Priya Sachdev

Some Lesser Known Facts About Priya Sachdev

• After completing her formal education, Priya Sachdev began working as a Financial Analyst in Boston, United States.

• After gaining experience, she returned to India to join her family business, The Sachdev Group (TSG) Automotive, a leading car dealership in India.

• In the 2000s, Priya Sachdev entered the entertainment industry and began working as a model.

• She then featured in a few Punjabi music videos by singers Jazzy B and Jaskaran Sidhu (Jassi Sidhu).

• Priya Sachdev appeared as a model with actress Kareena Kapoor in a Lux Body Wash advertisement.

  

• In 2005, she made her acting debut with the Bollywood romantic comedy film Neal ‘n’ Nikki, alongside Uday Chopra and Tanishaa Mukherjee. The film was produced by Yash Chopra.

  

• In 2006, Priya Sachdev came into the limelight when she married American hotelier Vikram Chatwal. Their wedding was a grand celebration and lasted for 10 days across three cities, with 600 guests from 26 countries attending the wedding. The event was estimated to cost around rupees 100 crores.

• The popular guests included Bill Clinton, Sean Combs, Patricia Velásquez, Naomi Campbell, and Lakshmi Mittal.

  

• Soon after their marriage, the couple had a daughter. Later, problems arose in their marriage due to Vikram’s drug issues and repeated visits to rehab.

• In 2011, Priya Sachdev and Vikram got divorced.

• She met Sunjay Kapur, actress Karisma Kapoor’s ex-husband, in 2012, and they dated for five years.

• They got married in 2017 after Sunjay’s divorce from Karisma Kapoor was finalised.

• Their wedding was a private event with close family and friends.

• Once, during a media conversation, Priya Sachdev explained that they chose a small wedding because both had large, public weddings in the past.

• Priya co-parents her daughter, Safira Chatwal, with her ex-husband Vikram Chatwal. Sunjay co-parented his children, Samaira and Kiaan, with his ex-wife Karisma Kapoor.

  

• In December 2018, Priya Sachdev and Sunjay had a son named Azarias. Priya once called Sunjay an amazing father in a media interview. She said,
  

  Both of us have never tried to instil any negativity in our children towards our ex-spouses.”

• She has been featured on the covers of many noted Indian magazines and tabloids such as Elle and Cosmopolitan.

• Priya Sachdev likes travelling to distant places in her free time.

  

• She is an animal lover and has a few pet dogs. She often shares pictures of her pets on social media.

  

• Priya Sachdev is a fitness enthusiast and practises yoga regularly. She often shares pictures of her yoga sessions on social media.