Karma Aur Holi is a Bollywood drama film written and directed by débutante Manish Gupta.

Plot[link]

The film revolves around an NRI couple, desperate to have a biological child.^[1] The couple host a party to celebrate Holi, with Indian and American guests. The plot deals with the events happening further.

Box office and reviews[link]

The movie was a box office and critical failure^[2].

References[link]

External links[link]

• Film review on Bollywood Hungama
• Rajeev Masand's Movie review , CNN-IBN
• Karma Aur Holi at the Internet Movie Database
• Film review on Chakpak
• Sushmita Sen in Karma Aur Holi

Deepal Shaw
Born	(1986-02-21) 21 February 1986 (age 26) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress, singer, model

Deepal Shaw (born 21 February 1986), is an Indian actress, model who works in Bollywood movies.

Early life[link]

Shaw was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra, to parents originally from Uttar Pradesh. She studied in D.P.Y.A. High School, Dadar. Her mother was born in Lucknow, while her father was born in Ayodhya. She has a younger brother.

As a child, her parents encouraged her to sing, first giving her lessons when she was only six years old.

She attended St. Xavier's College, where she pursued a BA in Psychology.^[1]

Career[link]

Music career[link]

Shaw began her career as a model, taking part in the 2004 Miss India beauty pageant, advancing to the final round before being cut.^[2] After this setback, she rededicated herself to striving for success in the Indian entertainment industry, beginning a career as a singer.

She released her first album (entitled Baby Doll, after her adopted stage name) in 2004. She followed up her strong debut with Baby Doll Chapter 2, featuring many hit remixes such as "Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar" and "Rangeela Re."

Her music consists mainly of modernized remixes of old Hindi songs, entailing a very bass-heavy sound with some hip hop elements. She is currently on Saregama India Records. MTV India has largely been responsible for promoting her music, by playing her sexy and extremely popular music videos.

Film career[link]

Riding the waves of her burgeoning music career, Shaw decided to parlay her success into a career in Bollywood. She signed on to act in Hriday Shetty's Daag – The Shades of Love. However, the project was shelved shortly thereafter.^[3]

She made her acting debut in Mahesh Bhatt's controversial Kalyug, opposite Emraan Hashmi and fellow-newcomer Kunal Khemu. Portraying a porn star, Shaw's first role was generally appreciated by critics.

In December 2005, she finished filming on her second venture, Karma, Confessions and Holi, directed by Manish Gupta. The international, English-language film stars Sushmita Sen, Randeep Hooda, and Naomi Campbell, and released in 2009.^[4]

She played a news reporter in A Wednesday.

Filmography[link]

See also[link]

• List of Indian film actresses

References[link]

External links[link]

• • Baby Doll Chapter 2 at Raaga.com

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Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Born	Mumbai, India
Occupation	Actress, writer, painter, singer
Spouse	Shekhar Kapur

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi is an Indian actress,^[1] writer, painter and singer. She speaks Telugu as her mother tongue language.

Career[link]

Suchitra started her career with the TV series Chunauti while still in school. In 1987-88, she acted in a production of Peanuts: The Musical, a musical based on the famous comic strip Peanuts. She played the character Lucy.

She was a successful model in the early nineties, endorsing products such as Palmolive soap, Clearasil, Sunrise Coffee, Limca and Colgate toothpaste. In 1994, she made her breakthrough in films with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, a commercial and critically acclaimed hit, opposite Shahrukh Khan. She also starred in Kilukkampetti opposite Malayalam Superstar Jayaram

She simultaneously pursued a music career in the mid- to late 1990s, releasing the pop albums Dole Dole[1] Dum Tara, Aha, and Zindagi, whose title track was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber [2]

Having given up her showbiz career for early marriage, she returned nearly ten years later in the film My Wife's Murder (2005), starring opposite Anil Kapoor Slum Dog Millionaire The film garnered rave reviews for Suchitra as a performer. She also starred in Karma, Confessions and Holi in 2009 — an Indo-American coproduction with an ensemble cast of stars including Naomi Campbell Sushmita Sen and Vincent Curatola, among others. The film failed at the box office.

The year 2010 saw the release of Rann, a film about the Indian media, directed by Ram Gopal Varma with a cast including Amitabh Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh. Suchitra played the role of a media executive named Nalini Kashyap.

Suchitra is a classically trained vocalist in the Gwalior gharana style of Indian classical music. She studied the art form for over ten years.

She is an accomplished poet and painter, having trained in India, London and New York. She has exhibited her paintings in galleries across India and around the globe. Her art, Suchitra proclaims, is a divine blessing from Lord Ganesha. Having never painted or even sketched in her life before, Suchitra held a paintbrush in her hand for the first time on 27 September 2004 during the Ganesh Chathurthi festival, at the encouragement of her neighbour.

Suchitra is a writer whose views were first noticed via her blogs. Her many blogs — first on www.intentblog.com, a site where she was invited to share her views by Deepak Chopra, "art in a body part" and "give me another break," and subsequently on her own site have put Suchitra in the midst of many a controversy.

Suchitra's debut novel, The Summer of Cool, was released by Penguin India in January 2009 and met with huge success. It is her first in four called the Swapnalok Society series.^[2] Based on the ethos of growing up in a typical co-operative housing society in Mumbai, this genre and these stories have struck a chord with young urban Indians. The second book in the series is called The Good News Reporter and has been well received.

Personal life[link]

She was married to Shekhar Kapur, a renowned filmmaker from India. They have a daughter named Kaveri. In February 2007 they got divorced. Suchitra is actively involved in charitable work and is associated with a few NGOs.

Filmography[link]

• Rann (January 2010) ... Nalini Kashyap
• Mittal v/s Mittal" (2010) ... Karuna Maheshwari
• Karma, Confessions and Holi (2009) ... Sujata
• Aag (2007) .... Kavita
• My Wife's Murder (2005) ... Sheila
• Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994) ... Aana
• Kilukkampetti (1991) ... ANU
• Chunauti (1987) TV series

References[link]

External links[link]

• Suchitra Krishnamoorthi at the Internet Movie Database
• Suchitra Krishnamoorthi Official Website
• The Hindu, Jan 2009
• Hindustan Times Jan 09
• Times of India June 2005
• http://www.shekharkapur.com/blog/archives/2009/01/its_slumdog_mil.htm