Category: Top Indian Models

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The million dollar woman: Madhuri Dixit

The lady who has a killer look and a million dollar smile is none other than our very own Madhuri Dixit. She is the most talented actress of the film industry of India. She has ruled Bollywood with her extraordinary acting skills throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. Madhuri is both a wonderful actor and an accomplished dancer. She has appeared in innumerable films and has delivered outstanding performances. She was awarded with ‘Padma Shri’ in the year 2008. Madhuri made her debut in the movie ‘Abodh’ in 1984. With the film ‘Tehzaab’ in 1988 where she was paired opposite Anil Kapoor, Madhuri shot to fame. Then she went on to appear in other hit films like ‘Raam Lakhan’ , ‘Beta’ , ‘Dil’, ‘Parinda’, and ‘Tridev’.

The Sooraj Barjatya directed movie ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ where Madhuri was paired opposite Salman Khan is one of the biggest hits of all times. She has won many awards by far, and her first ‘Filmfare’ award for the film ‘Dil’ in the ‘Best Actor Female’ category. On Women’s International Day in 2007, Madhuri Dixit was topped the Rediff’s list of the Best Bollywood Actresses Ever. After she was married to Dr. Nene in 1999, she bid goodbye to Bollywood but came back last year with the film ‘Aja Nachle’. The film though did not fare well at the box office, it yet again proved Madhuri’s both acting and dancing skills. It also sent the message that the era of Madhuri Dixit is not yet over.

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Atul Kulkarni

Listed among one of the most talented actors of the Indian film industry, Atul Kulkarni has acted in many Hindi and Marathi movies. He started acting on stage when he was in high school at Haribhai Devkaran High School. Atul started to take active parts in cultural gatherings when he was in college and while studying he joined the ‘Natya Aradhana’, a theatre group from Solapur. This group helped him to better himself and after working for two years in back stage, Atul at last got the opportunity to act. It was then he deiced to take acting as his career. Atul was a student of National School of Drama in New Delhi from 1992- 1995, he also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Dramatic Arts from the National School of Drama. His performance in the film ‘Hey Ram’ as Shriram Abhyakar won him his first ‘National Film Award’. Though he stared his career as a theatre person, he has won critical acclaim in films like ‘Page 3’ ,’Rang De Basanti’, ‘Chadni Bar’, ‘Satta’ ,’Khakee’ and many more. He has done many theatre which include: ‘Samudra’ a Marathi Play, ‘Chapha’ , ‘Natak’ and many more. Atul’s most noted Marathi films are ‘Devraee’ with Sonali Kulkarni and Mohan Agashe, ‘Chakwa’, ‘10-F (Dahavee Pha)’, ‘Vaastu Purush’ and ‘Bhet’. Atul is currently working on ‘Delhi 6’ which is directed by Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra, ‘Kacha Limbu’ and ‘Allha Ke Bande’. His Marathi movie ‘Maati May’( A Gravekeeper’s Tale) was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.

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The Cute Jugal Hansraj

Jugal Hansraj is one of the cutest looking actors of the Indian film industry. He was a popular child actor. It was in 1983 that Jugal appeared in ‘Masoom’, his innocent and hazel colored eyes took almost every audience sympathy and accolades. The film was directed Shekhar Kapoor, and had Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi in the lead role. The film also had two other child artists; one of them was actress Urmila Matondhkar. The film was about a nine year old boy played by Jugal who was refused to accept by his stepmother since he was born from an unfaithful relationship.

The film was based on Erich Segal’s bestseller ‘Man, Woman and Child’. The response of the film was very much positive and this gave Jugal the opportunity to act in many other films like ‘Karma’ and ‘Sultanat’ as a child artist. As a child he has done commercials too, like one for ‘Nutanmul’. In 1994, Jugal made his adult debut with the film ‘Aa Gale Lag Ja’ His performance in the movie ‘Papa Kehta Hai’ was well noticed in 2000, Jugal got the opportunity to work with the Yash Raj. The name of the film was ‘Mohabbatein’ and was directed by Aditya Chopra. The film was a debut film for five more newcomers. Jugal was paired opposite newcomer Kim Sharma, the film had Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead and the movie was a huge hit. He has turned director recently.

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Bobby Deol

Vijay Singh Deol, popularly known as Bobby Deol is an actor who comes in Indian movies. The son of famous yesteryear actor Dharmendra was born on 27th January in 1967 in Mumbai. When Bobby was ten years old, he made his onscreen appearance in the movie ‘Dharam Veer’ as a young Dharmendra. The film was released in 1977. His elder brother Sunny Deol is also a famous Bollywood actor. Under his home banner ‘Vijeyta Films’, Bobby made his debut in the movie ‘Barsaat’ in 1995, the director of the movie was the famous Rajkumar Santoshi. The film was also the debut film of Twinkle Khanna, the elder daughter of popular film stars Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia. The film won him ‘Filmfare Best Male Debut Award’ and was the sixth highest grosser in India in 1995. Bobby’s well known films are ‘Gupt : The Hidden Truth’ which was big hit and he starred along with Kajol and Manisha Koirala, ‘Soldier’, where he was paired opposite Priety Zinta, ‘Humraaz’ for which he received his first nomination for the ‘Filmfare Best Actor Award’ and few more.

He played a villain in the film ‘Shakalaka Boom Boom’ which sank without a trace. In 1999, Bobby appeared in ‘Dillagi’ for the first time with his elder brother Sunny Deol. The film was also the directorial debut of Sunny Deol. There are very few hit films of Bobby and ‘Ajnabee’ which was released in 2001 is one of them. In ‘Apne’ which came in 2007, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and Dharmnedra has appeared together.

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Manoj Bajpai essaying the unconventional

Manoj Bajpai is an Indian actor of great worth. He is better known for essaying offbeat and unconventional roles. Manoj was born in a small village in West Champaran in Bihar named Blewa. He has done his graduation from Ramjas College, Delhi University. Manoj started his acting career with the popular tele-serial, which was telecasted, on Doordarshan in the 90s. He is one of the most talented actors of Bollywood. Manoj Bajpai shot to fame with the movie ‘Satya’, which was directed by Ram Gopal Verma, his portrayal of the gangster Bhiku Matre was immaculate and he was immensely appreciated for his wonderful performance. This film fetched Manoj Bajpai many awards ‘Filmfare Best Actor- Critics Choice’ and ‘Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actor.

His most prominent films other than ‘Satya’ include ‘Shool’, ‘Zubieda’ which was directed by Shyam Benegal and Manoj Bajpai shared his screen spaces with actors like Rekha and Karisma Kapoor, ‘Aks’ where he appeared along with Amitabh Bachchan and Nandita Dass and many more. He is the winner of two prestigious National Awards in the best actor category for the film ‘Satya’ in the supporting actor category and a special jury award for the film ‘Pinjar’. He has played negative role in the films ‘Road’ which was directed by Rajat Mukherjee and ‘Aks’ directed by the renowned filmmaker Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra. Though both the films did not fare well at the box office, Manoj’s performance was well appreciated. His 2007 releases include ‘Dus Kahaniyaan’ , ‘Swamy’ and few more.

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The funny man: Paresh Rawal

One of the most versatile actors of the Indian film industry undoubtedly is Paresh Rawal. Paresh is an actor of great worth; he hails from a Gujarati family and has acted by now more than hundred and twenty films. He started acting in 1984 and his debut film was ‘Holi’. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s , Paresh Rawal played the roles of mostly villains and he indeed was a master in that. From the year 2000, Paresh was found playing mostly characters of comedians and he even topped in that. In fact, Paresh Rawal is a kind of actor who can essay any role given to him easily. Besides acting in films, Paresh is also a very well known theatre person.

Paresh Rawal was a student of the Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics, Vile Parle in Mumbai. Paresh Rawal’s most commendable films include ‘Sardar’ which came in 1992, here he portrayed Vallabhbhai Patel, a noted freedom fighter of India, ‘Maya Memesaab’ which came in 1993, in this film which also had Shah Rukh Khan and was based on Madame Bovary, Paresh played a shop-owner who schemes and entraps the title character into a series of financial schemes, the critically acclaimed film ‘Tamaana’ of 1996, where he played the challenging role of a ‘hijra’. The other noted characters he had played include Baburao Ganpatrao Apte in ‘Hera Pheri’, one of three blind bank robbers in ‘Aankhen’ and many more. Paresh Rawal has won the prestigious National Award for his roles in ‘Sardar’ and ‘Tamaana’ by the President of India.

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Rajpal Yadav

The man who has given comedy in films a new turn is Rajpal Yadav. Rajpal is well known actor of the Indian film industry. He is mainly known for his comedy roles, which he essays with perfection. Rajpal was born in a village called Kudra, which is in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He was raised in this same place. From a very tender age, Rajpal Yadav loved to acting and he always used to take part in ‘nautankis’, which is the traditional folk drama. He is a graduate in Arts and he has been a student of Bhartendu Natya Academy (B.N.A), which is in Lucknow, and he was there for two years, 1992-94. Rajpal then came to Delhi to join the Rashtriya Natya Vidyalaya or National School of Drama, from where he graduated in the year 1997. His first role was in the movie ‘Shool’ which came in the year 1999 and was directed by E. Niwas. The film had Manoj Bajpai, Raveena Tandon and Shayaji Shinde in the lead role. Though he had a small role, he had managed to make a mark and impress the audiences and critics. ‘Jungle’ which was directed by Ram Gopal Verma was a major turning point in Rajpal’s acting career. Here he played the role of the villain. The film gave Rajpal his first awards. Rajpal has played the leading role in the film ‘Main, Mere Patni Aur Woh’ opposite Rituparna Sengupta. His most appreciated performances as a comedian are in the films like ‘Hungama’, ‘Malamal Weekly’, ‘Waqt: The Race Against Time’ and ‘Chup Chup Ke’.