Then she blazed the television screen in Margarita and bagged the Screen Videocon Award for Best Actress. Rajeshwari's big Hollywood break came in the form of the Bernado Bertolucci directed epic Little Buddha, opposite Keanu Reeves.

Being a performing artist, it was only natural that this bundle of talent went on to explore new fields. With 13 years of training in Bharata Natyam, the only other field left to explore was singing. In 2004, she accomplished that, too, with three pop CDs-Hulle Hullare, Mukhda Piya Ka and Ummang.

Her most recent appearance was when she matched steps with husband Varun Badola in Nach Balliye, where she emerged as a graceful danseuse.


Babul Supriyo

Babul Supriyo, aka Supriyo Baral, was born in Kolkata. His musical roots can be traced to his grandfather, Banikantha N C Baral, who was a famous Bengali vocalist and composer. Babul started trained in music from a very early age and won a string of awards in singing all through his formative and educative years in school, college and university.

Babul, who had a lucrative job at Standard Chartered Bank, gave it up to pursue his first love-singing. He migrated to Mumbai in 1992 and made a humble start to his career by rendering cover versions of popular Kishore Kumar songs for T-Series. Kalyanji-Anandji gave him a break by taking him for overseas concerts with Amitabh Bachchan and others.

Today, at the age of 30, he is regarded as one of the most promising talents around. He is the voice behind the nation's current heartthrob, Hrithik Roshan. His idol, however, is Kishore Kumar who he says sang with feeling, like a hero and sang for suit any situation. He admits that he probably has traces of Kishore Kumar's style in his singing, too.