Thursday, August 13, 2009

Konkona Sen Sharma-Bollywood Actress

Konkona Sen Sharma was born on December 3, 1979. She is the daughter of filmmaker Aparna Sen. Konkona Sen Sharma appears primarily in Indian arthouse and independent films, and her achievements in the genre have established her as one of the leading actresses of contemporary parallel cinema.

Konkona Sen Sharma


Making her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983), the actress debuted as an adult in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). Konkona first gained attention with the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), which was directed by her mother, and received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.

Her brilliant appearance in the drama Page 3 (2005) got her wider recognition from audiences. Konkona also won two consecutive Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards for her performances in Omkara (2006) and Life in a... Metro (2007), respectively. Her performance in the former won her a second National Award under the Best Supporting Actress category.

In 2008, Konkona Sen Sharma starred in Dil Kabaddi, which was a big flop. Konkona also starred in a short film ‘How Can It Be?’ directed by Mira Nair for a movie project called 8, which screened at Rome Film Festival and Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival (MIAAC), 2008.

In 2009, there followed by low-budget English film The President Is Coming , directed by Kunaal Roy Kapur, which opened to generally positive reviews.

Her latest release Zoya Akhtar's Luck by Chance, got positive reviews. The film also starred Farhan Akhtar in the lead role. Konkona's 2009 releases includes Wake up Sid, Sunglass, Right or Wrong, Mirch, Amavas, Meridian and Tanu Weds Manu.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Bollywood actress-Poonam Dhillon

Poonam Dhillon the noted bollywood actress is most known for her 1979 hit film, Noorie, and Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986) and Naam (1986).
She married film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988, with whom she has two children, son Anmol and daughter Paloma.

Poonam Dhillon


At the age of 16 Poonam Dhillon became famous when she was crowned the beauty queen title of Femina Miss Young India. Director Yash Chopra noticed gave her a romantic role in the star-studded hit film Trishul (1978) where the famous song "Gapoochi Gapoochi gum gum" was picturized on her.

Subsequently she did about 90 films in Hindi like Sohni Mahiwal, Red Rose, Teri Kasam, Dard, Nishana, Yeh Vada Raha, Samunder, Romance, Kasam, Sitamgar, etc.
Poonam Dhillon did a cameo in the hit film Judai (1996) as a favor to producer Boney Kapoor after Juhi Chawla dropped out.

Poonam has done Hindi theatre, a super hit comedy play "The Perfect Husband" which won the best comedy play award in 2005 and which recently completed Golden Jublee run. She also acted in a play titled "The Perfect Wife" opposite Sooraj Thapar.

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