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{{Short description|Indian actress (born 1957)}}

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'''Tina Ambani''' ([[Birth name|née]] '''Munim''') is a former Indian actress. She is married to [[Anil Ambani]], Chairman of [[Reliance Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/TOP-anil-tina-ambani-love-5612743-PHO.html |title=It Was An Earthquake That Brought Anil Ambani-Tina Munim Together After Their 'Four-Year-Separation': Here's A Love Story That's No Less Than A Bollywood Rom-Com! |date=2 June 2017 |website=Daily.bhaskar.com}}</ref> She is actively involved in many foundations and charities. Many of these were established in the memory of her in-laws, Dhirubhai and Kokilaben Ambani. Her work ranges from elder care to promotion of Indian art.

Ambani was born Tina Munim on 11 February 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tina Ambani's birthday |url=https://www.kokilabenhospital.com/about/chairpersons_profile.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=Republic World |language=en}}</ref> She graduated high school in 1975 from the MM Pupils Own School in Khar, Bombay. The same year, she was crowned Femina Teen Princess India 1975 and represented India at the Miss Teenage Intercontinental contest in [[Aruba]], where she was crowned second runner-up.<ref name="times1">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Tina-Ambani-Every-organ-wasted-is-a-potential-life-lost/articleshow/39884980.cms |title=Tina Ambani: Every organ wasted is a potential life lost |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>She subsequently enrolled in [[Jai Hind College]] for a degree in arts. Later in 70s, she joined the Hindi film industry and had a successful career as a leading actress, for thirteen years.

On 2 February 1991, she married [[Anil Ambani]], the younger son of Indian business tycoon [[Dhirubhai Ambani]] who founded [[Reliance Industries]]. They have two sons Jai Anmol (born in December 1991) and Jai Anshul (born in September 1995). The eldest, Jai Anmol married Khrisha Shah on 20 February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-28 |title=Inside Jai Anmol Ambani and Krisha Shah's big fat Ambani wedding! |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3168646/inside-jai-anmol-and-krisha-shahs-big-fat-ambani-wedding |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> Munim's brother-in-law is Asia's richest man, [[Mukesh Ambani]] who is the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of [[Reliance Industries Ltd.|Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 April 2021 |title=Tina Ambani shares warm birthday greetings for brother-in-law Mukesh Ambani |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/tina-ambani-shares-warm-birthday-greetings-for-brother-in-law-mukesh-ambani-101618828777081.html |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> [[Nita Ambani]], founder of [[Reliance Foundation]], and wife of Mukesh,is her sister-in-law. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Shefali |date=3 June 2020 |title=Nita Ambani – Tina Munim: Inside look at equation between two Ambani bahus |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/nita-ambani-tina-munim-inside-look-equation-between-two-ambani-bahus-821448 |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=ibtimes.co.in |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="indian express">{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/42-years-of-baton-baton-mein-revisiting-basu-chatterjees-love-letter-to-mumbai- |title=42 years of Baton Baton Mein: Revisiting Basu Chatterjee's love letter to Mumbai |website=The Indian Express}}</ref> Her notable films with [[Rishi Kapoor]] include ''[[Karz (film)|Karz]]'', and ''[[Yeh Vaada Raha (film)|Yeh Vaada Raha]]''.She starred with actor [[Rajesh Khanna]] in many films including ''[[Fiffty Fiffty]]'', ''[[Souten]]'', ''[[Bewafai]]'', ''[[Suraag (1982 film)|Suraag]] '', ''[[Insaaf Main Karoonga]]'', ''[[Rajput (film)|Rajput]]'', ''[[Aakhir Kyon?]]'', ''Paapi Pet Ka Sawaal Hai'', ''[[Alag Alag]]'', ''Bhagwaan Dada'' and ''[[Adhikar (1986 film)|Adhikar]]''.<ref name="indiatoday1">{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ive-always-been-a-working-woman-tina-ambani/1/450512.html |title=I've always been a working woman: Tina Ambani |website=India Today}}</ref> Her last film was ''[[Jigarwala]],'' released in 1991. In an interview to [[Simi Garewal]], Munim said: "Sometimes I feel [that I left films too soon] too, but then I felt that there was a lot more to the world that I wanted to explore and experience, and not just stick to movies. I decided to quit. I never regretted it. I never wanted to go back, ever."

With the aim to offer young artists a platform to exhibit alongside seasoned veterans and acknowledged masters, she organised the first Harmony Art show in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/Tu789M41vZwBKSrSmvE5WK/Tina-Ambani--Any-museum-I-create-will-not-merely-be-art.html |title=Tina Ambani - Any museum I create will not merely be art |website=Livemint.com}}</ref> In 2008, Harmony Art Foundation showcased upcoming Indian artists at Christie's in London, drawing attention to the wealth of talent in India. She has served on the board of trustees of the [[Peabody Essex Museum]] in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], which is the oldest continually operating museum in the US since 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edgers 26 September 2008 |first1=Geoff |title=Former Bollywood star, Peabody Essex Museum trustee |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/exhibitionist/2008/09/former_bollywoo.html |access-date=27 January 2022 |work=The Boston Globe |date=26 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trustees September 2021 – September 2022 |url=https://www.pem.org/about-pem/leadership-at-pem |website=Peabody Essex Museum |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>

In addition, she has served on the advisory board of the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]], Mumbai and  the [[National Institute of Design]], [[Ahmedabad]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2020|reason=Your explanation here}} She was also nominated to the reconstituted General Assembly of the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pem.org/press/press_release/101-tina_ambani_elected_to_the_peabody_essex_museums_board_of_trustees |title=PEM &#124; Tina Ambani Elected to the Peabody Essex Museum&#039;s Board of Trustees « Press |access-date=23 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624104410/http://www.pem.org/press/press_release/101-tina_ambani_elected_to_the_peabody_essex_museums_board_of_trustees |archive-date=24 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has been actively associated with several welfare activities such as Aseema, an NGO engaged in the rehabilitation of street children,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aseema.org/sites/default/files/art-with-a-heart.pdf |title=Art with a heart |website=Aseema.org}}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=July 2020|reason= Can't find information about ambani's involvement with the cited source }}  and the restoration of Elephanta Island, a World Heritage Site near Mumbai, with the Archaeological Survey of India and [[UNESCO]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2020|reason=Your explanation here}}

 

In 2004, Ambani established Harmony for Silvers Foundation, a Mumbai-based non-government organisation that seeks to enhance the quality of life of the elderly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-business/harmony-for-silvers-foundation-honours-10-silver-achievers-on-1st-october-world-elders-day-113092401295_1.html |title=Harmony for Silvers Foundation honours 10 Silver Achievers on 1st October, World Elders Day |website=Indiainfoline.com}}</ref> Its activities have included ''Harmony – Celebrate Age'', the magazine, now in its 14th year; the portal www.harmonyindia.org; Harmony Interactive Centre for Silver Citizens, in South Mumbai; the Harmony Research Division; the Harmony Silver Awards; and the Harmony Senior Citizens’ Runs at the Mumbai, [[Delhi]] and Bengaluru marathons.

In order to bridge the gaps in Indian healthcare, Ambani launched the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute (KDAH) in Mumbai in 2009, a quaternary care facility.<ref name="times1"/> It is the only hospital in Mumbai to receive accreditation from the JCI ([[Joint Commission]] International, USA), NABH (National Accreditation Board for Healthcare, India), CAP ([[College of American Pathologists]], USA) and NABL (National Accreditation Board for Laboratories, India).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://medicaldialogues.in/mumbai-kokilaben-dhirubhai-ambani-hospital-gets-jci-accreditation/ |title=Mumbai: Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital gets JCI accreditation - Medical Dialogues |date=13 January 2016 |website=Medicaldialogues.in}}</ref> Other standouts include the first comprehensive centre for liver transplant and the first integrated centre for children's cardiac care in western India; its robotic surgery programme; the centres for rehabilitation and sports medicine; and its initiative to open 18 cancer care centres in rural Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Kokilaben-Hospital-to-set-up-18-cancer-care-centres-in-Maha/articleshow/53688233.cms? |title=Kokilaben Hospital to set up 18 cancer care centres in Maha |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

| 1978 || ''[[Des Pardes (1978 film)|Des Pardes]]'' || Gauri || Debut film  

| 1979 || ''[[Baaton Baaton Mein]]'' || Nancy ||  

| rowspan="5" | 1980 || ''[[Karz (film)|Karz]]'' || Tina ||  

| rowspan="5" | 1981 || ''[[Katilon Ke Kaatil]]'' || Petty Thief ||

| rowspan="4" | 1982 || ''[[Yeh Vaada Raha (film)|Yeh Vaada Raha]]'' || Sunita Sikkan / Kusum Mehra / Anisha ||

| ''[[Suraag (1982 film)|Suraag]]'' || Guest appearance ||

| rowspan="3" | 1983 || ''[[Souten]]'' || Rukmani Mohit ||

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| ''[[Wanted: Dead or Alive (1984 film)|Wanted: Dead or Alive]]'' || Neeta ||  

| rowspan="6" | 1985 || ''[[Alag Alag]]'' || Chandni ||  

| [[Yudh (film)|Yudh]] || Anita / Rita ||  

| rowspan="3" | 1986 || ''Samay Ki Dhaara'' || Rashmi A. Verma ||

| rowspan="2" | 1987 || ''[[Kamagni]]'' || Megha ||  

| 1988 || ''7 Bijliyaan'' || ||

| 1991 || ''[[Jigarwala]]'' || Sohni ||

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