Malaika Arora Khan

Born on August 23, 1973
Malaika Arora Khan is a model, Indian VJ and a Bollywood actress.

Malaika was born in Mumbai to a Malayali mother, Joyce Polycarp and a Punjabi father, Anil Arora. Her father worked in the merchant navy. Her younger sister, Amrita Arora is a Bollywood actress.

She completed her tenth grade from Swami Vivekanand School in Chembur (Mumbai). Her Aunt Grace Polycarp was the principal of the school. She is also an alumna of the Holy Cross High School Thane where she had studied until ninth grade. She lived in Borla Society, opposite Basant Talkies before her modeling career.

Malaika Arora who always wanted to be a model since childhood started with Society magazine’s ccover girl. Essentially she is a print/press model doing ad campaigns for print and television. Her face adorned various prestigious ad campaigns, Some of her as campaigns are Pearl Pet, Bare Necessities, Mafatlal, Benzer, Arena, Tanishq, Tribhuvandas Bhimji and De Beers. Tall , sexy diva then went on to become the Ramp Queen . The sultry model shot to fame as a video jockey for the music channel MTV where she hosted popular shows like Style Check and Love Line.

Meanwhile she also did a music video for Bally Sagoo's Gud Naal Ishq Mitha and Shubha Mudgal's Pyar Ka Mausam where she shared the screen with her now hubby Arbaaz Khan . ‘Gud Naal Ishq Mitha’ song got noticed by Farah Khan who offered her the song ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ alongside King Khan. Her sensational appearance in Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se caught audience’s attention.

The model turned veejay turned actress started her movie career with the movie ‘Aaja Meri Jaan’ but she gained instant appreciation and literally rocked the nation when she shook legs with Sharukh khan on a train top to the driving beat of chaiyya chaiyya. The song went to become an instant hit.

Till today she is called the ‘original item girl’ because of this song. Model turned VJ turned actress, Malaika Arora got married to bollywood actor Arbaz Khan on December 12, 1998 whom she met during a coffee ad shoot . Life has not changed much for her even after the birth of her son , Arhaan and even motherhood could not take away the sex symbol tag attached to her. Her fitness mantra has a lot to contribute to it since she works out religiously and eats just right. She got back to work with full force and does VJ and movies both with a great balancing act. Her known movies include Kaal, The Hero, Kaante, Maa Tujhhe Salaam, Indian, Bichhoo, Dil Se.

Also in Karan Johar's ‘Kaal' Malaika Arora Khan and Shah Rukh Khan created the same magic by shaking legs together to an item tune. And now, after a gap of three years, the hottie has shot a special number in Firoz Nadiadwala’s Welcome.This is a tapori song with Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar and is like a mixture of ‘Kajra re’ and ‘Makhna’

Interestingly, Malaika is also shooting a song with hubby Arbaaz Khan for Indrajit Lankesh’s untitled film. With the hot and sensuous body-to-die-for, Malaika Arora would be seen in Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om where she plays a superwoman first of its kind in Bollywood. The movie is a co-production of Farah Khan and SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment. Malaika Arora Khan agreed to do the film all for free of cost for her dear friend Farah Khan. She is also the Brand ambassador for European cellular phone (Meridien mobile phones). On her future plans she certainly does not see herself in show biz in the future. She wants to start certain business, preferably running a restaurant.

Featuring on the Maxim cover, this sexy mamma is tagged as 'Being the first" mother seen as a sex symbol and does she love it or what? She was the first to rock for an item number on the moving train (shall we say burning train), the first Hottest Non – model VJ for a popular music channel. The first ever model whose stilettos became the bigger talk of the town than she was. But what she definitely does not believe in is that first impression is the last one coz every time she appears she leaves a deeper impact...

Sexy naughty bitchy, Malaika can give any Shakira, Beyonce or a Jennifer Lopez, run for their money, for it's not just her personality that speaks volume but her confidence too that haunts you. With the right set of ingredients, Malaika Arora makes up the absolute true blue international star.

When asked about her wildest experience she says it was swimming with sharks, well we bet the sharks must have felt the same way too. With a pout and smile to kill for, that can turn a stone to melt away, she still says that between a cricket match and Malaika Arora, it is the Game that her hubby goes for. Well, what can we say but bring it on babes we'll forever choose ya.

She is married to the Bollywood actor Arbaaz Khan whom she met during a coffee ad shoot. Together they have a son, Arhaan. Her sister is actress Amrita Arora, and her brothers-in-law are actors, Salman Khan and Sohail Khan .

Arbaaz said in an interview "She balances work, home and kid beautifully." Amrita said on the popular show Koffee With Karan that she doesn't know anyone in Bollywood who has maintained their body as well as Malaika, even after motherhood.

Nach Baliye
Malaika also appeared in the television show Nach Baliye as one of the 3 judges and the show aired on STAR One in mid-2005, and she continued as a judge in Nach Baliye 2 that started airing in the last quarter of 2006.

Zara Nachke Dikha
Malaika has also judged in the show zara nachke dikha as a judge along with the indian actor Chunky Pandey.

What did you think of Nach Baliye 3?
I didn't see much of it. Whatever little I watched was completely over the top.. the focus was on everything but dance. I liked Jhalak Dikhlaja 2 better. The first two seasons of Nach Baliye were very good.

Wasn't the first one the best?
I agree. The dancers were better and there was the novelty factor. I had a lot of fun doing it. You could make a behind-the-scenes show out of the first two seasons. I have literally fallen off the chair once, laughing.

Apparently, there was a cold war between you and Saroj Khan.
No way. I'm the easiest person to get along with.

Did it bug that you were signed on primarily for your sex appeal?
I'm cool about my sex appeal. Why should I be apologetic about it? Moreover, I'm selective about my work. I host award functions, do a couple of shows, some films and I'm happy.

Filmography
Actress:
1. Helloo India (2009) (filming) .... Guest appearance
2. EMI (2008) .... Nancy
3. Welcome (2007/I) .... Dancer/Singer
4. Heyy Babyy (2007) .... Special appearance in song
5. "Nach Baliye 2" (2006) TV mini-series .... Judge
6. "Nach Baliye" (2005) TV mini-series .... Judge
... aka "Garnier Fructis Presents: Nach Baliye" (India: English title: complete title)
7. Kaal (2005) .... Special Appearance (Song)
8. Kaante (2002) .... Lisa - Marc's girlfriend
... aka Thorns (International: English title)
9. Maa Tujhhe Salaam (2002) .... Special Appearance
10. Indian (2001)
11. Bichhoo (2000) .... Kiran (Special Appearance)
12. Dil Se.. (1998) .... Dancer on train
... aka From the Heart (USA)
... aka Prema Tho (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)
... aka Uyire (India: Tamil title: dubbed version)

Self:
1. Om Shanti Om (2007) .... Herself
2. "Kaun Banega Crorepati 2" (2007) TV series .... Herself - Guest

Archive Footage:
1. "Koffee with Karan"
- Episode #1.7 (????) TV episode (as Malaika Arora Khan) .... Herself

Born Malika Arora
August 23, 1973 (1973-08-23)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Actress, Model, VJ, television presenter
Years active 1993 - present
Spouse(s) Arbaaz Khan (1998-present)

Neetu Chandra

Born on June 20 in Bihar
Neetu Chandra is an Indian theatre and film actress

Neetu Chandra was born in Bihar, India. She is 5'4" tall. Before entering Hindi film Industry, Neetu was an avid sportsperson. She is a black belt holder in Taekwondo. She has represented India in two different games, which is very rare. She has represented India in Internaitonal Taekwondo Championship at Hong Kong in 1996 and represented India in World Korfball Championship in 1995 at New delhi. She is a national games Silver Medal winner in Taek-won-do. After completing her basic education, she started struggling for small print ad campaign in delhi. But her hard work and persevarance took her to the Hindi film Industry. She entered film in 2005 in Garam Masala in which she portrayed Sweety, an airhostess. Then in 2006 she starred in the Telugu film Godavari in which she played the role of Rajeshwari. The film was directed by Sekhar Kammula.

In 2007 she appeared in the film Traffic Signal. In preparation Chandra in order to enter her character spent a whole week living on the streets of Mumbai and living by a traffic light.

In 2003, she received the Best Student Award for Sports and Academics given to her by the Prime Minister of India himself.

She is the life member of International Film And Television Club Of Asian Academy Of Film & Television. In the year 2008, she has four releases by Directors, Dibakar Banerjee, Rahul Dholakia, Ashwini Dheer and Vikram.

She is currently acting in the Tamil film, Yavarum Nalam with Madhavan.

On 20 March, 2008, a company named 7Seas Technologies announced that they will develop a 3D mobile game with Neetu Chandra playing the lead character. The game titled on her name Neetu (The Alien Killer), is based on a unique game story and revolves around the lead character killing different aliens. Neetu The Alien Killer Game Story: 3000 AD when more than half of the world was destroyed due to greenhouse effect. Atlanto City was captured by the Aliens, who came from the inner solar systems of the Andromeda galaxy. Thousands of Atlanto citizens were killed brutally. The Atlanto Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (ASETI) sends Neetu, a valiant and intelligent female and the only hope of the Atlantians, to redeem the Earth from the alien regim

Lara Bingle

Born 22 June 1987
Lara Bingle is an Australian model who is best known for appearing on Fingal Spit in the controversial 2006 Tourism Australia advertising campaign So where the bloody hell are you?, where she delivers this final line in the television commercial

Bingle competed on the Nine Network's celebrity ice dancing show Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice, where she was eliminated 6th, and in the channel's parody ad for the 2006-2007 Ashes series.

Nine re-hired Bingle in 2008 as a reporter for a new travel show, "Holidays for Sale".

In May 2006, Bingle took legal action against EMAP Australia, who allegedly published photographs of the model without her permission in the March 27, 2006 issue of Australian lad's mag Zoo Weekly. Bingle claims that the magazine defamed her by implying she consented to pose for the magazine, which used photographs that were shot when she was an unknown model.

In late March 2007, nude photographs taken by celebrity photographer Gavin O'Neill appeared on the website of German GQ Magazine. Bingle's representatives claimed O'Neill misused the shots, taken when she was 18. O'Neill claimed the photographs were taken for the European market

Brendan Fevola sex scandal
On September 28, 2006 Bingle appeared on the AFL Footy Show's Grand Final episode. On 12 December 2006 Melbourne's Seven News reported that Bingle was the 'other woman' involved in the breakdown of Carlton player Brendan Fevola's marriage. At the time Brendan's first child was 5 months old. Bingle claimed that the pair met during their appearance on the Footy Show and nowhere else. The credibility of Bingle's public denial was dented with the release of a voicemail message allegedly sent to Fevola by Bingle on 11 December 2006 a day before the story broke in the media. Further details of Bingle's relationship with Fevola emerged, including a final phone confrontation between Bingle and Fevola's wife

Salma Hayek

Born on September 2, 1966
Salma Hayek Jiménez is a Mexican-American actress, director, television and film producer. Hayek has appeared in more than thirty films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants

Hayek is the first Mexican national to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood, since the legendary Dolores del Rio. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of four Latin American actresses to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nomination.

In July 2007, The Hollywood Reporter ranked Hayek fourth in their inaugural Latino Power 50, a list of the most powerful members of the Hollywood Latino community. That same month, a poll found Hayek to be the "sexiest celebrity" out of a field of 3,000 celebrities (male and female); according to the poll, "65 percent of the U.S. population would use the term 'sexy' to describe her

At the age of 23, Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a successful Mexican telenovela that made her a star in Mexico. In 1994, Hayek starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley), which has won more awards than any other movie in the history of Mexican cinema. For her performance, Hayek was nominated for an Ariel Award

Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler, hoping for a career in Hollywood, despite limited fluency in English, attributed to her suffering from dyslexia. Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Hayek the break she needed, a starring role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado. The movie caught Hollywood's attention, as moviegoers proved to be dazzled by Hayek as Rodriguez had been. Due to Hayek's loyalty to the director, she would later decline playing the role Catherine Zeta-Jones eventually took in The Mask of Zorro after Rodriguez abandoned the project. She has also appeared in the Spy Kids trilogy

Around the year 2000, Hayek founded production company Ventanarosa, through which she produces film and television projects. Her first feature as a producer was 1999's El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba, Mexico's official selection for submission for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.
She earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance.This made Hayek, along with Katy Jurado and Adriana Barraza, one of only three Mexican actresses to have been nominated for an Academy Award. The film earned two Oscars

Hayek has been credited as a song performer in three movies. The first was Desperado for the song Quedate Aquí. In Frida she performed with band Los Vega the Mexican folk song La Bruja. She also recorded Siente mi amor, which played during the end credits of Once Upon a Time in Mexico. She also contributed to Happiness is a Warm Gun in "Across the Universe" as the singing nurses

On July 19, 2005 Hayek testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary supporting reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. In February 2006, she donated $25,000 to a Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, shelter for battered women and another $50,000 to Monterrey based anti-domestic violence groups.

Since the birth of her daughter, Hayek has worked to help mothers in developing nations worldwide, teaming up with Pampers and UNICEF to help stop the spread of life-threatening maternal and neonatal tetanus. She is the spokesperson for the Pampers/UNICEF partnership in the U.S. and Canada called: 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine to help raise awareness of this program

Honors

* Recipient of Glamour magazine Woman of the Year Award in October 2001.
* Recipient of Producers Guild of America Celebration of Diversity Award in 2003.
* Recipient of Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year Award in February 2006
Was a member of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival jury.[39]
Co-hosted the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert with Julianne Moore in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 2005.

Deepika Padukone (Kannada: ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ )

Born January 5, 1986
Deepika Padukone (Kannada: ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ )is an Indian model turned actress who appears in Bollywood movies.

Modeling
While in college, Padukone pursued a career in modeling. Over the years, she has modeled for such Indian brand names such as Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, and "brand ambassador" for the Jewels of India retail jewelery show.[citation needed] The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson.[citation needed]

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year".[citation needed] Shortly afterward, 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".[citation needed] Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.

Acting
After pursuing a successful career in modeling, Padukone branched out into acting. She started by starring in the music video for the song Naam Hai Tera from the independent pop album Aap Kaa Surroor by Himesh Reshammiya.

In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Aishwarya starring opposite actor Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's international hit Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film featured her portraying 1970s star Shantipriya and later as Sandhya aka Sandy, a young woman who looks exactly like Shantipriya. Her performance was well received, earning the actress a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Taran Adarsh from indiaFM noted, "Deepika has all it takes to be a top star — the personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as SRK and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!"

Padukone next appeared in Siddharth Anand's Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) opposite Ranbir Kapoor and then the Warner Bros.-Rohan Sippy collaboration, Chandni Chowk to China, which released on January 16, 2009. As of January 2009, she is working on Imtiaz Ali's Love Aaj Kal opposite Saif Ali Khan.

What's the private Deepika like?:
"I'm a shy person. I contradict my own profession, because I'm an introvert in a very glamourous world. I'm not snobbish. I guess, I've got a lot of values from my parents. Right now, I'm nervous. This year is a turning point. It's a dream world of interviews, travelling, meeting people -- I'm loving it all. When I'm not working, I chill-out with friends or fly home to my parents in Bangalore. It calms me. Life's good at the moment. Real good."

What food do you eat?
During shoots I eat regular ghar ka khana (home made food) with dal roti sabzi raita salad and some non vegetarian. But if it’s studio food then I stick to idlis and very light food.

Breakfast - I can’t do without breakfast. I have a huge breakfast - sometimes we have non vegetarian - sometimes upma, idlis, dosa, parathas - whatever it is I eat a lot of it.

For lunch I have two rotis and some vegetable and salad and some rice and dal so that makes it a balanced diet and it covers everything. I avoid rice and non vegetarian at night.

Do you practise yoga?
Yes I have just started yoga-I do it in the evenings. I go to a school.

Filmography
Actress:
1. Kartik Calling Kartik (2009) (pre-production)
2. Love Aaj Kal (2009) (post-production) .... Meera
3. Chandni Chowk to China (2009) .... Sakhi/Suzy 'Meow Meow' 'Miss TSM'
... aka Made in China (India: English title: working title) (USA: informal alternative title)
... aka C.C.2.C. (India: English title: promotional abbreviation)
4. Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) .... Gayatri
5. Om Shanti Om (2007) .... Shanti Priya/Sandhya aka Sandi

Soundtrack:
1. "So You Think You Can Dance" (2 episodes, 2008)
- Results Show: Winner Announced (2008) TV episode (performer: "Dhoom Taana")
- The Top 12 Perform (2008) TV episode (performer: "Dhoom Taana")

Self:
1. Billu (2009) .... Herself 'Love mera hit hit'

Awards Won
Society 'Young Achievers Award' (2004)
Kingfisher Award for 'Model of the Year' (2004, 2005)
Elle's 'Model of the Year'
F Award for 'Model of the Year' (2005, 2006)
F Award for 'Best Commercial Assignments' (2005, 2006)
Lions International Gold Award (2007) 'Best Actress Award' OSO
Star Gold Sabsey Favourite Kaun (2008) 'Best Newcomer' OSO
The Hindustan Times Cafe Awards (2007) 'Best Newcomer' OSO
Reebok Zoom Glam Awards (2008) 'Best Newcomer' OSO
Stardust Awards (2008) 'Superstar of Tomorrow' OSO Nomination
Nokia 14th Annual Star Screen Awards (2008) 'Best Newcomer' OSO
Nokia 14th Annual Star Screen Awards (2008) 'Best Jodi' (SRK) OSO
Filmfare Awards (2008) 'Best Actress' OSO Nomination
Filmfare Awards (2008) 'Best Debut' OSO
Filmfare Awards (2008) 'Face of the Year Award'
5th Annual Central European Bollywood Awards (ACEB) 'Best Newcomer' OSO
Sunsilk Apsara Producers Guild Awards (2008) 'Best Newcomer' OSO
Zee Cine Awards (2008) 'Best Debut' OSO
IFFA Awards (2008) 'Best Debut' OSO
Maxim Hot 100 (2008) 'Winner'

Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Writing Hand: Right Handed
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Languages: Hindi, English & Kannada
Personal: Spiritual and believes in prayer, does not smoke or drink. Likes to stay at home and have 'get togethers' with her friends at home playing board games!
Acting Coach: Anupam Kher in Mumbai
Fitness Consultant: Lisa John
Manager: Piya
Discovered by: Anila Anand in Bangalore
Role Model: Madhu Sapre.
Favorite Book: Little Women & 'The Kite Runner' by Khalid Hosseini
Favorite Holiday Spot: The French Riviera
Favorite Cuisine: Thai
Favorite Drink: Nimbu Panni
Favorite Perfume: Escada
Favorite Outfit: Saree
My advice to aspiring models: Don’t make modelling a profession till the time you start getting lot of work. Rather pursue it as a hobby and once you know your feet are settled opt for it full time. That’s what I did.
Height: 5' 9"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Dark Brown
Bust: 34"
Waist: 27"
Hips: 36"
Shoes: 9 ½