Friday, June 13, 2008

Sarah Jane Dias



Sarah-Jane Dias is a Mumbai-based Indian model and the winner of Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2007 title. She is also a former Channel [V] VJ and actress. In Mumbai, Sarah-Jane Dias was trained in modelling by Atul Kelkar. At the age of 21, she won a TV talent hunt contest, which gave her a chance to host a Channel [V] show. She was first noticed as a guest on On the Run, a Channel [V] travel show, and later became the host of Get Gorgeous, a supermodel hunt on Channel [V].

In the crossover movie Brides Wanted (2006), Sarah-Jane Dias played the groom's best friend who helps him in his bride hunt. In 2006, she also featured in the video of Australian rock group INXS's Never Let You Go from the album Switch

Sarah-Jane Dias was the contestant No. 18 in the Miss India 2007 contest. In the final round, the winning question put to the five finalists was "If you had to convince a rural woman to participate in the Miss India contest, how would you do it?" The winning answer from Sarah-Jane Dias was I would first remind her that she has every right to such privileges as a Miss India would have. If she wins she could go back to her village and the improvement she would bring about would make the achievement of the pageant irreplaceable.



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Saturday, June 7, 2008

Simran Naval



She was born on April 4, 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Her father's name is Ashok Naval and her mother's name is Saradha Naval. Simran finished her Bachelor of Commerce degree and made her debut in the Hindi film Tere Mere Sapne. It was Jaya Bachchan (ABCL Corp) who saw her in "Superhit Muqabla" on Doordarshan’s Metro channel and called and offered her a leading role in "Tere Mere Sapne".

She later on moved south by acting in the high budget Malayalam film, "Indraprastham" with Megastar Mammootty in the lead role, and then to the Tamil movie industry and Telugu movie industry where she established herself as a bankable actress. Her notable films include Thulladha Manamum Thullum and Priyamaanavale opposite vijay, Vaali opposite Ajith Kumar, Kannathil Muthamittal opposite Madhavan and Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi.

She speaks Punjabi, French, Hindi, English. Simran is a versatile dancer and can perform Bharatanatyam with the same ease as she performs Salsa. Her primary professional rival was her contemporary Jyothika Saravanan.she enjoyed stupendous success in the Tamil film industry .She has acted in all kind of characters right from glam roles to family roles.Even her character in Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi as a tribe was very much spoken.

She joined AIADMK before the 2006 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections with husband Deepak and campaigned extensively for the party.



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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Nauheed Cyrusi



Nauheed Cyrusi is an Indian model, VJ and actress. She was born on October 19, 1982. She is Libran and her name means 'Venus'. The family lives near Podar College. She has a sister, and comes from a non-filmy background. She studied in J.B. Vacha School, and graduated from Jai Hind College and Basant Singh Institute of Science, Churchgate, Bombay, and is pursuing M.Com through correspondence. While in school she accompanied her friend to an audition and thus at the age of 14 she appeared in Dhara Oil advertisements. Subsequently she went on to appear in Head & Shoulders, Britannia Little Heart Biscuits, Ayurvedic Concepts (now called Himalaya) advertisements.

Nauheed started her career as a model, featuring in many music videos. Piya Basanti was her most memorable video, which brought her to the attention of Bollywood producers.



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