Trisha Krishna

Trisha Krishnan, (born on May 4, 1983) (Tamil: த்ரிஷா கிருஷ்ணன்) is a prominent, award-winning actress in both Tamil and Telugu film industries. She rose to fame in the Tamil industry with her roles in movies, Saamy and Ghilli and the Telugu industry with her movie, Varsham.
Early Life

Born to Krishnan and Uma Krishnan , in Palakkad the Tamil Iyer actress got her higher education in Ethiraj College, Chennai. Later, she modelled and won Miss Salem in 1999, Miss Chennai in 1999 and Miss India Miss Beautiful Smile in 2001. In school, she participated in several cultural activities, sports and school band. She studied at Sacred Heart Church Park School, in Madras.

She started her career as a model, appearing in many TV advertisements including that of Fair and Lovely and Josco Jeweller. She also starred in Falguni Pathak's music album Meri Chunar Ud Ud Jaye.

Film Career

Trisha Krishnan first made her debut in films when she was offered a small cameo in the film Jodi. However, the first movie in which she signed up to enact the role of the leading lady was Priyadarshan's Leysa Leysa. A string of flops marked the beginning of her career, such as Manasellam, and Alai. However she was well suited for her role opposite Surya in Mounam Pesiyadhe and won critical acclaim. She is well acclaimed for her facial expressions while acting. She then played Vikram's lady love in the mega blockbuster Saamy. The next huge film she took part in followed immediately afterwards, was Ghilli with Vijay, which was a remake of Telugu blockbuster Okkadu. In 2004, she starred in Varsham in Telugu which went on to become the biggest hit of the year and turned her into an overnight sensation. In 2005, she starred alongside Siddharth Narayan in the telugu flick Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana as the village girl Siri. The movie is about a rich boy, who tries to marry a girl - however her brother opposes. It is directed by Prabhu Deva, was successful at the box office^[1] Krishnan won 2 awards for the film which include the Filmfare Award and Nandi Award.

Rituparna Sengupta

Rituparna Sengupta (Bengali: ঋতুপর্ণা সেনগুপ্তা) , born on 7th November, 1971 in Calcutta , is a leading Bengali actress and lately, she has been getting accolades for her Hindi films in Bombay.

Life and career

Sengupta was born on 7 November1971 in Calcutta. She was active in the arts since a young age, having learnt painting, dancing and handicrafts at a painting school, called Chitrangshu, in childhood. She studied at Mount Carmel school, and later graduated in History from Lady Brabourne College. She began studying for a Master's in Arts at Calcutta University, but had to interrupt studies to concentrate on her career as an actress.^[1] She also used to write, with columns in periodicals Anandalok and Bangladesher Hriday.

While in her first year MA with a specialization in Modern History, Rituparna debuted in the film Shwet Patharer Thala, in 1995, playing a supporting role. After that there was no looking back. The film, by Prabhat Roy, won the National Award for best Bengali Film. The early success prompted the offer of roles in many films, including Sujan Sakhi, Nag Panchami, Moner Manush and Sansar Sangram. Moving to Mumbai to make a telefilm called Mohini with Hema Malini, she also obtained a role in a Hindi film called Teesra Kaun?.

She has received critical acclaim for her performances in Dahan (1997), Utsab (2000), Paromitar Ek Din (2000) and Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002). She won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Indian National Film Awards for her role in Rituparno Ghosh's Dahan, where she played Romita, a newly-wed woman who is the victim of a sexual assault.

Rituparna has worked in the Bangladeshi film industry and her contribution there has won her a lot of acclaim, glamour & popularity. Rituparna is a trained manipuri and odissi dancer and has her own dance troupe Bhabna Aaj O Kaal ('Contemporary Thoughts') which performs various dance-dramas based on Tagore (Shyama, Meghdoot & Mayar Khela) and other themes and has made commendable contributions in the sphere of Dance Drama. She also runs a media production company called Prism Entertainment.^[2]

She is also into outdoor-sports and plays badminton as a pastime.

Rituparna got married to her childhood sweetheart Sanjay Chakrabarty, founder and CEO of MobiApps on 13th of December,1999 in Kolkata. She is actively involved in the cause of children suffering from Thalassaemia.

Asin BollyWood Actress

Asin Thottumkal (Malayalam: അസിന്‍ തോട്ടുങ്കല്), (born October 26, 1985^[1]) is an award-winning Indian film actress from the state of Kerala. Currently , she is considered to be one of the most popular actresses in the South Indian film industry.

Making her acting debut in Sathyan Anthikkad's Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), Asin had her first commercial success with Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Award for the Best Telugu Actress for the film.

After a number of critically and commercially successful films, she received her second South Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in her second Tamil film, Ghajini (2005). She played the lead female roles in two consecutive top grossers, Ghajini (2005) which is her biggest commercial success to date, and the action comedy Varalaru (2006) and this way has established herself as one of the most prominent leading actresses of South Indian cinema. More recently, Asin made her début in Bollywood, with Ghajini, the remake of its Tamil namesake.