Born on March 28, 1976, Chitrangada Singh began her career as a model before making the transition to the silver screen. The leggy lass was spotted by Sudhir Mishra’s production manager in a music video by singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya.
Subsequently, she made her Bollywood debut with Sudhir’s Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisiin 2003 for which she got wide acclaim. After that Chitrangada acted in the 2005 filmKal: Yesterday and Tomorrow. Then she she took a break from acting from 2005 to 2008. And in 2008, she made a comeback to movies with the leading role opposite Sanjay Suri in the director Onir’s romantic-comedy, Sorry Bhai!. Its release over the weekend of the Mumbai terror attacks proved disastrous at the box office.
She then went on to star in another Sudhir Mishra film, Yeh Saali Zindagi, but it’s her portrayal of a sexy economics teacher in Desi Boyz opposite Akshay Kumar and her role in Inkaar opposite Arjun Rampal that got her into the limelight. She also did an item number in the film, Joker that became an instant chart buster. her last movie is I, Me Aur Main, which starred John Abraham and Prachi Desai.
On personal front, Chitrangada was married to golfer Jyoti Singh Randhawa and has a son named Zorawar Randhawa. She and her hubby separated in 2013.
Here’s wishing a very happy birthday to Chitrangada Singh.