Shabana Raza, also known as Neha Bajpai or simply Neha, is an Indian actress and film producer known for her works in

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

Career

Shabana Raza made her film debut opposite

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967) popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and web series. A member of the Deol family, he is the younger son of veteran actor Dharmendra. His accolades include a Filmfar ...

in ''

Kareeb ''Kareeb'' (English: ''Intimate'') is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romance film written, produced and directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It stars Bobby Deol and Neha Bajpai. Plot Birju Kumar is a young man from an upper-middle-class family in H ...

'' (1998). Her next release was ''

Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet ''Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet'' () is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action romantic drama film directed by P.Vasu starring Ajay Devgn, Neha Bajpai, Arshad Warsi and Mayuri Kango. The film was a semi-hit at the box office. Summary Surjit finds out t ...

'' (1999), where she played the leading lady opposite

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. She went on to act in several more films, including ''

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'' (2000) where she played

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's love interest, ''

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'' (2001) and '' Aatma.'' After a break, she returned to acting in 2010 under her original name.

Personal life

Shabana Raza met actor

Manoj Bajpayee Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done Telugu and Tamil language films. Regarded as one of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, he i ...

after the release of her film, ''Kareeb'', and has been together since then. They married in April 2006. The couple have a daughter, Awa Nayla.

Filmography

References

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* Indian film actresses Living people 1975 births Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Maharashtra {{India-actor-stub