Bigg Boss is back with a big and mighty bang! Here's a look at who are the home mates in the incredible Season 5 of BIGG BOSS.
Contestant No: 1
GULABO SAPERA
Gulabo Sapera was born and raised in a family of snake charmers. The foremost performer in the Kalbelia style, she has taken the dance to new heights and has travelled the globe educating people about this little-known art form.
Kalbelia is the traditional, celebratory dance of the snake charmers and an integral part of their heritage. This maximum INDIA performance is presented under the auspices of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi..
Contestant No: 2
JUHI PARMAR
Juhi Parmar ( born 14 December 1980 in Ujjain), daughter of Devendra and Hemlata Parmar, brought up in Jaipur in Rajasthan is a well known TV personality and a versatile anchor, actress, Television Presenter, singer and dancer.
Juhi Parmar is married to Television personality and businessman Sachin Shroff.
She has won The Miss Rajasthan title in 1999.
Contestant No: 3
LAXMI NARAYAN TRIPATHI
Laxmi is thirty years old Hijra Guru functioning as manager in shriram. She is originally from Utttarpradesh, India. Laxmi is a famous dancer, dance instructor, and hijra guru. She is well-known campaigner and quintessence of elegance and courage faces the reality. She also adopted two grown up child as her kids.
Contestant No: 4
MAHEK CHAHAL
Mahek Chahal aka Priti Chahal is a Bollywood actress and a Norwegian model of Punjabi Sikh origin.
Mahek was first considered for a role in Ajnabee but was not selected due to her linguistic shortcomings. She joined Kishore Namit’s acting school in Mumbai and managed to get a Telugu film titled Neetho, but her dialogues in the film were dubbed. She made her Bollywood debut in 2003 with a role in Nayee Padosan. She also did an item number in Kareena Kapoor starrer Chameli.
Contestant No: 5
MANDEEP BEVLI
Mandeep Bevli is an anchor on the channel Headlines Today of India. She mostly presents entertainment programs of the channel like Entertainment Quarter, Grand Stand etc.
She also entered in fifth season of the reality television show Bigg Boss
She also presents live shows and has worked for various other channels for other kinds of programs also.
She has compered many live shows. For instance, Mr Monte Carlo show by Oswal Group. She was also on DD Metro presenting Khabrein Bollywood Ki.
Contestant No: 6
NIHITA BISWAS
Nihita Biswas is a Nepalese woman reported to be engaged to convicted murderer Charles Sobhraj. As reported in July 2008, the pair met through Sobhraj’s lawyer, and planned to marry pending an appeal of the life sentence Sobhraj began in 2004 in Nepal.At 20, Biswas is 44 years younger than Sobhraj.
Contestant No: 7
POOJA BEDI
Pooja Bedi , (born 11 May 1970) is a former Bollywood actress and currently a television talk show host. She is the daughter of actor Kabir Bedi.
From 1991 to 1994, Bedi worked in Bollywood films, and appeared in many commercials and campaigns. She is best remembered for the Kama Sutra condom campaign which she endorsed and used as a vehicle to raise awareness of AIDS.
She appeared in plays such as Carry On Papa, Wow What a Girl and A Bengali Jatra.
Contestant No: 8
POOJA MISSRA
Pooja Misrra is a Hot international VJ, Actress, Model, Anchor, Master of Ceremonies & Page 3 Celebrity from India. Pooja Misrra has done VJ anchoring and dance performances all over the world like Dubai, Brazil, UK, USA and Spain besides compering major shows and events in Bombay, Pune, Baroda, Hyderabad, Bangalore, New Delhi and other major cities in India.
Contestant No: 9
RAAGESHWARI
Raageshwari Loomba (born 25 July 1977) is an Indian pop singer, actress, model, television anchor and former MTV VJ. She also entered in fifth season of the reality television show Bigg Boss.
Raageshwari was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in a middle-class family, to Trilok Singh Loomba, a National Award winning musician and government servant, and his wife Veera. She has an elder brother, Rishabh who is a filmmaker. The Sanskrit word Raageshwari means “the queen of ragas and wife of the Lord”.
Raageshwari was suffering from malaria, while shooting for the video Ikki chikki chikita. The album was released with a concert on the eve of the year 2000. Just a week after the concert, Raageshwari was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, which left her with a paralyzed left side of the face and a slur in her voice. Over the next year, she rehabilitated herself with help of physiotherapy, electrical stimulation and yoga. She did television shows such as Ek do teen and Baar baar dekho on MTV, Kuch Kehti Hai Yeh Dhun on Sony, Quest for BBC and One on One With Raageshwari on TEN Sports. She then came back with an album in 2006, ‘Sagari Rayn’ which is a fusion world music album. Her video for the same created quite a stir as it was lavishly shot in ‘The Sultanate of Oman’ by her brother Rishabh Loomba. The video was the first in Indian History to have released in Cinema theatres all over.
Contestant No: 10
SHAKTI KAPOOR
Shakti Kapoor (born 3 September 1958) is an Indian Bollywood actor. He is notably known for playing comic and villainous roles. He is known for acting alongside comedian Kader Khan in over 100 films.
Shakti Kapoor, since the start of his career in 1972 he has often been nominated for the Filmfare Award in the Best Comedian category and won once, for his performance in David Dhawan’s film, Raja Babu. During his career, he has enacted very vulgar roles in Hindi Softcore movies and was a part of many successful films such as Aasha, Khiladi, Aankhen, Judwaa and many more. Nowadays, Shakti is a regular fixture in Priyadarshan films like Hungama, Hulchul, Chup Chup Ke and Malamaal Weekly and most recently Malayalam remake Bhagam Bhag. He also acted in some Bengali film of Kolkata.
Contestant No: 11
SHONALI NAGRANI
Shonali Nagrani (born on December 20, 1981 in Delhi, India) is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in Hindi language films. She won the pageant of former Miss India International in 2003 and subsequently finished first runner-up of Miss International 2003. Alongside appearances as a model and as a television anchor most notably for the Indian Premier League shows for Sony TV India and ITV, she has appeared in supporting roles in the 2008 film, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and the 2009 cricket themed film, Dil Bole Hadippa amongst other roles.
She had finished fifth in the Femina Miss India and a result was selected as India’s representative to Miss International for 2003. She was consequently entered and finished second in Miss International 2003 as first runner up at the 43rd Pageant in Tokyo, Japan. She also subsequently was given the chance to meet Charles, Prince of Wales at a reception on his official tour of India in 2003 citing that the opportunity was “once in a lifetime”.
Shonali Nagrani has enjoyed success as a television presenter, featuring on Indian and British television. In her early career, she hosted Popcorn on Zoom TV and was also the host of the Great Indian Laughter Challenge on Star One. Furthermore she went on to feature as the host of Mr. and Ms. TV on Sony and as the presenter of the show, Salaam-E-Ishq, on Star one. Other work includes hosting Filmy Cocktail on Filmy channel and Dumdaar Hits on Sony TV. She was also on Colors for Khatro Ke Khiladi Season 2.
Contestant No: 12
SHRADHA SHARMA
Shradha is known for her good dancing skills and because of which she is signed by many big brands such as nerolac, ciat tyres, taj.country club and many more.
She has done modelling for Dettol, Lizol, Mortein, Easy-of and much more. She started with serials and played a lead role in Suno Har Dil Kuch Kehta Hai – Sahara One and Saarthi – Star Plus.
After this she decided to move on to films and sooner she did a kannada film ‘Jeeva’.
This was the time when she gave a stunning performance through her hardwork and reached to the doors of fame & Success. The journey went on and she continued with her live stage shows i.e Dance performance for various companies and their products.
Contestant No: 13
SONIKA MALIK
She is surely a model, film-actor even. But, when people find out that Sonika Kaliraman Malik is a wrestler, they gape unabashedly. And you can’t blame them, because it’s hard to get over how attractive the browneyed, 5’9″, 26-year-old is.
Contestant No: 14
VIDA SAMADZAI
Vida Samadzai (born February 22, 1978) is Miss Afghanistan 2003. Although, the Republic of Afghanistan never recognized Samadzai as Miss Afghanistan. As the first Afghan woman to participate in an international beauty pageant since 1974, her appearance in a red bikini in the 2003 edition of Miss Earth pageant created controversy in her native country.
Samadzai, an ethnic pashton was born and raised in khost province, Afghanistan, and moved to the U.S. in 1996. She is a student at California State University, Fullerton and has a double major in Advertising and Speech Communications. She speaks five languages fluently and is involved with helping the Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Her life ambition is to work for the United Nations and be a leader and helper for Afghan women whose rights were suppressed for over a decade.
On May 1, 2005, Vida Samadzai won the [Ms. America] 2005-06 pageant.
On July 3, 2005 she represented the United States at Miss Tourism Queen International 2005, where she was named the first Miss Personality in the pageant’s history.
