Indian movie actress Juhi Chawla was born on 13th November 1967 in Ludhiana, Punjab. Juhi Chawla was crowned the title of Miss India in the year 1984, she was also the runner-up for the Miss Universe 1984 pageant held in Miami FL. There she won the title of best National costume. Juhi Chawla is graduated from Sydenham college, Mumbai. She is married to Jay Mehta, a millionaire industrialist in India and has one daughter and a son. She started her career with Sultanat in 1986. After that she did two Kannada films. She again came back to Hindi movies in 1988 where she acted in a directorial debut with Mansoor Khan with newcomer Aamir Khan. The film was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and this was a huge hit. The director, actor, actress all were hit after this film. Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla were acclaimed as the hottest romantic pair at the box-office. Together they went on to do films like Tum Mere Ho and Love Love Love. But unfortunately these films couldn`t live up to the audience`s expectations. After doing eminently forgettable films like CID, Shaandaar, Sanam Bewaffa, Goonj, Radha Ka Sangam, Juhi Chawla hit the hotspot with Dharmesh Darshan`s Lootere. After these performances she was labeled as hot. The actress also made a special appearance in the film `Chandni` in 1989 produced by YashRaj films.
Her second innings in Bollywood had begun with a series of hits like Bol Radha Bol, Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman. All these big names shot her into the big league instantly. Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke got her the popular Filmfare trophy for the Best actress. Her next hit was Yash Chopra`s Darr in 1993. The movie`s success pitched her as contender to Madhuri Dixit`s No.1 title. Movies like Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman and Darr also saw Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla emerge as a new romantic lead. Together they did movies like Yes Boss and Duplicate. She was offered the role of Karishma Kapoor in Dil To Pagal Hai in 1997. The onscreen pairing spilled off screen too. They became best of friends. The duo, along with Aziz Mirza, formed a production company, Dreamz Unlimited. Though their first production Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani wasn`t a big hit at the box office, it has become successful to point out some unspoken truth of the society. Both of the protagonists played the role of reporters and brought some black truth of our country. Juhi Chawla also acted in critically acclaimed movie `Aaina` with Jackie Shroff in 1993. Juhi has recently appeared in the critically acclaimed films as for example 3 Deewarein, 7½ Phere and My Brother Nikhil. For the last film she has drawn accolades from the whole film fraternity and was labeled that this performance was amongst the finest performances in her career. She won a Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for 3 Deewarein. She was recently seen in Nikhil Advani`s Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love for which she got good reviews for her performance. She also starred with fellow superstar Urmila Matondkar in Bas Ek Pal and with Manoj Bajpai in `Swami`. Juhi`s forthcoming releases include Ravi Chopra`s Bhoothnath with Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan and another film called Krazy 4 with Irfan Khan and Arshad Warsi. In all her films she leaves a mark of her uniqueness.
Indian movie actree Juhi Chawla has won filmfare Lux new Face award in 1989 for `Qayamat Se qayamat Tak`. In 1994 she has won filmfare award as best actress for her film `Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke`. She was awarded as most sensational actress for `Duplicate in 1999 while Star Screen award has crowned her as best supporting actress for 3 deewarein in the year 2004.
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