1. Nora Fatehi
Nora Fatehi is yet another foreigner to get a break in the Bollywood and she is of Moroccan origin. She debuted in Bollywood through the movie ‘Roar – Tigers of the Sundarbans’ which was directed by Kamal Sadanah. She played the character of a commando who is on a mission to find and kill a man-killer tigress. The superhot model was already famous for her killer looks and the movie gave her a huge boost.
After her first movie in 2013, she became so popular and bagged the lead role in director Prakash Jha’s movie ‘Crazy Cukkad Family’ and also did a special appearance role in one of the songs in the Emraan Hashmi starrer ‘Mr.X’. She went on to do an item number in the Puri Jaganath directed Telugu movie ‘Temper’ which became a huge hit. She became popular in the Tollywood industry after ‘Temper’, and went on to do special appearances in the 2015 movies ‘Baahubali’ and ‘Kick 2’.
The Canadian supermodel is so fond of dancing and has stated in an interview that NTR Jr. is her favourite dancer to work with. She confessed that she had been looking for someone who has got amazing moves to work with and NTR surprised her while shooting for ‘Temper’.
...2. Pooja Sawant
Pooja Sawant is a Malayali actress. She has mainly appeared in Marathi films. She made her debut with the movie Kshanbhar Vishranti in the year 2010. Kshanbhar Vishranti had multiple stars. Pooja Sawant was born in the city Mumbai on 25 January 1990 and completed her schooling from Balmohan Vidyamandir, Mumbai and also her graduation from SIWS College of Science and Commerce.
...3. Sunny Leone
4. Nitya Mehra
Nitya Mehra is a female film director to make her presence felt in Bollywood. In the male dominated world where only male directors had often taken a huge share so far in the field of direction, Nitya manages to climb the ladder slowly, Currently, Nitya is also one to create a feature film named ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ and experiment with casting of Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra. Producer of this movie is Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, and Sunil A Lulla. The film ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ is expected to release in September 2016 and Nitya shares her position as a co-film director along with Sri Rao. She made her directorial debut on new project ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ with Excel Entertainment in 2015.
...5. Reema Kagti
Reema Kagti is an assistant director, director and writer. She is known for her work in mainstream Hindi cinema. She has directed a few noted movies such as ‘Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.’ (2007) & ‘Talaash’ (2012). She also worked as an assistant director in other movies such as ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ (2001), ‘Lakshya’ (2004), ‘Lagaan’ (2001), ‘Armaan’ (2003) & ‘Vanity Fair’ (2004). She belongs to ‘Assam’ and was born in the capital of the state ‘Guwahati’. She completed her graduation from the ‘Sophia College’, Mumbai and after that she aimed at making a career in the world of entertainment.
...6. Zoya Akhtar
Zoya Akhtar has now become a household name prominently known for her movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as the most entertaining director. She is just three films old in the industry, but she earned applauses for her work; she bagged Filmfare award for best director in movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. She was born on 14th October 1972 to industry’s most renowned writer, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar and screenwriter Honey Irani. She had her schooling at Maneckji Cooper and completed her graduation at St. Xavier’s College.
...7. Bhumi Pednekar
Bhumi Pednekar is Maharashtrian unconventional actress. Bhumi was initially an assistant to the casting director of Yash Raj Films; and recently made her debut under the Yash Raj Films banner by starring in Dum Laga Ke Haisha starring Ayushmann Khurrana. She holds that it was like a “Cinderella moment” for her when she was asked to play the role of the leading actor in the movie. Bhumi plays the role of Sandhya an over-weight girl in her debut movie. She had to gain about 15 kilograms for her role in the movie but has now lost a lot of weight and is back at being fit.
Bhumi Pednekar might not be a well-known name in the Bollywood industry just yet but given her performance in her first movie that released in February 2015, the days are not far. Bhumi dreams of romancing with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan on screen. Her favorite actress is Karisma Kapoor and mentioned that she was obsessed with her role in Raja Hindustani when she was 12 years old. She is being called an unconventional Bollywood actress due to her weight issues. Bhumi always had weight issues which make her different from the other stick-thin actresses of Bollywood; and the part where she loves herself and her body despite being a little over-weight is what makes her command respect.
...8. Kriti Sanon
Kriti Sanon is a model-turned-actress who made her first break in cinema through a Telugu film. It was in the year 2014; she signed for a Telugu film “Nenokkadine’’ where she played the role of Sameera. The film was a biggest grosser in US markets, and the film had Mahesh Babu as hero opposite Kriti Sanon. It was the most costly film in Tollywood. In the same year, she got her first break in Bollywood.
...9. Radhika Madan
The new TV show. “Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi” demands Radhika to play the role of a Gujarati, happy go lucky girl. Apart from having to remould her life to the new and busy routine that onscreen acting demands, Radhika is coping well, as her character has well set ideologies, some of which match her own. Her relationship with her co-stars has also been very complementary as they are very open to helping her around the sets and showing her little tips and tricks.
Although the series is yet to air, Ekta Kapoor's confidence in the new talent has already garnered much excitement and the audience has already given a positive response and await the new chemistry between Shakti Arora and herself. Her sudden career change hasn’t stopped her from continuing her education, and she has decided to pursue her degree via correspondence. And although acting seems exciting, according to Radhika Madan, dance will always be her passion. It is after all, what makes her happy.
10. Abhimanyu Dasani
Abhimanyu Dasani was born in 1990 in the state of Maharashtra, India. He is the son of Bollywood Actress Bhagyashree who belongs to the royal Marathi family of Sangli in Maharashtra and is best known for her debut movie “Maine Pyaar Kiya.” His father is Himalaya Dasani who is of Sindhi descent and a businessman.
...11. Sushant Singh Rajput
Sushant Singh Rajput is one of the famous Indian television and film actors. He was born on 21st January, 1986 in Patna. His father use to work in a government office. In early 2000s, his family moved to Delhi. Rajput is the younger brother to his four sisters. He has completed his schooling from St. Karen's High School located in Patna and Kulachi Hansraj Model School located in New Delhi. After that, he joined in DCE (Delhi College of Engineering), but after 3 years he has decided to drop out for his acting career.
He has chosen to perform in 2006 Commonwealth Games and the background dancer group at the 51st Film fare Awards. After shifting to Mumbai also he started to involve in theater plays and also became a member of Nadira Babbar's Ekjute theater group.
He began his career as a backup dancer and based on his performance, Balaji Films given him a TV role. His acting career consists of several Television serials, Films etc., He acted in TV serials like Kis Desh Mein Hai Mere Dil, Pavitra Rishta, Zara Nachke Dikha and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4. He also acted in films like Kai PO Che, Shuddh Desi Romance, etc., He got several awards like Indian Telly Awards, Zee Gold Awards, Star Build Awards and IIFA Awards and many more.
He is going to play a confirmed role in the next upcoming venture named "P.K." and a film called "Detective Byomkesh Bakshi" and going to be acting as a star role in film "Pani". He is one of the young and inspiring actors in India.
Serial Acted: Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil as Preet Lalit Juneja in 2008–2009, Pavitra Rishta as Manav Damodar Deshmukh in 2009–2011, Zara Nachke Dikha (season 2) in 2010–2010 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 in 2010–2011
DOB: 21st January 1986
Movies acted: Kai Po Che as Ishaan Bhatt in 2013, Shuddh Desi Romance as Raghu Ram in 2013, P.K. in 2014 and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy as Byomkesh Bakshy in 2015.