Bollywood
is home to some of the most beautiful women of the world. Bollywood beauties
are known for their exceptional beauty which is both exquisite and exotic.
India
is the most kaleidoscopic mosaic of races and cultures which brought with them
a unique flavor to enrich its already rich heritage even more. This is true for
Bollywood as well, India’s Hindi Film
Industry, the largest in the world.
Madhubala
:
Also Known as Venus of Bollywood . Her real
name was Mumtaj Begum Dehalvi. She was born to parents of Afghani origin who
settled in Delhi. Indians will always remember her as ‘The Anarkali’. Her
beauty was very sublime and appeared very easy on eyes. Her lover affair with
Dileep Kumar and failed marriage to Kishore Kumar made a lot of ripple in the
film circles.
Nadira
:
Her
Real name was Florence Ezekiel Nadira. She was born in a Baghdadi Jewish Family.
She rose to fame with her hit movie of 1952 called ‘Aan’ in which she was
paired against Dileep Kumar. She is best remembered for her role of an Anglo
Indian mother in the 1975 hit ‘Julie’.
Mumtaj
:
Mumtaj
was born to Iranian origin parents Abdul Saleem Askari and Shadi Habeeb Agha in
Mumbai. She started as a child artist and went on to do action movies with
wrestler Dara Singh. She was paired against many big actors of her time and was
a very popular actress. She married at the age of 26 and left India to settle
in London where she still lives. She is a cancer survivor and appeared in a
documentary on Cancer some time back.
Helen:
Helen Jairag or Helen Nimis Richardson or Helen Khan as she is called now was a
very popular dancer of her time. Her fame rivaled the top actors of that time.
She was born to an Anglo Indian father and Burmese mother. She came to India
during the second World war and she covered most part of the journey on feet
with her mother. During the course of this journey she lost many of her
relatives. Her story is a story of triumph against odds. She usually played
negative roles but was loved by her fans.
Celina
Jaitley :
Former
Miss India and a Miss Universe Finalist (year 2001) was born in Kabul when
Afghanistan was more peaceful. Her mother is of Afghan origin and father is a
Punjabi. She won the Miss India contest in 2001 and placed in Top 5 of Miss
universe 2001. She is amongst the most beautiful actresses of Bollywood.
Lara
Dutta :
Miss Universe 2000 is best remembered for her
answer that fetched maximum ever, a 9.9/10 in Miss Universe 2000 final. Her
mother is of mixed ancestry (European) while father is a Punjabi. She won Miss
India in 2000 with Priyanka Chopra and Dia as her runner ups. She also won Miss
Intercontinental in 1998. She has acted in many successful movies which were
usually multicast movies. She now heads Miss Diva, the pageant that selects
India’s representatives to Miss Universe pageant.
Dia
Mirza:
Dia Mirza was born to a Bengali mother and a
German father. Her parents separated soon after she was born and her mother
married a Hyderabadi gentleman whose second name she adopted and hence became
Dia Mirza. She was a runner up at Miss India 2000 and went on to win Miss Asia
Pacific.
