Monday 31 October 2011

Minissha Lamba

Minissha Lamba


Profile
Birth name                Minissha Lamba
Birth date                 January 18, 1985
Birth place                India
Occupation              Actress
Years active             2005–present


Biography
Minissha Lamba is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Her notable films include Yahaan, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kidnap, Shaurya and Well Done Abba.

Minissha Lamba was born in a Punjabi khatri Sikh family originally from Delhi. She went to school at Sherwood Hall School and later on moved to Chettinad Vidyashram, both in Chennai. In 2004, she majored in English with honours from Miranda House, University of Delhi.



Career
Lamba's long term ambition was to become a journalist. While studying for a degree in Delhi, she was offered to represent ad campaigns like LG, Sony, Cadbury, Hajmola, Airtel, Sunsilk etc. But it was the ad shoot for Cadbury that turned out to be lucky for her. She was approached by Bollywood director, Shoojit Sircar, who signed her to act in his film Yahaan (2005). She accepted it and moved on to acting making her film debut with Yahaan. Critics praised the movie citing Lamba's performance as one of the highlights.
In 2008, she acted in Siddharth Anand's film Bachna Ae Haseeno which also starred Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor in the lead roles. This movie was produced by Yashraj Films. Her next major role was in the Shyam Benegal film Well Done Abba (2010), which was highly acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival.  She has also played supporting roles in Corporate, Rocky: The Rebel, Anthony Kaun Hai, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Anamika, Shaurya and Dus Kahaniyaan. She also posed for Maxim India.
Lamba is currently shooting for Shirish Kunder's Joker, in which she will star opposite Shreyas Talpade.


Filmography

Year Film          Role
2005 Yahaan    Adaa
2006 Corporate Megha Apte
2006 Anthony Kaun Hai Jia R.Sharma
2006 Rocky: The Rebel Priya
2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Zara
2007 Dus Kahaniyaan Priya
2008 Anamika Jia Rao/Jia Sesodia
2008 Bachna Ae Haseeno Mahi
2008 Kidnap Sonia Raina
2008 Shaurya Kaavya Shastri
2010 Well Done Abba Muskaan
2011 Bheja Fry 2 Ranjini
2011 Hum Tum Shabana Shabana
2012 Joker
2012 Zila Ghaziabad
(Source Wikipedia)

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Vishakha Singh

Vishakha Singh


Biography
Vishakha Singh is one latest import from the Telgu film industry. Vishakha is a north indian rajput girl hailing from U.P. She was born is Abu Dhabi & completed her schooling from there. She has acted in number of ads for products like Sunsilk, D'mas Jewelry, Medimix, Motorola Motophone etc.

Her debut movie was a Telgu movie named Gnapakam. She has taken her first step into bollywood with her recently released movie Humsey Hai Jahaan. She is paired opposite to the actor & director of the movie Mashhoor Amrohi. When asked about making her career in acting, she said " I acted and directed lots of stage plays during my school days and always wanted to make career out of something I really love doing. That passion drove me in to films."


Vishakha Singh Worked as Female lead In Hindi Feature Film Humsey Hai Jahan,Coffee Shop,Do Aur Do Paanch  (Source India Forums com)








Celina Jaitley

Celina Jiya Jaitley  सेलीना जेटली


Profile
Brth name                Celina Jiya Jaitley
Birth date                 November 24, 1981
Birth place                Kabul, Afghanistan
Occupation              Model, actress
Years active             2001–present
Spouse                     Peter Haag (2011–present)


Biography
Celina Jiya Jaitley  is an Indian actress born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She appears in mainly Bollywood films. As a former beauty queen and model, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe in 2001.

Celina Jaitley was born in Kabul, Afghanistan  to a Punjabi Hindu Army Colonel V.K. Jaitley and Meeta, an Afghan Hindu, who was a nurse in the Indian Army. Celina has a brother who is also in the Indian Army.
She wanted to grow up and join the army just like her dad, either as a pilot or a doctor. Most of her childhood was spent in different locations due to her dad being transferred in cities and towns all over India - as a result she ended up studying in over a dozen different schools. While her family was in Lucknow, she attended City Montessori School, Station Road, Lucknow. She also studied in Berhampur, Orissa. She has spent a major portion of her time in Kolkata, West Bengal where father was posted during her college days. The family is now re-settled in Kolkata.. She graduated with a degree in commerce from Indira Gandhi National Open University.  After graduation, Celina worked in a cell phone company briefly.


Career
Jaitley came in first place at Femina Miss India 2001 winning the title of Femina Miss India Universe 2001. In addition to her title, she won the Miss Margo Beautiful Skin, Indiatimes Surfer's Choice, and MTV's Most Wanted award. She was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2001 contest to represent India where she was a finalist and finished as the 4th Runner Up.
In 2003, she made her film debut in Feroz Khan's Janasheen. In 2007 Jaitley flew to New Zealand and shot her first international movie Love Has No Language, a romantic comedy. Whilst there she was targeted by a stalker who had followed her from India. Jaitley was said to be traumatized by the experience.
There were reports that Jaitley was slated to play the character of a Persian princess in the film Quest of Scheherzade along with actors Sean Connery and Orlando Bloom, and directed by Ken Khan.  However, this has yet to be confirmed.
Jaitley is the brand ambassador of Egyptian tourism and Diya Diamond Jewellery from Gitanjali Group. She has also worked in pop album videos including remix of "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo" by Bombay Vikings.
Jaitley is a supporter of the rights and equality of the LGBT community and supports the gay rights movement in India.  (Source Wikipedia)






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