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5 loved 2000s actresses of Bollywood

Amrita Rao

Amrita made her debut in 2002 with the movie Ab Ke Baras opposite Arya Babbar. Her role as Payal in Ishq Vishq was loved the auidences and also won IFFA Star Debut of the Year – Female and Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow – Female awards. Amrita was last seen in Satyagraha in 2013 and Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai in 2016 on TV.


Rimi Sen

Rimi was one of the popular faces of the year 2000. Her debut film was Hungama in 2003. She was seen in few successful movies like Dhoom in 2004 and Garam Masala in 2005. Rimi was last seen in Bigg Boss season 9.

Esha Deol

Esha stepped into Bollywood in 2002 as Esha Dushyant Singh for the movie Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe. She won several debut awards for this role such as Filmfare, Star Screen, IFFA and Bollywood Movie Awards. She didn’t do as well as her mother Hema Malini did and started to get few roles from the late 2000s. she was last seen as Meera in Care of Footpath 2 in 2015.

Lara Dutta

Lara, former Miss Universe was part of many successful movies in the past. She debuted with Andaaz in 2003 opposite Priyanka Chopra and Akshay Kumar. She won Filmfare Best Debut Award for this role. After Houseful in 2010, she started to get few roles in films but still adored by many audiences. Lara is considered as beauty with brain from her Miss Universe days.

Mahima Chaudhary

Mahima made her debut in 1997 with Pardes, which she won Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She was part of movies like Dhadkan and Lajja. Mahima was last seen in an Bengali movie Dark Chocolate in 2016.

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Yash says Ravana in Ramayana must connect with Western viewers as film eyes global audience

Highlights

  • Yash says he humanised Ravana to help global audiences relate to the character.
  • Asura designs in the first glimpse drew criticism for looking too Western-inspired.
  • Producer Namit Malhotra compares the film's tone to Lord of the Rings and Gladiator.
Yash, who plays the demon king Ravana in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, says his portrayal was shaped by one clear goal: making the character relatable beyond Indian audiences.
Speaking at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week, where the film was presented alongside major Hollywood releases, the actor said he worked to strip away the purely mythological reading of the role.

"I have tried to internalise the whole essence of Ravana and tried to make him as human as possible at times," Yash told Reuters.

"It is important for people to relate to him, and since we have global ambitions, we need to make it familiar to a Western audience as well."

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