Asin Thottumkal (Malayalam: അസിന് തോട്ടുങ്കല്, Asin Tōṭṭuṅkal ?; born 26 October 1985 known mononymously as Asin is an Indian film actress, model and a stage performer.
Making her acting debut in Sathyan Anthikkad's Malayalam film Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), Asin had her first commercial success with Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award for the film.
After a number of films, she received her second South Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her critically acclaimed performance in her second Tamil film, Ghajini (2005). She played the lead female roles in blockbusters such as the action comedy Varalaru (2006), the action thriller Pokkiri (2007) and the big budget production Dasavathaaram (2008). In late 2008, Asin made her début in Bollywood, with Ghajini, the remake of its Tamil namesake, subsequently winning the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award.
1 Early life and background
2 Career
2.1 Early work, until 2004
2.2 Breakthrough 2005–2007
2.3 Success 2008–present
3 Other work
3.1 Philanthropy
3.2 Brand Ambassador
4 Awards and honours
5 Filmography
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Asin was born in Kochi, Kerala, India and attended Naval Public School from L.K.G.(Pre.K) through 10th standard (grade). She then attended St. Theresa's School in Kochi for her Plus Two education. After that she attended St. Theresa's College for Women in Kochi, a college affiliated with MG University, where she earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in English Literature Her father, Joseph Thottumkal originally from a Nasrani (Syro Malabar) family in Thodupuzha,managed several businesses before he decided to manage his daughter's acting career. He accompanies her to all her foreign shoots. Her mother, Seline Thottumkal remains a surgeon, who moved settlements from Cochin to Chennai to Mumbai to live with her daughter. Asin has quoted that her name means "pure and without blemish". She claims that "the 'A' in her name is from Sanskrit meaning "without", and 'sin' from English
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Kirron Kher (Born 14 June 1955) is an Indian theatre, film and television actress and a TV talk show host.* 2 Career
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Awards
* 5 Filmography
* 6 Television
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Kirron Kher was born in Mumbai in a Sikh family of Punjabi background. She was brought up in Chandigarh, Punjab, where she did her schooling and later college from Panjab University, Chandigarh. At school she was an avid badminton player with her sister, Arjuna awardee Kanwal Thakar Singh. Their mother, Diljit Singh, was active in sports and dramatics in in her college days in pre-partition Punjab.Kirron had a brother, artist Amardeep Singh, who died in 2003
Career
Kirron Kher made her film debut in 1983 in the Punjabi feature film Aasra Pyar Da and received rave reviews for her performance. She soon took a hiatus from films[4] following her divorce to raise her son, Sikander Kher. Meanwhile, she worked for her second husband Anupam Kher as a costume designer and appeared in one film in between, Pestonjee in 1988, wherein she acted alongside, her husband Anupam Kher.
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Kirron Kher in Khamosh Pani (2003), which won her the Best Actress Leopard Award at the 56th Locarno International Film Festival (2003).
Her return to acting came about with theatre, with the play Saalgirah, by playwright Javed Siddiqui and directed by Feroz Abbas Khan Soon she hosted three television shows, starting with Purushkshetra on Zee TV which got her much acclaimed for bringing out the discussion of sexuality to the forum for the first time, while highlighting women's issues at the same tim Kiron Kher Today and Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher, before doing Bollywood films
Her comeback film was by Shyam Benegal, Sardari Begum (1996), which won her the Special Jury Award at the 1997 National Film Awards.
In 2000, she appeared in film director Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Bariwali 1999, to critical acclaim.When she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the film, a controversy arose as a Bangla film actress, Rita Koiral, claimed that she had dubbed for the character of Kirron, making her an equal claimant to the award. Kirron refuted the charges claiming she spent hours rehearsing for her dialogue delivery, and the award was eventually not shared
In 2002, Kirron appeared in Devdas (2002), alongside Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai, and was nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
In Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) (2003),[10] a film that portrays the plight of a woman abducted during partition of India, her character not only refused to kill herself as suggested by her family, but marries her abductor and, after his death, makes an earning teaching Quran to local children. It shows how her life changes dramatically when her son takes up Islamic extremism in 1979 during the rule of Zia-ul-Haq and his process of Islamization of Pakistan She won the Best Actress Award, at Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, the Karachi International Film Festival, Karachi, and International Festivals at Ciepie in Argentina, and Cape Town in South Africa while the film won the Best Film - Golden Leopard, Festival Grand Prize at Locarno
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2004 paid tribute to Kirron during its annual festival.In October 2004 Kirron made a guest appearance, along with her husband, in the American TV series ER playing Parminder Nagra's mother, Mrs. Rasgotra, in episode "Damaged.
In 2005, she essayed the role of role of Sunanda in the tele-serial Prratima on Sahara One channel, before which she had appeared in TV series like Dil Na Jaane Kyon (Zee TV), Isi Bahane, and Chausath Panne.
Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her successful movies include Main Hoon Na (2004), Hum Tum (2004) and Veer-Zaara (2004), and Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), where her performance drew rave reviews. Her work in Rang De Basanti (2006) was a huge hit and her performance got her second nomination for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Her role in Fanaa (2006) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) also received appreciation. Adding to her list of comical roles in 2008 she appeared in Singh is Kinng, Saas bahu aur Sensex and Dostana. In 2009, she appeared as judge on India's Got Talent reality talent show, the Indian franchise of the Got Talent series.
Actress Kirron Kher, who is set to be a judge on Colors’ new reality show “India’s Got Talent”, says she guides her son Sikander for his Bollywood career often, but he turns a deaf ear to her advice“My son is quite independent but I am protective about him. Whenever he asks for my advice, I do help him but he also gets a lot of unasked advice and guidance from me, which is rarely followed. It happens all the time,” Kirron told IANS.Sikander made a dull start with films like “Woodstock Villa” and “Summer 2007″ and he stayed away from the limelight after these films.
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* 3 Personal life
* 4 Awards
* 5 Filmography
* 6 Television
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Kirron Kher was born in Mumbai in a Sikh family of Punjabi background. She was brought up in Chandigarh, Punjab, where she did her schooling and later college from Panjab University, Chandigarh. At school she was an avid badminton player with her sister, Arjuna awardee Kanwal Thakar Singh. Their mother, Diljit Singh, was active in sports and dramatics in in her college days in pre-partition Punjab.Kirron had a brother, artist Amardeep Singh, who died in 2003
Career
Kirron Kher made her film debut in 1983 in the Punjabi feature film Aasra Pyar Da and received rave reviews for her performance. She soon took a hiatus from films[4] following her divorce to raise her son, Sikander Kher. Meanwhile, she worked for her second husband Anupam Kher as a costume designer and appeared in one film in between, Pestonjee in 1988, wherein she acted alongside, her husband Anupam Kher.
File:Kirron Kher in Khamosh Pani (2003).jpg
Kirron Kher in Khamosh Pani (2003), which won her the Best Actress Leopard Award at the 56th Locarno International Film Festival (2003).
Her return to acting came about with theatre, with the play Saalgirah, by playwright Javed Siddiqui and directed by Feroz Abbas Khan Soon she hosted three television shows, starting with Purushkshetra on Zee TV which got her much acclaimed for bringing out the discussion of sexuality to the forum for the first time, while highlighting women's issues at the same tim Kiron Kher Today and Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher, before doing Bollywood films
Her comeback film was by Shyam Benegal, Sardari Begum (1996), which won her the Special Jury Award at the 1997 National Film Awards.
In 2000, she appeared in film director Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Bariwali 1999, to critical acclaim.When she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the film, a controversy arose as a Bangla film actress, Rita Koiral, claimed that she had dubbed for the character of Kirron, making her an equal claimant to the award. Kirron refuted the charges claiming she spent hours rehearsing for her dialogue delivery, and the award was eventually not shared
In 2002, Kirron appeared in Devdas (2002), alongside Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai, and was nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
In Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) (2003),[10] a film that portrays the plight of a woman abducted during partition of India, her character not only refused to kill herself as suggested by her family, but marries her abductor and, after his death, makes an earning teaching Quran to local children. It shows how her life changes dramatically when her son takes up Islamic extremism in 1979 during the rule of Zia-ul-Haq and his process of Islamization of Pakistan She won the Best Actress Award, at Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, the Karachi International Film Festival, Karachi, and International Festivals at Ciepie in Argentina, and Cape Town in South Africa while the film won the Best Film - Golden Leopard, Festival Grand Prize at Locarno
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2004 paid tribute to Kirron during its annual festival.In October 2004 Kirron made a guest appearance, along with her husband, in the American TV series ER playing Parminder Nagra's mother, Mrs. Rasgotra, in episode "Damaged.
In 2005, she essayed the role of role of Sunanda in the tele-serial Prratima on Sahara One channel, before which she had appeared in TV series like Dil Na Jaane Kyon (Zee TV), Isi Bahane, and Chausath Panne.
Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her successful movies include Main Hoon Na (2004), Hum Tum (2004) and Veer-Zaara (2004), and Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), where her performance drew rave reviews. Her work in Rang De Basanti (2006) was a huge hit and her performance got her second nomination for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Her role in Fanaa (2006) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) also received appreciation. Adding to her list of comical roles in 2008 she appeared in Singh is Kinng, Saas bahu aur Sensex and Dostana. In 2009, she appeared as judge on India's Got Talent reality talent show, the Indian franchise of the Got Talent series.
Actress Kirron Kher, who is set to be a judge on Colors’ new reality show “India’s Got Talent”, says she guides her son Sikander for his Bollywood career often, but he turns a deaf ear to her advice“My son is quite independent but I am protective about him. Whenever he asks for my advice, I do help him but he also gets a lot of unasked advice and guidance from me, which is rarely followed. It happens all the time,” Kirron told IANS.Sikander made a dull start with films like “Woodstock Villa” and “Summer 2007″ and he stayed away from the limelight after these films.
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Rachana Maurya is an Indian model and film actress, who has appeared in music videos and performed item numbers in various Indian language films. She is probably best known for her performances in Dus, Souryam and Yavarum Nalam.Year Film Role Language Notes
2005 Dus Hindi Special appearance
Aashiq Banaya Aapne Hindi Special appearance
2006 Uppi Dada M.B.B.S. Kannada Special appearance
Iqraar By Chance Hindi
2007 Chotta Mumbai Malayalam Special appearance
2008 Andamaina Abbadam Telugu Special appearance
Yaaradi Nee Mohini Tamil Special appearance
Salam Hyderabad Telugu
Somberi Telugu
Souryam Telugu
Nayagan Tamil Special appearance
2009 Yavarum Nalam Tamil Special appearance
13B Hindi Special appearance
Mitrudu Telugu
Junglee Kannada
Salute Kannada Special appearance
Naan Avanillai 2 Maria Tamil
2010 Pokkiri Raja Malayalam Special appearance
Kari Chirathe Kannada
2011 Aayiram Vilakku Tamil Filming
Kote Kannada Filming
Kulai Thozhil Tamil Filming
* Desi - Rishi Singh
* My Name is Ajitabh - Ajitabh Ranjan* Maya the Illusion - Rahul Sharma* Max It Sanyh - Sanyh Rawani* Nishani - Jassi Sohal* Tere Naal Nachna - Sukhbir
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2005 Dus Hindi Special appearance
Aashiq Banaya Aapne Hindi Special appearance
2006 Uppi Dada M.B.B.S. Kannada Special appearance
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2007 Chotta Mumbai Malayalam Special appearance
2008 Andamaina Abbadam Telugu Special appearance
Yaaradi Nee Mohini Tamil Special appearance
Salam Hyderabad Telugu
Somberi Telugu
Souryam Telugu
Nayagan Tamil Special appearance
2009 Yavarum Nalam Tamil Special appearance
13B Hindi Special appearance
Mitrudu Telugu
Junglee Kannada
Salute Kannada Special appearance
Naan Avanillai 2 Maria Tamil
2010 Pokkiri Raja Malayalam Special appearance
Kari Chirathe Kannada
2011 Aayiram Vilakku Tamil Filming
Kote Kannada Filming
Kulai Thozhil Tamil Filming
* Desi - Rishi Singh
* My Name is Ajitabh - Ajitabh Ranjan* Maya the Illusion - Rahul Sharma* Max It Sanyh - Sanyh Rawani* Nishani - Jassi Sohal* Tere Naal Nachna - Sukhbir
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (née Aishwarya Rai, Tulu: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ, Aiśvarya Rai ?, pronounced [əjɕʋərjaː rəj]; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 1994. Rai has acted in over 40 movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali, which include international productions.
Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She came to the attention of Bollywood in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali's Devdas (2002), for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.
After a low phase in her career during 2003–2005, she appeared in the blockbuster Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her commercial success. She later appeared in films like Guru (2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), and Enthiran (2010) which were commercially and critically successful. Rai has, thus, established herself as one of the leading actresses in the Indian film industry. In 2009, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.* 2 Miss World
* 3 Film career
o 3.1 Early career (1997–98)
o 3.2 Success (1999–2002)
o 3.3 Setback (2003–05)
o 3.4 Recent work (2006–present)
* 4 Other work
* 5 Personal life
* 6 International media
* 7 Awards and nominations
* 8 Filmography
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links
Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and has also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). At an early age her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir High School in Santa Cruz. Rai entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her HSC studies. She planned to become an architect but gave up her education to pursue a career in modellingShe can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu,[8] as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil
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Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She came to the attention of Bollywood in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali's Devdas (2002), for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.
After a low phase in her career during 2003–2005, she appeared in the blockbuster Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her commercial success. She later appeared in films like Guru (2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), and Enthiran (2010) which were commercially and critically successful. Rai has, thus, established herself as one of the leading actresses in the Indian film industry. In 2009, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.* 2 Miss World
* 3 Film career
o 3.1 Early career (1997–98)
o 3.2 Success (1999–2002)
o 3.3 Setback (2003–05)
o 3.4 Recent work (2006–present)
* 4 Other work
* 5 Personal life
* 6 International media
* 7 Awards and nominations
* 8 Filmography
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links
Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and has also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). At an early age her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir High School in Santa Cruz. Rai entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her HSC studies. She planned to become an architect but gave up her education to pursue a career in modellingShe can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu,[8] as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil
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