Kashif Qureshi
Age : 30StatusSign : Single
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Martial Artist
How we know him : Kashif is the non-celebrity contestant in Bigg Boss.
Kashif hails from the city of Hydrabad, Andhra Pradesh. He got selected to be the ‘Common Man’ (non-celebrity).
Location: Martial Arts, Hyderabad
As mentioned above the name Kashif Qureshi introduce himself as a “Common Man”. On the statement of Kashif Qureshi “Sidhu Ji pass a comment that never represent himself as a Common Man.
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Karishma Kotak Profile:
Name : Karishma Kotak
Birth Name : Karishma Kotak
Sex : Female
Birth Place : London, UK
Profession : Actress, Model
Nationality : Indian
Debut Film : Shankar Dada Zindabad (Telugu) Commercials : Limca, Liril, Kingfisher, French Connection, Wella hair, Toni & Guy, Rang Sarees; Rupali Sarees; Sagar Sarees; Diesel jeans
Music Videos : “Belly Dancer” by Apache Indian, “Mera Piya” by Sonu Nigam and Sapna Mukerjee, and “Me Against Myself” by J Sean.
Claim to Fame : Kingfisher Girl
Awards & Honors : ‘New Face of Dove India 2007′, Brand Ambassador for South Indian Jewellery and Dove Hair Care India in 2007.
She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in advertising and marketing. She moved to India in October 2005 where, within two months, she got herself onto the prestigious Kingfisher Swimsuit calendar. In 2006, Karishma took part in the “Lakme Fashion Week”. She has also done music videos for artists such as Jay Sean, Sonu Nigam and Apache Indian.She has now become the brand ambassador for Dove (shampoo) in India. She remains best known for her work as the Kingfisher Girl. She has also appeared in a number of other commercials.
In April 2008 Karishma has started to host a show for an international luxury channel, called the “Spa Diaries”, which involves her travelling all over India. Karishma has featured in numerous magazines, some of which are Maxim, FHM, Marie Claire, L’officiel, Seventeen, Brides Now, Hello! and Cineblitz. She has also featured on the covers of New Woman, Beauty and Style, and A glow.
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Niketan Madhok –Model
Age : 29
StatusSign : Single
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Model
How we know him : Niketan Madhok is a Model who has walked on ramp for famous Indian and International labels. He came into limelight after Lakme India Fashion Week 2002.
Bigg Boss 6 is the current sixth season of the Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss, which airs on Colors from 7 October 2012 with Salman Khan returning as the host for the show. Salman Khan launched the 6th season as a Parivarik season with a Gujarati tagline- Alag che! (English: It's different). The contestants on Bigg Boss 6 will be, as the producers want it, presented with a cleaner, more "family like image". During the launch on 7 October, fourteen hand-picked housemates entered the house located in Lonavla, a hill station, about 100 kilometres east of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
The season also introduced selection of one housemate via audition chosen from among the common non-celebrity people of India. The housemates, considered strangers for each other, will spend 90 days locked out together under the supervision of 70 cameras fitted around the house.
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Rajiv Paul – TV star
Rajiv Paul TV star
Rajeev Paul
StatusSign : Divorced
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Indian television and theatre actor and writer
Slate of Mind: Rajeev Paul
Rajeev Paul shares hir last minute feelings before entering the Bigg Boss’s den
Inside the Bigg Boss house its the celebrities who become the common man
Absolutely confident about his stay in the Bigg Boss house, Rajiv Paul confesses that he was keen on being a part of the show right after its first season.
• I have been my biggest motivation to join the show
• There is no way I can feel bored in the house. This will be like a long holiday with your friends
• I am great cook, so I an definately going to treat fellow housemates to some great food
• Being an animal lover, ithink i am going to be great with Radhey and O Fish!
• I will be missing, Gabbar Singh Paul, my dog the most
More about Rajeev Paul:
Profile Biography
Tv Shows Pictures
Wallpapers Forum
Videos Trivia
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Sayantani Gosh – TV actor
Sayantani Ghosh
Age : 28
StatusSign : Single
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Model-turned-Indian television & film actress
How we know her : Played the leading role in Aroona Irani’s Naagin in 2007.
More about Sayantani Ghosh:
Profile Biography
Tv Shows Pictures
Wallpapers Forum
Videos Trivia
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Aseem Trivedi – Cartoonists Against Corruption
Aseem Trivedi (born 17 February 1987) is a controversial Indian political cartoonist and activist, best known for his anti corruption campaign Cartoons Against Corruption. He is a founder member of Save Your Voice, a movement against internet censorship in India.[3] He has been awarded the Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award for 2012 by Cartoonists Rights Network International.
Early life
Aseem Trivedi was born in Shuklaganj, District Unnao , near Kanpur. He started his career as a freelance cartoonist and worked for several Hindi language newspapers and magazines.
Cartoons Against Corruption
In 2011, a nation wide anti corruption movement India Against Corruption gathered pace in the leadership of a veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare demanding Jan Lokpal Bill. Aseem Trivedi joined the crusade and started a cartoon based campaign, Cartoons Against Corruption to support the movement with his art. He launched a website www.cartoonsagainstcorruption.com consisting of his sharp anti corruption cartoons targeting corrupt system and the politicos. He displayed his cartoons in the MMRDA ground, Mumbai during the hunger strike of Anna Hazare.
Ban on the website
Aseem Trivedi was exhibiting his political cartoons from Cartoons Against Corruption in the anti-corruption protest at the MMRDA grounds, when his website was suspended by Crime Branch, Mumbai. It was only 27 December 2011, the first day of the protest, when he received an email from BigRock, the domain name registrar with which his website was registered, saying, “We have received a complaint from Crime Branch, Mumbai against domain name ‘cartoonsagainstcorruption.com’ for displaying objectionable pictures and texts related to flag and emblem of India. Hence we have suspended the domain name and its associated services.”
The site was suspended after a complaint to the Mumbai Crime Branch by a Mumbai-based advocate and congress leader, R.P. Pandey. The complaint stated that “defamatory and derogatory cartoons” were displayed as posters during Mr. Hazare’s hunger strike in Mumbai. Noting that the posters were created by Aseem Trivedi and “are believed to be made at the instance of Shri Anna Hazare,” the complaint requested “strict legal action in the matter.” Following his website’s ban, he lost no time in uploading all the cartoons to a blog he quickly created.
Debate in the Parliament
His cartoons also provoked Rashtriya Janata Dal lawmaker, Ram Kripal Yadav, to initiate a discussion in the Rajya Sabha, labeling the cartoons as an “insult to the Indian Parliament.” RJD MP Ram Kripal Yadav raised the issue in the upper house of the Parliament on the same day, when Rajniti Prasad, another MP of his own party, tore the Lokpal Bill copy in the same house.
Debates initiated over freedom of expression in India
The ban on the website initiated a hot debate over freedom of expression in India. Reporters Without Borders wrote in their report about India,”The national security policy of the world’s largest democracy is undermining online freedom of expression and Internet users’ privacy. The authorities have already clamped down on several mainly file-sharing and streaming websites without any ruling on the illegality of such actions. Anti-corruption cartoonist Aseem Trivedi saw his website, “Cartoons Against Corruption,” which features humorous anti-corruption drawings suspended by his hosting company in late 2011.”[10] Committee to Protect Journalists wrote in their report,”The case of a cartoonist charged with treason and offending India’s national sentiments reflects a growing debate over what constitutes freedom of expression in India.”
Fight against internet censorship
After the ban on his website, Aseem Trivedi along with his friend Alok Dixit started Save Your Voice, a campaign for internet freedom. Save Your Voice soon earned mass support and became a public movement. Through the creative protests in several cities, Save Your Voice, initiated a debate over internet freedom in India. ‘Save your voice’ campaign went viral. There were Facebook pages and posts and a cheeky ‘wish Kapil Sibal day’ on April 1, on All Fools Day, to draw attention to the stand of the Union Information Technology minister against allegedly objectionable content on the internet.
The campaign was targeted at the draconian rules framed under the Information Technology Act, 2000. It received an unexpected fillip with the arrest of Kolkata professor Ambikesh Mahapatra in April 2012 for emailing a cartoon that poked fun at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to members of the cooperative housing society he was the secretary of. The arrest drew widespread opprobrium from all quarters. Protests against the arrests followed and spawned another rash of cartoons poking fun at the West Bengal Chief Minister’s sense of humour. A cartoon academy in Kerala even hosted an online cartoon exhibition as a mark of protest.[8]
Team Save Your Voice, comprising writers, artists and musicians, organised a protest and sat inside cages set up at Jantar Mantar with the slogan ‘Freedom in the Cage’, symbolising how the IT Rules ‘caged’ the freedom of the people granted by the Constitution.
Hunger Strike
Aseem Trivedi began Freedom Fast, an indefinite hunger strike for internet freedom, along with journalist Alok Dixit at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. The motive of the hunger strike was to request political parties to support the annulment motion against the Intermediary Guideline Rules of the Information Technology Act 2011 of India. Foreign Policy considers this fast as the ‘most colorful highlights’ from the internet freedom movement in India.
Rebecca Mackinnon writes, “A lively national Internet freedom movement has grown rapidly across India since the beginning of this year. The most colorful highlight so far was a seven-day Gandhian hunger strike, otherwise known as a “freedom fast ,” held in early May on a New Delhi sidewalk by political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and activist-journalist Alok Dixit.” [14]Reporters Without Borders criticized Indian Government in their press release saying, “Two of the movement’s campaigners, the cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and the citizen journalist Alok Dixit, were forced today to end a hunger strike they began on 2 May. Their health had deteriorated considerably and they were hospitalized.”
Controversy
The cartoons in the controversy parody India’s national symbols, and are drawn to make a point on corruption in the government. One cartoon depicts the Indian Parliament building as a toilet. At the right end of the cartoon, a little above the halfway line, there is a roller with toilet paper. To the left, there is a pink flush, attached to a commode below with three flies hovering over it. The commode looks like the Indian Parliament. ‘National Toilet,’ says the cartoon’s title, with this line beneath the sketch: ‘Isme istamal hone wale toilet paper ko ballot paper bhi kehte hain’ (the toilet paper used here is also called Ballot paper).
Another offending cartoon redraws India’s national emblem of the four Sarnath lions of King Asoka that sit above the motto “Satyameva Jayate” (truth alone shall triumph) as bloodthirsty wolves underscored with the motto “Bhrashtamev Jayate” (long live corruption).And yet another features the “Mother India,” wearing a tri-color sari, about to be raped by a character labeled “Corruption.” The title of the cartoon is “Gang Rape of Mother India.” Another cartoon shows politics and corruption in a sexual position to expose their immoral relationship. The line beneath the cartoon reads, “The immoral relationships are always harmful for a house hold.”
The Cartoonists Rights Network International urged the authorities in the world’s largest democracy to stand up for free speech and put an end to all the attempts to silence Aseem’s political speech. Dr. Robert Russell, Executive Director of CRNI, commented, “Aseem’s enemies either don’t know how to interpret symbols in editorial cartoons or are knowingly twisting the law to silence dissent in order to shield corrupt officials.”
Charges and allegations
He faced the serious allegations of insulting national emblem, Parliament, flag and constitution through his anti corruption cartoons. In January 2012, a case of treason (section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code) was filed against him in Beed District Court, Maharashtra. Additional charges were brought against him by the Maharashtra Police in Mumbai for insulting India’s national symbols, under the State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act 2005. If found guilty of publishing cartoons in violation of this penal code Trivedi can face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to 5,000 rupees (approx. $100). Banning cartoons and harassing cartoonists, though rare, is not unheard of in India. In 1987, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the editor of a weekly magazine was arrested and sentenced to three months of rigorous imprisonment for publishing a cartoon mocking politicians, according to a 2003 account in Frontline magazine. The ensuing furor from the media community saw him released within a few days.
Jail
He was arrested in Mumbai on 9 September 2012 on charges of sedition, related to the content of his work.[19] 10 September 2012, Chairman Justice Markandey Katju of the Press Council of India, who is also a former Judge of Supreme Court of India defended Aseem Trivedi saying that “he did nothing illegal” and in a statement, he maintained that arresting a cartoonist or any other person who has not committed a crime, is itself a crime under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), as it is a wrongful arrest and wrongful confinement.
Mr Trivedi has said that he would not apply for bail till sedition charges against him are dropped. His bail was granted with a personal bond of Rs. 5000 on the basis of an independent petition by a lawyer, who also asked the court to remove the accusations of sedition and the case is still pending in a local court, as of September 2012.
Awards
He has been announced as the 2012 recipient of the “Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award” of Virginia based Cartoonists Rights Network International. He is sharing the award with Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat, who was abducted and badly beaten in August, 2011 amid the Syrian regime’s crackdown. Ali Ferzat is in the Time magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Aseem has been selected for the award for launching the Cartoons Against Corruption website, in an effort to mobilize his fellow citizens against India’s pervasive political corruption and after being charged with treason and insulting national symbols, taking a leadership role in India’s emerging free speech movement and launching a freedom of expression campaign called Save Your Voice: A Movement Against Web Censorship. The honor is presented to a “cartoonist in great danger or who has demonstrated exceptional courage in the exercise of free-speech rights”.
Aseem Trivedi
Age : 25
StatusSign : Single
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Indian political cartoonist
How we know him : Aseem Trivedi shot into national prominence when charged with sedition and arrested by Mumbai police in 2012.
Aseem Trivedi is originally from Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh, where his parents still live. He showed ability in drawing and art since childhood. By the time he was 20, he had worked with several Kanpur-based newspapers as a cartoonist. He moved to Delhi in 2010, when he was just 22 and continued to work as a freelance cartoonist. He became closely involved with the Anna Hazare led campaign against corruption and displayed several of his cartoons during protests. Aseem was arrested in Mumbai for making eight seditious cartoons. A group of people including some well-known media persons criticized government’s decision of arresting him and protested all over the country. Aseem was supposed to fly to Syria to collect an award for his cartoons but he could not go because of his arrest. The award, given by the Cartoonists Rights Network International, is for Courage in Editorial Cartooning.
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Delnaz Irani – Funny TV Star
Delnaaz Paul (née Irani) is an Indian actress of Irani origin born on September 4. She has acted in both Bollywood movies and Hindi television serials. She has also acted in over twenty-five plays.
Occupation Actor
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Spouse Rajiv Paul
Career
Delnaaz has acted in several comic roles in Bollywood movies. She has had one major blockbuster with Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and worked on several big projects. She has worked with some of the biggest names in Bollywood including Shahrukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, and Kareena Kapoor. She was the host of Nach Baliye, a reality dance show with her husband Rajiv (23–29 October 2009).
She has become a popular television actress having starred in several serials such as Yes Boss and Baltiwalla House No. 43.
Films
Year Title Role Other notes
2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho Jaspreet Kapoor (Sweetu)
2004 Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha Dhillon [Won Viewers choice Award]
2005 Pyaar Mein Twist Dolly
2006 Humko Deewana Kar Gaye Tanya Berry
2007 Showbiz
2008 Bhootnath Mrs. Jojo
Khallbali: Fun Unlimited Bipasha
2009 Char Yaar Filming
Paying Guests Sweety
2010 Milenge Milenge Honey
Toonpur Ka Super Hero Ramola Released on 24 December 2010.
I am 24 Filming
Television
Serial Company
Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Divya Drishti Tele Network Ltd.
Yes Boss Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Balaji Telefilms
Sonpari ——–
Nach Baliye SOL Productions
Batliwala House No. 43 Hats Off Productions
Karam Apna Apna Balaji Telefilms
Mere Apne ——–
Hans Baliye Violet Picture Company
Zara Nachke Dikha SOL Productions
Kya Mast Hai Life SOL Productions
Kya Huaa Tera Vaada Balaji Telefilms
Personal
She was married to Rajiv Paul Earlier.Her brother is Bhaktyaar Irani. They have competed against each other in Zara Nachke Dikha and Nach Baliye.
Delnaaz Irani
StatusSign : Divorced
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Theatre and Indian television & films actor
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Sapna Bhavnani – hairstylist
Age : 41
StatusSign : Married
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Celebrity Hair Stylist and owner of Mad-o-Wat Salon
How we know her : Sapna is a celebrity hair stylist. Her celebrity clientele includes the likes of Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Siddharth Malaya and John Abraham
A self-styled hippie hairdresser owns a strand salon Mad-O-Wot at Carter Road in Mumbai. When she’s not experimenting with daring hairstyles on celebrity tresses at either of her two kitschy salons, she’s playing producer, director, writer, photographer, DJ or an actress. She’s managed to backpack around Mexico, road trip around the United States, motorbike up to Ladakh, snag a double major in management, get married and divorced twice, run her own business, rack up a glitzy client list, publish a book called “Style-o-wot,” produce and star in a music video with a Mumbai indie band and become a keystone in the Mumbai urban scene. Sapna’s salon is a second home to bollywood celebrities like Sameera and Sushma Reddy, Dino Morea, Koena Mitra, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu. Sapna has acted in movies like Pyar Ke Side Effects and Ugli Aur Pagli.
Slate of Mind: Sapna Bhavnani
Sapna shares her last minute feelings before entering the Bigg Boss’s den
I am going to fill some shades of black in my co-contestant’s lives
The most quirky celebrity hair stylist, Sapna Bhavnani is absolutely unaware of the fact what a reality show is like
• People are going to see me in a very different hair-style inside the house
• My biggest inspiration to take up any challenge, including Bigg Boss has been M.S.Dhoni
• I am taking along a Bag-full of exciting black clothes
• I will miss writing tweeting the most
• When i come out, i’ll finish my script and hopefully add the Bigg Boss twist in it
It’s not difficult to miss spotting Sapna Bhavnani on the streets of Bombay. Who else can pull off peroxide blonde, magenta red or peacock blue hair teamed with an androgynous, punk, bohemian and often rebellious sense of dressing with such unparalleled élan? However this hair stylist hippie in an urban setting has donned several hats of being a banker, waitress, fashion designer, stylist, producer, director, dj, writer…well the list goes on.I interview the charming and utterly gorgeous lady about her myriad passions whilst stalking her for hours with a camera at her quirky and kitsch salon ‘Mad-O-Wot’ (video attached at the end!).
1) Let’s go back to the start. You went to Chicago, USA to pursue double majors in Marketing and Communication and a minor in Public Speaking, but there began your stint as a self taught hair stylist and fashion stylist. Do you think those years acted as a catalyst in shaping the person that you are today?
- I trace my roots all the way back to my childhood. When I was 14 I was riding a motorcycle and wearing tiny little skirts! This is way back in the 80’s; such behavior from a girl was not expected then in India. However America was liberating because they didn’t live in a box, trying to simply please the ones around. All my years there were spent exploring different avenues. No one judged.
2) How did ‘Sapna Bhavnani – The hair stylist’ come into being?
- That was only recently in 2002, when I moved back to India. I was taken aback by the poor standards of fashion styling then and was definite that I didn’t want to continue styling in such a scenario. Hair styling seemed like the second best thing I loved doing and there began Mad-O-Wot.
3) Mad-O-Wot took many by surprise with its avant-garde decor which was way ahead of its time. You started the trend of salons not adhering to cliqued interiors and staff not wearing a uniform. What was the idea behind this conception?
- When in America I had designed a 16,000sq.ft night club, so designing my salon came naturally to me. I knew I did not want my salon to look like the other typical salons, but as an extension of who I am. That explains the unusual name ‘Mad-O-Wot’, as also my website. People often forget that a salon in many ways is art. If your background is corporate, you are stifling creativity. How can you expect your staff to wear a uniform, be someone they are not, and then ask your client to have an individual identity!
4) While you were creating waves in the industry with a celebrity clientele, you went ahead to start Mad-O-Wat Productions. What prompted you to start this venture?
- I loved hair, makeup and drama ofcourse to realize that the only progression from a salon would be wardrobe and film. Thus began Mad-O-Wot Productions. In fact I am going to be launching Mad-O-Wot Productions in a big way soon on MTV Roots and this project is going to be simply massive, taking Mad-O-Wot Productions to a whole new level.
5) With Raat for Airport and then videos for Kailash Kher, you have established yourself as a producer and director. How do you fit into these moulds?
- Being a producer is fantastic for me because I anyway head a team of twenty-some and am used to efficiently delegating work to motivate them to work as a team. I love juggling work too, everything that a producer needs to be. However, in future I might not produce and direct simultaneously, as it is rather overworking and in many ways contradictory.
6) You started writing a column for Mid-Day and soon had a wide reader base of all age groups. Today you share your thoughts with your blog Bombay Ki Raani. Who is Sapna as a writer?
- On a daily basis I still get 6-8 mails about those columns till date! When I write, it’s me in all my honesty. I have at times tried to run away and write but I simply cannot. I have to be in my environment, in chaos, to be able to write well. Writing in a calm and serene place by the sea would be cheating the real me.
7) You recently launched your clothing line SoFake with your partner Sukriti and will debuting at Lakme Fashion Week. How did this line take birth?
- Sukriti is an old client with brilliant styling sensibilities. While I was always into designing, I am not good with the technical bit of cutting and tailoring. That is where Sukriti comes in the picture. We have a great wavelength and share the same vision. SoFake is the brainchild of our two minds. With the debut show at Lakme Fashion Week, I am going to be paying homage to British Raj and the dance form Kathakali, which I was greatly inspired by on my recent visit to Kerala. It’s going to be a tough ride!
8) A hairstylist, fashion designer, fashion stylist, producer, writer, director, blogger….what is Sapna Bhavnani going to explore next?
- I am working on a script and will eventually work on a Bollywood film that focuses on hair, makeup, costume, drama and story. I want to bring a bit of Tim Burton to India. Also music is another passion that I want to pursue seriously. I have started learning the bass guitar and will hopefully master it soon!
Watch the video to see Sapna Bhavnani – unedited and unapologetic!
If so, you are most welcome here. If naat, pliss squaat. In any other AT where fanaticism is eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Because we don’t roll that way.
This is the AT for hairstylist and owner of Mad-O-Wot salon, Sapna Bhavnani. She moonlights as many other things too. But since this is not your typical AT, we won’t bother elaborating- because we’re lazy as f**k. So I’ll just post a helpful link: Clicky
Also visit A Click A Day Will Keep Your Boredom At Bay to donate One Rupee to all the underprivileged people who haven’t had a good haircut in their lifetime.
You are most welcome to plant your ass here if:
1) You love tattoos, piercings, common sense, and foulmouthed people. Or better yet, all four.
2) You are from Bombay and/or have had your hair cut by Missus Edward Scissorhands herself.
3) You don’t give two hoots about Bombay, and feel sorry for yourself because of it.
4) You have nowhere else to go but here, which says a lot about both your life and this forum.
5) You think this AT sucks already and can’t wait to crap all over it, because you know poor Sapna won’t last long anyway.
6) You have had it with family-friendly ATs that have enough love, sunshine, and glitter to make you want to gouge your eyes out and dissolve them in acid.
7) You want to prosecute haters with voodoo curses involving baldness and rotten, lice-infested hair.
Dhanyavaad and enjoy your stay!
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Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua)
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Dinesh Lal Yadav alias Nirahua is a Bhojpuri (Indian folk language) singer and film actor.
How we know his/her : Bhojpuri film superstar Dinesh Lal Yadav a.k.a Nirahua, grabbed the limelight after delivering hit movies like ‘Til Gum gauwa.’
Nirahua is a popular face of music in Indian states like U.P, MP, Bihar & Jharkhand. He has in his credit some big block buster Bhojpuri movies and ia the first choice of south Indian producers who are investing in Bhojpuri Industry. Dinesh also has to his credit some record breaking music albums and is Known as the jubilee star of Bhojpuri movies. In May 2012 Reliance Broadcast Network Limited’s intellectual property vertical, BIG Live, Radio arm 92.7 BIG FM & Regional TV Channel BIG Magic announced him as their Brand Ambassador for its music awards for U.P, MP, Bihar & Jharkhand ‘BIG Hindustan Music Awards’- the biggest celebration of regional music in Central India.
Bhojpuri actors had been a prominent participant of Bigg Boss house on every previous seasons right from season one Ravi Kishen to Sambhavna Seth to Manoj and Shweta Tiwari. This time Dinesh Lal Yadav famous as Nirahua for his song Til Gum gauwa and Niharua satal rahela will feature in Bigg Boss house.
Dinesh Lal Yadav is very popular in Bhojpuri film industry and had done several shows. His show in 2007 in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji was his first show and proved his potential and popularity. He had done several movies and his pair with actress Pakhi Hegde is considered as a superhit pair in Bhojpuri cinema in recent times.
Biodata of Nirahua Dinesh Lal Yadav
Age of Nirahua Dinesh Lal yadav – 30 years.
Address – Gajipur district of Uttar pradesh.
Work – Acting in Bhojpuri cinema. stage shows. He is also famous for singing. Nirahua Dinesh Lal Yadav is popular for his biraha songs.
Latest movie – Ricksawala I love you
Acted with superstar Amitabh Bachhan in movie Ganga Devi in 2012. Jaya Bachhan was also a part of the movie.
Niharua Dinesh Lal Yadav in Bigg Boss season 6
Well history will repeat as Bhojpuri actors had enough to show their talent in Bigg Boss house as proved by Sambhavna Seth, Raja Chaudhary, Manoj Tiwaty, Ravi Kishen and Shweta Tiwary. This time there will be no exception. Dinesh Lal will utilize this opportunity not only to impress his existing fans in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi but also will try to make an impression nation wide. His presence of mind, melodious voice and personality will be TRP gainer for Bigg Boss. Seeing the popularity and huge fan following he got an amount of Rs 1 crore to participate in Bigg Boss.
To know about other contestants of Bigg Boss 6 refer Contestants and guest participants of Bigg Boss 6
Full Details: Dinesh Lal Yadav Bigg Boss 6 Contestant/Participant/House mate
Dinesh Lal Yadav [Biography] Bhojpuri Singer and Actor.
Dinesh Lal Yadav alias Nirahua is a Bhojpuri (Indian folk language) singer and film actor. He is a popular face of music in Indian states like U.P, MP, Bihar & Jharkhand. He has in his credit some big block buster movies like Vidhata, Deewana and Parivar. It is rumored that he is going to do his next Bhojpuri movie “SMT Netaji” with Amitabh Bachhan.
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Aashka Goradia – TV actor
Age : 26
StatusSign : Single
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Indian television actress
How we know his/her : Born and brought up in Ahemdabad, Aashka made her acting debut with Balaji Telefilms. She dolled up Ekta Kapoor’s show Kkusum as a protagonist on Sony TV followed by Akela and Virrudh on Sony TV, Kahin To Hoga on Star Plus, Sindoor Tere Naam Ka and Saath Phere on Zee Tv, and Mere Apne on 9x made her popular amongst the television audience. Aashka has done some popular reality shows like Comedy Ka Maha Muqabla and Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi. She was also one of the contestants in the Mr. and Ms. Television, a talent hunt show on Sony Entertainment Television. Aashka has now added one more feather to her illustrious career by opening a beverage outlet in Oshiwara named Isayice along with actor Rohit Bakshi and Sister Jaanki Ravatia.
A television actor by profession, Aashka became a household name after her role as Kumud in a daily show, Kussum on Sony TV.
Slate of Mind: Aashka Goradia
Aashka shares her last minute feelings before entering the Bigg Boss’s den
People have seen enough of me raising eyebrows and playing a vamp. In Bigg Boss they will get to see more of me
Popular television actress, Aashka was full of positivity as she was just about to enter the Bigg Boss’ house. She shares her state of mind at the final moment before getting locked for three months.
• I will be honest to myself
• I won’t shy away in expressing my feelings
• I am dying to see the rest of the housemates
• I don’t have any strategies, just a set of rules for myself
• I am going inside with a clean slate of mind.
Aashka Goradia playing the lead role of Kumud in the serial Kkusum is one of the youngest lead actresses around and is quite mature for her age. She is a simple human being who is intelligent, mature, honest and sensitive. She was also Ekta Kapoor’s ex-secretary. She was also there in Akela and Kahin toh Hoga.
Aashka Goradia is a Televsion actress. She started her career with the role of Kumud in the daily soap Kkusum where she played the daughter of the lead and this role made her pretty famous.In this show she was best known for her amazing chemistry with both Amit Sareen and Chetan Hansraj.
After that Aashka took a break and then re-started her career in TV. But this time she took a U-Turn from the typical goodie-goodie role she played in Kkusum and started playing negative roles. She did two shows after that both where she played a negative role and she was well appreciated for the same. She also won many awards and acclaims for these roles. Aashka also particiapted in KKK 4 where she went on till the last 6.
Personal Life- She is dating actor Rohit Bakshi.
TV Shows of Aashka Goradia
Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4 Role:Aashka Goradia
Kahiin To Hoga Role:Gaytri
Alluwalia’s Daughter
Kkusum Role:Kkumud Kapoor Deshmukh
KKusum’s second daughter.
Laagi Tujhse Lagan Role:Kalavati
Mere Apne Role:Saniya Pandey
Aditya’s wife, she is strong and level headed women. She is a divorce and chooses her in laws in front of her husband.
Saath Phere Role:Kalika
Kalika is Narpat and Shyama’s illegitimate daughter, antagonist.
Shubh Vivah Role:Sarla
Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka Role:Arpita Raizada
She essays the character of Arpita, who entered the show as a widow, when Vedia died Dhruv got married to her.
Virrudh Role:Naina Chopra
She is a fashion designer by profession. Naina Chopra is supposed to be a beautiful stylish woman.
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Urvashi Dholakia – TV show actress
Urvashi Dholakia (born 1979) is a Indian television actress, who is best known for playing the villainous roles, as of Komolika Basu, in the STAR Plus daily soap opera, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, which ran from 2001 to 2008.
She also participated the reality TV series, first as a stand-up comedian she participated in the Comedy Circus 1 (2007),followed by Ustaadon Ka Ustaad (2008) on Sony TV, where again she paired with Shakeel Siddiqui from Pakistan, in a stand-up comedy act; in 2009, she appeared in the Indian version of American reality show The Moment of Truth, Sacch Ka Saamna (2009).
Career
Urvashi first acted in TV commercial of Lux soap with actress Revathi at age six.[5] She made her television acting debut, at age eight with the TV serial by Shri Adhikari Brothers’ (SAB), Waqt Ki Raftar,[6] and other TV series and a few movies as a child actor.[3] Though she really started acting after her first major appearance, as actor Vishal Singh’s teenage love interest in comedy-TV series, Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993) at age 14, and she has been acting ever since.
She had already acted in Zamana Badal Gaya, Mehndi Tere Naam Ki and serials like Ghar Ek Mandir and Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli, when she was offered the role of Komolika part of the principal cast of Kasautii Zindagii Kay in 2001, the role made her one of most famous vamps on Indian television, in a series which ran till 2008. The role got attention not just for her acting as a crafty daughter-in-law, which soon “became an unofficial yardstick to rate bad women on TV”, but also for the garish make-up, saris and characteristic bindi stylings of her character.[5][7] This was followed by another dark role in Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai (2009).[8] In 2010, she replayed her Komolika character for a TV commercial for Kolkata Knight Riders, featuring Shah Rukh Khan.
In 2006, she acted in a B grade movie Chumban The Kiss, Directed by G.S. Sarasakumar.
In 2007, she acted in a Bhojpuri film, Saans Rani Bahu Naukrani, directed by Brij Bhushan, and produced by her mother.Meanwhile in 2009, she appeared as a contestant on the TV game show, Sacch Ka Saamna and made news with her candid confessions. She also appeared in the celebrity reality show called Meethi Chhoorii No 1 (2010) on NDTV Imagine.
TV works
• Waqt Ki Raftar (1987)
• Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993) – Shilpa
• Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii
• Zamana Badal Gaya
• Ghar Ek Mandir
• Shaktimaan
• Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001–2008) – Komolika Basu
• Mehndi Tere Naam Ki (2002) – Pooja
• Kahiin To Hoga (2003–2007) – Archie
• Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahaan (2003–2004)
• Rishtey (Season 1) – episode 1 – “Anjali”
• Risshton Ki Dor (2006) – Niyonika Abhayankar
• Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? (2007) – Herself
• Comedy Circus 1 (2007) – Stand-up comedy
• Comedy circus-kantee Ki Takkar
• Ustaadon Ka Ustaad (2008) – Stand-up comedy
• Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai (2009)- Karishma
• Sacch Ka Saamna (2009) – Herself
• Meethi Chhoorii No.1 (2010) – Herself
• Apno Ke Liye Geeta Ka Dharmayudh (2010–2011)
• Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein (2012) – Savitri Devi (Cameo)
• Dil Se Di Dua – Saubhagyavati Bhava (2012-2012) – Dr. Komolika Rana
Awards & Nominations
Won
Award Show Category Character For The Show
Year-2003
Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Khalnayaka Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Saut Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Kalakar Awards Best Actress – Popular Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Year-2004
Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Saut Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Year-2005
Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Khalnayaka Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Year-2006
Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Khalnayaka Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Year-2007
Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Khalnayaka Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Zee Gold Awards Best Actress in Negative Role Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Sinsui Television Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female – Popular Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Year-2008
Global Indian Film and Television Honours Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Year-2010
Indian Telly Awards Best Villan of Decade Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Nominations
Award Show Category Character For The Show
Year-2003
Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Devrani Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Year-2004
Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Khalnayaka Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Star Parivaar Awards Best Devrani Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in Negative Role – Female Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Year-2005
Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Saut Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Year-2006
Sinsui Television Awards Best Negative Actress – Popular Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Sinsui Television Awards Best Negative Actress – Jury Komolika Basu Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Personal life
Urvashi is half-Punjabi, half-Gujarati by birth. She was married at age 16, had twin sons at age 17, and was divorced one-and-a-half years later; her sons study in a boarding school. She also holds a diploma in Bharat Natyam dance from Nalanda University.
bigg boss season 6 Contestants
SMS code : URV 56882
Urvashi Dholakia
Age : 33
StatusSign : Divorced
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Actor, Stand-up comedian
How we know his/her : Urvashi is half-Punjabi, half-Gujarati by birth. She was married at age 16, had twin sons at age 17, and was divorced one-and-a-half years later; her sons study in a boarding school. Urvashi first acted in TV commercial of Lux soap with actress Revathi at age six. She made her television acting debut, Though she really started acting after her first major appearance, as actor Vishal Singh’s teenage love interest in comedy-TV series, Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993) at age 14, and she has been acting ever since. She had already acted in Zamana Badal Gaya, Mehndi Tere Naam Ki and serials like Ghar Ek Mandir and Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli, when she was offered the role of Komolika, part of the principal cast of Kasautii Zindagii Kay in 2001, the role made her one of most famous vamps on Indian television, in a series which ran till 2008. The role got attention not just for her acting as a crafty daughter-in-law, which soon “became an unofficial yardstick to rate bad women on TV”, but also for the garish make-up, saris and characteristic bindi stylings of her character
Urvashi is best known for playing the villainous character, Komolika, in the Star Plus daily soap opera, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, which ran from 2001 to 2008
Slate of Mind: Urvashi Dholakia
Urvashi shares her last minute feelings before entering the Bigg Boss’s den
My two boys were the happiest when i said i am going to the Bigg Boss’ House
Urvashi was sounding absolutely estatic and charged-up for her second-innings on television and spoke her mind out, notwithstanding the sore throat…
• I am going to have lots and lots of fun inside the Bigg Boss house, I am excited already
• I don’t think I need any mental preparation to go inside the house, I’ll leave that for others who will have to bear with me
• I will miss my twins the most, but i am acrrying my father’s picture with me as he is no more
• Being a Gujju, it’s the ‘Alag Che’ punchline that made me excited about the show
• My mother will be happy for three months as there will be no credit card bills and long telephone bills to be paid.
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Sampat Pal Devi – Leader of Gulabi Gang
Sampat Devi Pal (born 1947 in Dhangar family) is the founder and leader of a group of women vigilantes in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state’s Banda District, called the “gulabi gang” or “pink gang”—so named because many of them wear a uniform of a pink sari.
Although child marriage is illegal in India, she was married at the age of twelve, she tells in her book, Moi, Sampat Pal, chef de gang en sari rose (I, Sampat Pal, gang leader in a pink sari), published by Oh! editions in France in October 2008.
Devi is the wife of an ice cream vendor, a mother of five children and a former government health worker.
The Gulabi gang (from Hindi gulabi, “Rose”, transln. “Rose gang”) is a group of women vigilantes and activists originally from Chitrakoot in Bundelkhand district, Uttar Pradesh, India, but reported to be active across North India as of 2010.
The gang was founded in 2006 by Sampat Pal Devi, a mother of five and former government health worker (and a former child bride), as a response to widespread domestic abuse and other violence against women. Gulabis visit abusive husbands and beat them up with laathis (bamboo sticks) unless they stop abusing their wives. In 2008, they stormed an electricity office in Banda district and forced officials to turn back the power they had cut in order to extract bribes. They have also stopped child marriages and protested dowry and female illiteracy.
The group, which the Indian media portray positively, was reported to have 20,000 members as of 2008, as well as a chapter in Paris, France
Inspiration to movies
A movie called “Pink Saris” has been made about them, directed by Kim Longinotto and premiering at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010.[5] A documentary called “Gulabi Gang”, directed by Nishtha Jain, premiered at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in 2012, where it was awarded the prize for best Norwegian documentary. A movie by the name of Gulab Gang is also in the process of being made, starring Madhuri Dixit in the leading role. Producer Anubhav Sinha has plans to get it released on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2013.
She is likely to share the house of controversy with the likes of Urvashi Dholakia of popular TV show Kausauti Zindagi ki, Asha Goradia of TV show Lagi Tujshe Lagan, former cricketer and BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, Faisla Khan- brother of Aamir Khan and model Sayali Bhagat.
Sampatlanded in Mumbai on Thursday and talking to HT on telephone said, “even as the Bollywood superstar Salman Khan will entertain the gossip lovers in the show, I would like to raise the issues related with women”. “I have been fighting for the rights of the women in Bundelkhand region and my message was limited to Uttar Pradesh Sampat said and added “I was looking for bigger platform where the women across the country know about the movement launched by the Gulabi Sena, hope that the house of Big Boss would give me that opportunity”.
Gulabi gang leader Sampat Pal
“Though I will stay with the strangers in the house still I will deal with them coolly. It’s an opening to make the people feel my strength and share the experience”, she said.
The Big Boss crew visited Badausha- the native village of Sampat and remained there for 10 days to shoot the activities of Gulabi Gang and her daily chores.
In 2008 Sampat went to France and in 2009 she visited Italy to precipitate in the programme organized by the feminine organizations. Around half a dozen books and documentary have been published and prepared on her life and struggle. No doubt today the number of members of gulabi gang is 1.90 lakh and still swelling.
Sampat contested the 2012 assembly election on Congress ticket from Manikpur assembly seat. Though she lost the election yet she won the accolade of the Congress general secretary, Rahul Gandhi for mobilizing the poor masses to support Congress in the Bundelkhand region.
This Bundela lady has been raising voice against the atrocities on women since 1980. Sampat was married with Munni Lal Pal when she was 12 years old. “At the early age I decided that I would become self-reliant and started stitching garments for the village women and girls. I managed to save some money and purchased a sewing machine. Soon I opened a training center for the poor girls and helped them to become self-reliant. The villagers used to tease me. My husband tried to bully me but I remained unmoved and continued on the mission”, she said.
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Vrajesh Hirjee – Funny man of several film and TV serial
Vrajesh Hirjee is a prominent Gujarati actor who is also well known for his comic roles in Hindi movies. Vrajesh was born in 1977. He has acted in over 40 Gujarati plays.He has since then done a number of successful movies like Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, Golmaal Returns, Tum Bin.He also hosted the show THE MAN’S world SHOW. He is an AIESEC Alumnus. Recently he appeared in the water game show Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout as a contestant.He is currently seen in SAB TV sitcom Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother.He was the 3rd contestant in Bigg Boss 6
Personal life
His sister, Pushtiie Shakti is also a popular television actress with her most recent role being in Mahi Way, which is from the yash raj telefilms production, playing the lead character Mahi. He is 3rd contestant to enter Big Boss season 6.
Filmography
As an Actor
• Krissh 3 (2013 film) (2012)
• Joker (2012)
• Teri Meri Kahaani (2012) as Journalist
• Kalpvriksh (Film) (2012)
• Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother- Sameer
• The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir(1 episode)
• Dekho Ye Hai Mumbai Real Life (2012 in production)
• Jassi jaisi koi nahi(2003) – sony series
• Golmaal 3 (2010) …. Teja
• one two three
• Golmaal Returns (2008) …. Anthony Gonsalves/Atmaram
• Hulla …. Dev
• Sunday (2008) …. Chakki – Martial Arts Instructor
• Heyy Babyy… Ajay Shah
• Salaam-E-Ishq (2007) …. Prem
• Golmaal (2006 film) – Pandurang
• Fanaa (2006) …. Balwant
• Krishna Cottage (2004) …. Pulit Kumar ‘P.K.’ Tali
• Muskaan (2004) …. Saturn
• Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai (2002)
• Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein – (2001) …. Vicky
• Aks (2001) …. Raw Officer 1
• Tum Bin (2001)
• Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (2001)
• Aashiq (2001)
• Refugee – (2009)(2000) …. BSF Officer
• Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai (2000) …. Tony
• Dahshat (2000)
• Such a Long Journey (1998)
SMS code : VRA 56882
Vrajesh Hirjee
Age : 35
StatusSign : Single
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Theatre and televison actor
How we know him : A famous film, television & theater actor who is known for his comic roles in the movies like Golmal triology and Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein
Vrajesh has acted in over 40 Gujarati plays and has done a number of successful movies like Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, Golmaal Returns and Tum Bin. He also hosted the show THE MAN’S world SHOW. He is an AIESEC Alumnus (Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales). Recently, he appeared in the water game show Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout as a contestant. He is currently seen in SAB TV sitcom Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother.
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Sana Khan – Model popular for undergarment commercial and an actor
Sana Khan – Bigg Boss 6 Contestent
Sana Khan (born in 1993) is an Indian Model and actress known for her roles in television series such as Kitani Mohabbat Hai Season 2 and Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon and for participating in the Femina Miss India 2012 pageant. Now she has a part in the new show Arjun on Star Plus where she plays the part of Riya.
SANA KHAN – Model popular for undergarment commercial and an actor
Age : 25
StatusSign : Single
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Actress, Model & Item girl
How we know her : Sana Khan is an Indian film actress and model. Best known for her appearance in the Amul Macho ad ‘yeh to Bada toing hai’
Sana Khan is a popular Tollywood actress who was born and brought up in Mumbai. She worked as model in Mumbai, appearing in more than 30 ad films alongside the likes of Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar. She later on, appeared in item numbers in films such as Bombay to Goa and Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, before she was signed in 2008 do to the lead female role in the Tamil film Silambattam opposite Silambarasan, who approached and offered her the role. Playing a talkative, tomboyish brahmin village girl in the film, she won rave reviews for her performance as Jaanu and the ITFA Best New Actress Award in Singapore. Subsequently, she has been signed to do two more Tamil films, Thambikku Indha Ooru with Bharath, Aayiram Vilakku with Shanthnoo Bhagyarajand “Payanam” with Prakash Raj, Nagarjuna, Rishi and others.
Personal life
She was born and raised into a Muslim family in Mumbai, Maharashtra, where she has resided for all her life. She goes to National College. Her best friend is fellow Television actress, Priyal Gor.
Early career
Sana appeared in various advertisements and modeling. She continued to do this for a short time. She then played small role in the Disney Channel India show Ishaan as Sara.
Breakthrough
After modeling, she entered acting. She then played Shefali in Kitani Mohabbat Hai Season 2, her first show on the Indian Channel Imagine TV. However, it was a supporting role and did not garner her any accolades. After the show ended, she took a small break and then landed her next role as Lavanya Kashyap in STAR Plus’s blockbuster show, Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?.[2] This role went on to be her most famous role, as of yet. Unfortunately, as her character was supporting, she exited the show after almost 7 months essaying the role of Lavanya. After exiting the show, she entered the Femina Miss India 2012 pageant.[3] She was crowned Femina Miss Beautiful Smile 2012.
As of July 2012, she is playing the role of Riya in Star Plus’s crime drama Arjun- Har Yug Mein Ayega Ek.
Television
Year Show Role Channel
2010 Ishaan Sara Disney Channel
2010 Dolly Aunty ka dream Villa Niki Disney Channel
2010 Khota Sikka Sumbul ARY Digital
2010–2011 Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2 Shefali NDTV Imagine
2011 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Lavanya Kashyap STAR Plus
2012- Present Arjun Riya STAR Plus
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Navjot Singh Sidhu – Former cricketer and BJP MP
Navjot Singh Sidhu (Punjabi: born 20 October 1963) is former Indian cricketer. After retirement from cricket Navjot Singh Sidhu took up television commentary, and politics. He was later forced to resign from his political position because he was convicted of homicide, but he won the by-election for his seat once he was cleared of the charges. He is 1st contestant to enter Big Boss season 6.
Cricketing career
Navjot Singh Sidhu had a volatile career as a cricketer from 1983 to 1999. He made an uneventful international debut against the West Indies at Ahmedabad in 1983 scoring just 19 runs in his debut Test match. He was given another chance in that series but failed again. He was selected for the 1987 Cricket World Cup in India scoring 73 on his One Day International debut in a losing effort against Australia. He scored 50s in four of the 5 World Cup 1987 matches in which he batted, failing in the semifinal against England. His first ODI century came against Pakistan in Sharjah in 1989 while his 134 against England at Gwalior in 1993 was his highest ODI score and the innings which he called his best when he retired in 1999. Sidhu told in an interview that an article criticising his dismal performance changed his cricketing life. After a pathetic performance in 1983, Rajan Bala, a noted cricket columnist, wrote an article on him titled “Sidhu: The Strokeless Wonder” in Indian Express. It was an epiphany that changed his life and he started taking his cricketing career seriously. After his wonderful performance in 1987 world cup, the same columnist wrote an article titled “Sidhu: From Strokeless Wonder To A Palm-Grove Hitter”, applauding his performance.
He scored over 500 Test runs in a year thrice (1993, 1994 and 1997). His only Test double century came during India’s 1997 tour of West Indies. In 1994, he scored 884 ODI runs. Sidhu was the first Indian batsman to score more than 5 centuries in one day international.
Sidhu’s finest moment in Tests was his 201 against West Indies in 1996-97, a defiant knock lasting 11 hours. Known for his tendency to attack spinners, he cracked eight sixes in 124 against Sri Lanka in 1993-94, and four fifties in five innings against the Australians in 1997-98, deliberately singling out Shane Warne.
He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in December 1999. He played over 50 Test matches and over 100 ODIs scoring over 7,000 international runs. He has 27 centuries to his credit in an 18-year career.
Some of the nicknames he earned were “Sixer Sidhu” for his prolific batting performances and “Jonty Singh” with respect to his improved fielding in his late career, Jonty Rhodes being the best fielder at that time.
Commentator and Television career
Sidhu started his career as a commentator for Nimbus sport when India toured Sri Lanka in 2001. He however later became a commentator with ESPN Star Sports. As a commentator, Sidhu was noted for his one-liners, which came to be known as “Sidhuisms”. After he was sacked from ESPN-Star for swearing on air, he worked for Ten Sports. He also regularly appears as a “cricket analyst” on various Indian news channels and is noted for being possibly the most hated and ridiculed figure in international commentary today.
He also figured as a judge on the television programme – “The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.” He also appeared in other similar programmes as “Funjabi Chak De.”
Parody
Cyrus Sahukar hosts a program on MTV “Piddhu the Great” where he is disguised as Piddhu, a lookalike of Sidhu. The one-liners in the program, similar to Sidhuisms, are called “Pidhuisms.”
Politics
Sidhu won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from the Amritsar seat in the Indian general elections, 2004. After resigning due to a court case against him, he stood again after the ruling was stayed. He won a by-election with a good majority. In the 2009 general elections, he kept the Amritsar seat defeating Om Prakash Soni of INC by 6858 votes.
Conviction for Homicide
On 27 December 1988 at 2.40 pm Navjot Sidhu was involved in an argument regarding his car being overtaken by Gurnam Singh. Sidhu pulled him out of his car and assaulted him. Later Sidhu fled from the spot. The victim Gurnam Singh was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. The incident was seen by several eyewitnesses.
Sidhu was immediately arrested after the incident and spent several days lodged in a Patiala jail. It was reported that Sidhu had an accomplice who helped him in the murder of Gurnam Singh, the name of the accomplice was Bhupinder Singh Sandhu. However Sidhu vehemently denied all charges against him.
Sidhu claimed in court that he was innocent and “falsely involved in this case by the complainant party”. Jaswinder Singh – the nephew of the victim Gurnam Singh – was an eyewitness to the incident. He said that he was a witness to Sidhu’s crime and was ready to testify in the Supreme Court of India.
In December 2006, Sidhu was found guilty and sentenced to a three-year prison term for culpable homicide following a road rage incident. Sidhu had allegedly assaulted a man in 1988 over a petty dispute over parking vehicles in Patiala. The victim, a 65-year old man named Gurnam Singh, subsequently succumbed to the injuries that were inflicted on him. Sidhu resigned as a Member of Parliament after the court decision and in January 2007 appealed to the Supreme Court.
The murder of Gurnam Singh by Navjot Sidhu and his subsequent conviction created a political controversy because he was a member of Parliament of India at that time. He was supported by the BJP party. On the other hand BJP had previously criticized Congress Party for supporting Shibu Soren who was also a Member of Parliament and was also convicted of murder. Therefore Sidhu was forced to resign from Parliament.[10] The Court stayed his conviction and sentence allowing him to contest and win the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat in February 2007.
Films
Has acted in a TV series called Kareena Kareena as himself.
Age : 48
StatusSign : Married
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Former Cricketer, TV commentator.
How we know him : Former Indian cricketer, Navjot Singh Sidhu took up television commentary, and politics after taking retirement from the game.
Navjot Singh Sidhu had a volatile career as a cricketer from 1983 to 1999. He announced his retirement from cricket in December 1999. He played over 50 Test matches and over 100 ODIs scoring over 7,000 international runs. He has 27 centuries to his credit in an 18-year career. Sidhu restarted his career as a commentator for Nimbus sport when India toured Sri Lanka in 2001. He however later became a commentator with ESPN Star Sports. As a commentator, Sidhu was noted for his one-liners, which came to be known as “Sidhuisms”. He also regularly appears as a “cricket analyst” on various Indian news channels and is noted for being possibly the most hated and ridiculed figure in international commentary today. He also figured as a judge on the television programme – “The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.” He also appeared in other similar programmes as “Funjabi Chak De.” Sidhu entered politics & won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from the Amritsar seat in the Indian general elections, 2004. After resigning due to a court case against him, he stood again after the ruling was stayed. He won a by-election with a good majority.
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Sayantani will be entering in the Bigg Boss 6 house
If buzz to be believed the actress has been signed on to participate in Colors Bigg Boss 6. Ghosh, who shot to fame as the snake woman in the supernatural thriller Naaginn – Waadon Ki Agniparikshaa, is one of the television celebrities who have agreed to get locked up in the Bigg Boss house. Informs a source from Endemol India, production house for Bigg Boss, “Sayantani Ghosh is one of the inmates who has reached Lonavala and will be entering the house any moment. Other television actors who will give company to the actress are Aashka Goradia, Delnaz Irani and Rajev Paul. There were rumors of Jay Bhanushali and Mahhi Vij been approached for the show, but they aren’t part of the show.” Other contestants confirmed on the show are Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sampat Lal, Aashka Goradia, Sana Khan, Rajev Paul, Delnaz Irani, Nupur Mehta, Urvashi Dholakia, Vrajesh Hirjee, Bhojpuri superstar Dinesh Lal Yadav aka Nirahua. The show launches 7th oct 2012 at 9 pm on Colors.
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