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The astonishing beauty Sakshi Maggo is an Indian model and is all set to make her entry in bollywood. She was born in Delhi and her parents lives in Subhash Nagar. She has done her schooling from SKV and completed her graduation from Delhi University. Sakshi has started her career as a model but later, she got bored and realized that modeling doesn't have much scope to develop herself. So she switched to Mumbai in order to test her luck in bollywood. She is very passionate about acting and this gave her a chance in the bollywood upcoming flick Welcome Back 

Delhiite Sakshi Maggo, is all set to make her striking debut in the bollywood upcoming film "Welcome Back". Her dream of becoming an actor, has finally came true with this fabulous chance. The film is directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Firoz Nadiadwala. It is a sequel to 2007 hit Welcome. This beauty has hit with a luck, that she will be seen along with the great actors like John Abraham, Shruti Haasan, Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar. Sources also said that, the film may star Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia and Naseeruddin Shah as well. When questioned, about Bachchan's presence in the film she said that, "I have heard that Amitji has been approached for a role in the movie. Aneesji is waiting for his confirmation and if things work out, it will be a great honour for us to have such a legendary star as a part of the movie". 

Manasvi Mamgai (born 10 October 1987) is an Indian Supermodel who was crowned Femina Miss India 2010, Miss Tourism International 2008 and Elite Model Look India in 2006. She represented India at the Miss World 2010 but was unplaced. She is making her Bollywood debut in Action Jackson directed by Prabhudeva opposite Ajay Devgn.

Mamgai was born in Delhi She did her schooling from Chandigarh. While at school she excelled in dancing and skating. By the age of 14 she won multiple state awards in dancing, including best dancer awards from the Shinchang Institute of Performing Arts and the Chandigarh Art Theatre, and multiple medals in skating. She was also active at the school magazine. She basically hails from Nainital,Uttarakhand.

Mamgai signed up with Elite Model Management India. In the same year she won the Elite Model Look India and also debuted at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, where she was chosen as one of 16 "New Faces Going Places".[citation needed] Since then she has walked the ramp for many top Indian designers,[citation needed] shot campaigns for Fair and Lovely, Tarun Tahiliani,[citation needed] Manish Malhotra[citation needed and many other, and shot fashion features for top Indian and international magazines.

Mamgai won the Miss Tourism International held in Malaysia on 31 December 2008. On April 30, 2010 she was crowned Femina Miss India, winning five subtitles in the pageant.[citation needed] She represented India at the Miss World 2010 but was unplaced.[citation needed]

Shraddha Arya (born 17 August 1987) is an Indian actress who has appeared in television shows like Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki, Tumhari Paakhi and Dream Girl on Life OK.  She has also done films such as Paathshaala and Nishabd. Arya has done a number of major ad campaigns with brands like TVS Scooty, Pears, Johnson & Johnson among many others.

Early life and career

Arya hails from Delhi and completed her schooling and college from there. She shifted to Mumbai in 2005 after taking part in India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj.  Post that, she ventured into Bollywood with Ram Gopal Varma's Nishabd. She also appeared in the Shahid Kapoor starrer Paathshaala. She simultaneously ventured into the Telugu industry and did substantial roles in films like Godava opposite Vaibhav Reddy, Kothi Muka and Romeo. As well as in Tamil cinema in Kalvanin Kadali (2006) with actor-director S. J. Surya.

In 2011, she started doing television again and bagged a role in Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki. She then bagged the lead role in two other Life OK shows Tumhari Paakhi and Dream Girl - Ek Ladki Deewani Si. She won the Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role for Dream Girl, Best Jodi Award at the Zee Gold Awards, Hero of the Month Award by Life OK and the Women Achievers Award in 2016.

Young and dynamic Huma Qureshi is a budding Bollywood Star. Her most notable movie is 'Gangs of Wasseypur 2'. Huma was born on July 28, 1986 to a Restaurateur in Delhi. She has a brother named Saqib Saleem who, being an actor, was seen in the movie 'Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge'. The youngster worked in theatres in Delhi with a few talented directors. Then, she moved to Mumbai and started shooting for television commercials for brands like Samsung Guru, Nerolac, Saffola Oil etc. She has featured in T.V ads with big Bollywood superstars like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.

While shooting an ad with Aamir, director Anurag Kashyap noticed this talented lass and promised to cast Huma in his next film. She later got a role in 'Gangs of Wasseypur 2' as per promise from the director. She has also appeared in Anurag Kashyap's co-produced 'Luv shuv Tey Chicken Khurana' (2012) which was a Rom-com. Huma is all set for her next release 'Ek Thi Daayan', a horror flick directed by Kannan Iyer and produced by Balaji Motion Pictures Ltd. After that she also has Nikhil Advani's 'D-Day' in her kitty. The damsel is on her way towards success with so many offers pouring in.

Richa Gangopadhyay (born Antara Richa Gangopadhyay) is an Indian film actress, model and former beauty queen. After appearing in commercials, she made her film debut in the 2010 Telugu political drama Leader. Since then she has starred in several commercially successful Telugu films, including Nagavalli and Mirapakaay. In 2011, she starred in her first Tamil film, Mayakkam Enna, earning positive reviews for her performance.

Richa Gangopadhyay was born on 20 March 1986 in a Bengali family, to Utpal and Paula Gangopadhyay, in New Delhi.  Her father works as the COO of Netshape Technologies, while her mother works as a Director of Education at The Henry Ford Museum in Detroit. Her parents settled in the USA in 1989 after spending her first year in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, with Richa being brought up in Pennsylvania and Michigan. 

While attending Okemos High School, Junior, she was featured in the local media for founding a youth-tutoring program for at-risk children in Lansing, which she ran for four years.  She went on to major in Dietetics and Health Administration at Michigan State University, Michigan.

In 2005 and 2006, Richa began participating in beauty pageants and finished in the top ten in the Miss India USA competitions, winning a smaller prize for Miss Congeniality.  In August 2007, Richa won the Miss Michigan pageant and in December, she was crowned Miss India USA 2007 at the 26th annual pageant held at Royal Albert's Palace in New Jersey.  During the competition, she also secured the title of Miss Photogenic and qualified to represent USA in the 17th Annual Miss India Worldwide Pageant held in Johannesburg.

Richa left the USA in 2008 to Mumbai, India to embark on a career in films. She subsequently graduated with a diploma in acting from Anupam Kher's acting school, Actor Prepares, and completed her portfolio, earning offers for work in fashion shows and for modelling. In early 2009, Richa featured in a commercial for Vatika Almond Hair Oil alongside Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, while she also worked as a model for Peter England, Malabar Gold and Kalaniketan in the period.

Richa was signed on to portray the lead role in the 2010 Telugu film, Leader produced by AVM Productions and directed by Sekhar Kammula.  She was recommended to an assistant director of Leader whilst at a gym, who in turn recommended her to Sekhar Kammula. 

Richa moved to Hyderabad and auditioned for the film on her birthday.  She was selected instantly and shooting started 2 days later.  In the film, she played the role of Archana, a Correspondent with a TV channel and a daughter of a politician who falls in love with the title character, played by debutant Rana Daggubati. 

The film opened to positive reviews and did well commercially, with Richa's performance described as "pretty and charming" and "good in a performance oriented role" by critics.  After the success of the film, director P. Vasu signed her up to appear in Nagavalli, a sequel to his 2005 film Chandramukhi. The film featured an ensemble cast of Venkatesh, Anushka Shetty, Shraddha Das and Poonam Kaur. 

During the production of the film, Vasu was initially unimpressed and Richa has revealed that he had planned to drop her from the project.  The film also opened to mixed reviews, with Richa's portrayal of a girl psychologically possessed by the ghost of Nagavalli, leading to critics dubbing her as "impressive" and "convincing".

Her first release in 2011 was the action film Mirapakaay also featuring Ravi Teja and Deeksha Seth in lead roles. She was signed after the director of the film, Harish Shankar, had noticed her at the success party of her previous film Leader. He initially offered her the role played by Deeksha as she was an NRI, but when they met to review the script, he was convinced that Richa would do justice to the character of Vinamra, a traditional Brahmin girl.

The film opened to good reviews with Richa's performance being described as "just about okay" by critics.  Richa was next seen in two Tamil films; the first being Mayakkam Enna, a drama film based on marriage featuring Dhanush and directed by Selvaraghavan which earned her tremondous positive reviews and appreciation from all over. 

Furthermore she signed on to appear alongside Silambarasan in a leading role in Dharani's Osthe, the Tamil remake of the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg. In 2012, she made her debut in Bengali, her mother tongue, through the film Bikram Singha : The Lion Is Back opposite the prolific Prosenjit Chatterjee, a remake of the Telugu film Vikramarkudu.

She also acted for a Telugu film Mirchi which was released on 2013

Mallika Kapur is an actress working mainly in south Indian films. She was born on 25th April 1985 in Delhi. Mallika hails from the middle class Punjabi family. Her father is an employee of Merchant Navy and her mother is a homemaker.

Mallika's debut film is a Malayalam film named as 'Albudhadweep' with Prithviraj Sukumaran. Her first Tamil film is 'Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu' with Bharath. The films in which Mallika has appeared are Vathiyar, Arjun, Allare Allari, Madambi, Arputha Theevu, Gun, Anthony Yaar, Savi Savi Nenapu etc. Apart from these she has appeared in numerous Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films.

Her only Hindi film is 'Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara ' in 2004. The film was a flop.

Mallika Kapoor is an Indian film actress, working in the South Indian film industries mainly in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada . She has also appeared in a few Telugu and Hindi films.

Biography

Kapoor was raised in a middle-class Punjabi family. Her father works in the merchant navy and her mother is a housewife. She did her education in Fashion designing course.

Career

She started her film career through her debut Malayalam film Albudhadweep, alongside actor Prithviraj Sukumaran. Her Tamil debut was the leading role in Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu, alongside Bharath, and then subsequently in Vathiyar with Arjun. Her appearance Allare Allari, opposite Allari Naresh, was her first in Telugu. She has returned to the Malayalam scene in 2008 with Madambi.

She has two additional Tamil films to date: Arputha Theevu (dubbed from Malayalam), which was released in September 2006, and Vathiyar, which was released on Diwali.
Currently she runs a home decor company called KiYAHH . The products are designed by herself.

Shahid Kapoor, also known as Shahid Khattar, is an Indian film actor known for his work in Hindi cinema.


The son of actors Pankaj Kapur and Neelima Azeem, Kapoor began his career by working in several music videos and television commercials. He made his film debut with a leading role in the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk (2003) for which he won a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He followed it with roles in lesser successful films like Fida (2004) and Shikhar (2005), before starring in Sooraj R. Barjatya's highly successful family drama Vivah (2006). He earned nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performances in the romantic comedy Jab We Met (2007) and the neo-noir Kaminey (2009). He followed this initial success with roles in a series of box office flops before starring in the commercially successful action film R... Rajkumar (2013) and the critically acclaimed drama Haider (2014).

Kapoor was born on 25 February 1981 to actor Pankaj Kapur and actor/classical dancer Neelima Azeem. Kapoor's parents divorced when he was 3. He continued living with his mother and maternal grandparents in Press Enclave, Saket in Delhi. He shares a cordial relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya Pathak.

As a child, he studied at Gyan Bharati School in Delhi until the fourth grade, where he shifted to Rajhans Vidyalaya, Mumbai. Kapoor has three half siblings: a sister named Sanah Kapur and brothers named Ishaan Khattar and Ruhaan Kapur; Ishaan acted with him in the movie Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! (2005). His maternal grandfather was Anwar Azeem, a noted Marxist journalist and author from Bihar. His great great grandfather was the film director, screenwriter, novelist and journalist Khwaja Ahmad Abbas more popularly known as K. A. Abbas. K.A. Abbas in turn was the grandson of Hali, the chief protégé of Urdu poet, Ghalib.

An Indian model, a singer and ex-VJ on Channel V, Anushka Manchanda was born in Delhi. Anushka was born on February 11, 1985. Manchanda grew up listening to rock n roll music and playing piano. She rose to fame after winning Coke [V] Popstars - a TV talent show, in 2002. Anushka was a part of 'Viva!', an Indian pop girl group. Lateron, owing to differences, the group split away and Anushka stepped in the world of Video Jockeying on Channel [V].

After playing VJ, Anushka entered in playback singing with a Tamil film 'Manmadhan'. Its music was composed by renowned music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. Anushka sang for the same music composer in the other film-tracks like 'Kudakooli', 'Oh..Oh..Ennanamo', 'Thee Pidikka' and 'Money Money'. She got her first break in Hindi playback singing in the comedy-film 'Golmaal'. After this, she achieved offers from the other well-known music composers, such as Salim-Suleiman, Anu Malik, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Pritam Chakraborty and Amit Trivedi.

The dusky beauty has performed a cameo in the film 'Dulha Mil Gaya'. For the same film, she lent her voice to three songs. The year 2010 saw Anushka starring in 'MTV Pulsar Stunt Mania' - a reality show. She sang Dum Maaro Dum song in the film 'Dum Maaro Dum' garnered immense popularity. Anushka turned songstress for several movies like 'Aisha', 'Cash', 'Lafangey Parindey', 'Zindaggi Rocks', 'Golmaal Returns', 'We Are Family', 'Chandni Chowk to China', 'Hum Tum Shabana', 'Race 2', 'Jayanta Bhai Ki Luv Story', 'ABCD - Any Body Can Dance'. The latest track sung by Anushka is 'Naa Jaane' from the film 'I, Me Aur Main', featured on Chitrangada Singh, John Abraham and Prachi Desai.

The multi-faceted Bollywood girl was a judge for TV show, 'Lions of Punjab Presents'. She showcased her sporty attitude by participating in stunt show on small screen, 'Fear Factor: Khantron Ke Khiladi' and won the competition crossing all the dangerous stunts.

Meera Chopra, also known as Nila, is an Indian film actress who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.

Meera Chopra was born on 8 July 1983 in Delhi into a Punjabi family.A Delhi-born girl who completed her studies from Saginaw Valley State University, in University Center, Michigan, Chopra later went on to work in New York for a brief period. She also worked at NDTV before joining films. In the year 2010 she ventured into the fashion business, where she became partners with a successful firm called Storm Fashion Company. Meera is Priyanka and Parineeti Chopra’s cousin.


Anbe Aaruyire in which she starred with S. J. Surya. The movie was a big hit and instantly she became popular in Tamil Nadu. She did her second movie with Pawan Kalyan in Telugu. She achieved further success in the Telugu film industry with her critically acclaimed performance in M. S. Raju's Vaana. She took a break from films in the South to handle her fashion business. Chopra starred in Vikram Bhatt's 1920 London with Sandalwood actor Diganth, marking her Bollywood debut as well. She's also worked in Satish Kaushik's upcoming Gang of Ghosts which is produced by Venus.