12 Facts About Sangeeta Bijlani

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Sangeeta Bijlani started her Bollywood career with a lead role in Qatil and was one of the three female leads in the film Tridev.

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Sangeeta Bijlani went on to do many commercials including ads of Nirma and Pond's soap.

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Sangeeta Bijlani received her popular name "Bijli" from her modelling days.

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Sangeeta Bijlani represented India at the Miss Universe pageant in Seoul, South Korea where she won Best National Costume award designed by her mother Poonam Bijlani.

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Sangeeta Bijlani made her Bollywood debut in 1987 with Qatil, opposite Aditya Pancholi and then went on to act in Tridev, Hathyar, Jurm, Yodha, Yugandhar, Izzat and Lakshman Rekha.

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Sangeeta Bijlani did a bilingual in Hindi and Kannada opposite Vishnu Vardhan.

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Sangeeta Bijlani was nominated by the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress category for Jurm opposite Vinod Khanna and was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and scripted by Salim Khan.

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Sangeeta Bijlani made her small-screen debut with Chandni - "a tale of power, revenge and love" in early 1996 opposite actor Shahbaz Khan.

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Sangeeta Bijlani went on to produce Hasna Mat, with Kader Khan on Star Plus and Kinarey Milte Nahi on Zee TV.

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On 14 November 1996, Sangeeta Bijlani married cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin at a reception at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai.

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Sangeeta Bijlani's character was played by Nargis Fakhri in the film.

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However, Emran Hashmi the lead actor in the film slammed the media reports that Sangeeta Bijlani is unhappy with her character.