Saturday, January 3, 2009

Chitrangada Singh

Chitrangada Singh (born 28 March 1976)is an Indian film actress. She is most known for starring in the Sudhir Mishra's 2003 film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi. She is the wife of famous Indian Golfer Jyoti Randhawa.













Chitrangada Singh was born in Meerut in a Jat family to an officer with the Indian Army. She was named after Chitrāngadā, a character in the Mahabharata, by her mother.













As a girl, she was known for looking like the late actress, Smita Patil. When she was a Class IX student, she was approached by a filmmaker to play the young Smita Patil, in a documentary on the actor. She received training in Kathak (a classical dance) and enjoyed acting. She graduated from Lady Irwin College, New Delhi in 1997.













Chitrangada Singh began her career in Delhi as a model before making the transition to the silver screen. After completing her education, she entered modeling, where her ad credits include ICICI bank and Alukkas Jewellery, and gradually shifting to music videos, she performed lyricist Gulzar's Sunset Point.













It was in a music video of singer Abhijeet, that was she was spotted by Sudhir Mishra’s production manager. Subsequently, she made her much acclaimed debut with Sudhir Mishra's film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi in 2003, the role got her wide acclaim, a Washington Post review noted her for giving "her character a deep sense of dignity and decency.". After that Chitragandha acted in the 2005 film Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow (2005).

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Perizaad Zorabian

Perizaad Zorabian (born 23 October 1973) is an Indian actress. Her film debut was with Nagesh Kukunoor's movie, Bollywood Calling and she gained international recognition for her role as Jenny in Subhash Ghai's Joggers' Park (2003).














Perizaad Zorabian was educated in New York City, where, in addition to her studies for a Master's degree in Business Administration at Baruch College, she also attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She returned to India after receiving her MBA degree, and subsequently assisted her father in his poultry farm business.














Zorabian's first screen appearance was in a Clearasil advertisement for television, which she had made before she moved to New York. She continued with advertisements for health care products after her return to Bombay (now Mumbai), and, in 1997, acted in a music video for Lucky Ali's Nahi Rakhta Dil Mein Kuch. She subsequently received a role as "Maya" in a TV serial titled Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye.















Zorabian received her first film role in 2001 for Nagesh Kukunoor's Bollywood Calling. She was the lead actress in Joggers' Park (2003), and also did a minor role in Mumbai Matinee (2003).















In 2004, she played a supporting role in Morning Raga and made a cameo appearance in Dhoom. In 2005 she appeared in Ek Ajnabee opposite Kelly Dorjee, and a year later with Malcolm McDowell in Exitz. More recent films include Highway 203 (2006), Moonlight (2006), Just Married (2007) and Kabhi Up Kabhi Down.















She has also acted in a Chinese film, Bandung Sonata, in which she played Indira Gandhi. She also owns a restaurant named Gondola in Mumbai.