Ayesha Takia

Biography


Ayesha Takia (born April 10, 1986 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian film actress.
Her dad is a Gujrati and her mom is an Anglo-Indian. She has a younger sister named Natasha who was born in the year 1988

Early Life

Ayesha Takia was born on April 10, 1985 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.She comes from a mixed family. Her father is Gujarati, and her mother is half British and half Maharashtrian.She said in interviews that she grew up speaking English at home and had to learn Hindi and Telugu for her film roles

Career

She appeared in the famous I'm a Complan Boy! I'm a Complan Girl! campaign alongside Shahid Kapoor and also in a music video, Falguni Pathak's Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye, when she was fifteen. She then appeared in the video, Shake It Daddy, which brought her to the attention of the movie industry, and a few film offers followed.

She signed a contract for Socha Na Tha, then for Taarzan: The Wonder Car. However, delays in making Socha Na Tha meant that Taarzan released first and was therefore her "debut" film

She won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004 for her performance in Taarzan.

She has appeared in a number of films that have done poorly at the box office. However, she has been highly praised for her work in the 2006 Dor, a smaller budget film in which she plays the role of a young widowed Rajasthani woman living in a traditional joint family. She went on to win a Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Dor. Also in 2006, Ayesha Takia was amongst the top 10 on the listing of India's 50 most desirable women alive, a poll conducted by Zoom, an Indian TV channel.


Filmography

Taarzan: The Wonder Car - Released on 2004-08-06

Dil Maange More - Released on 2004-12-31

Socha Na Tha - Released on 2005-03-04

Super(telugu) - Released on 2005-07-20

Shaadi No. 1 - Released on 2005-11-02

Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak - Released on 2005-12-02

Shaadi Se Pehle - Released on 2006-04-06

Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota - Released on 2006-07-21

Dor - Released on 2006-09-22

Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute To Love - Released on 2007-01-25

Fool and Final - June 2007 (Post-Production)

De Taali August - 2007 (Post-Production)

Kya Love Story Hai - 2007-04-06 (Post-Production)

No Smoking...! - 2007-06-01 (Post-Production)

Aladdin 2007 (announced)

Blood Brothers 2007 (Under Production)

Sunday 2008 (Under Production)