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Gayatri Joshi
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| Born | 20 March 1977 Nagpur, Maharastra, India |
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| Years active | 1999–2004 |
| Spouse(s) | Vikas Oberoi ( m. 2005) |
Gayatri Joshi (born 20 March 1977) is a model turned former Bollywood actress. Her first and only film was Swades (2004).
Career[edit]
Joshi started her career by becoming a VJ or Video Jockey on Channel V India. She then left to pursue her dream of winning the Femina India beauty pageant. Joshi was one of the final five candidates in the 1999 Femina Miss India beauty pageant,[1] and was crowned on Sony Entertainment Channel through voting by viewers, and was chosen to represent India at the 2000 Miss International event in Japan.[1] She has worked as an advertising model in addition to making appearances in several music videos: She appeared in music videos of Jagjit Singh's Kaghaz Ki Kashti and Hans Raj Hans' Jhanjaria.[2]
While still attending college, she modelled for Bombay Dyeing, Philips, Ponds, Godrej, Sunsilk and LG, as well as the Hyundai ad with Shah Rukh Khan.[2] She has also modelled for the Seasons Catalogue and Calendar during 2001. She made her Bollywood debut in December 2004 in Ashutosh Gowarikar's film Swades opposite Shah Rukh Khan,[3][4][5] which received strong acclaim from Indian film critics.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Notes |
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| 2004 | Swades | Bollywood debut |
Personal life and education[edit]
Joshi studied at Mount Carmel High School in Nagpur, and when the family re-located to Mumbai, she was enrolled in the JB Vachha High School. After completing her schooling, she went on to study in Sydenham College.[2] She modelled for brands such as Godrej, LG, Ponds, Bombay Dyeing, Sunsilk, Philips, as well as with Shahrukh Khan in the Hyundai advertisement. She then went on to obtain a degree in Commerce from the same college.[citation needed]
She was chosen as one of the five finalists of the 1999 Femina Miss India Contest, and represented India at the Miss International beauty pageant in Japan during the same year. Subsequently, she returned to modelling and appeared in the Seasons Catalogue and Calendar during the year 2001.
On 27 August 2005, she married Vikas Oberoi, Promoter of Oberoi Construction, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.[6][7]
Awards[edit]
- 2005, Bollywood Movie Awards, Best Female Debut
- 2005, Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female, Swades.
- 2005, Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut, Swades.
- 2005, Global Indian Film Awards, Best Newcomer, Swades
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Goddess Gayatri". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 12 April 2005. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Basu, Arundhati (5 February 2005). "Reaching for the stars". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ↑ Chaubey, Parinita (2 May 2019). "Roles Reversed On Swades Set: When Shah Rukh Khan 'Took Over' The Camera To Shoot His Director". NDTV. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ "Akshay Kumar-Twinkle Khanna's movie date with Swades actress Gayatri Joshi". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ D, Avantika (23 December 2019). "Missing: Why did Gayatri Joshi quit Bollywood after a dream debut?". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ IndiaFM (29 August 2005). "Wedding bells for Gayatri". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ↑ Seta, Fenil (17 December 2019). "15 years of Swades EXCLUSIVE: Gayatri Oberoi BREAKS silence on why she quit films : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". www.bollywoodhungama.com. Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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