Thursday Jan 08 2009, Trivandrum

Invaders from the South!!

' came the Bachchan-Rajnio starrer 'Andha Kanoon' (1983), followed by 'Insaaf Kaun Karega' (1984), 'Geraftaar' (1985), 'Pyaar Ka Mandir'(1988), 'Paraya Ghar'(1989), 'Swarg' (1990) and 'Agneepath (1990).

====================


Tabu

Tabassum Hashmi aka Tabu was born in Hyderabad. The acclaimed actress, who has won National Film Award for Best Actress twice, began with 'Hum Naujawan' (1985) at the age of 15. 'Vijaypath' (1994), opposite Ajay Devgan, was the turning point in her career. Her B.O hits include 'Saajan Chale Sasural', 'Jeet', 'Biwi No.1', 'Hum Saath-Saath Hain', 'Virasat' and 'Hera Pheri'. Her portrayals in Maachis', 'Astitva', 'Chandni Bar' and 'Maqbool' were critically acclaimed.


========================

Hansika Motwani

Hansika Motwani was born in Mumbai and made her debut in Hindi with the Hrithik Roshan-starrer, 'Koi Mil Gaya' (2003).

In Telugu, her debut film was 'Desamuduru', opposite Allu Arjun. The film was a big hit. Following it, the teenager made her Bollywood debut as heroine in 'Aap Ka Suroor', opposite Himesh Reshammiya. Recently, she acted in the Govinda film, 'Money Hai To Honey Hai', which fell flat at the B.O.


================

Shriya Saran

In a span of five years, Shriya has been paired with almost all the superstars in Tamil and Telugu. Though she debuted in Hindi with 'Tujhe Meri Kasam', co-starring Genelia D'ouza and Riteish Deshmukh, the film did not do well. In 2007, after the thumping success of her Tamil hit, 'Sivaji, the Boss', with Rajnikanth, Bollywood took notice of her again. She starred in the 2007 hit, 'Awarapan', opposite Emraan Hashmi. Her 'Mission Istanbul' (2008) was a disappoinment.

=====================

Asin

The Kerala bombshell, born in Kochi, after her successful invasion of Kollywood, has set up base in Mumbai. The way her first release is being received shows that the siren with the mischievous twinkle in her eyes has hit the bull's eye, once again. Post-'Ghajini', Asin has joined 'London Dreams', the Salman Khan-Ajay Devgan-starrer. Her southie super hits include 'Kumaran, Son of Mahalakshmi' (2004),'Pokkiri (2007) and 'Dasavatharam' (2008).

===================