Ayesha Takia Biography

Monday, November 9, 2009 |

Ayesha Takia Azmi
BornAyesha Takia
April 10, 1986 (age 23)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Othername(s)Ayesha Azmi
Ayesha Farhan Azmi
Ayesh
OccupationActress
Years active2004 - Present
Spouse(s)Farhan Azmi (2009 - Present)

Ayesha Takia Azmi born as Ayesha Takia (Hindi: आयेशा टाकिया) on April 10, 1986[1] is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies.

Career

Ayesha started her career with the "I am a Complan Girl!" advertisingcampaign and she also appeared in a music video, Falguni Pathak's Meri Chunarii Udd Udd Jaye, when she was fifteen. The complan ad campaign also had Shahid Kapoor as a child actor. She then appeared in the video, Shake It Daddy, when she was sixteen, which brought her to the attention of the movie industry, and a few film offers followed. She signed a contract for Socha Na Tha. However, there were delays in making Socha Na Tha so Taarzan released first and was therefore her "debut" film. She won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004 for her performance in Taarzan: The Wonder Car. She earned critical acclaim for her performance in Nagesh Kukunoor's Dor with Taran Adarsh ofIndiafm.com writing,". She accepted non-glamorous roles, which most actors don't do at the start of their career." [2]

Her latest release Wanted costarring Salman Khan has emerged as the biggest blockbuster of 2009.[1]

[edit]Personal life

Ayesha Takia was born on April 10, 1986. She comes from a mixed family. Her father, Nishit, is Gujarati, and her mother, Faridah, is an Anglo-Indian---half British Christian and half Indian Muslim. Takia went to St. Anthony's High School. Her father interacts with her producers and handles her dates. She has a younger sister named Natasha. Ayesha is the cousin of the upcoming star Abdul Zafar.

On March 1, 2009, she got married to Farhan Azmi in an Islamic Nikah ceremony, a restaurateur and the son of politicianAbu Azmi, a Samajwadi Party leader.[3] The couple had originally planned to marry in December 2008, but the wedding was delayed due to the Mumbai attacks.

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