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Mallika Sherawat Biodata Birth Name Reema Lambha Mallika Sherawat Biodata Birth Name Reema Lambha Nickname Bollywood's Kissing Queen Height 5' 6½" (1.69 m) Mallika's onscreen debut was in Lak Tunoo, a music video by Surjit Bindrakhia.Sh e attracted wide notice with her appearance in the 2003 movie Khwahish. By India n standarts the movie was quite racy, however it was known for its naturalistic and realistic topic. In 2004, she starred in Murder, a film inspired by Hollywoo d's Unfaithful that again challenged Indian film standards. She received a nomin ation for Best Actress at the Zee Cine Awards ceremony for her performance in Mu rder. The film went on to become one of the biggest hits of the year. Since then, Sherawat has been known for her courage to express her opinions in p ublic and went on to make headlines through her outfits and blunt statements. She also made news when she won a small role in a Jackie Chan movie, The Myth, w here she again appeared in revealing costumes. She made a widely publicized appe arance at the Cannes Film Festival to promote The Myth.Since her debut, Mallika was often accused of simply being a sexy woman without talent. Her performance i n the 2006 film Pyaar Ke Side Effects co-starring Rahul Bose won her praise from around the industry[citation needed] and the film also garnered decent collecti ons.The movie stamped Mallika as an actress who started off as an item girl and joined the main stream later on. She is now beginning to work in the Kollywood (Tamil) film industry as well. She plays the second fiddle in Dasavatharam starring Kamal Haasan, Asin and Jayapra dha. Her latest project is a 10-minute role in Himesh Reshammiya's Aap Ka Suroor - Th e Real Love Story, which has been called a "vampish role". Mallika herself has p rotested, saying that it is a negative role but not a vamp role. With Aap Ka Sur oor she has become the most expensive "Item Girl",as she charged Rs. 1.5 crore f or her Item number in the movie. Sherawat has been voted as one of Asia's 100 most beautiful people by the Hong K ong based fashion and beauty magazine, Cover. Facts Bears a resemblance to actress Halle Berry. Has a degree in Philosophy from Miranda House, Delhi University. Some of her favorite films are Sholay (1975), Silsila (1981) and Masoom (1983). Is the first Indian woman to get an offer to pose nude for Playboy magazine and appear on the cover. Mallika turned down the offer in an attempt to avoid the ri sk of being blacklisted in the Indian film industry. The cost of the diamonds that Mallika wore at the Cannes Film Festival 2005 was Rs 45 million. They were sponsored by Orra Diamonds. Nine sets of jewelery were especially designed for Mallika, including diamond studded necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Changed her name from Reema Lamba to Mallika Sherawat when she did her first fil m, Khwahish (2003). She claims to have changed it because there were already too many actresses in the industry with similar names like Reema Sen, Raima Sen, an d Rimii Sen. She accepted the Advisory Board membership of the Asian Academy of film and tele vision supporting the film education in India. In April 2006, Mallika went on her first world tour of concert performances call ed Rock Stars along with Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, and John Abraham. Turned down the role of Sira in Private Moments (2005). Although little about her past is known, she has admitted that she was once marr ied prior to entering the film industry. #9 of 'Top Bollywood Actresses' of 2006. (rediff.com, 8-25- 2006) #4 by UK magazine Eastern Eye one of "Asia's Sexiest Women" (Sept/2006). Her performance at the televised 2006 New Year's Eve show at the hotel J.W. Marr iot, in Mumbai, caused social activist Vinod Jain to urge police to take immedia te action against the actress for wearing suggestive clothing. Mallika was dress ed in a body-hugging skin suit and a silver bikini to top it. He said that Malli ka's dancing was distasteful and and portrayed Indian women indecently. Jain app roached the Santa Cruz police station about the matter, but they told him that n o one filed a complaint against her. Was invited and attended the wedding of Princess Myasa, King Sheikh Hamad Bin Kh alifa's daughter, in Qatar. Mallika is good friends with the Princess. (Jan 2007 ). Is estranged from her parents and family, who are very religious and don't agree with Mallika working in the movies. After graduating from college, Mallika got married to Karan Singh Gill, a pilot for Jet Airways. The marriage quickly ended in divorce. It was after the divorce that Mallika, then known as Reema, decided to try her luck at movies. Film Aap Ka Suroor ( Himesh Reshammiya, Hansika Motwani, Mallika Sherawat) Guru ( Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavan, Vidya Bal an, Mallika Sherawat) Pyar Ke Side Effects ( Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat) Darna Zaroori Hai ( Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Mallika Sherawat, Anil Ka poor, Bipasha Basu, Randeep Hooda, Sunil Shetty) Shaadi Se Pehle ( Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Mallika Sherawat, Aftab Shivdasa ni, Sunil Shetty) The Myth ( Mallika Sherawat, Jackie Chan) Bachke Rehna Re Baba ( Rekha, Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal, Satish Shah, Karan Khanna) Kis Kis Ki Kismat ( Mallika Sherawat, Dharmendra, Siddharth Makkar) Murder ( Mallika Sherawat, Ashmit Patel, Emraan Hashmi) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Bipasha Basu Cristiano Ronaldo gets close and personal with Bipasha Basu Soccer stud Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be heating up things with Bollywood beaut y Bipasha Basu. According to reports, Ronaldo danced close and personal with Bipasha at the New Wonders of the World after party at Belem club in Lisbon. Man United's Portuguese ace showed Bipasha some of the fancy footwork on the dan ce floor, reports the Mirror. The pair was partying together following their appearance at a gala ceremony to announce the new Seven Wonders of the World at Portugal's Benfica Stadium. According to onlookers, Cristiano and Bipasha were all over each other and were reportedly seen kissing too. Biography Fate intervened when Bipasha recoiled and passed out when dissecting a rat. Thus ended her dream of being a medical professional. She was enrolled in the Scienc e faculty until 12th standard, but switched to Commerce thereafter. After acquir ing a degree in Commerce she planned to be a Chartered Accountant but ended up b eing the Ford Supermodel of the World when she was just 17 years old. Bipasha was born on January 7th 1979 in New Delhi. subsequently the Basu family re-located to Calcutta. Bipasha is the second of three sisters, born and brought up in a Hindu Bengali family, she is fluent in Hindi, English, and Bengali. The names of her sisters are Bidisha and Bijoyeta. Unbelievable as it may sound, se xy Bipasha was considered 'ugly' in her younger years due to her dark complexion . Her name means 'Dark Deep Desire', and is also the name of a river. After her triumph as the Ford Supermodel, she went on to be crowned Miss Vivacio us sponsored by Tulips. Bipasha made her foray into Bollywood with 'Ajnabee' in 2001, and subsequently a cquired a place for herself in the tinsel world. She went to star in 'Raaz', 'Ji sm', 'No Entry', 'Phir Herapheri', 'Corporate' &'Dhoom 2'. All of these movies d id fairly well at the box office, and escalated her position as not only a leadi ng lady, but one who can dare to bare. 'Dhoom 2' also credits her as a playback singer. She has also appeared in two music videos, and was one of the judges in the 2004 Femina Miss India beauty pageant. Film # Nehle Pe Dehla (2007) # Dhoom 2 (2006) # Humko Deewama Kar Gaye (2006) # Omkara (2006) # Apaharan (2005) # No Entry (2005) # Body: The Dark Side of Desire (2003) # Rudraksh (2003) Award And Nomination Filmfare Awards Winner * 2001: Filmfare Best Debut Award for Ajnabee Nominated * 2002: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raaz * 2003: Filmfare Best Villain Award for Jism * 2005, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award , for No Entry * 2006: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Coporate Star Screen Awards Nominated * 2006: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress , for Ajnabee * 2003: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Dino Morea for Raaz * 2006: Star Screen Award Best Actress for Coporate Zee Cine Awards Winner * 2003: Zee Cine Award Dynamic Duo for Raaz (shared with Dino Morea) Nominated * 2002: Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut for Ajnabee * 2006: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Coporate International Indian Film Academy Awards Winner * 2002: Sony faces of the Year (shared with Arjun Rampal and Gracy Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riya Sen Riya Sen fascinated by jewellery designing Gorgeous Riya Sen has developed a fascination for jewellery designing. Ironically, Riya has never been interested in jewellery and she would often get bored whenever her mama Moon Moon Sen took her along to the jewelers for shoppin g. Even after she began her movie career, Riya never wore much jewellery except on very special occasions. But recently while shooting with fashion photographer Suresh Natarajan for a jew ellery campaign, Riya got very fascinated with designs. Although she never had much inclination towards it, Riya decided to begin jewell ery designing. And her main inspiration is said to be her grandmother Suchitra Sens antique jewe llery, which is still with their family. Riya says she will refer to her dadis jewellery while creating her own designs, b ut that doesnt mean that she will copy designs.
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