Chitrangada is an Indian film actress. She is best known for starring in "Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi"(2005) and for her first mainstream commercial film "Desi Boyz" (2011).
Background
Chitrangada Singh was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to an Indian Army officer (Col Niranjan Singh) in a Jat family. Her brother is golfer Digvijay Singh. Digvijay, Tina and Chitrangada are the children of an Army Officer. As a girl, she was known for looking like the late actress Smita Patil. "You have outdone Smita Patil," said Shekhar Kapur, when he saw Chitrangda Singh's performance in her debut movie "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi" (2003).
Education
She received training in Kathak (a classical dance) and enjoyed acting.
Career
Chitrangada Singh began her career in Delhi as a model. After completing her education, she entered modeling (ICICI bank and Alukkas Jewellery), and gradually filming to music videos, she performed in Gulzar's "Sunset Point."
It was in a music video of singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya. Later she made her much acclaimed debut with Sudhir Mishra's film "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi" in 2003. The role got her wide acclaim. After that Chitrangada acted in the 2005 film "Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow". Chitrangada made her debut as an item girl in Shirish Kunder's "Joker".
She took a break from acting from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 she made her comeback with the leading role in the director Onir's romantic-comedy "Sorry Bhai!".
In Sudhir Mishra's movie "Yeh Saali Zindagi" (2011), Chitrangada played the role of a singer from Delhi who goes to Mumbai to get fame and money. She then starred in Rohit Dhawan's "Desi Boyz", where she played the role of an economics teacher. Desi Boyz also starred John Abraham and Deepika Padukone. She has performed on the raunchy item song, "Kaafirana" from Shirish Kunder’s 2012 comedy flick "Joker" with Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead.
Chitrangada is brand ambassador for "Airtel", "Parachute","Puma", "Borges Olive Oil", "Garnier", "Aliva Crackers", "Taj Mahal Tea" and "Joyalukkas Jewellers".
Her latest movie is "I, Me Aur Main", which is a directorial debut by Kapil Sharma starring John Abraham and Prachi Desai.
Views
An active supporter of animal rights she recently did an advertisement for PETA.