FAMOUS ARTIST THIS YEAR: May 2009

Aarti Chhabria

Aarti Chhabria joins the ranks of the numerous models who have tried their luck in cinema. Aarti Chhabria was born on 21st November 1982 in India. She grew up as part of a Sindhi family that was uninvolved in the glamour industry.

Aarti worked in several ads like Krack Cream and Amul and appeared in music videos like Sukhwinder Singh’s ‘Nasha Hi Nasha’ and Adnan Sami’s ‘Tera Chehra’.

Aarti Chhabria won the Miss India crown in the year 1999. Aarti Chhabria’s first appearance on the big screen was with Rajkumar Santoshi’s Lajja (2001) as Sushma, Gajendra’s daughter. This was followed by performances in Awaara Paagal Deewana (2002), Shaadi No.1 (2005) and Teesri Aankh (2006).

Actress Filmography

Partner (2007)
Anamika (2007)
Teesri Aankh - The Hidden Camera (2006)
Shootout At Lokhandwala (2006)
Milenge Milenge (2006)
Tum Mere Ho (2006)
Team - The Force (2006)
Maqsad (2006)
Kisse Pyaar Karoon (2006)
Shaadi No.1 (2005)
Ssukh (2005)
Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo (2004)
Okariki Okaru (2003)
Raja Bhaiya (2003)
Awara Paagal Deewana (2002)
Tum Se Achcha Kaun Hai (2002)
Lajja (2002)

In 2007, Aarti Chhabria was part of some of the year’s biggest hits like Shootout at Lokhandwala, Partner and Heyy Babyy. Her next movie due for release in 2009 is Milenge Milenge with Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur and Kisse Pyaar Karoon.

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Cast : Jay, Swathi, Sasi Kumar
Direction : Sasi Kumar
Music : James Vasanthan

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The irreplaceable actress- Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari or Mahjabeen Bano was born on August 1, 1932. Meena Kumari was an Indian movie actress and poetess. Meena Kumari is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema.

During a career spanning 30 years from her childhood to her death, she starred in more than 90 films, many of which have achieved classic and cult status today.

Meena Kumari gained a reputation for playing grief-stricken and tragic roles, and her performances have been praised and remembered throughout the years. Like one of her best-known roles, Chhoti Bahu, in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Kumari became addicted to alcohol. Her life and prosperous career were marred by heavy drinking, troubled relationships, an ensuing deteriorating health, and her death from liver cirrhosis in 1972.

Kumari is often cited by media and literary sources as "The Tragedy Queen", both for her frequent portrayal of sorrowful and dramatic roles in her films and her real-life story. Meena Kumari was the legendary tragedy queen of Indian Cinema who shot into stardom in the early 1950's.

Mahjabeen was renamed Baby Meena and her first film as a child was Farzand-e-Watan or Leatherface (1939), directed by Vijay Bhatt for Prakash Studios. She was the sole bread-earner of the family as she was given roles in films all throughout the 1940s. Her early adult work consisted of mainly mythological films like Veer Ghatotkach (1949), Shri Ganesh Mahima (1950) and fantasies like Alladin and The Wonderful Lamp (1952). Meena hit the big time with her mentor Vijay Bhatt's Baiju Bawra (1952).

Meena was known for her tragic roles and she too chose more such roles to cultivate her image of being the great tragidienne because in the few light-hearted films she did in-between like Azaad (1955), Miss Mary (1957), Shararat (1959), and Kohinoor (1960).

A reluctant entrant to films, her greatest celluloid fantasy, it seems, only waited for her dejection, and eventual death, before becoming a huge success. A legend when she was alive, and an irreplaceable actress after her death, Meena Kumari's iconic status will remain untouched for a long time to come."Gomti ke Kinare" was her last film.

The Living Legend-Asha Parekh

Asha Parekh was born into a middle-class Gujarati household on October 2, 1942 in Mahuva, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat. Since Asha Parekh was an only child, she became the centre of her parents' lives. Her mother enrolled her in Indian classical dance classes at an early age and Asha excelled at dancing to the point where she performed at stage shows and private functions.

Asha Parekh started her career as a child artiste under the screen name Baby Asha Parekh in the film Aasmaan (1952). Famed film director Bimal Roy saw her dance at a stage function and cast her at the tender age of twelve in Baap Beti (1954). The film's failure disappointed her and even though she did a couple more child roles, she quit to resume her schooling. Asha Parekh was one of the top stars in Hindi films from 1959 to 1973 and is said to have starred in more hit films than any other actress.

At the age of 16 Asha Parekh decided to try acting again and make her debut as a heroine, but Asha was rejected from Vijay Bhatt's Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959) in favor of actress Ameeta, because the filmmaker claimed she was not star material. The very next day, film producer Subodh Mukherjee and writer-director Nasir Hussain cast her as the heroine in Dil Deke Dekho (1959) opposite Shammi Kapoor which made her a huge star.
Asha stopped acting in 1995 to pursue directing and producing television serials, but her acting accomplishments were not forgotten as she received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.

Asha Parekh has continued to receive other Lifetime Achievement Awards: Kalakar Award in 2004; International Indian Film Academy Awards in 2006; Pune International Film Festival Award (2007); Ninth Annual Bollywood Award (2007) in Long Island, New York. Asha received the Living Legend Award from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI).

Anne Hathaway - E! True Hollywood Story, Heath Ledger

Anne Hathaway appeared in "E! True Hollywood Story" - Heath Ledger (2008) TV episode as Herself.

"E! True Hollywood Story" - Heath Ledger is nice tribute. First of all, I want to say that this report is awesome! It's great and lovely, to review Heath Ledger's life, because he was a great actor,person and he deserves it. Nobody says anything negative about Heath's life, so maybe this is a sign that he was really a good person gone too soon. Leave a two year old daughter who is his father image, and he's still with us, because he lives in her. I'm from Spain, and I wanted to know if there's any possibility to get this report. I watched it in Youtube, but it can be download. So if someone knows any page where I can find a link to download it, I'll be very pleased, because here in Spain, we don't have "True Hollywood Story" and it's impossible for me to get the report. Thank you in advance, and I repeat, it's a very nice tribute to him.

Episode Cast

Beng Spies	...	Narrator
Heath Ledger	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mark Naglazas	...	Himself
Annie Murtagh-Monks	...	Herself
John Rapsey	...	Himself
Melissa Thomas-Dunkley	...	Herself
Ann Fay	...	Herself
Jefery Levy	...	Himself
Shaun Cassidy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Rick Rosenthal	...	Himself
Chad Hartigan	...	Himself
Bryan Brown	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gregor Jordan	...	Himself
Noreen Hobson	...	Herself
Mel Gibson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mark Addy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Shannyn Sossamon	...	Herself (archive footage)
Naomi Watts	...	Herself (archive footage)
Ang Lee	...	Himself
Michelle Williams	...	Herself (archive footage)
Anne Hathaway	...	Herself (archive footage)
Annie Proulx	...	Herself
Keith Szarabajka	...	Himself
Christian Bale	...	Himself (archive footage)
Vincent Fantauzzo	...	Himself - artist
Verne Troyer	...	Himself
Paul Browne	...	Himself - NYC Police Deputy Commissioner
Ray Kelly	...	Himself
Drew Pinsky	...	Himself
Kim Ledger	...	Himself / Heath's Father

Vincent Fauntauzzo	...	Himself

The Icon Of Style- Simi Garewal

Simi Garewal or Simi Grewal was born 17 October 1947. She is an Indian actress. Simi acted in Bollywood and was known for being bold. Born in India, her father was a brigadier in the army. Simi Garewal grew up in England and developed an impeccable English accent that landed her in a English-language film "Tarzan Goes to India" in 1962 with Feroz Khan.

In the 1960s and 70s Simi played in Bollywood movies, working with leading directors such as Raj Khosla in Do Badan, Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker, (1970), Satyajit Ray in Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in a Forest) and Mrinal Sen in Padatik (The Guerilla Fighter).

Simi Garewal also starred in Columbia Pictures' "Siddhartha", based on the novel by Herman Hesse, a role in which Garewal did a nude scene that caused some controversy in India. Simi was once married to O.P. Bahl, which did not last long.

By the mid 1970's, Simi had a small peripheral role in a popular film like Kabhie Kabhie (1976) and a starring role in the flop Chalte Chalte (1976).

Simi Garewal made a strong impression in her comeback as a villainess in Karz (1980). Simi's 3-part documentary on Rajiv Gandhi titled India's Rajiv received acclaim. She also wrote and directed a Hindi feature film Rukhsat and produced television commercials.

Awards and nominations

1966-Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in Do Badan
1968-Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in Saathi
1980-Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Karz

Simi also anchored the popular talk show Rendezvous with Simi Grewal, now in its 8th year. She wears her signature white clothes on TV shows and at award ceremonies, and is popularly known as "The Lady in White".

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The cutie-faced Ayesha Jhulka

Ayesha Jhulka is a famous Bollywood actress, born on 28 July in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Ayesha Jhulka is the daughter of Wing Commander Jhulka, an Indian Air Force Officer.

Ayesha appeared in Hindi or Indian movies in the late 1980's and 1990's with a long interval out of films in the early years of the 21st century before resuming her acting career in supporting roles in films like Socha Na Tha (2005) and Umrao Jaan (2006).

Some of Ayesha's most well-known films were Khiladi with Akshay Kumar, and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar with Aamir Khan which has the famous song "Pehla Nasha". Jhulka was also well known for her high profile boyfriends such as Akshay Kumar and Nana Patekar.

Jhulka has a sister named Aparna. Ayesha studied in Loreto Convent, Delhi Cantt, till Class X and graduated in 1986. After her relationship with her childhood boyfriend, Rajat Mathur, ended, Ayesha re-located to Mumbai to join the Bollywood film industry.

Ayesha Jhulka is married to Sameer Vashi who is in the construction business, and they reside in Mumbai, India.

The cutie-faced LEO babe has got all the capabilities in her to act taking everything in her stride whichever comes her way and she's had in her kit a few hit films too. All in all, Ayesha has acted in above 35 films and with the renowned actors of the Bollywood.

And in fact, Ayesha Jhulka had a career so bright in comparision with others' that she's there to exhibit her capabilities and has yet to produce the best in her.

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The Noorie of all times-Poonam Dhillon

Poonam Dhillon is a noted Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. Poonam is most known for her 1979 hit film, Noorie, and Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986) and Naam (1986).

Poonam Dhillon first gained fame when she was crowned the beauty queen title of Femina Miss Young India at the age of 16. Famous Indian film director Yash Chopra noticed her and gave her a romantic role in the star-studded hit film Trishul (1978) where the famous song "Gapoochi Gapoochi gum gum" was picturized on Poonam.

Yash Chopra gave her the title role in film Noorie (1979), which he produced. The film became a major hit and earned Poonam a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. It also catapulted her to the ranks of upcoming heroines in the late seventies and early eighties.

Poonam Dhillon did about 90 films in Hindi like Sohni Mahiwal, Red Rose, Teri Kasam, Dard, Nishana, Yeh Vada Raha, Samunder, Romance, Kasam, Sitamgar, etc.

Dhillon did a cameo in the hit film Judai (1996) as a favor to producer Boney Kapoor after Juhi Chawla dropped out. She also ventured out to do regional films, such as the Bengali film Nyay Danda, Kannada film Yudha Kanda and Telugu film Ishtam.

Poonam Dhillon has done Hindi theatre, a super hit comedy play 'The Perfect Husband' which won best comedy play award in 2005 and which recently completed Golden Jublee run. Currently is doing a play 'The Perfect Wife' co-starring Sooraj Thapar. Poonam pioneered "VANITY " a make up van company in India and runs a successful Make up Van Business. Besides introducing the concept of Makeup vans in India, Poonam Dhillon has been one of the first to start a website.

Though Poonam Dhillon had a pretty face and could actually act, none of her films could do so well. She got the opportunity of working with some of the great directors and actors.

Anne Hathaway - Opening Performance at the 2009 Oscars .

Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway's Opening Performance at the 2009 Oscars (English Subtitles)

This Anne Hathaway's Opening Performance at the 2009 Oscars for you that missed it. Have fun.

AH hugh jackman is AWESOME

xxswtpinkyxx

this was so freakin awesome!!
and it probably took so little to make this opening too. haha GOOD JOB!

x3islove

i love hugh!! i thought he did a great job!!!!

x3islove

you could tell he wanted to crack up while singing a couple times :) my friends and i loved his hosting

Whippet81

He is just amazing! I loved the opening.

boreduser12

wait, when did he mention angelina and brad?

LizetM

The Reader
I haven't seen The Reader
I was going to see later
But I fell behind
My Batmobile took longer
Than I thought to design

LMAO! He needs to host again!!!!

Purifiedx

lmao I thought that was the best part, I laughed so hard.

thisbirdisfree

i had tears i was laughing so much. love it when he cracks up

mackygal

amazing!!!! lol

tyryanmusic

hugh jackman is frickin awesome...sing, dance, and act...he just went up 10 notches in my book!!!

SJDinAudubon

The CraigList Dancers??? Lol...

And FYI, Anne Hathaway sang even better on SNL in that send-up of Mary Poppins, so her GREAT voice is no surprise!

Way to go, Hugh! I am the Wolveriiiiiiiine

mrtgeneration

LOVE HIM! Took lots of charm to pull that off.

beertjespoes

thanks for posting this! Very cool stuff!

catkcrl

I just became a HUGE Hugh Jackman fan.

dilarahbc

Anne Hathaway 'ı gerçekten çok seviyorum. Bir gençlik filmiyle meşhur olmuş bile olsa şuan çok iyi bir yerde ve gerçekten çok güzel.

kevinchan1110

In every aspect, this is the best OSCAR I have ever seen.
love the musical, sexy Hugh & Anne Hathaway
love how they present the award, so touching!

Dhruv1223

Yep hes wolverine alright!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bollyfan289

i'm an australian playing an australian i a movie called ausralia : hosting !! lol

Lilimacca

PERFECT!
Best Oscar presenter EVER!
Anne Hathway was absolutely perfect ....She and Jackman have a HUGE Chemistry! They def. should make a movie with both of them

Manisha Koirala

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Manisha Koirala was born on August 16, 1970 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Manisha is a Nepali actress who works in Indian films, as well as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and social activist. Koirala has primarily worked in Hindi cinema, though she has appeared in a considerable number of Tamil films as well. Manisha Koirala is also a talented Bharatnatyam and Manipuri dancer.

Manisha made her acting debut in Nepali movie Pheri Bhetaula (1989), Koirala made her acting debut in Bollywood with Subhash Ghai's top-grossing drama Saudagar (1991). Koirala went on to collaborate with some of the most prominent Indian filmmakers of her times, and throughout the 1990s, was one of the best-known actresses in India, mostly recognised for her critically acclaimed performances.

Manisha Koirala has dated several high profile and lesser known men including her earliest boyfriend Sameer (who was a working professional in the US), actors Rahul Roy, Vivek Mushran, Nana Patekar, Aryan Vaid, Australian ambassador Crispin Conroy, UK based Cecil Anthony among others. Manisha Koirala is known for her gregarious and easy going nature, and was once called the prettiest woman in Bollywood.

Manisha won the following Awards

1996, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, Bombay
1997, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, Khamoshi: The Musical
1997, Star Screen Award Best Actress, Khamoshi: The Musical
2003, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, Company
2004, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress, Escape From Taliban

Manisha was also nominated for many awards-

1995, Filmfare Best Actress Award, 1942:A Love Story
1996, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Bombay
1996, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Akele Hum Akele Tum
1997, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Khamoshi: The Musical
1999, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Dil Se

Manisha Koirala is a wonderful personality having got a love for the human beings.

Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma was born December 3, 1979. She is an Indian actress. Sharma appears primarily in Indian arthouse and independent films, and her achievements in the genre have established her as one of the leading actresses of contemporary parallel cinema.

Making her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983), Konkona Sen Sharma debuted as an adult in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She first gained attention with the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), which was directed by her mother, and received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.
Konkona acted in Dosar, a highly acclaimed Bengali film by Rituporno Ghosh. Sharma won the best actress award at Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival for this film.

konkona's first release of 2007, Traffic Signal (2007) didn't performed well at the box office, but she received good reviews for her performance. Her second released film of 2007, Life in a Metro, was released to good reviews and emerged as a hit in India.

Sharma's performance as a confused girl was praised a lot and she won her second Filmfare Award for this performance. In late 2007, Konkona acted in two movies under Yash Raj Films banner. In the first one, Pradeep Sarkar's drama Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, she portrayed the character of a Banaras small town young woman, Chutki alongside Rani Mukherji. The film was a critical and commercial failure in India, even though her performance was highly praised.

The second one was Aaja Nachle; the comeback film of Madhuri Dixit. This film did not do well at box office but Konkona got good reviews for her performance in the film.

In 2008, Konkona starred in Dil Kabaddi, which was a flop. Moreover, Konkona also starred in a short film ‘How Can It Be?’ directed by Mira Nair for a movie project called 8, which screened at Rome Film Festival and Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival (MIAAC), 2008.

In 2009, there followed by low-budget English film The President Is Coming , directed by Kunaal Roy Kapur. her upcoming releases for 2009 are Amavas, Right Ya Wrong, Sunglass, Wake Up Sid.

Konkona Sen Sharma does not fit into the conventional Bollywood actress mould and put her acting talents to use initially in contemporary cinema moving every now and then into the commercial stream.

FAMOUS ARTIST THIS YEAR