Esha Deol

Biography

Fluent in English, Hindi, and Tamil, Scorpion Esha was born on November 2, 1982, to Hema 'Dreamgirl' Malini and Dharmendra 'He-Man' Deol. She has a younger sister, Ahana, and two step-brothers, Sunny and Bobby, both well-known Bollywood super-stars in their own right. Bobby is married to Tanya Ahuja and has a child.

Esha studied in the Jamnabai Narsee School, excelled at football, then went on to attend Oxford University and obtained a Master's Degree in Media Arts and Computer Technology. She also learned classical dance forms from her mom, the daughter of Jaya Chakraborty.

Having Bollywood connections, she aspired to be an actress and follow in the footsteps of her parents and half-siblings and landed a lead role in 'Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche' in 2002.

She delivered her very first hit with 'Dhoom' in 2004 and went on to another hit after hit in 'Kaal' 'No Entry', and 'Dus'. She demonstrated her versatility when she accepted a negative character role in 'Ankaee' in 2006. She has also acted in a Tamil movie 'Aiyatha Ezhuthu'.

Amongst her friends in Bollywood are Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. She likes to work out and listen to music.

She will shortly be seen in Just Married, and has started filming in the following movies; Cash, Darling, and Honeymoon.

Half-sister of Bobby Deol and Sunny Deol, and elder sister of Ahana Deol. Granddaughter of Jaya Chakravarthy.

Sister Ahana Deol starred in the shelved film "2nd Time Lucky"(2012), Starring Prateik Babbar, and Ahana Deol, Produced and Directed by Shoojit Sarkar.

Speaks Tamil fluently, which caused Mani Ratnam to offer her a role in his Tamil film, Ayitha Ezhuthu (2004).

As a part of the _LOC Kargil (2003)_ cast, Esha received a national award for being a part of the film.

Her favorite actresses are Kajol and Julia Roberts.