Today's Beauty Genelia D'Souza

Genelia D'Souza (born on August 5, 1982)[1] is an Indian film actress, model, and host appearing in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil as well as Kannada language films. She first came into the limelight in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan. She made her acting debut in the Hindi movie Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003, which failed to propel her career in Bollywood, but soon achieved recognition in the Tamil film Boys the same year. She subsequently acted in many Telugu movies during from 2003 to 2005, which earned her recognition in the Telugu film industry.

D'Souza received her first Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 2006 for her performance in the romantic film, Bommarillu, which earned her critical acclaim. She made her Kannada debut in 2007 in Satya In Love. She made a comeback to Bollywood in 2008, and was appreciated for her performance in Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. In addition to movie acting, D'Souza hosts the television show Big Switch, and is the brand ambassador of Fanta, Virgin Mobile India, FasTrack, LG Mobiles, Garnier Light and Perk in India.

Early Life:

Born in Mumbai[2] into a Mangalorean Catholic family,[3] D'Souza was raised a Roman Catholic in the Bandra suburb of Mumbai.[4] Her mother Jeanette D'Souza was formerly a secretary to managing director with a Pharma MNC, who left her job in 2004 to help Genelia with her career. Her father Neil D'Souza, is a senior official with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).[5] She also has a younger brother, Nigel D'Souza.[6][7] According to D'Souza, her name "Genelia", means "rare" or "unique", and is a portmanteau of Jeanette and Neil, her mother and father's name. She is also often informally referred to as Geenu, her nick name.[8] D'Souza studied at the Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra and later joined St. Andrew's College in Bandra to pursue her Bachelor's Degree of Management Studies.[1] She completed her degree while shooting for her first film, Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003, and initially thought that an MNC job would suit her.[9] She liked sports and studies in college,[9] and was also a State level athlete, sprinter and a National level Football player.[10] D'Souza did her first modeling assignment at age 15,[4] the result of being spotted as the bridesmaid at a wedding.[9] She was selected for the Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, just two days before her exams, and had to shoot the next day. Initially she refused, because of her exam the next day, but the director persuaded D'Souza to shoot for the commercial.[9][11]

She gained wide attention from the Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan,[12] who said "she was good, and her expressions were spontaneous".[13] She further did a Fair and Lovely 2003 Cricket World Cup advertisement with cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth.

Acting Career:

Debut and breakthrough, 2003–2005

When D'Souza was offered a role in Tujhe Meri Kasam, initially she turned it down, as she was not keen to pursue a career in acting. But they insisted and kept contacting her for two months, and she agreed when she saw the Telugu version of the movie.[11] D'Souza made her acting debut in Bollywood in 2003,[14] with Tujhe Meri Kasam, alongside Ritesh Deshmukh.[5] The movie centers on two friends, who study in the same college, have houses opposite each other, and were born in the same hospital on the same day. D'Souza portrayed Anju, one of the friends.[15] The movie garnered poor box office returns,[16] and it failed to propel her career in Bollywood.[17] Following her poor debut in Bollywood, she decided to act in South Indian films.[2] Tamil director, S. Shankar, was impressed with her performance in the Parker Pen commercial and decided to cast her in a leading role in his 2003 Tamil film Boys, a story about about five teenagers having stereotypical teen-boy fantasies.[18] D'Souza portrayed the character of Harini, a girl who falls in love with one of the boys from the group. The movie was well received,[19] and subsequently she started receiving Telugu film offers.[18]

She left Tamil cinema for a while to concentrate on the Telugu film industry. She made her Telugu debut in Satyam in 2003 opposite Sumanth, in which she played the role of a medical student, for which she was praised for her performance.[20] The movie was a box-office success,[20][21] and it raised her profile in the Telugu film industry.[18] Broader public recognition came to D'Souza in her second Hindi movie, Masti in 2004, which was also opposite Ritesh Deshmukh. The comedy focuses on three close friends who reunite after three years, but are now married and are being harassed by their wives. D'Souza portrayed the character of one of the wives.[22] Indian film critic Taran Adarsh was complimentary of D'Souza's role, saying, "Amongst the wives, Genelia is the best, [...] Genelia looks the stern and demanding wife and is sure to be noticed."[23] This film was a critical success, and also fared well at the UK box office.[22] The same year, she appeared in the Telugu fim Samba.[24] Her final Telugu movie in 2004 was Sye, set against a rugby union backdrop, in which she played the role of a vivacious college student.[25]

In 2005, D'Souza experienced a slump in her career. Her first Telugu movie in 2005, Naa Alludu, was commercially unsuccessful.[26] Later that year, she starred in the Tamil romantic entertainer Sachein, in which she played the role of Shalini, a typical fashionable college-going Tamil girl.[27] A review in the The Hindu noted, "Genelia, who hardly made an impression in Boys, makes much impact in Sachein."[28] The movie evoked mixed response from audiences, but was well received with the younger generation, and was a commercial success.[29] She later appeared in the Telugu patriotic movie Subhash Chandra Bose set against a backdrop of Pre-independece period, which was also an economic failure.

Turning point in South Indian films, 2006–April 2008

The year 2006 marked a significant turning point in D'Souza's career. She completed two Telugu movies in early 2006, one was the romantic comedy Happy, and the other was Raam.[31] She then portrayed the role of Haasini, a vibrant, effervescent and a happy-go-lucky young girl, in the 2006 Telugu romantic film Bommarillu, alongside Siddharth Narayan. The movie, a blockbuster at the box-office, grossed Rs 250 million (US$ 5.58 million) in India, and also won the 2006 Golden Nandi award.[32] Her character was well-received by critics,[33][34][35][36] and garnered her the Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress,[1] besides Nandi Special Jury Award and Santosham Award for Best Actress. Following the success of Bommarillu, D'Souza played the role of the daughter of a local don, in the Tamil gangster film Chennai Kadhal.[37] D'Souza's performance received ambivalent reviews. While The Hindu praised her performance, Rediff criticized her commenting, "Genelia stands up yet again to prove the point that if you are pretty and well dressed, you can get away with anything, without acting."[37]

Shortly afterwards in 2007, D'Souza played the role of sister of a notorious gangster in the blockbuster Telugu movie Dhee. Her performance was appreciated, netting her the FNCC Best Actress Award.[38] The following year, D'Souza appeared in the 2008 Telugu romatic thriller Mr. Medhavi, in which she portrayed the role of a student from Canada. The movie was moderately successful, nonetheless D'Souza was complimented for her performance.[39] She made her Kannada debut in Satya In Love the same year, in which she was appreciated for her smile.[40] Later, she was cast in a leading role in Santhosh Subramaniam, a Tamil remake of Bommarillu. The film also turned out to be rather successful as its predecessor.[41][42] Sify described D'Souza's portrayal as "the soul of the film" and the film's "biggest strength",[43] however Rediff described her character as "appears a little too good to be true."

Return to Bollywood and recent work, June 2008–present

In June 2008, she once again appeared in Bollywood in Mere Baap Pehle Aap alongside Akshaye Khanna. Her performance received predominantly positive reviews, with a Rediff review noting, "besides her apparent cuteness, brings in tons of freshness and traits to the youthful characters she chooses to play",[44] and a Sify review criticizing, "Genelia is sprightly but has a standard two-three expressions bank in this film."[45] She later appeared in the Telugu love story Ready alongside Ram, which was well received.[46] Her breakthrough performance in 2008 was through the portrayal of the role of Aditi Mahant in the blockbuster Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, which was an economic success across India and overseas, grossing Rs 564.1 million (US$ 12.58 million).[47] Her role was widely admired for her sweetness and freshness, and new style of acting, with Rediff describing her acting as a "spark that has been missing in Hindi cinema for well over a decade now".[48] In that same year, D'Souza acted in the Telugu romantic comedy Sasirekha Parinayam.[49] The movie received favorable reviews, and Sify noted in their review that, "The life of the film is definitely Genelia and she has shown the varied emotions from innocence, sadness, romance and anger in equal proportions without a hitch."[50]

In 2009, D'Souza was cast in the Hindi film Life Partner alongside Fardeen Khan, in which she was criticized for her performance. Indian fim critic Rajeev Masand commented, "The adorable little imp from Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na has turned into a nagging harridan in this film, and how you wish she'd immediately enroll for acting lessons."[51] Her next appearance was in the Telugu thriller Katha. In 2010, D'Souza appeared in Ken Ghosh`s film Chance Pe Dance alongside Shahid Kapoor, in which she portrayed the role of a choreographer.[52] The movie received poor review from critics, and D'Souza's performance was not well received.[53][54] She will appear in David Dhawan's film Hook Ya Crook, co-starring John Abraham and Shreyas Talpade.[55] She will play the lead female role in Ram Charan Teja's upcoming movie Orange, directed by Bommarillu Bhasker.[56] D'Souza is set to appear in It's My Life, which would be a remake of Bomarillu in Hindi with Harman Baweja.[55] She has also signed on to appear in the Tamil film Ready opposite Dhanush, which would be the Tamil remake of her 2009 Telugu film Ready

Other work and events:

D'Souza was a part of Tamil director Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai, an event which seeks to raise funds for The Banyan, a voluntary organisation which rehabilitates homeless women with mental illness in Chennai.[58] She was one of the judges at the grand finale of Gladrags Mega Model and Manhunt 2009 contest on 28 March 2009.[59] She also walked the ramp alongside Tushar Kapoor for fashion designer Manish Malhotra at the Lakme Fashion Week 2009 on 28 March 2009.[60] On April 5, 2009, D'Souza was among several Bollywood celebrities to perform at the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 finale in Mumbai.[61] In October 2009, she appeared as a showstopper for jewellery designer Farah Khan on the second season of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) India Couture Week, a platform created to celebrate India’s fashion heritage by showcasing the country’s leading couture designers.[62][63] On October 24, 2009, D'Souza began hosting Big Switch, a television show based on slum kids on UTV Bindass channel to reach a bigger audience.[64][65][66]

She is now the brand ambassador of the soft drink Fanta replacing Rani Mukherjee, the chocolate Perk replacing Preity Zinta,[67] and Spinz deodorant.[68] She has also unveiled Spinz Black Magic deodorant on October 7, 2009 in Mumbai, and the Ceres Store retail outlet.[68] At the Chennai International Fashion Week (CIFW) in December 2009, she appeared as a showstopper for designer Ishita Singh's spring-summer indigenous collection of 2010, showcasing the best of Indian and Western dresses.[69] She also holds a Limca world record of delivering four different super hit films in four different languages, Bommarillu (Telugu), Satya In Love (Kannada), Santosh Subramaniam (Tamil), and Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (Hindi) in a span of one calendar year.

In The Media:

D'Souza has been often tagged in the media as the "bubbly girl", after portraying the role of a young energetic girl in several movies, especially Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008).[71] She appeared alongside Shahid Kapoor on the fourth episode of Tere Mere Beach Mein, a celebrity chat show, hosted by Farah Khan. The theme of the show was "Second Innings", since both D'Souza and Kapoor had the same history of failures initially and success later in their acting careers

Personal life:

D'Souza is deeply religious and is a devout Roman Catholic. She says that, she regularly attends Sunday Mass at St. Anne's Parish (Bandra), and whenever the family is home, a part of their evening is reserved for saying the rosary together.[6] In an interview with The Times of India, she comments, "I keep a Novena every Wednesday at St. Michael’s Church in Mahim."[4] In an interview with Daily News and Analysis, she said that "My communication with God is conversational, [...] I'm God's favourite child; I believe that God has always been kind to me."[6] Tabloids have repeatedly linked D'Souza romantically with Ritesh Deshmukh, ever since they starred together in their debut film Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003.[74] They were reportedly ready to get engaged, but Ritesh's father, the then-Maharashtra Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh did not agree.[75] Ever since then, D'Souza has strongly denied any rumors of a relationship with Deshmukh, and responds that she has just friendly relations with him.

Today's Beauty Vimala Raman

Vimala Raman is an Indian film actress and model and a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She has appeared in Tamil and Malayalam films. She was born and brought up in Sydney. She started practicing Bharatanatyam at the age of five. In 2004 she won Miss India Australia title as well as Miss India Australia cyberqueen title.


Career:

Her first Malayalam movie was Time with Suresh Gopi. Her first movie was Poi in Tamil. She paired with Ajmal Ameer in Pranayakalam. She also acted with Megastar Mammooty in Nasrani and with Dileep in Romeo. She appeared in College Kumaran with Superstar Mohanlal and in Calcutta News with Dileep. Vimala Raman attended the Natanalaya Dance Academy based in Sydney, Australia. She was taught dance under the tutelage of Jayalakshmi Kandiah.

Today's Beauty Poonam Bajwa

Poonam Bajwa (born on April 5, 1989) is a Punjabi actress concentrating in Tamil and Telugu language films. She starred in Boss opposite superstar Nagarjuna and Nayantara. She made her debut in Kollywood through a film titled Seval opposite Bharath.

Most of her films are successful. She usually plays the role of a second heroine in most of her films.

today's Beauty Neetu Chandra

Neetu Chandra (born on 20 June 1984 in Bihar) is an Indian theatre and film actress and model.

Early life and education:

Neetu Chandra was born in Patna, Bihar, on June 20, 1984 in India. A resident of Patliputra Colony, Neetu did her schooling from the Notre Dame Academy, Patna [1], and dreamt of entering the modelling world. Neetu's father, a businessman, was initially reluctant to let her pursue a career in showbiz but her mother, Neera, stood by her. Not surprisingly, Neetu attributes her success to her mother, a native of East Champaran in Bihar. She has done dozens of ads and videos for reputed firms since her graduation days in Delhi's IP College, University of Delhi.

Before entering the Hindi film Industry, Neetu was an avid sportsperson. She is a black belt holder in Taekwondo. She has represented India in two different games, which is very rare. She has represented India in International Taekwondo Championship at Hong Kong in 1996 and represented India in World Korfball Championship in 1995 at New Delhi.

If you do simple math or check the records at her high school, you will find that she was 11 when she represented India at the world korfball. This would be remarkable feet even for this little known sport. It is unclear that she would meet the basic requirements to be selected by the indian korfball federation. Also, this would also mean that she finished her high school (1996) at the young tender age of 16. [2]


She is a national games Silver Medal winner in Taek-won-do. After completing her basic education, she started her work with small print ad campaigns in Delhi. But her hard work and persevarance took her to the Hindi film Industry.


Career:

She entered film in 2005 in Garam Masala in which she portrayed Sweety, an airhostess.

In 2007 she appeared in Madhur Bhandarkar's film, Traffic Signal. In preparation Chandra in order to enter her character spent a whole week living on the streets of Mumbai and living by a traffic light [3].

Neetu Chandra also danced gracefully in a video album Rasiya Saajan for music director Ismail Darbar along with Zubeen Garg. The video was directed by noted video director S Ramachandran.

In the year 2008, she had four releases by Directors, Dibakar Banerjee, Rahul Dholakia, Ashwini Dheer and Vikram. Her Tamil film, Yavarum Nalam with Madhavan released this year and was declared a major hit.

Currently, Neetu is doing two major projects, one is Rann with Ram Gopal Varma and another one is Jag Mundhra's Apartment.

On 20 March 2008, a company named 7Seas Technologies announced that they will develop a 3D mobile game with Neetu Chandra playing the lead character. The game titled on her name Neetu (The Alien Killer), is based on a unique game story and revolves around the lead character killing different aliens. Neetu The Alien Killer Game Story: 3000 AD when more than half of the world was destroyed due to greenhouse effect. Atlanto City was captured by the Aliens, who came from the inner solar systems of the Andromeda galaxy. Thousands of Atlanto citizens were killed brutally. The Atlanto Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (ASETI) sends Neetu, a valiant and intelligent female and the only hope of the Atlantians, to redeem the Earth from the alien regime.

Neetu Chandra is the Life Member of International Film And Television Club and International Film And Television Research Centre of Asian Academy Of Film & Television.

Neetu was on the cover of Maxim India on the January 2009 issue of the magazine [4].

In a recent interview with Delhi Times, she was quoted as saying "I'm ready to go nude for a James Cameron movie"

Her moment of fame, or notoriety if you will, came when she posed intimately with another female model for the cover of 'The Man' magazine, photographed by Ashish Shah [5], a leading men's lifestyle magazine in India. The shoot was objected by bystanders at Juhu beach in Mumbai where it was progressing, some of whom were said to belong to the right wing MNS, who raised slogans and said the shoot was 'promoting lesbianism' and 'against Indian culture' .

Neetu Chandra has also been signed as the brand ambassador for the Hoop, a Gitanjali brand. She has also finished shooting a commercial for Mysore Sandal Soap.

Today's Beauty Shriya Saran

Shriya Saran (born September 11, 1982) is an Indian film actress. She began her career acting in music videos, while also attending an acting studio to follow her dream to act. After her debut in 2001 with Ishtam, she gained Telugu cinema's attention in 2002 by playing the role of Bhanu in Santhosham, her first major hit. Following the film she appeared in several Telugu films with prominent actors, whilst, also making in-roads in Bollywood as well as the Tamil film industry. In 2007, Saran became a national figure after her performance alongside Rajinikanth in Sivaji: The Boss, after which she has signed several Bollywood, Kollywood and also a Hollywood film.

Saran performs predominantly in leading heroine roles in high-budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers. Her blockbuster released films include Santhosham (2002), Tagore (2003), Sivaji: The Boss (2007) is the highest grosser in the indian film history and Kanthaswamy (2009). Her other blockbuster film is Nuvve Nuvve (2002), Nenunnanu (2003), Subhash Chandra Bose (2005), Chatrapathi (2005), Thiruvilayadal Arambam (2006), and Awaarapan (2007).

Early life:

Shriya Saran was born in Dehradun to Pushpendra Saran and Neeraja Saran. She was brought up in Ranipur, a few miles from Haridwar. Her father Pushpendra Saran works at Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. and her mother is a school teacher, teaching chemistry. Saran is their second child and her elder brother Abhiroop, is married to Aarti and they have a son, Dhruv. Shriya completed her schooling from Delhi Public School, Haridwar. She did her college from Lady Shri Ram College and has got a B.A. degree to her credit. She has been training Kathak and classical dance from her young age and is an accomplished Kathak dancer. She learned dancing under the guidance of Shovana Narayan. Saran's dream is to be kathak dancer like her kathak teacher Shoba Narayan since childhood.

Early career

Saran's first opportunity to appear in front of the camera came whilst she studied her second year at the LSR College in Delhi, which she quit to participate for the shoot. Saran's first screen appearance was in the music video of Tirakthi Kyon Hawa by Reenu Nathan, which she was given a chance to perform in by her dance teacher who had recommended her. The video—shot at Banaras—gave her fame, prompting Ramoji Films to offer her the lead role of Neha in their film Ishtam starring and directed by newcomers. Before the release of Ishtam, Saran signed three mega-budget films; Santosham, Nuvve Nuvve and Tagore with actors Nagarjuna, Tarun and Chiranjeevi respectively.

Film career
Telugu Film

Saran started her movie acting career with the Telugu film Ishtam (2001), produced by Usha Kiran Movies. This first film didn't fare too well at the box office, but she was noticed by many Telugu producers and directors. Soon she signed for Nagarjuna's Santosham (2002), which was a major hit. After the success of Tagore she became one of the top actresses of the south Indian film industry and has made her most wanted actress in telugu cinema. Her later movies, such as Nuvve Nuvve with Tarun is a blockbuster thus earned her many accolades for her performance. Besides that, her film Ela Cheppanu also earned many accolades but the film was a flop in box office. Later she acted in the film Nenunnanu opposite Akkineni Nagarjuna which was a blockbuster and critically acclaimed which is very rare in telugu cinema because it was a heroine based film. Her films Arjun with Mahesh Babu and Naa Alludu with Jr. NTR were average grossers. While her film Balu ABCDEFG opposite Power Star Pawan Kalyan was an average grosser at India but this was the first telugu movie to be released in South Africa after 40 years and received overwhelming response there.After her four films were failure at box office she then made her comeback with one of the biggest hits in her career Chatrapati opposite Prabhas which was a comeback for Prabhas too. She then appeared with Ravi Teja in Bhageeratha which is her last telugu film as heroine till the date. She than acted in many telugu films as an item number and cameo appearance such as Boss opposite Akkineni Nagarjuna, Game oppposite Vishnu, Devadasu opposite Ram, Munna opposite Prabhas and her last film Tulasi opposite Venkatesh. She also make her cameo appearance in National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Bommalata. Saran will make her comeback in telugu with big budget film Komaram Puli with actor Pawan Kalyan[1][2][3]. This film will be directed by S. J. Suryaah and Saran will perform for a song which will tune by Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman[4]. Saran will also make her comeback as a heroine in telugu cinema industry after five years gap[5][6][7] in the film Don Seenu opposite Ravi Teja[8][9]. She starred her last film as heroine in Bhageeratha which also starred by Ravi Teja.

Tamil Film

She made her Tamil movie debut in Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (2003), along with Telugu actor Tarun and Trisha Krishnan[11]. The film was an average hit at the box-office, but it was a musical hit due to music composed by A. R. Rahman. She has made her comeback in Kollywood through the film Mazhai with Jayam Ravi. The movie did well at the box-office. She then act with Dhanush in the film Thiruvilayadal Arambam which her first hit film in tamil. She beat other top actresses for the much coveted role opposite Rajinikanth in Shankar's Sivaji: The Boss which is the most expensive Indian film to date after Dasavathaaram. She then appeared opposite Vijay in Azhagiya Tamil Magan which turned to be a flop. She then make a special appearance with Vadivelu in the film Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan which her only tamil film in 2008. After after one year gap in tamil film, she then make her comeback in the film Thoranai opposite Vishal. Unfortunately the film is a average grosser at box office. She than bagged the role of Subbulakshmi opposite Vikram in much hyped movie Kanthaswamy which is a blockbuster[12][13][14]. Later, she appeared in the Tamil film Kutty which is a remake of telugu blockbuster film Arya with Dhanush and the film declared hit at box office[15]. She then acted in the film Jaggubhai which directed by famous director K.S. Ravikumar. She played as Sarath Kumar's daughter and a spoilt brat, her role in this film gained many accolades although the film did not fare well ai box office. Saran will be see with Arya's next venture Chikku Bukku where she is playing the lady love to the hero while prominent bollywood actress Amrita Rao's sister Preeta Rao[16][17] act as second heroine in the film. She has recently signed up for the film Rowthiram opposite Jeeva which will produce by R. B. Choudary, but the film is being shelved for sometimes[18][19] but now Jeeva is already finish his shooting for his previous film so the film shooting is continued[20]. Shriya is also filming with Kamal Hassan in the film Marmayogi[21][22], whilst actress Trisha Krishnan and Hema Malini[23] are also doing supporting roles in the film. Marmayogi has been shelved for sometimes due to financial problem facing by the film's producers.
[edit] Malayalam

Saran will appear for the first time in a Malayalam movie with Pokkiri Raja in which she will appear opposite megastar Mammootty and Prithviraj Sukumaran[26][27][28]: besides that, prominent south indian Sneha also playing a major character in the film[29]. The film will release on 30th of April
[edit] Hindi

Shriya's first hindi film is Tujhe Meri Kasam. Shriya acted along with Genelia D'Souza and Ritesh Deshmukh. It was an average grosser at the box office and Saran did not gain anything because her role was very small when compared to Genelia's role. She then acted in the film Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum with Arya Babbar. The movie was also a failure at the box office. Later she acted in movie Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart[32][33] alongside Aftab Shivdasani which was a box office success but she did not gain any attention. Saran then made her comeback in Awaarapan alongside Emraan Hashmi which was a first joint production movie between India and Pakistan. The movie was successful at the box office. In 2008, she acted in Mission Istanbul with Zayed Khan and Vivek Oberoi while Abhishek Bachchan made his special appearance in this film. The film was a semi-hit at the box office. Saran then acted in the Hindi remake of the Telugu film Athadu Ek - The Power of One with Bobby Deol, but eventually unlike Athadu this film was just an average grosser. She then moved to tamil cinema and has not acted in any hindi film. But according many sources that she is currently filming with Akshay Kumar in the film Komagata Maru that will be direct by famous director Deepa Mehta [34][35]. The film will undergo a long production as the film will release in 2014 as the 100th anniversary of Komagata Maru incident] .

Saran was a part of Tamil director Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai, an event which seeks to raise funds for The Banyan, a voluntary organisation which rehabilitates homeless women with mental illness in Chennai.[41]. She also walked the ramp alongside Neetu Chandra for fashion designer Neeta Lulla at the Chennai International Fashion Week on 20 December 2009[42][43] famous Tamil actress Tamanna also attended to watch the show. She is now the brand ambassador of the famous 'celebrity soap' Lux[44][45][46][47] and the famous anti-dandruff shampoo Head & Shoulders[48]. Saran recently signed as brand ambassador for a new reality dance show 'Dhee-4'[49] along with popular south indian actress Rambha.

Today's Beauty Tamannaah Bhatia

Tamannaah Bhatia (Tamil: தமன்னா; Hindi: तमन्ना भाटिया; born 21 December 1989) is an Indian film actress and model.[1] She has appeared in Tamil films and Hindi films. She made her acting debut in her only Hindi film so far, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra that released in 2005, before working in the major South Indian film industries.

Bhatia made her debut in Kollywood, through the Tamil film Kedi. In 2007, she starred in the two college-life based drama films, Happy Days in Telugu and Kalloori in Tamil, which both earned her critical acclaim. Following commercial successes with Padikathavan (2009), Ayan (2009) and Paiyaa (2010), she established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in the Tamil film industry.[1][2] She also has experience as a model and has appeared in various television advertisements.

Early life:

Bhatia was born on 21 December 1989 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to Santosh Bhatia and Rajni Bhatia. She did her schooling in Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School, Juhu, Mumbai. She is of Sindhi origin.


Career:

Bhatia started her acting career with a Hindi film, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra that released in early 2005, which remains her only Bollywood release till date. The same year, she debuted in the Telugu cinema as she appeared in the film Sri in which she played the leading female role opposite Manoj Kumar. In 2006, she made her debut in the Tamil film industry, starring in the film Kedi alongside Ravi Krishna and another newcomer Ileana D'Cruz. She essayed a negative role in the film, which did not do well at the box office.

In 2007, she had three releases. After her appearance in the unsuccessful Vyapari, she starred in the Sekhar Kammula-directed Telugu film Happy Days, which received highly positive reviews and became her first major box office success. Her next release was the Tamil drama film Kalloori, directed by Balaji Sakthivel that won her accolades and critical acclaim in Tamil as well.

In 2008, she again had three releases, but appeared in cameo roles in two of them. Her 2009 Blockbuster Tamil film Ayan, made her a leading actress. Her recent film Kandein Kadhalai, which is a remake of the 2007 Hindi blockbuster Jab We Met, has been declared a decent success. She enacted the role, originally played by Kareena Kapoor, and was praised by critics for her performance. Her recent 2010 release is Lingusamy's Paiyaa which is already declared a huge hit. She is currently acting in two Tamil films that are Thillalangadi alongside Jayam Ravi and Sura with Vijay.

Today's Beauty Sneha

Suhasini "Sneha" Rajaram (Tamil: சுகாசினி "சினேகா" ராஜாராம்; born 12 October 1981) is an Indian film actress. She has acted in several Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films. She debuted in the 2001 Malayalam film Ingane Oru Nilapakshi, directed by Fazil. Her first commercial success was in her Tamil film Aanandham, which was the second film in her career.

Sneha has won one Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Unnai Ninaithu (2002) and has been nominated twice for a Filmfare Best Actress Award. She has also received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress twice for her performances in the films Virumbugiren, Aanandham, Punnagai Desam (2001) and Pirivom Santhippom (2008). She also received her Nandi Award in the year 2005 for her performance in the movie Radha Gopalam and Kalaimamani Award from the State of Tamil Nadu in the year 2006.

Early Life:

Born to Rajaram and Padmavathy Rajaram, in Mumbai, Maharastra as Suhasini Rajaram to a Telugu Family and later she was brought up in Dubai. She completed her schooling in Dubai. Though her mother hails from Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, they got settled in Panruti, Tamil Nadu. She has a sister Sangeetha and two brothers. Her sister is a Fashion Designer, got married and have a son named Nithin.

Career:

Sneha, began her film career in the 2001 Malayalam film Ingane Oru Nilapakshi in a supporting role, however her major breakthrough came later that year in a Tamil language film, Ennavale opposite Madhavan. Later that year, she starred in the film, Aanandham as well as K. Balachandar's, Parthale Paravasam. She finished the year with a foray into Telugu cinema, making two appearances in notable films. Priyamaina Neeku was her first film in Telugu. It went on to be a block buster.

A total of 8 films, were released in 2002 including her second major hit in Telugu with Hanuman Junction as well as other hits in Unnai Ninaithu and April Madhathil. Prestigious films with top actors also followed, such as King and Pammal K. Sambandam with Vikram and Kamal Haasan respectively. After a successful previous year, Sneha acted in only two films in 2003. The first being Vaseegara with Vijay, the second being a heroine-oriented double role in Parthiban Kanavu. The film became a commercial hit as well as winning plaudits for Sneha's portrayal of the double role.

The year 2004 was a mixed year for the actress, with Jana, Bose, Venky and Adhu, a horror film, all failing at the box-office. However, Vasool Raja MBBS opposite Kamal Haasan became a blockbuster, while Autograph was a box-office hit which won critical acclaim.

The year 2005 and 2006 was a good year for the actress, with Sankranthi with Venkatesh, Radha Gopalam with Srikanth, Sri Ramadasu with Nagarjuna, Thuruppu Gulan with Mammootty and Pudhupettai with Dhanush winning plaudits at box office, while others released in the respective years turning as average grossers at the box office. With Thuruppu Gulan she paired with the Malayalam Super Star Mammootty. In the year 2006, she made her debut into Kannada film industry through Ravi Shastri. With that she covered all the South Indian languages.

The year 2007 was a successful year for the actress with all her releases turning out to be block busters. She had Madhumasam, Naan Avanillai, Pallikoodam and Maharadhi turning out to be super hits.

In the year 2008, Sneha won many plaudits for her performance through her Heroine-Oriented film Pirivom Santhippom with Cheran. She paired with Silambarasan in the movie Silambattam which gave her a commercial success and with a Cameo appearance in the movie Kuselan with Super Star Rajini Kanth, she completed 50 Films within a short span and also got a chance to share her screen space with Super Star. She tried a glamorous role with Pandi and Inba, while both turning out to be average grossers. Her Telugu films Nee Sukhame Ne Korukunna and Pandurangadu turned out to be average grossers while Adivishnu flopped at the box office.

The year 2009 was totally different for the actress with the Social Thriller film Achchamundu Achchamundu with the Hollywood star John Shea appearing in a villainous role with Prasanna as her pair. Then she had Amaravathi, again a Thriller film of different Genre. Both won many plaudits for the bold theme of Pedophiles and Womb stealing respectively. The former film won many awards in the International Panorama.

In 2010, with Venkat Prabhu's Goa, she again forayed into Glamorous Ultra-Modern chick role with a few Grey shades. Then she shared her screen space for the first time with Vishal through a Cameo appearance in the movie Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai. Her next release was Pramani with the Malayalam Super Star Mammootty, which had a big opening at the box office with good reviews of critic. She appeared in a Cameo role as herself in the movie Angadi Theru, directed by the renowned director Vasantha Balan of Veyil fame and the movie opened to stupendous reviews and response. She has continuous films with Mammootty lined up for the release in this year Vande Mataram and Pokkiri Raja. The most awaited Bhavani IPS is also gearing up for the release, where she appears as a tough Police Officer.

She also appeared in so many commercial ads like Saravana Stores, Roobini Oil, Aashirvadh, Idhayam Dots, Joy Aalukkas etc. She owns a Marriage Hall in Panruti.

Today's Beauty SHEELA

Sheela is a South Indian actress.

BASICS
The actress was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and she is also known as Maya.

MOVIES BY SHEELA
As a child artist she was seen in around 20 films which includes films like Poove Unakkaga, Nandha, Dumm Dumm Dumm and more. In 2006 she palyed a character named Lakshmi in Ilavattam and was also seen in leading role in Telugu movie Raju Bhai Produced by Mohan Babu.

Sheela appeared as Maya in Malayalam film Maya Bazaar (2007). The actress came in to the limelight after acting for Bhaskar's Parugu opposite actor Allu Arjun. She played superstar Prakash Raj's daughter in this film and was highly acknowledged for her performance.

In 2009 Sheela was seen in Hansika Motwani and Ram starring Maska and Kannada movie Prem Kahani. Adurs and Thanthonni are her upcoming films.

Today's Beauty Kajal Aggarwal

Kajal Aggarwal (Hindi:काजल अगरवाल; born on 19 June 1985) is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na, playing a minor supporting role, before becoming a leading actress in the major South Indian film industries. She rose to fame after her performance as Yuvarani Mitravinda and Indu in the 2009 Telugu blockbuster film Magadheera.

Career:

She began her acting career in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na, in which she enacted a minor supporting role as the friend of Diya, the film's lead female, played by Aishwarya Rai. Only 3 years later, she got her next acting offer, which was veteran Tamil director Bhrathiraja's Bommalattam. The film, however, got delayed and released only in late 2008. In the meantime, she made her debut in the Telugu film industry and played her first leading role in Teja's Lakshmi Kalyanam alongside Kalyan Ram, which did not do well at the box office. Later that year, she appeared in the Krishna Vamsi-directed film Chandamama, which became her first major successul film.

In 2008, she had her first Tamil-language film release, which was Perarasu's action entertainer Pazhani. The film, in which she shared screen space with Bharath was a commercial success. Following this film, she had two more Tamil releases that year with Venkat Prabhu's comedy-thriller Saroja, in which she did a guest appearance, and finally Bharathiraja's investigative thriller Bommalattam. Especially the former film went on to become a commercial as well as a critical success, but both films failed to boost her career as her roles were too insignificant. Both her Telugu releases that year, Pourudu and Aatadista opposite Sumanth and Nitin, respectively, neither received positive reviews nor were successul at the box office.[1]

2009 she had four releases, three of which in Telugu. Her only Tamil film that year, which was Saran's Modhi Vilayadu, released first; it garnered mixed reviews and poor box office returns. Next she starred in the Magadheera, in which she essayed double roles for the first time. The film recevied universal critical acclaim as did the lead actors, including Kajal Agarwal, for their performances. Agarwal, particularly, was praised for her portrayal of a princess, Yuvarani Mithravindha, in the film. The film was also commercially highly successful and broke several records, emerging as the highest-grossing Telugu film and as one of the biggest box office hits in India.[2] Following Magadheera's phenomenal success, Agarwal became one of the most sought-after actresses in the Telugu film industry, catapulting her into the main foray of lead Telugu actresses.

Currently, she is involved in at last half-a-dozen projects, including five Telugu films as such as the multi-starrer Om Shanti, Brindavanam opposite NTR Jr. and Darling, directed by Karunakaran. Her only upcoming Tamil film is Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame Susindran's Naan Mahaan Alla alongside Karthi.

Today's Beauty Mamta Mohandas

In this Indian Name,Mohandas is Patronymic,not a family name,and the person should be known in the given name "Mamta"
Mamta Mohandas
Born 14 November 1985 (1985-11-14) (age 24)
Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
Occupation Actress, Playback singer
Years active 2002 — present

Mamta Mohandas (Malayalam: മംമ്ത മോഹന്‍ദാസ്) (born 14 November 1985 in Bahrain) is an Indian film actress and playback singer.

Background:

Mamta was born and brought up in Bahrain. She attended the Indian School, Bahrain till 2002. She first became a model and did a Bachelor's degree at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She did print ads for names such as IBM and Kalyan Kendra and on the ramp for the Mysore Maharajah and Raymonds. Mohandas is trained in Carnatic and Hindustani. Even during school days, she was a popular singer..

Acting

She débuted in the 2002 Malayalam film Mayookham, directed by Hariharan. Although the film did not do well at the box-office, Mamta attracted the attention for her sensitive portrayal of Indira.[2] Her breakthrough was the role as Mammootty's sister in the successful film Bus Conductor (2006), her second feature film.

Subsequently, she acted alongside Suresh Gopi in the films Adbutham (2006) and Lanka (2006) and alongside Jayaram in Madhuchandralekha (2006). She was later roped into play heroine in Keerthi Chakra with Mohanlal, but opted out later due to scheduling conflicts. She created controversy after the release of the movie Lanka. [3] Later that year, she debuted in the Tamil film industry, starring in the Karu Pazhaniappan-directed film, Sivappathigaram opposite Vishal Krishna, which turned out to be an average grosser only.

In 2007 then, she eventually stepped into the Telugu film industry as well as she appeared in a supporting role in the film Yamadonga, directed by SS Rajamouli. The film became one of the biggest hits of the year. She had lent her voice for a couple of songs in this film too. In 2008, she appeared in 7 films, predominantly in Telugu-language films. Her first release was her debut Kannada film Gooli. She then starred her first in the film Krishnarjuna, essaying the lead female role finally, which however did not well at the box office. Victory was her next assignment as lead actress, but that film also failed at the box office, follwoing which she appeared in a cameo role in her only Tamil release that year, Kuselan, alongside Tamil superstar Rajinikanth. Three more Telugu releases featured Mamta, including Homam, directed by JD Chakravarthy and Srinu Vaitla's King (2008 film) opposite Nagarjuna. In both the film she also worked as a playback singer, singing several songs, gaining great applause for both her acting and singing.

In 2009, she made a comeback to Tamil and Malayalam as she starred in the comedy film Guru En Aalu alongside Madhavan, and the thriller film Passenger, sharing screen space with Dileep and Sreenivasan, respectively. Whilst the former had an average run at the box office, the latter was declared a surprise sleeper hit in Malayalam. She is currently working on three Malayalam projects, Sathyan Anthikad's Katha Thudarunnu with Jayaram, Musafir with Rahman and Ragupati Raghava Raja Ram with Prithviraj, and one Telugu film, Kedi with Nagarjuna.

Singing

Besides acting, Mamta is known as an acclaimed playback singer in Indian films as well. Mamta, who is trained in Carnatic and Hindustani music, first sang playback in the Telugu film Rakhee, singing the title song, under Devi Sri Prasad's direction, making her debut in the Telugu film industry as a singer, before making her acting debut in Telugu. She went on to win the 2007 Filmfare Best Telugu Female Playback Singer Award for that song.

Subsequently, she was offered to sing several songs for composer Devi Sri Prasad, including the chartbuster Akalesthe Annam Pedtha for the Chiranjeevi-starrer Shankardada Zindabad (later dubbed as Daddy Mummy in the Tamil film Villu), 36-24-36 for the film Jagadam, Mia for Tulasi and Ghanana (Funny) and the title song for the film King, in which she herself acted. Other music directors, she worked with include M. M. Keeravani (for her own films Yamadonga and Krishnarjuna, also Chandamama), R. P. Patnaik (for Andamaina Mansulo), Chakri (for Victory), Nithin Raikwar (for her own movie Homam (film)|Homam) and Thaman (for Jayeebhava).

In Tamil, she has sung the song Kaalai Kaalai in the film Kaalai that starred Silambarasan in the lead role. She has now sung a song called Idai Vazhi for the comedy film Goa under noted composer Yuvan Shankar Raja's direction and soon she will be heard for the first time in her mother tongue, Malayalam, for her forthcoming movie with Prithiviraj titled Anwar.

Today's Beauty Ileana D'Cruz

Ileana D'Cruz (born 01 November 1987[1][2] in Mumbai [3]) is an Indian film actress.

She made her feature film debut through Y.V.S. Chowdhary's Telugu-language film Devadasu opposite newcomer, Ram, but has also done a Tamil film Kedi. She has emerged one of the most successful actresses in the Telugu film industry, having appeared in several blockbusters like Devadasu, Pokiri, Jalsa and Kick.

Early Life:

Ileana was born in Mumbai, India of Goan parentage Ronaldo Leo, and Sameera. Her parents named her name after Ileana Cosânzeana (In the myth, she is a beautiful princess who is kidnapped by the Zmeu, who locks her in his castle and waits for her to give in to his marriage proposal. She is saved by Făt-Frumos, who is analogous to Prince Charming.) from Romanian folklore. She completed her high school studies at St.Mary's Convent High School, Mapusa , Goa. she likes her family a lot, an absolute practical and sharp person with interests in swimming and reading sidney sheldon books chandra sekhar.


Career:

She debuted in the Telugu language film Devadasu in 2006 starring opposite Ram and directed by Y.V.S. Chowdhary who spotted her in a Fair and Lovely ad film directed by Rakesh Roshan [3]. Film was a block buster.

Her breakthrough came with her second Telugu film where she essayed the role of Shruti opposite Mahesh Babu in the highly successful Pokiri,in which she has done the role of an aerobic teacher. The film gained her good reviews.[4]. She then made her Tamil language film debut alongside Ravi Krishna in Kedi. Although the film did not do so well at the box-office, Ileana was sought after by many directors[who?] and actors in Tamil for films which she eventually rejected due to her commitments in Telugu [5][6]. Recently she acted with Pawan Kalyan in the movie Jalsa.

Her 2009 film against Ravi Teja, titled Kick was declared a hit at the box office, following which she starred in the films Rechipo and YVS Choudary's Saleem alongside Manchu Vishnu Vardhan.

Today's Beauty Padmapriya Janakiraman

Padmapriya Janakiraman (born February 28), better known mononymously as Padmapriya (Tamil: பத்மபிரியா) is an Indian film actress and model.

A classical Tamil bharatanatyam dancer,[1] Padmapriya made her acting debut in the Telugu-language film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2003), following which she appeared in a number of Malayalam and Tamil-language films alongside leading actors. In a span of 5 years, she has appeared in nearly 30 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi [1] and has received several major South Indian awards. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed performances in the Malayalam-language films Kaazhcha, Karutha Pakshikal and the Tamil-language films Thavamai Thavamirundhu and Mirugam.

Early Life:

Padmapriya was born in Delhi into a Tamil Iyer family to Janakiraman, a brigadier in the Indian Army, and Vijaya and brought up in Punjab.[1][2]

She did her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh[1] and studied at Loyola Academy, Alwal, Secunderabad, from which she graduated with a B. Com degree.[3] Later, she pursued an MBA degree in finance at Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Bangalore. She was then working for GE Capital as a risk consultant in Bangalore and Gurgaon.[2] After GE she was with Symphony in Bangalore. During her free-time, she ventured into modelling, which would later pave her way to the film business and acting. She has also won Miss Andhra Pradesh in 2001.[1]
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She has grown up to be a vibrant danseuse under the auspices of the famous guru Natya Brahma V. S. Ramamurthy. She has more than 200 public performances to her credit. Her Krishna Leela Ballet, where she performed the role of Lord Krishna for Hyderabad Doordarshan in 1990, is telecast even today on almost all Krishna Jayanti festivals and was specially chosen for the SAARC exchange program. She also featured in Nritya Rupam, an innovative choreography by Jayalakshmi Eshwar at Delhi, which was also specially telecast by Delhi Doordarshan.

Acting

Her passion for acting and modeling has made her successful in her films. She made her acting debut in the 2003 Telugu film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi, a remake of the Tamil film Kasi, which itself was a remake of the Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum. She essayed the role of a sexually exploited poor sister of a blind man in the film. This made possible her entry into the Malayalam film industry in the same year, starring in the film Kaazcha alongside superstar Mammootty. For her portrayal of a mother of three children, who struggles to accommodate another child, a victim of the Gujarat earthquake, she received rave reviews and the Asianet Award for Best Female New Face of the Year. She then started acting in malayalam movies, where she acted with all the superstars such as Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Jayaram.

In 2005, she acted in her first Tamil-language film, Thavamai Thavamirundhu, a drama that dealt with familial bond, depicting a father-son relationship, in which she was paired opposite actor-director Cheran. She played a simple college girl in the film, which garnered highly postive reviews and won several awards at major Indian award ceremonies, including a National Film Award (for Best Film on Family Welfare). Padmapriya herself was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actress for her critically acclaimed performance.[4] She next starred in the Malayalam film Rajamanikyam again alongside Mammootty. The comedy film, featuring also Rahman and Sindhu Menon, was an universal blockbuster, becoming the most popular film of the year, Padmapriya's highest-grossing film till date and even the highest-grosser of Mammootty and in the history of Malayalam cinema itself, after Twenty:20.[5]

In 2006, she appeared in 6 films. Her first release that year was Vadakkum Nathan, following which she starred in the Tamil film Pattiyal, in which she portrayed a salesgirl at a garment company. The Vishnuvardhan-directed gangster film, in which she shared screen space with Arya, Bharath and Pooja Umashankar, was a commercial and critical success, becoming one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of the year. Later that year, she acted in the Malayalam-language film Karutha Pakshikal and Yes Your Honour, which both were well appreciated by critics. Padmapriya's performance in both the films received positive reviews, particularly her portrayal as Poongodi, a street beggar, in the former fetched her rave accloades and earned her several awards including a Filmfare Best Actress Award.

2007 she had even 7 releases, the first being Anchil Oraal Arjunan. Next she starred in Veeralipattu and Satham Podathey in Tamil film. The latter was a psychological thriller directed by Vasanth, where she enacted the role of a helpless wife, who gets kidnapped by her former husband, whom she had divorced due to his alcohol addiction. Following Satham Podathey, she appeared in the films Naalu Pennungal in Malayalam, directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Mirugam in Tamil, directed by Samy. In Naalu Pennungal, which fetched its director the National Film Award for Best Directing, she essayed the role of a street prostitute, whilst in Mirugam, she played a tomboyish wife to a ruffian, who behaves like an animal, for which she won the Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actress.

Currently she is working on half-a-dozen films, which include her Hindi debut venture Striker opposite Siddharth Narayan,[6] her Kannada debut film Thamassu alongside Shivrajkumar,[6] a cowboy-based film Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam in Tamil,[6] Kutty Shranku with Mammootty once again in Malayalam and ace director Vishwanath's comeback film Sumadhuram in Telugu.[7] Whilst she will be enacting the role of a bar owner in Striker, she will appear as a human rights activist in Thamassu and as an army officer’s daughter in Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam.

Today's Beauty Andrea Jeremiah

Andrea Jeremiah (Tamil: ஆண்ட்ரியா ஜெரெமையா) is a playback singer, film actress and a model who acts in Tamil cinema.

She has acted in a couple of Tamil films, most notably with R. Sarath Kumar in Pachaikili Muthucharam directed by Gautham Menon. She was moreover widely known as a notable singer and has sung popular Tamil songs composed by Harris Jayaraj (such as Kannum Kannum Nokia from Anniyan and Karka Karka in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu) and Yuvan Shankar Raja (such as Oh Baby from Yaaradi Nee Mohini and the most recent Adada Vaa from Sarvam along legendary composer 'Maestro' Ilaiyaraaja. Reportedly, she has sung several songs in Aayirathil Oruvan, in which she acts as well. She was a part of a Jackson Five-style troupe called Young Stars at the age of 10 which kick started her singing career. And she was also a theatre artist in her college, Women's Christian College.[1] She has also launched a company named The Show Must Go On (TSMGO Productions) to promote live art and artistes.[2]

Today's Beauty Anushka Shetty

Anushka Shetty was born in a Tulu speaking family in Mangalore. She did her schooling and college in Bangalore. She was also a Yoga Instructor and has trained under yoga guru Bharat Thakur. She also speaks Telugu, Hindi and Tamil as well.

Shetty made her acting debut in Puri Jagannath's 2005 Telugu film Super alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna. The same year, she acted in another film Mahanandi, which was an unsuccessful venture. In 2006, she had four releases, the first being S. S. Rajamouli's Vikramarkudu opposite Raviteja, in which she portrayed the character Neeraja Goswami. The film went on to become very successful and got her much recognition, that eventually made her very popular in Andhra Pradesh.^[3][4] She next had starred in the film Astram, a remake of the 1999 Hindi film Sarfarosh, following which she debuted in the Tamil film industry, acting in the Sundar C.-directed action flick Rendu, sharing screen space with R. Madhavan. Later that year, she made a special appearance in A. R. Murugadoss' directorial debut in Telugu, Stalin.

Her first release in 2007 was Lakshyam, after which she starred in Raghava Lawrence's Don opposite Nagarjuna again, of which particularly the former did very well at the box office.^[5] 2008 she had appeared in six films overall; Okka Magaadu was the first release, in which she played one of three female leads. Her subsequent releases Swagatam alongside Jagapati Babu and Bhumika Chawla and Baladur opposite Ravi Teja again, garnered poor reviews and box office returns. She next appeared in the film Souryam pairing with Gopichand again, which became a box office hit.

In 2009, Shetty first starred in the film Arundati. The film, a heroine-centric film, in which she essayed two roles for the first time,^[6] was a critical as well as commerical success. Her performance, as Jejamma in particular, was highly critically acclaimed and fetched her her first Nandi Award. Her next film, the action flick Billa, a remake of the 2007 Tamil namesake, itself a remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don, featured Shetty in an entirely contrary role to her role in Arundati. Her final release in 2009 was her second Tamil feature film, Vettaikkaran, in which she was paired with lead actor Vijay and which she was also successful. She is currently acting in another Tamil film Singam, whilst in Telugu her upcoming released include Vedam, Panchakshari and Kaleja, all scheduled to release in 2010.

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