Isha Koppikar was born in September 19, 1976 in Mumbai.
Isha Koppikar is one of the most beautiful and pleasing personality in India but her hair being one of her best feature which features her differently from popular Bollywood Actress & Indian model.
She had actually started her glamour career with modelling. Modelling assignments trickled in after she did a photo shoot with Gautam Rajyadhyaksha when she was still in junior college. But that was just the beginning. Some of the bigger names that she had modeled for are Deepam sarees,Ponds, Camay, Rexona, Synergy, Coke, L'Oreal and Tips & Toes. She also did about five to six ramp shows. But in 1995, at the Miss India 1995 contest, she won the Miss Talent crown.
She had actually started her glamour career with modelling. Modelling assignments trickled in after she did a photo shoot with Gautam Rajyadhyaksha when she was still in junior college. But that was just the beginning. Some of the bigger names that she had modeled for are Deepam sarees,Ponds, Camay, Rexona, Synergy, Coke, L'Oreal and Tips & Toes. She also did about five to six ramp shows. But in 1995, at the Miss India 1995 contest, she won the Miss Talent crown.
She felt compelled to finish her degree in LIfe Sciences in Ruia College, Mumbai. After completing her degree, her first film was in Tamil, En Swasa Katre. She was cast opposite Arvind Swamy, who was at the peak of his fame at that time. The film got rave reviews and she was expected to be a big hit in the south.
However, she softly entered Bollywood. Her first Bollywood film, Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan, directed by Shah Rukh Sultan in 1997, never saw the light of day. Then it was back to the south to do her second film with Tamil superstar Prashant. She managed to do about ten films in the south and worked in all South Indian languages except Malayalam. Her performance in Tamil film 'Kaathal Kavithai' fetched her the Filmfare award for the best newcomer in the south in 2000-01.
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| Asha Shaini, Isha Koppikar, and Mink Singh |
Though her work was in the South, her heart was set on making a name for herself in Mumbai. She did small roles in Fiza and Pyar, Ishq aur Mohabbat. But she got the much wanted and needed break from Ram Gopal Verma with item song "Khallas" in Company movie.
Isha Koppikar loves to make friends and chat on the net. She loves dancing but not at discos. Besides painting and making candles in her free-time, she loves to gobble-up her mother's cooking. She is a self-proclaimed food-freak in love with butter chicken, biryani, seafood and chinese.
After Khallas, producers have been lining up with offers. Some of the offers that she has in hand are Sanjay Gupta's multistarrer Kaante, Plan with Dino Morea, a Harry Baweja venture, and of course, more movies with Ram Gopal Verma.
Her movie Girl Friend is contraversy because she acted as lesbian opposite Amrita Arora
