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Sindhu Menon (born on 17 June 1985) is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films. She debuted as a child artist in the 1994 Kannada film Rashmi.
Sindhu Menon was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India in a Malayali family. She has one younger brother, Karthik, who worked as a Kannada music channel VJ and turned actor, recently.[2] Menon is able to communicate fluently in several languages, including Malayalam, her mother tongue, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English. She was also brought up in her birth place, Bangalore, where she pursued studies at the Sheshdaripuram College among others.
Sindhu Menon, a trained Bharatanatyam dancer from her childhood, got her entry into the film industry, when Bhasker Hegde, one of the judges of a Bharatanatyam competition, in which Menon participated and emerged as the winner, introduced her to Kannada film director K. V. Jayaram, who cast her in his film Rashmi in 1994.[1][5] Subsequently, she got several offers to act and became a "full-time actress", by enacting the female lead role character in the 1999 film Prema Prema Prema, when she was merely 13 years old.
Later, at the age of 15, she entered the Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil film industries as well, by acting in the films Bhadrachalam, Uthaman and Samuthiram, respectively. She went on to act in Bharathiraja's Kadal Pookkal (2002), Trinetram (2002), Khushi (2003) and got the female lead role in the 2006 Malayalam film Pulijanmam, which was awarded the National Film Award for Best Film in 2007.[6]
Menon, then moved to "small screen", hosting TV shows and acting in serials, which include "Sriman Srimathi" and "Stree Hrudayam", before accepting film offers again. Currently, she is acting in the Malayalam films, Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu, and Rahasya Police. She acted in the Tamil film Eeram, produced by popular Tamil director S. Shankar.



















Dhanya Nair (born 1985) better known by her stage name Navya Nair, is a Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada actress. She has won the honour of Kalathilakam in the Alappuzha District Schools Youth Festival.
She comes from a village Mudhukulam, in Alleppey District. She was school topper in her tenth standard, scoring 92 per cent. She got her first offer for the film 'Ishtam' when she was in Tenth Standard. She chose second group and did her +2. Then she got another offer for her second film and she didn't fare well in the +2 exam. She then graduated with a BA in English.[4] She is a good classical dancer and that helped her a lot in many roles. She has won the honour of Kala Thilakam in the youth festival of Alleppey district. Daughter of Mr. Raju, working with the Telecom and mother Veena, a teacher with the M.S.M High Secondary school, Navya was a 12th student at M.S.M High secondary school when she entered the film industry. Her ex-boyfriend is Rahul.V.Nair,who worked as a Relationship Manager in Cresent Productions. Since their break up he is working as a TSOfficer in HCL Technologies,Chennai.It is said that he ditched her and is now having an affair with Kavya Madhavan.Investigative director K.Madhu is her uncle.
Awards
Kerala State Film Awards:
2005 - Best Actress, Kanne Madanguka, Saira
2002 - Best Actress, Nandanam
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Jiah Khan (Hindi: जीया ख़ान, Urdu: جیا خان), born 20 February 1988, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies.
Biography
[edit]Personal life
Born in New York and raised in Chelsea, London, Jiah Khan is the daughter of Ali Rizvi Khan, an Indian American, and Rabiya Amin, a Hindi film actress in the 1980s from Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India and most remembered in Tahir Hussain's Dulha Bikta Hai. Khan has two younger sisters. Though born Nafisa, she changed her name to Jiah after the Angelina Jolie film Gia.
Khan is trained in opera and plays the piano. She can dance Salsa, Lambada, Samba and Kathak.
[edit]Education
Khan completed her A levels in film studies and literature in London. She also studied at the Lee Strasberg Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, though she quit upon receiving a movie offer from Mumbai.
[edit]Career
A sixteen-year-old Khan was to debut in Mukesh Bhatt's Tumsa Nahin Dekha, but backed out when she felt the role was too mature for her and was immediately replaced by Dia Mirza. Two years later in 2006, she debuted in the controversial Nishabd, where she acted opposite Amitabh Bachchan. The film was released in March 2007 to mixed reviews, though Khan was noted for her confidence, attitude, and sex appeal. She also got a "Filmfare Best Debutant" Nomination for her Acting skills.
She appeared alongside Aamir Khan in A.R. Murugadoss's Ghajini, the Hindi remake of its Tamil Namesake. She shot for a significant portion of the Ken Ghosh directed film Chance Pe Dance opposite Shahid Kapoor, but was replaced by Genelia D'souza. Despite this, UTV Motion Pictures (who are backing Chance Pe Dance) subsequently signed the actress for a two-film deal; Ghajini producer Madhu Mantena signed her for a 3-film deal shortly after.


