Bollywood Genelia D’souza

Popular Telugu filmactres Genelia D'Souza was born on August 5, 1987, in England. Her parents originally hail from Goa and later moved to Mumbai. She has acted over a dozen films in South Indian cinema. Genelia studied at Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra, Mumbai. After school, she joined the St. Andrews College, Bandra to pursue a Bachelor's Degree. Mumbai-based Genelia starred in the big budgeted Boys by top director Shankar. She starred opposite fellow débutante Siddharth. The film was a box-office hit and launched her career.

he is also known to people close to her as Harini. Genelia made her move from England to India in pursuit of her childhood dream of becoming an actress. She got her first break in the movie 'Boys' directed by Shankar. The film was a box-office hit and soon Genelia started getting more roles. Genelia has so far acted in over a dozen Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies.

Genelia - The Tollywood Actress :Genelia's success rate in Tollywood has been pretty good. Her movies Satyam, Masti, Samba, Sye and Happy have all fared pretty well at the box office. Despite getting good roles and her movies doing average business commercially, Genelia was still waiting for that one big hit that could change her career. The wait was not long as her most recent movie 'Bommarillu' has had a huge positive impact on Genelia’s career. Bommarillu, with Genelia and Siddharth Narayan in the lead, became a super duper hit and gave her career the much needed boost. In the movie Genelia plays the role of a talkative and bubbly girl 'Hasini' who does whatever she likes to do. Her acting skills have been well appreciated throughout the industry and she won many awards for the movie.Finally the true acting talent of Genelia has come to forefront with 'Bommarillu' and now time will tell if Genelia can become the number one actress in South India. Her latest movie Dee with Vishnu directed by Sreenu Vytla is expected to come out in January or February. Genelia also recently bagged the role of leading lady opposite Aamir Khan's nephew Imraan Khan in his debut Bollywood movie Tu Ya Jaane Na.Genelia is happy to be paired with young heroes in the industry and she said that, she has big dreams but is ready to wait patiently to achieve them one after another. The young actress also said that she should have a meaty role in a movie and does not like to be branded as a heroine who appears in a couple of scenes and songs and fades away from a movie. Recently industry sources have reported that Genelia is rejecting new offers as her marriage is on cards. Genelia fell in love with a Tamil hero, Bharat. Love between the couple blossomed during the shooting of the Tamil film ‘Chennai Kadal’. The actress has large dark eyes with killing smile. She has an uncommon look which parts her from others. She doesn’t have airy looks like Kangna Ranawat or Celina Jetly nor is she glamorous like Bipasha or Kareena. She can aptly be called the ‘girl-next-door’ who is ready to take on to your nerves as she opens her mouth. Her unique speaking quality and bubbly expressions do not fail to sweep you off the grounds. She has got a fresh momento in her acts.

Recently, she won the Filmfare Award for the Best Actress for her performance in the blockbuster movie Bommarillu. She is yet to rock the Bollywood with her vibrant colours with her coming movies: It’s My Life in which she paired with Harman Baweja and a multistarrer movie Life Partner...................

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Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan feels the secret of a successful long term relationship is finding a "worthy partner" and says that one has to be direct about one's feelings to woo a woman.

"If you're looking to enter a long-term relationship with a woman, make sure she is a worthy partner -- that's the only rule. After a point, you don't want another casual fling... you want intimacy, depth, to be loved," Saif said in an interview for GQ magazine.

"Sometimes you have to do things that wouldn't come to you naturally, just to show her how serious you are," said the actor who is currently dating Kareena Kapoor.

The 39-year-old, who appears on the cover of the May issue of the magazine, also says looks don't matter when it comes to impressing women.

"I was never the tallest or broadest guy in the room. But I did have a sense of humour which created a sense of ease among my female friends," said the actor who was married to actress Amrita Singh and then dated Italian national Rosa Catalano.

"To woo her, you have to be direct. Tell her how you feel, without being dirty. It all depends on where you are and who you're talking to."

The actor also confessed that there are times when being single is good.

"The whole point of being single is to live like the opposite of someone who is committed. It's the time you're experimenting, learning about yourself and are unsure about what you want. There is a certain amount of loneliness that can creep in when you live this way, but hey, that's part of the deal," he said.

Saif has been photographed by Rishad Mistry and styled by Natasha Chib for the issue.

Genelia New Move

Oreange to colour Indian race relations a rosy glow

MESSAGES, Samuel Goldwyn famously said, should be sent by Western Union, not filmmakers. But the producers of Indian movie Orange, which is shooting in Melbourne, would beg to differ.

The movie is technically a piece of Tollywood rather than Bollywood cinema (it is being shot in the Telugu language spoken in southern India, not the Hindi that is dominant in Bollywood films), but it follows the well-worn formula of pretty young leads, romance, a few laughs and dazzling dance numbers.

It's light entertainment for a potential audience of about 300 million people but, its Australian-based line producer insists, it is also a film with a serious message.

''The producer from India wanted to come here and prove a point - that what is being told in India is totally against what is happening here,'' said Anupam Sharma on the Southbank set of the film yesterday.

He was referring to the perception in India that Australia is not safe for Indians, particularly young students. Having lived here for 21 years, Mr Sharma said that view bore little relation to his experience. ''The facts are on one side and the media hype in India is on the other side,'' he said.

That was a view state Education Minister Bronwyn Pike, who visited the set yesterday, was happy to hear. ''There's been an impression created in some quarters that Melbourne isn't a safe and welcoming city, and I'm just delighted to be hearing a different message from the producers, the director and the stars. They see that they have a responsibility to turn that message around,'' she said.

Orange is a romance about two Australian students of Indian background, filmed in Sydney and Melbourne and set, said Mr Sharma, ''against a backdrop of arts and painting and a young crowd and funk''. It stars Genelia d'Souza, a 22-year-old rising star of Indian cinema, and 24-year-old Ram Charan Teja, the son of legendary actor Chiranjeevi.

With a 14-week shoot and a budget of about $A10 million - more than half of it to be spent in Australia - it is the biggest Indian production to shoot here. Despite a call to boycott Bollywood shoots in Australia in the wake of perceived racism, Mr Sharma insisted there were no signs of a slowdown.

''We have had maximum number of Indian films and maximum amount of money spent since that call was made last September,'' he said. ''The fact remains that a prolific country like India and a professional country like Australia in terms of films, when they come together it's a win-win situation.''