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Falguni Pathak
Falguni Pathak (born 12 March 1969) is an Indian singer, performing artist and composer based in Mumbai. Her music is based on traditional musical forms from the Indian state of Gujarat. Since her professional debut in 1987, she has developed into an artist with a large fan base across India. Once asked how she decided to take up singing as a career, she replied that it happened by default. Her debut album was released in 1998, and she has also recorded numerous songs for Bollywood movies. The theme of most of her songs is love. She has performed in many shows in India and other countries, backed by a band called ''Tha Thaiyaa''. She has made appearances in television shows like ''Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'', ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'', '' Star Dandiya Dhoom'', '' Comedy Nights With Kapil'' and ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby''. She has some very popular Indian pop singles to her credit, still heard and appreciated all over India. Her albums are not only famous for the melodious songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarati People
The Gujarati people or Gujaratis, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who reside in or can trace their ancestry or heritage to the present-day western Indian state of Gujarat. They primarily speak Gujarati, an Indo-Aryan language. While Gujaratis mainly inhabit Gujarat, they have a diaspora worldwide. Gujaratis in India and the diaspora are prominent entrepreneurs and industrialists and maintain high levels of social capital. Many notable independence activists were Gujarati, including Gandhi, Patel, and Jinnah, as well as the current Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. Geographical locations Despite significant migration primarily for economic reasons, most Gujaratis in India live in the state of Gujarat in Western India. Gujaratis also form a significant part of the populations in the neighboring metropolis of Mumbai and union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, which was a former Portuguese colony. There are very large Gujarati immigrant commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayesha Takia
Ayesha Takia Azmi (née Takia; born 10 April 1986), is an Indian actress and former model who worked predominantly in Hindi films. Takia made her debut in 2004 with the action thriller ''Taarzan: The Wonder Car'' for which she won Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, Filmfare Best Debut Award and IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female, IIFA Award Star Debut of the Year Female. She then subsequently appeared in several successful films including ''Socha Na Tha'' (2005), ''Salaam-E-Ishq'' (2007), ''Wanted (2009 film), Wanted'' (2009) and ''Paathshaala'' (2010). She is the recipient of Bengal Film Journalists' Association awards and Screen Awards. Takia was first recognised as a model when she performed in Falguni Pathak's music video ''Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye'' at the age of fourteen in 2000. Since then, she had appeared in music videos, Television advertisement, television commercials, fashion shows, and on Magazine, magazine covers. Takia made her debut in Cinema of South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trisha Krishnan
Trisha Krishnan (born 4 May 1983), known mononymously as Trisha, is an Indian actress and model, who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films. She was noticed after winning Miss Chennai contest (1999), which marked her entry into the film industry. Trisha is often referred as ''Queen Of South India'' for her performances across all South Indian languages. She has been ranked among the best actresses of South India by ''The Times of India''. After appearing in a supporting role in the 1999 Tamil film ''Jodi'', she had her first lead role in the 2002 film ''Mounam Pesiyadhe''. She later rose to fame starring in the successful films, ''Saamy'' (2003), ''Ghilli'' (2004) and ''Aaru'' (2005) in Tamil cinema and '' Varsham'' (2004), ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' (2005) and ''Athadu'' (2005) in Telugu cinema. she secured her first Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress in a Lead role for ''Varsham'' in 2004. She went on to win the award two more times for ''Nuvvostanante Nenod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sriti Jha
Sriti Jha (born 26 February 1986) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2007 with ''Dhoom Machaao Dhoom'' playing Malini Sharma. Jha earned wider recognition with her portrayal of Pragya Arora in ''Kumkum Bhagya'', which won her various awards including Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role and ITA Award for Best Actress Drama. Jha's notable works include portraying Suhani in ''Shaurya Aur Suhani'', Sudha/Devika in '' Jyoti'', Jhanvi/Sia in '' Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?'' and Ganga in ''Balika Vadhu''. She has also participated in '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 12'' and '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10''. Early life and education Jha was born on 26 February 1986 in Begusarai, Bihar, India. She went to live with her family in Kolkata, where they stayed for 10 years, then moved to Kathmandu, Nepal. They then moved to New Delhi, where she continued her studies at Laxman Public School. She completed her Bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahid Kapoor
Shahid Kapoor (; born 25 February 1981) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Initially recognised for portraying romantic roles, he has since taken on parts in action films and thrillers, and is the recipient of several awards, including three Filmfare Awards. The son of actors Pankaj Kapur and Neelima Azeem, Kapoor trained as a dancer at Shiamak Davar's academy. He appeared as a background dancer in a few films of the 1990s, and was later featured in music videos and television commercials. He made his film debut in 2003 with a leading role in the romantic comedy ''Ishq Vishk'', a sleeper hit for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He followed it with roles in several commercial failures before starring in Sooraj Barjatya's top-grossing family drama ''Vivah'' (2006). Kapoor earned nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for portraying a troubled businessman in Imtiaz Ali's romantic comedy ''Jab We Met'' (2007) and twin brothers in Visha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niketan Madhok
''Bigg Boss 6'' is the sixth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality TV show ''Bigg Boss'', which is telecast on Colors TV. The season started from 7 October 2012. Salman Khan, who was the host of the previous two seasons, returned as the host for the show. The sixth season was launched as a ''Parivarik'' season with a Gujarati tagline- ''Alag che!'' (English: It's different). The series was won by soap actress Urvashi Dholakia on 12 January 2013. Imam Siddiqui was the first runner up while Sana Khan and Niketan Madhok were second and third runners-up respectively. Sana Khan returned as challenger to compete with champions in ''Bigg Boss Halla Bol!''. The final episode on 12 January had a 4.4 TVR (television rating points), becoming the highest-rated non-fiction show during the week. The finale also fared better than its previous season, which had dropped to 3.6 TVR. In the fourth season, the finale had rated a 6.7 TVR. The show averaged 3.3 TVR in the week ended 12 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barkha Bisht Sengupta
Barkha Bisht Sengupta is an Indian Television and Film Actress. She works in Hindi TV serials and Bengali, Hindi Movies. Barkha Bisht made her first TV appearance in ''Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi'' as Udita. She made her screen debut in Hindi Film ''Raajneeti'' (2010) and Bengali film debut in '' Dui Prithibi'' (2010). Barkha Bisht is married to actor Indraneil Sengupta in 2007. Personal life Barkha spent her childhood in military towns specially in Kolkata, as her father was a Colonel. She is a Garhwali and originally belongs to Dehradun in Uttarakhand. She is the youngest of three sisters, the eldest being a hotel management professional and the elder a fashion designer. She was very popular amongst her childhood friends, especially in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William, Kolkata. She was also voted as the NDA Queen, in December 2000, where she was escorted by her old friend, S.Ganguly. She is married to Indraneil Sengupta, her fellow actor and co-star from '' Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aamna Sharif
Aamna Sharif (born 16 July 1982) is an Indian television actress known for portraying Kashish in ''Kahiin to Hoga'' , Muskan in ''Hongey Judaa Na Hum'' and Komolika Chaubey Basu in '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2''. Early life and education Aamna Sharif was born on 16 July 1982 in Mumbai, Maharashtra to an Indian father and a Persian-Bahraini mother. She studied at St. Anne's High School, Bandra. Personal life In 2012, Sharif revealed that she suffers from acrophobia since childhood. After dating for almost a year, Sharif married her film distributor-turned-producer boyfriend ''Amit Kapoor'', on 27 December 2013. The couple had their first child a boy born on 2 September 2015. They named that son as Arain Kapoor. Career During her second year in college, Sharif started receiving offers for modelling of various brands. Sharif started her career through featuring in music videos. Sharif made her acting debut as Kashish Sinha in ''Kahiin to Hoga'' opposite Rajeev Khandelwal. From 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parizaad Kolah
''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' is an Indian reality stand-up comedy series produced by Endemol India. The first four seasons aired on STAR One from 15 June 2005 to 26 September 2008. The show's fifth season premiered on 30 September 2017 on STAR Plus and was judged by Akshay Kumar. The show is based on a format where stand-up comedians perform and entertain judges and the studio audience with their comedy skills. The first three seasons of the show saw Shekhar Suman, an eminent TV personality and Navjot Singh Sidhu, former cricketer, cricket color commentator and Punjab politician." The show's initial episodes were hosted by Parizaad Kolah Marshall and later she was replaced by Shonali Nagrani. The fifth season is being hosted by Elli Avram. The set was designed by noted Bollywood production designer Nitin Chandrakant Desai. In the fourth season Shatrughan Sinha replaced Navjot Singh Sidhu as judge.as per season . Seasons In the first season, Sunil Pal was the winner, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Iqbal Khan
Mohammed Iqbal Khan (born 10 February 1981), more commonly known as Iqbal Khan, is an Indian actor. He was a contestant on '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6''. Early life Khan was born in Kashmir and began school in Tyndale Biscoe School, Srinagar and was further educated at Pinegrove School Dharampur, Distt. Solan. He was a part of Falguni Pathak's ''Indhana winava'' music video. Career After moving to Mumbai in 2001, he shot a number of music videos for T-series produced by Anubhav Sinah and directed by Anupam Sinha and Ratna Sinha (Jagjit Singh song). He then did his first film Fun2shh (released in 2003) and then Bullet (released in 2004). His television debut was as Angad Khanna in the serial ''Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai'', this role made him an instant star. Soon after, he went on to play the character of Shaurya in ''Kavyanjali'' and Raghu for ''Kahiin To Hoga''. After the ending of ''Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai'', Khan did another serial, ''Karam Apnaa Apnaa'', playing the role of Shiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankit Gupta
Ankit Gupta (born 6 November 1988) is an Indian television actor who is best known as Parth Kashyap in ''Sadda Haq'', Garv Priyom Thakur in ''Begusarai'' and for his major breakthrough role Fateh Singh Virk in Colors TV's ''Udaariyaan''. In 2022, he appeared in ''Bigg Boss 16'' as a contestant. Early life Gupta was born on 6 November 1988 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his education at IPEC Engineering College. Career He started his career by doing a job at a call center and later moved to Mumbai, where he did many commercials and music videos before he started acting. Gupta made his acting debut in 2012, as Dr. Abhishek Kumar in Colors TV series ''Balika Vadhu''. The same year, he was seen as Nalender Yadav in the Hindi film Tutiya Dil. In 2014, he rose to fame playing Parth Kashyap in Channel V India's show ''Sadda Haq''. Gupta was seen playing recurring roles in ''Begusarai'' as Garv Thakur, ''Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi'' as Jatin Roy, ''Mayavi Maling'' as Cheg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
