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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Indian Film Actresses 12 - Bollywood and More


Padmapriya

Padmapriya
Padmapriya Janakiraman was born on February 28th ,1980 in Delhi, India.
This Indian film actress and model is better known by just her first name,Padmapriya.
Like many others, she started out as a model, then moved into acting, making her acting debut in the 2003 Telugu film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi
Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi was a Telugu remake of the Tamil film Kasi, which in turn was a remake of the Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum.
Padmapriya has gone on to appear in over thirty Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada films. 

Padmini

Padmini
Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer Padmini was born on June 12, 1932 in Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore, British India. 
She made her acting debut at the age of 17 in the Hindi film, Kalpana in 1948. 
Padmini passed away on September 24th, 2006, but before that, she appeared over 400 films, mostly Tamil. 

Padmini Kolhapure

Padmini Kolhapure
Padmini Kolhapure was born on November 1st, 1965 in Maharashtra, India.
She made her acting debut in the 1975 film Ishq Ishq Ishq and went on to appear in almost sixty films. 
Padmini won the 1980 Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Insaaf Ka Tarazu, the 1982 Filmfare Best Actress Award for Prem Rog and was nominated for the 1983 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Souten and the 1985 Filmfare Award as Best Actress for Pyar Jhukta Nahin. 

Parminder Nagra

Parminder Nagra
Parminder Nagra was born in Leicester, England, UK to Punjabi Sikh parents on October 5th, 1975. 
And like Padma, she has acted all over the world, including starring as Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the medical drama series ER for six years, and appearing in films likeBend It Like Beckham (2002) and Ella Enchanted (2004).
Parminder made her acting debut in the 1991 Punjabi film, Dushmani Jattan Di. 

Parveen Babi

Parveen Babi
Legendary Indian actress Parveen Babi was born on April 4, 1949 in Junagadh, Gujarat, India.
Her life was not an easy one. 
She lost her parents at a very young age and during her career it was said that she had affairs with director Mahesh Bhatt, actors Kabir Bedi, Danny Denzongpa and possibly Amitabh Bachchan.
Parveen made her film debut with film, Charitira, in 1973 and went on to appear in over sixty films. 
After bouts with mental illness and substance abuse, she passed away on January 20, 2005 at the age of 55 from what appeared to be complications from diabetes. 

Payal Rohatgi

Payal Rohatgi
Bollywood actress Payal Rohatgi was born on November 9, 1984 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. 
Payal was a finalist at the Femina Miss India contest in 2000 and moved on from there into modeling and acting. 
She made her acting debut in the 2002 Bollywood film Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?(which was a remake of American Pie). 
In August of 2008, she appeared in Bigg Boss Season 2. 

Pooja Bedi

Pooja Bedi
Former Bollywood actress and television talk show host Pooja Bedi was born on May 11th, 1970 in Mumbai, India. 
She has appeared in six films, and eight television series. 
Pooja also appeared on stage in the plays Wow What a Girl, Carry on Papa andAdalate Nirobh Sakshi (Bengali Jatra).
She has also done work for Habitat for Humanity and has promoted AIDS awareness. 

Pooja Bhatt

Pooja Bhatt
Retired Indian film actress, producer, director, and daughter of Indian film director Mahesh Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt was born on February 24, 1972 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
She made her acting debut at the age of 17, in the 1989 TV film Daddy, directed by her father.
Her big screen debut was in the 1991 film Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin, produced by Gulshan Kumar and directed by (guess who?) her father Mahesh Bhatt.
Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin was a remake of the 1934 Hollywood classic, It Happened One Night
Pooja went on to appear in almost thirty films before retiring from acting and moving into producing and directing. 
She has produced and directed eleven films so far. 

Pooja Gandhi

Pooja Gandhi
Our third Pooja in this entry is Kannada film star Pooja Gandhi, also known asSanjana Gandhi.
This Pooja was born on October 7, 1984 in Punjab, India.
Her younger sister, Radhika Gandhi also works in Kannada films. 
Pooja made her acting debut in the 2003 Bengali film Tomake Salam, and has gone on to appear in almost thirty films

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