Monday, November 2, 2009

Perizaad Zorabian Bollywood Actress

Perizaad Zorabian (born October 23, 1973) is an Indian actress. Her film debut was with Nagesh Kukunoor's movie, Bollywood Calling.













Perizaad Zorabian was educated in New York City, where, in addition to her studies for a Master's degree in Business Administration, she also attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.














She returned to India after receiving her MBA degree, and subsequently assisted her father in his poultry farm business. She got married to an estate developer Boman Irani (not the actor Boman Irani) on 9 December 2006.














Zorabian's first screen appearance was in a Clearasil advertisement for television, which she had made before she moved to New York. She continued with advertisements for health care products after her return to Bombay (now Mumbai), and, in 1997, acted in a music video for Lucky Ali's Nahi Rakhta Dil Mein Kuch. She subsequently received a role as "Maya" in a TV serial titled Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye.














Zorabian received her first film role in 2001 for Nagesh Kukunoor's Bollywood Calling. She was the lead actress in Joggers' Park (2003), and also did a minor role in Mumbai Matinee (2003). In 2004, she played a supporting role in Morning Raga and made a cameo appearance in Dhoom.
















In 2005 she appeared in Ek Ajnabee opposite Kelly Dorjee, and a year later with Malcolm McDowell in Exitz. More recent films include Highway 203 (2006), Moonlight (2006), Just Married (2007) and Kabhi Up Kabhi Down. She has also acted in a Chinese film, Bandung Sonata, in which she played Indira Gandhi. She also owns a restaurant named Gondola in Mumbai.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Neetu Chandra Indian Theatre Actress

Neetu Chandra (born on June 20, 1979 in Bihar) is an Indian theatre and film actress. Neetu Chandra was born in Patna, Bihar, India. A resident of Patliputra Colony, Neetu graduated from the Notre Dame Academy, Patna in 1997 , and dreamt of entering the modelling world.















Neetu's father, a businessman, was initially reluctant to let her pursue a career in showbiz but her mother, Neera, stood by her. Not surprisingly, Neetu attributes her success to her mother, a native of East Champaran in Bihar. She has done dozens of ads and videos for reputed firms since her graduation days in Delhi's IP College, University of Delhi.















Before entering the Hindi film Industry, Neetu was an avid sportsperson. She is a black belt holder in Taekwondo. She has represented India in two different games, which is very rare. She has represented India in International Taekwondo Championship at Hong Kong in 1996 and represented India in World Korfball Championship in 1995 at New Delhi.















She is a national games Silver Medal winner in Taek-won-do. After completing her basic education, she started her work with small print ad campaigns in Delhi. But her hard work and persevarance took her to the Hindi film Industry.















She entered film in 2005 in Garam Masala in which she portrayed Sweety, an airhostess. In 2007 she appeared in Madhur Bhandarkar's film, Traffic Signal. In preparation Chandra in order to enter her character spent a whole week living on the streets of Mumbai and living by a traffic light .














Neetu Chandra also danced gracefully in a video album Rasiya Saajan for music director Ismail Darbar along with Zubeen Garg. The video was directed by noted video director S Ramachandran. In the year 2008, she had four releases by Directors, Dibakar Banerjee, Rahul Dholakia, Ashwini Dheer and Vikram. Her Tamil film, Yavarum Nalam with Madhavan released this year and was declared a major hit.