Rhea Pillai

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Rhea Pillai (born in London in 1965 and lived there until two) is an Indian model. She is an Art of Living foundation instructor and brand ambassador for several products.

Her father, Raymond Pillai, was the financial controller of IBM Europe, and mother, Durreshwar, was a doctor. She has an older sister Nina. Her maternal grandfather was Raja Dhanrajgir of Hyderabad. She is the cousin of Sabita and Tarun Dhanrajgir.

Her parents divorced when she was three and she lived with her grandmother (actress Zubeida, who starred in Aalam Aara).

She went to St Hilda's boarding school (in Ooty, Tamil Nadu) and studied economics at St Xavier's College in Mumbai when she was chosen as Society magazine's face of the year. She has acted in one Hindi film.

Rhea Pillai was married to Sanjay Dutt, a prominent Indian actor[1]. They are now divorced. Rhea is now married to Leander Paes (India's Davis cup captain and a premier doubles tennis player) and they have a daughter named Aiyana.

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