Saturday 27 August 2011

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982 is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film Bluffmaster! Chopra made her acting debut with the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan. The following year, she made her Bollywood film debut with The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and followed it with the hit Andaaz, for which she won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. In 2004, she became the second woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award, which she received for her critically acclaimed performance in Aitraaz.

 Chopra would later have commercial success with films like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi 2004, Krrish 2006 and Don – The Chase Begins Again. In 2008, Chopra received a National Film Award for Best Actress, as well as a Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a model in Fashion and has thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Bollywood. Chopra's mother sent in pictures of her for the Miss India contest. When she got called to participate, she was surprised and did it mainly to take a break from studying. She came in second place at the Femina Miss India 2000 competition, winning the Femina Miss India World title. She was subsequently sent to the Miss World pageant, where she was crowned Miss World 2000. In the same year, Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza, both also from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns respectively, in a rare triple victory for one country. When Chopra won the Miss World crown, she became the fifth Indian woman to win the title, and the fourth Indian woman to win in a span of seven years. 


  













                                             













   

Wednesday 24 August 2011

Vidya Balan


Vidya Balan born 1 January 1978 is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films.
Balan made her movie debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko in 2003. She later made her Hindi film debut with Parineeta 2005, which earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut as well as her first Best Actress nomination at the same ceremony. She subsequently essayed a variety of character roles, receiving her first commercial success with Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai 2006. She subsequently appeared in such films as Guru, Heyy Babyy 2008 and Bhool Bhulaiya 2008, the latter earning her another Filmfare nomination.
In 2009 she appeared as a single mother of a child suffering from progeria in R. Balki's Paa, her performance in which ultimately won her a Best Actress award at Filmfare. 2010 saw the release of Ishqiya, starring Balan in a role for which she was praised and awarded, and she followed it with her first real-life character of Sabrina Lal in the biopic No One Killed Jessica.














Nila AA


Meera Chopra born on 8 July 1983, also known as Nila, is an Indian film actress, who appears in Telugu and Tamil films.
Nila's first film was Anbe Aaruyire produced and directed by S. J. Suryah, in which she played the lead role. The movie was a smash hit and she got an instant recognition in Tamil cinema. Later, she went on to do some Telugu movies. Her last Telugu movie Vaana, was produced by an ace producer M. S. Raju, where her acting was highly appreciated.known for working with her own rules and principles, soon she said bye to cinema and ventured into fashion business.Jaganmohini remains her most recent and last release.













Tuesday 23 August 2011

Preetika Rao

Preetika Rao, credited as Preetika, is an Indian film actress, model and writer. After a successful career in modelling and then as a film journalist, she made her first appearance in the 2010 Tamil romantic film Chikku Bukku.
Preetika Rao started her modeling career at the age of 19 in an advertisement for Cadburys alongside Amitabh Bachchan and featured in several prestigious ad campaigns in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, SriLanka and Indonesia. Preetika also had her own Bollywood column with South Side movie magazine in Chennai where she contributed from Mumbai. During her time as a columnist, Preetika also contributed articles in the Deccan Chronicle and the Asian Age. She currently holds a post with the Bangalore Mirror.
Preetika's first release was the 2010 Tamil romantic film, Chikku Bukku, which also featured Arya and Shriya Saran. She was approached for the lead role after director Manikandan spotted her Column Picture in Southside magazine, and replaced her instead of Vidya Balan in the project. Preetika played the role of a tamil brahmin girl from the 1980s settled in Karaikudi who falls in love with Arya, and to prepare for her role she took Tamil diction lessons from her grandmother, who was born in Tamil Nadu. Post-release, her portrayal has won critical acclaim, with a critic from Rediff claiming that Preetika "walks away with the honours" and looks "fresh and appealing", whilst Sify's review cites that she has a "scorching screen presence" and is "promising".