Hazel Keech

Biography

Hazel Keech (born 28 February 1987), also known by her modeling name Rose Dawn and married name Gurbasant Kaur, is a British actress and model who has appeared in Indian films and television. She has appeared in Billa and Bodyguard as well as in a Suzuki advertisement. She danced in the Frankfinn Music remix item number "Kahin Pe Nigahaen". She appeared in the reality television program Bigg Boss 7 in 2013.

Keech was born on 28 February 1987 in Essex, England, to a British Hindu father and an Indo-Mauritian Hindu mother of Bihari ancestry. She did her schooling at Beal High School in Redbridge, London, where she performed in stage shows and learned various forms of dance including Indian classical, British dance, and Western contemporary.

Hazel with Sagarika Ghatge and Fatema Agarkar

Keech became involved in television, film, and stage. She danced in the British program Agatha Christie's Marple. The BBC documentary show Call The Shots showed her work in Hindi films. She joined the team of the Bollywood musical Bombay Dreams for their London promotional tour in 2002 and sang in the choir of the West End musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the following year. She was an extra in several of the Harry Potter films.

In 2005, while holidaying in Mumbai, she received work offers and decided to stay and pursue a modeling and acting career in India. The first modeling company she worked with changed her name to Rose Dawn. She then worked in various music videos such as "Kahin Pe Nigahen" as well as many TV commercials, such as Vivel by ITC, and the Sprite 'University of Freshology' commercial.

 In 2007, Keech appeared in the 2007 Tamil film Billa, where she performed an item number in the song "Sei Ethavathu". In 2011, she played a supporting role in the Hindi film Bodyguard produced by Atul Agnihotri and directed by Siddique. She also performed an item number titled "Aa Ante Amlapuram" in the film Maximum. She performed a song, "Chal Chal Chal", in the film Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012).