Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Biography - Udita Goswami



Udita was born on September 2, 1984 in Dehra Dun, the capital of Uttarkhand to her parents who originally held from north eastern state of Assam. She studied in D.A.V. Public school till 8th standard and she always preferred to be in the midst of showbiz and finally decided to leave the town and headed to Mumbai despite some initial opposition from her parents.

She was steely about her career in showbiz and soon started modeling. She bagged assignments from reputed brands like Pepsi, Sun.com, Nokia, Star Movies, Platinum, Levis, Wills Sports, Lee Cooper, Rags, Elle Sports, Rupam, Park Hotel, Taj Hotel, Titan Watches, Brylcream, etc. She was successful as a model and she won prestigious awards like "MTV Model Mission 2 and Model of the Universe Asia 2001” and graced the cover of magazines ELLE, Femina, Cosmopolitan, Bride n Home, Zinc, etc. and there is record of successful ramp on big stages for famous fashion designers like Suneet Verma, Tarun Tahilyani, Nikki Mahajan and Ranna Gill.

With good looking sensuous feature and attractive smile on her face, along with abundant success in modeling, acting capability naturally figured in Udita's scheme of things and she made up her mind to acheive in films as well. She is quite a foodie and has fetish for Goan food and her favorite perfume is Red Door by Elizabeth Arden. Some of her favorite actors are Gary Cooper, Shashi Kapoor, workaholic Rekha and Marilyn Monroe.

Career in Movies

This green-eyed beauty made her debut role in Paap, directed by actress turned director Pooja Bhatt. She was starred opposite John Abraham, though the movie did not made a good impact at box office, the on-screen chemistry between them was definitely the talk of tinsel town and Udita got rave reviews for her exceptional role as a Buddhist monk.

She then appeared in a low budget film Zeher and the movie went on to become a huge hit despite the controversies on inclusion of some explicit scenes. Udita appear in scanty cloths and people even said she exposed her skin too much in the movie. However, she won the race and she was successful in establishing a separate niche for herself in the industry.

Udita also did an appreciating role in Aksar(2006) opposite Dino Morea and Emraan Hashmi. The song Laagi Laagi from the movie was a hit, and later she appeared in Ahmed Khan's music video of the remix of Kya Khoob Lagti Ho.

She was seen acting in movies like Aggar in 2007 opposite 2007. She has once set the small screen on fire as achannel V Goddess and has been seen in many social activities including show for the Sick Kids Foundation. With many opportunities in hand, she is very particular about selecting her roles and we are sure she will come with more remarkable roles in near future.