Celina Jaitly

Celina Jaitly

She was born 24 November 1981 and she is a Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former beauty queen and model, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe in 2001.Jaitley's breakthrough film role was in the 2003 thriller Janasheen. She rose to fame in the late 2000s following roles in the films Silsiilay (2005), No Entry (2005), Tom, Dick, and Harry (2006) and Golmaal Returns (2008).

Celina Jaitly

Early life
Jaitley was born on 24 November 1981,to a Punjabi Indian father and Afghan mother. Her father, V.K. Jaitley, is a retired Indian Army colonel and her mother, Meeta, was a nurse in the Indian army, as well as an Afghan beauty queen.
Due to her army background, Jaitly grew up in several cities in India, like Lucknow, where she attended City Montessori School. However most of her life was spent in the Kashmir valley and the north eastern states of India. She finished her school from Guwahati. She also spent some years of her childhood in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu and graduated from St Joseph's College, Manjakuppam. She has, however, spent most of her time in Kolkata, India.During her teenage years, Jaitly aspired to be a part of the Indian army, either as a doctor or a pilot. However, she started modeling alongside studies at the age of 16 Celina and took part in the 2001 Ms India pageant. She won the crown and then went on to become a runner up at Ms Universe the same year.


Career

Jaitly came in first place at Femina Miss India 2001 winning the title of Femina Miss India Universe 2001. In addition to her title, she won the Miss Margo Beautiful Skin, Indiatimes Surfer's Choice, and MTV's Most Wanted award. She was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2001 contest representing India where she was finished 4th runner up.
In 2001, she featured in Jazzy B's music video of Oh Kehri, which was immensely popular.She also featured in music videos for Bombay Vikings.
In 2003, she made her film debut in Feroz Khan's Janasheen.The movie was a moderate box-office success in India. For her second release she had a starring role opposite Sunny Deol, in the romantic action Khel, but the feature was poorly received and earned little at the box office.
In 2004, Jaitly turned down the lead role in Julie in an interview with Stardust Jaitly commented "I turned down Julie because I didn't agree with the reasoning of the protagonist in the story, who resorts to prostitution because her man ditches her. I didn't see why any educated girl would take such a drastic step. I take up roles that I mentally agree with, and this was not such a role".Same years Jaitly appeared in the Telugu language drama Suryam, she starred opposite Mohan Babu.

Celina Jaitly

During 2009 and 2010, Jaitley continued to work in a number of projects but experienced a setback. All three films in which she starred, Paying Guests, Accident on Hill Road and Hello Darling were critically and commercially unsuccessful.
In 2011, Jaitley had two leading roles. Her first film was Anees Bazmee's Thank You, a romantic comedy. The film was poorly received by critics but became an economic success, earning over INR950.6 million (US$15 million)She next appeared in Shrimathi a Kannada film directed by Ravi kumar. The film proved a commercial success.

Personal life

In January 2011, she announced her engagement with Austrian businessman, hotelier and marketeer, Peter Haag. She married Peter Haag on 23 July 2011 at a thousand year old monastery in Austria. Now she is living in Mumbai, Dubai and Singapore.On 24 March 2012 she gave birth to twin boys Winston and Viraaj.

Jaitly is a supporter of the rights and equality of the LGBT community and supports the gay rights movement in India. She has been involved in various activities concerning human rights, women and children health, and sex workers rehabilitation in India for the past 10 years.