Showing posts with label Cousin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cousin. Show all posts

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Priyanka’s cousin all set to enter Bollywood!

She is already a rage down south and now Meera Chopra is ready to storm Bollywood. The red hot cousin of Priyanka Chopra – Meera, who is also known as Nila – has made plans to enter tinsel town. More than anything, the dame will definitely raise the bar of glam quotient on the silver screen.All set to pump in more exquisites and oomph, the actress, it is being said has never used her glorious sister Priyanka’s name to get into films.

The 27-year-old was born in Delhi and did her bachelors from the US.Starting her career from an advertising firm, she went on to work for a national news channel for a while. Thereafter, the girl started getting offers to act in films from south. Her first movie was ‘Anbe Aaruyire’, released in the year 2007, which was a big Telugu hit, after which followed many Tamil films where her work was recognized and her looks gained appreciation.

Of late, Meera was in news for hiring Priyanka’s ex-manager Prakash Jaju, who was arrested after Priyanka filed complaint against him in the year 2004. Incidentally, it was Jaju who helped Piggy Chops bag films with bigwigs like Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan at the early stage of her career.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Vidya’s Cousin makes her Bollywood Entry

Another southern actress is gearing up to make her presence felt in Bollywood. And as far as reviews go, she is already well on her way.

This is none other than Vidya Balan’s cousin Priya Mani. The actress recently was cast in a small but important role in Mani Ratnam’s much hyped “Raavan”.

And she has caught the attention of Bollywood with her small role, in which she describes her gang rape by cops. Her powerful acting has already raised eyebrows.

And generated attention towards her. While the leads of the film are cribbing about the editing in the movie, this newcomer is very satisfied with her role.

“My role couldn’t be cut. Mani Sir told me it brought colour and vibrancy into the story,” said she. Well, evidently, she made quite an impression in that small role and Ram Gopal Verma has already cast her in his next film “Rakta Charitra”.

Priya, though is not a newcomer in the field of cinema. The actress, who has been acting from the age of 18, has done many roles in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. In 2006, she even won the national award for her performance in a southern film. But the actress was not eager to continue doing serious roles. “I quickly gravitated towards conventional glamorous roles because I no longer had to prove myself as an actress,” she said.

When asked, if she is banking on her cousin Vidya to help her out in this unknown B’Town, she was quick to reply, “No, I’m not really in touch with Vidya. I’m more in touch with her father. Whenever I visit Mumbai, I make it point to meet him. But I don’t expect them to help me in Bollywood at all…”