Nikita Anand was born in the Punjabi-speaking Anand family in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, in 1983. Her dad is Brigadier S.S. Anand, a doctor in the Indian Army; his frequent transfers led to Nikita studying in different schools (St. Mary's Pune, Maharashtra; Bishop Cottons, Ranchi, Jharkhand; Cathedral and John Connon, Bombay; NIFT, Delhi). She has a brother named Jasneet, who is three years elder to her.
At age 19 Nikita (5'8" in height) was crowned Miss India 2003, taking over the title from Neha Dhupia, and represented India in the Miss Universe Pageant in Panama City, Panama. During 2004 she relinquished her title to Tanushree Dutta.
One of the things she would like to change in India is the delays in the Justice system.
She has been featured on the inaugural issue of V.Rebel.
She likes to read fiction novels in her spare time and likes to work out even on tight movie shoots
She made her foray on the tinsel screen with Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie and Dil Dosti etc. She is also a trained singer
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Nikita Anand Interview
via : http://ww.smashits.com/news/bollywood/interview/6381/nikita-anand.htmlShe is latest to join the unending list of beauty pageant winners who enter Bollywood. With her debut film, 'Dil Dosti Etc' set for release coming Friday, we caught up with Nikita Anand to know about her and her film. Excerpts of the interview:
Being a Miss India are there greater expectations from you?
Expectations are always there from every actress who joins films. This trend of beauty pageant winners joining films started in 1994 when Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai joined the industry. They were followed by Lara and Priyanka, and all have been successful. So, there will be more expectations from me too. I am prepared for it.
Having distinction in science, studying Fashion Designing and later turning Miss India pageant, where are you heading?
Well, I have just done a film. Obviously, I am heading towards films. But I enjoy doing different things. Even during my childhood I was involved in a lot of different things like elocution, sports, singing, and drama.
How come did you anchor sports shows?
I started with the American car-racing sports and had fun doing it. We belong to a cricket crazy nation. When I got this opportunity to host cricket shows I immediately took it up. Also, I enjoy watching the game so anchoring it was more fun.
Did you intimidate men around you in the gym?
Yes, I love working out. See it is a very rare thing that women go out to the gym and work out with heavy weights. When I do that, my trainer keeps telling me that some guys from the gym are not able to do as much as what I can and that they keep telling him how much they are embarrassed working out when I am around.
click for larger view How did you hit off so well on the 'Dil Dosti Etc' sets with a reserved type Imaad Shah?
Imaad is an extremely reserved person. I have got a lot of scenes in the film with him. So I had to put in an extra effort to open him up. It is important to strike the right rapport with your co-star. This helps in the scenes turning out much better on screen. So, I used to make sure that whenever he was around we would laugh or chat and joke around and eventually it all has reflected in our scenes on screen.
Why did Ishita Sharma, your other co-star, avoid clicking pictures with you?
Ishita is a very sweet girl. I am 5 feet 8 inches tall. So, she avoided clicking pictures with me because of this big height difference. She admitted to me that she did it because I make her feel very short. (Laughs) We are good friends but whenever it came to having both of us standing in the same frame she would run away!
click for larger view How come Shreyas Talpade got very nervous during the kissing scene with you?
Why just him it was me too who got very nervous. (Laughs) Finally we just did it because we were acting and it was just for a scene. So, we immediately got over our nervousness. Since it was a very small scene we wrapped it up quickly.
Being a trained singer do you aspire to sing your own songs?
Yes. If get a chance, I would definitely like to do it.
You had a short affair with Dino Morea. What went wrong?
I don't know how these rumors of me and him being together began in the first place. I came to know about such a thing after I read it somewhere.
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