Aditi Govitrikar
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Aditi Govitrikar | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, Model, Doctor |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Spouse |
Muffazal Lakdawala
(m. 1998; div. 2009) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Gladrags Megamodel 1996 Gladrags Mrs. India 2001 Mrs. World 2001 |
Major competition(s) | Gladrags Megamodel 1996 (Winner) Gladrags Mrs. India 2001 (Winner) Mrs. World 2001 (Winner) (Best in Swimsuit) |
Aditi Govitrikar (born 21 May 1976) is an Indian model, actress and a doctor. From 1997 until 2004, Govitrikar remains the only Indian supermodel with the both medical doctor and psychologist qualification. She has been touted by Hindustan Times as "Beauty with Brains".[1] She is a vegetarian and ardent Vipassana practitioner.[2] She was a contestant on Bigg Boss in 2009.
She won the Gladrags Megamodel Contest in 1996 and the Gladrags Mrs. India in 2000, subsequently winning Mrs. World contest in 2001. Govitrikar remains the first and the only Indian woman to have won the Mrs. World title.
Govitrikar ventured into acting when she played a prominent role in Thammudu (1999), a movie that was a runaway hit. She went on to act in many movies including Paheli (2005) India's official entry to the 79th Academy Awards and De Dana Dan (2009), that won an award at the International Indian Film Academy Award. She also played a leading role in several super hit music videos such as Kabhi to Nazar Milao by Adnan Sami and Asha Bhosle (1997) and Aaeena by Jagjit Singh (2000).
Govitrikar launched PETA in India and has also endorsed top tier international brands such as Coca-Cola, Chopard, Fendi and Harry Winston.
Early life
Govitrikar was born in Panvel, Maharashtra in a Chitpavan Brahmin family on 21 May 1976.[3][4] She did her schooling in Barns High School in Panvel and her MBBS at Grant Medical College in Mumbai and graduated in 1997.[5] She started doing her MS in Gynaecology and Obstetrics after finishing her MBBS, but could not finish it as she got into the field of modelling.[5]
Career
She started her career as a model after winning the Gladrags Megamodel Contest in 1996. She also won the best body and best face prizes at the Asian Super Model Contest in 1997. She modeled for companies such as Kaya Skin Clinic, Pond's and appeared in TV commercials, including her immensely popular Coca-Cola ad with Hrithik Roshan.
Since winning Mrs. World 2001, Govitrikar continued modeling and also appeared in minor roles in a number of Bollywood and South Indian films. She has acted in the Hindi TV serial Ye Meri Life Hai and participated in reality television series such Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi (2008), hosted by Akshay Kumar, and in the reality television series, Bigg Boss (Season 3) (2009).
Personal life
Despite early parental opposition, she married a Dawoodi Bohra Muslim medical school senior, Muffazal Lakdawala, whom she met while still in college and dated for over 7 years. The couple married in 1998 under both civil and Muslim law and after her conversion to Islam, she took the name Sarah Lakdawala. They have a daughter Kiara, who was born in 1999. The couple had another baby in May 2007.[6][better source needed]
She is now divorced from Muffazal Lakdawala.[7]
Govitrikar has a younger sister, Arzoo Govitrikar, who is an electronics engineer-turned-actress.[8] In the show Kalakarz as being the judge she didn't like the judgments, she wanted Richa Tiwari from Sagar, Madhya Pradesh to win which later she did in the final round by Govitrikar's judgement.
Recently she has completed a post graduate course in counselling from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and obtained a master's degree in Psychology from IGNOU. Currently she is pursuing a second master's degree in Psychology from Harvard University.
Filmography
Films
Year | Film | Role | Director | Language | Source |
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1999 | Thammudu | Lovely | P.A. Arun Prasad | Telugu | |
2002 | Soch | Mrs. Madhulika Raj Matthews | Sushen Bhatnagar | Hindi | [1] |
2002 | 16 December | Sonal Joshi | Mani Shankar | Hindi | [2] |
2003 | Baaz: A Bird in Danger | Winner of the beauty contest | Tinnu Verma | Hindi | [3] |
2003 | Dhund: The Fog | Simran Malhotra | Shyam Ramsay | Hindi | [9] |
2005 | Paheli | Kamli | Amol Palekar | Hindi | [4] |
2006 | Manoranjan: The Entertainment | Maya / Salma | Kaaran Choudhary | Hindi | [5] |
2007 | Victoria No. 203 | Babyji | Ananth Narayan Mahadevan | Hindi | Victoria No. 203 |
2007 | Kaisay Kahein... | Neha Saral | Mohit Hussein | Hindi | |
2009 | De Dana Dan | Pammi Chadda | Priyadarshan | Hindi | |
2010 | Ringa Ringa | Dream Girl | Sanjay Jadhav | Marathi | |
2011 | Bheja Fry 2 | Raveena Kapoor | Sagar Ballary | Hindi | Bheja Fry 2 |
2011 | Hum Tum Shabana | Judge | Sagar Ballary | Hindi | [10] |
2014 | Myself Ghaint | Aditi (maasi) | Akashdeep Singh Batth | Hindi | [11] |
2017 | Who is the first wife of my father | Swati | Zeeshan Ahmad | Hindi | [11] |
2019 | Smile Please | Dr Aditi | Vikram Phadnis | Marathi |
Web Series
Year | Title | Role | Platform | Notes |
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2019 | Parchhayee | Rosie | ZEE5 |
Music Videos
- Baarish Ho Rahi Hai (By Anu Malik)
- Kabhi To Nazar Milao (By Adnan Sami)
Television
Year | Name | Role | Channel | Notes | Ref |
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2003 | Aktion Unlimited ... Josh | Herself | Star Plus | Action television series | |
2004 | Kkehna Hai Kuch Mujhko | Anuja | Sony TV | Drama television series | |
2005 | Ye Meri Life Hai | Aditi | |||
2006 | Kalakarz | Judge | DD National | Reality television series featuring a competition for new actors | |
2008 | Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 1 | Contestant | Colors TV | Second Runner Up | |
2009 | Bigg Boss 3 | Reality game show television series based on Big Brother, Evicted, Day 76 | [6] | ||
2013 | Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki | Life OK | Reality television series based on Come Dine with Me | ||
2014 | Arjun | Mohini | Star Plus | Cameo | |
2015 | Badi Door Se Aaye Hai | Vidya Mandodre | SAB TV | Comedy series | |
2015 | Suryaputra Karn | Ganga | Sony TV | Indian historical television series |
Awards and Nominations
Year | Award | Category | Result | Location | Source |
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1996 | Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest | Model of the Year | Winner | Mumbai, India | |
1996 | Carrie’s Asian Supermodel Contest | Classic Face Best Body | Winner | Singapore | [7] |
2000 | Gladrags Mrs. India | Mrs. India | Winner | Mumbai, India | [8] |
2001 | Mrs. World | Mrs. World | Winner | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | [9] |
2001 | Rajeev Gandhi Award | National Personality of the Year | Winner | Mumbai, India | [10] |
2001 | Maharshtra Ratna | State Personality of the Year | Winner | Mumbai, India | [11] |
2008 | Vegetarian Congress Award | Vegetarian Celebrity | Winner | Mumbai, India | [12] |
References
- ^ "Bold & beautiful". Hindustan Times. 18 June 2013.
- ^ "Supermodel Aditi Govitrikar Says, 'Let Vegetarianism Grow on You'". Peta India. 12 August 2000.
- ^ Taneja, Parina (21 May 2019). "Mrs World Aditi Govitrikar Birthday special: 10 pictures of the supermodel that scream hotness". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ Damle, Manjri (19 December 2007). "A gathering of the clans". The Times of India.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Exclusive biography of #AditiGovitrikar and on her life". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Divorce after a decade! - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum". www.tribuneindia.com.
- ^ "Mystery in the mist: 'Dhund - The Fog', a musical murder mystery." The Hindu. 20 February 2003.
- ^ "Hum Tum Shabana Preview". Koimoi. 27 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Aditi Gowitrikar to debut in Punjabi". Times of India. 10 January 2017.
External links
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Indian film actresses
- Actresses in Hindi cinema
- Actresses from Mumbai
- Indian television actresses
- Participants in Indian reality television series
- Indian beauty pageant winners
- Female models from Mumbai
- Actresses in Hindi television
- 21st-century Indian actresses
- Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi participants
- Bigg Boss contestants