Tuesday, February 3, 2009

KANGANA RANAUT AND SHINEY AHUJA

Kangana Ranaut (Hindi (born March 20, 1984) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Hindi and Tamil movies.
Kangana was born in 1984 to Asha, a school teacher and Amardeep, a businessman. She has a elder sister, Rangoli and a younger brother Akshit. She was born in a village called Bhambla in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.Her family was initially in Shimla and then moved to Chandigarh .
She did her schooling in Chandigarh from DAV model school Sector 15 before moving to Shimla. She completed her high schooling in Shimla. She then moved to Delhi to become a model and theatre actor. She graduated with Bachelors in Science from Delhi in March 2005. She also joined the Elite Modelling Agency situated in Delhi in 2003 with the prospect of becoming a model but was not successful. Kangana then joined Asmita Theatre group during 2003-2005 as a theatre actor before relocating to Mumbai. She came to Mumbai in early 2004 and struggled initially to get into movies, having failed went back to Delhi to complete her education. She also joined Asha Chandra's acting school in 2004 to brush herself to face camera. After struggling for nearly two years she met Anurag Basu in September 2005 and was selected for Gangster.
Shiney Ahuja is an Indian actor. Shiny Ahuja is a son of an army commander and was born on May 15 1973 in New Delhi. Joining the armed forces was his ambition, but then he got attracted to Theatre and he joined Barry Johns acting School in Delhi, before moving to Mumbai. He studied in The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, and New Delhi. He is married to Anupam Ahuja (née Pandey), from Delhi, of Bihari descent. They have a daughter together, born in 2007. Before making his debut in films Shiney did modelling and some commercial adverts. He then appeared in a music video for the British Asian band Stereo Nation. Ahuja made his acting debut with the critically acclaimed Hazaaron Khwaishein Iasi which debuted at various film festivals in 2003 and was released in theatres in 2005. The film won Shiney Ahuja rave reviews and was viewed as one of the best films of that year. Ahuja won the Best male debut film fare award for his performance. He however grew more familiar with mainstream audiences with Karam (2005), where he starred alongside John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra. He then became popular with his title role in Mahesh Bhatt's Gangster (2006) opposite Emraan Hashmi which was both a critical and commercial success. His next release in 2006 was Who Lamhe which was critically acclaimed and did moderately at the box office. The film was based on the real-life story on the romance between Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt and the late actress Parveen Babi, the 1970s glamour girl. His third release Zindaggi Rocks failed to do well at the box office. His first 2007 film Life In A... Metro opposite Shilpa Shetty picked up after a slow start and became a box office hit. His recent releases were Bhool Bhulaiya which has been very successful at the box office and Khoya Khoya Chand which failed to do well.


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