Category: Top Indian Models

Know about India’s top models, see their pictures and read interviews. A blog to keep you updated with latest in fashion world.

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Sarah Jane: the next big thing

One of the newest girls to hit the ramp is Sarah Jane Dias. A Mumbai based Indian model, and a former VJ of Channel V, she won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2007 title. She did her schooling up to class X from Indian School Wadi Al Kabir, and her plus two from Indian School Muscat. Her father, Eustace Dias is a marketing manager with Oilfields Supply Centre in Muscat.

At the age of 14 in 1997, she won the Miss India Oman title, which was sponsored by the Times of India. Sarah-Jane Dias was trained to be a model under Atul Kelkar. She won a talent hunt contest on TV when she was 21 years of age. This gave her a chance to host a show of Channel V. In ‘On The Run’, which is travel show of Channel V, she was first noticed as a guest. A well known face in the glamour industry, she hosted the show of ‘Get Gorgeous’, supermodel hunt on Channel V. She had always dreamt of winning the Miss India crown, which became true in 2007.

This confident model is interested in building a career in the field of music and food. Her voice and the capability to talk to anyone adds to her powerful personality. She will soon step in Bollywood with her film ‘Brides Wanted’ directed by Girish Acharya. This famous model wishes to travel around the world. She is a prominent name of the glamour industry.

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Sunny Deol

The second-generation acting in the Deol family began with the debut of Sunny Deol. Sunny Deol is the son of the veteran actor of yesteryear Dharmendra. Sunny was born on October 19 in 1959 in New Delhi in India is a descendent of Punjab. He has a younger brother Bobby Deol who is also an actor of Bollywood and his cousin Abbay Deol has recently been into films. His debut movie was ‘Betaab’ which was released in 1983. The movie was a blockbuster and he was paired opposite Amrita Singh.

Sunny has always wanted to be an actor from his childhood and he went to England to join the Old Web Theatre in Birmingham for studying theatre and acting. His peak of his career was in the years 1983,1991, 1994 and 1998. The character of Arjun in the film with the same name established the action hero in Indian cinema. His portrayal of a jobless young man who is forced by situations to be gangster was very much appreciated. The breakthrough performance of Sunny Deol came in the film ‘Ghayal : The Wounded’ which was released in the year 1990. The film was directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi and won him his first ‘National Film Award’. His second ‘National Film Award’ in the best supporting actor category came for the film ‘Damini-Lightning’. Here he played the role of a lawyer. His other noted films are ‘Border’ , ‘Imtihaan’, ‘Tridev’, ‘Gadar- Ek Prem Katha’ and more. He has directed ‘Dillagi’ where both the Deol brothers have acted.

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Muzammil – Indian male model

This young lad of 23 years had a kick start in his modeling career when he won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest as Mr. India in 2003. This supermodel hails from Jammu and Kashmir and is born on August 25,1984. He was even felicitated with the Rashtrapathi Award for bravery in 1994 for saving a boy from drowning in 1992. He has pursued a degree in Mechanical Engineering. The video of ‘Pardesi’ brought him instant fame, this remix album brought out by T-series was proved to be big hit. This supermodel believes in working out religiously and he tries to eat healthy.

He has done innumerable international campaigns. Not only in the video has he featured, he has also featured in Lucky Ali’s video of ‘Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai’. He is a popular model in Bangkok. The brands of advertisements in which he has featured are Mistair, Real fruit juice, Maruti Suzuki Swift, Onida Dvd, Bolero sports car, Hide and seek biscuits, Bajaj pulsar bike and Siyaram. He has done more than 15 modeling campaigns. He does not live in protein supplements.

Muzammil is the youngest amongst his three siblings- Nafisa, Muddasar and Anisa. This handsome model has already made his debut into Bollywood in a movie directed by Pooja Bhatt; the name was ‘Dhoka’. This movie earned him lot of critical success. When he is not modeling he likes to read books and spends time with his family. He has been getting lots of offer in movies but he has not accepted any as he is waiting for the prefect one.

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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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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’.