Happy Birthday Nana Patekar

New Delhi, Jan 1: Born on January 1st 1951, in Maharashtra, Nana Patekar is a highly acclaimed actor and filmmaker known for his unique style of dialogue delivery. He made his debut in 1978 with Gaman. Since then, this versatile actor has essayed some of the most remarkable roles of Indian cinema and has been successful in both parallel and mainstream cinema. Nana has also won several prestigious awards. His upcoming movies in 2008 are Cinema and Sangeeth Sivan’s Ek…The Power of One.

Sonali celebrates her b’day sans a resolution

Mumbai, Jan 01: It`s time when most B-town celebs are deciding their New Year resolution. Kailash Kher, Javed Akhtar, Anu Malik and Sonali Bendre, the judges of popular TV show ‘Indian Idol 4’, were recently about their resolution for 2009, and the answers were the most unexpected.

Instead of revealing their own plans, they started taking a dig on each other. Javed Akhtar said that Anu`s resolution would be to hang all the contestants he dislikes on the show. Retaliating to which Anu Malik said that he wished that Javed Saab would love Anu Malik in the coming year.

However, Kailash Kher chose to speak about himself and announced that instead of an album every year he is going to bring one out every two years for the sake of selectiveness. And the delicate darling Sonali put an end to the debate by saying she never makes New Year`s resolutions.

Javed Akhtar also revealed that the secret behind Sonali’s decision of not keeping a resolution is that it is her birthday on the first of January and she is too busy on that day to make any resolutions.

Well, for now, we would just like to wish Sonali a very Happy Birthday!

Biography - Tanisha Mukherjee

Tanisha Mukherjee Profile :

Name: Tanisha Mukherjee
Birth Date: 1st January 1978
Birth Place: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Sex: F
Nationality: Indian
Profession: Actress
Mother: Tanuja
Father: Somu Mukherjee
Sister: Kajol {Wife of Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan}
Cousins: Rani Mukherjee, Mohnish Behl and Sharbani Mukherjee.
Claim to fame: Sarkar {2005}

Tanisha Mukherjee Biography :

Tanisha Mukherjee (born 1 January 1978 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India), known as Tanisha, is a Bollywood actress. Tanisha is of Bengali-Marathi descent. Tanisha comes from a prominent film industry family, which has been working in Bollywood since 1940s. Her relatives include paternal grandfather Sashadhar Mukherjee, uncles Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee, great-grandmother Rattan Bai, grandmother Shobhna Samarth and aunt Nutan.

Her father is Somu Mukherjee and her mother is actress Tanuja. Her sister is popular actress Kajol whilst her cousins are Mohnish Behl, Sharbani Mukherjee and Rani Mukherjee. Tanisha's paternal grandfather was a film director and producer who had left a great achievement in the Bombay film industry and was regarded as a stalwart. His wife Satirani Devi, Tanisha's grandmother was the sister of three great film personality Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar.

She made her debut with Sssshhh (2003) opposite Dino Morea. The film did not do well. Following releases didn't do very well at the box office either. Tanisha's first hit film was Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar (2005), which starred film legend Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan. Recently, she played the female lead character of Nikkita "Nikki" Bakshi in "Neal N Nikki", which failed to make an impact at the box office.

Biography - Amrita Arora

Personal Profile
Date of Birth: 31st January, 1981.
Nickname: Ammu
Address: Plot No198, Poojakunj Apartments, Sher-e-Punjab Colony, Andheri East, Mumbai-400 093
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Education: Graduate in Psychology, Sophia College (Mumbai)
Debut Film: "Kitne Door Kitne Paas"

Mini Biography
Amrita Arora was born in a traditional Maharashtrian family at Mumbai (Bombay). She is the younger sister of Malaika Arora, the well known model and actress. Amrita Arora followed footsteps of her elder sister. She started her career as Model and gradually moved into being a Video jockey. Amrita hosted shows such as "MTV House Full" and "MTV Chill Out". She also featured in many advertisements such as Ponds, Elle 18 and Sunsilk Fruitamins. Amrita Arora made her debut in Bollywood with the film "Kitne Door Kitne Pass" opposite Fardeen Khan. Her first film was unsuccessful at the Box Office. Amrita's first successful movie was "Awara Paagal Deewana" directed by Vikram Bhatt. After that, a series of flop film followed including the controversial film "Girlfriend" with Isha Koppikar (a film about lesbian relationship). She was romantically linked to Kevin Otter, Upen Patel and Ashmit Patel. Currently she is said to be dating Usman Afzaal.

Trivia

• One of memorable experience of Amrita is winning MTV VJ hunt.
• Her father died of cancer.
• Her best friend in the film industry is Kareena Kapoor.

Biography - Gracy Singh

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Date of Birth: 20th July, 1980, Delhi, India
Address: Salvadore, 7th floor, Flat No. 702, Shastri Nagar, Near Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri (W), Mumbai- 400 053
Education: Bachelor of Arts.
Debut Film: "Lagaan"
Film Awards: Zee Cine Best Debutant Award for "Lagaan".

Mini Biography
Gracy Singh was born in Delhi in a Punjabi family. She had actively participated in her school plays and dances. Gracy Singh was so passionate about dancing that she learnt classical dance during her vacations. After schooling Gracy Singh started her career as dancer in the dance group "The Planets" along with Ronica Jacobs. She was spotted by Sanjiv Bhattacharya in one of her dance shows and Gracy Singh was offered the role of 'Dinky' in the soap opera "Amaanat".

Gracy also did small roles in the films "Hu Tu Tu" and "Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rahte Hain", which went unnoticed. But her performance in tele serial "Amaanat" was appreciated and she was called for audition by the director Ashutosh Gowrikar for his film "Lagaan". Gracy Singh's innocent face and soft voice impressed Ashutosh and she became part of the film which went on to create history. The film "Lagaan" was nominated for Oscar Award. Gracy essayed the role of a village girl so nicely in the movie that she went on to win Zee Cine Best debutant Award for her performance in the film "Lagaan". Gracy Singh acted in the movies like "Gangajal", "Armaan" and "Munna Bhai MBBS" and all the three films were super hit at box Office. She earned the epithet of 'lucky mascot' in the film industry. However her next movie "Muskaan" opposite Aftaab Shivdasani could not create the same magic at box office.

Trivia

• Grecy Singh is so fond of chocolates that she finds it difficult to follow her strict diet regime.
• Her favorite book is "Conversations with God" by Neale Donald Walsch.
• Gracy was offered the role of "Sapna" in the movie "Qayamat" but she turned it down because it required her to wear revealing clothes.
• During her audition for the film "Lagaan", Gracy was asked to dance to the song "Hothon Pe Aisi Baat", which was originally played by Vyjanthimala in the film "Jewel Thief".

Biography - Isha Koppikar

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Date of Birth: 19th September, 1976
Nickname: Khallas Girl
Address: Vinay Building, Plot No. 250, Moghul Lane, Mumbai - 16
Height: 5'7" (1.70 m)
Education: Graduate in Biotechnology.
Debut Film: Fiza (Hindi), Kaadhal Kavidai (Tamil)
Film Awards: Stardust "Most Exciting New Face of the Year Award "for Khallas dance number

Mini Biography
Isha Koppikar was born in Mumbai (Bombay), India. While she was in college, she did a model shoot for Gautam Rajadhayksha. Isha Koppikar was crowned Miss Talent in 1995 at Femina Miss India Contest. She then modeled for L'Oreal, Rexona, Camay, Tips & Toes and Coca-Cola. Isha made her debut with "Kaadhal Kavidai" in Tamil film Industry. Isha Kopikar was won critical acclaim for her performance in the film and went on to win Filmfare Best Actress Debut Award (Tamil). Her next movie"En Swasa Katre" opposite Arvind Swamy was also in Tamil. The film was a musical hit and a good grosser at the box office. Then Isha Kopikkar played a cameo role in the film "Jodi" as a prospective bride.

Isha Kopikar did some minor roles in Bollywood films like "Fiza" and "Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat" but she shot into fame with an item dance in the film "Company" directed by Ram Gopal Verma. Isha Koppikar was nicknamed "Khallas Girl" after that item dance on the song "Khallas". Isha Koppikar was nominated for the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her negative role in the film "Qayamat: City Under Threat". Her next film was "Girlfriend", in which Isha played a role of lesbian woman. Isha Koppikar will be seen in a lead role in the film "Sabri" directed by Ram Gopal Verma. The film is about a woman who is set to become Mumbai's first underworld lord.


Trivia

• Isha has a pet dog named Mowgly.
• Koppikar's make-up for her role in the movie "Sabri" was so convincing that security and producers wouldn't let her enter the set, as they didn't recognize her.

Biography - Mallika Sherawat

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Date of Birth: 24th October 1976, Rohtak, Haryana, India
Nickname: Reema Lamba, Bollywood's Kissing Queen.
Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Education: Graduation from Miranda House, Delhi University
Debut Film: "Khwaish"
Film Awards: None

Mini Biography
Mallika Sherawat was born in a conservative Jat family. She is a graduate in Philosophy from Miranda house, Delhi University. Mallika Shehrawat was an airhostess for some time. She married a pilot named Karan Singh Gill. Mallika Sherawat was such a dreamer that her husband Karan Singh Gill found it hard to adjust to her and soon they parted ways. Meanwhile, Malika got some modeling assignments and she entered in the glamour world. Later she modeled for some popular brands like BPL and SANTRO with Amitabh Bachchan and Sharukh Khan.

Mallika Shehrawat made her debut in the Bollywood with the film "Khwaish" directed by Govind Menon. The film "Khwaish" was in the news because of seventeen lip-lock kiss scenes. The movie failed miserably at the box office but Mallika didn't go unnoticed. She was offered another steamy role in the film "Murder" directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film "Murder" was super hit at the box office and Malika Sherawat was nominated for Zee Cine Best Actress Award. Since then Mallika didn't look back. Mallika was also featured on the cover page of an international magazine- Snoop, which is the Indian edition of Cosmopolitan.

Trivia

• Mallika Sherawat bears a resemblance to actress Halle Berry (Hollywood).
• She is the first Indian woman to get an offer to pose nude for Playboy magazine. Mallika, however, refused the offer due to her morals and upbringing.
• Her performance at the televised 2006 New Year's Eve show at the hotel J.W. Marriot, Mumbai, was in the news because of her body-hugging skin suit and a silver bikini.
• She changed her name from Reema Lamba to Mallika Sherawat.