Konkona Sen Sharma (''Kôngkôna Shen Shôrma''; born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen. Sharma appears primarily in Indian arthouse and independent films, and her achievements in the genre have established her as one of the leading actresses of contemporary parallel cinema.

Making her debut as a child artist in the film ''Indira'' (1983), Sharma debuted as an adult in the Bengali thriller ''Ek Je Aachhe Kanya'' (2000). She first gained attention with the English-language film ''Mr. and Mrs. Iyer'' (2002), which was directed by her mother, and received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. Her appearance in the drama ''Page 3'' (2005) got her wider recognition from audiences, and she has since starred in a number of films, most of which have garnered her critical praise rather than commercial success. She won two consecutive Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards for her performances in ''Omkara'' (2006) and ''Life in a... Metro'' (2007), respectively. Her performance in the former won her a second National Award under the Best Supporting Actress category.

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In 2001, she starred in the English-language film ''Mr. and Mrs. Iyer'', directed by Aparna Sen. The film performed well mainly in multiplexes and was a major critical success. Sen Sharma's performance as a Tamil housewife and her mastery of the accent were received well and she was awarded the National Film Award for Best Actress. Her performance was later included in the 2010 issue of the "Top 80 Iconic Performances" by ''Filmfare''.

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This was followed by the National Film Award-winning social film, ''Page 3'' (2005). Her role of a smart journalist drew praise and she became a more familiar face to the movie-going public.

Sen Sharma was offered the lead role in Mira Nair's Hollywood film, ''The Namesake'' (2007), but owing to clashing dates with other films, she could not commit to the project. However, she followed it with acclaimed performances as a mentally ill woman in ''15 Park Avenue'' (2005) and as a middle age village woman in ''Omkara'' (2006). For the latter, she received both the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next release ''Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante'' (2006) got average reviews. In 2006, Sen Sharma made her directorial debut with an 18-minute Bengali short film titled ''Naamkoron (Naming Ceremony)'' for the Kala Ghoda Film Festival.

Following this, Sen Sharma acted in ''Dosar'', a Bengali art film by Rituporno Ghosh which was premiered at several international film festivals. She won the Best Actress award at Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival for her performance.

Her first release of 2007 was her second collaboration with Madhur Bhandarkar, a noir film named ''Traffic Signal'', in which she played a street prostitute. Later that year, she appeared in Anurag Basu's ''Life in a... Metro''. The film opened to positive reviews and performed well at the Indian box office. ''Metro'' depicted the lives of different individuals in Mumbai, and Sen Sharma's performance as a young and insecure woman earned her a second Filmfare Award.

In late 2007, Sen Sharma acted in two movies under the Yash Raj Films banner. She noted her excitement toward these two projects as these were the first films in which she had to lip-sync for songs. In the first one, ''Laaga Chunari Mein Daag'', a drama directed by Pradeep Sarkar, she portrayed the character of a Banaras small town young woman, Chutki, alongside Rani Mukerji. The film was a critical and commercial failure in India, even though her performance was received well. The second one was ''Aaja Nachle'', which was widely promoted as the comeback film of Madhuri Dixit. The film did not do well. Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN noted her performance in the film as being "...nothing short of fantastic. Her greatest strength is that she isn't afraid of making a fool of herself and she doesn't worry about being laughed at. As a result, her performance in ''Aaja Nachle'' is fearless and uninhibited."

In 2008, Sen Sharma starred in ''Dil Kabaddi''. She starred in a short film (''How Can It Be?'') directed by Mira Nair for a movie project called ''8'', which was screened at several film festivals in 2008 before having a theatrical release.

In 2009, she appeared in the low-budget English-language film ''The President Is Coming'', directed by Kunaal Roy Kapur. The film opened to generally positive reviews. Reviews were favorably directed toward her. Nikhat Kazmi from ''The Times of India'' wrote, "Performance-wise, it's the uptight and complex-ridden Ms Konkona who walks away with laurels and laughs even as the film takes a healthy snigger at the desi self."

Sen Sharma next starred in Zoya Akhtar's ''Luck by Chance'', opposite Farhan Akhtar. Upon release, the film met with highly positive reviews from critics, as did her performance, but its financial income was modest. Sen Sharma's latest 2009 release was Ayan Mukerjee's romantic comedy ''Wake Up Sid'' in which she starred alongside Ranbir Kapoor. Upon release, the film received universally positive reviews, and her performance received rave reviews. Taran Adarsh of ''Bollywood Hungama'' wrote, "Konkona is natural to the core and the best part is, she's so effortless. Here's another winning performance from this incredible performer." ''The New York Times'' wrote, "Ms. Sharma has made a specialty of characters like Aisha: independent urban women, whose dreams involve careers as well as love. Her Aisha is a nuanced creation — ambitious, sympathetic, believable — and Mr. Mukerji, making his directing debut, is right to let her run away with the film."

In 2010, Sen Sharma starred in Ashwani Dheer's comedy ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'' opposite Ajay Devgan and Paresh Rawal. Her latest release was Neeraj Pathak's ''Right Yaa Wrong'' where she played a lawyer.

She has completed shooting for Rituparno Ghosh's comedy film ''Sunglass'' and Vinay Shukla's ''Mirch''. As of September 2009, Sen Sharma plays the leading role in Aparna Sen's ''Iti Mrinalini'', which is targeted to release in early 2011. She will also appear in Amitabh Verma's ''Jackpot'' opposite Ranvir Shorey ,in Suman Mukherjee's adaptation of ''Shesher Kobita'' and Goutam Ghose's ''Shunyo Awnko''.

As of April 2012, Sen Sharma is set to star in Balaji Telefilms' ''Daayan'', to be directed by Vishal Bhardwaj along with Emraan Hashmi and Kalki Koechlin.

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Sen Sharma started dating actor and co-star Ranvir Shorey in 2007. The couple got married on 3 September 2010 in a private ceremony. ''The Times of India'' reported that Sen Sharma gave birth to her first child, Haroon, on March 15, 2011 at a South Mumbai hospital.

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Tara Sharma (born 11 January 1977) is a British Indian actress. She is half British and half Indian.

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Sharma has also appeared on television. She appeared in a successful television and print advertising campaign for ''Garnier'', and in 2007 appeared as a main character in the Scottish BBC game show ''Raven'', in the spin-off series ''Raven: The Secret Temple'', as Satyarani.

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Kay Kay Menon is an Indian actor.

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Kichu, as Menon was known among friends, studied at the St. Josephs Boys' High School in Khadki. He passed his 10th grade in 1981. He did his Bachelors (Physics) from Mumbai University and his MBA from the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Pune, graduating in 1988 with a major in marketing. He was popular in his class as a singer of ghazals.

Menon's initial focus was working in the advertising industry. He was involved in the first Kinetic Honda and Marlboro cigarette advertisements in India. He started his career in theatre productions where he met his wife, Nivedita Bhattacharya. He gradually moved to television acting and finally film acting. He made his film debut with ''Naseem'' (1995), followed by ''Bhopal Express''.

During his struggling days, he was a regular feature at the Lunar Cafe, a small restaurant near the Santa-Cruz (East) bus stand.

In the early years of his career, Menon worked in TV shows such as ''Pradhan Mantri'' and TV movies like ''Zebra 2'' and ''Last Train To Mahakali''. Menon was first noticed in ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', where he was greatly appreciated with fellow newcomer Shiney Ahuja, and received much acclaim for his performance. His performance as the anguished DCP Rakesh Maria in the movie ''Black Friday'' has been widely appreciated and acclaimed. The movie, based on the book by journalist S. Hussain Zaidi on the 1993 Bombay Bomb Blasts, awaited an Indian release for almost 2 years before its final release on 9 February 2007. It was featured at the Locarno International Film Festival and received widespread praise. Kay Kay Menon's portrayal of an honest, but human cop (when checking the house of the accused, he spots bananas in the refrigerator and picks one up to eat, since he hadn't eaten well that day. Seeing the look of the accompanying constable, he says to him, "you can take some too.. there's more in the fridge"). The Sunday Edition of the ''Indian Express'' described his performance, "Excellent as always". In 2007, he acted in the commercially and critically successful ''Life in a... Metro'', as the adulterous husband of Shilpa Shetty's character. In 2008, he was highly appreciated for his performance in the film ''Shaurya''. He played the role of the antagonist in the critical and commercial failure, ''Drona'', starring alongside Abhishek Bachchan. In 2009, he starred in ''The Stoneman Murders'' where he played a police officer on the hunt for the Stoneman serial killer. Kay Kay will now be seen in 'Dream Man', a new film by Makrand Deshpande. The film is a spoof on Bollywood. The versatile actor will be seen in 14 roles against Cast: Bollywood Actors Afzaal khan, Kay Kay Menon,Vasudha of (Aasma band) and Amit Mistry.

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Ranvir Shorey (born 18 August 1972) is an Indian actor and former VJ. Since making his debut in ''Ek Chhotisi Love Story'' (2002), he has starred in a number of high profile films such as ''Jism'' (2003) and ''Lakshya'' (2004). He has also starred in the critically acclaimed films ''Traffic Signal'', ''Bheja Fry'' (2007) and the critical and commercial hit ''Mithya (2008).

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He made his debut opposite Manisha Koirala in the film ''Ek Chhotisi Love Story'' (2002). The film was a box office failure. His next film ''Jism'' (2003) was a hit but he had a minor role in the film. It was not until 2006 that he got noticed in the comedy ''Khosla Ka Ghosla''. The film was released to much acclaim and his comic role was praised. He also did a fantastic job of playing Nanoo in the comedy ''Pyaar Ke Side Effects'' alongside Rahul Bose as his funny friend. He also appeared in the multi-starrer ''Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.'' (2007) which was moderately successful. He has also appeared in a Yash Raj Films, titled ''Aaja Nachle'' which was released in November 2007. ''Mithya'', which was released in February 2008, has Ranvir Shorey as the lead actor and has been critically acclaimed. Recently Ranvir was seen in movies like ''Ugly Aur Pagli'' and a box office hit ''Singh Is Kinng''.

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Suchrita Pillai-Malik (} (born 15 April 1960), known simply as Suchitra Pillai, is an Indian actress, model, anchor, and veejay. She was a graduate in electronic engineering but chose modelling over engineering. She had small roles in hit movies including ''Dil Chahta Hai'' (2001), ''Page 3'' (2005), ''Laaga Chunari Mein Daag'' (2007), and ''Fashion'' (2008).

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Pillai then returned to Mumbai and was offered the job as a veejay. In India, she first appeared in arranged marriage video by Apache Indian and then in Bally Sagoo's "Dil cheez kya hai" video. She accepted and appeared in television shows like ''Simply South'', ''Red Alert'', and ''Cabaret Cabaret''. In her Indian film career, Pillai has mostly appeared in minor roles. Suchitra also was a part of the Zee TV drama ''Hip Hip Hurray''. She also appeared in a few episodes in the popular television series ''Rishta.com''.

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