Ruby Bhatia (born November 1, 1973) is a Canadian actress, VJ, and television show host.

Early life and background

Bhatia was born to Canada-based Harbans and Premlata Bhatia. But she was adopted at the age of 3 years by her aunt and uncle, Prem Krishan and Saroj Bhatia. She was raised in a small town

Ajax, Ontario Ajax (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 population: 126,666) is a town in Regional Municipality of Durham, Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. The town is named for , a Royal Navy cruiser ...

, a suburb of

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, where she studied at

Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School (abbreviated DO'C) is a Roman Catholic high school located in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, within the Durham Catholic District School Board. It is named for Archbishop Denis T. O'Connor, a priest who was ...

. She studied ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance from the Toronto branch of the

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, London. She had given dance exams up to Level 4, which is to dance what a bachelor's degree is to education. Her parents also taught her

Indian dance Dance in India comprises numerous styles of dances, generally classified as classical or folk. As with other aspects of Indian culture, different forms of dances originated in different parts of India, developed according to the local tradi ...

informally at home.

Career

Bhatia won the Miss India Canada contest in 1993 and shifted to India in 1994, when she participated in

Femina Miss India Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. It is organised by '' Femina'', a women's magazine ...

. She went on to become a VJ for

Channel V Channel '' ("V" standing for the letter, not the Roman numeral "5") is a Chinese and former Asian pay television musical network originally launched by Star TV Hong Kong (now Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific). It was part of the unit of Disney ...

. She also hosted ''BPL Oye!'' and

Filmfare Awards The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...

. She also co-hosted the Miss World 1996 held at

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with

Richard Steinmetz Richard Steinmetz is an American actor, best known for his role as Martin Fitzgerald on the now-defunct NBC daytime soap opera ''Passions''. Early life A native of Chicago, his was a police officer on the South Side. Steinmetz graduated from ...

. In 1997, she made her television debut with ''

Yeh Hai Raaz ''Yeh Hai Raaz'' is a TV show telecast on Star Plus in 1997–1998. The show was directed by Karan Razdan, and stars Ruby Bhatia and Alyy Khan. Ruby Bhatia plays a policeman and Alyy Khan plays a criminal, and together they solve a new crime eve ...

'' but quit the show midway being replaced by

Deepti Bhatnagar Deepti Bhatnagar (born 30 September 1967) is a former Indian actress and model who worked predominantly in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu films. Her first film role came in Sanjay Gupta's ''Ram Shastra''. She has also appeared in the Telugu ...

. Later, she appeared in several Hindi serials such as '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' as well as in movies.

Personal life

Bhatia was first married to singer Nitin Bali for three years, before getting divorced in 1999. In December 2009, she married Ajit S. Dutta.

Filmography

Films

*2001 ''

Chori Chori Chupke Chupke ''Chori Chori Chupke Chupke'' () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Abbas–Mustan, with screenplay and story from Javed Siddiqui and Neeraj Vora respectively. Starring Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji and Preity Zinta, ...

'' as News reporter *2002 '' Bollywood Bound'' as herself *2003 ''

Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon ''Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon'' (English: ''I am crazy about Prem''), is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film by Sooraj Barjatya and produced by Rajshri Productions. The film is a remake of the 1976 film ''Chitchor'' and features ...

'' as Herself *2008 ''

Halla Bol ''Halla Bol'' (''Raise Your Voice'') is an Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. ''Halla Bol'' stars Ajay Devgn and Vidya Balan in pivotal roles and a number of celebrities from the Hindi and other film industries appe ...

Television

*1997 ''

'' *1999-2000 ''Dance Mastiyaan'' *2004 ''

Tamanna House ''Tamanna House'' is a thriller television series that aired on Zee TV channel, every Sunday to Wednesday at 10pm IST. The series is a similar version of the popular mysteries of Agatha Christie's novels. Synopsis The story revolves around ...

'' as Tamanna *2002-2003 ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' as Menaka Bose

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