Hindi Awards Femina Miss India 2016 - Cast & Crew

Vaishnavi Patawardhan is an Indian model and actress. She was one of the finalists at the prestigious Miss India beauty pageant in 2016. Vaishnavi grew up in the city of Pune, Maharashtra. She pursued a degree in law at the Fergusson College at Pune, while also chasing after numerous projects in the fashion industry. Her passion for modeling called out to her more strongly than her career as a lawyer, and she took a break from her education for two years to take up modeling professionally. She trained at one of the most renowned pageant schools under the coach, Ritika Ramtri. Vaishnavi took part in several music videos as well as brand advertisement shoots. She featured in commercials for Kalyan Jewellers, Livon Hair Serum, and Godrej Interiors. She is also a regular blogger with a wide fan following for her longstanding fitness, trave...

Mireia Lalaguna Royo is a Spanish model and actress who won the titles of Miss World Spain 2015 and Miss World 2015. Born on 21st November 1992 in Barcelona, Spain to Encarna Royo and Jose Luis Lalaguna, this beauty queen is fluent in four languages: Catalan, Spanish, English, and French. A fact of matter, she chose pharmacy as her graduation subject at Copenhagen University, Denmark. Measuring 177 centimetres, she wishes to organise a nutrition based business start-up to help the world to solve the issue of malnutrition. Before becoming Miss World Spain, Mireia was no stranger to pageantry with winning Miss Atlantico Internacional 2014 (roughly translates to Miss Atlantic International) and succeeded Lorena Romaso of Uruguay.

In 2015, Mireia won Miss World Spain Barcelona 2015 and represented Barcelona at the national level. T...

Everyone wants to be a part of Indian television. With the same ambition, Priyanka Singh came to Mumbai and got a break in Star Plus hit serial MERI BHABHI (2013). She performed the role of younger bahu of the Shergill family Jaya Ashish Shergill, which made her gain maximum awards and fame. She got many chances in films but due to shortage of time she couldn’t sign any of the contracts. After getting a career hike by this serial, she did episodic act in Halla Bol Season 2(2014) on Bindass.

She showed her acting mantel by performing the role of a child of a prostitute. She did a role of an intelligent child but was not accepted by friends due to her family background. Her last performance was the role of young girl Rati. She is now working on upcoming serials on ma...

Pankhuri Gidwani is an Indian model, who finished as second runner up at Femina Miss India 2016. Pankhuri hails from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and was born on 2nd October, 1998. She is currently pursuing her education at La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow. In her school days, she excelled in academics and co-curricular activities. Pankhuri has always been passionate about fashion. She has been modelling since the age of sixteen in Lucknow based fashion events. It can be said that these stints made Pankhuri aware of the requirements needed to be fulfilled in the modelling industry. In March 2016, she won the title of Campus Princess.

Since Times Group initiated this event, she got a direct entry into the final round of Femina Miss India 2016. Eventually, she ended up as the second runner-up in the race. This made her eligi...

Born with a silver spoon in her mouth in August 1996, Niharika Anand is an Indian television actress, model, and lawyer. She caught the nation’s attention after she won the eleventh season of Bindass TV’s reality game show “Beg, Borrow and Steal” (2002), wherein the contestants start traveling from one place with a minimal cash amount of Rs. One Hundred in hand and have to reach the set destination by any means necessary. Niharika was born and raised in the capital city of New Delhi, where she attended the Mater Dei Convent School and made it proud by representing Delhi in basketball at the national level.

She graduated with a degree in law from Amity Law School, Delhi. However, she was more passionate about modeling than law, and her efforts in the former field bore fruit when she stood as the first run...

Gayatri Reddy is a Socialite, Sports Promoter, Journalists, and the owner of the team Deccan Chargers under the Indian Premier League. Gayatri is a face among the women who are playing their role in the respective field. She is the best example of Women Empowerment. Gayatri was born on September 21 and the year of 1986 in Hyderabad, India. Hyderabad is the capital city of the Indian State of Telangana and de jure capital of Andhra Pradesh. Gayatri Reddy associated with the team Deccan Chargers since its establishment. Gayatri completed her education with the University Of London, B.Sc. honors in Construction Management. She is also the employer of the Deccan Chronicle. His father name is T. Venkattram Reddy. A here little bit about her IPL team Deccan Chargers, so Deccan Charges also known as DC or Hyderabad Deccan Chargers.

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Aradhana Buragohain is an Indian model and actress, who caught the nation’s attention when she reached the top ten in Femina Miss India 2016 beauty pageant. She was later titled the second runner-up in the 2016 edition of the Miss India Universe competition. She was born and raised in the coastal industrial city of Dibrugarh, Assam.

She completed her schooling from Little Flower Higher Secondary School and her graduation from Manohar Devi Kanoi Girls’ College, both in Dibrugarh. She mastered English Literature at the Tezpur University in Tezpur, Assam, and worked as a sub-editor for a local newspaper in Shillong, Meghalaya. Aradhana grew up as remotely cut-off from the fashion industry as possible since her father was a doctor, and her mother a teacher.

However, she did use to actively follow the models on F...

Anybody who follows tennis in India will be well-acquainted with Sania Mirza. She is conceivably one of the country's most illustrious women sports personality. Sania is venerable not just for her on-field game but also for her looks and off-field life.

She was born in Mumbai, India  on November 15, 1986. Her parents' names are Imran and Nassema Mirza. After Sania's delivery her family migrated to Hyderabad where she grew up. From the age of six she became passionate about tennis.

Her dad spotted her talent and started to coach her besides enrolling her with Roger Anderson. She went to Nasr  a girl's school, and later to St. Mary's College. On December 11, 2008 MGR Educational and Research Institute University Chennai bestowed upon her their Doctor of Letters degree. Besides tennis she love...

Ekta Kapoor; a legendry producer in Indian TV and film industry was born on 7 June 1975 in India. She is basically the creative director and Joint Managing Director of her production company Balaji Telefilms. She is the daughter of Shobha Kapoor and actor Jeetendra. Tusshar Kapoor, his brother is also working in Bollywood movies. She completed her early studies from Bombay Scottish School Mahim and went to college Mithibai.

Ms. Kapoor has produced many wonderful soap opera, unforgettable movies and long remembered tv series. Kasturi, Kabhii sautan Kabhi Sahelii, Hum Paanch, Kasautii Zindagii Ki, Kahiin to Hoga, Miya Fauj mein Biwi Mauj Mein, Kkavyanjali, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kkusum, Kitani Mohabbat Hai, Kutumb, Tere Liye, Bandini, Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka and Kya Hua Tera Vaada are some ...

Amy Jackson is the popular actress in India, who is a British by her nationality. Her full name is Amy Louise Jackson and she was born in the year 1992 to Alan and Marguerita Jackson. Amy Jackson’s father is working as a producer on the BBC. Amy chose to study English literature, philosophy, and ethics. At the age of 16, she started her career as a model.

She was the winner of Miss Teen World 2009 and Miss Liverpool in 2010. She was brought to India to act in the films by A.L. Vijay, the director of Madrasapattinam, who introduced her in that film. After her successful entry in the Indian film, she got many offers from various languages. Among those offers, she filtered a few and started to act. Her first debut in Hindi is Ekk Deewana Tha. Yevadu is her first Telugu movie, opposite Ram Charan Teja.

Sushruthi Krishna is an Indian model who finished as the first runner-up of Femina Miss India 2016. Born in 1994, Sushruthi spent her initial childhood days in the United States of America, before returning to the capital city of Karnataka. She is an alumni of Delhi Public School (South) and pursued architecture in R.V. College of Architecture, a Bengaluru-based educational institution. Many people do not know but Sushruthi participated in Femina Miss India 2015 and she made it into the final round. She won a remarkable award of Miss Active as well. After gaining significant experience, she decided to participate in the next year’s edition.

This time, she achieved illustrious success as she finished as the first runner-up in the 2016 edition. She also won two awards namely: “Beauty with a purpose” and “M...

Roshmitha Harimurthy is an Indian Model. She was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India on 13 August 1994. She has a sister Rakshita Harimurthy, who won the title of a beauty pageant. She completed her schooling from Sophia High School, Bangalore. She later pursued her Masters in International Business from Mount Carmel College in Bangalore. She began her career by auditioning for the Femina Miss India, Bangalore. She won the title. Later, she got direct entry to Femina Miss India 2016 as a finalist. She won the title of ‘Miss Spectacular Eyes’ and ‘Miss Rampwalk’ in the year 2016.

She later participated in the ‘Miss Diva Universe’ title in the very same year 2016. She won the title and crowned by the former crown holder Urvashi Rautela ‘Miss Diva Universe 2016.’ She was ju...

Natasha Singh Chauhan is an Indian actress and social media person. She participated in the beauty pageant and won the title of Miss Himachal in 2015; not only this,she became the 1st runner-up in Femina Miss India Delhi in 2016 where she represented Himachal Pradesh. Natasha was born on 1st October, 1992 in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. She did her schooling at Minerva Public School and went to Shiva Institute Of Engineering And Technology, Himachal Pradesh. Natasha has appeared in several movies and music videos and also acted in many TV Commercials for prominent brands including Malabar Gold and Diamonds, Medimix, Hyundai, VLCC and Tata Cliq. Natasha has been on several fashion shows and has also been featured in many magazine covers.

2020 proved to be an essential year for Natasha as she made her acting debut with the Tamil f...

Priyadarshini Chatterjee is an Indian model who became Femina Miss India World in 2016. Priyadarshini was born on 4th September 1995 in Dhubri, Assam to bengali parents and was brought up in Guwahati. She was born as a premature baby due to which she underwent various medication procedures and surgeries to prevent any kind of side-effects of premature birth. However, a nine-year old Priyadarshini was found to have a tumor in her intestine. Thanks to early detection and diagnosis, life became normal for Priyadarshini who did her schooling in Maria’s Public School, Guwahati. Later, she took admission in Hindu College; a Delhi University affiliated institution where she applied for her bachelor’s degree in Sociology.

In her college days, she used to be active in drama-related activities. In fact, she was a member of Ma...

Zeba Baig is an Indian model and beauty pageant contestant. She was one of the finalists at the Miss India contest in 2016. Zeba grew up in the city of Indore. She grew passionate about being a part of the fashion industry at a very young age. Her work as a model began while she was still at college. She pursued a degree in media at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at DAV University.

The diva is also a proficient dancer and singer. She represented her home state on a national platform at the FBB Femina Miss India beauty pageant 2016. Zeba continues to walk the ramp and be a part of major photoshoots across the country.

Sanjana G L is an Indian model and beauty pageant contestant. She is best known for her appearance at the National Miss India beauty pageant in 2016. Sanjana grew up in the city of Bangalore, Karnataka. She graduated from M S Ramaiah College while also pursuing her career as a model. Her work in fashion took her to the ‘Elite Model Look’ contest in 2014, where she was the second runner up at the event.

She represented her home state at the FBB Femina Miss India show. Her brilliant performance at the pageant made her a popular face across the nation. She was crowned as the second runner up at the event. Sanjana uses Yoga as a means for mental and physical health. She advocates the practice of yoga in everyday life.

Rajkanya Baruah is an Indian model and pageant contestant. She is most popularly known as the winner of FBB Femina Miss India Kolkata 2016. Rajkanya comes from Guwahati in Assam. Her career as a fashion model began when she was only 17. She worked for many brand catalogue shoots while also pursuing an MBA degree at the Royal School of Business. Besides fashion, she is also a skilled dancer who has trained in various western and classical forms. In 2010, she won the title of the second runner up at the ‘Eclectic Model Hunt’ as well as the ‘Dabur Gulabari Fresh Face of the Northeast.’

Following her success in pageants, she moved to Mumbai to take part in the big leagues of the fashion industry. She participated in the NDTV Kingfisher Calendar Girl Hunt in 2012 and was one of the finalists at the event. Her...

Nazneen Shaikh is an Indian model and pageant contestant. She was the winner of the Miss Polo International crown in Nigeria. Nazneen grew up in the city of Surat in Gujarat. All through her childhood, she dreamt of being a professional model. She started grooming herself for pageants during her days in college when she was a finalist for the Campus Princess Contest title. She won successive awards as ‘IIFT Miss Wow’ in 2013 and ‘Miss Gujarat’ in 2014. Her next big step in her career was when she represented her home state at the FBB Femina Miss India Beauty Pageant in 2016. She received nationwide popularity as one of the finalists of the prestigious competition.

Nazneen is a staunch advocator of education and she used her fame to highlight many petitions towards this cause. She started an NGO call...

Navpreet Kaur is an Indian model who is best known for her appearance at the Miss India Beauty Pageant. Navpreet comes from the small town of Ittan-Baddi in Jalandhar, Punjab. She was born to a family working in the Indian police force. The diva was inspired to chase after a career in modeling after her television viewing of National beauty pageants and fashion walks.

As a student at Kanya Maha Vidyalaya in Jalandhar, she contested in Punjab’s selections for the Femina Miss India contest. After a grueling run, she was crowned Miss Punjab, and was chosen to participate in the Femina Miss India 2016 beauty pageant. Navpreet was one of the top 5 finalists of the event. Her determination to win the crown pushed her to take up advanced grooming and communication training and take part in the 2017 Miss India pageant. She has do...

Dnyanda Shringarpure is an Indian model, who was part of the prestigious Miss India beauty pageant. Dnyanda comes from the city of Pune in Maharashtra. She was raised by a single mother, who inspired her to work towards the cause of women’s empowerment and independence. As one of the youngest contestants to make it to the list of finalists of the ‘FBB Femina Miss India 2016’ pageant, she used the platform to promote gender equality issues. She represented her home state at the National contest and turned heads with her amazing on-stage performance. She was crowned Miss Multimedia in one of the talent-based sub-rounds of the pageant. Dnyanda was pursuing a course at the Usha Pravin Gandhi College of management when she decided to sign up for the pageant. She aspires to be a filmmaker and pursues a degree in mass media ...

Dimple Paul was born on 26 January 1995 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Dimple Paul is an Indian actress. She has a large fan following on Instagram. She was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

She did her schooling at JB Petit High School for Girls and St. John’s Evangelist High School, and graduated from Tolani College of Commerce, Mumbai. She was elected Miss Queen of India in 2014 at a pageant organized by Pegasus and Manappuram in Kochi, for which she received a monetary prize of Rs 2,00,000 Lakhs. She walked the ramp and participated in numerous modeling events for well-known fashion designers and companies.

Aneesha Nitin Rane is a well-known contestant in the 2016 beauty pageant, fashion model, and designer born in Kannur, Kerala. She did her schooling at the Petrochemicals Vidyalaya in Nagothane in Maharashtra. She was a student of the NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology), whose headquarters are in New Delhi, India. Aneesha Rane is a design faculty at SILICA Institute. She resides with her family. Her sister Esha Rane is an interior designer and architect. Aneesha Nitin Rane has collaborated with many brands and organizations. Some of her work includes clothing brands, women's accessory brands, social causes, and other projects.

Akshita Yadav is one of the Miss Republic of India contestants. Akshita was born in 1996 in India. Her mother is in the medical field, and her father is an Air Force officer. She shifted to Delhi due to her father’s transfer. She went to Loreto Convent, Delhi Cantonment. She is brilliant and got a good rank in twelfth and got admission to Sri Ram school of Commerce, affiliated with Delhi University. Akshita was one among the finalists of Femina Miss Republic of India 2016, and She was crowned with ‘Miss stunning Smile.’

Aishwarya Sheoran is an Indian contestant. She completed her school from Sanskriti School Chanakyapuri, Delhi, and college from Sri Ram College of Commerce. She was chosen among the Top 21 Finalists for Miss India in 2016. Her father, Colonel Ajay Kumar, is the Commanding Officer of NCC Telangana Battalion in Karimnagar. Aishwarya is also a brilliant student and she scored All India Rank 93 in the UPSC exam. After winning The Delhi Times Fresh Face in 2014, she participated in Miss India. It leads her to join the modeling agency, and also she walked in many fashion weeks and modeled for various designers across Delhi.

Aishwarya is a very attractive and talented student who turned into a model as her interest in modeling. She worked with some great designers like Manish Malhotra and walked in many fashion weeks like Amazon ...

Adya Niraj is often referred to as India's Megan Young. She was born in Ranchi. Her parents are doctors. Her father, Dr. Niraj, manages a private nursing facility, whereas her mother, Dr. Smita Gupta, works at RIMS in Ranchi. Adya did her schooling at Surendranath Centenary School, Ranchi. Her parents encouraged her to pursue MBBS, but she was not interested. She was graduated from the National Law University in Ranchi, India's top law school.

She was never interested in beauty pageants and modeling; she had filled out the form just for fun. Luckily, she was chosen for the Femina Miss India Kolkata round and was one of the runners-up. Unfortunately, she didn't make it into the top three winners of this beauty pageant event. She made an appearance at ...

Yami Gautam is a Hindi television and movie actress, who is best known for her roles in the Hindi movies such as ‘Vicky Donor’ (2012), ‘Total Siyapaa’ (2014) & ‘Action Jackson’ (2014). Her role of ‘Ashima Roy’ in the film ‘Vicky Donor’ was described as an excellent debut by a newcomer by the critics all over. The film was a low budget project, but it turned out to be a major success for the production house of the film, which belonged to John Abraham. Most recently she was seen doing lead roles in the movies such as ‘Total Siyapaa’ & ‘Action Jackson’, in which her performance was widely acclaimed.

She was very well received by the audiences due to her roles in these movies. She was already a famous face in the world of c...

Shane Peacock was born on 25th of February in 1957. He is a very famous author of American origin. He is famous for his documentaries, playbooks, articles, and books that he writes for his little audiences and adults. One of Shane’s best works is The Boy Sherlock Holmes. It is a favorite among the children in Canada and even the adults love it. He has been awarded the Junior Library Guild from the American Premier Selection Awards Ceremony. One of his works, Eye of the Crow, has been awarded many awards.

To name a few of them, the Moonbeam Gold Medal, the Library Association of Canada rewarded him with the Honor Book for writing the book for both children and adults. For Eye of the Crow, he was also awarded the Violet Downey Award for writing the B...

           His first professional costume design was for the Bollywood actress ‘Juhi Chawla’ in the movie ‘Swarg’, which was released a couple of decades ago. He won his first ‘filmfare costume award’, for the movie ‘Rangeela’ in 1995. It gave him much recognizance in Bollywood and paved his way for becoming film city’s ‘most sought after’ costume designer. He has also designed costumes for ‘the K...

July 29, 1959, was the day when the two legends of cinema Sunil Dutt and Nargis gave birth to the ‘Munna Bhai’ of Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt in Bombay. Almost all are aware that Sanjay Dutt’s life is like a roller coaster ride with so many ups and downs in his personal as well as professional life. But this man has never lost hope and is still struggling to get into a normal life as he is behind the bars since 2013 because of the TADA case. He went to Lawrence School, Sanawar in Himachal Pradesh. In his teenage years, due to peer pressure, he started taking drugs. For almost nine years he took heroin and cocaine as drug intakes and after a long period he realized that he should quit it all and wished to live a normal life.

He took his father’s help wh...

Kabir khan is a very much renowned director of Bollywood. His directorial skills were appreciated across the world when his second movie New York was released. Born in 1971, Kabir khan has always been creative and new with his work. He hails from Hyderabad but completed his education in New Delhi. Kabir Khan's career graph has taken few versatile turns in terms of what he worked on.

He began his career with Discovery Channel as a cinematographer. He got to work on a documentary film called Beyond the Himalayas, as a cinematographer. Direction for this Documentary film was done by Gautam Ghosh. After this rich experience, Kabir wanted to do something completely different and on his own. So he made a documentary film called "The forgotten Army", which was on the basis of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. With this, he gai...

Varun Dhawan, a new comer entered Bollywood with his professional acting and dancing skills withmovie ‘Student of the year’. His father David Dhawan is a well-known movie director. He was born on 24 April 1987 in Mumbai. He has done his degree in business management from Nottingham University, UK. He has worked as assistant director with Karan Johar in ‘My Name Is Khan’. ‘Student Of The Year’ with Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. , Varun got the Best Debut Award for Male in 2014. In this movie he played a rich guy to play the role of ‘Rohan Nanda’. Film critics praised him as a talented, hardworking guy. His charming, fun loving guy image make him Prince Charming.He played leading role in ‘Main Tera Hero’ a Telugu remake and showed his genetic comedy talent to critics. In ...

Jai Shroff or popularly known as Tiger Shroff is an Indian film actor. He was born as Jai Hemant Shroff on March 2, 1990 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He was called Tiger because when he was a child, he used to bite and scratch people. His father is Jackie Shroff who is also an actor and a matinee idol in the 80’s and his mother is Ayesha Dutt. He has a younger sister named, Krishna Shroff. He attended and graduated at American School of Bombay (ASB) in Mumbai. Tiger developed his dancing skills since he used to sing and dance in front of Michael Jackson’s videos and mimicked all his moves. Tiger was the one who helped actor, Aamir Khan in forming his build for the action film, Dhoom 3.

Tiger started his career just a year ago; acting came late to him since he is more into sports during his...

Shahid Kapoor also identifies as the name Shahid Khattar. He is an Indian movie or film artist or say, actor. He was born in the year 1981, February 25. He is being honoured with the two Awards of Film fare from the four suggested nominations. The boy child of the actors Neelima Azeem and Pankaj Kapur, the junior Kapoor commenced his professional career by acting in some musical videos and commercial videos of television. He started his debut movie by playing the lead role in a romantic and passionate comedy movie, named “IshqVishk” in the year 2003. For the movie “IshqVishk”, Shahid won an Award of Film fare event for best male actor for a debut. Shahid Kapoor pursued it with playing the roles in the minor booming movies like as Fida in the year 2004 and movie Shikhar in the year 2005. Then, he was starring in ...

Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent Indian film actor, television personality and producer. He was born on November 2, 1965 in New Delhi, India. He is often called as the ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’, ‘King Khan’ and ‘King of Bollywood’. The actor has done more than 80 films in Bollywood. He was cited as ‘The World’s Biggest Movie Star’ by the Los Angeles Times. Khan is also one of the wealthiest actors in the world, with over $400–600 million net worth. He also won several accolades including the 14 Filmfare Awards.

Khan went to St. Columba’s School in Delhi where he topped in studies and sports like football and hockey, where he got the Sword of Honour Award, a school’s highest award. He acted in several stage plays and ...

Manish Paul is an Indian television actor, host and a stand-up comedian. Manish was born and brought up in Delhi, did his schooling from Apeejay School and B.A. from College of Vocational Studies. After he shifted to Mumbai, he landed his first show as a host in Sunday Tango.

He was also a VJ with Zee Music and radio jockey with Radio city. He landed his acting debut as a ghost in Ghost Bana Dost. Manish also acted in several television serials like Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi, Ssshhhh... Phir Koi Hai, Zindadil, Wheel Ghar Ghar Mein and Kahani Shuru with Love Guru and Kuchh Cook Hota Hai.

Manish Paul got noticed as a television host after hosting the popular show Saa Ree Gaa Maa Paa Chhote Ustaad and his appearance on the show Comedy Circus. He was the host of Dance India Dance Li&#...

Karan Johar is one among the top ten celebrities in the Indian cinema, who is popular in almost all the important fields in the cinema. He was born in the year 1974 in Mumbai to Yash Johar and Hiroo Johar. This man is a multi talented personality, who shines in the field of direction, screenplay writing, producing, costume designing and acting. He has also worked as host in the television industry. Karan Johar is a graduate in Commerce, who studied in H. R. College of Commerce and Economics. He is also a post graduate degree holder in French. His debut to the film industry started as an assistant director in the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. After three years, he made his directorial debut through Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, a film with Sharukh, Salman, Kajol and Rani. This was a block buster hit and Karan Johar reached fame in his first m...