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# Diya Mirza and Aamir Khan publicly expressed their support for the Narmada Bachao Andolan, opposing the construction of the dam as it was likely to cause ecological imbalance and rehabilitation problem. BJP leaders led led a protest march against both the actor and actress.

# Her name is spelled Dia, but in most of her movies its misspelt as Diya.

# Her favourite actors are Aamir Khan , Nana Patekar and Shahrukh Khan .

# Diya Mirza enjoys reading English classics.

# The hot actress began her career at the age of 16 working as a market executive at Sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She used to earn monthly salary of Rs 5000. Diya Mirza’s car was seized in 2006 by the customs deportment alleging evasion of custom duties.

# She won the title of Miss Asia Pacific in 2000.

# She was the second runner up in the Miss India 2000 contest.

# She won the title of “Miss Beautiful Smile 2000″. She won “The Sony Viewer’s Choice Award 2000″.

# The sexy actress won the title of Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2000.

# Her father Frank Handrich was a German interior designer.

# Her mother is Deepa Mirza is from Bengal.

# Her parents got divorced when she was six years old.

# Her father Frank Handrich died when she was nine years old.

# After Frank Handrich’s death her mother remarried Ahmed Mirza.

# So far The actress worked with Arjun Rampal in six movies namely Deewaanapan, Tehzeeb , Alag , Familywala , Dus Kahaniyaan and Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. [2006]

Diya Mirza quotes

# “I have learned a lot in the film industry. There was a time when I told my mother let’s go. It was getting frustrating. But then I realized things were not so bad for me. Filmakers respected me. And this is what kept me going.”

# “Once my mother fell unconscious. I called Salman since he stays close to my house. It was with his help that I was able to rush my mother to the hospital. The doctor later told us that had we not to got my mother admitted within those 15 minutes, she would have had very little chance of survival. I’m eternally grateful to Salman and will stand by him no matter what.” [About Salman Khan]

# “Everybody can have an opinion and nobody has the right to impose one’s opinion on another.”

Diya Mirza Movies list and Upcoming movies

Biography / Biodata

Hot facts in Biography

# Tanushree Dutta loves children, but says that she does not want any of her own.

# After tagged with sexy image Tanushri Dutta has decided not to kiss onscreen again as she feels uncomfortable kissing in front of camera.

# The actress came to limelight when she won the title of Femina Miss India in 2004.

# Tanushree Dutta was also crowned Miss Confidence and Miss Beautiful Smile. The participating judges in the competition were Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Ritu Beri, Sonu Nigam, Farah Khan, Madhavan, Saif Ali Khan & Hemant Trivedi.

# During her childhood days Tanushri Dutta was very shy and very introvert due to strict social norms.

# Before entereing films she was employed with Oracle Institute for 3 months. There she did many assignments including ramp, print campaign, videos, & commercials.

# She did her graduation in communications in Pune, Maharashtra.

# She is a Bengali by birth.

# The hot actress was placed among the top ten in the Miss Universe 2004.

# Her Bollywood debut was in 2005 through Aashiq Banaya Apne.

# She wears glasses in real life.

# Her dad works for the Life Insurance Corporation of India.

# The actress did many concerts in various parts of India as well as abroad.

# She anchored a Bengali show on Televions titled ‘Hoi Hullod’.

# She would like to be identified as an actress rather than being just known as a sex symbol.

#  Tanushree Dutta enjoys Cooking, dancing, watching movies and trekking.

Tanushree Dutta quotes

# “Yes, I have kissed on-screen, but I don’t feel comfortable doing it.” (2007)

# “I am single but not ready to mingle . After my bad experience with Aaditya Datt, I am not going to jump into anything. I strongly believe in destiny. Things happen, when they have to. Right now my family is my first priority and my younger sister, who is studying in class X, needs a lot of attention. So love can wait.”

# “Since my childhood I wanted to be in the glamour world. It was my dream to win the Miss India crown. When it happened I wanted to become an international model and feature in FTV.”

# ”For a small town girl like me with no film connections to make it big in Bollywood so early in my career would seem like a dream.”

# “I want to be a queen. I have always been fascinated by the lifestyle of kings and queens and that’s what my dream role is. I want to be known as a good actress as well as a saleable one. I think I’ll make it,”

# “I take that as a compliment. I think Bipasha is stunning and has a great body too. But I don’t want to be the next Bipasha Basu; I want people to know me for being Tanushree Dutta,” [on being compared with Bipasha Basu]

# “I come from a conservative Bengali family and my personailty was groomed according to strict social norms. Therefore i was shy and introvert. But then i went to a boarding school in Pune and my outlook towards life changed. I became more open and friendly and felt confident enough to participate in the Miss India Pageant. Winning the tittle changed my life”

# “Every life runs on its own pace and rhythm, and we should not break that. One person can strike gold in ten years, while another can do it in two years. Hard work and focus is the key to success.”

# “One can not make a hit by simply fitting kissing scenes in a film; the audience is not a fool,”

# “My ambition was to win the Miss India crown and then do something else, but it didn’t go as planned and I landed up here.”

# “I really wanted to do something different and I tried playing a negative shade in Raqeeb. And for the first time, critics gave me good reviews and didn’t sum up my performance with phrases like ‘capable of more, sexy and hot, glam doll”

# “It seems everybody wants to dress me up. However, every time people have tried doing that, the result has drawn a lot of flak. I don’t know who to blame because I have a decent body and face. I have been a part of the fashion industry and it is an established fact that I can carry off a dress well. Either the designers aren’t making good clothes at all or I am jinxed,”

# “For the past few months, I am learning Kathak. It’s all part of my fitness regime. Dancing is the healthy way to remain fit. Since I am doing a lot of stage shows, this is going to help me there too. And of course I will improve my latkajhatkas in the films also.” [2007]

# “I’ve enjoyed working with him. His dedication and professionalism is worth praising. He is also a good person. So working with him all along was very easy. His sense of humor really refreshes you.” [About Emraan]

# “I want to do a variety of roles, not just those requiring me to look glamorous. For me, it is very important that people know me as a good actress rather than just another sex symbol,??”

Tanushree Dutta best movie list

• Chocolate ( Anil Kapoor , Sunil Shetty , Irrfan Khan , Arshad Warsi , Tanushree Dutta , Emraan Hashmi , Sushma Reddy )
• Aashiq Banaya Aapne ( Emraan Hashmi , Sonu Sood , Tanushri Dutta )
• Good Boy Bad Boy ( Emraan Hashmi , Tusshar Kapoor , Isha Sharvani , Tanushri Dutta )
• Raqeeb ( Tanushree Dutta , Rahul Khanna , Sharman Joshi , Jimmy Shergill )

Biography / Biodata

Hot facts in Biography

# Amrita Rao has a sister by name preeta. Both pursued modeling career during her college days however Amrita was for ahead and did many successful commercials and films.

# She is passionate about reading short stories.

# The hot actress did 30 commercial ads before coming to films.

# M F Hussain,a famous artist has plans to start a series of paintings inspired by Vivah and Amrita Rao.

# Actress is a graduate in psychology.

# Amrita Rao speaks English, Hindi, Marathi, and Konkani.

# The actress quit the college to pursue a career in modelling.

# Though her debut film was ‘Ab Ke Baras’ in 2002 she came to limelight after the success of her “Ishq Vishk” 2003.

# She won the title of “FASHION ICON OF THE YEAR” sponsored by NIFD

# Esha Deol slapped co-star Amrita Rao on the sets of Pyaare Mohan. [2005]

# Esha Deol said “Yes. One day after pack-up, Amrita abused me in front of my director, Indra Kumar and my cameraman and I thought that was totally out of line. To protect my self-respect, in the heat of the moment, I slapped her. I have no regrets becauseshe totally deserved it for her behaviour towards me at that point of time. I just stood up for myself and my dignity.” [ later they compromised]

# One of her fan persistently sent messages and gifts, including a two month old puppy from Patna despite of her indifference.Though she loves the fans, later she decided to put an end to his madness.

Amrita Rao quotes

# “For me, sensuality lies in the attitude and expression and not the clothes. I would love to work with Farah Khan in a guest appearance song or, as you call it, an item number. “

# “It’s easy to lose one’s freshness. We need to keep doing different kinds of roles to remain in the public eye. But then, if over-exposure was bad, then Hollywood actresses would have been the first targets. People like Julia Roberts have survived for so long because of their creativity and versatility.”

# “I remember when Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe crown, every schoolgirl including me wanted to be like her. I never imagined that I would get to do such a beautiful role with her in Main Hoon Na.”

# “I worked with Shah Rukh Khan first in Main Hoon Na and now in My name is Gonsalves. Now I know why they call him the Badshah. His response can only make your reflexes better.”

# “I believe there is no Mr Right. If you find the right person and want to spent the rest of your life with him, then you would have to make it work towards making it right.”

# “Getting into films was a childhood dream, which I had kept to myself. But I guess I was destined to be an actress.”

# “Especially because I had no contacts in the film industry at all. I thought it was tough battle if one wanted to establish oneself here. I guess I was destined to be here!”

# “You know, there are some screen pairs that people don’t forget, like Anil Kapoor–Madhuri Dixit, Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol…and what’s interesting is that even after two years, people remember Shahid and me as a great screen pair.”

# “Don’t be disillusioned and depressed if you don’t get a worthy opportunity here. There are other fields you can excel in!”

# “I like to read! But I don’t have the patience to read a whole novel so I prefer to read those books that have stories in them. Like recently I enjoyed reading Chitra Banerjee’s book called Arranged Marriage. I also relish reading short stories written by Jeffery Archer.”

# “The Federation of Indo-American Association of Northern California invited me, and I just had to support the NRIs’ sense of patriotism and their preservation of the Indian culture despite being based on the other side of the globe.” [Experience of being Grand Marshall]

# “Life is short and sweet, so make others happy and never let anyone down.”

# “I won’t mind exposing on the demand of the script.”

# “Sensuality is a state of the mind.”

# “I’m choosy because you have to see to believe what kind of scripts filmmakers come up with – they are hilariously silly! I can’t imagine from where they think of such stories; at times like that, you almost feel that Hindi cinema hasn’t moved for decades. Out of so many that I hear, there might be only one or two worth considering. There’s no choice but to be choosy.”

# It does hurt reading malicious articles especially when people know who you are. I guess I will have to learn to take things in my stride”

Amrita Rao best movie list

• Legend of Bhagat Singh ( Ajay Devgan , Sushant Singh , Amrita Rao )
• Ishq Vishk ( Shahid kapoor , Amrita Rao )
• Main Hoon Na ( Shahrukh Khan , Sunil Shetty , Amrita Rao , Naseeruddin Shah , Sushmita Sen )
• Deewar ( Amitabh Bachchan , Akshay Khanna , Amrita Rao , Sanjay Dutt )
• Masti ( Vivek Oberoi , Aftab Shivdasani , Ritesh Deshmukh , Ajay Devgan , Amrita Rao , Rakhi Sawant , Lara Dutta )
• Vivah ( Shahid kapoor , Amrita Rao )

Amrita Rao did plenty Ads (approximately 35 )

• Fairever Face Cream
• Hindustan Levers – Close-up
• Johnson & Johnsons – Clean & Clear Face Wash
• Nikhar Soap
• Fena Detergent
• Pantene Hair Wash
• Nestle – Bru Coffee
• Cadbury’s – Perk Chocolates
• Wringly Chewing Gum
• Parachute Jasmine – Hair Oil
• Anne French
• Domino’s Pizza
• HMT Watches
• Jolen Bleach
• Allukas Jewellery
• 3 Roses Tea
• Allapet Jewellery
• Coca cola
• Wipro’s Milk n Roses – Soap
• Pepsi
• D’Damas

Amrita Rao awards won

• IIFA Awards, Best Female Debut; [Ishq Vishk,2004 ]
• Stardust Awards, Superstar of Tomorrow – Female;[ Ishq Vishk,2004 ]
• Sansui Awards, Best Debut – Female;[ Ishq Vishk,2004 ]
• GR8 Women Awards,Young Achiever [2007
• Anandalok Puroshkar Awards, Most Promising New Talent;[ Vivah,2007 ]
• Sports World Awards, Jodi of the Year along with Shahid Kapoor , [Vivah,2007 ]
• Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award [ Vivah , 2007]