*Interesting to learn that Kalki Koechlin is a French national despite her Indian birth. Maybe Kalki's bi-national. There must be some tri-national people someplace; one wonders what the limit is. Pentanational? Octanational? Duodeciminational?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4885174.cms
"BT rounds up the international models and actresses who have said yes to B-town.
"Florence Brudenell-Bruce and Giselle Monteiro : Florence, a British model and the ex-girlfriend of F1 racer, Jenson Button, debuted in Love Aaj Kal as Jo, Saif Ali Khan’s Caucasian girlfriend. Then, there’s Giselle Monteiro, who played Harleen. (...)
Jacqueline Fernandez
This Miss Sri Lanka plays Aladin’s Jasmine in Sujoy Ghosh’s next film. She also has Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai in the pipeline. “I love Bollywood because it’s all about naach-gaana, romantic scenes and dramatic moments,” she’s said. Sujoy views it as a win-win situation. “Indian audiences are wowed by international names. Bollywood gives foreign talent a good career boost as they do more than just acting,” explains Sujoy.
Barbara Mori
The Mexican model-turned-actress was the natural choice for director Anurag Basu’s Kites. (...)
Lisa Lazarus
The British model will debut with a supporting role in Veer. “When I won the Miss Universe UK pageant last May, many producers approached me,” says Lisa. “I would love to establish myself in Bollywood,” she adds.
Bruna Abdullah
This Brazilian model-turned-veejay sizzled in the item song Rehem Kare in Cash. She’s also a part of Khatron Ka Khiladi 2. (((Plus, she's a veejay named Bruna Abdullah; Paula Abdul, eat your heart out.)))
http://www.moviegupshup.net/categories.php?cat_id=174
Rosa Catalano
This Italian beauty kick-started her career with the item number, Jaane Kyun, in Samar Khan’s Shaurya. Now, she’ll be seen in a lead role in Partho Ghosh’s Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De.
Claudia Ciesla
This German supermodel-actress-singer has worked on projects like Karma: Crime, Passion, Reincarnation, directed by MR Shahjahan, Ki Jana Pardes, a Punjabi film and 10:10, a Bengali film. “I’m staying in Mumbai and have started taking Hindi lessons,” she’s said. Claudia has three offers in Hindi and a couple in Marathi and Tamil...
(((Kalki Koechlin, actress and playwright, imports Eskimo folklore to India:)))
http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/theatre/article1459.ece
THE SKELETON WOMAN
August 15
Winner of the MetroPlus Playwright Award 2009, this play written by Kalki Koechlin and Prashant Prakash was inspired by an Inuit folk tale. It’s directed by Nayantara Kotian.
Their first full-length play, this is the story of a struggling writer cursed with never completing a story. Based on an eerie folk tale of the same name, which Koechlin says ‘haunted her,’ the play tells the story of a fisherman who reels in a skeleton woman when fishing in a haunted bay. An allegory on death and love, the tale is woven around how his compassion brings her back to life.
Prakash, a Mumbai-based actor, is a graduate of St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai. Koechlin, probably best known for her role in Anurag Kashyap’s “Dev D,” is a graduate in Drama and Theatre Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London. She spent two years working in London’s West End, where she performed in David Hare’s ‘The Blue Room.’
