Esha Deol is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films. She earned critical acclaim for her performances and has mainly found success in multi-starrer movies. True to form for a Bollywood star, Esha Deol crossed numerous genre boundaries in her role selection, often essaying many genres in a single project.
Background
Esha is the eldest daughter of the famous couple of Bollywood, Dharmendra and Hema Malini. She is part AryaSamaji, Punjabi (Sikh) and part Hindu-Tamil. She has a younger sister Ahana Deol and many older half-siblings (2 brothers namely Bobby Deol and Sunny Deol and 2 sisters namely Vijeeta and Ajeeta) through her father's first marriage to Prakash Kaur.
Education
At school she excelled at football.
At university Esha obtained a Masters Degree in Media Arts and Computer Technology.
Career
Having Bollywood connections, she did aspire to be an actress and follow in the footsteps of her parents and half-siblings, and landed a lead role in "Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche" in 2002. Esha Deol delivered her very first hit with "Dhoom" in 2004 and went on to another hit after hit in "Kaal", "No Entry", and "Dus". She demonstrated her versatility when she accepted a negative character-role in "Ankaee" in 2006. She has also acted in a Tamil movie "Aiyatha Ezhuthu".