30 Facts About Divya Bharti

Divya Bharti received a Filmfare Award and a Nandi Award for her performances.

Divya Bharti made her acting debut with the Telugu film Bobbili Raja, which became a blockbuster at the box office.

Divya Bharti subsequently starred in successful Telugu films such as Assembly Rowdy and Rowdy Alludu, establishing herself as a leading actress in the industry.

Divya Bharti received the Nandi Special Jury Award for her performance in Chittemma Mogudu.

Divya Bharti gained wider recognition with the success of Shola Aur Shabnam and further solidified her position with Deewana, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

On 5 April 1993, Divya Bharti died at the age of 19 after falling from the balcony of her fifth-floor apartment in Mumbai.

Divya Bharti had a younger brother named Kunal and a half-sister Poonam, who was the child of Om Prakash Bharti's first marriage.

Divya Bharti studied at Maneckji Cooper High School in Juhu, Mumbai.

Divya Bharti was a restless student at school and completed the 9th standard before pursuing an acting career.

Divya Bharti was scheduled to make her screen debut in Gunahon Ka Devta in 1988, but her role was cancelled.

Divya Bharti was eager to sign her for his project Radha Ka Sangam opposite Govinda.

Divya Bharti began shooting in Andhra Pradesh for her screen debut.

Later in the year, Divya Bharti acted in a Tamil film, Nila Pennae, opposite Anand.

In box office ratings, Divya Bharti ranked next to Vijayashanti who has been widely called The Lady Superstar and Lady Amitabh of South Indian cinema.

In 1991, Divya Bharti had back-to-back hits with action comedy film Rowdy Alludu and drama Assembly Rowdy opposite actors Chiranjeevi and Mohan Babu, respectively.

Later that year, Bharti began filming A Kodandarami Reddy's action romance Dharma Kshetram under Sri Rajeev Productions.

Divya Bharti got to work with Telugu film actor Nandamuri Balakrishna.

Divya Bharti was most notable for the song used in the film Saat Samundar.

Divya Bharti achieved further success in Raj Kanwar's Filmfare Award-winning love story Deewana, which starred veteran actor Rishi Kapoor and newcomer Shahrukh Khan.

Critics reported that Divya Bharti belonged to a new breed of Hindi film actors who broke away from character stereotypes.

Divya Bharti won the Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year.

Divya Bharti portrayed a bar dancer who sets out to find her birth mother.

Divya Bharti decided to act in one Telugu movie per year to not disappoint her Telugu audience.

Divya Bharti was replaced in films she had not completed, including Mohra, Kartavya, Vijaypath, Dilwale, and Andolan.

Divya Bharti was more than halfway through the filming of Laadla at the time of her death and the movie was reshot with Sridevi portraying the role.

Divya Bharti was the first choice for the iconic role of Simra.

Divya Bharti met director-producer Sajid Nadiadwala through actor Govinda while working on the set of Shola Aur Shabnam, following which she converted to Islam, changed her name to Sana, and married Nadiadwala on 10 May 1992 at a private Nikah ceremony in the presence of her hairdresser and friend Sandhya, Sandhya's husband, and a qazi at Nadiadwala's Tulsi Buildings residence in Mumbai.

Divya Bharti was cremated on 7 April 1993 at the Vile Parle crematorium in Mumbai.

Divya Bharti acted in 21 films during her short career and was one of the highest-paid Indian actresses at the time of her death.

Divya Bharti had a raw, tamed, wild look about her which magnetised the audience.