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Pallavi Sharda is an Indian-Australian film/theatre actress and dancer, trained in Bharatha Natyam.

Pallavi is the daughter of Dr. Hema Sharda (Director of South Asian Relations at the University of Western Australia), and Dr. Nalin Kant Sharda (Professor of Computer Science at Victoria University).  Her parents are from Delhi, her father is a Punjabi.  Both her parents are IIT alumni and have PhDs in science and engineering. They migrated to Australia in the 1980s, before she was born where they are now professors.  Born in Perth and brought up in Melbourne into an academic family, Sharda commenced her LLB and BA (Media & Communications) & Diploma in Modern Languages (French) at the University of Melbourne, at the age of 16.

Sharda shifted base from Melbourne to Mumbai in 2008.

Sharda started her Bollywood career by playing a cameo in Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan (2010). In March 2010 Sharda was crowned 'Miss India Australia' in Sydney.

She next starred in the comedic-drama film, Dus Tola (2010), in which she played the role of Geeta, 'the village dance teacher' opposite actor Manoj Bajpai. Dus Tola hit Indian theatres on 22 October 2010 and Pallavi's performance garnered critical acclaim.  Sharda's second release, an Indo-American film called Walkaway was released on 29 October 2010 across USA. Sharda's next Bollywood release, Love Breakups Zindagi released on 7 October 2011.

In 2011 and 2012 Sharda was the lead actress of the theatrical musical, Taj Express directed by Shruti Merchant and choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant.

Sharda made her Australian film debut with comedy film Save Your Legs, which released on 28 February 2013.  She made her debut in Bollywood commercial cinema with Abhinav Kashyap's Besharam, in which she is cast opposite Ranbir Kapoor.

Sharda has recently been signed on for Vibhu Puri's period film opposite Ayushmann Khurrana.

Tharini Mudaliar is an Australian actress, singer, and violinist. She is best known for her role portraying the fictional character Kamala in The Matrix Revolutions. She is also recognized by fans of Xena: Warrior Princess where she played the role of Naiyima.

Mudaliar was born in South Africa to a Tamil Hindu family, moving to Tasmania at the age of one and later to Adelaide, Australia. She is fluent in the French language and has earned a B.A. and LL.B. from the University of Sydney.

She is the cousin of television presenter Indira Naidoo.

'Beauty with Brains' combination are the right words to describe this beauty. Pallavi Sharda has got the looks, the talent and the intelligence. She is an Indian actor born into an academic family, with both her parents having done PhD's. Her family migrated to Australia in 1980s. She was born in Perth and brought up in Melbourne.

Pallavi was extremely brilliant in studies, which gave her double promotions directly from 8th standard to 10th standard. Also she holds three prominent degrees in Media and Communications, Law and French from the University of Melbourne at age of just 16 years. Despite being away from India, this beauty has taken specialized training in Bharatanatyam, a classical dance form. Apart from being bright at academics, she also dazzled at stage delivering more than hundred mesmerizing performances.

In 2008, she shifted to Mumbai from Melbourne to pursue her acting career. In 2009, she featured in an Indo-American film, 'Walkaway'. She got huge applause for her comic timing in Indian theater drama, '1888 Dial India'. Pallavi Sharda debuted in Bollywood with small supporting role in Karan Johar's 'My Name is Khan'.

In 2010, she featured as Geeta - a village dance teacher in 'Dus Tola', opposite Manoj Bajpai. She got critically acclaimed for her performance. That year was highly rewarding for her as she won Miss India Australia Beauty Pageant. Just after two days of winning, Pallavi met a serious accident, but within days she headed to Durban to participate at Miss India Worldwide Competition. At the venue, she performed a classical dance with the stitches and her one hand fractured. She was highly acknowledged for her never-say-die spirit. She bagged the title of 'Fresh Look' at the event.

Pallavi Sharda entered in Australian movies with the comedy flick, 'Save Your Legs'. She was later seen doing small roles in Sahil Sangha's 'Love BreakUps Zindagi' and in Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Heroine'. And finally landed up to the female lead role in Abhinav Kashyap's upcoming rom-com 'Besharam' opposite Ranbir Kapoor.

This beauty confidently passed every hurdle that came her way and made optimum use of every opportunity that came her way.

Nathan Jones  is an Australian actor, powerlifting champion, strongman, and professional wrestler. Jones has held the WWA World Heavyweight Championship once during his stint in World Wrestling All-Stars.


Before his career as a wrestler, Jones was sentenced to 16 years in 1987 at the age of 18 to Boggo Road Gaol for eight armed robberies between 1985–1987, two of which occurred in Tasmania. During the robberies, he became one of Australia's most wanted and ended up serving seven years in a maximum-security prison, in 1994 Jones was given one year work release, before being discharged at the age of 25. While in prison, he was introduced to the sport of powerlifting. Within a short space of time, he became the National Powerlifting Champion of Australia.


Upon his release, Jones also began competing in strongman contests and during this time, he was dubbed "The Megaman" for his imposing physique, 208 cm (6’ 10") tall and 159 kg (355 pounds/25 stone). As the reigning Australia's Strongest Man, he entered the World Strength Championship at Callander, Scotland on 29–30 July 1995. He took first place, topping a field that included 1993 World's Strongest Man Gary Taylor. The following weekend, he competed in the World Muscle Power Classic held at Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. That contest was won by Magnús Ver Magnússon, with Nathan finishing fifth in a field of twelve competitors.


Jones next took part in the 1995 World's Strongest Man contest. After quickly defeating Phil Martin twice in the arm wrestling event in the qualifying heat, Jones was then matched against Magnus Samuelsson, who had been Europe's arm wrestling champion for several years and who would become the World's Strongest Man in 1998. Samuelsson won the first round. In the second round Jones refused to go down and pulled with his opposite arm, twisting his body. This resulted in breaking the arm he was using to wrestle, and he subsequently was out of the competition. Jones returned to Strongman competition in 1996 winning the World Strongman Challenge, and placed third in a World's Strongest Man qualifying heat behind Magnús Ver Magnússon and Jorma Ojanaho.



He also participated in a mixed martial arts match at KRS-Pride's debut event Pride 1 in October 1997, submitting to Japanese professional wrestler and former sumo wrestler Koji Kitao in his only match.