About.....

Name: Trisha Krishnan
Nick Name: Honey
Date of birth: May 04, 1983
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Birth place: Chennai, India
Height : 5' 8"
Hails from: Palakkad, Kerala, India
Father - Krishnan
Mother - Uma Krishnan
Mother Tongue : Tamil
Languages Known : English, Hindi, Tamil and FrenchSchooling : Church ParkCollege : Ethiraj CollegeAddress: Mac Sunny Side, 5/1, Dr Alagappa Chettiar Road,Poonamallee High Road, Chennai- 600084
Debut Film: Mounam Pesiyadhey (TAMIL FILM)Hobbies: Music, Reading, Swimming
Her Strength: Determination
Her Weakness: Thinks a lot even about petty matters
Turned on by: Good perfume,
PowerTurned off by: Body odour, In-compassionate people, People chewing loudly
Blind date she would go with: Bill Clinton
Favourite night activity: Reading, net-surfing & partying occasionally
Terrified of: Losing people who matter the mostRecurring dream: walking on a lonely road in the middle of the night & a guy on a bicycle rides past her and pulls her hand
Her idols: Claudia Schiffer, Aishwariya Rai and Madhu Sapre
Other talents: Ballet dancer, Swimmer
Unusual things done by her: tried to sneak out of school once during Sports Day, always been intrigued by the supernatural especially U.F.O.'s and aliens
Her light brown eyes and glorious smile will take her to places. Trisha Krishnan, the lovely South Indian Actress was born and brought up in Chennai. BBA student of Ethiraj College, Chennai, she started her career as a model. She had been a model for many popular brands including Pepsi, Fair and Lovely, Medimix, Josco Jewellery, Prince Jewellery, Kumaram Silks.
was at this time Trisha took a shot at Miss Chennai contest 99 and emerged victorious with her stunning looks. From that point she has never looked back. She participated in the Fa Miss India Femina contest and bagged Miss Beautiful Smile title. After winning this title, she became a prominent figure in fashion shows and had worked with leading designers and choreographers. She also starred in Phalguni Pathak's famous music album 'Meri Chunar Ud Ud Jaye' During this time she received a call from Producer Vikram Singh to act in a lead role in his film 'Lesa Lesa' opposite Shyam directed by the famous director Priyadharshan. But it was 'Mounam Pesiyathe' opposite Surya that hit the screens first and the film turned out to be an average grosser. Her second film 'Manasellam' opposite Srikanth did well at the box-office.
Even before her first movie gets released, Trisha has been roped in to play as a heroine in nearly half-a-dozen movies with leading stars of South India. Her films Mani Ratnam's 'Aayudha Ezuthu', 'Saamy' opposite Vikram, 'Unakku 18, Enakku 20', 'Manasellam' has established her as one of the South Indian top actresses at the moment. Some of her interests include music, animals, channel surfing, reading and travelling. Commercials: Medimix soap, Vimal, Butterfly, Junior Horlicks, Britannia cold coffee, Fair & Lovely, Pepsi, Josco Jewellery (Kerala), Brooke bond Red Label Tea, Philips Power Vision, Arun Ice Cream, Goya Perfume (Colombo), Cavincare Meera Gold, Neem Toothpaste, Hercules cycle. ICICI Bank For starters Trisha is a well known actress in Tamil & Telugu films. She has acted in Tamil blockbuster Saamy and is well known face in ad world.She is former Miss Chennai and was also adjudged Miss Beautiful at Femina Miss India pageant.
Trisha, the busy actress in Tamil and Telugu film industries, is celebrating her birthday on Thursday. It has been a happy year so far as Trisha is flooded with offers. Celebrating her birthday in the sets of Bheema, Trisha is currently acting in a couple of Tamil films including Vikram's Bheema and Jeyam Ravi starrer Something Something. In Telugu, the actress is playing the heroine to Chiranjeevi in his movie Stalin. Trisha says, 'I am not in a hurry to choose movies. I go by the storyline and the merit of my role. In Bheema, my role is prominent. Unlike heroines who run around trees and romance and later disappear, I play a part of the story. Congratulations Trisha Krishnan ! What for, you might ask. Well, the buzz is that the Tollywood topper has become the first actress in south India to command a Rs 1 crore fee. So far, Sridevi had held the record for taking the highest salary in south - Rs 80 lakh in her prime days.Beautiful South Indian actress Trisha, who has been making waves in South Indian by delivering hit after hit has been officially voted as the top actress in South Indian in a poll conducted by a popular media house. Trisha easily beat other charming South Indian beauties like Nayanthara, Namitha, Asin & Shriya. She received more than 40% of the votes polled. In another poll conducted by the same media house Nayanthara was voted as the most glamorous actress and Namitha was voted as the Sexiest actress in South.
Trisha is one of the most popular south Indian actresses and she is young, talented and charming. Her birth name is Trisha Krishnamurthy. Trisha was born on the 4th of May 1983 in Pallakad, Kerala, India. She speaks English, Hindi, Tamil and French. A Profile of the TOP ACTRESS in SOUTH - Trisha

Monday, July 28, 2008

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Vidya Ram tops class at Columbia University's journalism school
Vidya Ram, 27, from Chennai was designated the top student in the Class of 2007 of the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University, New York.
Ms. Ram topped a list of 28 honours students in the school's M.S. programme. She was also awarded a Pulitzer travelling fellowship. These fellowships are given to five outstanding graduates to enable them to study and travel abroad. Ms. Ram plans to use her Pulitzer fellowship travelling to, and writing about, China.
Ms. Ram's classmates gave her a big round of applause when the school announced on Journalism Day, the day before the convocation, that she was the student of the year. It is very rare for a foreign student to win top honours at the school.
More than 250 M.S. programme students took their degrees along with Ms. Ram at the May 16 convocation of one of the world's premier journalism schools. Ben Bradlee, vice-president at large of The Washington Post, gave the commencement address to students, faculty, and parents. He received the school's highest honour, the Columbia Journalism Award.
Ms. Ram is the daughter of N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, who is an alumnus of the Columbia University journalism school. She studied at Sishya, Chennai, Oxford University, and the London School of Economics before going to Columbia University. Ms. Ram spent a year teaching English in Harbin, China; interned at The Hindu group's Frontline magazine in 2001-2002; and subsequently worked at the Hansard Society in London.

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