Isha Koppikar is an Indian actress, model and politician who has appeared in Hindi films, along with Tamil films.
19 Facts About Isha Koppikar
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Isha Koppikar has featured in several Telugu, Kannada and Marathi films.
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Isha Koppikar graduated in Life Sciences at Ramnarain Ruia College in Mumbai.
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Isha Koppikar competed in the 1995 Miss India contest, winning the Miss Talent Crown.
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In 1999, Koppikar starred in the gangland movie Nenjinile starring Vijay and directed by S A Chandrasekhar.
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In 2000, Isha Koppikar started her Bollywood career with a small role alongside Karisma Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan in Khalid Mohamed's Fiza and an item number appearance in Prakash Jha's Rahul.
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In 2002, Koppikar appeared in an item number in Ram Gopal Verma's underworld movie Company starring Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi and Manisha Koirala.
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Isha Koppikar won the Stardust Award for the Most Exciting New Face for her Khallas number.
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Isha Koppikar made a cameo appearance in Kunal Kohli's Hum Tum with Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji.
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Isha Koppikar starred in Ram Gopal Varma's gangster flick D: Underworld Badhshah alongside Randeep Hooda and Chunky Pandey.
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Isha Koppikar's performance was praised but the film only had a limited release and failed to make an impact at the box office.
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Isha Koppikar played the lead role opposite Sameer Dharmadhikari in a story revolving around an ambitious couple.
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Isha Koppikar made her digital debut with the ALTBalaji web series titled Fixerr where she plays the role of sub-inspector Jayanti Javdekar, who lives in a modest house with her young son and husband.
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Isha Koppikar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union minister Nitin Gadkari.
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Isha Koppikar has been appointed as the working president of the BJP's women transport wing.
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Isha Koppikar served as a judge in the Miss Universe 2008 contest, held on 14 July in Vietnam alongside, amongst others, fashion designer Roberto Cavalli and former winner in 2004 Jennifer Hawkins.
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Isha Koppikar continues to model for fashion designers Anita Dongre and Pria Kataria Puri.
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Isha Koppikar is a spokesperson for the animal rights organisation PETA and received the 10th Anniversary Humanitarian Award in December 2009.
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Isha Koppikar gave birth to their daughter Rianna in July 2014.