Famous Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe Lara Dutta were born on April 15, 1978, in the Ghaziabad district of UP. It was only after 3 years of Lara Dutta's birth that her entire family shifted to Bengaluru from where she completed her studies. Lara Dutta modeled for a long time after completing her studies. She won the Miss Universe title in 2000. The year 2000 was very special for India in terms of beauty pageants as Lara Dutta decorated her head with the Miss Universe crown this year while Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World pageant. Dia Mirza overtook many beautiful's this year to clinch the Miss Asia Pacific title. After which she decided to step into the world of acting. Lara Dutta made her Bollywood debut with Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra's 'Andaaz' in 2003. This movie received a lot of love from the audience.

After which Lara Dutta has also appeared in many great movies like 'Masti,' 'Jurm,' 'Kaal,' 'No Entry,' 'Bhagam Bhaag,' 'Partner,' 'Housefull' and 'Don 2.' While very few fans of Lara Dutta would know that she survived drowning in the sea amid the shooting of the movie 'Andaaz.' Akshay Kumar had saved his life by impersonating on his life. This was revealed by the Director of Andaaz Sunil Darshan. He recalled the shooting days of the movie while talking to the media last year.

Sunil Darshan said, 'We shot a part of the movie in Cape Town, South Africa. That's where we shot the movie's most hit song 'Rabba Ishq Na Howe.' A sequence of this song had completed the shoot in the middle of the waves by the sea. Lara Dutta was afraid of water but risked going to sea for the shoot. We took all the precautions at the time of the shooting, but the waves don't believe it. Suddenly there was a huge wave in the middle of the shoot. Lara's balance was disturbed and she drifted with the waves. Akshay Kumar saved her by playing on his life before we could think of everything.'

Despite doing so many movies, Lara Dutta could not achieve the position she made in the world of modeling in Bollywood. Looking at Lara Dutta's personal life, she married famous tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi in 2011. Lara Dutta is also a good businesswoman with a family woman right now. She also runs a skincare brand called Arias, which is selling a variety of products. Lara is pushing her brand quite well.

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