Sunday, February 27, 2011
Amrita Rao - Bollywood Actress Profile
Amrita Rao - Bollywood Actress ProfileSweet and dainty Amrita Rao, from a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family was always fascinated by acting. Her first modeling assignment was for Fairever fairness cream and within a couple of months, she became a model for many top brand companies and did nearly 35 ad films. Cadbury's Perk and Bru coffee ads offered her a platform to step into the film industry.
The pretty lass debuted in the film 'Ab Ke Baras' (2002), but shot into public notice with 'Ishq Vishk Pyaar Vyaar'. 'Mein Hoon Na', 'Deewar' and 'Masti' are her other films. With her typical girl-next-door image, this graduate in Psychology stands on a different course, she feels that if not in films there are other fields to excel in.
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Awards and Nominations:
Winner
2007: Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award - Vivah
Filmfare Awards
Nominated
2004: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award - Ishq Vishk
2005: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award - Main Hoon Na
Star Screen Awards
Nominated
2003: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female - Ab Ke Baras
2004: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female - Ishq Vishk
2007: Star Screen Award Best Actress - Vivah
2007: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahid Kapoor - Vivah
Zee Cine Awards
Nominated
2004: Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut - Ishq Vishk
International Indian Film Academy Awards
Winner
2004: IIFA Awards, Best Female Debut - Ishq Vishk
Stardust Awards
Winner
2004: Stardust Awards, Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Ishq Vishk
Other Awards:
2004: Sansui Awards, Best Debut - Female - Ishq Vishk
2007: GR8 Women Awards, Young Achiever
2007: Anandalok Puroshkar Awards, Most Promising New Talent - Vivah
2007: Sports World Awards, Jodi of the Year along with Shahid Kapoor - Vivah
2007: Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award - Vivah
Name : Amrita Rao
Birth Name : Amrita Deepak Rao
Date Of Birth : 17, June, 1981
Birth Of Place : Chitrapur, Karnataka, India
Father : Deepak Rao
College Days : Sophia College, Mumbai
Languages Known : English, Hindi, Marathi & Konkani
Hobbies : Reading short stories
Profession : Actress, Model
Debut Film : Ab Ke Baras (2002) Hindi
Aarti Chhabria - Bollywood Actress Profile
Name: Aarthi Chhabria Date of Birth: 21 November, 1982
Height: 5 5
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Birth Place: India
Religion: Hindu
Marital Status: Single
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Sindhi, Gujarati
Debut Film: Lajja (2000)
Famous Movies: Shaadi No. 1, Ssukh, Aham Premasmi, Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, Raja Bhaiya, Awara Paagal Deewana, Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai, Lajja, Akanksha
Latest Movies: Shaadi No. 1
Famous Pairing: With Tushar Kapoor in Shootout at Lokhandwala.
Most remembered for: Various item songs
Favourite Film: Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and qayamat se qayamat tak.
Favourite Actor: Sharukh khan
Aarti shot to fame when she won the coveted Miss India title in 2000. She comes from a Sindhi family that has no Bollywood connections at all. She has appeared in videos for Adnan Samis album Tera Chehra and Sukhwinder Singhs Nasha hi Nasha. Aarti usually does item songs and her most recent one was Unke nashe mein in Shootout at Lokhandwala. In Dhoom Dadakka she plays the lead role, something which she has never done before as her films are multi-starrers.
She was recently in the news because her titular role in Anamika was chopped as the director, Ananth Mahadevan, wanted to add a mystery element to her character. Her acting is not mention worthy. Barring Partner, Shootout, Shaadi No.1 and Awara Paagal Deewana, her films have tanked at the box office!
Yukta Mookey - Bollywood Actress Profile
Yukta is a graduate and has worked in computer software programming. Her family is from north India but she was educated in the Gulf because her father's work took the family there. Yukta's mother Aruna runs a grooming workshop, Swiss Chalet, at Santa Cruz here while her father Inderlal is the Managing Director of Ragz Clothing Company.
Yukta Mookhey wins the Miss World '99 crown and sets a record. Three Indian Miss World in the past one decade. This dark haired 20-year-old from Mumbai was chosen Miss World 1999 over 93 other contestants. Yukta wins $100,000 and a year of travel around the world. Mookhey, who hails from Mumbai, was chosen for the title from among 94 hopefuls in a keenly-contested pageant which saw Miss Venezuela Martina Thorogood and Miss South Africa Sonia Raciti win the second and third places respectively.
Miss World:
Miss World 1999 : Yukta Mookhey - India
First Runner-up : Martina Thorogood Heemsen - Venezuela
Second Runner-up : Sonia Raciti - South Africa
Continental Queen
Continental Queen :
Africa : Sonia Raciti - South Africa
Americas : Martina Thorogood Heemsen - Venezuela
Asia and Oceania : Yukta Mookhey - India
Caribbean : Desiree De Pass - Jamaica
Europe : Genny Chervoney - Israel
Name : Yukta Mookey
Birth Name : Yukta Inderlal Mookhey
Date of Birth : October 7, 1978
Birth of Place : Mulund, Mumbai, India
Height : 5'11"
Nationality : Indian
Profession : Actress and Model
Father : Inderlal (Managing Director of Ragz Clothing Company)
Mother : Aruna
Brother : Kanwal
Spouse : Prince Tuli
Education : Computer sciences (Mumbai's Kelkar College)
Interest in : Classical Music
Favourite Dish : Prawns in Garlic sauce
Claim to fame : Miss World (1999)
Debut Film : Pyaasa (Hindi) 2002
Zeenat Aman Bollywood Actress Profile
Zeenat Aman is a famous Bollywood actress. She was the second runner up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970. Upon making her debut in Bollywood, Aman was credited with bringing the Western heroine look to Hindi cinema, and thorughout her career has been considered a sex symbol.
She's studied in Los Angeles, winning the Miss Asia pageant and a successful modeling career, Aman's film career began with a small role in O. P. Ralhan's Hulchul in 1971 and Hungama in 1971 starring singer Kishore Kumar, was also not successful. However, an error of judgement on actress Zaheeda's part changed the course of Aman's career. Dev Anand offered Zaheeda (his second heroine in Prem Pujari) the role of sister in Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1972). Overlooking the fact that the role was important, Zaheeda wanted the heroine's role (eventually played by Mumtaz), and she opted out. Zeenat was chosen as a last-minute replacement.
In Hare Ram Hare Krishna, Zeenat, aided by R. D. Burman's song "Dum Maro Dum", won over the audience as Janice. Throughout the 1970s, the Dev-Zeenat pairing was seen in half a dozen films: Heera Panna in 1973, Ishq Ishq Ishq in 1974, Prem Shastra in 1974, Warrant in 1975, Darling Darling in 1977 and Kalabaaz in 1977. Of these, Warrant, was the biggest box-office success. Zeenat, in her later career, found success with other banners such as B. R. Chopra, Nasir Hussain, Shakti Samanta, Manoj Kumar and Manmohan Desai.
In 1978, she starred in Raj Kapoor's massively publicised Satyam Shivam Sundaram and the film was not much of a success. The subject ironically dealt with the notion of the soul being more attractive than the body, but Kapoor chose to showcase Zeenat's sex-appeal. The actress was highly criticized for her exposure but somehow, the film is what made her famous later on.
The popular TV reality show Bigg Boss might have some real surprises lined up. Now, the latest information trickling in is that the bollywood diva of yesteryears - Zeenat Aman might be one of the guests in Bigg Boss's house this time around.
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Not only that, apart from Zeenat Aman, there are also speculations that Mandakni, the actress who was better known for her skin show in the 70's and the 80's might also be a participant in the show.
Well, looks like the new season of Bigg Boss is leaving no stone unturned to make it a huge hit yet again
Zeenat's entry into Hollywood also backfired when Krishna Shah's Shalimar in 1978, co-starring Dharmendra and international names like Rex Harrison and Sylvia Milles, proved to be a failure in the USA. Westernised heroines like Parveen Babi and Tina Munim now followed in her footsteps, by the late 1970s. Zeenat continued to act in hits like Dharam Veer and Don.
Unlike her breakthrough roles in the early 1970s, Zeenat was increasingly asked to just provide sex appeal in hero-oriented, multi-star films. In contrast to this trend was her performance as a rape victim seeking justice in B. R. Chopra's Insaaf Ka Tarazu in 1980. This film was followed by success in the love triangle Qurbani in 1980. Zeenat enjoyed a phase of renewed fame when she associated with Sanjay Khan during Abdullah in 1980, a colourful costume drama set in the arid desert. After their relationship ended, Zeenat's career stagnated.
Aman married actor Mazhar Khan at the peak of her career and the couple had two sons. He died in September, 1998 after a prolonged illness. Today, Zeenat lives with her two sons and makes many social appearances. She is seen on screen rarely, in films such as Bhopal Express and the Kaizad Gustad film Boom. In 2006, she acted in the film Jaana - Let's Fall In Love with Rajesh Khanna and recently in 'Ugly and Pagli' which is a 2008 romantic comedy.
Awards and recognitions:
1972 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna'
1972 - BFJA Awards, Best Actress for 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna'
1978 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram'
1980 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for 'Insaaf Ka Tarazu'
2003 - Bollywood Awards 'Award for Lifetime Achievement'- Lifetime of Glamour.
2006 - "Outstanding Contribution to the Motion Picture Industry of India Awards" at the eighth annual Bollywood Movie Awards.
2008 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement
Name : Zeenat Aman
Date of Birth : November 19, 1951
Birth of Place : Germany
Height: 5' 9"
Profession : Actress
Education : St. Xavier's School in Mumbai and pursued her higher studies in Los Angeles
Father : Amanullah {One of the writers for Mughal-e-Azam movie}
Mother : A Hindu
Spouse : Mazhar Khan {Film actor - Married in 1985 and divorced in 1998. He died in September, 1998}
Sons : Two sons from Mazhar Khan
Debut Film : Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1972)Hindi
Claim to fame : Miss India (Second runner), Miss Asia Pacific in 1970
Hottest Kangana Ranaut Sexy Picture Gallery Photos, Pics,
Kangana moved to Mumbai to try her luck in movies. She was unsuccessful for quite a while, until she received the offer for Gangster. The film was critically and commercially successful, her performance was especially applauded. This was followed by another acclaimed performance in Woh Lamhe (2006). Kangana was announced heroine of Jeeva's forthcoming Tamil venture, Dhaam Dhoom on February 19/2007. Her performance in a May 2007 release 'Life in a Metro' as a confused girl who is looking for a real love is commendable.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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Choosing Hosting Services
Choosing a web host for your personal website is an important decision that could affect the outcome of your site and its future success. It is essential to ensure that what you need from a web host is exactly what you will be receiving and nothing less...
if you want to provide reliable industrial services over the internet, then you will have to opt for the best web hosting service. There are so many companies available today, but, you must always go with the best one. The best hosting company is the one which may offer you more options in all regards.
Before actually hosting a site offering reliable industrial services, it is important for you to decide about the domain name. Domain name can play an important role in terms of making your business even prolific. So, you must opt for a company which may be offering several options for you to choose a perfect domain name.
After picking up a domain name, you will have decide about the type of hosting best suited for your site offering reliable industrial services. While uploading a site for industrial services, you will not be using several images. These sites only require information pertaining to the services and that´s why the size of the site will not be huge. Due to this particular reason, it is better to opt for shared hosting services as this will never cost you a lot. But, you must still move according to your own special needs and requirements. In case you need better speed, you can either go with dedicated hosting or virtual private server. You will have to pay more money but you will surely be able to create a wonderful site for reliable industrial services.
All in all, it can easily be said that choosing the right hosting services are important for all businesses. Today, it has become important for companies to maintain an online presence through a website but websites can do nothing without the right web hosting. So, go for the best!
Hosting Guide
Leaving your Web hosting company can be a lot like leaving a romantic relationship. Feelings may have been hurt. Things might get messy in the process. In the end, you’ll find yourself a new partner. So let’s look at the anything-but-fun process of switching Web hosting companies in the terms of a relationship breakup. Sometimes all it takes is a fresh perspective to make a painful process a little bit easier.
Here is a step-by-step process for “breaking up” with your current Web hosting company:
Step 1: Talk it over and try to work things out.
Before you make a rash decision and subject yourself to the stress of starting over with a new Web hosting company, see if you can work out your problems with your current company. Perhaps there was a simple misunderstanding and you can work things out and they’ll be able to solve your problem and make it up to you. Even if you can’t, at least you’ll always know that you tried.
Step 2: Start checking out the competition.
Once you’re absolutely sure that it’s time to move on to a new Web hosting partner because your current one just isn’t meeting your needs, it’s okay to start looking around. In fact, it’s encouraged. Don’t spring the breakup on your current company just yet. Use this time to keep an eye out for better offers. You’ll make the breakup much easier if you don’t rush into it too quickly.
Step 3: Pack your things.
Why shouldn’t you rush in too quickly? Because your Web hosting company might just cut you off. If they do, you might just lose your possessions in the process. How can you avoid that? While you’re keeping your eye out for better offers, “pack” your things. Make backups. Casually move all of your important files and databases into local copies. This way you won’t lose anything vital to your business or website when the current host cuts off your access.
Step 4: Choose a new partner.
You’ve been looking at other options. Now that you have all of your possessions packed and ready to go, it’s time to choose a new partner and prepare for the move. How you choose your new partner isn’t important (personal referrals, Web hosting reviews, etc.). What’s important is that you don’t make the same mistake you made the first time. That pretty little deal that lured you to the first relationship didn’t work out so well, did it? This time you need to pick a hosting company that’s ready for a serious, long-term commitment.
Step 5: Move out.
You know where you’re going. You have your bags packed. It’s time to make the move. Once you’ve begun your new Web hosting relationship, start moving your files to their new home. Getting settled in before completely leaving your last Web hosting company will make the transition much easier on you.
Step 6: Cut off all ties (especially financial ones).
As soon as your site files and other data are safely on your new host’s servers, it’s time to say “goodbye” to the hosting partner you’re leaving. Remove your data from their servers. Stop any subscription payments. Give them a call and tell them it just wasn’t meant to be and you want them to cancel your account so you can move on with your life (and business).
Try not to be too harsh towards your former Web hosting company. After all, we all make mistakes. That said, go ahead and tell them exactly why you’re leaving. Even though they weren’t the right partner for you, they might be perfect for someone else. Let them know what they need to change, fix, or improve so they can learn and grow and become a better Web hosting company.
Best of luck in your new Web hosting relationship — here’s hoping it lasts forever!
