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Saturday, November 13, 2021

Birthday Wishes to Juhi Chawla, an ageless Bollywood diva


Juhi Chawla, an ageless Bollywood diva.
Juhi Chawla (born 13 November 1967) is the winner of the 1984 Miss India beauty contest. She has received two Filmfare Awards. Chawla has worked predominantly in Hindi language films, in addition to Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Bengali language films. A top leading actress in the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, she has garnered particular praise for her comic timing and vivacious on-screen persona.
She was the winner of Miss India title in 1984. Later she won Best Costume Award for the Miss Universe contest in 1984. She is also an accomplished dancer.
Chawla ventured into films with the 1986 Sultanat.  She went on to act in Kannada classic Premaloka directed by Ravichandran in 1987, the film became a Blockbuster upon its release and Chawla's performance was well received by the critics and the audience alike.



Her first major role in Bollywood was in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak in 1988, in which she starred with Aamir Khan. The film, a modern-day adaption of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, became both a major critical and commercial success. It won the Filmfare Best Movie Award, and Chawla won the Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year and received her first nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award.
In 1990, she starred in Pratibandh, which was a box office success and her performance was lauded by critics, and she  received her second nomination for the Filmfare Best Actress Award for the film. Her other release of the year was the family drama Swarg alongside Rajesh Khanna and Govinda, that marked her first of many collaborations with David Dhawan and Govinda. The film was one of the highest grosser  of the year.
 In 1992, she appeared in the super hit Bol Radha Bol alongside Rishi Kapoor, for which she received her third Filmfare nomination for best actress. Later that year she appeared in Aziz Mirza's comedy Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, the film was her first of many collaborations with Shahrukh Khan. The film was a success at the box-office and garnered immense praise for the performances and the chemistry of the lead actors. Her next release was Aaina co-starring Jackie Shroff, and was produced by Yash Chopra, the film was a big hit at the box office, solidifying Chawla's position as the leading lady of the 90's. Her third release was Mahesh Bhatt's romantic comedy Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke opposite Aamir Khan, which many critics called her career best performance. Her last release of the year was Yash Chopra's thriller Darr, alongside Shahrukh Khan and Sunny Deol.
Yes Boss, Deewana Mastana and Ishq. Ishq achieved blockbuster status in1997. In 1998 she appeared once again alongside Shahrukh Khan in Duplicate.
In 1999 she appeared in Arjun Pandit alongside Sunny Deol. The same year she also starred opposite Sanjay Dutt in the adventure film Safari.
In 2000 she alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Aziz Mirza opened a production company called Dreamz Unlimited.
In 2008, Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta in partnership with actor Shahrukh Khan acquired ownership rights for the franchise representing Kolkata in the Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League, for a price of 300 crore, around $75 million at the time and have since named the team Kolkata Knight Riders.


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