Tina Ambani

Tina Ambani
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born (1957-02-11) 11 February 1957
Mumbai, India
Other names nee Nivrutti Munim
Occupation Actress, Model
Title(s) Femina Teen Princess 1975
Major
competition(s)		 Femina Teen Princess India 1975
(Winner)
Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1975
(2nd Runner Up)
(Miss Photogenic)
(Miss Bikini)
Spouse Anil Ambani

Tina Ambani (née Nivrutti Munim) is an Indian film actress and beauty pageant winner, she was crowned Femina Teen Princess India 1975. She represented India at International Teen Princess 1975 and was crowned 2nd Runner Up. She acted in Bollywood movies during the late 1970s to late 1980s. She is married to Anil Ambani. She is involved in a number of philanthropic and charity activities and is currently running an NGO and a hospital.

Career

Ambani was born into a large Gujarati Jain family in Mumbai.[1] She has a sister, Bhavna Munim, who was an ex-model, who modeled for Johnson & Johnson's body lotion in the early 80s. Tina has a nephew, Karan Shah, who acted in a few films in the mid-80s opposite Neelam. She represented India in 1975 at the Miss Teenage Intercontinental contest in Aruba, and was crowned 2nd runner up there, she also won two sub-awards including Miss Photogenic and Miss Bikini awards.

In 1978, Dev Anand cast her in his film Des Pardes, which launched her film career. He went on to cast her in two other films with him in the lead role: Lootmaar and Man Pasand. Sunil Dutt launched his son Sanjay Dutt in Rocky, and cast Munim as the heroine. Director Basu Chatterjee cast her in Baaton Baaton Mein and Man Pasand.

Ambani worked with Rajesh Khanna in several films in the 1980s, including Fiffty Fiffty, Souten, Bewafai, Suraag, Insaaf Main Karoonga, Adhikar, Rajput, Akhir Kyun and Paapi Pet Ka Sawaal Hai.[2] They were also linked romantically.[3] In 1985 Rajesh Khanna turned into a film producer and cast Ambani as his female lead in the film Alag Alag.[4] In 1992, Ram Awatar Agnihotri wrote that it was in Alag Alag that Ambani showed the "first sparks" of her career, and praised her performance in Bhagwaan Dada. Ambani has stated that her performance in the film Adhikar was the best performance of her career.[5]

In 1987, Ambani gave up her Bollywood career and moved to the United States, but two of her movies were released in 1988 and 1991, respectively. She's the only Bollywood actress to have acted as a love interest of all the three actor sons of veteran Raj Kapoor -- Randhir Kapoor (Harjaee, Pukar), Rishi Kapoor (Karz and 5 others), and Rajeev Kapoor (Aasmaan).

Ambani acted with Rishi Kapoor in six films, Yeh Vaada Raha, Aap Ke Deewane, Bade Dil Wala, Deedar-E-Yaar and the successful films Karz and Katilon Ke Kaatil.[6][7]

Personal life

Between 1981 and 1987, Ambani was in a live-in relationship with Rajesh Khanna.[8] When the relationship ended, she decided to move to California to attend college there.[9] She was also romantically involved with Sanjay Dutt. In 1992 she married Anil Ambani. She has two sons with him. Today, she is involved in a number of charity, arts, and talent endeavours,[10] including

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1978 Des Pardes Gauri Debut film, as Tina
1979 Baaton Baaton Mein Nancy
1980 Karz Tina
1980 Man Pasand Kamli
1980 Lootmaar Neela Ramniklal
1980 Ek Do Teen Chaar
1980 Aap Ke Deewane Sameera
1981 Katilon Ke Kaatil Petty thief
1981 Fiffty Fiffty Mary
1981 Khuda Kasam Tina Hukamchand
1981 Harjaee Geeta Chopra
1981 Rocky Renuka Seth
1982 Yeh Vaada Raha Sunita Sikkan/Kusum Mehra
1982 Rajput Jaya
1982 Deedar-E-Yaar Firdaus Changezi
1982 Suraag
1983 Souten Rukmani Mohit
1983 Bade Dil Wala Rashmi sinha
1983 Pukar Usha
1984 Sharara One of the only two films with Mithun
1984 Karishmaa Radha
1984 Wanted: Dead or Alive Neeta
1984 Aasmaan
1984 Paapi Pet Ka Sawaal Hai
1984 Zindagi Jeene Ke Liye
1985 Alag Alag Chandni
1985 Insaaf Main Karoonga Seema Khanna
1985 Aakhir Kyon? Indu Sharma Her only movie with Rajesh Khanna where she wasn't romantically paired

with him, but with Rakesh Roshan

1985 Bewafai Asha
1985 Bayen Hath Ka Khel
1985 Yudh Anita / Rita
1986 Samay Ki Dhaara Rashmi A. Verma
1986 Bhagwaan Dada Madhu
1986 Adhikar Jyoti
1987 Kamagni Megha Alok Nath's only solo hero movie, which was a sex-oriented one to boot!
1987 Muqaddar Ka Faisla Nisha
1988 7 Bijliyaan
1991 Jigarwala Sohni
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Radha Bartake		 Miss Teenage Intercontinental India
1975 		Succeeded by
Kalpana Iyer
Preceded by
Canada Lisa Langlois		 Miss Teenage Intercontinental
2nd runner up
1975 		Succeeded by
Netherlands Barbara Ann Neefs

References

  1. ↑ Priya Gupta. "Tina Ambani: Every organ wasted is a potential life lost". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 January 2015. I wanted to explore the world. I returned to India in 1990. I knew Anil as he too was a Gujarati and we had common friends. We dated for a few months when I returned, I met his parents and we got married. Post marriage, I worked for the Harmony division of Reliance that was into sarees and fabrics. I then designed one of the offices of Reliance at Ballard Estate.
  2. ↑ "Rajesh Khanna, the phenomenon". rediff.com. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Entertainment (29 December 2010). "Birthday Special: Rajesh Khanna – 6". Entertainment.in.msn.com. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "ALAG ALAG – Film / Movie". Citwf.com. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  5. ↑ Artistes and their films of modern ... – Google Books. Books.google.com. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  6. ↑ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=186&catName=MTk4MA==
  7. ↑ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=187&catName=MTk4MQ==
  8. ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – HER WORLD". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "Bollywood Divas". Hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  10. ↑ Indbazaar.com – FamilyTime
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