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Divya Khosla Kumar (born 20 November 1987) is an Indian actress, producer, and director who works in
Khosla married
Kumar started modelling at 18 and moved to Mumbai at 20 where she got her Bollywood break and where she also met Bhushan Kumar. She started her career as an actress with the 2004
Hindi
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films. She has directed various advertisements and has also featured in some music videos. She is married to Bhushan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series. He is known for his work in Bollywood.
Career
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, the chairman and managing director of T-Series music label and film production company.
Personal life
Khosla was born on 20 November 1987 inDelhi
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.
Khosla married Bhushan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series. He is known for his work in Bollywood.
Career
Kum ...
on 13 February 2005 at the Maa Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra. They have a son born in October 2011.
Career
Kumar started modelling at 18 and moved to Mumbai at 20 where she got her Bollywood break and where she also met Bhushan Kumar. She started her career as an actress with the 2004 Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
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film '' Love Today'' opposite Uday Kiran
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. She also appeared in a video of pop song "Aiyyo Rama" sung by Falguni Pathak. She made her Bollywood
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debut in the same year with the film '' Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo'' portraying Shweta opposite Akshay Kumar
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and Bobby Deol
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. ''Rediff
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, it had more than 300 e ...
'' noted, "Divya Khosla doesn't have much to so and acts well in a few sequences."
She then took a long break from acting and focused on directing. After completing a course in cinematography and editing, Divya directed music videos for Agam Kumar Nigam
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, Jermaine Jackson
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, Tulsi Kumar
Tulsi Kumar Dua popularly known as Tulsi Kumar is an Indian playback singer, radio jockey, musician, and actress in the Bollywood industry. She was born to businessman Gulshan Kumar who was the owner of T Series and Great Singer and his wife ...
, and a few ad films. After directing 20 music videos, Divya did her first directorial venture '' Yaariyan'' in 2014. Divya also choreographed 5 songs in the film, including "Baarish", "Maa", "Love Me Thoda Aur", "Allah Wariya" and "Zor Lagake".
Her second directorial project was ''Sanam Re
''Sanam Re'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Divya Khosla Kumar and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and co-produced by Ajay Kapoor. The film stars Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam and Urvashi Rautela, whi ...
'', which was released on 12 February 2016. Divya has also co-produced many films with T-Series.
Kumar returned to acting in 2017 with the short film, ''Bulbul''. In 2021, she appeared opposite John Abraham
John Abraham (born 17 December 1972) is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and former model working in Hindi films. He has won a National Film Award and received five Filmfare nominations.
After modelling for advertisements and companies ...
in ''Satyameva Jayate 2
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''. The film received negative reviews, but ''Times of India
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'' mentioned, "Divya Khosla Kumar is pleasant and has a fairly prominent part to play in this otherwise male-dominated movie."
Kumar will next appear in '' Yaariyan 2'', remake of the 2014 Malayalam film
Malayalam cinema is an Indian cinema, Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ...
''Bangalore Days
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'' and a standalone sequel
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to her film '' Yaariyan''.
Filmography
As an actress
As director
As producer
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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