Aditi Gowitrikar
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
 | |
| Born |
21 May 1974[1] Panvel, Maharashtra, India |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress, Model, Doctor |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Title(s) |
Gladrags Megamodel 1996 Gladrags Mrs. India 2001 Mrs. World 2001 |
| Major competition(s) |
Gladrags Megamodel 1996 (Winner) Gladrags Mrs. India 2001 (Winner) Mrs. World 2001 (Winner) (Best in Swimsuit) |
Aditi Gowitrikar (born 21 May 1974) is an Indian model, actress and a doctor. She won the Gladrags Megamodel Contest in 1996, and the Gladrags Mrs. India subsequently winning Mrs. World contest in 2001, and appeared in reality television series, Bigg Boss (Season 3).[2][3]
Biography
Gowitrikar was born in Panvel, Maharashtra. She did her schooling in Barns High School in Panvel and her MBBS at Grant Medical College in Mumbai and graduated in 1997.[1] She started doing her MD in Gynaecology and Obstetrics after finishing her MBBS, but could not finish it as she got into the field of modelling.[1]
Career
She started her career as a model after winning the Gladrags Megamodel Contest in 1996. She also won the best body and best face prizes at the Asian Super Model Contest in 1997. She modeled for companies such as Ponds and appeared in TV commercials, including her immensely popular Coca Cola ad with Hrithik Roshan.
Since winning Mrs. World 2001, Gowitrikar continued modeling and also appeared in minor roles in a number of Bollywood and South Indian films. She has acted in the Hindi TV serial Ye Meri Life Hai and participated in reality television series such Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi (2008) hosted by Akshay Kumar, and in the reality television series, Bigg Boss (Season 3) (2009).
Personal life
Despite early parental opposition, she married a Sunni Muslim medical school senior, Dr. Muffazal Lakdawalla, whom she met while still in college and dated for over 7 years. The couple married in 1998 under both civil and Muslim law and after her conversion to Islam, she took the name Sarah Lakdawala. They have a daughter Kiara, who was born in 1999. The couple had another baby recently in May 2007.[4]
She is now divorced from Dr Muffazal Lakdawala.[5]
Gowitrikar has a younger sister, Arzoo Gowitrikar, who is an electronics engineer-turned-actress.[6] She also has a younger brother Alpan Gowitrikar who is 9 years younger than her and is her personal assistant.In the show Kalakarz as being the judge she didn't liked the judgements, she wanted Richa Tiwari from Sagar, Madhya Pradesh to win which later she did in the final round by Gowitrikar's judgement.
Works
- Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Hum Tum Shabana | [7] | |
| 2011 | Bheja Fry 2 | Raveena Kapoor | |
| 2009 | De Dana Dan | Pammi Chadda | [8] |
| 2007 | Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever | ||
| 2005 | Paheli | [8] | |
| 2003 | Dhund: The Fog | [9] | |
| 2003 | Lankesh Patrike | ||
| 2003 | Baaz: A Bird in Danger | ||
| 2002 | 16 December | Sonal Joshi | |
| 2002 | Soch | Mrs. Madhulika Raj Matthews | |
| 1999 | Thammudu | Lovely | |
- Music albums
- Baarish Ho Rahi Hai (By Anu Malik)
- Kabhi To Nazar Milao (By Adnan Sami)
- Television
| Year | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | | |
| 2006 | | |
| 2008 | | |
| 2009 | | |
| 2013 | | |
| 2015 |
References
- 1 2 3 http://www.afternoondc.in/education-careers/the-model-profession/article_21727
- ↑ "Aditi keen on doing more reality shows". Hindustan Times. 19 December. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "The BIG HUNT begins". The Hindu. 19 February 2005.
- ↑ 'Dating, converted to Islam, Marriage'
- ↑ 'Battling an identity crisis'
- ↑ ‘My sister is my best critic’
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1232546/
- 1 2 Filmography IMDB
- ↑ "Mystery in the mist: `Dhund - The Fog', a musical murder mystery..". The Hindu. 20 February 2003.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aditi Gowitrikar. |