Payal Rohatgi

Payal Rohatgi born in Hyderabad is a Bollywood actress and model who has appeared in Bollywood movies too. Payal Rohatgi daughter of Veena Rohatgi and Shashank Rohatgi, has a brother named Gaurav Rohatgi. The actress was brought up in a middle class family and she completed her schooling from Udgam School and did her engineering from L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad.

Computer engineer by profession, Payal Rohatgi started her career by modeling for popular brands like Amul, Nirma, and Nescafe. The beautiful lass gained lot of attention after appearing in a television ad for Cadbury's Temptations Chocolates ad campaign. By the time she also appeared in music videos by rock band, Silk Route and Indipop artist, Kay Kay. In 2002, Payal took part in the Femina Miss India contest and in the same year, she won the Miss Tourism World in Medellin, South America. As soon as she began her career in Bollywood, Payal was more inclined towards acting. However, she appeared along with cricketer Virender Sehwag in an advertisment for Dabur’s Lal Dantmanjan. The movie was directed by Pradeep Sarkar. She was also seen in an ad film for Eveready battery in the year 2006 with Bollywood most honourable actor Amitabh Bachchan, which was also directed by Pradeep Sarkar.

In 2002, she made her Bollywood debut with Harry Baweja's, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?, a Hindi remake of the Hollywood teen movie American Pie. After that Payal appeared in the films like Plan, Police Force and Rakht. In 2006, she got her major breakthrough with the movie, 36 China Town, that also featured Kareena Kapoor, Paresh Rawal and Shahid Kapoor. Later that year in July, the actress appeared in the critically acclaimed, Bipasha Basu starrer “Corporate”, in which she performed an item girl. In 2007, her first release was Priyadarshan's Dhol, produced by the Percept Picture Company. Payal played a positive second lead character with co-star Arbaaz Khan. In 2008, she was again seen in a cameo opposite Ranvir Shorey in PNC movie Ugly Aur Pagli which was released in August and also starred Mallika Sherawat in the lead role. In mid-September, Payal again appeared opposite Irrfan Khan in a TV18 flick Dil Kabaddi where she played the character of an aerobics instructor. In 2010, she signed a comedy project titled ‘30 Takka’ also featuring Boman Irani.

In August 2008, Payal Rohatgi appeared in Bigg Boss Season 2 aired on Colors TV as a contestant. She was involved in a lot of controversies relating to Rahul Mahajan, whom she dismissed as a seven-year old buddy. In 2009, Payal Rohatgi performed a comedy play as a celebrity performer in Comedy Circus - Chinchpokli to China that appeared on Sony Television. On 11 January 2010, she appeared in the Ndtv Imagine show Raaz Pichle Janam Ka Beside acting, Payal Rohatgi is actively collaborated with the cause of rehabilitation of drugs addicts and alcoholics and celebrated World Anti Drugs Day with them. She is also actively working for an NGOcalled Jeevan Dhara in Mumbai.

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Minissha Lamba

Minissha Lamba was born on 18 January 1985. She is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Minissha Lamba was born in a Jatt Sikh family of Delhi. Her father was in the hospitality business and this gave her the great chance to travel around the country and meet many people.

She can fluently converse in Hindi, Punjabi, English and French languages. Minissha has appeared in films like Yahaan, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kidnap and Well Done Abba. Minissha did her schooling from Sherwood Hall and later on moved to Chettinad Vidyashram, both located in Chennai. In 2004, the actress majored in English with honours from Miranda House, University of Delhi. Her mother is also very talented and is a painter. Minissha Lamba's in the beginning wanted to become a journalist. While studying for a degree in Delhi, Minissha Lamba pursued modelling as a hobby and soon became a well-placed model in the Indian modelling industry.

Minissha's early modelling work includes numerous television commercials for companies such as LG, Sony, Titan watches, Cadbury, Hajmola, Airtel, Sunsilk, and many others. The actress has also done a music video titled ‘Tera Suroor’ for the hit music album Aap Ka Suroor by Bollywood singer Himesh Reshammiya. Minissha’s first movie "Yahaan", which was directed by Shoojit Sircar, was released in 2005. Critics praised the flick stating that Minissha’s performance as one of the highlights. In 2008, she acted in Siddharth Anand's film Bachna Ae Haseeno alongwith Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor in the main roles.

Bachna Ae Haseeno was made under Yashraj Films. Her next major role was in the Shyam Benegal film Well Done Abba that was released last year in 2010, and this movie was highly acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival. Minissha Lamba is presently shooting for Shirish Kunder's upcoming movie “Joker”, in which she will star opposite talented actor Shreyas Talpade. The actress has also posed for Maxim India.

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Nimmi

Nimmi was a popular Bollywood actress who achieved fame in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi cinema. The actress became popular after she played spirited village belle type roles, but also featured in varied genres such as fantasy and social movies.


Nawab Banoo (Nimmi) was born in Agra, India. Her mother was a famous singer and actress by the name of Wahidan who was well connected within the film fraternity. Nimmi had visited Bombay in her childhood, and her mother being on good terms with Mehboob Khan and his family. Through the connection with her mother who had worked with him in the 1930s, in 1948, the famous film director Mehboob Khan, invited the young Nimmi to watch the making of his current production Andaz at Central Studios.

The actress had shown keen desire to work in films and this was a bright chance for her to understand the film making process. At the time when Nimmi met Raj Kapoor on the sets of Andaaz, the actor was filming his production of Barsaat in 1949. Having already cast the famous heroine Nargis in the female lead role, he was on the hunt for a young girl to play the second lead. After observing Nimmi's unaffected and shy nature as a guest on the sets of Andaaz, Mehboob Khan at once decided to cast Nimmi in Barsaat opposite Bollywood actor Prem Nath. Barsaatmade a history. It was a phenomenal critical and commercial success.

Despite the presence of most sought out stars like Nargis, Raj Kapoor and Premnath, Nimmi too had a very important and well received role to play and was an instant hit with audiences. Nimmi later on worked with top actors like Raj Kapoor, and Dev Anand. To her great advantage Nimmi formed a very popular screen pair with Dilip Kumar, after the success of movies like Deedar (1951) and Daag (1952). Aside from Nargis with whom she co-starred with in Barsaat and Deedar, Nimmi also appeared alongside many notable leading ladies including Madhubala in Amar, with Suraiyain Shamma, Geeta Bali in Usha Kiran, and Meena Kumari in Char Dil Char Rahen, etc.

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Urge U.S. President to Support Gay Marriage

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Jane Lynch, Anne Hathaway Urge U.S. President to Support Gay Marriage

Stars including Jane Lynch, Anne Hathaway and Ellen DeGeneres have stepped up a campaign for gay rights by writing a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, urging him to support same-sex marriage. The trio is among a number of celebrities backing the Say I Do drive by the Freedom To Marry group, which aims to legalize gay unions throughout America.

Martin Sheen, Eric McCormack, Rufus Wainwright and Melissa Etheridge have also signed the letter to the president, which calls on the politician to clarify his stance on same-sex weddings and bring an end to "exclusion from marriage" for homosexuals, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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Nalini Jaywant

Nalini Jaywant was an Indian movie actress who was seen in films during the 1940s and 1950s. Nalini is first cousin to actress Shobhna Samarth, the mother of Bollywood actresses Nutan and Tanuja. Nalini got married to director Virendra Desai in the 1940s. Later, the actress married her second husband, actor Prabhu Dayal, with whom she acted in several films.


In her teens, Nalini Jaywant got some fame through her performance in Mehboob Khan's Bahen that was released in 1941, a movie about a brother's obsessive love for his sister. Nalini, however, performed in a few more flicks before the notable 1948 release ‘Anokha Pyaar’. The movie involved a love triangle among characters played by Dilip Kumar, Nargis, and Nalini. Nalini played the character of the girl who sacrifices her love for the hero played by Dilip Kumar. Nalini's performance in that movie proved to be the movie's saving grace.

1950 came as a breakthrough year for Nalini when she became a top actress with her performances opposite Ashok Kumar in Samadhi and Sangram. “Samadhi” was a patriotic drama on Subash Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army.
Nalini and Ashok Kumar performed together in many movies like Kafila (1952), Naubahar (1952), Saloni (1952), Mr. X (1957), and Sheroo (1957). Nalini remained an important leading heroine through the mid-1950s. Though, many famous filmmakers extended Nalini Jaywant’s association with realistic films, while movie makers like Mahesh Kaul with Naujavan (1951) and AR Kardar with Jaadu developed her musical persona.

The 1958 Bollywood film Kaala Pani which was directed by Raj Khosla, was Nalini's last successful flick and that year, she won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in that movie as Kishori, who formed a main witness in framing the hero's father for a murder. Her come-hither dance in S. D. Burman's composition Nazar Laagi Raaja Tore Bangle pe and her tearful looks at evergreen star Dev Anand from across the room in S. D. Burman's Hum Bekhudi Mein were most remarkable

Bombay Race Course (1965) was Nalini's last main movie. Besides, above mentioned movies, Nalini received much critical acclaim for her performances in Rahi (1952), Shikast (1953), Railway Platform (1955), and Awaaz (1956), etc. Nalini Jaywant died on the afternoon of 20th December 2010 in lonely situation at her bungalow of 60 years at Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai.

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Pooja Gupta

Pooja Gupta was the winner of Miss India Universe in the year 2007. Pooja Gupta later went to Mexico to participate at Miss Universe 2007. Wearing a gunmetal gown with Mongol inspired beadwork designed by Hemant Trivedi, the actress reached the top ten finishing in 9th position.


Born in New Delhi on January 30, 1985, Pooja Gupta came to the limelight after winning the Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe which was organized by Pantaloons, a clothing line and Femina, a women's magazine in India. Pooja Gupta was offered to persuade her career in Hindi film fraternity and her interests also included drawing, traveling, writing, doing yoga and horse riding. Pooja Gupta who is really hardworking will be making her film debut in Puja films upcoming movie F.A.L.T.U. She encouraged tourism in Germany as an Indian ambassador. The good looking lass had also respresented India in Donald Trump's Miss Universe Organisation and made it to top

Ten in Mexico out of 86 countries and also worked on spreading awareness for Aids with names like Ashley Judd and Bono. Pooja Gupta is also well-trained in Martial Arts. Her upcoming Bollywood movie is salted to hit the theaters on April 1, 2011 and is directed by Remo D’ Souza and produced by Vashu Bhagnani respectively. The buzz is also making rounds these days that her upcoming film is currently facing an identity crisis.

The movie also features Jackky Bhagnani, Riteish Deshmukh and Arshad Warsi. Many stars like Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, R Madhavan, Sahil Khan and Kareena Kapoor will be appearing in cameo roles in the movie. The film's soundtrack is composed by Sachin-Jigar, with lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil. We hope and wish that with her debut Pooja Gupta would charm the audiences by her performance.

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Shahana Goswami

Shahana Goswami was born on 6 May 1986. She is a Indian Bengali actress who also works in Bollywood movies. Shahana Goswami studied in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya , New Delhi and Sophia College, Mumbai. The actress was the house captain and sports champion in her school. And she had also secured second position at the National Artificial Wall Climbing Competition.

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’.

She also met the talent consultant Shanoo Sharma who asked her to try for a role in Naseeruddin Shah's directorial debut Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota. However, she got a short role of Boman Irani's daughter in Reema Katgi's Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., when she visited the production house for some other work. The actress was also auditioned for the lead role in Percept Picture Company's Rubaru, directed by Arjun Bali, with Randeep Hooda as her co-star.

With no contacts in the film fraternity Shahana stucked on her motive struggling hard and finally she got the big break playing the character of Debbie in Rock On!!. Her excellent performance helped her to make a mark in Bollywood, and she also bagged many awards, one of them being the Filmfare Best Actress (Critics) award. She appeared in the music video for Dido’s song, "Let's Do the Things We Normally Do" as the taxi driver in Mumbai, shot by Siddharth Sikand.

Shahana Goswami's first international project is Deepa Mehta's "Winds of Change", which is an adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker-winning novel Midnight's Children. Have a quick look at the awards and nominations of the actress- She has won Max Stardust Award in 2010 for Breakthrough performance in Firaaq. She was also awarded the Lions Gold Award in the same year for Best Supporting Actress in Firaaq. 54th Filmfare Award in 2009 was bestowed to her for Best Actress (Critics) for the film Rock On!!

The actress in 2009, won the 15th Nokia Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in Rock On!! In 2009, Lions Gold Award for Best Supporting Actress was given to the actress for the film Rock on!! She then bagged the Cineblitz Award in the same year for Best Supporting Actress again for the movie Rock On!! The list of nominations include the 55th Filmfare Award in 2010 for Best Supporting Actress for Firaaq. She was then nominated for the 16th Nokia Star Screen Award for Best
Supporting Actress for the same flick Firaaq.

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Sri Devi

Sri Devi born on 13 August 1963, is an Indian actress who has starred in hundreds of movies in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam languages.

The actress has been acting at the age of four, she made her debut as an adult in the late 1970s. After then the actress established herself as one of the leading actress of her time.

Bollywood Actress Sri Devi started her career with her first Tamil movie in 1967 Kandhan Karunai playing the role of young Lord Muruga and acted in many Tamil and Telugu movies from there on. During her early teens, she acted in a number of Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam movies as a lead actress.

In 1976 the actress got her first big break as heroine in K. Balakrishna's film Moondru Mudichu where she shared screen space with Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan. She then followed with a succession of films with both Haasan and Rajnikanth.

Then Sri Devi started with Telugu film, there also the lady ruled for years. She started acting in Hindi movies. Many of these initial movies starred Jeetendra. Her first hindi Film was Solva Saawan. In her second Hindi flick Himmatwala the diva starred opposite Jeetendra.

Her performances in the '80s included Justice Chowdhary, Jaani Dost, Mawaali, Maqsad, Tohfa, Karma, Aakhree Raasta, Jaanbaaz, Ghar Sansar, Nageena, Mr India, Suhagan and Aulad. With Nagina she became the most successful actress of her time. Shekhar Kapur's Mr India became an all-time hit and earned her titles like Miss Hawa Hawai. Sridevi also imitated the legendary Charlie Chaplin in a famous sequence in the film.

Sridevi also developed passion for painting which has since brought her foreign attention. In March 2010, her paintings have been chosen by a reputed international art auction house. The auction was set to start in April 2010, and all the money raised has been donated.

After going on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of her time, she left the industry in 1997 to raise her children.

Manisha Koirala

Born on August 16, 1970, Bollywood actress Maisha Koirala is a well known face in Bollywood film industry as well as she is a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and social activist too. Manisha Koirala has worked in Hindi cinema, though she has appeared in several Tamil movies as well. The actress is also a talented
Bharatnatyam and Manipuri dancer.

Making her acting debut in the Nepali flick, “Pheri Bhetaula” in 1989, Manisha made her Bollywood debut in 1991 with Subhash Ghai’s top-grossing drama genre movie, Saudagar. The actress went on to team up with some of the most flawless and famous Indian filmmakers of her times, and throughout the 1990s, she was one of the best-known actresses in India, for her hard work. Manisha Koirala mostly projected into serious and realistic cinema. Although box office collections of her movies have varied every now and then, critics have noted that her mark that she has made for herself has remained unharmed irrespective of box office collections.

She starred in a number of unsuccessful films during 1992-1993 until Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s love saga 1942: A Love Story and Mani Ratnam’s Tamil drama Bombay and for the movie she got the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Manisha was also seen in more commercial projects, like Mansoor Khan’s romantic musical film Akele Hum Akele Tum where ahe was casted opposite Aamir Khan. Manisha Koirala had a great successful year in 1996. She received good reviews for her performance in the drama Agni Sakshi where she was featured opposite Nana Patekar. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s directorial debut, Khamoshi: The Musical also featured her alongwith Salman Khan. In 2001, she starred in the drama Grahan opposite Jackie Shroff.

Rajkumar Santoshi’s drama Lajja along with an ensemble cast that included Rekha, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit also starred Manisha. Overall, Manisha Koirala starred as the leading character in six high-budget, successful Tamil movies. In December 2009, the actress served as the Jury member in the fifth
edition of Dubai International Film Festival In 2010, she appeared in Partho Ghosh’s, Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De?. Her forthcoming releases include Deepti Naval’s directorial debut, “Do Paise Ki Dhoop”, “Char Aane Ki Baarish” and Rohit Kaushik’s “Chehere” respectively.

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