Gayatri Joshi
Biography
Gayatri Joshi is an Indian former actress, video jockey, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. She appeared in Hindi films. She won the title of Femina Miss India International in the year 2000 and represented India at Miss International 2000. She starred in the 2004 film Swades, her only acting credit to date. She has been married to businessman Vikas Oberoi since 2005.
Joshi started her career by becoming a video jockey on Channel V India. She then left to pursue her dream of winning the Femina India beauty pageant. Joshi was one of the final five candidates in the 1999 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, was crowned on Sony Entertainment Channel through voting by viewers, and was chosen to represent India at the 2000 Miss International event in Japan.
She has worked as an advertising model in addition to making appearances in several music videos: She appeared in music videos of Jagjit Singh's "Kaghaz Ki Kashti" and Hans Raj Hans' "Jhanjaria".
While still attending college, she modeled for Bombay Dyeing, Philips, Pond's, Godrej, Sunsilk, and LG, as well as Hyundai advertisements with Shah Rukh Khan. She has also modeled for the Seasons Catalogue and Calendar during 2001.
She made her Bollywood film debut in December 2004 with Ashutosh Gowarikar's Swades, opposite Shahrukh, and Kishori Ballal, which received strong acclaim from Indian film critics.
