Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Bollywood focus: Arjun Rampal

Arjun Rampal, son of Gwen and Amarjeet Rampal, was first spotted by designer Rohit Bal in a disco. His modeling career took of from there.

Arjun Rampal, son of Gwen and Amarjeet Rampal, was first spotted by designer Rohit Bal in a disco. His modeling career took of from there. His debut movie - Moksha was released in 2001 and was directed by Ashok Mehta. However, this film was released after his second film, Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat, in which he appeared with Sunil Shetty and Aftab Shivdasani. Although both films did not perform at the box office his performances in both films was lauded by critics. In 2002, he won the Award of the International Indian Film Academy for Face of the Year.

Since his debut, he has worked in a series of films, successful and some unsuccessful. He has also appeared in the Temptations 2004 concert with stars Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, and Priyanka Chopra.

Recently, he produced and acted in film I See You (2006). He released it with his own production company Chasing Ganesha Films. His wife, Mehr Jesia, was the co-producer.

This man, who set the ramp on fire, got married, to Ex Miss-India Mehr Jesia. They have two daughters, Mahikaa and Myra.

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