Ayesha Takia

Birth: 10 April 1986, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nickname: Ayesh

Ayesha Takia was born on April 10, 1986. She comes from a mixed family. Her father, Nishit, is Gujarati, and her mother, Faridah, is an Anglo-Indian-half British and half Maharashtrian. Takia went to St. Anthony's High School. Her father interacts with her producers and handles her dates. She has a younger sister named Natasha. Ayesha is the cousin of the upcoming star Abdul Zafar.On March 1, 2009, she married Farhan Azmi in an Islamic Nikah ceremony, a restauranteur and the son of politician Abu Azmi, a Samajwadi Party leader. The couple had originally planned to marry in December 2008, but the wedding was delayed due to the Mumbai attacks.

Ayesha started her career with the "I am a Complan Girl!" advertising campaign and also appeared in a music video, Falguni Pathak's Meri Chunarii Udd Udd Jaye, when she was fifteen. The complan ad campaign also had Aftab as a child actor. She then appeared in the video, Shake It Daddy, when she was sixteen, which brought her to the attention of the movie industry, and a few film offers followed. She signed a contract for Socha Na Tha, then for Taarzan: The Wonder Car. However, delays in making Socha Na Tha meant that Taarzan released first and was therefore her "debut" film. She won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004 for her performance in Taarzan: The Wonder Car. She earned critical acclaim for her performance in Nagesh Kukunoor's Dor with Taran Adarsh of Indiafm.com writing ,". Also, she accepted of non-glamorous role, which most actors don't do at the start of their career."