Dino Morea
Born	(1975-12-09) 9 December 1975 (age 36) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actor, Model
Website
http://www.dinomorea.net

Dino Morea (Hindi: डीनो मोरिया; born 9 December 1975)^[1] is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films and a former model.

Early life[link]

Dino Morea was born in Bangalore, India to an Italian father and an Anglo-Indian mother.^[2] He is the second of three brothers. Nicolo Morea is his older brother, and Santino Morea is his younger brother.^[2] His family moved to Bangalore, Karnataka in 1996.^[3] He attended and graduated from St. Josephs College in Bangalore and also went to Army Public School, Bangalore and Bangalore Military School (now Rashtriya Military School). He was first noticed when he was modeling for a fashion company, and he soon received his first film offer.^[2]

Career[link]

Morea was supermodel and made his acting debut in Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi opposite Rinke Khanna, which was a flop, but he got his breakthrough roles with Rajiv Menon's Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, the 2002 horror film Raaz and the thriller, Gunaah.^[3] His other prominent films include, Baaz: A Bird in Danger, Sssshhh..., Rakht and Acid Factory.^[1] He was a contestant of reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2010.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dino Morea at the Internet Movie Database
• InsideDesi Interview with Dino Morea
• Dino Morea signed up to endorse innerwear brand Oscar

Not to be confused with pornographic actress Sunny Lane.

Sunny Leone
Sunny Leone at the AVN Expo, Las Vegas, NV on January 20, 2012
Born	(1981-05-13) May 13, 1981 (age 31)[1] Sarnia, Ontario, Canada[2]
Nationality	Canadian/American
Ethnicity	Punjabi[3]
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1][2]
Weight	110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)[1][2]
Spouse	Daniel Weber (2011-present)[4]
No. of adult films	33 as actress, 25 as director (per IAFD)[5]
Website
http://www.sunnyleone.com/

Sunny Leone (born May 13, 1981)^[1] is an Indo-Canadian pornographic actress, actress, businesswoman and model of dual Canadian/American nationality. She was named Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2003 and was a contract star for Vivid Entertainment. Named by Maxim as one of the 12 top porn stars in 2010, she has also played roles in independent mainstream films and television shows.

Early life[link]

Leone was born in Sarnia, Ontario to Sikh Punjabi parents from India.^[3] Her father was born in Tibet and raised in Delhi, while her mother (who died in 2008^[6]) was from a small town named Nahan in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh.^[3][7] As a young girl, she was very athletic and played street hockey with the boys,^[2] enjoyed ice skating on a nearby frozen lake and drinking hot chocolate in front of a fire after playing in the snow all day.^[8]

Though she was raised as a Sikh,^[3] her parents enrolled her in a Catholic school,^[3][9] as it was felt to be unsafe for her to go to public school.^[10] There she had her first kiss at 11, lost her virginity to a basketball player at another school at 16,^[9] and discovered that she was bisexual at 18.^[11] When she was 13, her family moved to Fort Gratiot, Michigan, then to Lake Forest, California a year later,^[9][12] fulfilling her grandparents' dream that the family be together in one place.^[3] She graduated from high school in 1999 and enrolled in college.

Career[link]

Before working in the porn industry, she first worked at a German bakery,^[13] a Jiffy Lube,^[9] and later a tax and retirement firm.^[14]

Leone at the 2002 Adult Entertainment Expo, one of her earliest promotional appearances

While studying to be a pediatric nurse in Orange County, a classmate who was an exotic dancer introduced Leone to John Stevens, an agent who in turn introduced her to Jay Allen, a photographer for Penthouse magazine.^[7] When picking a name for her adult career, she has said that Sunny is her real name and Leone was picked by Bob Guccione, former owner of Penthouse magazine.^[15] She posed for Penthouse magazine, and was named Penthouse Pet of the Month for the March 2001 issue, followed by a feature in the Holiday 2001 edition of Hustler magazine as a Hustler Honey. She has appeared in other magazines including Cheri,^[16] Mystique Magazine,^[17] High Society, Swank, AVN Online, Leg World, Club International and Lowrider,^[18][19] while her online credits include ModFX Models,^[20] Suze Randall,^[21] Ken Marcus^[22] and Mac & Bumble.^[23] Her pictorial credits also include working with stars like Adriana Sage, Jenna Jameson, Jelena Jensen and Aria Giovanni.

In 2003, she was declared the Penthouse Pet of the Year and also starred in the video Penthouse Pets in Paradise alongside Tera Patrick and Kyla Cole. In 2005 Adam & Eve appointed her as their West Coast Internet Sales Representative.^[24]

That same year, Leone signed a three-year contract with Vivid Entertainment with which she transitioned into the world of hardcore pornography, stating that she would only do lesbian scenes.^[2] Her first movie released was titled Sunny^[25] and was released in December 2005. Her next movie, Virtual Vivid Girl Sunny Leone, was the first interactive title for Leone, who was the first Vivid Girl to make such a movie.^[26] Taking only four days to film,^[13] the movie won her her first AVN Award (Best Interactive DVD). She followed this with Sunny Loves Cher, which featured her first on-screen squirting,and The Female Gardner co-starring Mikayla Mendez and Daisy Marie.

Leone's last two movies under her contract with Vivid were It's Sunny in Brazil, which was filmed in Brazil.^[27] and The Sunny Experiment also starring Monique Alexander and Brea Lynn.^[28] The movies were released in October and December 2007 respectively.

In May 2007, upon re-signing her contract with Vivid for another six films, Leone agreed to perform for the first time with men on camera, but exclusively with her fiancé, Matt Erikson.^[29] That summer she also received breast augmentation,^[30] and shot her first movie under the new contract titled Sunny Loves Matt. The movie led to her to be nominated for three (out of six) AVN awards in 2009 in addition to being a choice for Female Performer of the Year.^[31] She followed up her first boy-girl title with The Other Side of Sunny in October 2008, which would be the last time she would perform with Erikson.

Leone at Vivid booth during the 2008 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas

In January 2008, Leone revealed that she was no longer exclusive to Erikson, and had done scenes with other actors, most notably Tommy Gunn, Charles Dera, James Deen^[32] and Voodoo.^[33] In August of that same year, she announced the launch of her own studio, Sunlust Pictures, with Daniel Weber as her partner.^[34] With her new venture Leone plans to write, direct and create her own brand of adult movies with Vivid Entertainment as her distributor.^[32] Her first independent production, The Dark Side of the Sun, was released in March 2009, and was debuted at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas.^[35] In June 2009, she held a casting call in Las Vegas for her second independent production titled Sunny Slumber Party^[36] (released September 2009).

No longer exclusive to Vivid, Leone has started working with other studios and performers since 2009. She has managed to leverage her online popularity by striking deals with firms like PPPcard,^[37] AdultPokerParty.com,^[38] Brickhouse,^[39] Flirt4Free,^[40] Totemcash^[41] and Imlive^[42] to sell and distribute her content over the internet and other media.She won the "Web Babe of the Year" at the 2008 Xbiz Awards.^[43] Her websites and business interests are run under her banner company Leone L.L.C.

In addition to her film career, Leone has been part of the Vivid Comedy Tour,^[44] and has modelled for the Vivid Footwear collection.^[45] Leone has also participated in events like the Vivid/ClubJenna Lingerie Bowl^[46] and Vivid's Hot Rod Night.^[47] Doc Johnson launched a pocket pal^{[clarification needed]} in 2006 moulded to her vagina,^[48] and in 2008 released the Sunny Leone Exciter vibrator.^[49] Control MFG currently uses Leone's image along with other Vivid girls to market their line of skateboards. She is paired with Gab Ekoe, one of the Team Control riders.^[50] She also indicated that she plans to launch her own line of lingerie and other Sunny-branded products including a diamond jewellery line.^[32]

In September 2009, an iPhone application consisting of a collection of non-nude photos, some videos and a porn star-penned blog^[51] was approved by Apple for sale in the iTunes store, making it the first officially sanctioned application featuring a porn star.^[52] By February 2010, the app had been removed by Apple from the store.^[53]

Leone was voted number 13 (up from number 41 in 2007^[54]) on Genesis magazine's "Top 100 Porn stars" list,^[55] number 34 on Desiclubs.com's Top 50 Coolest Desis of 2004,^[56] and one of the "40 under 40" ranking on AVN Online magazine.^[57] In 2010, she was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top female stars in porn.^[58]

Mainstream appearances[link]

Leone's first mainstream appearance was in 2005, when she was a red carpet reporter for the MTV Awards on MTV India. She has also had a cameo in the film The Girl Next Door, performed in Ja Rule's video "Livin It Up" and a video for Kidd Skilly.^[59] Other credits include E!'s "Wild On!" and the Sundance Film Festival's 'After Dark.'^[60] Leone was a contestant in the second season of the Fox reality show My Bare Lady 2: Open For Business, in which a group of adult actresses were given classes and training on how to pitch investment ideas and competed for success in the business world.^[61] In addition to filming her scene for Debbie Does Dallas in 2007, Leone was also part of a Showtime documentary of the same name detailing the production of the movie and the personal lives of its stars.

She has indicated that for the right price she would seriously consider a career in Bollywood.^[62] She has been courted by Indian directors in the past but has felt uncomfortable with the roles that she would have played.^[15][63] Director Mohit Suri is rumored to have asked Leone to play the lead role in his movie Kalyug, but instead cast Deepal Shaw as he could not afford her $1 million acting fee.^[64] She has mentioned that Aamir Khan is her favorite Bollywood Actor,^[65] and that over 60% of her fans are from South Asia.^[66]

In 2008, Leone announced that she would be starring in a mainstream action adventure movie titled Pirates Blood, which was shot in Oman. The shooting was completed in two weeks and was to be released in winter 2008.^[67][68] Leone also landed a role in Middle Men, producer Chris Mallick's indie feature about the birth of the online porn industry set for wide theatrical release in 2009.^[69] She has mentioned that she will be appearing in an upcoming Will Ferrell movie scheduled to be released in 2010.^[70]

She appeared in the film The Virginity Hit playing a version of herself, where she is hired to take the virginity of the lead character.^[71]

Leone has made appearances at events such as the 2002 SEMA International Auto Salon, the 2002 Extreme Autofest Pomona and the 2006 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.^[72] Sunny has also been the hostess at events in clubs like the Mansion in Miami^[73] and the Highlands in Hollywood.^[74]

In 2005, she was mentioned in Forbes magazine for a story on Vivid Entertainment.^[75] Leone has also been featured in mainstream publications like FHM, Front and Jane magazine.^[76] In 2007, along with the other Vivid Girls, she was seen in a 48' high holiday Billboard in Times Square at W. 48th Street and Seventh Avenue.^[77] Leone is also one of the Penthouse Pets who appears in the PlayStation Portable game Pocket Pool. She was also featured in a coffee table book titled Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry by Micheal Grecco.^[78]

In 2004, she was part of "No More Bush Girls", in which she and several other popular adult actresses shaved off their pubic hair in protest of the Bush presidency.^[79] In May 2008, she shot a promotional video for Declare Yourself, a nonprofit, nonpartisan voter registration campaign targeting 18-to-29-year-olds.^[80] She indicated that Barack Obama would be her choice in the 2008 U.S. election, primarily because she felt he was more business friendly to the adult industry than his opponent John McCain.^[81] She also released a public service announcement on behalf of the ASACP, reminding adult webmasters to protect their sites from children by having an RTA label on it.^[82]

Leone has a strong interest in health and fitness, and has been featured in several mainstream fitness publications. Leone has modelled fitness clothing for the sports brand Fantasy Fitness^[83] and shared that she keeps her body in shape by working out as much as she can despite her busy schedule and as quoted in Men's Fitness magazine, "I try to eat very healthy – lots of vegetables, drinking my milk every day."^[84]

Bigg Boss[link]

In 2011, she participated in the Indian reality series Bigg Boss, entering the house on day 49.^[85][86] However she refused to divulge her porn star status, and replied to fellow house-mate Pooja Bedi that she was a model and a TV star in America for the last ten years or so.^[87] It was reported that she has caused a stir in the larger populace^[88] with her Twitter feed gaining 8,000 new followers in just 2 days^[89] and Google saying searches for her experienced a "breakout".^[90] There have also been complaints lodged with the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting alleging that the Colors TV channel is promoting pornography by having Leone appear on the show; among those who have filed are the Indian Artistes and Actors Forum^[91] and Anurag Thakur, member of Lok Sabha and head of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing.^[92]

Bollywood[link]

During her stay in the Bigg Boss house, Sunny was approached by a famous Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt who entered the house briefly to offer her the lead role in Jism 2 (the sequel to the 2003 film Jism starring Bipasha Basu). She accepted it, which will result in Pooja Bhatt’s production house, Fish Eye Network and Leone’s agent discussing the movie further.^[93] The first look of the film Jism 2 poster was released anticipating the actress entry in Bollywood.^[94]

Sunny Leone signed her second Bollywood film which is Ekta Kapoor's Ragini MMS sequel. Ragini MMS, a crossover horror movie was one of the most talked about sleeper hits of 2011.^[95]

Personal life[link]

In June 2006, Leone became an American citizen,^[13] but plans to remain a dual citizen of Canada.^[96] Although bisexual, she has stated that she prefers men.^[97] In her spare time she enjoys abstract paintings, horse riding, reading, playing World of Warcraft,^[98] watching The Simpsons and the Discovery Channel.^[99] She used to play on a women's soccer league team in California.^[2] Her favourite holiday destination is Hawaii,^[13] and her favourite cuisine is Italian.^[99]

In separate interviews, she has stated that in ten years' time she would like to be married and have started a family, and probably retire from the industry by the time she is 30.^[96] Leone was engaged to Matt Erikson, a vice-president of marketing at Playboy Enterprises.^[12] She currently resides in Hollywood, California with her cat and drives an Audi A5.^[9]

She mentioned in an interview at the start of 2011 that she was married to Daniel Weber.^[100] During her stay in the Bigg Boss house later that same year, Leone indicated that the relationship had by revealing that she had been previously married; she had ‘purposely arrived late’ to their first date as she was not impressed with him, but he changed her mind by sending 24 roses to her hotel room.^[101]

In 2010, Leone's father died of cancer, which he had been first diagnosed with in 1999. In 2011, Leone along with Monique Alexander and Keni Styles ran in the Rock n’ Roll Los Angeles Half-Marathon to raise money for the American Cancer Society.^[102][103]

A 2008 Eye Weekly article reported that "Leone does her best to maintain a link to Sikh traditions, even if more in theory than in practice. But she's unlikely to disavow her career path due to religion." and that Leone said "Girls will leave the industry claiming that they found God. Well, the fact is, God has always been with them the entire time."^[104] In a 2010 interview, she said "It’s a community-based religion. You walk into a temple and you’re greeted with the utmost respect... But, just like any religion it doesn’t want you to shoot adult material. I mean, I grew up going to temple every Sunday. When my parents found out they knew my personality which was very independent. Even if they tried to stop me or tried to steer me the right way they would have lost their daughter. I’m too headstrong. And it wasn’t a plan. It just happened and my career and everything just kept getting bigger and bigger."^[10]

Awards[link]

• 2008 XBIZ Award – Web Babe of the Year ^[105]
• 2010 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene
• 2010 AVN Award – Web Starlet of the Year^[106]
• 2010 F.A.M.E. Award – Favorite Breasts^[107]
• 2012 XBIZ Award — Porn Star Site of the Year (SunnyLeone.com)^[108]

See also[link]

Pornography portal

• List of porn stars who appeared in mainstream films

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sunny Leone

• Official website
• Sunny Leone at the Internet Movie Database
• Sunny Leone at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Sunny Leone at the Adult Film Database
• Sunny Leone's channel on YouTube
• Sunny Leone on Twitter

Malaika Arora Khan
Khan as a guest on the sets of Ndtv Greenathon 4, 2012
Born	Malaika Arora (1973-08-23) 23 August 1973 (age 38)[1] Chembur Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Malaika Khan
Occupation	Actress, Dancer, model, VJ, Television Presenter
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Arbaaz Khan (1998–present)

Malaika Arora Khan (born on 23 August 1973),^[1] also known as Malaika Arora, is an Indian model, actress, television personality and former MTV VJ.^[2] She is one of India's top item girls. She is most famous for her dance on the song "Chaiyya Chaiyya" (1998), more recently, "Munni Badnaam Hui" (2010).

Early life and background[link]

Arora Khan was born as Malaika Arora in Chembur, Mumbai to a Punjabi father, Anil Arora, a native of Indian border town Fazilka and a Malayali Catholic mother, Joyce Polycarp. Her father worked in the Merchant Navy.^[3]

She completed her secondary education at Swami Vivekanand School in Chembur, Mumbai. Her aunt Grace Polycarp was the principal of the school. She is also an alumnus of the Holy Cross High School Thane where she had studied until ninth grade. She completed her college education from Jai Hind college, Churchgate. She lived in Borla Society, Chembur opposite Basant Talkies before starting her modeling career.^[4]

Career[link]

Malaika Arora From The SRK, Urmila, Juhi & Chitrangda at 'I Am' National Award winning bash (20)

Khan was selected as one of the MTV VJs when MTV India started its operations. She rose to an interviewer for MTV India, becoming the most prominent non-movie, non-model female in urban India. MTV India, recognizing her potential, gave her plum roles co-anchoring with Cyrus Broacha the popular program Love Line and Style Check, at award ceremonies and concerts on the television channel.^[5] Khan then entered the modeling world. Her modeling career was equally successful. She appeared in many advertisements as well as cameos for song and item numbers in Bollywood films such as "Chaiyya Chaiyya" in the film Dil Se...^[5]

In 2005, she did another item number, "Kaal Dhamaal" in the film, Kaal. She also did an item number in Mahesh Babu's Telugu film Athidhi. In 2007, she did a title song in Heyy Babyy directed by Sajid Khan and another popular song for Om Shanti Om whose director is the sister of Sajid, Farah Khan. She also did an item number in the film, Welcome with Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor. In 2009 she was a Rishton Ke Parkhi in the Star Plus reality show called Lux Perfect Bride with Shekhar Suman and Amrita Rao.

In 2010, she featured in the superhit item song "Munni Badnaam" in the film Dabangg, which was produced by her husband Arbaaz Khan.^[6] On March 12th, 2011, she led a successful world record attempt in Melbourne, Australia, as part of the Indian Film Festival - Bollywood & Beyond. 1235 participants performed a choreographed dance to "Munni Badnaam" with Malaika leading them from the stage.^[7]

Television[link]

Arora Khan appeared in the television show Nach Baliye as one of the three judges.^[2] The show was aired on STAR One in mid-2005. She continued as a judge in Nach Baliye 2 that started airing in the last quarter of 2006. In this show, she performed many item numbers as an example for all contestants. She highly criticized Bakhtiyaar Irani for being arrogant in the show. She strongly mentioned that he should do a crash course on humility to improve his behaviour.

Khan appeared in the show Zara Nachke Dikha as a judge with the Indian actor Chunky Pandey on Star One.^[3]

Khan was seen as judge in the show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2010 with actress Madhuri Dixit and choreographer Remo D'Souza.^[8]

Personal life[link]

Malaika Arora Khan with husband Arbaaz Khan at the wedding of her sister Amrita Arora.

Khan is married to Bollywood actor-director-producer Arbaaz Khan whom she met during a coffee ad shoot. Together they have a son, Arhaan. Her sister is actress Amrita Arora, and her brothers-in-law are Bollywood actor Salman Khan and Bollywood actor-director-producer Sohail Khan. Her father-in-law is the famous scriptwriter Salim Khan.^[2]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Malaika Arora at the Internet Movie Database

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Malaika Arora Khan

Amrita Arora
Amrita Arora at the Kallista Spa Launch, Mumbai, (2012)
Born	(1981-01-31) January 31, 1981 (age 31) Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress, VJ
Years active	2002–Present
Spouse	Shakeel Ladak (2009–Present)

Amrita Arora (born 31 January 1981) ^[1] is a Bollywood actress.^[2][3]

Personal life and education[link]

Amrita with Malaika Arora Khan at the Lakme Fashion Week, 2012

Arora was born in Chembur to Joyce Polycarp and Anil Arora. She attended Loreto Convent, Chembur.Mumbai.^[4]Her sister is Malaika Arora Khan. She has a son named Azaan who was born in 2010. In 2012, she said that she was expecting her second child.

Career[link]

Arora made her Bollywood debut in 2002 opposite Fardeen Khan in the film, Kitne Door Kitne Paas, which was not successful at the box office. Her first successful film was the action comedy, Awara Paagal Deewana. A series of flops followed, among them the controversial Girlfriend (2004), about a lesbian relationship, in which she appeared opposite Isha Koppikar.

In 2007, She made a special appearance in Farah Khan's film, Om Shanti Om in the song "Deewangi Deewangi" with her sister and brother-in-law Arbaaz Khan. In the same year, she appeared in Speed and Red: The Dark Side, also starring Aftab Shivdasani and Celina Jaitley. The films received mixed reviews at the box office.

In 2009, her releases were Deha and Team the Force. The same year, she appeared in a supporting role in Kambakth Ishq, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Amrita Arora at the Internet Movie Database
• Amrita Arora on Twitter

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Amrita Arora

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Malini Sharma is an Indian model and actress, who has worked in videos like Kya Soorat Hai and movies like Raaz.^[1] For her role in the latter, she received the 2003 Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.^[2]

She was married to model Priyanshu Chatterjee but they divorced in 2001.^[3]

Television[link]

• Cats as Tanya
• Hum Dono as Piyasha Narang/Amita

Filmography[link]

• Raaz (2002) as Malini/Mad Girl/Evil Spirit

References[link]

External links[link]

• Malini Sharma at the Internet Movie Database

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