Neha Dhupia

Some Lesser Known Facts About Neha Dhupia

• Does Neha Dhupia drink alcohol?: Yes

  

• Neha Dhupia wanted to become an athlete, but later, she chose acting as her career. While talking about this, in an interview, she revealed that she had engaged in a wide range of sports including tennis, swimming, and basketball. Neha also expressed her desire to take on roles as an athlete or coach in sports biopics, specifically mentioning her interest in portraying Deepa Malik and Dutee Chand in films.

• She made her first on-screen appearance as a child artist in 1994 with the Malayalam film, Minnaram.

• In 2002, she won the beauty pageant title, ‘Femina Miss India.’

  

• In the same year, Neha Dhupia was among the top 10 contestants in the Miss Universe pageant.

  

• Before acquiring all the fame, she had appeared in Indipop band Euphoria’s music video, Sha Na Na. Moreover, Euphoria also made her a member of their band for some time.

• Neha was a stage actress before shining the stages of beauty pageants, and till date, she loves stage more than the screen.

• She did her first play in New Delhi, titled, Graffiti.

• She has been working as a model for various advertisement campaigns.

• For her film, Dus Kahaniyaan (2007), Neha made her co-actor wash his hands several times before he came to the act because the scene demanded Neha to lick his palm.

  

• In 2009, Neha did her first American TV mini-series, Bollywood Hero, in which she played the role of Lalima Lakhani.

• She has hosted several TV shows like ‘Comedy Circus’ in 2011 and BFFs with Vogue in 2018.

  

• Neha Dhupia is an ardent comic book lover.

• In one of her interviews with Bollywood Life, she told that she regrets doing the film, Sheesha (2005) in her life the most, in which she played the double role.

• She is a fitness enthusiast and loves doing yoga and workout in her daily routine.

• In 2012, she turned to vegetarian when she read about how meat stays in your body for six months.

• In 2013, Neha Dhupia appeared in the Colors TV show, Nautanki: The Comedy Theatre.

  

• She has worked in various languages films like Malayalam, Japanese, Hindi, Telugu, Urdu, Punjabi, and English.

• She is also a philanthropist and does charity regularly.

• In 2016, Neha appeared as the gang leader in MTV India’s reality show, MTV Roadies X4 : Your Gang, Your Glory.

• She has also hosted several seasons of an audio chat show, #NoFilterNeha on Saavn. In this show, she interviewed famous celebrities of Bollywood.

• In 2017, she judged the comedy show, Chhote Miyan Dhaakad, aired on Colors TV.

• On 10 May 2018, at the age of 37, Neha Dhupia tied the knot with her long-time boyfriend, Angad Bedi in an intimate wedding ceremony.