Karishma Tanna

Some Lesser Known Facts About Karishma Tanna

• Does Karishma Tanna smoke?: Yes

• Does Karishma Tanna drink alcohol?: Yes 

• Karishma was born into a middle-class Gujarati family.

  

• Since her childhood, she was interested in acting, and at the age of 17, she made her acting debut with the superhit TV show ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ as a frivolous girl “Indira.”

  

• After doing TV for a few years, she tried her luck in Bollywood, but she was either rejected for her height or for being a daily soap actress.

• She had a dream debut in Bollywood in 2005 with the film ‘Dosti: Friends Forever’ which was filled with stars like Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Juhi Chawla. She played the role of Bobby Deol’s sister in the film.

• Her first lead role came up with the Kannada film ‘I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona’ (2011), opposite Prem Kumar.

• She didn’t have the ideal start to her Bollywood career after which she went back to the TV world, and did Sony TV’s ‘Comedy Circus’ that resurrected her dying acting career.

• She took cooking classes before entering the ‘Big Boss 8’ house.

• Her Ex-boyfriend, Rushabh Choksi, said that he and Karishma were still in a relationship when Karishma started dating Upen in the ‘Bigg Boss 8’ house.

• She got engaged to Upen Patel in 2015 after he proposed to her on the dance show ‘Nach Baliye 7,’ where they were contestants.

• She considers Kangana Ranaut and Victoria Beckham as her style icon.

• She got the breakthrough in Bollywood with her role as “Madhuri Dixit” in Sanjay Dutt‘s biopic ‘Sanju’ (2018), starring Ranbir Kapoor.

• Karishma Tanna emerged the winner of the adventure-reality show, Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 on 26 July 2020. She was adjudged the winner among the other finalists, Karan Patel, Dharmesh Yelande, and Balraj Syal.