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Sherawat was born Reema Lamba in Rohtak, Haryana to a Jat family. Mallika was born in the family of Seth Chhaju Ram, a leading Jat philanthropist. She was born on 24 October,1981. She adopted the screen name of "Mallika", meaning "empress", to avoid confusion with other actresses named Reema. "Sherawat" is her mother's maiden name She has stated that she uses her mother's maiden name because of the support that her mother has provided her. Although relations with her family were strained when she entered the film industry, now Sherawat's family have accepted her career choice and reconciled their relations.

Sherawat went to school at Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. She has obtained a degree in philosophy from Miranda House, Delhi University. During the initial days of her career, she claimed to have come from a very conservative small town family, and that she faced many hurdles from her family in pursuing her career. However, Mallika's family has refuted this as a story created by her to give her an aura of a small town rustic girl who made it big in Bollywood. It has been reported that she was married for a short while to a Jet Airways pilot Captain Karan Singh Gill.

Before entering films, Sherawat appeared in television commercials with Amitabh Bachchan for BPL and Shahrukh Khan for Santro. She also appeared in Nirmal Pandey's Maar Dala and Surjit Bindrakhia's Lak Tunoo music video. She debuted in films with a small role in Jeena Sirf Merre Liye where she was credited as Reema Lamba.

Sherawat attracted notice with her appearance in the 2003 film, Khwahish. In 2004, she starred in Murder, a film inspired by Hollywood's Unfaithful. She received a nomination for Best Actress at the Zee Cine Awards for her performance in Murder. The film went on to become one of the biggest hits of the year.

Since then, Sherawat has been known for expressing her opinions in public, as well for the reaction to some of her statements.

In 2005, Sherawat acted in The Myth, a Chinese film, co-starring with Jackie Chan. She played the role of an Indian girl who saves Chan's character from a river. The Myth was her first International film. Her appearance at the Cannes Film Festival to promote the film grabbed a lot of attention with Time Magazine's Richard Corliss calling her "the next big thing".

Her performance in the 2006 film Pyaar Ke Side Effects, co-starring Rahul Bose, won her praise from around the industry, and the film also did moderately well at the box office.

Her first release in 2007 was Mani Ratnam's Guru, in which she appeared in a special song, "Mayya Mayya". She also played a guest role in Himesh Reshammiya's Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story and reportedly charged Rs. 15 million for a 10-minute appearance. Her last release of 2007 was Welcome, which also did well at the box office receiving blockbuster status.

Her 2008 releases were Ugly Aur Pagli and Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam. Both films were unsuccessful at the box office. Sherawat's next Bollywood release was Double Dhamaal, which went on to becoming a moderate success at the box office, receiving above average status at the box office, by Box Office India. She also appeared in item numbers in films such as Thank You (Razia Gundon Mein Phas Gayi), Bin Bulaye Baraati (Shalu Ke Thumkey} and in Osthe (Kalasala), which is a Tamil film. In 2012, she also featured in an item number in Tezz (Laila). As of May 2012, Sherawat is expected to appear in two films which will feature her in full fledged roles, which are Kismat Love Paisa Dilli, in which she will be essaying the role of a Haryanvi, and Lucky Unlucky.

Hollywood

In 2009, Sherawat starred in a Hollywood film named Hisss, co-starring Irrfan Khan and directed by Jennifer Lynch. The film, based on the legend of Nāga, is an independent co-production between the United States and India. Endeavour Independent has bought the distribution rights of Hisss.

Sherawat promoted the film with live snakes at the Cannes Film Festival 2010. Hisss was released in all major Indian languages on 22 October 2010.

Sherawat starred in another Hollywood film, Politics of Love, aka Love, Barack, directed by William Dear. She plays Aretha Gupta, a devoted local Obama volunteer coordinator. The film is a romantic comedy set during Barack Obama's campaign for the US Presidency. First look of Love, Barack was unveiled by Sherawat at Cannes 2010. It was released in 2011.

Sherawat won the 2008 Renaissance Artist Award at the 16th Annual Diversity Awards held in California. On 14 August 2009, Sherawat received a career recognition Honorary Citizenship of Los Angeles for her career achievements and charitable efforts.

Bruna Abdullah (born on October 24, 1980) is an Arab Brazilian model. She born in Guaíba, Brazil. She is known for her role as Giselle in Punit Malhotra's I Hate Luv Storys, alongside Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor. However, she was first noticed on Channel V's show, India's Hottest.She appeared in reality TV Show Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 2 on Colors TV, hosted by Akshay Kumar.  She performed a number of shocking stunts & was appreciated by Akshay Kumar himself.
She appeared on the cover of Maxim. She has also appeared for advertising commercials for Indusind Bank alongside Ranvir Shorey. She has appeared as an item girl in the movie Desi Boyz released in 2011. She has also starred in one of 2012's most awaited Tamil movies, Billa II.

Laila Mehdin is an Indian actress. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed and award-winning performances in the Bala-directed films Nandha and Pithamagan. She made her debut in the Telugu film Yegire Pavurama (1996) directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. 

Laila began to receive offers from prominent directors to feature in Tamil films and turned down films such as Dharma Chakram and Kadhal Palli by K. S. Ravikumar and Pavithran respectively. She subsequently signed on to appear in the lead role in VIP after Pooja Kumar had walked out of the project. However Laila was left unimpressed when the producer asked her to consider changing her stagename to Pooja, as the invitations for the film had already been printed, and furthermore, she revealed that her unawareness of Rambha also being a part of the film. Laila subsequently dropped out of the project, wanting to make her Tamil debut in a film where she played the sole heroine.

The Mumbai-based Laila then worked with Ajith in Dheena and Parthen Rasithen with Prashanth.

Then came Dhill and Pithamagan with Vikram. In between, Laila took a break and went back to Mumbai. However, she returned to Kollywood with a big bang. Her role in the movie Ullam Ketkumae won her accolades from the masses. She is a very successful Tamil actress.
She married Mehdin, an Iranian businessman, on 6 January 2006. She dated him for 7 years before marriage. According to Laila, they were engaged three years before marriage. She now has a son, and has no intention of returning to Kollywood in the near future.

Aanchal Kumar is a top Indian model and is a Chandigarh beauty. She is one of the most adored catwalk queens in the fashion world of India from last 11 years. Aanchal Kumar did a cameo in Hindi films like 'Bluffmaster' and 'Fashion'.

The Chandigarh girl was born on 24 October 1979. She was the winner of Gladrags Mega Model Contest in the year 1999. This leggy lass also won the title of 'The Best Female Model of the Year' at awards held in New Jersey in 2007.

Aanchal has four sisters and she is the youngest of all. The model with a stunning figure did plenty of brand endorsements like Sunsilk, Rexona, Bombay Dyeing, etc. 'Aaina' by Jagjit Singh and 'Mukhra Tumhara' by Hans Raj Hans were the music videos done by Aanchal. She was seen in the fourth season of Bigg Boss, an Indian reality show.

If not modeling, the model had another field of interest in her mind. She desired to be an IAS officer. She did her schooling from St. Stephen's School in Chandigarh and was a topper in school. Being an avid reader, Aanchal won the celebrity segment of a quiz show 'Baazi Kiski'. Ashutosh Rana was the host of the show. Model Dipannita Sharma, cricketer Waheed Akram and Yuvraj Singh were her competitors in the show. (2009)

James Babson is an American actor and a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.

James just wrapped on The Last Knights (2013) shot in The Czech Republic and directed by Kaz Kiriya. the film stars Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman.Recent credits include "Ghost Team One", The Words (2012) directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, as well as Christopher Gladis' film Dose of Reality (2012). 

He also recently finished filming Vishwaroopam (2013), directed by the actor/director Kamal Haasan. Other notable roles include Rudolf Hess in the CBS miniseries, Hitler: The Rise of Evil opposite Robert Carlyle, Agent Moss in Hellboy, and had a featured role in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist.

On stage, Babson most recently played Michael in the Václav Havel play, "Unveiling" at The Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica, California.Babson acted in the 2013 Indian film, Vishwaroopam (Tamil) / Vishwaroop (Hindi) starring Kamal Haasan, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Rahul Bose, and Shekhar Kapur.

 The movie met with high critical acclaim and grossed 1 billion ($20 million) in 10 days and is one of the biggest hits in Indian cinema.  A sequel to the bilingual film is currently being shot called Vishwaroopam 2 (Tamil) / Vishwaroop 2 (Hindi). Due to scheduling conflicts, Mr Babson will not be invloved in this project.

Sakthi Saravanan is an Indian cinematographer, who works in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He is best known for his hand held and gritty work with Venkat Prabhu and M. Rajesh directorials. He has been the cinematographer for many critically acclaimed films such as Chennai 600028, Saroja, Siva Manasula Sakthi, Goa and Boss Engira Bhaskaran. He also cranked the camera for Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha.