Minissha Lamba (born 18 January 1985) is an Indian actress and

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player who appeared in

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. She made her debut with ''

Yahaan ''Yahaan'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi war drama, romance film jointly produced by Sahara One Motion Pictures and Red Ice Films with Shoojit Sircar as the director in his directorial debut. The film stars Jimmy Sheirgill, Minissha Lamba (in her ...

'' (2005). Her other notable films include ''

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'' (2007), ''

Bachna Ae Haseeno ''Bachna Ae Haseeno'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Siddharth Anand, whose previous projects included '' Salaam Namaste'' (2005) and '' Ta Ra Rum Pum'' (2007). Produced by Yash Raj Films, the film stars Ra ...

'' (2008), ''

Well Done Abba ''Well Done Abba'' () is a 2010 Indian political satire Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, starring Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba and Sameer Dattani in pivotal roles. It is the remake of the 2007 Marathi film, Jau Tithe Khau. It was based on t ...

'' (2010), and '' Bheja Fry 2'' (2011). In 2014 she participated in

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's ''

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''.

Early life

Minisha Lamba was born into a Punjabi Sikh family, to Kawel Lamba and Manju Lamba in

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in 1985. She studied at Chettinad Vidyashram School,

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for a year and then shifted to Army Public School,

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where she completed her schooling. She majored in

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(Hons.) from Miranda House,

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Career

While studying at

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, Lamba began to model for ad campaigns like LG, Sony, Cadbury, Hajmola, Airtel, Sunsilk etc. She was also a part of the Femina's Generation "W" ad. During an ad shoot for

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she was approached by

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director, Shoojit Sircar, who signed her to act in his film ''

'' (2005). She had begun filming for Yahaan while still in Miranda House college. She subsequently began to play supporting and then leading roles in films such as ''

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'', '' Rocky: The Rebel'', '' Anthony Kaun Hai'', ''

'', '' Anamika'', '' Shaurya'' and '' Dus Kahaniyaan''. In 2008, she acted in ''

'', her biggest success so far, which was produced by

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. Same year, she was noticed for her role in

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's ''

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''. Her next major role was in the critically acclaimed director

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's film ''

'' (2010). "Well Done Abba" was awarded the National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues for the year 2010 and Minissha's performance as Muskaan Ali was appreciated. In 2014, she participated in

's ''

''. She got evicted after 6 weeks on 2 November 2014 (Day 42). One of her last appearances was a role in ''

Double Di Trouble ''Double Di Trouble'' is a 2014 Indian Punjabi-language directed by Smeep Kang, and starring Dharmendra, Gippy Grewal and Minissha Lamba, Kulraj Randhawa as leads, along with Gurpreet Ghuggi, Poonam Dhillon. The music of the film is by Jatind ...

'', alongside Dharmendra, Gippy Grewal, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Kulraj Randhawa, and Poonam Dhillon. She has also appeared in the music video for

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's song "Tera Surroor" from the album ''

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'', which became very popular.

Personal life

Lamba married Ryan Tham - a restaurateur, owner of Juhu nightclub "Trilogy", and cousin to actress

Pooja Bedi Pooja Bedi (born 11 May 1970) is an Indian actress, television talk show host and newspaper columnist. She is the daughter of Indian actors Kabir Bedi and Protima Bedi. She participated in the reality television shows ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'', '' ...

, on 6 July 2015. They announced the finalisation of their divorce proceedings in August 2020. In July 2021, she made her relationship with businessman Akash Malik public.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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