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Amisha Patel delivered three consecutive super hits including “Kaho Naa.. Pyar Hai” and “Gadar: Ek Prem Katha” and announced her entry in Bollywood. Both the movies did handsome business and Amisha was also shown thumbs up by the critics. She won the best debutant award for “Kaho Naa.. Pyar Hai” at almost all the award functions. She was also awarded a Filmfare Special Performance award for Gadar. But then, her magic touch was lost and she had to wait till 2006 for appreciation of her acting talent in the movie “Ankahee”. Another hit of hers was “Bhool bhulaiya” where she starred opposite Akshay Kumar. Meanwhile, she appeared in “Humraaz” as well which was turned out to be a hit.

Her long list of flops includes “Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar”, “Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai”, “The Rising”, “Mere Jeevan Saathi”, “Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai”, “Teesri Aankh” and “Aap ki khatir”. “Ankahee” worked as a straw to save her sinking career. The story was inspired from her ex-boyfriend’s real life and she played the role of his wife in the movie. She impressed in “Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.” Where she played the wife of a man confused about his sexual preferences. Her current projects are “Thoda pyar thoda magic”, “Do lucky” and “Chatur Singh Two star”.

Before making her career in films, Amisha graduated from Tufts University and worked for Morgan Stanley.

Anant Mahadevan is an actor who later became a director. He started his career with the television serials and made his way up into the movies. He acted in serials like “The sword of Tipu Sultan” and then, went to feature in character roles in more than 50 Bollywood movies, the latest being “Eight by Ten” by Nagesh Kukunoor.

His career as a director began with the TV serial “Indradhanush” in 1989 but he had to wait till 2002 to get a break as a movie director. His first film “Dil Vil Pyar Vyar” with Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill and Sanjay Suri was highly appreciated though did not perform as expected at the box office. His later projects included a few movies with Emran Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor, Jimmy Shergill and Shahid Kapoor like “Aksar”, “Aggar”, “Victoria no. 203” and “Dil maange more”.

Other movies in the pipeline include “Meeting se meeting tak” and “Anamika”. Anant will work with Akshay Kumar for the first time in Anamika though Ayesha Takia had worked with him earlier in “Dil maange more”.

Aftab Shivdasani was born in Mumbai on 25^th June, 1978 (he shares his birth date with his father) and did his graduation from H R College of commerce. Even during his school days, he was actively involved in movies and featured in various movies as a child artist. His earliest movies were “Mr. India”, “Shahenshah”, “Chaalbaaz” and “Insaniyat”.

His career as a senior lead artist started when Ram Gopal Verma gave him a break in his movie “mast” in 1999 opposite Urmila Matondkar. The movie did not do any wonders but he was awarded the Filmfare best debut award for his role in the movie “Mast”. After “Mast”, he appeared in many movies, most of which enjoyed moderate success at the box office though none of them went on to become a super hit. His much appreciated performances were in “Kasoor” where he played a negative role and won the award for best actor in a villainous role in 2002, “Awara Paagal Deewana”, “Hungama” and “Masti” where he played comic roles.

A few of his movies turned out to be a disaster at the box office which included “Mr ya miss” and the multi starrer “Jaani Dushman”. A common joke usually associated with Aftab’s movies is that he prefers singing a dream sequence in the movie with his opposite lead in the movie.