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Bhumika Chawla, born 21 August 1978, is an Indian actress.
Her birth name is Rachna and she is affectionately called
'Guddiya'.
Early life and background Chawla
was born in New Delhi and completed her schooling there.
She moved to Mumbai in 1997 and started her career with
ad films and Hindi music video albums.She also appeared
in the Zee Tv serial Hip Hip Hurray!
Career
Chawla started off her film career in the Tollywood
film industry, starring in the feature film Yuvakudu
(2000) in Telugu alongside actor Sumanth. Her second
release, Khushi (2001), in which she starred opposite
Pawan Kalyan was a box office success. This was followed
by several films in Telugu and three films in the Kollywood
industry in Tamil.
After a number of critically and commercially successful
films, she starred in her first Bollywood film, Tere
Naam (2003), alongside Salman Khan. The film was one
of the year's highest grossing films and fared moderately
well at the box office. Apart from it, it was a critical
success and her performance in the film won her many
positive notices as well as several nominations for
Best Debut at different award ceremonies. She was nominated
for her first Filmfare Best Actress Award, and won the
Best Debut trophy at the Zee Cine Awards ceremony.
In 2008, she starred alongside Gurdas Mann in the Punjabi
film Yaariyan.
She married Bharat Thakur on October 21 2007. |
