Yana Gupta
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| Yana Gupta | |
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Spouse(s) | Satyakam Gupta (Divorced), Aftab Shivdasani (Ex-Boyfriend), Abhay Deol (currently dating) |
Yana Gupta or Yaana (born Jana Synková) is a Czech model-actress currently working in India.[1]
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[edit] Personal life
She married Indian painter Satyakam Gupta in Pune.[2] She divorced him.[3] In 2008 she altered her given name to Yaana.[4]
[edit] Career
Gupta appeared on numerous magazine covers, including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Femina, and now on Maxim. Gupta modeled for the premier Kingfisher's calendar and has performed dance numbers in three films including the remix of babuji zara dheere chalo. Before her career in Bollywood, she modeled for international clients like Calvin Klein and Victoria's Secret.
[edit] Movie career
Yana made her big screen debut in the Bollywood movie "dum" for the song 'Babuji' which made her famous for cameo item numbers.She was named the new face for Lakme cosmetics in 2001. She has also appeared in a Kannada movie named Jogi. She played the role of a TV anchor on the countdown show "Mirch Masala" on ZoomTV where she danced to famous dance numbers.
Yana recently signed up with a leading mobile and PC games company Indiagames as brand ambassador and will be featured in several interesting games and applications related to fitness, puzzles etc. She is currently dating actor and model, Kelly Dorji. Yana has featured on the Dr Zeus album, Back Unda Da Influence, which was released in 2007.She featured in a cameo role in the video for the song, Chargai, released on Aman Hayer's 2008 release 'Groundshaker 2'. The song features vocals from Jazzy B & Apache Indian.She is also very famous for her song 'Kadhal yanai" from the blockbuster Tamil film Anniyan [Aparichit in hindi(dubbed)].
She featured in a cameo role in the video for the song, Chargai, released on Aman Hayer's 2008 release 'Groundshaker 2'. The song features vocals from Jazzy B & Apache Indian.
[edit] TV Shows
Yana was one of the strongest contenders in the popular TV show Khataron Ke Khiladi hosted by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi on Colors TV
[edit] References
- ^ "Czech-mate time." The Hindu. Monday 19 January 2004. Retrieved on 17 February 2009.
- ^ "Babuji... watch out for Yana." The Hindu. Thursday 29 May 2003. Retrieved on 17 February 2009.
- ^ "I’m in love with myself:Yana Gupta." The Times of India. 3 October 2007. Retrieved on 17 February 2009.
- ^ "Yaana is all happy!." The Times of India. 28 April 2008. Retrieved on 17 February 2009.
