Actress Nagma threatened by radicals for joining the Church

BJP legal cell had sent out a lawyer's notice to popular actress Nagma for allegedly hurting the sentiments of other religion ---Christian Meenger

Nagma was born Namratha Sadhana in an ordinary Muslim family in Punjab. She debuted in a Hindi film titled 'Baaghi' in which she acted along with Salman Khan. She shot to fame in south India when she was paired with Tamil superstar Rajnikant in 'Basha'. 'Kadhalan', where she acted along with Prabhu Deva, was another blockbuster film. Some of her major hits in Telugu were 'Gharana Mogudu' with Chiranjeevi in 1993, 'Allari Alludu' with Nagarjuna and 'Major Chandrakanth' with N T Rama Rao and Mohan Babu. | GoogleSearch for actress Nagma on The Christian Messenger |

For a brief while, Nagma was part of 'Art of living' course. The actress is currently a major star in Bhojpuri movies where she found success as a leading lady. She was successful when paired against "Big boss" reality show participant Ravi Kishen.  read

Nagma is a citizen of a democratic country so a party like the BJP has no right to dictate terms like which religion she should follow, what dress she should wear or what food she should eat--Prabhu Das Thapa. 

(ANTS) Matigara, Siliguri, West Bengal 

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God’s hand was on me all along: Nagma

October 01, 2008 | 23:07:47

POPULAR actress Nagma  opened up about her faith and mission in her life for the first time to the media in an exclusive interview  with The Christian Messenger.

This newspaper’s founding editor Robin Samspoke to her for close to five hours in an exhaustive interview concerning her faith, the recent issue over her testimony at Nalumavadi in Tamil Nadu, the rising violence against Christians, her personal life and plans for the future. Excerpts:

When did you come to realize the saving power of Jesus Christ?

I was born on Christmas to a Muslim mother and a Hindu father. I went to a convent school from childhood. I was exposed to Christianity from a young age. I went to Mount Mary Convent School in Bandra, Mumbai. There, Mass was a routine feature. I always thought I am very special to God because I was born on Dec 25th - perhaps because the world celebrated the day.

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While reading the New Testament, I realized the importance of baptism and also of joining a church. Therefore, I immediately joined Pastor Shekhar Kalyanpur’s New Life Fellowship in Juhu, Mumbai. I took baptism on Jan 4. Since 2007 was a year of rest I decided to take a break from films and continued my Bible study fervently.

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