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Deepika Padukone (born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress and a former model.Padukone was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a former badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. In her high school she played badminton at the state level.She appears mostly in Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language films.Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film Aishwarya.The following year, she made her Hindi film debut in Om Shanti Om, for which she earned the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. It also remains her biggest commercial success so far. She subsequently appeared in films such as Love Aaj Kal (2009) and Housefull (2010).
In 2012, Padukone is expected to appear in Homi Adajania's Cocktail opposite Saif Ali Khan and Diana Penty and will make her Kollywood debut in Soundarya Rajnikanth's Kochadaiyaan opposite Rajnikanth. Following this, Padukone will be seen in Ayan Mukerji's Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani opposite ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor and Race 2 alongside Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez and Ameesha Patel. It has been reported that Padukone has also signed a film opposite Shahid Kapoor, which will be produced by her Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani producer, Karan Johar.
In addition to acting, Padukone is also the ambassador of prominent brands such as Tissot, Sony Cybershot, Nescafe and Kingfisher Airlines.

Mamta Mohandas is an Indian film actress and playback singer. She is from Kerala.

Mamta was born and brought up in Bahrain even though she is from Kerala. She attended the Indian School, Bahrain till 2002. She first became a model and did a Bachelor`s degree at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She did print ads for names such as IBM and Kalyan Kendra and on the ramp for the Mysore Maharajah and Raymonds. Mohandas is trained in Carnatic and Hindustani. Even during school days, she was a popular singer..She is a model too

She débuted in the 2005 Malayalam film Mayookham, directed by Hariharan. Although the film did not do well at the box-office, Mamta attracted the attention for her sensitive portrayal of Indira.

Subsequently, she acted alongside Suresh Gopi in the films Adbutham (2006) and Lanka (2006) and alongside Jayaram in Madhuchandralekha (2006). She was later roped into play heroine in Baba Kalyani with Mohanlal, but opted out later due to scheduling conflicts. She created controversy after the release of the movie Lanka. Later that year, she debuted in the Tamil film industry, starring in the Karu Pazhaniappan-directed film, Sivappathigaram opposite Vishal Krishna, which turned out to be an average grosser only.

In 2007 then, she eventually stepped into the Telugu film industry as well as she appeared in a supporting role in the film Yamadonga, directed by SS Rajamouli. The film became one of the biggest hits of the year. She had lent her voice for a couple of songs in this film too. In 2008, she appeared in 7 films, predominantly in Telugu-language films. 

Her first release was her debut Kannada film Gooli. She then starred her first in the film Krishnarjuna, essaying the lead female role finally, which however did not well at the box office. Victory was her next assignment as lead actress, but that film also failed at the box office, following which she appeared in a cameo role in her only Tamil release that year, Kuselan, alongside Tamil superstar Rajinikanth. Three more Telugu releases featured Mamta, including Homam, directed by JD Chakravarthy and Srinu Vaitla`s King (2008 film) opposite Nagarjuna. In both the film she also worked as a playback singer, singing several songs, gaining great applause for both her acting and singing.

In 2009, she made a comeback to Tamil and Malayalam as she starred in the comedy film Guru En Aalu alongside Madhavan, and the thriller film Passenger, sharing screen space with Dileep and Sreenivasan, respectively. Whilst the former had an average run at the box office, the latter was declared a surprise sleeper hit in Malayalam. She is currently working on three Malayalam projects, Sathyan Anthikad`s Katha Thudarunnu with Jayaram, Musafir with Rahman and Ragupati Raghava Raja Ram with Prithviraj, and one Telugu film, Kedi with Nagarjuna.

Besides acting, Mamta is known as an acclaimed playback singer in Indian films as well. Mamta, who is trained in Carnatic and Hindustani music, first sang playback in the Telugu film Rakhee, singing the title song, under Devi Sri Prasad`s direction, making her debut in the Telugu film industry as a singer, before making her acting debut in Telugu. She went on to win the 2007 Filmfare Best Telugu Female Playback Singer Award for that song.

Subsequently, she was offered to sing several songs for composer Devi Sri Prasad, including the chartbuster Akalesthe Annam Pedtha for the Chiranjeevi-starrer Shankardada Zindabad (later dubbed as Daddy Mummy in the Tamil film Villu), 36-24-36 for the film Jagadam, Mia for Tulasi and Ghanana (Funny) and the title song for the film King, in which she herself acted. Other music directors, she worked with include M. M. Keeravani (for her own films Yamadonga and Krishnarjuna, also Chandamama), R. P. Patnaik (for Andamaina Mansulo), Chakri (for Victory), Nithin Raikwar (for her own movie Homam (film)|Homam) and Thaman (for Jayeebhava).

In Tamil, she has sung the song Kaalai Kaalai in the film Kaalai that starred Silambarasan in the lead role. She has now sung a song called Idai Vazhi for the comedy film Goa under noted composer Yuvan Shankar Raja`s direction and soon she will be heard for the first time in her mother tongue, Malayalam, for her forthcoming movie with Prithiviraj titled Anwar. 

Dhanya Veena, better known by her stage name Navya Nair, is an Indian film actress who has starred in Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films. She is a recipient of 2 Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and the Kalaimamani award.

Navya Nair was born on 14 October 1985 to Raju & Veena Raju who hails from Cheppad, a village near Harippad in Alleppey District. The film director K. Madhu is her uncle. She studied at Bethany Balikamadom High School, Nangiarkulangara till 10th grade and then at MSM Higher Secondary School, where her mother was a teacher. She married Mumbai-based businessman, Santhosh Menon, on 21 January 2010 and they have a son Sai Krishna, born on 22 November 2010.

She was still at school when offered her first film role, starring opposite Dileep in Ishtam in 2001. There followed roles in partnership with Dileep, in films such as Mazhathullikkilukkam, Kunjikoonan, Kalyanaraman, Pandippada, Gramaphone and Pattanathil Sundaran.

The most popular character of Navya is that of 'Balamani' in Nandanam. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress in 2002 for the same.She has been paired with Mohanlal, Mammooty, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Dileep, Prithviraj, and Jayasurya.

She started acting in offbeat movies, such as Saira and Kanne Madangukawhen her chances in commercial films decreased. Saira was the opening film in the section Tous Les Cinemas Du Monde at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2007, which was the 4th Malayalam film screened at the Cannes International Film Festival. Saira has participated in 21 other international film festivals like USA, Brazil, Israel, Russia, Italy, Greece, Zimbabwe, Belgium, Bangladesh etc. She won the state award again in 2005 for her performance in Kanne Madanguka and Saira.

Her debut in Tamil cinema came with Azhagiya Theeye and her first role in Kannada cinema was in Gaja but the most notable one was the 2009 Tamil movie Aadum Koothu, which won the National Award for the best Tamil film. The T.V.Chandran film revolved around a character called Manimekala played by Navya Nair. She has around 50 movies to her credit.

After marriage, she stopped her full-time acting career. She came back to film through "Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu" in 2012. After a gap of almost 2 years from then she did "Drishya", a Kannada remake of Malayalam megahit thriller "Drishyam".

Kirat Bhattal professionally known as Kirat or Keerath is a Jat-Sikh Indian film actress. She debuted in modelling roles and then made a breakthrough in the Tamil film industry.

Kirat did her schooling at the elite boarding school The Lawrence School, Sanawar, Some of whose famous alumni are Omar Abdullah, Maneka Gandhi, Sanjay Dutt, Apoorva Lakhia, Saif Ali Khan, and former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh .

Kirat debuted in the Safi ad and then went onto to various other campaigns like Fair and Lovely, Siyaram and the Lakme adverts with a fellow Indian, Raima Sen, who has since gone on to make it big in the Bollywood film industry. Then Kirat modelled for Sri Kumaran Silks in Chennai to stake her claims in South India.

Kirat debuted in Dongodi Pelli, Telugu film. She was then signed by Saran for her first major film, Vattaram after Anushka Shetty had pulled out of the project. Vattaram also features Arya and Napoleon. Vattaram tells the story of a gun seller`s love. Arya expressed his desirity to work with Kirat again in the future after Vattaram.

She signed up to do the prestigious project Desiya Nedunchalai 47 with Dhanush but however, the project was delayed and later cancelled. As the film had remained inactive for about three months, Bhattal had signed a Kannada language movie titled, Geleya opposite Prajwal Devaraj which was declared a hit. Most recently, she accepted a guest role in the film Santosh Subramaniam, which is a remake of the Telugu language film, Bommarillu which stars Genelia and Jayam Ravi.She has got rave reviews or her role in the film even though it is a short one. A few reviews have said that she outshine the heroine Genilia. She was also confirmed for the lead role in the Telugu film Yamadonga starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. but turned it down at the last minute citing other commitments, the film went on to become a huge hit, grossing 30 crores in the first month of its release. She has also signed a Tamil film with director Krishna of Sillunu Oru Kadhal and Dorai with Arjun Sarja in the lead role.

Kirat has also been brand ambassador for various products including Lakme, Claeres, Fair and Lovely, Motorola and Macleans and the new tbz t.v commercial.

Sidharth Malhotra (born 16 January 1985) is an Indian actor and former model who appears in Bollywood films. Malhotra began a career as a model at the age of 18. Dissatisfied by the profession, he went on to work as an assistant director to Karan Johar in the 2010 film My Name Is Khan. He made his acting debut with a leading role in Johar's comedy-drama Student of the Year (2012), for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut nomination.

Malhotra played an aspiring businessman in the critically praised comedy-drama Hasee Toh Phasee in 2014, following which he starred as a hardened criminal in the romantic thriller Ek Villain (2014) and an aspiring author in the family drama Kapoor & Sons (2016). The latter two rank among Malhotra's highest-grossing films, with a worldwide gross of over ₹1 billion (US$15 million) each.

Malhotra was born in Delhi, into a Punjabi family, to Sunil, a former captain in the Merchant Navy, and Rimma Malhotra, a homemaker. He was schooled at Delhi's Don Bosco School and Birla Vidya Niketan, and later attended Shaheed Bhagat Singh College. At the age of 18, Malhotra began modelling. Although he was successful, he decided to quit after four years because he was dissatisfied with the profession.

Interested to pursue an acting career, he successfully auditioned for a film to be directed by Anubhav Sinha. However, the film was shelved, following which he worked as an assistant director to Karan Johar on the 2010 film My Name Is Khan. In 2012, Malhotra made his acting debut with Johar's Student of the Year alongside Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. He was cast as Abhimanyu Singh, a scholarship student of limited financial means, who competes with his wealthy best friend Rohan (played by Dhawan) to win an annual school championship. Film critic Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN considered Malhotra's performance to be "earnest", adding that he had "a pleasing presence."Student of the Year was a financial success, grossing ₹700 million (US$10 million) domestically.

Malhotra's second release of 2014 was the Mohit Suri-directed romantic thriller Ek Villain. Malhotra was cast as Guru, a hardened criminal whose terminally-ill wife (played by Shraddha Kapoor) is murdered by a serial killer (played by Riteish Deshmukh). Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express reviewed: "Sidharth Malhotra is watchable even if he has a hard time doing menace — he just seems so nice and wholesome all the time, even when he is crunching bones."The film was generally perceived to be plagiarised from the Korean film I Saw the Devil, although Suri dismissed the allegations.The film eventually emerged as a major commercial success with domestic revenues of over ₹1 billion (US$15 million).The box office performance of the film established Malhotra as one of the most successful among the new generation of Bollywood actors.

In 2015, Malhotra appeared in the remake of the Hollywood film Warrior (2011), entitled Brothers, directed by Karan Malhotra and co-starring Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez and Jackie Shroff.Despite high expectations from trade analysts, the film received negative reviews and under-performed at the box office. However, his next release, the Shakun Batra-directed family drama Kapoor & Sons, proved to be a critical and commercial success.Featuring an ensemble cast including Rishi Kapoor, Ratna Pathak Shah, Rajat Kapoor, Fawad Khan, and Alia Bhatt, the film tells the story of two brothers of contrasting personalities (Malhotra and Khan) who return home to their dysfunctional family after their grandfather suffers from a cardiac arrest. A reviewer for India Today thought that Malhotra was overshadowed by Khan in the film, though Namrata Joshi of The Hindu wrote that "he holds his own with his solid presence and vulnerable glances".

As of May 2016, Malhotra has completed work on Nitya Mehra's Baar Baar Dekho, a romantic drama involving time travel, in which he stars opposite Katrina Kaif.He is filming an untitled action-comedy film with Jacqueline Fernandez from the director duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.,and has also committed to reunite with Bhatt in the romance Aashiqui 3, which will mark his second collaboration with director Mohit Suri.In addition, Malhotra will star in the 2017 remake of the 1969 mystery film Ittefaq, opposite Sonakshi Sinha.

Apart from acting in films, Malhotra is an endorser of several brands and products, such as Coca-Cola, Corneto, and American Swan. He also does charity work. In 2013, Malhotra performed at an event alongside Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor and Huma Qureshi to raise funds for the flood-affected victims of Uttarakhand.He collaborated with PETA for a campaign to create awareness about dogs. In August 2016, he performed in various cities of the USA as a part of the "Dream Team 2016" tour, also featuring fellow actors Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Katrina Kaif, Parineeti Chopra, and Aditya Roy Kapur, as well as filmmaker Karan Johar and rapper Badshah.

Masumi Makhija is an award-winning actress born on 10th October, 1984 in Canada. Her family shifted to India, when she was one year old. Masumi began her career as a child artist appearing in television commercials and series. She is the sister of the music director Shona Urvashi.

Masumi made her debut in Bollywood with the film 'Chupke Se'. The actress was also seen in the other flicks like 'Maqbool'(2003), 'Woh Lamhe...' (2006), 'Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav' (2005), 'Dus Kahaniyaan' (2007), 'Saas Bahu Aur Sensex' (2008). The beautiful lady even appeared in one of the German flick titled 'Gate To Heaven' in the year 2003.

Talking about her television appearances, Masumi acted in various television series like 'Comedy Hour', 'Banegi Apne Baat', 'Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai', 'Mausam' and 'Suhana Safar'.

Narain (born as Sunil Kumar) is an Indian film actor, who has worked on Malayalam and Tamil films.Narain was born in Thrissur, Kerala to Malayali parents.His father is T.M.Ramakrishnan and his mother is Shantha Kumari.After two and half years of dating, he married television personality and singer Manju Haridas on 26 August 2007 at Calicut. After completing a course in cinematography at the Adyar Film Institute, Narain came into the film industry as an assistant to Rajeev Menon, one of India’s noted film makers and cameramen. He worked with him for many advertisements and also a film - Morning Raga. His first film, was Nizhalkuthu by the veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan. His first commercial film 4 The People, brought him recognition and fame as an actor. In this sensational blockbuster, Narain's performance as the firebrand IPS officer Rajan Mathew was well noticed. 4 The People was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu.
His film Pallikoodam was highly performance oriented, playing the character of a collector Vetrivel. The film was directed by Thangar Bachchan. His performance in the recently released film Anjaathe, directed by Mysskin, was critically acclaimed. He was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor award for his performance in Anjathe (2008).
In 2009, Narain did a key role in Bhagyadevatha directed by Sathyan Anthikkad who had also gave him a success in Achuvinte Amma. The family oriented film starred Jayaram and Kanika- and Narain proved to be a star for this film. This was a box office success.
Narain essayed the role of Mohammed Abdul Rahiman in P. T. Kunju Muhammed's Veeraputhran (2011). He replaced Prithviraj as he suited the character better, according to the director.Currently doing as Villian in Mugamoodi.

Anuya Bhagwat is an Indian model and film actress who has appeared in Tamil films. She is best known for her performances in Siva Manasula Sakthi and Madurai Sambavam.  After graduating from the Film and Television Institute, Pune, Anuya debuted in the Children's film Mahek, directed by Kranti Kanade. The film was premiered at the London Film Festival and was critically acclaimed. It was nominated in various categories including "Best Picture" at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.  

She had her major breakthrough in her next film, Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009). Before the film's release, she narrowly escaped from a terror attack while she was staying at a hotel in Mumbai.  The film, directed by a debutant, took eight months to complete and was released to positive reviews.  Anuya next worked on a film titled Madurai Sambavam. The film was made on a small budget and is set against the backdrop of Madurai. A reviewer from Sify wrote, "Anuya, in a deglamorised role as the fiendish cop who falls for the rowdy is fantastic. She brings so much emotion and reality to her performance and is an actress of substance".

Anuya took a break from films to concentrate on dance during this period.  This helped her fetch a role in the film Nagaram opposite Sundar C.  After making a cameo appearance in S. Shankar's Nanban, she said that she will not be doing any such roles in future.  However, she followed it with a special appearance in a promotional song in Naan (2012) and an item number in Nanjupuram.

Anuya is making her Bengali debut in a film titled Gora, based on a novel of the same name by Rabindranath Tagore.  As of June 2012, she has completed shoot for the film.

She has also acted in Doordarshan TV series Ek Tha Rusty (2014), playing Maharani.

Shocking to see Nude photos of actress Anuya Bhagvath doing rounds in twitter on March 03, 2017. Apparently the nudes pictures leaked of Siva Manasula Sakthi heroine is leaked in Singer Suchitra Karthik Kumar twitter account.

Gopika born 24 August 1984 as Girly Anto, She is an Indian film actress, who has predominantly starred in Malayalam films. Starting her career as a model, she ventured into acting with the film Pranayamanithooval (2003). She went on to appear in over 35 films, working in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries as wellGopika was born as Girly Anto in a Syrian Christian family to Anto Francis and Tessy Anto in Ollur in Thrissur, Kerala. She has one sister, Glini. After completing her 12th standard in St. Raphael’s, Ollur, she studied sociology from the Calicut University. She learnt classical dance from her teacher Kamalher. She was crowned as Miss College during her farewell. The beauty contest Miss Thrissur was turning point in her life. Though she did not win the title, she stood as the first runner up in the contest which gained her few modeling assignments. She claims that she never wanted to be an actress, and her ambition was to be airhostess.

Her first film was Pranayamanithooval, in which she starred with Jayasurya and Vineeth. Pranayamanithooval, directed by Director Thulasi Das did not do well but got her recognition in the film industry. She got a second film 4 the People which was a blockbuster and had its prints dubbed in many different Indian Languages. The film was directed by Jayaraj and she acted opposite Bharath. The song Lejjavathiye Ninde Kalla Kadaikkannil  from the film was also a big hit in Kerala. Renowned Tamil movie director Cheran signed her up for his film Autograph which was another big hit in 2004. She also acted in Kana Kandaen.

Among her other movies she has acted in Kannada film Kanasina Loka and the Telugu remake of Azhagi. Her Telugu film Leta Manasulu directed by Raju Upati crashed at the box office. She starred in the Malayalam movie Kirtichakra opposite Superstar Mohanlal. Directed by Major Ravi the movie tells the story about a soldier against the backdrop of Kargil war. Apart from Kirtichakra, she also did another movie with Dileep Pachakuthira. Her previous film with Dileep Chanthupottu was a big hit. Veruthe Oru Bharya was a phenomenal hit and it also fetched her the Asianet Best actress award of 2008.

On 17 July 2008, Gopika married Ajilesh Chacko, a doctor working in Northern Ireland. She has come back to the cinema industry after marriage, acting in the movie Swantham Lekhakan and says that she will continue to act in more films if she gets good opportunities and likes the script. She says that her husband doesn't mind her acting and that she is getting a lot of support from him and her family. A daughter, Amy, was born to them in Belfast on 14 April 2010. Gopika made a comeback to the malayalam cinema in the movie Bharya Athra Pora alongwith Jayaram, directed by Akku Akbar.

Surveen Chawla is an Indian film actress and dancer who works in Indian cinemas. She started her career through the television soap operas in the earlier days and ended up in appearing in the films. She is known for her portrayals in the movies and serials like Hate Story 2 (2014), Ugly (2013), Parched (2015) and 24 (season 2) (2016) etc. along with many others.

Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial Kahin To Hoga. She also appeared in the reality dance show Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth. Before this, She appeared in the television serial Kasautii Zindagi Kay in 2004. In 2006, She played the lead protagonist in the TV serial Kaajjal, till 2007.

She hosted the television show Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars. Then she made her film debut with Kannada film Paramesha Panwala. In 2011, she appeared in the Punjabi film Dharti which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films Taur Mittran Di, Saadi Love Story, Singh vs Kaur, Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Disco Singh (2014).

She did her first item number "Dhoka Dhoka" in Sajid Khan's Himmatwala.In 2013, she appeared in Tamil film Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal and also appeared in Puthiya Thiruppangal. She then appeared in Anurag Kashyap's thriller Ugly.

In 2014, Chawla played in Vishal Pandya's erotic revenge thriller Hate Story 2, a sequel to Hate Story (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by Jay Bhanushali), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially.

Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite Rajneesh Duggal in film Creature 3D. Her latest Tamil film was Jaihind 2. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in Hindi film Welcome Back and in a Punjabi film Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi opposite Jimmy Shergill.She also played the role of Bijli in Parched (2015).