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Amisha patel comes from a family of very high profile. but this indian damsel never dreamt of becoming an actress. She was a true beauty with brains combo. Amisha Patel was born on 19th June 1979 in Mumbai. She was a strongly determined girl who just believe in achieving her dreams. She was a Biogenetic Engineer graduate in Tufts university in the United States. She's not just an engineer from Tufts University, but also a gold Medallist in Economics.

Amisha did join a financial company but this job could not hold on her interest for a long period of time. She joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and started doing plays. Her family was initially not very happy with her decision because she came from a very high society family and was also academically brilliant. But then no one has a say before the destiny.

It was at a family dinner at the Roshan's house that Mr. Rakesh Roshan offered the heroine role in 'Kaho Na pyaar Hai' to her which was earlier given to Kareena Kapoor. Amisha Patel stole hearts with her impressive performance in the film opposite Hrithik Roshan, the biggest Bollywood blockbuster of 2000. Other films, she worked in were Suno Sasurji with Aftab, Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage with Hrithik, Yeh hai Jalwa with Salman, Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar, all of which bombed at the box office. Then came Gadar, one of the biggest blockbusters in the history of Indian cinema, in which she gave a mind boggling performance and thus she came up in the line of top actresses. She recieved a host of awards for this stupendous performance.

Her forthcoming films include much awaited The Rising opposite Aamir Khan, Elaan, Vaada and Jeevan Saathi. On a personal front Amisha patel is a very simple girl who hates hypocrisy. She is a shy girl with a good sense of humor and believes that her family is the biggest strength for her.

Aishwarya Rai is the star of the millennium and the heart throb of millions. She is a star who just needs no recognition. her name itself speaks of fame and glory. This Indian damsel was born on 1st November 1973 Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Its just right to say that she is one who makes India proud. Aishwarya Rai initially wanted to be an architect but fame, had more glory and success in store for her. life for her changed when she was crowned as the most beautiful lady on the planet and given the Miss World title.

Aishwarya did her schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz. Academically, she did very well and earned her position as the head girl of her school. Ash chose the science stream while at DG Ruparel College, her favorite subject being Zoology. Aishwarya wanted to do medicine, but circumstances didn't let her. Instead she chose Architecture and passed the interview at Raheja College with flying colors. However the destiny changed the career paths for her and she went to South Africa for the Miss World contest. On her winning the crown she received an overwhelming reception on her return to India. Young and old people lined the streets to cheer her on her home-coming

Success followed one after another. Films poured in for the new Indian damsel. Although not very successful in the beginning but it did not take much for the beauty queen to become the reigning queen of the bollywood film industry. After the movies like "Jeans" and "Aur Pyar Ho gaya" bombed at the box office everyone begin to though that this beauty will play no magic on the silver screen but she proved everyone wrong. She gave one hit after another. the most notable being "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" "Taal" and Devdas". Devdas became the first Hindi Commercial Film to be screened at Cannes Film festival. Incidentally she earned the distinction of being the first Indian Actress on the jury of the same festival.

In 2003 Aishwarya became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Ash is also the latest member of the elite L'Oreal Dream Team, joining beauties Catherine Deneuve & Andie MacDowell as their international ambassador. She graced the covers of India Today and the prestigious TIME Magazine. Ash was listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's annual "Hot List".

Aish not only became the Bollywood queen but also received international offers. Ash is set to star in "Chaos" opposite Meryl Streep for French Director Coline Serreau, "Singularity" opposite Brendan Fraser for director Roland Joffe and "I Know a Place" for Director/Writer Barton Randall and will end the year with "Mistress of Spices" once again with Director Gurinder Chadha.

On a personal note she is very kind at heart which is shown by the fact that she has pledged her eye to an Eye bank.