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# Gayatri Joshi did a commmercial with Shahrukh for Santro even before doing swades.

# The actress expressed her wish to work in regional films like Marathi and South Indian films if it is with a good director and a good script.

# In Singapore a woman who was jailed for cheating a man in an internet marriage scam. She assumed another name and e-mailed pictures of Indian actress Gayatri Joshi, claiming they were of herself.

# She began her modeling career during her college days in 1996.

# She was one of the final five candidates in the 1999 Femina Miss India beauty pageant.

# Gayatri Joshi represented India at the 2000 Miss International event in Japan.

# She worked as an advertising model before coming to the film industry.

# Gayatri Joshi has a Commerce degree from Sydenham College, Mumbai.

# She appearanced in several music videos viz, Kaghaz Ki Kashti and Jhanjaria before working for films.

# According to the contract that Gayatri Joshi entered into during Swades she was not entitled to sign any new project until Swades hits the marquee.

# Gayatri Joshi married Vikas Oberoi in Mumbai on 27 August 2005.

# The actress gave birth to a baby boy on 1 September 2006.

# Her husband Vikas Oberoi is the scion of Oberoi Constructions Private Ltd.

# Her husband Vikas Oberoi is Akshay Kumar’s best friend

Gayatri Joshi quotes

# “If I get a chance, I would love to do more movies with him. But the Swades experience in itself was great. It was a great experience working with him” (About Shahrukh Khan)

# “The emotional scenes are more difficult than the other scenes”

# “I have always been more interested in work than publicity. So that’s the reason why people saw more of my work and heard less of me.”

# “I think modelling helped me to be comfortable in front of the camera but otherwise I have not had any acting courses. “

# “I was a model and didn’t aspire to be an actress but then Swades happened and I changed my mind, as I wanted to be a part of it”

# “I have always been highly influenced by my mother. It’s my mom because she is a strong person and I have learnt a lot from her. “

Gayatri Joshi best movie list

• Swades [ Shahrukh Khan , Gayatri Joshi , Vishwa S. Badola , Kishori Ballal ]

Gayatri Joshi awards

• Bollywood Best Female Debut, Swades [2005]
• Star Screen Most Promising Newcomer, Swades [2005]
• Zee Cine Best Female Debut, Swades [2005]

Biography / Biodata

Hot facts in Biography

# Deepika Padukone is the daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone.

# The hot actress did many campaigns for Liril soap, Close-Up toothpaste, Limca etc.

# She was the brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India.

# She was recognised internationally when Maybelline, a prestigious cosmetic company made her their new international cover face.

# She was awarded the title of Model of the Year at the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards.

# She was one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006.

# The hot bollywood actress won two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 – Female Model of the year and Fresh Face of the year.

# She started her film career by starring in the music video for “Naam Hai Tera” with Himesh Reshammiya.

# There are some rumours about Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone relations but the fact was not confirmed by either of them.

# Though Deepika Padukone played badminton during her school days she could not go beyond state level, she just moved to modelling .

# She plays basketball, tennis, throw ball and baseball.

# Deepika Padukone used to model as a kid when she was in school, it was just hobby but later she decided to take it seriously.

Deepika Padukone quotes

# “I’ve grown up watching Shah Rukh Khan and never really imagined that one day I will get to play the lead opposite him”

# ” It was a wonderful experience working with Shah Rukh and Farah. I have learnt a lot from both of them. Shah Rukh is a great human being”

# ” I had done quite a bit of modeling and wanted to give acting a try. That’s when Farah approached me and I accepted. Today, I’m so glad that I waited since I could not have had a better debut.Farah and SRK have taken superb care of me. Farah treats me like her child.”

# ” I never wanted to be a Bollywood heroine. The thought never crossed my mind. As a child, I never stuck poses in front of the mirror.”

# ” I will be choosy and work in good films only. I am not interested in exposing even if I am offered good money.”

# “I played state level badminton till the 10th standard. Then I had to study for my ICSE board exams, so I stopped playing for three months and modelling happened after that.”

# “If I get into movies it would definitely be a Hindi film but I’d probably use a Kannada or a Tamil film as a stepping stone. Right now I am aiming to be a supermodel.” [Before her debut]

Deepika Padukone best movie list

• Aishwarya [ Upendra and Deepika Padukone ]
• Om Shanti Om [ Shahrukh Khan , Deepika Padukone , Arjun Rampal ]
• Bachna Ae Haseeno[Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba, Deepika Padukone]
• Love Aaj Kal [Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor]

Biography / Biodata

Hot facts in Biography

# She is a well-known Indian model and a television artist.

# She landed in modelling accidentally while searching an ad agency for her handicrafts factory in Meerut, Punjab, India.

# Later she got more interest in modelling and took it as full time profession, leaving her handicrafts factory.

# The hot actress came to limelight after winning the Eves Weekly Miss India contest in 1990.

# She conducted YATRA, and Musafir Hoon Yaaron, television shows over STAR Plus.

# She has traveled around 80 countries in the last 6 years.

# Deepti Bhatnagar has acted in a total of approximately 9 Hindi movies, 2 Telegu movies, and 1 English movie, from 1995 to 2004.

# Deepti Bhatnagar got married to Randeep Arya.

# This sexy actress started her own production company, Deepti Bhatnagar Productions.

# She is involved in the production of Musafir Hoon Yaaron and Yatra both being travel guide shows.

Deepti Bhatnagar quotes

# “I intend doing different kinds of shows for varied channels”

# “I was really fascinated by travel shows as I personally also enjoy traveling a lot”

Deepti Bhatnagar best movie list

• Ram Shastra [ Jackie Shroff , Manisha Koirala , Deepti bhatnagar , Aditya Pancholi , Anupam Kher ]
• Pelli Sandadi [ Srikanth , Ravali , Deepti bhatnagar ]
• Kaalia [ Deepti bhatnagar , Mithun Chakraborty , Kiran Kumar , Johnny Lever ]
• Qahar [ Raj Babbar , Sonali Bendre , Deepti bhatnagar , Chandrashekhar , Sunny Deol ]
• Inferno [ Don 'The Dragon' Wilson , Evan Lurie , Rick Hill , Tane McClure , Deepti bhatnagar ]
• Humse Badhkar Kaun: The Entertainer [ Sunil Shetty , Saif Ali Khan , Sonali Bendre , Deepti bhatnagar ]
• Dulhan Banoo Main Teri [ Arun Bakshi , Beena , Deepti bhatnagar , Faraaz Khan ]
• Mann [ Aamir Khan , Manisha Koirala , Sharmila Tagore , Deepti bhatnagar ]
• Chori Chori Chupke Chupke [ Salman Khan , Preity zinta , Rani Mukherjee , Amrish Puri , Dalip Tahil , Deepti bhatnagar ]
• Uljhan [ Puru Rajkumar , Deepti bhatnagar , Kanchan , Laxmikant Berde , Shashikala ]
• Kondaveeti Simhasanam [ Narayana Rao Dasari , Mohanbabu , Soundarya , Harshavardhan , Deepti bhatnagar ]
• Agni Varsha [ Jackie Shroff , Kumar Iyengar , Raveena Tandon , Nagarjuna Akkineni , Ashfaq Rauf , Deepti bhatnagar ]
• Rok Sako To Rok Lo [ Sunny Deol , Yash Pandit , Manjari Fadnis , Carran Kapur , Aparna Kumar , Deepti bhatnagar ]

Biography / Biodata

Hot facts in Biography

# The sexy actress is known for her trademark schoolgirl uniform, which she has worn in almost all of her music videos.

# She has burnt her fingers in love and she is a very possessive and passionate person.

# She was linked with model Kranti Jha but she strongly denied the fact and said that it was just friendship and nothing more.

# Deepal Shaw was harassed by few men when her car broke down late at night. Those three men passed obscene remarks on Deepal , which hurt her lot. [2006]

# The actress was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

# Her mother was from Lucknow, while her father was from Ayodhya.

# She has a younger brother.

# Her parents always encouraged her to sing as a result she gained more interest in the music.

# She is a graduated in Psychology.

# The hot actress began her career as a model, she also participated in the 2004 Miss India beauty pageant.

# Deepal Shaw released her first album, Baby Doll in 2004.

# MTV India has largely been responsible for promoting her music.

Deepal Shaw quotes

# ‘I am married to my career and have no plans of divorcing it’.

# “I was in love once, but I’m not in love with anybody now. I am a loser in love… but the pain in my heart has helped me achieve what I wanted – to be an actress!”

# ” Sushmita and Naomi treated me like a baby. They are too good to be true.”

# “I love to receive compliments as it gives me encouragement and motivates me to give my best shot”

Deepal Shaw best movie list

• Kalyug [ Kunal Khemu , Deepal Shaw , Smily Suri , Amrita Singh , Ashutosh Rana , Emraan Hashmi ]
• Karma, Confessions and Holi [ Rati Agnihotri , Armin Amiri , Kulraaj Anand , Deepal Shaw , Farah Bala ]
• Tumse [ Irrfan Khan , Deepal Shaw ]

Biography / Biodata

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# Celina Jaitley was crowned Miss India in 2001.

# The hot actress was born in Kabul, Afghanistan.

# Her mother is a Afghan and father an Indian.

# her father was an Indian Army officer and her brother is serving in the Indian army.

# Her mother is a child psychologist and a former beauty queen.

# She never wanted to be a model or actress, her ambition was to join the army herself, either as a doctor or a pilot.

# In addition to her Miss India win, Celina Jaitley has won the Miss Margo Beautiful skin, Indiatimes Surfer’s Choice, and MTV’s Most Wanted award.

# Before coming to movies Celina Jaitley was working for a Cell phone company in Kolkatta.

# A newspaper photograph of Celina Jaitley inspired Kolkata-based painter Wasim Kapoor to paint a portrait of the actress. Wasim Kapoor has previously done portraits Hema Malini, Sri Devi, Zeenat Aman, Madhuri Dixit, Bipasha Basu and Konkona Sen Sharma.

# The sexy actress has been voted the sexiest Bollywood actress, 2007.

# She worked in a English movie ‘Love Has No Language’. Despite of her a series of failures at the box office in India.

# It was said that a fan obsessed with Celina Jaitley has harassed the actress for few days. [2007]

# This Bollywood actress is a B Com graduate.

# She is the new brand ambassador for PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animal). she is an animal lover and has a special soft corner for elephants.

# She has modeled for over 200 companies.

Celina Jaitley quotes

# “I have learnt several lessons after I failed in love. Now, I can’t trust people anymore, especially just on their face values. I have had both sweet and sour memories but the best part is that love has made me a mature person.”

# “Today the world is such that emotional values are not given preferences. I have faced emotional blows in love and I know how difficult has it been to come out of it.”

# “I was like wow! I was in New Zealand shooting for Love Has No Language when some Indians came up to me and congratulated me. ‘We hate Mallika!’ they said.” [speaking about being voted teh sexiest Bollywood actress]

# “I am very happy to be known as a sex symbol as it’s getting me noticed overseas. I love it!. I have been invited for a charity ball in Los Angeles which will be attended by the likes of Mandy Moore and Lindsay Lohan. I am only eight films old and it’s long due. It’s very difficult to survive in B-Town without backing and a godfather and I have had neither.”

# “I have completed Love Has No Language , and I will be attending the Aid for Africa Ball, being organised in LA. I am quite excited about being part of such a charitable and prestigious event. I think it is commendable how celebrities come together as one at such events, and make such a huge difference to the cause.”

# “Yes, even when I was in New Zealand, I attended all the events dressed in a saree, and everyone there kept telling me they couldn’t believe it was the traditional dress for Indian women. Everyone kept saying, It’s so happening and so cool.”

# “I’m young right now; I have a lot of time in the future to de-glam myself. Now I want to do roles of my age which are glamorous; because I have that image – I’m a glamorous woman. I wanted to be called a good and a good-looking actress.”

# “I think Fardeen and I have a special chemistry on-screen, I don’t deny that. At the same time I think Hrithik and I will be great together. Our physical features will work well to create that chemistry – especially the combination of our height, the light eyes; together we’ll have a good screen presence.”

# “I turned down Julie because I didn’t agree with the reasoning of the protagonist in the story, who resorts to prostitution because her man ditches her. I didn’t see why any educated girl would take such a drastic step. I take up roles that I mentally agree with, and this was not such a role.”

# “My mission as brand ambassador is to fight for the freedom of this magnificent mammal,” Celina said. [ About PETA]

Celina Jaitley best movie list

• No Entry [ Salman Khan , Anil Kapoor , Fardeen Khan , Lara Dutta , Celina Jaitley , Esha Deol , Bipasha Basu , Sameera Reddy ]
• Jawani Diwani ( Emraan Hashmi , Celina Jaitley , Hrishitaa Bhatt )
• Zinda [ Sanjay Dutt , John Abraham ,  Mahesh Manjrekar , Celina Jaitley and Lara Dutta ]
• Tom, Dick, and Harry [ Dino Morea , Jimmy Shergill , Anuj Sawhney , Celina Jaitley , Kim Sharma , Gulshan Grover ]
• Apna Sapna Money Money [ Ritesh Deshmukh , Celina Jaitley , Koena Mitra , Jackie Shroff , Sunil Shetty , Shreyas Talpade , Bobby Darling , Riya Sen , Anupam Kher ]
• Shakalaka Boom Boom [ Bobby Deol , Upen Patel , Celina Jaitley , Kangana Ranaut , Vijay Patil and Anupam Kher ]

Biography / Biodata

Hot facts in Biography

# ” I wasn’t told that I’ll be doing a smooching scene in the film. I wasn’t prepared for it.? says Anjana. In fact, she was shocked to know about it. ?I was almost in tears when I came to know about it. I was so uncomfortable and nervous while doing it but Anil is a really great person and he made my work easy.?” [ Anjana Sukhani speaking about her onscreen kiss with Anil Kapoor in Salaam-e-Ishq]

# Eventhough Anjana Sukhani looks sexy, she doesn’t want to be sex symbol she wants to prove herself by her performances and not by skin show.

# The hot actress loves to be known as a girl-next-door and certainly not a sex bomb.

# She has appeared in about 40 commercials.

# She has worked in a music video called ‘Dulhaniya Mar Jayegi’.

# Anjana Sukhani holds a Master’s degree in international business and foreign trade.

# The actress was doing modelling and some commercials before coming to cinema.

# Anjana Sukhani acted in a Cadbury Dairy Milk advertisement with superstar Amitabh Bachchan .

Anjana Sukhani quotes

# “My parents wondered when I spelt out my desire to take to Bollywood. Dad settled to the idea sooner but it took Mom a while before she could digest the fact”

# “Oh, Hum Dum was great fun. The entire shooting experience was more of a picnic. They were extremely co-operative. The entire atmosphere on the sets was very chilled out. We were made to feel so much at home. I didn’t experience the slightest discomfort.” [ About her debut film]

# “Films were the last thing on my family’s mind; no family members were remotely connected to films. When I told my parents, my dad was cool with it, but Mom was apprehensive”, -

# “I don’t want to wear tiny costumes or play a hot babe scorching the town instead, I would be happy making people laugh.”

# “I was amidst huge sets, magical ambience, mega stars and seasoned performers and the only thought that I had at that moment was to be 100% competent in what I do. Though I was not intimidated by stars, I wanted to live up to expectations that I had set for myself since I knew that everyone around was just so competent! Eventually it was all OK and I could find myself relaxing.” [First day experience]

Anjana Sukhani best movie list

• Na Tum Jaano Na Hum [ Saif Ali Khan , Hrithik Roshan , Esha Deol , Moushmi Chatterjee , Rati Agnihotri , Alok Nath , Anjana Sukhani ]
• Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love [ Salman Khan , Priyanka Chopra , Anil Kapoor , Juhi Chawla , Akshay Khanna , Ayesha Takia , John Abraham , Vidya Balan , Govinda , Shannon Esra , Sohail Khan , Isha Koppikar , Anjana Sukhani ]