Hema Malini

 This Friday’s release, Baabul, sees a gorgeous looking Hema Malini take centrestage. The actress does not look like the 58-year-old woman that she is.

And Bollywood has quite a few actresses, who still look radiant and stunning, though they are well past 50.

She redefined beauty, post 50.

In her comeback film, Baghban, Hema Malini looked so gorgeous that she shone over the younger crop of actresses (Mahima Chaudhry, Rimi Sen, Divya Dutta and Suman Ranganathan).
Three years later, Hema cuts the same dazzling look in Baabul.

Hema Malini, the dream girl of the seventies, hailing from the South, started her career with 'Sapno Ka Saudagar' (1968). Initially she did a few trivial films, then her outstanding performance in 'Seeta Aur Geeta’(1972) established her as the queen of the box-office. With her captivating beauty and tinkling laugh Hema, soon became the heartthrob of the masses in the late seventies and early eighties. An excellent Bharat Natyam dancer, wife to Dharmendra, one of Bollywood's biggest stars, she eventually shifted from acting to direction to television to stage dance shows. In 2000, she was awarded the 'Padma Shri' by the government of India. After a long break, she has recently made a comeback to films. Very ambitious, Hema has always lead her life her way, and this still gorgeous actress in her fifties is busy with politics, social work and of course films. 

Hema Malini is finally back on television as a producer with the serial Maati ki Banno. She had been gearing up for this since sometime now and there had been a lot of speculations about the show — like was it based on the movie Sarkar Raj or would she cast her daughter Esha Deol in her serial?.

Lucknow: In a bid to attract star-stuck moviebuffs, firecrackers manufacturers have named their products after popular Bollywood actors like Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan and yesteryears actress Hema Malini. They have also come up with an "eco-friendly" version of crackers which will let people enjoy Diwali without worrying about the harmful effects on the nature or children.


The wait is finally over and this month we will all get to see Hema Malini's TV production. The show starring Manoj Chandila and Via Roy Choudhury as the lead pair, is expected to go on air mid-November.

After completing a 10-day outdoor shoot in Mauritius the television show's team is back shooting in Mumbai, say our sources. Hema Malini was unavailable for comment. The dream girl of the Hindi film industry is busy wrapping up her directorial venture with Esha, Tell me Oh Khuda.

Interestingly, the backdrop of this serial is a small town in Bihar, Chapra and revolves around a mother and her son, faced with adverse circumstances

Former Apprentice star Saira Khan: 'Why I shopped my cousin to MI5'

We had expected big smiles and hugs. A joyous reunion after two years, which was how long it had been since my husband Steve Hyde and I had seen my cousin Kamran Mumumtaz on a visit to his village in the Pakistan region of Azad Kashmir.

Kamran’s arrival for a six-month holiday in Britain had been eagerly anticipated. After fighting for a year to get his visa, we were excited about showing him our way of life.

I suppose I was being naive not to have realised that to Kamran and his immediate family, a British visa is like winning the lottery. It is a golden ticket to the West.

Steve and I went to pick him up at Heathrow, along with our one-year-old son Zac, on March 21. We watched as passengers flowed through the arrivals door at Terminal 3. Then we saw him.

Nothing we did – not the sightseeing forays, the shopping trips to buy him clothes and including him in celebrations with Steve’s large family – could lift the glumness.

I even enrolled him in a language school so that he could learn English while he was here. I thought it would be a skill that he could use to get a job back home. 

The eight-week course cost me £250. Kamran offered to help out by taking Zac to and from his childminder.

We included him in everything we did, but we couldn’t understand his sullenness because he had been so outgoing and friendly in Pakistan. I kept waiting for him to open up, but he remained quiet and distant.

Female actress Saira Khan from Pakistan, BEAUTIFUL PAKISTANI ACTRESS

Saira Khan Actress Picture Interview  

Biography

Saira Khan is a film and television actress in Pakistan. Saira Khan is beautiful and very attractive actress. She came from Multan. She started her film career in 1998 with "Ehsaas". After some time she also start working in Televions Programmes. Now she is more busy with TV serials.

Saira Khan (born 15 May, 1970 in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England) was the runner-up on the first UK series of reality TV show The Apprentice in 2005.

Khan has since become a regular face on British TV. In 2006 she presented on the BBC's Temper Your Temper, a programme dealing with anger management, and British-Asian lifestyle show Desi DNA. She has presented several documentaries for the BBC and ITV, as well as appearing as a guest on a variety of shows such as Ready Steady Cook. She currently (2008) hosts the BBC children's programme Beat the Boss and presented a BBC Money Programme about entrepreneurial mothers. She is a columnist for the Daily Mirror, a regular panelist for BBC Radio 5 Live and has appeared on a number of other stations including BBC Radio 4 and the BBC Asian Network. She has also written a self-help book, P.U.S.H. For Success. In 2006 she set up a new campaign called OUR SAY to campaign for local and national referendums on issues of major public interest. Khan also runs her own baby-products business called miamoo, and an orienteering business called "West Is East".

Parents and her early life

Her parents emigrated from Azad Kashmir to England in 1965 hoping to build a better life.At home they spoke only Urdu and Pahari with her mother not speaking any English. Her parents were eager for her to have an arranged marriage but could not find a match - "My parents were from an arranged marriage and wanted the same for me. My mother would invite young men to the house and get me to serve them tea on a tray. I didn't fancy any of them. It was just like East Is East.".Saira went to Brighton Polytechnic and then on to the University of NottinghamHer father died from a heart attack in 1998 while visiting relatives in Kashmir - "I was absolutely devastated. For the first time I felt really alone.".

Marriage and personal life

While working at United Biscuits in 2002 she met the man who later converted to Islam and became her husband: Steve Hyde. "I knew instantly that Steve was the one," says Saira. "I had a mental tick list of what I wanted in a person. It was never about the looks although of course he is a handsome man. He was career-minded and I never wanted to be hanging around with a lazy slob. Keeping fit was a big part of his life, and mine, and he liked a hot curry. He ticked all my boxes." Her mother however was initially opposed to the union. "I never introduced Steve as a boyfriend," said Saira. "She was furious at first but she's come round. I was the first girl in my family to marry outside the culture." 

Meena Marriage Photos

Meena was born on September 16, 1978, in Chennai, India became a heroine at a young age of 12 years old while doing her 8th grade. Ever since is one of the most successful actresses in South Indian cinema. Meena debted her career as a child artist in the film Nenjangal in 1982 when she was 4 years old featuring Dr Sivaji Ganesan in the lead role. At the age of 12, she became a heroine in the film oru pudhiya kathai.

Due to hectic shooting schedule she had to discontinue her studies after 8th std. Then Meena completed her 10th grade by taking private coaching. She went on to get her MA (history)degree from University of Madras through open university system 2006.

She has acted with most of the top heros of south including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan,Mammootty, Mohanlal etc.. now Meena has became a star in her own right.

After a few flops in Telugu and Tamil, I was confused whether I should pursue a career in films. My parents were keen that I get back to studies. I was in my teens. It was then that I was offered a role in the Telugu film Seetharamayyagari Manavaralu. I had to play the granddaughter of Nageswara Rao sir. Also came my way the Tamil film En raasavin manasile. I was to play the lead opposite Raj Kiran, who was also the producer of the film. Frankly, I wondered whether I was doing the right thing by accepting the film. I didn’t know whether it would do any good to my career. Fortunately Meena was proved wrong by the box-office. Both films were super hits. And Meena finally arrived.

An exclusive première of the Warner Bros Pictures’ Sex and the City - 2 was held on 10th June 2010 at 7.00 PM at the Four Frames Preview Theatre. This première was specially held for the ladies from the film industry and other walks of life.

Noted film personalities including Meena, Sanghavi, Lissy Priyadarshan, Poornima Bhagyaraj, director Madhumita, Tharika, Vasundhara, Ammu, and Lalitha Kumari attended the event.

Kareena Kapoor’s Top 10 Performances

 Idiots: Everyone had very low expectations from Kareena in 3 idiots because it was the story of 3 guys (as the title of the film suggests). Still she managed to a make a mark for herself in this hero oriented film. Her portrayal of Pia, a medical student who falls in love with rancho (played by Aamir) was amazing. Aamir andKareena looked so cute together on screen and their tender romance throughout the film was heartwarming. She displayed great variations in her short role; from the drunken scene with Aamir and saying ‘tumhe ab bhi lagta hai ke kiss karne pe naak beech mein aati hai’ (do u still feel that your nose would come between us while we kiss) to her confrontation scene with her dad (played by Boman) and telling him that he is the reason why her brother committed suicide. Her leaving a mark in this film with her performance says a lot about her being such a superb actress and the numero uno actress in bollywood. She won Best Actress Awards at various events.

5. Refugee : Kareena made her bollywood debut with this J.P. Dutta directed film opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Being from the first family of Bollywood, theKapoors, and being Karisma’ younger sister, she came into the industry with huge expectations. But boy, she didn’t disappoint. She was seen playing aBangladeshi girl Naaz, who falls in love with a Refuge, played by Abhishek Bachchan who helps her and her family to migrate across border. She wore absolutely no makeup in the film and still looked gorgeous as the village girl. As far as her acting skills were concerned, she proved that it was in her genes being a Kapoor. She was a complete natural in front of the camera. She did the emotional scenes as well as the romantic scenes with equal ease. Watch out for her in the song ‘Aisa Lagta Hai, jo naa hua hone ko hai’, her expressions and body language as a shy demure girl who realizes she has fallen in love are priceless. Not to forget, she brought the old world charm with her printed salwar kameezes and undone hair. Her decision of not doing Kaho Naa Pyar Hai paid off with her bagging the Filmfare Best Female Debut in that year for Refugee.

10. Golmaal 3: Many of you would not be happy to see this film in the top 10. But I felt that Kareena is such a versatile actress and this film deserves to be in the top 10 just because of the fact that it showed kareena’s capability of doing comic roles with equal ease. She was the central character of the film and played a tomboy named ‘Dabboo’. She was seen wearing cool t shirts and baggy pants in the film and used foul language. She was very funny with her one liners like ‘Ae Titanic ke doobte jahaz’ and ‘kuch hi der mein maa ki aankh hone wali hai’. Also the film was promoted and marketed as a kareena film keeping in view her market standing and using her stardom to draw wider audience.

 Kurbaan : Again one of kareena’s best performance; she played the role of a professor Avantika Ahuja who falls in love with a Muslim man only to find out that her husband is a terrorist. She was superb in the film and delivered a great performance. The scene where she finds out that her husband Ehsaan (played by Saif) is a terrorist is very well shot. Avantika is shocked with this discovery and also feels cheated by her own husband and kareena was successful in emoting both the expressions so well. Your heart goes out to when she yells atEhsaan saying ‘Maar Daalo mujhe aur hamare hone wale Bache ko bhi’ (Kill me and our baby too). She was impeccable in the climax scene too where she helplessly stands watching her husband die. Her performance was widely appreciated but Kurbaan didn’t do that well at the BO as expected.

Kareena Kapoor’s Top 10 Performances

 6. 3 Idiots: Everyone had very low expectations from Kareena in 3 idiots because it was the story of 3 guys (as the title of the film suggests). Still she managed to a make a mark for herself in this hero oriented film. Her portrayal of Pia, a medical student who falls in love with rancho (played by Aamir) was amazing. Aamir andKareena looked so cute together on screen and their tender romance throughout the film was heartwarming. She displayed great variations in her short role; from the drunken scene with Aamir and saying ‘tumhe ab bhi lagta hai ke kiss karne pe naak beech mein aati hai’ (do u still feel that your nose would come between us while we kiss) to her confrontation scene with her dad (played by Boman) and telling him that he is the reason why her brother committed suicide. Her leaving a mark in this film with her performance says a lot about her being such a superb actress and the numero uno actress in bollywood. She won Best Actress Awards at various events.
5. Refugee : Kareena made her bollywood debut with this J.P. Dutta directed film opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Being from the first family of Bollywood, theKapoors, and being Karisma’ younger sister, she came into the industry with huge expectations. But boy, she didn’t disappoint. She was seen playing aBangladeshi girl Naaz, who falls in love with a Refuge, played by Abhishek Bachchan who helps her and her family to migrate across border. She wore absolutely no makeup in the film and still looked gorgeous as the village girl. As far as her acting skills were concerned, she proved that it was in her genes being a Kapoor. She was a complete natural in front of the camera. She did the emotional scenes as well as the romantic scenes with equal ease. Watch out for her in the song ‘Aisa Lagta Hai, jo naa hua hone ko hai’, her expressions and body language as a shy demure girl who realizes she has fallen in love are priceless. Not to forget, she brought the old world charm with her printed salwar kameezes and undone hair. Her decision of not doing Kaho Naa Pyar Hai paid off with her bagging the Filmfare Best Female Debut in that year for Refugee.

10. Golmaal 3: Many of you would not be happy to see this film in the top 10. But I felt that Kareena is such a versatile actress and this film deserves to be in the top 10 just because of the fact that it showed kareena’s capability of doing comic roles with equal ease. She was the central character of the film and played a tomboy named ‘Dabboo’. She was seen wearing cool t shirts and baggy pants in the film and used foul language. She was very funny with her one liners like ‘Ae Titanic ke doobte jahaz’ and ‘kuch hi der mein maa ki aankh hone wali hai’. Also the film was promoted and marketed as a kareena film keeping in view her market standing and using her stardom to draw wider audience.
 Kurbaan : Again one of kareena’s best performance; she played the role of a professor Avantika Ahuja who falls in love with a Muslim man only to find out that her husband is a terrorist. She was superb in the film and delivered a great performance. The scene where she finds out that her husband Ehsaan (played by Saif) is a terrorist is very well shot. Avantika is shocked with this discovery and also feels cheated by her own husband and kareena was successful in emoting both the expressions so well. Your heart goes out to when she yells atEhsaan saying ‘Maar Daalo mujhe aur hamare hone wale Bache ko bhi’ (Kill me and our baby too). She was impeccable in the climax scene too where she helplessly stands watching her husband die. Her performance was widely appreciated but Kurbaan didn’t do that well at the BO as expected.

Kareena Kapoor