Urmila Matondkar

Urmila Matondkar (born on 4 February 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian film actress. Matondkar, who made her screen debut as a child artist in the 1980 film Kalyug, debuted as an adult in Narasimha (1991).

She established herself as a popular actress of mainstream Hindi cinema with her roles in films like Rangeela (1995), Judaai (1997), and Satya (1998), all of which earned her Filmfare nominations. These roles contributed to a new public persona, where she was known for her intense style and dancing skills, and was frequently featured in the Indian media as a sex symbol.

She subsequently took on several psychological roles, and has delivered a range of critically acclaimed performances. Among these included her roles as a psychopath in Kaun (1999), an obsessive lover in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001), a ghost-possessed woman in Bhoot (2003), and a merciless avenger in Ek Hasina Thi (2004).

For her performance in Bhoot, she won her first Filmfare Award in the Best Performer category, as well as several other awards for Best actress at a number of award ceremonies. She followed it with leading roles in art and independent films, such as Tehzeeb (2003), Pinjar (2003), Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005) and Bas Ek Pal (2006).

Urmila Matondkar started her career as a child artist. Perhaps the best known of her early movies is Shekhar Kapur's Masoom in 1983. She made her adult debut as an actress with the film Bade Ghar Ki Beti. She next starred in the fantasy film Chamatkar, along with Shahrukh Khan.

She went on to frequently collaborate with film director Ram Gopal Verma, who is known for his thrillers. Her first film with him was Antham, which was a bilingual film and was titled as Drohi (1992 film) in (Hindi). Since then, she has starred in numerous subsequent RGV pictures, like Gaayam (Telugu), her 1995 musical hit Rangeela. She played a star-struck dancer in the film, and received her first Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination for her performance in the film. Following RGV projects were Anaganaga Oka Roju (1995), Daud (film) (1997), Satya (1998), Kaun (1999), Mast (2000), Jungle (2000), Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001), Bhoot (2003), and Ek Hasina Thi (2004).

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan (born 1 January, 1978) is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating in sociology, she began her career starring in many music videos, T.V shows and many commercials, before appearing in feature films.

Balan made her movie debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko in 2003. She later made her Hindi film debut with Parineeta (2005), which earned her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination. She subsequently essayed a variety of character roles, receiving her first commercial success with Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006).

She followed it with Heyy Babyy (2008) and Bhool Bhulaiya (2008), the latter earning her another nomination for a Filmfare Award for Best Actress. In 2009 she appeared in R. Balki's Paa, in a performance that ultimately won her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Vidya Balan was born in Ottapalam, Palakkad District, Kerala, to P. R. Balan (Vice President of ETC Channel) and a housewife mother in an Tamil speaking Iyer family. She has an elder sister, Priya.

She did her schooling at St. Anthony Girls' High School, Chembur, Mumbai, and later attended St. Xavier's College where she majored in Anthropology. She went on to study MA at the University of Mumbai, when she got her first film offer.

Her acting career started when she signed up for the Malayalam film Chakram, alongside Mohanlal but the film was shelved. After that, she signed on for the Tamil film, Run, but for reasons undisclosed, she was dropped after a first schedule and replaced by Meera Jasmine. When Chakram was restarted with Prithviraj in the lead, Meera Jasmine was chosen ahead of Balan again.

Udita Goswami

Udita Goswami (born 2 September 1984) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.

Goswami was born in Dehradun to Assamese parents. She was educated in Dehradun where she studied at the D.A.V. Public school until class 8. She also studied at Maa Anandmayi memorial school. She is an Assamese by ethnicity.

Goswami started her career in modeling for brands such as Pepsi, Titan Watches and Nokia among others. She then made her jump into acting, making her debut in the Bollywood film, Paap directed by Pooja Bhatt.

Her next film Zeher, which starred Emraan Hashmi and Shamita Shetty, was her breakthrough role and she became a well known face in the industry.

Her role was that of a femme fatale. She also appeared in the movie Aksar, opposite Dino Morea. She featured with Upen Patel in Ahmed Khan's music video of the remix of Kya Khoob Lagti Ho.

Tara Sharma

Tara Sharma (born 11 January 1977) is an Indian actress. She is half British and half Indian. Sharma is the daughter of the well-known author and actor, Partap Sharma, and Susan Sharma, and is an alumnus of the London School of Economics. She is married to ad film producer, Roopak Saluja (an INSEAD alumnus). Her son Zen was born in 2009.

Sharma made her debut in 2002 with Anupam Kher's Om Jai Jagadish. Despite having a huge star cast which included Waheeda Rehman and Anil Kapoor, the film did not do well.

After that she made an appearance in the popular British police series The Bill. Her first hit came with the comedy Masti (2004). This was followed by the critically acclaimed film Page 3 (2005).

She also acted in the hit movie Khosla Ka Ghosla in 2006 alongside Anupam Kher and Boman Irani. In 2010, she appeared in Dulha Mil Gaya, which also starred Sushmita Sen. Sharma has also appeared on television.

She appeared in a successful television and print advertising campaign for Garnier, and in 2007 appeared as a main character in the Scottish BBC game show Raven, in the spin-off series Raven: The Secret Temple, as Satyarani.