Bollywood Beauty KATRINA KAIF - biography

Indian beautiful actress and model  Katrina Kaif is born on 16^th July, 1984 in Hong Kong.

Her nick name is "Kat". Katrina Kaif has 8 sisters. Her mother is a Caucasian of British Nationality, and father is from Kashmir, India, but who has since acquired British citizenship.

Katrina grew up in Hawaii, but was brought up in London, UK. She started modeling accidentally when she was in Hawaii at the tender age of 14, when she was approached for a jewelery campaign. Thereafter she continued modeling in London.

When moving to India, she worked for photographer Atul Kasbekar and did commercials for Fevicol, Lakme and Veet among others. It was the Lakme commercial that got her noticed. She retained Matrix as her Manager to accept work on her behalf and at the price she deserved.

Continuing to model was the reason she got her break in a Bollywood movie 'Boom'. When she started working in Bollywood she was only of 18 years. Katrina got her first break in Bollywood in movie "Boom", which was offered to her by film-maker Kaizad Gustad. Although her first movie "Boom" was panned by the critics and shunned by the audiences.

Her two other Telegu movies "Malliswari" and "Pidugu" did get her noticed. She grossed Rs.70 lakhs for Malliswari - making her top the list of the highest paid actresses during a South Indian movie debut, especially with her innocent expressive face, hour-glass figure, and drop-dead gorgeous looks.

Besides walking the ramp for several top designers and being on magazine covers, Katrina has also been the stunning face of Estelle jewelery, Lakme, Pantene, Veet, Kodak cameras, L'Oreal, Samsung, LG etc.

She enjoys modeling, acting, dancing, playing chess, watching movies, painting, resting, cooking, going to spas, going to the gym, meeting new people, and getting together with friends.

The famous Rs. 2 lakh ($4,814) worth silver dress she flaunts in the movie "Welcome" was gifted to her by Emilio Pucci. She was chosen as the face of the year for the Lakme India Fashion Week in 2005. She voted at the No. 1 spot in FHM India's 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll. She won Best Female Style Icon at the IIFA Awards and Won Sabsay Favourite Heroine Award in 2008 and she won the British-Indian Actor award for the Zee Cine Awards in 2008.

Katrina Kaif was dated with Salman Khan. Later she was seperated with him. Now, she has been rumored to be dating with Ranbhir Kapoor.

The MMS scandal featuring Bollywood Actress Katrina Kaif's sister Isabel Kaif's look alike MMS hit the internet.

Isabella Kaif or sometimes called Isabel Kaif has been seen accompanying Katrina Kaif at several Bollywood events, prompting speculation that Katrina is grooming and promoting her sister for a career in Bollywood.

Earliar, in a TV interview Katrina had said, "Am I supposed to be ashamed that I am half-Asian, I mean, no! Rahul Gandhi is half-Indian, half-Italian. So? I am very proud of what I am and I just don't understand the confusion - as if I'm trying to hide the fact that my mother's a British. Why would I?".

Katrina’s remarks on Rahul create huge controversy. Katrina Kaif has apologised for her comments and claimed that her remarks were taken out of context.

Katrina Kaif's role in Prakash Jha's 'Rajneeti' also courted controversy as it had some similarities of accent with that of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Katrina Kaif also won the Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female) for Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya.

Kat is very good actress, her voice is very soft. When she smiles she looks very cute. She is very bold in nature.

Exquisite Beauty TABU's biography

The Beautiful refreshing face, unmeasurable talent and 5'6" tall babe Tabu was born on 4^th November, 1971 in Hyderabad. Her real name is "Tabassum Hashmi". Her father name is Jamal Hashmi and mother name is Rizwana, a school teacher. Soon after, her parents divorced. Her Sister Farha is a well known bollywood actress. She is the niece of Shabana Azmi.

Tabu went to St. Anns high school in Hyderabad. Tabu moved to Mumbai in 1983 and studied at St. Xavier's College for two years.

Tabu did a small appearance in the film "Bazaar" in 1980, and later in the film Hum Naujawan in 1985 at the age of fifteen; she played Dev Anand's daughter in the film.

Her first role as an lead actress was in the Telugu film "Coolie No. 1" opposite to Venkatesh.

In Bollywood, her first film she signed on as lead actress was Prem, was signed opposite Sanjay Kapoor. The film took eight years in making. Her first release in Hindi as a leading lady was Pehla Pehla Pyar which went un-noticed

She came into prominence with her role in Vijaypath (1994) opposite Ajay Devgan for which she received the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. This was followed by many films that did not do well at the box office.

Her other significant film, Maachis, was critically acclaimed. Her role as a Punjabi woman caught in the rise of Sikh insurgency was acclaimed; she went on to win her first National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance.

Tabu won her Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance in Virasat which was released in 1997.

In 2000, the actress starred in Hera Pheri and Astitva. The former was a box office success whilst the latter was critically acclaimed. She received her third Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Astitva.

In 2003, Tabu starred in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The actress played Nimmi based on the character Lady Macbeth. The film titled Maqbool was directed by Vishal Bharadwaj and premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. Maqbool was a box office failure but was met with huge acclaim.

She has acted in a number of Telugu movies, many of them very successful, such as Coolie No. 1, Ninne Pelladutha, Aavida Maa Aavide and etc.,. And also acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali language films, as well as one American film.

In 2007, Tabu starred in her first Hollywood film, The Namesake, directed by Mira Nair. The film was a big hit overseas.

In 1998, Tabu was charged with poaching two blackbucks in Kankani during the filming of Hum Saath Saath Hain along with co-stars Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre and Neelam. The charges were dropped soon after and Tabu was acquitted.

She is the life member of International Club of Asian Academy Of Film and Television, Noida.

Tabu won Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, for her role in Vijaypath in 1995. Tabu has won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice (for Maachis, Chandni Bar), and she holds the record for the most wins of Filmfare's Critics Award for Best Female Performer (Virasat in1998, Hu Tu Tu in 2000, Astitva in 2001 and Cheeni Kum in 2007). In 2002 she won International Indian Film Academy Awards for Chandni Bar.

Exquisite Beauty TABU's biography

The Beautiful refreshing face, unmeasurable talent and 5'6" tall babe Tabu was born on 4^th November, 1971 in Hyderabad. Her real name is "Tabassum Hashmi". Her father name is Jamal Hashmi and mother name is Rizwana, a school teacher. Soon after, her parents divorced. Her Sister Farha is a well known bollywood actress. She is the niece of Shabana Azmi.

Tabu went to St. Anns high school in Hyderabad. Tabu moved to Mumbai in 1983 and studied at St. Xavier's College for two years.

Tabu did a small appearance in the film "Bazaar" in 1980, and later in the film Hum Naujawan in 1985 at the age of fifteen; she played Dev Anand's daughter in the film.

Her first role as an lead actress was in the Telugu film "Coolie No. 1" opposite to Venkatesh.

In Bollywood, her first film she signed on as lead actress was Prem, was signed opposite Sanjay Kapoor. The film took eight years in making. Her first release in Hindi as a leading lady was Pehla Pehla Pyar which went un-noticed

She came into prominence with her role in Vijaypath (1994) opposite Ajay Devgan for which she received the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. This was followed by many films that did not do well at the box office.

Her other significant film, Maachis, was critically acclaimed. Her role as a Punjabi woman caught in the rise of Sikh insurgency was acclaimed; she went on to win her first National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance.

Tabu won her Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance in Virasat which was released in 1997.

In 2000, the actress starred in Hera Pheri and Astitva. The former was a box office success whilst the latter was critically acclaimed. She received her third Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Astitva.

In 2003, Tabu starred in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The actress played Nimmi based on the character Lady Macbeth. The film titled Maqbool was directed by Vishal Bharadwaj and premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. Maqbool was a box office failure but was met with huge acclaim.

She has acted in a number of Telugu movies, many of them very successful, such as Coolie No. 1, Ninne Pelladutha, Aavida Maa Aavide and etc.,. And also acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali language films, as well as one American film.

In 2007, Tabu starred in her first Hollywood film, The Namesake, directed by Mira Nair. The film was a big hit overseas.

In 1998, Tabu was charged with poaching two blackbucks in Kankani during the filming of Hum Saath Saath Hain along with co-stars Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre and Neelam. The charges were dropped soon after and Tabu was acquitted.

She is the life member of International Club of Asian Academy Of Film and Television, Noida.

Tabu won Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, for her role in Vijaypath in 1995. Tabu has won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice (for Maachis, Chandni Bar), and she holds the record for the most wins of Filmfare's Critics Award for Best Female Performer (Virasat in1998, Hu Tu Tu in 2000, Astitva in 2001 and Cheeni Kum in 2007). In 2002 she won International Indian Film Academy Awards for Chandni Bar.

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The buxom bombshell, Kiran Rathod's biography

Kiran Rathod is a well known South Indian film actress. She acted in well over 50 successful South Indian movies including Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam movies.

Kiran Rathod was born on 4 ^th January, 1981 in Jaipur. She belongs to the royal family Rajput Rajastan.

She graduated from the prestigious College Mithibhai, Mumbai and soon began working in a music video is the first step to his film career.

She is also the cousin of Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon.

Kiran Rathod is also a dress designer. She designed her own costumes for the film ‘Andaroo Dongale Dorikithey’ .

She first started appearing in Hindi pop song albums in late 1990s when she caught the attention of Hindi movie producers and she made her first film appearance was as 'Monishka' - Hrithik Roshan's spoilt and wealthy fiancee in the film Yaadein.The film was a major box office flop.

After that she could not get any major offers as she was growing plump.

After a few sporadic appearances in minor films, she moved down South. Her first movie in Tamil is Gemini opposite Vikram. She shot to limelight with the hit after 'Gemini'.

After that she did quite a number of movies in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam and became a familiar face in South Indian films pairing with top heroes like Madhavan, Kamal Haasan and Sharath Kumar.

She is noted for her cameo role in the movie "New", with Simran and S.J Suryah.

Her notable movies are: Gemini with Vikram, Anbe Sivam with Kamal Hassan, Villain with Ajith Kumar, Winner with Prashanth, and Diwan with Sarath Kumar.

She also appeared in some Telugu films and acted as item number in few of her movies. Recently she acted in an Indian version of Malena, High School which has created a lot of controversies. 

Kiran made a reappear in Bollywood with Karan Razdan's movie 'Souten' in 2005.

Famous for her hot dance sequences, she now says she is game for performance-based roles, not for sleazy strip-tease characters.Kiran Rathod has "Sex Bomb" image of the industry.

Find here Kiran Rathod's portfilio

Name	Kiran Rathod
Date of Birth	4 th January, 1981
Birth place	Jaipur
Debut movie	Yaadein
Languages work	Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
Family	Cousin of Ravina Tandon