Thursday, June 24, 2010

KARAN GROVER

Karan Singh Grover (born 23 February 1982) is an Indian television actor and model. He began his television career in Ekta Kapoor's Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi on MTV India. He is recognized for playing the role of Dr. Armaan Mallik in Dill Mill Gaye Season 1 & 2 on STAR One.









Personal life

Karan was born in Delhi, India but later his family moved to Saudi Arabia, and he lived there for twelve years. He spent his childhood and schooling days in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He did his schooling in International Indian School of Dammam. He had a band during his college days called Thousand Decibels. In 2000 he moved back to Mumbai and pursued a degree in Hotel Management from IHM Mumbai, Dadar Catering College.After completing his degree Karan moved to Muscat in Oman where his family was located and started working at the Sheraton Hotel as a marketing executive for about a year.He later returned to India to pursue his acting career and participated in the Gladrags Mega Model Manhunt contest in 2004 and won the award for 'Most Popular Model'. He started his acting career with Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi for Balaji Telefilms on MTV Indiaafter being selected from a nation wide talent hunt. Karan is from a Punjabi Sikh family hailing from Ambala, Haryana. Currently Karan's parents stay in Delhi. Karan currently lives in Mumbai along with his brother Ishmeet Singh . Earlier, from 2004 to mid 2006, he dated Indian television actress Barkha Bisht, his co-star from Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi. They were even engaged but broke up in mid 2006. In April 2007, he started dating television actress Shraddha Nigam. On 2 December 2008 the couple got married in a private ceremony in Goa at a Gurdwara.Near the end of 2009 Shraddha filed for divorce on the ground's of Karan's alleged affairs with his costar and choreographer.He is now dating his costar Nicole . He has four tattoos and Jas Karan Singh, who plays Uday in Miley Jab Hum Tum, is Karan's cousin brother.

Television career

Before starting his television acting career he did many modeling assignments, ramp shows, advertisements and even hosted a radio show. Later he entered the Gladrags Mega Model Manhunt Contest in 2004 and ended up winning the award for the 'Most Popular Model.'Then through a nationwide talent hunt contest by Balaji Telefilms he, along with five others, got selected to play leads in an MTV show Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi. Then followed Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag finally ending up in Kasautii Zindagii Kay in a negative role. After that, he did Solhah Singaarr on Sahara One and some short stints on C.I.D. and Parrivaar, before doing the role of Dr. Armaan Mallik in Dill Mill Gaye which made him a household name with lots of fan following. He anchored the STAR One reality television show Zara Nachke Dikha. He was the second runner-up in the dance reality show - Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 3. From September-December 2009 he co-hosted the show Idea Rocks India on Colors TV. Currently he is playing the role of a senior doctor in the 2nd season of Dill Mill Gayye.

Advertisements
Year     Advertisement                      Notes
2009     Rupa Frontline                    Rupa Vests TV advertisement with Rajpal Yadav
2009     Indian Gem & Jewellery     Print Ads for Men's jewellery company
2009     Kajaria tiles                        Kashmiri ad for Kajaria tiles ad with Shraddha Nigam
2010     Rupa Frontline                   Rupa Vests TV advertisement with Rashmi Desssai



Filmography
Year     Movie        Role                                                  Notes
2008     Bhram      as Carleton friend of main lead       Released; Minor Role
2008     I am 24    character role                                  Completed since 2008, Yet to Release;   small comic role
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Awards
Year     Award                                                   Given By
2004     Most Popular Model Award                 Gladrags Manhunt Contest 2004
2007     Most Promising Actor                          Kalakar Awards Foundation Kolkatta
2007     Hottest Actor on Indian Television      GR8 Magazine


Nominations

Year   
Award Nomination   
Show and Character   
Given By


2008   
GR8 Face Male Of The Year   
Dill Mill Gayye as Doctor Armaan     I
TA Awards 2008.(Indian Television Academy Awards)

2008   
Best Actor Male   
Dill Mill Gayye as Doctor Armaan   
Indian Telly Awards 2008.

2008   
Best Anchor   
Clinic All Clear Zara Nach Ke Dikha nominated with Shweta Gulati   
Indian Telly Awards 2008.

2010   
Most fit Actor male   
Karan singh grover   
Gold Awards 2010.

SHILPA ANAND

Born   
Shilpa Shivanand
10 December 1983 (1983-12-10) (age 26)
South Africa

Other name(s)   
Dr. Riddhima Gupta ,
Riddhima,
Ridz,
Basket,
Shona,
shilpa



Occupation     Model , Actress

Years active     2003–present

Personal Life
Shilpa Anand was born in South Africa, and did her schooling there. After completing her education, she shifted to India along with her family and then she started her acting career in Mumbai. In terms of education, Shilpa Anand has five years of experience in all phases of the Software Development lifecycle. She has expertise in Java/J2EE application  development and has been working in the E-Learning domain. She has worked for clients within the Healthcare, Travel, Learning Management, and Performance Management Systems field. She studied at the Punjab University MCA, obtaining a Masters in Computer Applications, from 2000 to 2003.

Career
Before her first movie, Shilpa did many adverts on television  with many famous bollywood actors such as: Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan etc.

She started her career with Bollywood movie Iqaar By Chance. She rose to stardom when she starred in the television the series Dill Mill Gaye, in which she used to play the lead protagonist of Dr. Riddhima Gupta which made her a popular face of the TV world. Her Role and acting was appreciated and she was nominated at several Awards ceremony in Best Actress category for her role in the show such as New Talent Awards in 2008. She won the award alongside Karan Singh Grover for the best onscreen couple in August 2008. Her contract with the production house ended in June 2008 and this consequenced her leaving the show and her role of Dr. Riddhima Gupta.Her good height,acting skills and pretty looks are really cherished.

In March 2010, Shilpa did interview with Star News where she directly replied to her fans on Facebook and talked about her future career. There were talks in March 2010 that Shilpa would be returning to Dill Mill Gayye,

Shilpa Anand returned to Dill Mill Gayye in June 2010. After two years of absence and producer's insistence she signed a contract for her return in the show in May 2010.


Television Career
* Dill Mill Gaye ... Dr. Riddhima Gupta (2007-2008) / Dr. Shilpa (2010-Present)

Filmography
* Vishnu (2003)
* Iqraar By Chance (2006) ... Rashmi Mehra
* Sirf (2008) ... Gaurav's Girlfriend


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