Juhi Chawla, the cutie-pie of the Bollywood has had her share in the field that she’s been in for 15 years hitting the limelight every often with her smart performance in all the films she acted. She had a lot of hit films which are mostly musically melodious and films that did pretty well at the box office. Juhi acted opposite all the top heroes in Bollywood and she enjoys a very good rapport with all the industry people that she runs a production company “DREAMZ UNLIMITED” in a parternership with the top class actor Sharukh Khan and Aziz Mirza.
Juhi won “Ms.India” crown and “The Best Costumes” award in the Ms. Universe competition in ’84 well before her debut in films and while she enjoyed her place in the BOLLYWOOD, she won the “Best Actress” award from FILMFARE in ’94 for “HUM HAIN RAHI PYAR KE” and “Most Sensational Female” award in ’99 from NEWYORK’s BOLLYWOOD for her performance in “DUPLICATE”.
Although Juhi got married to her lover boy Jai Mehta, a business man from LONDON, she still enjoys her profession in Bollywood.
Career
From beauty contests, she moved into film – with her movie debut being Sultanat in 1986. She then starred in the Kannada film Premaloka which was a super-hit. She also featured in “Goonj” with Kumar Gaurav. Her first big hit in Bollywood was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak in 1988, in which she starred with Aamir Khan. Following films did not do as well.
Chawla made a special appearance in the film Chandni (1989) produced by Yash Raj Films. She was later cast in the critically acclaimed Aaina (1993) opposite Jackie Shroff, and then in one of her biggest hits Darr (1993) with Sunny Deol and Shahrukh Khan .
She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award in 1993 for Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke . Her pairing with Aamir Khan has been repeatedly successful with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1989), Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993) and later on Ishq (1997) becoming hits .
She has teamed up successfully with Shahrukh Khan too, delivering his first big hit Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992) and then later on with Darr (1993) and Yes Boss (1997) .
Juhi later turned producer and became the co-owner of a production company called Dreamz Unlimited with Shahrukh Khan and director Aziz Mirza. Unfortunately the first two films produced by the production company – Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Asoka failed at the box office. Their third film, Chalte Chalte was the first success for the company.
Juhi has recently appeared in the critically acclaimed films – 3 Deewarein , My Brother Nikhil for which Taran Adarsh went as far as saying that her performance was amongst the finest in her career . She won a Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for 3 Deewarein.
She was recently seen in Nikhil Advani’s Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love for which she got good reviews for her performance . She also starred with fellow superstar Urmila Matondkar in Bas Ek Pal (2006) and with Manoj Bajpai in ‘Swami’. Juhi’s forthcoming releases include Ravi Chopra’s Bhoothnath with Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan and another film called Krazy 4 with Irfan Khan and Arshad Warsi.
Personal life
Juhi Chawla is married to industrialist Jai Mehta and is the mother of two children .
Her mother was killed in a car accident in Prague during the shooting of Duplicate.
She gave birth to her first child, a girl, on February 21, 2001. Her daughter’s name is Jhanvi . Chawla later gave birth to a son called Arjun.
Movies Done By Juhi Chawla
- 1986 Sultanat Zarina Acting debut
- 1986 Bahadur Shah Zafar TV series
- 1987 Premaloka Shashikala Kannada film
- 1988 Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak Rashmi Singh Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
- 1988 Kaliyuga Karnudu Jaya Telugu film
- 1988 Paruva Ragam Shashikala Tamil film
- 1988 Ranadheera Guest appearance Kannada film
- 1989 Amar Prem Deepika Bengali film
- 1989 Chandni Devika Cameo
- 1989 Kindari Jogi Ganga Kannada film
- 1989 Vicky Daada Shyamalee Telugu film
- 1989 Love Love Love Reema Goswami
- 1989 Goonj Sangeeta Kalekar
- 1990 Kaafila Kalpana Awasti
- 1990 Swarg Jyoti
- 1990 Pratibandh Shanti Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress
- 1990 Tum Mere Ho Paro
- 1990 Zahreelay Chamki
- 1990 Shandaar Tulsi
- 1990 C.I.D. Raksha Sharma
- 1991 Shanti Kranti Jyothi Kannada film
- 1991 Mehandi Ban Gai Khoon Sunita
- 1991 Shanti Kranti Jyothi Telugu film
- 1991 Nattukku Oru Nallavan Jyothi Tamil film
- 1991 Benaam Badsha Jyoti
- 1991 Karz Chukana Hai Radha
- 1991 Bhabhi Asha
- 1992 Apan Por Swapna Bengali film
- 1992 Bol Radha Bol Radha Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress
- 1992 Radha Ka Sangam Radha
- 1992 Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman Renu
- 1992 Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana Janki
- 1992 Bewaffa Se Waffa Ruksaar
- 1992 Daulat Ki Jung Asha Agrawal
- 1993 Lootere Anjali
- 1993 Shatranj Radha
- 1993 Izzat Ki Roti Jyoti Prasad
- 1993 Pehla Nasha Cameo
- 1993 Tadipaar Cameo
- 1993 Aaina Reema Mathur
- 1993 Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke Vyaijanti Iyer Filmfare Award for Best Actress
- 1993 Darr Kiran Awasti Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actress
- 1994 Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na Guest appearance
- 1994 Eena Meena Deeka Meena
- 1994 The Gentleman Rani
- 1994 Andaz Saraswati
- 1994 Andaz Apna Apna Herself Guest appearance
- 1994 Ghar Ki Izzat Geeta
- 1993 Bhagyawan Geeta
- 1994 Paramaatma Rajni
- 1994 Saajan Ka Ghar Laxmi
- 1995 Ram Jaane Bela
- 1995 Kartavya Kajal Sahay Replacement of Divya Bharti
- 1995 Naajayaz Inspector Sandhya
- 1995 Aatank Hi Aatank Neha
- 1995 Mahashakti Kanchan Mini TV series
- 1996 Talaashi Megha
- 1996 Loafer Kiran Mathur
- 1996 Bandish Kanta
- 1996 Daraar Priya Bhatia Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress
- 1997 Yes Boss Seema Kapoor Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress
- 1997 Ishq Madhu
- 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi Shalu
- 1997 Deewana Mastana Dr Neha Sharma
- 1998 Saat Rang Ke Sapne Jalima
- 1998 Harikrishnans Mira Varma Malayalam film
- 1998 Duplicate Sonia Kapoor
- 1998 Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate Urmila Abhyankar
- 1999 Safari Anjali Agarwal
- 1999 Arjun Pandit Nisha Chopra
- 1999 Shaheed Uddham Singh Noor Jehan
- 2000 Gang Sanam
- 2000 Karobaar: The Business of Love Seema Saxena
- 2000 Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani Ria Banerjee
- 2001 One 2 Ka 4 Geeta Chowdhary
- 2001 Ek Rishtaa Priti Kapoor
- 2001 Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa Jhoomri
- 2003 3 Deewarein Chandrika
- 2003 Jhankaar Beats Shanti
- 2004 Des Hoya Pardes Jassi Punjabi film
- 2005 My Brother Nikhil Anamika
- 2005 Paheli Gajrobai
- 2005 Khamoshh… Khauff Ki Raat Dr Sakshi Saagar Guest appearance
- 2005 Home Delivery: Aapko… Ghar Tak Parvati Kakkar Cameo
- 2005 7½ Phere Asmi Ganatra
- 2005 Dosti: Friends Forever Aditi Cameo
- 2006 Bas Ek Pal Ira Malhotra
- 2006 Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris Bhaagbhari Punjabi film
- 2007 Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love Seema
- 2007 Swami Radha
- 2007 Om Shanti Om Herself Special appearance in song “Deewangi Deewangi”
- 2008 Bhootnath Anjali Sharma
- 2008 Krazzy 4 Dr. Sonali
- 2008 Kismat Konnection Haseena Bano Jaan
- 2009 Luck By Chance Minty Rolly Special appearance
- 2009 Kal Kissne Dekha Special appearance
- 2010 Sukhmani – Hope for Life Kuldeep Singh’s wife Punjabi film
- 2010 Ramayana: The Epic Sita Voice
- 2010 Lafangey Parindey Judge Cameo appearance
- 2011 I Am Megha Nominated — Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
- 2012 Krishna Aur Kans Yashoda Voice
- 2012 Main Krishna Hoon Kantaben
- 2012 Son of Sardaar Parmeet Kaur
- 2013 Bombay Talkies Herself Special appearance in song “Apna Bombay Talkies”
- 2013 Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke Doctor Vaiyajanti iyer Special appearance
- 2014 Gulaab Gang Sumitra Devi (Bagrecha) Nominated — Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
- 2014 Dil Vil Pyar Vyar Punjabi film
- 2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey Hassan’s mother Guest appearance
- 2016 Chalk n Duster Jyoti
- 2017 Pushpaka Vimana Kannada film
- 2018 Zero Aanand L. Rai Special Appearance
- 2019 Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga Chatro
- 2020 sharmaji namkeen Currently being shot in Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad – A Block As producer Year Film Co-producer
- 2000 Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani Shah Rukh Khan
- 2001 Asoka Gauri Khan
- 2003 Chalte Chalte Shah Rukh Khan and Aziz Mirza
Television shows Done By Juhi Chawla
- 1986 Bahadur Shah Zafar Noor Jahan DD National
- 2009 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Judge Sony TV
- 2011 Badmaash Company- Ek Shararat Hone Ko Hai Host Colors TV
Honors Received By Juhi Chawla
- 1984 Miss India Miss India Won
- 1984 Miss Catwalk Won
- 1984 Miss Perfect Ten Won
- 1984 Miss Popular Won
- 1984 Miss Miraculous Won
- 1984 Miss Universe Best National Costume Won