All posts tagged: Miss India

Interview: Meenakshi ‘couldn’t take her eyes off’ Guntur Kaaram co-star Mahesh

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Miss India 2018 runner-up and actor Meenakshi Chaudhary is on cloud nine when we catch up with her. Her career is going great guns after all. She’s beginning the year with the release of Trivikram Srinivas’ Guntur Kaaram with Mahesh Babu on January 12 and has a great line-up of films in Tamil and Telugu. “I’m exhausted but also grateful to be at this stage of my career,” she tells us, having just shot for The Greatest of All Time with Vijay in Chennai. “Every day is a blessing,” she adds. In a freewheeling and exclusive chat with Hindustan Times, she opens up about everything from her upcoming release to celebrating Lohri. Excerpts. Meenakshi Chaudhary gets candid about her career(Instagram) Meenakshi Chaudhary with her Miss India crown(Instagram) ‘It’s gonna be a great 2024’ Meenakshi is currently juggling work in Chennai and Hyderabad, which means catching a lot of red-eye flights, keeping track of the nuances of each character she plays and more. Ask her how she’s coping and she replies, “I am grateful I have …

When Kangana Ranaut’s dad wanted her to become doctor, didn’t support her dream | Bollywood

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Actor Kangana Ranaut is one of the most popular faces in Bollywood who created her niche in the industry from scratch. However, her journey to stardom wasn’t a cakewalk. She went from being a small-town girl to one of the most bankable actors, even against the wishes of her parents. (Also Read | Kangana Ranaut dismisses reports of Thalaivii distributor demanding ₹6 cr refund) Kangana Ranaut once said that she wanted to become Miss India while growing up. In an old interview with Simi Garewal, Kangana had revealed she wanted to become Miss India while growing up. However, her father dreamt of making her a doctor, which was shattered when Kangana started modelling while studying in Chandigarh. She kept it from her parents for quite some time. In Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, Kangana Ranaut’s father in a video clip said, “Woh bachpan me humesha bola karti thi mai Miss India banungi. Toh hum log mazak karte they. Waise ajeeb sa lagta tha ye soch kar ke…ya sun ke…ki kya banegi. Waise hum usko doctor banana …

Nafisa Ali Shares Throwback Gold From An Ad Shoot In Bombay

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Image was shared by Nafisa Ali. (courtesy: nafisaalisodhi) Veteran actress Nafisa Ali, in her latest Instagram entry, shared a collage of throwback pictures from her younger days. On Sunday, the actress shared a collage of four monochrome pictures from an ad  shoot which she did at age 19 after winning Miss India 1976. In the beautiful pictures shared, we see Nafisa Ali posing for the camera as she is seen wearing a lovely saree. Uploading the images of her Instagram feed, the actress wrote, “Me at 19 years for a photo shoot …. A sari advertisement in Bombay after winning ‘Miss India 1976′” The post was an instant hit on social media as people flooded her comment sections with compliments like “Stunning” and “Beauty of all times”. See the post here: Last year, the actress shared a health update on Instagram that she will be undergoing surgery after a lump was discovered near her lung. The 65-year-old actress, sharing a picture of her PET (positron emission tomography) results, wrote in her caption: “Done my PET …