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Sameera Reddy

The youngest of the three Reddy sisters, the other two being famous models namely Meghna Reddy and Sushma Reddy, Sameera Reddy is a Bollywood actress who has already made a mark in Indian cinema. Sameera Reddy was born on 8th September in the year 1982 and has graduated from the Sydenham College. This actress of the Indian film industry is a trained dancer. She began her career with a music video; she starred in Pankaj Udhas’s famous music video ‘Ahista’. Before joining films, Sameera who is popularly known as Sam has followed her elder sisters’ footstep; she has done some modeling campaigns. This shy and moody actor prefers eating in small restaurant to five-star hotels.

Sameera Reddy made her debut in film with Sohail Khan, the younger brother of popular actor Salman Khan in the movie ‘Maine Dil Tujhko Diya’. In this movie she was given the role of a shy girl of college falling in love with her fellow students. Though the film did not fare well at the box office, it opened the door for many offers for Sameera. By far she has appeared in some eighteen films which include three Telegu films which are ‘Jai Chiranjeevi’ , ‘Narasimhudu’ and ‘Ashok’. Sameera got noticed in the film ‘Musafir’ where her item number was very much appreciated and everyone got to know her trained dancing skills. In ‘Musafir’ she starred opposite Anil Kapoor. Her recent release was ‘Race’ which has proved to be a hit in the box office. Sameera Reddy has also done a Bengali movie named ‘Kalpurush’ directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta with Rahul Bose.

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Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi, a name, known to all, is one of the talented actresses of the Indian film industry. She can be regarded as one of the leading ladies of parallel or art films. Shabana was born on 18th September in the year 1950, she is the daughter of Kaifi Azmi who was famous Urdu poet and writer and noted stage actress Shaukat Azmi. Shabana is both an Indian actress and a social activist, who has acted in different genres of films. Most of her performances are appreciated and she has been felicitated with numerous awards. Having graduated in Psychology from St’ Xavier’s College, she joined an acting course at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune, she even topped her batch in 1972. Shabana is one the few actresses to have won a National Film Award for best actress for the debut film. Shabana’s debut film was Shyam Benegal’s ‘Ankur’, which was released in 1972.

Shabana has received National Film Award for three consecutive awards, which is an achievement in itself. The films for which she won are ‘Arth’, ‘Khandhar’ and ‘Paar’. She has won five National Film Awards in the best actress category. ‘Godmother’ is the last one till now in her list of five. Her other memorable performances include in the movies like Shyam Benegal’s ‘Nishant’, ‘Junoon’ , ‘Susman’ , ‘Antarnaad’, Satyajit Ray’s ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi’ , ‘Genesis’ , ‘Ek Din Achanak’ directed by Mrinal Sen, ‘Disha’ and ‘Sparsh’ by Sai Paranjpye , Aparna Sen’s ‘Sati’ , ‘Picnic’ ,Gautam Ghose’s ‘Paar’ , ‘Madame Sousatzka’ of John Schlesinger, Roland Joffe’s ‘City of Joy’ and Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Arth’. Shabana has also appeared in many commercial films and is a active social activist.

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Kirron Kher

Kirron Kher, who is the wife of noted actor Anupam Kher is an Indian actress and also a television host. She was born on June 14 and hails from Chandigarh, India. Of late she has chaged her name from ‘Kiron’ to ‘Kirron’ because of her belief in numerology. Kirron has been the host of three television programs namely ‘Purushkshetra’, ‘Kiron Kher Today’ and ‘Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher’. She hosted these programs before joining films. This talented actress made her debut in the year 1983 in a film named ‘Aasra Pyar Da’ which is a Punjabi film. Her performance in the film was widely appreciated. She worked as a costume designer in the blockbuster movie ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’. It was Kirron who also suggested for the title of the film. Kirron has received the ‘Bronze Leopard’ at the Locanro International Film Festival 2003’ for her outstanding performance in ‘Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters’.

Though she debuted in 1983, she did not act in films from 1988 to 1996. Along with her actor husband Anupam Kher, Kirron has appeared in the American television series ‘ER’, where she played Parminder Nagra’s mother. Kirron is mostly seen playing supporting roles and her portrayal of those roles are mostly successful. Her noted performance includes in the films like ‘Devdas’ in 2002, ‘Main Hoon Na’ in 2004, ‘Hum Tum’ in 2004. Kirron’s acting in ‘Rang De Basanti’ and ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ received accolades. She has received National Film Award in the best actress category for the film ‘Bariwali’.

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Govinda

Govind Arun Ahuja or Govinda is an award-winning actor of the Indian film industry. Besides being an actor, Goinda is also a Member of Parliament of the Mumbai North Constituency of Maharastra in India. Govind has done as many as one-twenty films in Bollywood. Govinda was born on 21st December in the year 1963 and his first film was ‘Ilzaam’ which came in 1986 and was box office hit. Govinda is a much known dancer. Govinda claimed to fame with his films like ‘Shola Aur Shabnam’, ‘Aankhen’, ‘Coolie No. 1’, ‘Haseena Maan Jaayegi’ and many more. He is very popular for his dancing skills and his comic timing. Govinda is a commerce graduate from the Annasaheb Vartak College in Vasai, Maharashtra. Under David Dhawan’s direction, Govinda has done seventeen movies.

Govinda has given his audiences many fun filled hit films. The list of his successful comedy films is endless. He has shared his screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in the 1997 hit ‘Bade Miyaan, Chote Miyaan’. In the film ‘Shikhar’ where Govinda played the role of a negative character won him many accolades. After joining politics, Govinda had taken a break from films, but he had made his comeback with the comedy film ‘Bhagam Bhag’ directed by Priyadarshan. The film was hit of 2006. Govinda’s performance in the movie ‘Salaam-e-Isqh, A Tribute to Love’ was well appreciated, though it was a box office failure. His second release for 2007 was ‘Parnter’ directed by David Bhawan was huge hit of the year.

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Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah is rated among the best actors of all times in the Indian film industry. This talented Indian actor was born on July 20, 1950, and he was interested in acting from a very tender age. He has graduated from National School of Drama in the year 1973 and has studied in Film and Television Institute of India. In the year 1975, Naseeruddin made her debut in Shyam Benegal’s ‘Nisahnt’. In the film ‘Sparsh’ , Naseeruddin played a blind man and this made his place permanent in the Indian film industry as an actor.

He won the National Film Award in the best actor category for this film. Naseeruddin Shar belongs to the time of ‘New Wave’ cinema which was the name given to the young directors who started making different movies. The other actors of this time are Shabana Azmi, Smita Partil and Om Puri who appeared in offbeat or art films like ‘Bhumika’ , ‘Bhavni Bhavai’, ‘Ardh Satya’ , ‘Mirch Masala’ and few more. His awesome performance in the 1982 film ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’ revealed Shah’s versatility. With the film ‘Hum Paanch’, Shah came to act in the mainstream cinema as earlier he was acting in parallel or art films. The 1986 multi-starrer ‘Karma’ gave Shah more recognition in the commercial movies; here he acted with Dilip Kumar. His other noted movies include : ‘Ijaazat’ which was released in 19987, ‘Jalwa’ ,’Hero Hiralal’ and many more. He has received three Filmfare Awards in the best actor category and also the ‘Volpi Cup’ award in the best actor category for the movie ‘Paar’.

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Om Puri

The Indian film industry has many talented actors, who have proved their versatility again and again, actor Om Puri can easily be listed in one of them. Om Puri is an Indian actor with extraordinary acting skills. Om Puri acts in both commercial which is also called mainstream Indian film and also in art films. Puri was born on 18th October, 1950 in Ambala, in Punjab, India. He has remained a graduate of the ‘Film and Television Institute of India’ and also the 1973 alumnus of National School of Drama which is situated in Dehli. Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah have been classmates in the National School of Drama. Other than Indian films, Om Puri has also appeared in American and British films.

In the year 1956, Om Puri made his debut with the film ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ which was based on a Marathi play with the same name. Puri is mostly known for playing unconventional roles which includes films like: Aakrosh’ in 1982, which was directed by Govind Nihalani, ‘Ardh Satya’ in 1982, the movie was also directed by Govind Nihalani and the much acclaimed Gulzar directed ‘Maachis’ in 1996. Om Puri received his National Award in the best actor category for the film ‘Ardh Satya’. His international projects include ‘My Son the Fanatic’, ‘City of Joy’, ‘Patrick Swayze: Wolf’ where he starred along with Jack Nicholson and ‘The Ghost and the Darkness’, he has done a cameo in Richard Attenborough directed ‘Gandhi’. He portrayed with brilliance the comic character in ‘Chachi 420’. Om Puri is a great actor.

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Anita Hassanandani aka Natassha

Anita Hassanandani better known as Natassha is a model, television actress and also a film actress of the Indian film industry. Anita has been the model for popular advertisement campaigns like ‘Sunsilk’, ‘Boroplus’ and many other well known brands. Her acting career started as a television actress. Ekta Kapoor chose her for the lead role in the serial ‘Kabhi Sautan Khabie Saheli’. This serial was very much successful and opened the doors for more offers for Anita or Natassha. She made her debut with the horror film ‘Kucch To Hai’, the film was produced by Balaji Telefilms. In this film, she got the opportunity to star with actors like Rishi Kapoor, Jitendra and Tusshar Kapoor and Esha Deol who were in the lead roles.
The other popular serial where Natassha has worked was ‘Kavyanjali’, where she played the lead role of a middle class girl marrying a business tycoon. Other than acting in mainstream Hindi movies and popular serials, Natassha has also appeared in many regional movies like Telegu, Tamil and Kannad movies. She has mainly acted in movies under the Balaji productions include a horror flick ‘Krishna Cottage’ where she was paired opposite Sohail Khan and the movie mainly included television actors, ‘Koi Aap Sa’ which was released in the year 2005, here she was paired opposite Aftab Shivdashani, and ‘Yeh Dil’ which was remake of a Telegu hit ‘Nuvvu Mennu’, in this film she was paired opposite Tusshar Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor’s brother. Her forthcoming film is ‘Ek Se Bure Do’ opposite Arshad Warsi.