Esha Deol is an Indian film actress and older daughter of film actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini

Esha Deol is an Indian film actress and older daughter of film actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini. She made her acting debut in Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe.  She made her acting debut with "Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe" and was praised by critics. Her performance in the movie earned her numerous awards and nominations including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Esha has earned critical acclaim for her performances and has mainly successful with multi-starrer movies. Currently, she is seen as one of the judges in reality show MTV Roadies. Esha Deol was born on 2 November 1981 in Bombay, India. The name 'Esha' comes from the Upanishads and is derived from the Sanskrit language meaning "the divine beloved". She attended Mithibai College in Mumbai where she planned to become a fashion designer. She got trained in the Odissi dancing style under guru Rabindra Atibuddhi. She performs classical Bharatanatyam along with her mother. During her school days, she was passionate about football and played as a midfielder.

Esha was the captain of her school football team, represented her college in handball at the state level and was also selected for the Indian national woman's football team. As she is much related to acting field, she is very much aspired and followed the footsteps of her parents. The gorgeous Bollywood film actress, Esha Deol is the elder daughter of bollywood actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini. She has a younger sister named Ahana Deol, who got married to Vaibhav Vohra. She is the half-sister of actors Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and also to Vijayta Deol, Ajeeta Deol and the cousin of actor Abhay Deol. Esha Deol got married to her longtime boyfriend Bharat Takhtani, a businessman on 29 June 2012. Esha Deol is the half-sister of two familier actors Ajay Kumar Singh Deol and Vijay Singh Deol. Ajay Kumar Singh Deol is known as Sunny Deol is an Indian bollywood film actor, producer and director. Vijay Singh Deol who is known as Bobby Deol is also an Indian bollywood actor. Deol brothers were born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra and his first wife Prakash Kaur. Fluent in English, Hindi and Tamil, Scorpion Esha was born on November 2, 1982 to Hema 'Dreamgirl' Malini, and Dharmendra 'He-Man' Deol. She has a younger sister, Ahana, and two step-brothers, Sunny and Bobby, both well-known Bollywood super-stars in their own rights. Bobby is married to Tanya Ahuja, and has a child.

Esha studied in the Jamnabai Narsee School, excelled at football, then went on to attend Oxford University and obtained a Masters Degree in Media Arts and Computer Technology. She also learned classical dance forms from her mom, the daughter of Jaya Chakraborty.

Having Bollywood connections, she did aspire to be an actress and follow in the footsteps of her parents and half-siblings, and landed a lead role in 'Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche' in 2002.

She delivered her very first hit with 'Dhoom' in 2004 and went on to another hit after hit in 'Kaal' 'No Entry', and 'Dus'. She demonstrated her versatility when she accepted a negative character-role in 'Ankaee' in 2006. She has also acted in a Tamil movie 'Aiyatha Ezhuthu'.

Amongst her friends at Bollywood are Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. She likes to work out and listen to music.

She will shortly be seen in Just Married, and has started filming in the following movies; Cash, Darling, and Honeymoon. Esha Deol made her debut with the movie "Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche". The film was unsuccessful at box office but she went on to win Filmfare Best Debutant Award for her performance. After that a series of unsuccessful films followed. Isha Deol's first successful film at box office was "Dhoom". Since then she has given two more hit films "Kaal" and "No Entry". She was nominated for Filmfare Best Villain (Female) Award for her performance in "Ankahee". She also featured in Tamil film "Ayitha Ezhuthu" directed by Mani Ratnam. Esha Deol gave rocking performance in the movie "Yuva" opposite Ajay Devgan. Esha Deol is set to star in her mother's next directorial venture with Rekha and Abhishek Bachchan and also a film in which her mother and she will be starring together for the first time. Darling, Cash , Just Married , Ankahee , Pyare Mohan , Shaadi No. 1 , Dus , No Entry , Kaal , Main Aisa Hi Hoon , Insan , Dhoom , Yuva , Chura Liya Hai Tumne , Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa ,Na Tum Jaano Na Hum and Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche. Esha studied in the Jamnabai Narsee School, excelled at football, then went on to attend Oxford University and obtained a Masters Degree in Media Arts and Computer Technology. She also learned classical dance forms from her mom, the daughter of Jaya Chakraborty. Esha Deol is a trained Odissi dancer and along with her mother and sister, has performed in many dance recitals

Having Bollywood connections, she did aspire to be an actress and follow in the footsteps of her parents and half-siblings, and landed a lead role in 'Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche' in 2002.

She delivered her very first hit with 'Dhoom' in 2004 and went on to another hit after hit in 'Kaal' 'No Entry', and 'Dus'. She demonstrated her versatility when she accepted a negative character-role in 'Ankaee' in 2006. She has also acted in a Tamil movie 'Aiyatha Ezhuthu'.

Amongst her friends at Bollywood are Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. She likes to work out and listen to music.

She will shortly be seen in Just Married, and has started filming in the following movies; Cash, Darling, and Honeymoon.