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Winner of the Miss India
and Miss World beauty pageants in 2000.
Father Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra, mother Dr. Madhu Chopra.
Achievements: she is the only Indian in the USA to have been
selected at the state level for the National Opus Honor Choir,
extensive charity work back in India and the USA, and joined the CAF
and CII in their literacy program and is their ambassador.
Member of the support group for the Thalassemic children in U.P.,
India, participated in the adult education awareness program with
the non-governmental organizations in the peripheral areas of
Bareilly, joined the Indian Government-sponsored Polio Eradication
Program as a volunteer.
Raised funds for the destitute in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, by
participating in a church program.
She began her film career with Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar
While shooting the song "Do Me A Favor, Let's Play Holi" in the
movie Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005), she stepped on a live wire
and received a shock. She was hospitalized for a day.
Did her schooling from La Martinière in Lucknow. She completed tenth
grade in Boston and wanted to become a software engineer or a
criminal psychologist.
Her father Ashok Chopra, who also manages her career, was diagnosed
with a tumor in his liver. He had to undergo a complicated emergency
surgery.
Has a younger brother.
Turned down the lead in Umrao Jaan (2006) to work in Bluff Master
(2005).
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