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Yami Gautam is an Indian film and television actress. Her initial appearances were on Indian television commercials and soap operas like Chand Ke Paar Chalo and Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam.

In 2010, she made her cinematic debut with Kannada film Ullasa Utsaha, co-starring Ganesh. In 2012, Gautam made her Bollywood debut in Shoojit Sircar's romantic comedy Vicky Donor, which touched on the topic of sperm donation. Upon release, the film was a critical and commercial success, and Gautam gained positive reviews for her performance.

Yami Gautam was born in Chandigarh on November 28, 1988. She was born in the home of Mukesh Gautam, who works for channel Zee News as coordinator.  She did her regular schooling and later joined college for pursuing a graduate degree in law honors. She had aspired to join Indian Administrative Services (IAS) as a young girl, but at the age of 20, Yami decided to start her acting career.  As she was pursuing Studies in Law Honors (first-year PU Student of the Law), but she left full time studies for acting. Recently, she is doing her part time Graduation from Mumbai.  Yami is fond of reading, interior decoration, listening to music.


Gautam was 20 when she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in movies.  She made her television debut with Chand Ke Paar Chalo, which was followed by Raajkumar Aaryyan. Following this, she played her most notable role in Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam, which aired on Colors.  Furthermore, she participated in the reality shows Meethi Choori No.1 and Kitchen Champion Season 1.

Gautam made her film debut in Kannada film Ullasa Utsaha. Whilst the film failed at the box office, Gautam received positive reviews for her performance.

Gautam later made her Bollywood debut with Vicky Donor, in which she starred opposite Ayushmann Khurrana.  She played the role of Bengali girl Ashima Roy, a girl who falls in love with a Punjabi boy with a past. Despite its small budget, the movie became a major commercial success and received critical appreciation.  Gautam received appreciation for her performance. Taran Adarsh writes "Yami Gautam makes an imposing debut. She adds enormous value to the movie by her act, screen presence and striking looks. She's truly admirable towards the latter part of the film."  Madhureeta Mukherjee adds that Gautam "is a sheer delight to watch, emoting effortlessly."


In 2012, she featured on the cover page of Prevention (magazine) and Wedding Affair which discussed her life, personality and also her interest in Hot yoga.  Furthermore, she featured on the cover of Femina (magazine) November 2012 issue.

She made her Tamil debut with Gouravam directed by Radha Mohan, which was also shot in Telugu. She signs her second film in Kollywood with Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum opposite Jai.

Gautam is currently filming for a Tamil film Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum, a Telugu film Courier Boy Kalyan and a Hindi film Aman Ki Asha opposite Ali Zafar. In Aman Ki Asha she plays a Punjabi in love with a Pakistani boy played by Ali Zafar.  She has also signed a film co-starring with Ajay Devgan and Sonakshi Sinha, the film is to be directed by Prabhu Deva.

Also her latest brand endorsements include Fair and Lovely, Cornetto, Samsung Mobile, Chevrolet, and many other brands.

Gurleen Chopra (aka: Gurleen Kaur Chopra)is a Punjabi actress and model. She has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi and Bhojpuri films.

She got her preliminary education from Chandigarh, her hometown. She started modeling after completing class 12th. There is no much information available about her education and rumors state that she left studies after 12th in order to pursue her career in movies.

Gurleen Chopra was in Class XII when she was selected Miss Chandigarh.  She then tried modelling as suggested by her friends, and later decided to join films. Her parents were initially against it, but later agreed after they got to know that the film was to be directed by Lawrence D'Souza.

Gurleen Chopra made her debut in the Hindi film Indian Babu.  Her next Hindi film Kuch To Gadbad Hai in which she played an orphan girl Riya.  She debuted in Telugu cinema with Ayudham and later acted in many Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films. She played a double role in Manmatha. About her performance in the film, Sify had written, "Gurlin Chopra is impressive as Lakshmi in the blind get up", and Rediff had written that she "has done a neat job in both her roles".  She signed and shot her first Tamil film Thullal in 2004, but it released only in 2007. She then started acting in Punjabi films. Her film Hashar opposite Babbu Mann was a hit.  After a long hiatus she signed a Telugu film titled Konaseemalo Chittemma Kittayya in 2009.  She acted in a 3D Telugu romantic comedy Vasthavam.

She started shooting for her Marathi debut film Shinma in May 2015.

Asha Saini (born as Flora Saini) is an Indian film actress and model. She predominantly works in Tollywood, and also appeared in a number of Kannada, Tamil and Hindi films as well. Since her debut in Prema Kosam (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors including Rajinikanth, Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Balakrishna, Venkatesh, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar.

She is known majorly because she is the cousin of Manju Saini.

Career

Born in Chandigarh, UT to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir and continued her education in The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan Delhi. She was the favorite student of Accounts teacher Lala.  Her family moved to Kolkata then, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated at the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant contest.  Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film Prema Kosam in which she enacted the lead female role.  The film producer of her first film rechristened her as Asha Saini, while years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayuri, as per an astrologer’s advice, before eventually reverting to her original name.

Flora subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu films in the next three years, with her appearance in the film Narasimha Naidu (2002), which went on to become highly successful, being the most notable, which led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter.  In 2002, she debuted in Hindi, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced Bharat Bhagya Vidhata.  Her second Hindi film Love in Nepal (2004) saw her pairing with popular playback singer Sonu Nigam, which too was produced by T. P. Aggarwal.  Flora starred in several Kannada films, too, including Giri starring Srinagar Kitty and Nammannna starring Sudeep.

In March 2008, she was arrested in Chennai for supposedly having forged visa documents, and was subsequently banned from the Tamil film industry.  She claimed innocence, and the ban was lifted a couple of weeks later.

Flora had three of her films, Broker (Telugu), Vismaya Pramaya and Vah Re Vah (both Kannada) releasing on 31 December 2010, a rare occurrence that secured her an entry in the Limca Book of Records for the most number of film releases on one day.  In 2010, Flora Saini was honoured with the Uttarakhand Ratan Award.  She has also received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for her work towards the poor and helpless.