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Simran Bagga
Simran
Born	Rishibala Naval April 4, 1976 (1976-04-04) (age 33) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other name(s)	Queen of Kollywood, Lady Super Star
Years active	1996-present
Spouse(s)	Deepak Bagga

Rishibala Naval (born April 4, 1976), better known by her stage name Simran (Hindi: सिमरण; Tamil: சிம்ரன்), is an award-winning Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. Her noted films include Thulladha Manamum Thullum, Vaali, Priyamaanavale, Parthen Rasithen, Pammal K. Sambandam and Kannathil Muthamittal. She recently appeared in the 2008 blockbuster Tamil film Vaaranam Aayiram directed by Gautham Menon, costarring Surya Sivakumar.

[edit] Personal life and background

Simran was born as the first daughter to Ashok Naval and Saradha Naval on April 4, 1976. She has two sisters, late Monal, a beautiful actress who committed suicide, and Jyothi Naval and a brother named Sumith. She finished her B. Com., in Mumbai and was doing modelling simultaneously. Then she came to film industry. She speaks Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Hindi, English, French. Simran is a versatile dancer and can perform Bharatanatyam with the same ease as she performs Salsa. She married Deepak Bagga, a long time friend and a pilot, on December 2, 2003. They have a son 'Adheep' born on June 11, 2005. She is close friends with Bollywood's Bachchan family.

[edit] Career

Simran made her debut in the Hindi film Sanam Harjai directed by Saawan Kumar. Jaya Bachchan (ABCL Corp) who saw her in "Superhit Muqabla" on Doordarshan’s Metro channel offered her a leading role in "Tere Mere Sapne". But the movie only an average grosser and she was not recognized in Bollywood.

[edit] Tamil

[edit] Early Career

She later on moved south by acting first in a high budget Malayalam film, Indraprastham with Megastar Mammootty in the lead role and she tasted success too. Then she came to Tamil movie industry with Nerukku Ner opposite Surya in 1997 and the movie was a huge success and she was highly appreciated for her dancing in the song Manam Virumbudhe. Then she starred in several successful movies such as V.I.P (1997), Natpukaga (1998), Aval Varuvala (1998) and Kannethirae thondrinaal (1998) with leading actors Prabhu Deva, Sarath Kumar, Ajith Kumar and Prasanth respectively and then Simran was called as the Queen of kollywood & Lady Super Star. She got her first break through the movie Thulladha Manamum Thullum opposite Vijay in 1999. Her performance as a blind woman was well praised.

[edit] Vaalee and the future

In the same year she acted in blockbuster Vaali opposite Ajith Kumar and she won several awards for her acting in Vaali which includes a Filmfare award, a Tamil Nadu government award and a Kalaimaamani award and she was nominated for National Film Award for Best Actress. Later in 1999 she acted in Jodi which was a super hit and she became the Lady Super Star of Tamil film industry and ruled kollywood till 2004. Her success streak continued in 2000 with the films Priyamaanavale and Parthen Rasithen in which she acted in a negative role and won a Tamil Nadu government award. She saw a new low in her Tamil career in 2001,as she concentrated in telugu, and once again became the leading actress in 2002 with several successes such as Ramana opposite Vijaykanth, Pammal K. Sambandam and Panchathantiram opposite Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam’s Kannathil Muthamittal opposite Madhavan. She won several accolades for her performance in Kannathil Muthamittal including a Filmfare award, a Tamilnadu government award and a “Dinakaran Best Actress Award”. She left the Tamil Industry after her Marriage with her last movie New which was a blockbuster of 2004. She became the Highest paid south Indian actress by getting 75 lakhs for her last movie New in 2004^{[citation needed]}. She recently appeared in the 2008 blockbuster Tamil film Vaaranam Aayiram directed by Gautham Menon, costarring Surya Sivakumar.

She is considered as one of the best Tamil actresses ever as she has acted in all kind of characters right from glam roles as in Vaali to family roles in Kannathil Muthamittal.Even her character in Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi(2003) as a tribal girl was very much spoken.

[edit] Telugu

She enjoyed a stupendous success in Telugu movie industry too as she acted with all the super stars of Tollywood such as Balakrishna, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna and Venkatesh. Her notable Telugu films include Daddy opposite Chiranjeevi, Samarasimha Reddy, Seema simham and Narasimha Naidu opposite Balakrishna, Nuvvuvasthavani and Bava Nachadu opposite Nagarjuna, Kalisundam Raa opposite Venkatesh and Yuvaraju opposite Mahesh Babu. She has received Nandi Award twice for the films Nuvvuvasthavani in 2000 and Narasimha Naidu in 2001 and Filmfare award twice for the same movies.

[edit] Salary and Business Interests

Simran was one of the leading ladies during late 90's and early 2000 and at the peak of her career commanded a salary package of up to 75 lakhs per movie.

She has done numerous modelling assignments with some of the top local and gobal marketing and modelling firms including Ford Motors, Lux, PepsiCo, SubWay, Loreal, Hindustan Lever, Colgate Palmolive, Paraag Sarees, Chandana Brothers and ICICI.

Even though the number of offers have declined recently, Simran still commands a salary of 30 to 40 lakhs per movie.

Simran and her husband own a Real estate firm in the suburbs of Palli Hill Mumbai, in collaboration with Delhi based DLS Group. The couple also own several restaurants in Delhi and Chennai. She bought a 10% stake in MGM studios during late 90's which in today's market is valued at over 47 crore rupees.

The couple own a home in Delhi, a sprawling mansion in Mumbai, a ranch in Chennai and a villa in Dubai. They also share an apartment complex with the yesteryear actresses Zeenat Aman and Poonam Dillon.

Simran was planning to launch a production company in partnership with the South Indian superstar Kamal Hassan but the deal was called off due to mutual disagreement.

She is currently in talks with Dr. Ramanaidu and Mahesh Bhatt to launch her Production Studios in the mid of 2010.

She is also working closely with the leading marketing firms in India to launch her Boutique line.

In the year 1999 she was featured in Forbes Magazine as the most prolific actress with diverse portfolio from the Indian sub continent.

[edit] Philanthropy

Simran's real estate firm in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Housing Board for low income group have developed a proposal to buy acerage in the outskirts of major cities and develop them into self sustained communities for people under the poverty line.

She has donated Rupees 10 Lakhs towards Kargil cause.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Awards

[edit] External links

• Simran's page at Paadal.com
• Simran's Fotoroll.
• Simran Telugu Video Songs
• Simran Tamil Video Songs
• All Simran Videos
• Simran Actress videos
• Simran Thirai Drama Online

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