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Friday, 19 July 2013

Sophie Choudry

Sophie Choudry (born Sophia Choudhry, 8 February 1981) is a British film actress and singer. She has been active primarily in Indian films and is also a former MTV India VJ and occasional model and television presenter. 

Sophie was born and brought up in London, England, United Kingdom. Her father adored Sophia Loren and hence her birthname is "Sophia", however she now goes by the name "Sophie". She has one elder brother. She now lives with her mother and grandmother.

She studied at the London School of Economics, graduating in European politics and French  and is also a gold medallist from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Furthermore, she studied for nearly two years at the "Sciences Po", an esteemed political institute in Paris, France, where many French politicians studied. BollySpice reports, that while still studying, Choudry became a VJ for Zee UK.


Sophie is a polyglot, able to speak fluently English, Hindi, Urdu, French and Italian and sings in these languages as well as in Spanish, Punjabi and Arabic. She is trained in various dance styles, including Indian classical dance as Bharatnatyam, which she learnt in London for four years, and Kathak, which she learnt in Mumbai for two years as well as in Western dance as salsa. She is also well trained in Western classical music, which she learnt for three years in the UK from Helena Shenel, as well as in Indian classical music, which she learnt from Pandit Ashkaran Sharma. 























Saturday, 29 June 2013

Aditi Rao Hydari

Aditi Rao Hydari (28 October 1978) is an Indian film actress. A classical bharatanatyam dancer, she made her acting debut with Sharada Ramanathan's acclaimed film Sringaram (2007) and rose to fame after her performance in Sudhir Mishra's 2011 film Yeh Saali Zindagi. In 2012 she played the female lead in the movie London, Paris, New York opposite Ali Zafar. 

Aditi Rao was born in Hyderabad in 1978. She is from two royal lineages of Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari and Raja J. Rameshwar Rao of erstwhile Wanaparthi princely state of Andhra Pradesh. She is the great granddaughter of Akbar Hydari and the grand niece of Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari, former Governor of Assam. Her maternal grandfather and grandmother are Raja J Rameshwar Rao, who headed the administration of Wanaparthi state during its day, and Shanta Rameshwar Rao, a much respected educationist in the city of Hyderabad and is the Chairperson of publishing house Orient Blackswan. She started learning Bharatanatyam at age six she became a disciple of acclaimed dancer Leela Samson.

Aditi Rao Hydari and Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao are first (maternal) cousins. Her maternal grandfather J Rameshwar Rao was the Raja of Wanaparthy in Andhra Pradesh while her paternal great grandfather Sir Akbar Hydari was the Chief Minister of Hyderabad State.


In 2005 and 2009 it was reported that she was married to Satyadeep Mishra, a former bureaucrat. However in a 2012 interview the actress declined to comment on her marital status.