Ayesha Takia is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films

Ayesha Takia is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. She made her film debut in Taarzan: The Wonder Car for which she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004. Ayesha Takia was born in Mumbai on April 10th 1986. Her father's name is Nishit, a Gujarati and her mother's name is Faridah, who is half Maharashtrian and half Caucasian British.

Ayesha had never let her lack of speaking Hindi fluently come in her way. A go-getter, she is no stranger to the silver screen and has faced cameras even at the tender age of 4. Her continuity was what got her noticed and the makers of 'Socha Na Tha' approached her in 2004 to play the lead role opposite Dharmendra's nephew Abhay Deol which she accepted.

She also signed up for another film 'Tarzaan The Wonder Car' which proved to be her debut in Bollywood, as the release of 'Socha Na Tha' was delayed.

With 'Tarzaan The Wonder Car' Ayesha quickly made her mark in Bollywood and not only was noticed but also received an Award - The Best Filmfare Debut.

Thereafter her films have done poorly at the Box Office, although she scored highly with teenaged audience in India and abroad, especially with her performance in 'Dil Maange More' and 'Shaadi No. 1'.

She also appeared in a 2006 Telegu movie named 'Robbery', which was later dubbed into Hindi and released as 'Super'.

And then came Dor in which she played the role without any glamor - the film that brought a lot of praise and much needed recognition for her. Here she has proved that she can enact both good and glamorous on one hand and the more ordinary next door type girl roles with ease.

Now Ayesha is one of the most gorgeous and beautiful actresses much sought after by movie makers and a force to be reckoned with, especially for other leading ladies of Bollywood. Ayesha Takia was born on 10th April 1986 in Mumbai, Maharashtra state. She entered the glamour world when she was just 15 years old and appeared in popular commercial “I am a Complan Boy! I’m a Complan Girl!” alongside Shahid Kapoor. She subsequently appeared in Falguni Pathak’s music video “Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye” and “Shake It Daddy”.

She made her acting debut in 2004 through Taarzan: The Wonder Car co-starring Ajay Devgan, Vatsal Sheth, Farida Jalal and Gulshan Grover. She earned Filmfare Best Debut Award for her role in the film. She subsequently appeared in numerous commercial hits like Dor co-starring Gul Panag, Girish Karnad and Shreyas Talpade, Super co-starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Anushka Shetty, Brahmanandam and Sonu Sood, Wanted co-starringSalman Khan, Prakash Raj and Vinod Khanna, among other films. Ayesha Takia grew up in Chembur, Mumbai. Her father, Nishit Takia is a Gujarati while her mother Faridah is half British and half Maharashtrian. Ayesha studied at St Anthony’s High School, Chembur. Her younger sister is Natasha. Ayesha Takia has appeared in the famous I’m a Complan Girl campaign along with Shahid Kapoor. Later, she was part of the music video, Falguni Pathak’s Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye, when she was just 15 years old. Ayesha's appearance in the music video, Shake It Daddy, when she was sixteen, got her a break in the film industry. She signed a contract for Socha Na Tha and then for Taarzan: The Wonder Car. But the latter was released first and can be called her debut film. While Ayesha has acted in a number of films, many of them have done quite badly at the box office. However, the actress was highly praised for her work in Dor (2006), a small budget film in which she played the role of a young widowed Rajasthani woman living in a traditional joint family.