Lara Dutta is one of the unsung beauties of Bollywood. Fiercely independent, this Mumbai beauty refuses to take walk-on parts; she has refused even Hollywood films for the same reason. The former Miss Universe and Miss Intercontinental was a super model before she debuted in films with 'Andaaz'. Her sensitive performance fetched her the Filmfare award for the Best Female Debut.
Lara has good comic timing as was seen in 'Partner' and 'No Entry'. She held her own against veterans in the game such as Govinda, Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor.
She has an array of big releases coming up in 2009, including SRK-starrer 'Billu Barber', 'London Dreams', 'Blue' and Sudhir M
She was crowned Miss Universe in 2000. Subsequently, she was appointed as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. Dutta won the Gladrags modelling competition in India and became the first Indian representative at the 1997 Miss Intercontinental pageant, in which she became the champion. |
Her mother, Jennifer Dutta was a singer for Doordarshan Radio, Jalandhar. She also has two older sisters. Famed composer and DJ Nitin Sawhney is Dutta's cousin. |
Lara was supposed to debut in films with 'Arasatchi' in Tamil, in 2002, but the movie got released only in mid-2004. Finally, she made her debut in 2003 with the Hindi film, 'Andaaz', which was a box office success. Her box office 'hits' include 'Masti', 'Kaal', 'No Entry', 'Partner' and 'Bhagam Bhag'.
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Lara Dutta was offered roles in 'The Matrix Reloaded' (2003) and 'The Matrix Revolutions' (2003), but she turned them down as she was not satisfied with the script. |