Top Indian Models

2008-09-28T00:05:00.001-07:00

Gauhar Khan is an Indian model and actress. She is also a television hostess. She was the runner-up in the Femina Miss India contest, 2002.

Baby Shamili turns heroine

2008-09-27T23:42:00.000-07:00

Baby Shamili, the younger sister of actress Shalini, may be more familiar to Tamil cinegoers for her amazing portrayal in ace Mani Rathnam's Anjali as a mentally-challenged child. Shamili won the prestigious National Award in 1991 for her this performance when she was just three years old. In fact, baby Shamili came to the limelight with Malayalam films much before her entry into Tamil. She mesmerized the audience with her great performances in many Malayalam films in the 90's. She was last seen in Malayalam with Mammootty and Mohanlal in Fazil's Harikrishnans (1998), where she played the youngest sister of the superstars. Baby Shamili, a pretty teenager today, is all set to make a comeback as a full-fledged heroine soon. Shamili bagged a chance to play the heroine in a new Telugu film opposite chocolate hero Siddharth. This untitled film will be directed by debutant Anand Ranga, who earlier assisted Bhaskar in his blockbuster Bommarillu. Anand Renga is said to have impressed Shamili with the story. D.V.V. Danayya will be producing Shamili's debut flick under Universal media banner. This film will start rolling from October 1.

RS 10 Million for Kangna to go BALD?

2008-09-23T22:32:00.001-07:00

Pretty Kangna Ranaut known for long locks is faced with a great dilemma. She has been offered a hefty sum of more than Rs 10 million to get the bald look for a new Tamil film. This is to recall that Kangna has been very popular in the southern film industry, especially after the success of her first Tamil film, 'Dhaam Dhoom'. South Indian directors are crazy about her. Answering to our query, the Tamil movie director says that his action thriller demands the actress in a bald state for a few scenes! Though Kangna hasn't yet accepted the offer, she hasn't rejected either.

The sum offered is too huge to decline. Besides, she says that the role is a very challenging one. Going bold isn't too much for the pretty girl but going bald is, as she would lose her dearest locks. As far as playing a bold character is concerned, she would soon be seen as an infamous and unfortunate model Geetanjali, in Madhur Bhandarkar's forthcoming 'Fashion'. But, going bald onscreen is too much for a young actor like her. Very few actresses like Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas have gone bald to play for their parts in Bollywood. Let Kangna decide for herself.

Lara Dutta awaits 10-carat rock from Dino

2008-09-23T22:26:00.001-07:00

Former Miss Universe-turned-actress Lara Dutta has no qualms admitting she is having a nice time with her old pal Dino Morea. After her split with Kelle Dorje, she is back these days with Dino. She does not seem to regret losing her ex boyfriend Kelle. It's another issue that Dino and Kelly have been good friends too. There is a buzz in B-town that Lara is often with Dino. When asked, Lara denies that she is looking for a permanent relationship with Dino.

Yet, in the same breath, she says she would welcome a 10-carat rock on her finger from Dino! She adds: "I'm having fun because I'm young. Dino and I have known each other forever." She doesn't deny her live-in relationship with Kelle, but clarifies that she is no longer interested in that. She is having a fun with her old friend Dino with much hope that her forthcoming movie 'Billo Barber' starring none other than Shah Rukh Khan would bring her laurel and place her in the league of Bollywood's top heroines.

Sarah Jane Dias

2008-06-13T22:50:00.001-07:00

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.

Simran Naval

2008-06-07T21:32:00.001-07:00

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.

Nauheed Cyrusi

2008-06-05T17:53:00.000-07:00

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.

Sameera Reddy

2008-05-18T19:53:00.000-07:00

Sameera Reddy is a Bollywood actress. Her fore fathers are from Rajahmundry , A town in Andhra Pradesh , India.She is a very close relative to Business tycoon Vijay Mallya. She graduated from Sydenham College. She is most famous for her role in Musafir.

She was first discovered in a music video, Aahista by Pankaj Udhas. She modeled for a while before and deciding to act in films. She made her film debut opposite Sohail Khan in Maine Dil Tujhko Diya. Her role was of a shy college girl who falls in love with one of her fellow students. The film was not a success, but she did get other film offers by the time her debut film released.She tried her luck in tollywood in a few films ( "Narasimhudu" starring Jr. NTR and "Jai Chiranjeeva" starring Megastar Chiranjeevi) but both tumbled at the box office.

After two more failures at the box office, she had her first success with Musafir. The film eventually flopped but her role in it transformed her from shy college girl to a sex symbol. The film was quite controversial as it included a kissing scene between her and her co-star Anil Kapoor. She has acted in two Bengali films, Kalpurush and Ami, Yasin ar Amar Madhubala (a.k.a. The Voyuers), both directed by Budhdhadeb Dasgupta.

One of her elder sisters, Sushma Reddy made her acting debut with the film Chocolate. Her other sister is Meghna Reddy. She made a guest appearance on the British show Casualty.

Tanushree Dutta

2008-05-08T18:00:00.000-07:00

Tanushree Dutta was born on 19 March 1980 in Jamshedpur, India. She is an Indian film actress and model. She is a tall girl stands 5'8". She was crowned Ponds Femina Miss India Universe 2004 at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai. Dutta, a dusky B Com second year student from Pune University, bagged the coveted crown amidst stiff competition from 29 contestants who were chosen from about 6,000 girls from all over the country. The ceremony, held at the sprawling Bandra-Kurla Complex, saw Lakshmi Pandit, a Mumbai-based classical dancer walking away with the Miss India World title. Tanushree's reply to actor Sanjay Dutt's question in the final round, whether there was a healthy competition when only one wins, won her the crown. The audience broke into applause when she replied, "When there is unhealthy competition everybody is a loser." Tanushree Dutta plays the role of a temptress in her debut movie Chocolate.

Gayatri Joshi

2008-05-06T18:04:00.000-07:00

Gayatri Joshi born 20 March 1977 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India is a model turned Bollywood actress. Her first and only film, is the 2004 released, Swades. She was one of the final five candidates in the 1999 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, and was crowned Sony Entertainment Channel's My Miss India-voted by viewers, and was chosen to represent India at the 2000 Miss International event in Japan. She has worked as an advertising model in addition to making appearances in several music videos: She appeared in music videos of Jagjit Singh’s Kaghaz Ki Kashti and Hansraj Hans’ Jhanjaria.

While she was still in college, she modeled for Bombay Dyeing, Philips, Ponds, Godrej, Sunsilk, LG as well as the Hyundai ad with Shahrukh Khan. She has also modeled for Seasons Catalogue and Calendar during 2001.

She made her Bollywood debut in December 2004 in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s film Swades opposite Shahrukh Khan.

Dark-haired Gayatri stands approximately 5'9" tall, weighs 49 kilos, and measures 35-26-35.
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Aishwarya Rai

2008-05-05T17:44:00.001-07:00

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan[1] or Aishwarya Bachchan (Birthname: Aishwarya Rai; born November 1, 1973) is an internationally renowned Indian actress. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model, and gained fame after winning the Miss World contest in 1994.

Often acclaimed as the most beautiful woman in the world,Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Iruvar (1997). She had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998), and came to the attention of Bollywood in the Hindi movie, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, and she successfully performed in Bhansali's next project, Devdas (2002), for which she won her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare. Since then, she has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English, including the international productions, Bride & Prejudice (2003), Mistress of Spices (2006) and The Last Legion (2007) in English.

Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, as the daughter of Krishnaraj Rai, a marine biologist, and Vrinda Rai, a writer. Her family belongs to the Bunt community of Mangalore. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003).

After she was born, her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz. Rai then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her "HSC" studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect.

She can communicate in several languages, including Tulu, Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil .While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modeling on the side. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place (behind Sushmita Sen), and went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.

Rai has previously dated Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi. She is now married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan. The wedding took place on April 20, 2007.
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Katrina Kaif

2008-05-01T17:45:00.000-07:00

Katrina Kaif born July 16, 1984 is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu and Malayalam films. She is one of the most attractive Bollywood actress of the recent times. There are a few reasons which shot Katrina to overnight fame. the major amongst them were the rumors bout her affair with Salman Khan, her work in Boom. But the most important of them all is her unusual beauty.

Katrina Kaif steeped int he world of Bollywood with "Boom". the movie was not a success because of the major shortcomings. She also did 'Maine Pyaar Kyon Kiya' with Salman Khan and 'Sarkar' with Abhishek Bachchan. On a personal note she says that she finds herself comfortable in wearing not so revealing clothes. She is an introvert and does not entertain going to too many parties.

Deepika Padukone

2008-04-30T18:04:00.001-07:00

Deepika Padukone (Kannada, born January 5, 1986) is an Indian model turned actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone on January 5, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore when she was only eleven months old. Her father Prakash Padukone is a badminton player of international repute, while her mother is a travel agent. Her mother tongue is Kannada. She also has a younger sister named Anisha and is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer.

While pursuing her studies in college, she decided to pursue a career in modelling due to her tall slender figure. Over the years, she has modeled for famous Indian brand names like Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca. She received many prestigious modeling offers, which included her becoming the brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India. Padukone hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international cover-girl face.

At the 5th annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year and Playboy Magazine Cover Winner. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006 and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards, Female Model of the Year - (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the Year, later that year. Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and most recently Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.

Celina Jaitley

2008-04-28T18:03:00.000-07:00

Celina is a daughter of Punjabi father who was an Indian Army officer. Her mother is an Afghan and is a child psychologist by profession. Her schooling was done all over the country due to the frequent transfers of her father. She had to change thirteen schools till her Board exams. Presently her family stays in Bangalore. Celina’s past five generations have served the army and there was a point of time in her life, when she was also tinkering with the idea of taking the Combined Defense Services exam.

She graduated in Commerce and fetched her a marketing job for a Cell phone company in Kolkatta. There she participated in a local beauty contest just for the heck of participation and to everybody’s surprise she emerged victorious. This gave her a boost and she sent her pictures for the Miss India contest. Just a day before the preliminary rounds were to begin Celina got the invitation to participate. Soon she walked away with the coveted, Miss India crown bagging almost every title from Best Skin to Best Clothes to MTVs most wanted.

This title win enabled her to participate in the Miss universe title. But Indian girls had won it for three consecutive years. There was an immense pressure on her persona with press flooding her with questions about rigging. She was weighed down by this pre –contest scepticism and it did cast its impact on the final outcome. Celina was adjudged fourth runner up from amongst 83 contestants.

Having joined films she made her debut with Feroze Khan’s thriller Jansheen with Fardeen Khan. Despite her exposure role the film could not do a brisk business. She has also starred in Khel, which had in its cast Sunny Deol and Sunil Shetty besides the former test cricketer Ajay Jadeja. But despite all the euphoria it generated, Khel came a cropper at the box office.

Rani Mukherjee

2008-04-25T17:54:00.000-07:00

Rani Mukherjee (Bengali:) born on March 21, 1978, is an award winning Indian film actress who works in Bollywood movies.

Making her acting debut with Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996), Mukerji had her first commercial success with Karan Johar's romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), her biggest hit so far, and won her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in the film. She later starred in many films, most of which fared below expectations. She re-invented her image with Saathiya (2002), which was commercially and critically successful.

In 2004, her performances in the hit Hum Tum and the critically acclaimed Yuva earned her the Best Actress and the Best Supporting Actress awards at the Filmfare, making her the first actress to win two major awards in the same year. She received unanimous praise for her role as a deaf-blind girl in the film Black (2005), as well as many awards for her memorable performance, establishing herself as a leading actress in Bollywood. more about Rani...

Madhuri Dixit

2008-04-24T18:36:00.000-07:00

Madhuri Dixit made her first scene in "Abodh" and the Hollywood (Calcutta) Superstar "Tapash Pal" cast as a hero of Madhuri. The film did not hit and Madhuri's seems not lucky. But Filmaker Subhash Ghai wasn't destracted. He said the Madhuri had a potential to be the number one. Ghai pursue and hold the Maharashtrian beauty and re-introduced her in Ram Lakhan.

Now the Film hit, by exposing Madhuri's beauty and people, called her as the reincarnation of Madhubala. Madhuri still reins but marriage has made changes in her list of priorities. She has cut down on her assignments and spends more time with her medico husband based in Los Angeles.

Negar Khan (Nigar Khan)

2008-04-22T16:15:00.000-07:00

Negar Khan was born in Iran, but grown up in Norway, She graduated a Bachelor's degree in marketing and advertising and mastering an International Business. Negar is a multi-talented girl, she is a Bollywood Actress, Model and a Singer. Negar has been a model on international ramps and has also traveled to Norway in the course of her assignments. In India we have seen her in the 'Chadti Jawani' remix video and eye-popping item numbers in movies Rudraksh and Shaadi Ka Laddoo.

Bollywood's latest item number girl Negar Khan was in the controversy for posing topless for a Norwegian magazine.

Payal Rohatgi

2008-04-21T18:18:00.000-07:00

Payal Rohatgi stands 167cms vital statistics are Bust:34" Waist: 25" Hips: 35" and her Zodiac Sign is Taurus.She is an engineering graduate. Won the title of Supermodel Miss Tourism World in 2001, despite of the tough competition from 65 countries. Also a Finalist of Femina Miss India in 2000.

She always wanted to be a model, and enter the alluring world of modeling and fashion, she left the engineering and pursue the modeling carrer, when she got the opportunity.Payal began her Bollywood innings with Harry Baweja´s Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai. She later consolidated her position as a Bollywood sex bomb with Tauba Tauba.

Naina Dhaliwal

2008-04-20T18:58:00.000-07:00

Naina Dhaliwal, got her sizzling photo shoot for Dand, after that Naina Won the miss India 2004 and she get notice in "Ghandi Se Pehle Gandhi'. But while she's all set to explode on the silver screen, this hot married woman has another matter to take care of. Naina went to Palm Springs, California to represent India at the Mrs. Globe 2004 contest. Naina went on to play what she describes as 'second lead' in Himanshu Mallik-Meghna Naidu starrer Jackpot. Although she's looking forward to sign a spooky thriller with Ramsay Brothers, her greatest expectations lie with Iqbal Durrani's (of Phool Aur Kaante fame)

Naina Dhaliwal says:
"Even when I was a successful model in Delhi, I wanted to make it big in films. I was cast opposite Himanshu in Jackpot. In the film I am his rich neighbour who gets murdered. I have also done guest appearances in Amavas and Madhoshi. Gandhi Se Pehle Gandhi will be my first big break,"

Lara Dutta

2008-04-18T18:35:00.000-07:00

Lara Dutta was born on April 16th, 1978 in Ghazaibad, India. She has a height of 5'8". She is a Bollywood Actress and a Fashoin Model. Lara participated in several beauty pageants wherein she won Gladrags competition, Miss Intercontinental pageant in 1997 held in Germany. For 2000 Femina Miss India Universe contest there were nearly sixty thousand contestants of which Lara Dutta stood out as the most beautiful person and walked away with the crown.
The beauty queen-turned model has appeared in several commercial campaigns endorsing brands like Ceat, Coke, Synergie, Sprite, and several others.

Sherlyn Chopra

2008-04-17T17:16:00.000-07:00

Sherlyn Chopra also known as Mona Chopra. She is a model turned actress & is one of the hottest new faces in the Bollywood film industry. She has done many advertising projects & now trying her luck in bollywood movies. Sherlyn made her debut with film Time Pass opposite Arjun Punj & followed by bit roles in Dosti starring Sunny Deol & Jawani Diwani. She majored to full roles in Naughty Boy and Game opposite Rahul Roy. Her next release is the film by Raj Kanwar’s Raqeeb.