Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta the Indian Bollywood actress is UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Miss Universe 2000. Lara Dutta won the annual Gladrags modelling competition in her native India. Later, Lara Dutta was crowned Femina Miss India Universe and Miss Universe in 2000.




In the same year, Priyanka Chopra and Dia Mirza won their respective Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific titles which gave India a rare triple victory in the world of beauty pageants.

First Lara Dutta signed up to do the Tamil film, Arasatchi in 2002, but due to financial problems, it only released in mid-2004. Lara made her Hindi debut in 2003 with the film Andaaz which was a box office success and for which she won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award.

Lara Dutta then appeared in a number of films, some of which failed at the box office and some of which were mildly successful. Her box office "hits" include Masti (2004), Kaal (2005), No Entry (2005) and Partner (2007). In 2006, she starred in the comedy, Bhagam Bhag which did well at the box office.

Lara's 2007 released Shaad Ali's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom was a box office failure in India but did better overseas, especially in the U.K. Lara Dutta received mixed reviews for her performance in the film. Her later release, Partner opened to a good response and became a hit at the box office.

The other releases of the actress are Do Knot Disturb which is releasing on October 02, 2009, Blue all set for it's release on October 16, 2009. 2010 Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai, Housefull and Aur Devdas.