Deepti Bhatnagar (born 30 September 1967) is a former Indian actress and model who worked predominantly in

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films, in addition to

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films. Her first film role came in Sanjay Gupta's ''

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''. She has also appeared in the

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, ''

Pelli Sandadi ''Pelli Sandadi'' () is a 1996 Indian Telugu-language musical romance film written and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Srikanth, Ravali and Deepti Bhatnagar. ''Pelli Sandadi'' was released on 12 January 1996 and was a major comm ...

'', the American film, ''

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'' and the

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''.

Early life

Bhatnagar was born in

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. She Went to school in Delhi and attended

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. She moved to Mumbai in 1992 to identify a good ad agency to promote her

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s factory in

, Uttar Pradesh.

Career

In 1992, Bhatnagar was promoting her handicrafts in

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, when she got an opportunity to sign for an ad agency to model for the Roopmilan saris' press ad and after that ad she signed 12 more campaigns. She had given up her interest in running the handicraft factory and entered into the professional modeling world. She won the Eves Weekly contest in 1990. Soon afterwards, she was modeling in

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for various international fashion shows.

Television

In 1998, Bhatnagar appeared in a television show ''

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'', replacing Ruby Bhatia in the lead role of a tough cop. In 2001, she ventured into television production with the travel shows ''

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show and ''Musafir Hoon Yaaron'', an around the world travel guide show, both aired on

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. She also hosted both the shows. ''She also produced a TV serial

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in 2003-04 on Star plus.''

Personal life

Bhatnagar is married to Randeep Arya, the director of her show, ''Musafir Hoon Yaron''. Together they have two sons.

Filmography

Film

Music videos

References

External links

* * * * 1967 births Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema 20th-century Indian actresses Female models from Uttar Pradesh Living people Chaudhary Charan Singh University alumni People from Meerut Actresses from Uttar Pradesh 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema Indian film actresses Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema {{Model-stub