Sarah-Jane Dias is an Indian actress, host, VJ and former beauty queen. She was the winner of

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2007 and was a VJ for

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Early life

Sarah-Jane Dias was born in

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. Her father, Eustace Dias, is a

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with Oilfields Supply Centre and her mother is named Yolanda. She also has a sister named Elena Rose Dias. Dias attended Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir until Grade 10, then she joined

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doing her 11th and 12th. She then attended university at Mumbai's St. Andrews College. Prior to winning

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title in 2007, she had won the Miss India Oman title in 1997.

Career

Modelling

In Mumbai, Dias was discovered by Suresh Natrajan by chance when she walked onto his set and was immediately hired for the campaign he was shooting. At the age of 21, she won a talent hunt TV show, which gave her a chance to host a Channel V show. She then became the host of ''Get Gorgeous'', a supermodel hunt TV show on the network. In 2006, Dias featured in the music video for

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n rock group

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's "Never Let You Go" from their album ''

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''. The next year Dias participated in

2007. She subsequently won the title of Femina Miss India World 2007 and represented the country at

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but did not place.

Acting

Dias scored her first major film role in the 2010

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film, ''

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'' opposite

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. She appeared in a

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named ''

Panjaa ''Panjaa'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Vishnuvardhan and produced by Arka Media Works and Sanghamitra Art Productions. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Sarah-Jane Dias, Anjali Lavania, Jackie Shroff, Adivi Sesh an ...

'' with

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which was released in 2011. She also appeared in the

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like ''

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'' opposite

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and ''

Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum ''Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language adult comedy film written and directed by Sachin Yardi. Produced by Ekta Kapoor, it is the second in ''Kyaa Kool Hain Hum'' series and again stars Riteish Deshmukh and Tusshar Kap ...

'' opposite

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in 2012 and in ''

O Teri ''O Teri'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Umesh Bisht and produced by Atul Agnihotri and Alvira Khan Agnihotri. It stars Pulkit Samrat, Bilal Amrohi, Sarah-Jane Dias, and Mandira Bedi. The film follows two journali ...

'' opposite

Pulkit Samrat Pulkit Samrat (born 29 December 1983) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films along with Hindi television. Samrat made his acting debut with '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' (2006) and made his film debut with ''Bittoo Boss'' ( ...

in 2014. In 2016, she appeared in a Musical Thriller Film ''

Zubaan ''Zubaan'' () is a 2015 Indian musical drama film written and directed by Mozez Singh, starring Vicky Kaushal and Sarah-Jane Dias, Sarah Jane Dias, with music composed by Ashutosh Phatak. The film is the coming of age story of a young boy Dils ...

'', which was released in March 2016. In 2015 she led in '' Angry Indian Goddesses'' She was currently seen in The British-Indian

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Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

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Official website
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