TRIVIA


The following features some Trivia on Ayesha Takia

• Ayesha Takia's father is Gujarati, and her mother is half British and half Maharashtrian. She grew up speaking English at home.

• Ayesha Takia has one younger sister.

• Ayesha has been modelling since age four.

• When she was only 15, Ayesha Takia appeared in Falguni Pathak's 'Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye', her first music video.

• It was her ‘Shake it Daddy’ music video that brought Ayesha Takia to the attention of the movie industry.

• Ayesha first signed ‘Socha Na Tha’, but the film got delayed, thus the second film she signed ‘Taarzan - The Wonder Car’ released first and became her debut film.

• Ayesha Takia won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004 for her performance in Taarzan.

• Her deglamorized role in 'Dor' is the best perfomance of Ayesha Takia to-date.

• Ayesha Takia is dating restauranter Farhan Azmi.

• Ayesha Takia is a Mumbaite and comes from a mixed family. Her father is Gujarati, and her mother is half British and half Maharashtrian.

• Ayesha Takia listens to loads of trance, rock music, and also love Ghazals. Her favorite Indian artists are Ghulam Ali and Abeeda Parveen.

• In her free time, Ayesha Takia enjoys listening to stories, listening to music, reading, long drives, sitting at cafés over conversation with people she likes, and spending time with family, mostly with her mom.

• Ayesha Takia is a pure vegetarian.

• Ayesha Takia's favorite actors from childhood are 'Aamir Khan'Newman' and 'Shahrukh Khan'. Her favorite actresses are 'Sridevi' and Rani Mukherjee. Ayesha finds there are many good directors, but she has always liked Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

• When she is not acting Ayesha Takia reads books, goes for long drives, and meets her friends in the industry.

• Ayesha Takia is a person who is very much attached to animals. Encourages people to stop using leather and other products which are tested on animals and to be kind to animals.

• Ayesha Takia won the Filmfare Best Debut Award 2004 for Taarzan.

• In 2006, Ayesha Takia was amongst the Top Ten on the listing of India's 50 Most Desirable Women Alive, a poll conducted by Zoom, an Indian TV channel.

• Ayesha Takia also appeared in a 2006 Telugu movie named 'Super'.


QUOTES

The following features some Quotes by Ayesha Takia..

• "Bobby Deol worked with Abbas-Mustan [in 'Humraaz'] and they are good friends. I was in his home production, and so he told them about me. Abbas-Mustan thought 'Kabhi Socha Na Tha' will release first and were hence reluctant to cast me. But a few days later, they called me and told me I was in 'Taarzan'."

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