Celina Jaitley - Model Turned Bollywood Actress
Celina Jaitley was born as Celina Jiya Jaitley on 24th November 1981 to Col
. V. K. Jaitley and Meeta in Simla, India. As her father job required him to move from one place to another, Celina studied in various institutes across India. She did her schooling at City Montessori School, Lucknow and Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ahemdabad.
Celina completed her graduation in commerce from Indira Gandhi National Open University. She worked in marketing department at a cellphone company at Kolkata. Celina participated in Miss India competition and won the pageant in 2001.
She was sent to represent India in the Miss Universe Contest and secured a 4th place. Celina first appeared on careen in a music video of the song Zara Nazaron Se Kehdo by the band Bombay Vikings.Directed by deepak tijori, tom, dick and harry (2006) told a story of three friends, a blind, a deaf and a mute.
The film starred dino morea, jimmy shergill, anuj sawhney, gulshan grover and kim sharma along with celina. Though being a comedy film which could have appealed the masses, tom dick and harry (2006) was a dud at the box office.
Celina next starred in sangeeth sivan romantic comedy apna sapna money money (2006) opposite riteish deshmukh and along with suniel shetty, shreyas talpade, anupam kher, jackie shroff, koena mitra, riya sen, and chunkey pandey.
Celina played the character of sania badnam, a conwoman who uses her beauty to lure men in her traps. The sidesplitting comedy did an average business at the box office.Celina also starred in Jawani diwani: a youthful joyride (2006), a romantic comedy film directed by Manish Sharma.
The film also starred Emraan Hashmi, Hrishita Bhatt and Mahesh Manjrekar. The film did good business at the Box Office. Zinda (2006), a mystery thriller directed by Sanjay Gupta was Celina last film for the year 2006. Her costars for the film were Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham and Lara Dutta. The film did average business at the Box Office.
Red: the dark side (2007) was Celina first film for the year 2007. Directed by Vikram Bhatt, the romantic thriller starred Aftab Shivdasani and Amrita Arora along with Celina. The film was well received by the audience and critics. Celina next film was Shakalaka boom boom (2007) directed by Suneel Darshan.
The musical film was based on the power games in the music industry and starred Bobby Deol, Upen Patel, Kangana Ranaut along with Celina. Though the music of this film became quiet popular, it was a major disappointment at the Box Office.
Celina also featured in a special appearance in the film Heyy babyy (2007) in the title song. In the next year, Celina starred in a guess appearance in an item song in Sachin Yardi directed comedy C Kkompany (2008). Afterward, she was seen acting in Ganesh Acharya Money hai toh honey hai (2008).
The comedy film starred Govinda, Aftab Shivdasani, Upen Patel and Hansika Motwani along with Celina. The film was bashed by the critics and did a poor job at the Box Office.After the debacle of Money hai toh honey hai (2008), Celina was seen in a supporting role in Rohit Shetty Golmaal returns (2008). The film was a sequel to Rohit Shetty earlier superhit film Golmaal (2006).
Just like its prequel, GOLMAAL RETURNS (2008) was a superhit and received positive reviews from the critics. In the same year, Celina starred in a foreign film Love has no language (2008). The romantic film was directed by Ken Khan and was released in New Zealand.
In the year 2009, Celina starred in only one film, Paritosh Painter PAYING GUEST (2009). The comedy film starred Vatsal Seth, Shreyas Talpade, Javed Jaffrey, Aashish Chaudhary, Neha Dhupia and Riya Sen along with Celina. This film had a weak start but later gained popularity because of the mouth publicity and was later declared as a semihit.
In the year 2010, Celina first starred in a thriller Accident on hill road (2010). Directed by Mahesh Nair, the film starred Farooq Shaikh, Abhimanyu Singh, and Manmeet Singh along with Celina. The film was bashed up by the critics and was also ignored by the audience.
Celina next film was Hello darling (2010) directed by Manoj Tiwari. The comedy film starred Javed Jaffrey, Eesha Koppikhar and Gul Panag along with Celina in lead roles. The film did moderate business at the Box Office, as it faced a little competition at the Box Office.
Celina will be seen in Neeraj Vora Run bhola run (2010) which is currently in pipeline. She will also be seen acting in a supporting role in Anees Bazmee Thank you, which is currently being filmed.
Celina is also slated to play the character of a Persian princess in the film Quest of scheherzade along with Sean Connery and Orlando Bloom. The film is said to be based on Arabian Nights and will be directed by Ken Khan.
Celina is also a social activist. She is a profound supporter of gay rights movement in India, and has voiced her opinions against Article 377 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalized homosexuality. She also recently pledged her eyes to Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital in Mumbai.
Celina father Col. V. K. Jaitley was in the Indian Army. Her mother, Meeta is a child psychologist and a beauty queen. Celina brother followed their father suit and joined the Indian Army and is in 3 Para Commando Special Forces. Celina neither smokes nor drinks and is a very health conscious person. She can converse fluently in Bengali, English, German, Punjabi, and Urdu.
by: Karishma Roy
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