Ayesha Takia

Infobox actor
name = Ayesha Takia
आयेषा टाकिय़ा


caption = Ayesha Takia
birthdate = birth date and age|1986|06|06
location = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
yearsactive = 2004-present
parents = Nishit
Faridah
spouse = None
othername = Ayesha
Ayesh
occupation = Actress
filmfareawards=Filmfare Best Debut Award: ""|

Ayesha Takia ( _hi. आयेषा टाकिय़ा) born April 10, 1986 [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1779702/bio|title=IMDb Biography for Ayesha Takia] in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India is an Indian film actress.

Biography

Personal life

Ayesha Takia was born on May 15, 1986 and grew up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. [cite web|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2006/12/13/1939/index.html|title=Ayesha Takia on her five favourite dishes 2007|accessdate=2007-12-05] She comes from a mixed family. Her father, Nishit, is Gujarati, and her mother, Faridah, is half British and half Maharashtrian, an Anglo-Indian Muslim. [cite web|url=http://ayeshatakiainfo.com/|title=Ayesha Takia Info 2007|accessdate=2007-12-05] Takia went to St. Anthony's High School, but never went to college because she started to work when she turned sixteen. [ [http://www.bollywoodvillage.com/news-detail.asp?nid=501 Interview: Ayesha Takia's take on life's little things ] ] Her father interacts with her producers and handles her dates. She has a younger sister named Natasha born on February 5 1988. Ayesha dated Ashmit Patel for a short period but broke up after their MMS clip was released .

Her favorite actors from childhood are Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan and her favorite actresses are Sridevi and Rani Mukherji. She finds that there are many good directors but she has always liked Sanjay Leela Bhansali. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1779702/bio Ayesha Takia - Biography ] ]

Career

She appeared in the famous "I'm a Complan Boy! I'm a Complan Girl!" campaign alongside Shahid Kapoor [cite news
title= The Complan girl grows up!
publisher=The Hindu
date=2 August 2004
language=English
url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/08/02/stories/2004080200480200.htm
accessdate=2007-09-04] 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", 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", then for '. 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 '.

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.cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1805466,001100030004.htm|accessdate=2007-03-05|title=Ayesha Takia shines in Dor|last=Barnerjee|first=Arnab] cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/22dor.htm|title=Dor is a must watch|last=Diniz|first=Merril|accessdate=2007-03-05] She went on to win several awards for her performance in the film "Dor", including the Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actress. [cite web|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/04/01/2465|title=Winners of the Zee Cine Awards 2007|accessdate=2007-07-26]

Awards

* 2004, Filmfare Best Debut Award for "
* 2004, IIFA Star Debut
* 2005, Star's Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine
* 2007, Star Screen Award Best Actress (Critics) for "Dor"
* 2007, Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award for "Dor"
* 2007, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress for "Dor"
* 2007, Zee Cine Critics Award - Best Actress , tied with Gul Panag for "Dor"

Filmography

References

ee also

*List of Indian movie actresses
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