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Lisa Ray is one person who keeps disappearing from the Mumbai film industry time and again. She was born on April 4rth 1972, to a Bengali father and a Polish mother in Toronto, Canada where she was raised. Her chiseled face and the perfect figure caught the attention of Maureen Wadia while she was just 16. This cat eyed beauty took the modeling industry by storm. She became the brand ambassador of “Lakme” cosmetics in India and appeared in a no. of advertisements including Monte Carlo, Matiz and Sprite. At the peak of her modeling career, Lisa forayed into films. After rejecting many offers, she debuted in “Kasoor” opposite Aftab Shivdaani in 2001. Lisa then went on to do “Hollywood Bollywood” in 2002 by Deepa Mehta. It was a huge success in Canada. She also did a Bengali film in 2002 named “Takkari Donga”. Her latest release “Water” was a critically lauded film which imbibed the theme of widows and the miseries that become a part of their routine life in a male dominated society. Ther...

An amazing height of 5 feet 8 inches and a figure that suits every type of clothes either Indian or Western, she is the dusky damsel of Bollywood and former Miss Universe, Lara Dutta. Lara was born on 16 April 1978. Her mother is Jennifer Dutta and her father is retired wing commander, L.K. Dutta. She was born in Ghaziabad but soon shifted to Bangalore, where she was actually brought up. She graduated in economic from the Mumbai university and soon joined the modeling profession. Winning the annual Gladsrags modelling competition in India, she was entitled to represent India at the 1997 Miss Intercontinental Pageant, in which she took first place. Lara has not looked back since then. She won the miss India crown as well as the Miss Universe title in 2000. All this gave a head start to her career in the world of glamour. She went on to do modelling for many prestigious brands and soon made her debut in Bollywood in 2003 opposite the dashing Akshay kumar and the sexy Priyanka Chopra in t...

He surprised us all with his flawless performance as Aslam in the blockbuster of 2006, “Rang De Basanti” and all who saw him said that Kunal had finally arrived in Bollywood to leave a mark forever. Son of the veteran Shashi Kapoor and the late Jennifer Kendal, Kunal has two siblings: brother Karan Kapoor and sister Sanjana Kapoor. His wife is the daughter of Ramesh Sippy. They have two children Zahaan and Shaira. Kunal’s tryst with cinema began as an assistant director to Rakesh Mehra in Aks. But gradually, he realized that acting was what he wanted to do and not direction. So he made a very unconventional debut in 2003, with the film “Meenaxi: a tale of three cities”. The film did not do well at the box office. The next step for Kunal was doing “Rang De Basanti”. This film had a starcast of hugely popular actors like Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Soha Ali Khan. But Kunal’s performance was outstanding. He was critically appreciated and reached stardom almost overnight. He al...

Konkona is undoubtedly the queen of factual films. She is one actress who has done more “reality” movies than fictional films. Daughter of renowned actress Aparna Sen, Koko, as she is fondly called, is more into the unconventional genre of films. While other heroines want to be a part of big banner films, here is one example of a true talented and dedicated actress, who solely believes in the quality of work and not the quantity. A total Bengali from heart and soul, Konkona was born to Aparna Sen and Mukul Sharma, in Calcutta (now Kolkata), on 3rd December, 1979. She even has a sister Kamalini Chatterjee. From a tender age of three, she wanted to be a journalist. Konkona had her schooling from Modern High School, Kolkata and college from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Konkona debuted from the Bengali film “Ek Je Achhe Konya” in 2000. Her career as a Bollywood actress began with the film Mr and Mrs. Iyer, where she played the role of Meenakshi Iyer, a hindu vegetarian wife. Her very firs...