Bollywood Celebrities Support Shiksha

Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona's birth father, Mukul Sharma, is a science writer and journalist. Her stepfather, Kalyan Ray, is an author. Her elder sister's name is Kamalini Chatterjee who has two children: a 10-year-old daughter named Krittika and a four-year-old son named Deepto.

Konkona's maternal grandfather Chidananda Dasgupta now 88 years old is a film critic, scholar, professor, writer and one of the co-founders of 'Calcutta Film Society' with Satyajit Ray and Harisadhan Dasgupta. Her grandmother Supriya Dasgupta is a cousin of legendary modern Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.

Konkona graduated in English from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 2001. She was a student of Modern High School for Girls, Calcutta as well as the Calcutta International School.

She made her debut as a child artist in the film Indira. She became a known face when she starred in the film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, directed by her mother. The film though not a box office success, was a favourite with the critics. Konkona's performance got her the National Film Award for Best Actress. This was followed by a critically acclaimed hit, Page 3. The film won her the Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut for her first act in commercial cinema.
Tags:- bangali-bala-konkona-sen-sharma, metro-konkona-sen-sharma, bold-bindas-konkona-sen-sharma, hot-konkona-sen-sharma

Bipasha Basu

The dusky Bengali beauty, Bipasha Basu, was born in Delhi, grew up in Kolkata and now is based in Mumbai. She wanted to be a doctor since childhood. She pursued science for Plus 2 but did her graduation in Commerce, as doing all those horrid rat dissections made her faint. Then she planned to do Chartered accountancy, but fate had something else in store for her.

She met Mehr Jessia, one of the famous supermodels in India, in a hotel in Kolkata and she compelled her to participate in the Famous Ford Supermodels Contest in 1996. She won the contest at 17 years of age and the rest is history. Bipasha went on to catwalk for all leading Indian designers.
After winning over people's hearts through modeling and advertisements, she did the famous video 'Tu Meri Mehbooba' for Sonu Nigam's album, 'Kismat'. In 2001, she started her film career with 'Ajnabee' followed by Vikram Bhatt's 'Raaz' (2002) opposite Dino Morea in which her portrayal was greatly appreciated. In the same year she acted in a Telugu movie, 'Takkari Donga', opposite Mahesh Babu.
Next was an erotic thriller Jism (2003), where she handled the role of a sexy wife of an middle-aged industrialist very well. In this movie, her flair especially her superb body was fully utilized by the director Amit Saxena. This movie changed her image gave her a glamour-doll aura. She appeared glamorous in many films like 'Zameen' (2004), 'Footpath' (2004), 'Ishq Hai Tumse' (2004), 'Rudraksh' (2004) etc. But she proved that she can also handle intense lead roles with ease in 'Rakth' (2004).

In 2005, her list of sterling performances include films like 'No Entry', 'Barsaat', 'Shikhar' and 'Apaharan'. The year 2006 was also good for her. 'Phir Hera Pheri' and 'Darna Zaroori Hai' were movies that revealed her acting talent. Her performance in Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Corporate' , in which she played a sophisticated business executive, won her rave reviews.
Tags:-bold-bipasha-basu, bikini-girl-bipasha-basu, sexy-legs-bipasha-basu, big-boobs-bipasha-basu, gorgeous-bipasha-basu