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Ayesha Takia
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- #001
While filming 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009) in Calgary, Canada, Ayesha Takia narrowly escaped a fatal accident. The scene required her to drive a car with Akshay Kumar seated beside her, but she lost control of the steering wheel while driving. Kumar grabbed the wheel and regained control of the car just in time (2007).
- #002
Her bad habit is biting her nails down to the skin.
- #003
Ayesha Takia says she never cooks but can make good tea and coffee. She says she is a big chai addict.
- #004
Out of love for her boyfriend Farhan Azmi, she fasted for the entire month of Ramadan.
- #005
Ayesha Takia is from Mumbai and comes from a mixed family. Her father is Gujarati, while her mother is half English and half Maharashtrian Muslim.
- #006
She listens to a lot of hip-hop, techno, trance, soft rock and rock, and also enjoys ghazals, Sufi music and Hindi film music. Her favourite Pakistani artists are Ghulam Ali and Abeeda Parveen.
- #007
Ayesha Takia has known Shahid Kapoor since the days they shot the 'Complan Kids' commercial together.
- #008
She has played a range of roles, from comedy to serious characters, but she prefers romantic films.
- #009
Ayesha Takia insists that producers sign a contract regarding their reservations about intimate and steamy scenes.
- #010
Ayesha Takia enjoys listening to stories of the characters she portrays in future films, on holidays, over coffee, in dance, in music, in reading and in travel, and her favourite thing to do is sit in cafes and chat with people she loves.
- #011
Ayesha Takia is a PETA member. She is deeply devoted to animals and encourages people to stop using leather and other products tested on animals and to be kind to animals.
- #012
Since childhood, Ayesha Takia's favourite actors have been Johnny Depp, Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. Her favourite actresses are Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rani Mukerji and her all-time favourite Sridevi. Ayesha thinks there are many good directors, but she has always loved Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
- #013
When she is not acting, Ayesha Takia reads books, takes long journeys and meets friends from the industry.
- #014
Ayesha Takia won the Filmfare Best Debut Award 2004 for Taarzan.
- #015
In 2006, she placed in the Top Ten of the list of India's 50 Most Desirable Living Women compiled by the Indian television channel Zoom.
- #016
Ayesha Takia grew up in Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai in India.
- #017
Ayesha Takia owns a BMW 7 Series Sedan and a Honda City.
- #018
Her favourite film is the Yash Chopra film Lamhe (1991), because Sridevi is in it. Her other favourites are Straight from the Heart (1999) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). She has said that the role of Kajol in the film is her dream role.
- #019
Ayesha Takia had to learn Urdu for acting, but since she comes from a family where English was spoken more at home, she only needed to learn diction.
- #020
Ayesha Takia shares the same cat with her sister named Morrisson.
- #021
Ayesha Takia attended St. Anthony's school but never went to university because she started working when she was sixteen.
- #022
Because her father handles her appointments, Ayesha Takia interacts with producers; she communicates only with directors and says her mother manages her life.
- #023
Ayesha Takia did her first commercial at the age of 4, and from then on she wanted to be an actress.
- #024
Ayesha Takia says that if she had not become an actress she would have been a travel program host, that she loves traveling very much, and that she would still be in front of the camera.
- #025
Ayesha Takia is afraid of heights and of anything involving risk.
- #026
Ayesha Takia's favorite brands are Mango, Zara, Diesel, Fcuk, Guess and G star.
- #027
Ayesha Takia's favorite perfumes are 212 Sexy by Carolina Herrera, Armani Code by Giorgio Armani, Cherie by Christian Dior and True Star by Tommy Hilfiger.
- #028
Ayesha Takia's favorite places to shop are Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, London and Amsterdam.
- #029
Ayesha Takia says her beauty secret is smiling.
- #030
Ayesha Takia does aerobics for two hours every day.
- #031
Ayesha Takia has always been someone who exercises and is not drawn to drugs or alcohol, because she believes these distance a person from reality and from life.
- #032
Ayesha Takia won the IIFA Star Debut award (2004).
- #033
Ayesha Takia won Star's Sabsey Favorite Nayi Heroine (2005).
- #034
Ayesha Takia has a boyfriend named Farhan Azmi, and they have started a boutique hotel business together.
- #035
Ayesha Takia won the Zee Cine Critics Award - Best Actress, tying with Gul Panag for the film Dor (2006) (2007).
- #036
Ayesha Takia won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actress for Dor (2006) (2007).
- #037
Ayesha Takia won the Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award for Dor (2006) (2007).
- #038
Ayesha Takia won the Star Screen Award for Best Actress (Critics) for the film Dor (2006) (2007).
- #039
On 6 December 2013, Ayesha Takia gave birth to her first child, a boy, at the age of 27; the child's father is her husband Farhan Azmi.
- #040
Ayesha Takia's father is Nishith Takia, the producer of Delhi Safari.
- #041
In 2004, Ayesha Takia was in a relationship with Siddharth Koirala.
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