Ayesha Takia

Ayesha Takia
Born	Ayesha Takia (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 26) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress, Voice actress, Model
Years active	2004-Present
Spouse	Farhan Azmi (2009-Present)

Ayesha Takia (Hindi: आयेशा टाकिया आजमी; born Ayesha Takia on 10 April 1986) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. Her film career started with Taarzan: The Wonder Car for which she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award (2004). She was highly acclaimed for her performance as a young widow in Dor (2006). She received commercial success with Wanted (2009).^[1]

Career

Ayesha started her career with Shahid Kapoor in the "I am a Complan Girl!" advertising campaign and she also appeared in a music video, Falguni Pathak's Meri Chunarii 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 film 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 the film 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.^[2] She appeared in one Telugu film Super with Tollywood star Akkineni Nagarjuna.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, Wanted costarring Salman Khan emerged as one of the biggest commercial success of her career.^[3] The film was third highest grossing movie of the year.Her role met with positive reviews. She then starred in Paathshaala along with actor Shahid Kapoor. As of 2011 she starred in Mod which met with good response.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Ayesha with husband Farhan Azmi

On 1 March 2009, Ayesha married Farhan Azmi, a restaurateur and the son of politician Abu Asim Azmi, a Samajwadi Party leader. The couple had originally planned to marry in December 2008, but the wedding was delayed due to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.^{[citation needed]} She also came into spotlight in 2008 for getting a Breast Reduction to address her shoulder ache problem caused by a previous Breast enlargement surgery.^[4]

Awards

Filmography

See also

• List of Indian film actresses

References

External links

• Ayesha Takia at the Internet Movie Database

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