Dimple Kapadia and Shilpa Shetty celebrate their birthday today i.e 8th June (2009). Dimple turns 52 today and Shilpa, 34.
Dimple Kapadia
Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia is the eldest daughter of Sh.Chunnibhai Kapadia and Mrs.Betty.
She was first launched by Sh.Raj Kapoor, who introduced her in the 1973 movie Bobby. She was only sixteen when she married actor Rajesh Khanna and left the film industry to raise her children.
After the divorce, she returned to the film industry in 1985, in the film Saagar, where she once again appeared opposite Rishi Kapoor. Though she appeared in many movies throughout the 1980s and 1990s but she won the National Film Award for Best Actress portrayal of her role in Rudaali in 1993. She was paired for the third time with Rishi Kapoor in the movie Pyaar Mein Twist.
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty made her debut in the movie Baazigar in 1993. She is the eldest daughter of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty and her native language is Tulu although it is said that she can speak several languages which include English, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu, Urdu and basic French. She is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer and is also a Black Belt in Karate. At 5 ft 10 inches (178 cm), Shilpa Shetty is among the tallest actresses in Bollywood.
She has received lot of acclaim for her performance in the movie “Phir Milenge” in which she made a sensitive portrayal of a successful and an ambitious person who contacts HIV and becomes a Social Outcast . Though she has many successful films to her credit my favourite is DUS in which she has done an action packed role.
It is rumored that Shilpa was paid Rs.3.15 Crores for her participation in the BIG BROTHER . in UK. Following a worldwide controversy that publicized her as a target of racist bullying within the house Shilpa won the contest after gaining 63% of the public vote. She was later also invited to meet with Queen Elizabeth II in London in March 2007.
Shilpa Shetty is a long-time PETA supporter and has assisted the campaign of PETA by posing for photographs in a tiger costume. She has also promoted a Yoga DVD that has found more takers in the west than at home.
Shilpa’s Peta Campaign>>
To know more about PETA visit their site >>
So that’s wishing a very happy birthday to the two best Bollywood actresses….from all of you out there.. :-))
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