic, Hindu marriage ceremony in India, that lasted five days and was attended by 15 thousand guests.
The actress left with her husband to permanently live in America. They have one daughter. She has been living in America for the past thirty years running a successful custom clothing business while still maintaining her interest in movies. She was an assistant director on three films, “Hack O’Lantern”, “Tainted Love” and “Monsoon” and has done narration on a children’s video titled “Ashok By Any Other Name. Rajshree was launched by her father along with actor Jeetendra in the film Geet Gaya Patharon Ne. She also starred in popular hits films like Brahmachari, Jaanwar and Shehnai. Naina, Brahmachari, Suhag Raat, Dil Ne Pukara, Gunahon Ka Devta, Mohabbat Zindagi Hai , Sagaai, Janwar,,Do Dil, Ji Chahta Hai, Ghar Basake Dekho, Stree and Subah Ka Tara were some of her noted Bollywood films. Her movie Brahmachari also bagged the Filmfare Best Movie Award in 1968. Shammi Kapoor was awarded the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the same movie. Sehnai released in 1964 was directed by S. D. Narang featured Rajshree, Biswajeet, Nirupa Roy, Leela Chitnis, Johnny Walker Asit Sen and Iftekhar in pivotal roles. Rajshree also made her mark in Bollywood and is still remembered till date for her outstanding performance and her appearance with the renowned Bollywood actors like Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Jeetendra, etc!!
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif is one of the hot actresses in Bollywood film industry. Nick named as Kat, she born on 16-July-1984. Her birth place is Hong Kong while her native place is London. She is 5'9" long. Kat is very attractive because of her Vital Stats, which is 36-28-36. Her mother is from England while her father is from Kashmir. Firstly she was doing modeling. She started modeling when she was of only 14 year old. She was in Hawaii at that time and got chance for modeling for a jewelry campaign. After this she did modeling in her home town.
When she started working in Bollywood she was only of 18 years. Katrina got her first break in Bollywood in movie "Boom", which was offered to her by film-maker Kaizad Gustad. With Atul Kasbekar she did many professional photo shoot, and got offers from LG, Cola, Fevicol, Lakme, and Veet. In year 2005, she was chosen as the face of the year for the Lakme India Fashion Week. Her favourite actors are: Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan. Favorite actresses are Kajol and Madhuri Dixit. She loves cricket, her favourite cricketer is Irfan Pathan.
Her favourite Indian food is Dahi and Rice. Kat likes to watch movies also, her favourite movies are: Umrao Jaan (1981), Casablanca (1942), and Gone with the Wind (1939). Kat loves 'Gucci Rush' perfume most. Katrina Kaif did many movies like: Boom, Malliswari, Sarkar, Maine Pyar Kyu Kiya, Allari Pidugu, Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye, Balram V/S Taradas, Namastey London, Apne, Partner, Nanhe Jaisalmer, Welcome, Race, Singh Is Kinng, Hello, Yucvraaj, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Blue, New York, Tees Maar Khan, And latest upcoming is Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Kat is very good actress, her voice is very soft. When she smiles she looks very cute. She is very bold in nature.
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MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2011
Bina Rai
Bina Rai born on 4 June 1936 was a renowned Bollywood actress of the black and white time of Hindi cinema. Bina was mostly known for her characters she played in classic films like Anarkali, Taj Mahal, and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in the movie, Ghunghat. Before coming to Mumbai, the actress stayed in Kanpur.
She had to persuade her mother and father to allow her to opt acting as her career. Bina Raiwas a first year student of Arts in the Isabella Theodore College' of Lucknow in the year 1950, when she came to know about an advertisement that organised a talent contest. When she applied for the contest the sponsors of the show approached her. On the other hand Bina went Mumbai to take part in the contest where she bagged whooping amount, that time, of Rs. 25 thousand. Soon after that she made her first Bollywood debut with Kishore Sahu's project titled 'Kali Ghata' in the year 1951 opposite Kishore Sahu.
Somewhere in the 1950’s the actress married Bollywood star Prem Nath, whose sister Krishna tied the knot with Bollywood superstar and filmmaker Raj Kapoor. Bina Rai was paired up with Prem Nath before marriage in films like Aurat and Delilah. The couple within no time made their first film production house known by the name of P.N. Films. The first film made under the banner was Shagufa which got released in 1954 but the movie couldn’t run at the box office.
Neither Bina Rai’s charm nor Prem Nath’s thin-skinned depiction of the character of a doctor could set aside "Shagufa" from being a dud. And the movies that followed Shagufa were Prisoner of Golconda, Samunder and Watan vanished within couple of days. It is assumed that for these reasons the off-screen couple couldn’t impress the audiences with their on-screen thanda performance.
Bina Rai was later paired opposite actor Pradeep Kumar in films like Ghunghat, Anarkali, Taj Mahal respectively. In the 1970s, Bina’s son Prem Krishen became a star and gave a superhit film Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye which got released in 1977. But he later on became a producer and launched his banner with the name Cinevista, and went on to produce small screen daily soaps like Kathasagar, Gul Gulshan Gulfam and Junoon. Bina Rai left the Hindi cinema many years ago. Her husband Prem Nath died on 3 November 1992. The actress as said died on 6th December, 2009.
First Name: Diya
Last Name: Mirza
Nick Name: Dee
Birthdate: December 9, 1981
Star Sign Sagittarius
Eye Colour: Light Brown
Height: 5' 6"
Profession: Modeling & Acting
Titles Won: Miss Asia Pacific 2000
Career: At the age of 16 she was working as a marketing executive at sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15 per cent commision on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She has done an advertising campaign which appeared in femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. Thats when Miss India happned.
Her confidence belies her status in the industry. But it is her keen sense of direction and her intrinsic intelligence which makes her so poised and confident. She's all of 20 and yet has accomplished so much. Diya Mirza has a world of opportunities open to her and for the first time she's sure of what she wants to be.
Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.
Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.
For a 20 year old Diya has accomplished so much but Diya's dream has only just begun.
Movie Carrer : She made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan. The film was not a box office success. A series of unsuccessful films followed, among them Tumsa Nahin Dekha and Deewaanapan.
In 2005, Mirza appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. In 2006 she teamed up once again with Chopra and Sanjay Dutt for the successful film Lage Raho Munna Bhai. She also played in the music video Kajara Mohabbat Wala from Sonu Nigam album Kajara Nite.
She has also appeared in Dus and in Fight Club. She will appear later this year in Familywala and Naa Naa Karte.
At 18, a quiet, introverted girl entered the Femina Miss India Contest to have some fun.
She walked away with 3 titles – Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewers’ Choice Award and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific. Not that Diya was complaining.
Life has changed in the 10 months since she won the Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific Crown. She has had to make choices over what most 18-year old girls are taken for granted – parents, education and paying bills.
As a career move, the Hyderabad girl shifted to Mumbai, away from home and family. Compromises have been difficult, but necessary.
Like with her education, for one. She opted to do her First Year Bachelor of Arts via correspondence, but as the Miss Asia Pacific competition drew closer, juggling work and studies became close to impossible, specially with her modeling assignments, travelling and training.
Diya says, "I am getting first-hand knowledge about the world and about people from my travels. Of course, when I come back I will resume my formal studies. But I don’t have any regrets right now."
She adds, "My carefree days are over. I have become responsible and busy."
Especially with all the training she has had to undergo. Sabira Merchant worked with her on her diction and etiquette, physical training was with Talwalkars, diet with Anjali Mukherjee, skin care with Dr. Jamuna Pai, hair and make-up with Bharat and Doris Godambe, and clothes from Ritu Kumar and Hemant Trivedi.
Diya is all prepared to hitch her wagon to a star. She is a young woman who is caring, sensitive, beautiful and loving.
She is also independent and armed with a mind of her own. And with everyone’s confidence and encouragement egging on her, Diya has a good chance of bagging a crown India hasn’t won in 25 years.
Her confidence belies her status in the industry. But it is her keen sense of direction and her intrinsic intelligence which makes her so poised and confident. She's all of 20 and yet has accomplished so much. Diya Mirza has a world of opportunities open to her and for the first time she's sure of what she wants to be.
Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.
Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.
Diya Mirza also worked in a film with arjun rampal titled Deewanapan and she is extremly excited about it.
For a 20 year old Diya has accomplished so much but Diya's dream has only just begun.
She had to persuade her mother and father to allow her to opt acting as her career. Bina Raiwas a first year student of Arts in the Isabella Theodore College' of Lucknow in the year 1950, when she came to know about an advertisement that organised a talent contest. When she applied for the contest the sponsors of the show approached her. On the other hand Bina went Mumbai to take part in the contest where she bagged whooping amount, that time, of Rs. 25 thousand. Soon after that she made her first Bollywood debut with Kishore Sahu's project titled 'Kali Ghata' in the year 1951 opposite Kishore Sahu.
Somewhere in the 1950’s the actress married Bollywood star Prem Nath, whose sister Krishna tied the knot with Bollywood superstar and filmmaker Raj Kapoor. Bina Rai was paired up with Prem Nath before marriage in films like Aurat and Delilah. The couple within no time made their first film production house known by the name of P.N. Films. The first film made under the banner was Shagufa which got released in 1954 but the movie couldn’t run at the box office.
Neither Bina Rai’s charm nor Prem Nath’s thin-skinned depiction of the character of a doctor could set aside "Shagufa" from being a dud. And the movies that followed Shagufa were Prisoner of Golconda, Samunder and Watan vanished within couple of days. It is assumed that for these reasons the off-screen couple couldn’t impress the audiences with their on-screen thanda performance.
Bina Rai was later paired opposite actor Pradeep Kumar in films like Ghunghat, Anarkali, Taj Mahal respectively. In the 1970s, Bina’s son Prem Krishen became a star and gave a superhit film Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye which got released in 1977. But he later on became a producer and launched his banner with the name Cinevista, and went on to produce small screen daily soaps like Kathasagar, Gul Gulshan Gulfam and Junoon. Bina Rai left the Hindi cinema many years ago. Her husband Prem Nath died on 3 November 1992. The actress as said died on 6th December, 2009.
Diya Mirza Biography And Picture Gallery
First Name: DiyaLast Name: Mirza
Nick Name: Dee
Birthdate: December 9, 1981
Star Sign Sagittarius
Eye Colour: Light Brown
Height: 5' 6"
Profession: Modeling & Acting
Titles Won: Miss Asia Pacific 2000
Career: At the age of 16 she was working as a marketing executive at sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15 per cent commision on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She has done an advertising campaign which appeared in femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. Thats when Miss India happned.
Her confidence belies her status in the industry. But it is her keen sense of direction and her intrinsic intelligence which makes her so poised and confident. She's all of 20 and yet has accomplished so much. Diya Mirza has a world of opportunities open to her and for the first time she's sure of what she wants to be.
Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.
Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.
For a 20 year old Diya has accomplished so much but Diya's dream has only just begun.
Movie Carrer : She made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan. The film was not a box office success. A series of unsuccessful films followed, among them Tumsa Nahin Dekha and Deewaanapan.
In 2005, Mirza appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. In 2006 she teamed up once again with Chopra and Sanjay Dutt for the successful film Lage Raho Munna Bhai. She also played in the music video Kajara Mohabbat Wala from Sonu Nigam album Kajara Nite.
She has also appeared in Dus and in Fight Club. She will appear later this year in Familywala and Naa Naa Karte.
At 18, a quiet, introverted girl entered the Femina Miss India Contest to have some fun.
She walked away with 3 titles – Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewers’ Choice Award and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific. Not that Diya was complaining.
Life has changed in the 10 months since she won the Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific Crown. She has had to make choices over what most 18-year old girls are taken for granted – parents, education and paying bills.
As a career move, the Hyderabad girl shifted to Mumbai, away from home and family. Compromises have been difficult, but necessary.
Like with her education, for one. She opted to do her First Year Bachelor of Arts via correspondence, but as the Miss Asia Pacific competition drew closer, juggling work and studies became close to impossible, specially with her modeling assignments, travelling and training.
Diya says, "I am getting first-hand knowledge about the world and about people from my travels. Of course, when I come back I will resume my formal studies. But I don’t have any regrets right now."
She adds, "My carefree days are over. I have become responsible and busy."
Especially with all the training she has had to undergo. Sabira Merchant worked with her on her diction and etiquette, physical training was with Talwalkars, diet with Anjali Mukherjee, skin care with Dr. Jamuna Pai, hair and make-up with Bharat and Doris Godambe, and clothes from Ritu Kumar and Hemant Trivedi.
Diya is all prepared to hitch her wagon to a star. She is a young woman who is caring, sensitive, beautiful and loving.
She is also independent and armed with a mind of her own. And with everyone’s confidence and encouragement egging on her, Diya has a good chance of bagging a crown India hasn’t won in 25 years.
Her confidence belies her status in the industry. But it is her keen sense of direction and her intrinsic intelligence which makes her so poised and confident. She's all of 20 and yet has accomplished so much. Diya Mirza has a world of opportunities open to her and for the first time she's sure of what she wants to be.
Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.
Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.
Diya Mirza also worked in a film with arjun rampal titled Deewanapan and she is extremly excited about it.
For a 20 year old Diya has accomplished so much but Diya's dream has only just begun.
She can fluently converse in Hindi, Punjabi, English and French languages. Minissha has appeared in films like Yahaan, 
In addition to this, Shahana Goswami also received training in Odissi for 10 years under Guru Padmashri Kiran Segal and has trot and performed expansively with her dance troupe. Shahana Goswami had a single-minded focus on professional acting since she was a kid. The lass moved to Mumbai to complete her graduation and to explore the possibility of taking up acting as a career. In Mumbai, Shahana's first acted with Jaimini Pathak's theatre group. There, she started working as a production assistant and then she acted in their productions titled ‘Seagull’ and ‘Arabian Nights’.
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