Juhi Chawla: biography, personal life, roles and films, photos

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Ludhiana, the luxurious centuries-old industrial center of Northern India. The city of industrialists, businessmen, officials, stars and simply successful people. A kind of silicon valley in the Indian style. It was in this place, at the crossroads of history and the future, like a sprout of an unusual flower, breaking through intricate old buildings, modern fancy shopping centers and business offices, that a girl was born, whom her parents named Juhi, which translates from Hindi as "jasmine ".

Fancy Birth

Actress Juhi Chawla revealed herself to the world on November 13, 1967. Her parents, civil servants Desraj and Sharmila Chawla, stared at the newborn's flattened nose, round face, and huge ear-to-ear mouth in confusion.

Shocked by her daughter's appearance, Sharmila even locked herself in her room and did not eat anything for several days, sending her grandmother to the doctor to show her granddaughter and,maybe even hem the corners of her mouth. After all, this is absolutely no good!..

But the female doctor, having carefully examined the girl, resolutely reasoned with her shaking grandmother and for some reason predicted that little Chawle would be a big celebrity.

Her prophecy, to the surprise of the child's family and to the joy of the rest of the world, came true.

Dad

Desraj Chawla, an official in the Revenue Department of the Government of India, had a passion for books. He read them anytime, anywhere. When finished, I immediately moved on to the next one. And if there was no next one, he ran to the bookstore. He was a navigator. His ship was a comfortable chair, and his sea was endless lines of books. Possessing high erudition, he could answer And answered any of the questions of a curious daughter. Who knows, perhaps thanks to the answers received from her father and the habit of reading instilled from childhood, his daughter Juhi Chawla managed to win the Miss India contest.

Desraj Chawla served as a model for her daughter of the right person who loves even strangers who, after talking with him, as if by magic, begin to love him in return.

Mom

Sharmila Chawla was the most intimate friend and family person for her daughter.

Juhi wanted to be just like her since childhood. While still a teenager, she turned around in front of the mirror for a long time, trying to repeat her mother's graceful walk, dressed in her clothes. How much yourselfI remembered Juhi Chawla, my mother always worked, even despite her marriage. And it was not so much money, but a certain degree of independence that Sharmila needed.

Her father was a lawyer, she grew up in a sophisticated educated family. Despite this, she was a sociable and cheerful person. A real friend for my daughter. After all, it was she who knew all her secrets and experiences, helped her in her studies and wrote for her all, without exception, essays in Hindi.

Growth focuses

When the future Bollywood star was four years old, her family moved to the largest city in the country - Bombay, today's Mumbai.

Juhi Chawla's parents had to work hard to provide themselves and their children with a comfortable life. However, the girl's childhood was devoid of any frills. In Bombay, diligent and diligent Juhi easily graduated from elementary school and two colleges, getting better every day.

In 1984, all her friends decided to take part in the Miss India beauty pageant. Chawla also filled out a questionnaire, for the company. Considering herself quite pretty, she knew that even among her classmates there were more beautiful girls. Nevertheless, having confidently reached the final of the competition, Juhi distinguished herself from her rivals by being able to correctly answer questions in the erudition test.

So our heroine became "Miss India" in 1984, and then "Miss Universe" in the nomination for the best costume. Soon after, the gates of the Indian film industry opened for her.

WorldsBollywood

After the victories at beauty contests, offers to shoot in advertising and participate in fashion shows rained down on the girl.

At the same time, she received the first invitation to shoot a movie. Despite the fact that her first two works were not noticed by critics or viewers, and were simply a failure in her biography, Juhi Chawla did not give up. Already in 1988, the famous painting "The Sentence" was released, which received a stunning success.

However, the film that eclipsed the glory of "The Sentence" was the picture "Towards Love" in 1993. For the role performed in this film, Juhi deservedly received the Indian analogue of the Oscar. She is inducted into the Bollywood Hall of Fame. Real fame and popular adoration came to her, which have not left her until now (pictured - Juhi Chawla and Aamir Khan in the movie "Towards Love").

The whole of India enthusiastically received the successive films of Juhi Chawla - "God knows", "Fatal similarity", "Gamblers", "Seduction", "Fateful circumstances" and many others.

The actress continues to act in films, her filmography has already exceeded sixty films.

Sudden Husband

In Bollywood, as well as throughout the world of cinema, actors, as a rule, connect their fates with the same as them, "comrades in misfortune", one way or another connected with this amazing and crazy world.

Yes, and what kind of person from the outside can withstandthat frantic rhythm in which the film industry works non-stop? How, without having experienced its joys and sorrows, someone outsider can understand this sphere of art, which lives by its own laws?

However, there are exceptions to every rule.

Behind the life of numerous characters played by the actress, all the details of her own personal life were carefully hidden and completely unknown to the public.

The news that the most enviable bride of Bollywood Juhi Chawla, as it turned out, has long and firmly married, stunned Bollywood suitors. The star's husband, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, turned out to be none other than India's richest man, Jai Mehta, owner of an international conglomerate whose activities included food and construction business.

Jai Mehta, a descendant of a business and extremely influential family from Uganda, was friends with Chawla's cousin and first met the girl when she was just out of school. Later, this lop-eared and short-haired boy, having already become the most desired free groom in the country, continued to catch her eye at various parties.

Then fate separated them for a long time. They met by chance only many years later. Chawla from a timid shy student girl has long turned into a well-known star, and very soon was literally strewn with numerous flowers and gifts from Jai. His charm and perseverance conquered Chawla. Mehta has always dreamed of having a family of his own.

The girl's career was onvery rise, and therefore, in order to avoid gossip and gossip, Chawla and Mehta got married in secret, outside of India. Only their families and a few of their closest friends attended.

Children

On February 21, 2001, the couple had a daughter, Janvi. And two years later, on July 21, 2003, their second child, son Arjun, was born in London.

After the birth of children, Juhi Chawla's happiness became complete. However, grief did not spare her. First, my mother died in a terrible accident, then my father died. After some time, Bobby's brother became seriously ill.

Juhi tries to stay as simple, open and sentimental as ever. At the same time, with age, she has become more wise, reasonable, and brings up her children the way her mother once raised her.

With the birth of children, the actress realized the happiness of motherhood, every day enjoying the fact that she taught them something new. Daughter Janvi grows obedient, son Arjun is her complete opposite.

Jhanvi and Arjun treat her like their best friend and dream of becoming famous actors as well.

Juhi today

In recent years, the actress has ceased to act as actively as before. Wise with experience and fame, she has reached that personal level when the vanity and constant running are replaced by the time of creation. And now she herself is looking for new films for herself, in which she could fully reveal her talent, without adjusting tosomeone's opinion.

Now Juhi Chawla is increasingly trying his hand at producing and helping her husband cope with business. Having become a movie star, mother and wife, she continues to be the same blooming beautiful flower - Juhi-Jasmine.