


Girly Anto, 25, better known by her screen name Gopika, is an Indian film actress having performed in a number of films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. The accomplished actress was born in Ollur in Thrissur city of Kerala State, India. She is also a talented classical dancer. She debuted in her acting career with the film Pranayamanithooval, in which she starred with Jayasurya and Vineeth.
Aruna Shields is an actress of Anglo-Indian origin from the United Kingdom, who debuted in the Bollywood movie ‘Prince’ starring Vivek Oberoi and Nandana Sen. Ishq main teri dewaani ho gayee was sung by Monali Thakur.
Bollywood and Marathi movies actress Amruta Khanvilkar has established herself as one of Marathi cinema's leading actresses and an accomplished dancer. Amruta has also worked in several Hindi films such as Mumbai Salsa, HatTrick, Contract and Phoonk and Phoonk 2.
Actress Asin Thottumkal has been voted Youth Icon of Kerala in a public poll conducted by the popular TV channel Asianet. On March 26, the actress was presented the honour in the presence of celebrities of South Indian film industries and some political leaders.
'The poll was conducted for over 15 days and involved a lot of personalities. Asin came out the winner since she is intelligent and representative of the thinking youth. She is talented, beautiful and has done Kerala proud,' said a source.
Tamil film actress Ranjitha, who was allegedly in a compromising position with Swami Nithyananda in videos and TV reports, has finally now talked to the press, according to sources. She said she had known the godman for quite some time and she is grateful to him for curing her wheezing trouble in just a day.
About her relationship with the godman she said, "I am a devotee of Nityananda and used to offer my services like 'feeding' and 'massaging' to him… The media has unnecessarily blown the issue out of proportion. I know Swamiji for the past few years and my association with him is quite transparent."
A March 25, 2010 report from Chennai said that a doubtful video appearance of Nithyananda and Yuvarani in action which is not being broadcast on Television due to an appeal filed by Advocate and K N Subba Reddy earlier in the Karnataka High court. Yuvarani has denied the allegations about her involvement in a sex scandal video tape with Nithyananda.
Popular Indian actress Nagma (Nandita Morarji or Namratha Sadanah) who appeared in hit movies like Baasha, Kadhalan, Love Birds, Gharana, Allari Alludu and Major Chandrakanth, will be getting married this year, as per news reports. “I will announce about the bridegroom shortly…,” the actress reportedly said. The 35-year-old actress began her acting career in Bollywood, but shifted to South Indian movies for greater success. Nagma is has acted in many Indian films of language Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, and Marathi.
The fabulous occasion was the audio launch of the Tamil film ‘Irettaisuzhi’ produced by Shankar, and for which the music was composed by Karthik Raja. The audience had a sweet surprise for two reasons. Firstly, Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a rare appearance, because the busy actress normally do not attend music launches, and secondly, the audience was taken for an unexpected surprise as Rai spoke in flawless Tamil at the music launch.
The audio cassettes and CDs of ' Irettaisuzhi' were released by Aishwarya and accepted by acclaimed lyricist Vairamuthu. As to her proficiency in languages, Aishwarya Rai communicates in several languages including Tamil, Hindi, English, Marathi, and her mother tongue Tulu, as she is originally from Mangalore, Karnataka.
Shankar is the director of the film, 'Endhiran: The Robot', in which he is directing her opposite superstar Rajnikanth. He said it was great to have Aishwarya at the audio launch, and added that the she was not present for the launch of his 'Jeans', which was one of her first hit films.
Rai said that she was proud to be part of the Tamil film industry and from Tamil she switched over to English, “It's an honour for me to have been present at this place among legends like Balachander and Bharathiraaja and I feel proud about it. I also feel happy that a woman is treated so respectfully at a public function like this.”
Rai continued, “I can never forget the Tamil film industry and director Shankar in my life. Shankar's 'Jeans' was my first successful film. The many things I learnt during the making of the film gave me enough self-confidence that I could continue to act for a few more years… I feel even more proud to be part of Shankar's 'Endhiran' opposite superstar Rajnikanth... I watched a few songs and some sequences from 'Rettaichuzhi'... I think Karthick Raaja's music and tunes are excellent. I would surely watch the film in future.”
Rai was at her courteous best at Sathyam Cinemas on Monday evening as she greeted veteran directors K. Balachander and Bharathiraaja, who also act in the film (K. Balachander as Ramaswamy and Bharathiraja as Singaravelan) in lead roles along with Anjali, Manobala, Karunas, Ilavarasu, Jayachitra, and Malayalam film actor and screenplay writer Sreenivasan.
A little birdie tells the Walt Disney Company India is going to produce a Telugu movie with Shruti Haasan and Siddharth in the lead roles, an untitled epic fantasy adventure. Co-produced by K. Raghavendra Rao, the movie is being directed by National Award winning Prakash Rao Kovelamudi, it will also star Lakshmi Manchu and Harshitha. It will also be dubbed into Tamil The movie commenced production in November 2009 and is slated for tentative release Jan 2011, according to Disney officials in India.
Chris Rock presents Gabourey Sidibe with the award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance in 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,' during the 41st NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on February 26, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
On December 15, 2009, the American actress Gabourey Sidibe was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance in Precious. She has already won the Best Actress Award at the Independent Spirit Awards on March 6, 2010. She has also received a nomination for a Best Actress Academy Award.