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Telugu Actress Biography
Born Divya Om Prakash Bharti
25 February 1974
Bombay, India
Died 5 April 1993 (aged 19)
Mumbai, India
Other names Sana Nadiadwala
Occupation Model, actress
Years active 1988−1993
Spouse(s) Sajid Nadiadwala (m. 1992)
Divya Om Prakash Bharti (25 February 1974 – 5 April 1993), was an Indian film actress[1] who was hailed as "the most interesting young actress of her generation", starring in a number of commercially successful Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films in the early 1990s. Bharti played a variety of character types; her film roles, along with her screen persona, contributed to a change in the concept of a Hindi film heroine.
After spending much of her childhood in Tapri, Jaipur, Bharti began a career as an actress in Telugu films with the 1990 film Bobbili Raja. Her early film appearances had her play little more than the love interest of the leading actors, but she drew attention when she progressed to Hindi Bollywood films in 1992 with Vishwatma. Bharti went onto have commercial success with films like Shola Aur Shabnam and Deewana that same year, for which she garnered a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.Bharti acted in over 14 Hindi films between 1992 and 1993. Throughout her brief career, she often played strong female characters and, apart from mainstream cinema. Though her career went through certain periods of decline, she reinvented herself numerous times and was credited for her ability to sustain her status. The final years of Bharti's life were marked by personal problems and a reputation for unreliability and being difficult to work with.
Bharti's career was cut short by her death on 5 April 1993 at the age of 19.The circumstances of her death, falling from the window ledge of her five-storey Versova apartment have been the subject of dispute over the years.Bharti's last completed films were Rang, co-starring Kamal Sadanah and Shatranj with Jackie Shroff, both released posthumously.Divya Bharti was born on 25 February 1974, in Mumbai, India, the eldest child of Om Prakash Bharti, an insurance officer, and his second wife, Meeta Bharti.She had a younger brother named Kunal.
Bharti studied at Maneckji Cooper High School in Juhu, Mumbai, in same era as actors Farhan Akhtar and Rani Mukherji attended. She was an average student and completed grade 9.
1988-1990: Early work and career beginnings
In 1988, Bharti met film-maker Nandu Tolani when she accompanied a friend. Upon seeing her, Nandu Tolani insisted that she become an actress. At that time, Bharti was in the ninth standard. She was originally scheduled to make her screen debut in Gunahon Ka Devta in 1988, but her role was cancelled. Kirti Kumar (Govinda's brother) noticed Divya at a video library, was eager to sign up Divya for Radha Ka Sangam opposite Govinda. Weeks later, Kirti went personally to meet Dilip Shankar and managed to release Divya from their contract. Before the first shot was taken, Bharti was out of the film after being groomed for two years and replaced by Juhi Chawla.
Bharti's career was stalled until D. Ramanaidu, one of the biggest producers of Telugu films, offered Bobbili Raja opposite his son Daggubati Venkatesh. She commenced shooting for her screen debut. The film was released in the summer of 1990 and became a colossal hit.She was introduced as Rani, daughter of the minister who has had all the comforts of life. The film was considered a usual launch for a newcomer, However, she was eventually noticed, particularly for the forthright character she played.
Although highly regarded for her acting abilities, Bharti acted in only one Tamil film, Nila Penne opposite Anand Babu, the son of legendary actor Nagesh who was most widely known for several leading roles in the early 1990s and his dancing exploits. The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.
1990–1992:Rise to stardom in Telugu cinema
With more hits, Bharti became a bigger name in Telugu cinema. In box-office ratings, she figured next to Vijayshanti. In 1991, Bharti had back-to-back hits, including Rowdy Alludu and Assembly Rowdy opposite Chiranjeevi and Mohan Babu.
Later that year, A Kodandarami Reddy's action romance Dharma Kshetram under Sri Rajeev Productions was released. Bharti essayed the role of beautiful girl along with a prominent Telugu film actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, who then starred in many critical and commercial films with the highest number of dual roles (thirteen). The film went on to become one of the biggest Telugu hits of its time.Nandamuri Balakrishna said about her performance, "This is an exceptional position reflecting an exceptional role she has played for us."
1992–1993:Rise to stardom in Bollywood
Bharti's first Bollywood film was Vishwatma opposite Sunny Deol, directed by Rajiv Rai and released on 2 January 1992. The film was an average grosser at the box office, but gained Bharti wider recognition from the public as well as film critics.Notably, the music of the film was very successful, especially the song "Saat Samundar", which became a favorite and put Bharti in the limelight in Bollywood.
A week later, Bharti's next film, Lawrence D'Souza's romantic drama Dil Ka Kya Kasoor, alongside Prithvi, failed at the box office.Bharti played a girl named Seema who is secretly in love with a guy who wants to be a singer. She secretly helps him become a successful singer by writing songs for him but keeps her identity a secret from him. Through her songs, he becomes popular and wealthy virtually overnight. The music, by the duo Nadeem-Shravan, was an instant hit, but the film itself did not do well at the box office. However, Filmfare magazines started including Bharti in the list of 1992 "Top Ten Best Actress Performances". After Bharti's flops, she was quoted as saying, "I wanted to prove myself. But I've fallen flat on my face. Now, I have to begin my climb all over again. Yet, I'm positive that one day, success will be mine." (Stardust, March 1992).
In March 1992, David Dhawan's Shola Aur Shabnam was released. Bharti starred as Divya, the love interest of Karan (Govinda). In the film, Karan and Divya plan to marry each other. Circumstances act against them, and they flee, with Kali Baba's (Gulshan Grover) men after them. Shola Aur Shabnam was popular with critics and was a box office hit in India, reviving Bharti's career once again. She received a Lux Face of the Year title. It also gave a big boost to Govinda and launched David Dhawan as an established director.
Four months later, Bharti achieved further success in Raj Kanwar's Filmfare award winning love story Deewana starred veteran actor Rishi Kapoor and newcomer Shahrukh Khan. Bharti essayed the role of Kajal, who falls in love and marries a famous singer named Ravi (Kapoor). After Ravi is presumed dead after falling off a cliff, the widowed and depressed Kajal meets a young man named Raja (Shahrukh Khan). Deewana grossed 140 million, and Boxoffice India declared it a hit.Her performance in Deewana was highly appreciated.Critics reported that Bharti belonged to a new breed of Hindi film actors who broke away from character stereotypes. Bharti and Shahrukh Khan won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut respectively.
By July 1992, Bharti's work in Deewana was said to have earned her more recognition. She was listed as one of the "Most Valuable Young Stars". She had several other releases that year, among them Jaan Se Pyaara, Geet and Balwaan with another debutant Sunil Shetty. Of these, only Balwaan was a modest success, establishing Sunil Shetty as an action hero. Bharti's role was small, and was not well received. She was mostly criticised for taking a role of minimal importance. Although she explained that the decision was significant, so even when characters are being unkind it's hard not to like.
By the end of the year, she starred in Hema Malini's Dil Aashna Hai again co-starring Shahrukh Khan. The film tells the story of a young girl named Laila brought up in a brothel who is a cabaret dancer in Digvijay Singh's (Kabir Bedi) five-star hotel. Digvijay's son Karan (Shahrukh Khan) falls in love with her. Laila is aided by Karan in the search for her birth mother and is determined to seek answers and find acceptance from her real mother. The film garnered negative reviews and poor box office returns.She described the role as an attempt to pretext her cursorial public image.Hema Malini labelled her role by stating that "The lady has not just looked glamorous but she has walked with symmetry, smiled with austerity and spoke with sangfroid"
Bharti's last film release while she was alive was the ensemble film Kshatriya, released just 10 days before her death. Her last completed films were Rang and Shatranj, which were released months after her death and dedicated to her memory. At the time of her death, she had completed 80% of the shooting for the film Laadla before her role was recast with Sridevi. She was also set to star in films like Mohra, Vijaypath and Andolan before her role was recast with other actresses.
Bharti married film producer Sajid Nadiadwala in 1992.They had met in 1990 at Film City, when Sajid dropped by to meet Govinda on the sets of Shola Aur Shabnam.
Death and aftermath
Around midnight of 5 April 1993, Bharti fell to her death from a five-storey Tulsi apartment building in Versova Mumbai. There was much speculation by the media regarding Bharti's sudden demise, including the possibility of suicide, accidental death, conspiracy or even murder.Mumbai Police failed to find any evidence and closed the investigation in 1998. Some conspiracy theories involved her husband Sajid Nadiadwala, while other theories suggested Mafia complicity.But the circumstances of her death still remain a mystery.
Bharti's body was released to her family, who arranged for a cremation ceremony. On 7 April 1993, Bharti was cremated in a Hindu fashion.
Divya Bharati is immortalised in Iran as beauty queen as her portraits can be found along with Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan in art shops across Iran.
Year Title Role Language Notes
1990 Bobbili Raja Rani Telugu
1990 Nila Penne Tamil
1991 Naa Ille Naa Swargam Telugu
1992 Rowdy Alludu Telugu
1992 Dharma Kshetram Telugu
1992 Assembly Rowdy Pooja Telugu
1992 Vishwatma Kusum Hindi
1992 Shola Aur Shabnam Divya Thapar Hindi Lux Face of the Year
1992 Dil Ka Kya Kasoor Seema/Shalini Saxena Hindi
1992 Jaan Se Pyaara Sharmila Hindi
1992 Deewana Kaajal Hindi Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
1992 Balwaan Deepa Hindi
1992 Dushman Zamana Seema Hindi
1992 Dil Aashna Hai Laila/Sitara Hindi
1992 Geet Neha Hindi
1992 Chittamma Mogudu Chittemma Telugu
1992 Dil Hi To Hai Bharati Hindi
1993 Tholi Muddhu Telugu
1993 Andha Insaaf Hindi
1993 Kshatriya Tanvi Singh Hindi
1993 Rang Kajal Hindi
1993 Shatranj Renu Hindi
Telugu Actress Biography
25 February 1974
Bombay, India
Died 5 April 1993 (aged 19)
Mumbai, India
Other names Sana Nadiadwala
Occupation Model, actress
Years active 1988−1993
Spouse(s) Sajid Nadiadwala (m. 1992)
Divya Om Prakash Bharti (25 February 1974 – 5 April 1993), was an Indian film actress[1] who was hailed as "the most interesting young actress of her generation", starring in a number of commercially successful Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films in the early 1990s. Bharti played a variety of character types; her film roles, along with her screen persona, contributed to a change in the concept of a Hindi film heroine.
After spending much of her childhood in Tapri, Jaipur, Bharti began a career as an actress in Telugu films with the 1990 film Bobbili Raja. Her early film appearances had her play little more than the love interest of the leading actors, but she drew attention when she progressed to Hindi Bollywood films in 1992 with Vishwatma. Bharti went onto have commercial success with films like Shola Aur Shabnam and Deewana that same year, for which she garnered a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.Bharti acted in over 14 Hindi films between 1992 and 1993. Throughout her brief career, she often played strong female characters and, apart from mainstream cinema. Though her career went through certain periods of decline, she reinvented herself numerous times and was credited for her ability to sustain her status. The final years of Bharti's life were marked by personal problems and a reputation for unreliability and being difficult to work with.
Bharti's career was cut short by her death on 5 April 1993 at the age of 19.The circumstances of her death, falling from the window ledge of her five-storey Versova apartment have been the subject of dispute over the years.Bharti's last completed films were Rang, co-starring Kamal Sadanah and Shatranj with Jackie Shroff, both released posthumously.Divya Bharti was born on 25 February 1974, in Mumbai, India, the eldest child of Om Prakash Bharti, an insurance officer, and his second wife, Meeta Bharti.She had a younger brother named Kunal.
Bharti studied at Maneckji Cooper High School in Juhu, Mumbai, in same era as actors Farhan Akhtar and Rani Mukherji attended. She was an average student and completed grade 9.
1988-1990: Early work and career beginnings
In 1988, Bharti met film-maker Nandu Tolani when she accompanied a friend. Upon seeing her, Nandu Tolani insisted that she become an actress. At that time, Bharti was in the ninth standard. She was originally scheduled to make her screen debut in Gunahon Ka Devta in 1988, but her role was cancelled. Kirti Kumar (Govinda's brother) noticed Divya at a video library, was eager to sign up Divya for Radha Ka Sangam opposite Govinda. Weeks later, Kirti went personally to meet Dilip Shankar and managed to release Divya from their contract. Before the first shot was taken, Bharti was out of the film after being groomed for two years and replaced by Juhi Chawla.
Bharti's career was stalled until D. Ramanaidu, one of the biggest producers of Telugu films, offered Bobbili Raja opposite his son Daggubati Venkatesh. She commenced shooting for her screen debut. The film was released in the summer of 1990 and became a colossal hit.She was introduced as Rani, daughter of the minister who has had all the comforts of life. The film was considered a usual launch for a newcomer, However, she was eventually noticed, particularly for the forthright character she played.
Although highly regarded for her acting abilities, Bharti acted in only one Tamil film, Nila Penne opposite Anand Babu, the son of legendary actor Nagesh who was most widely known for several leading roles in the early 1990s and his dancing exploits. The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.
1990–1992:Rise to stardom in Telugu cinema
With more hits, Bharti became a bigger name in Telugu cinema. In box-office ratings, she figured next to Vijayshanti. In 1991, Bharti had back-to-back hits, including Rowdy Alludu and Assembly Rowdy opposite Chiranjeevi and Mohan Babu.
Later that year, A Kodandarami Reddy's action romance Dharma Kshetram under Sri Rajeev Productions was released. Bharti essayed the role of beautiful girl along with a prominent Telugu film actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, who then starred in many critical and commercial films with the highest number of dual roles (thirteen). The film went on to become one of the biggest Telugu hits of its time.Nandamuri Balakrishna said about her performance, "This is an exceptional position reflecting an exceptional role she has played for us."
1992–1993:Rise to stardom in Bollywood
Bharti's first Bollywood film was Vishwatma opposite Sunny Deol, directed by Rajiv Rai and released on 2 January 1992. The film was an average grosser at the box office, but gained Bharti wider recognition from the public as well as film critics.Notably, the music of the film was very successful, especially the song "Saat Samundar", which became a favorite and put Bharti in the limelight in Bollywood.
A week later, Bharti's next film, Lawrence D'Souza's romantic drama Dil Ka Kya Kasoor, alongside Prithvi, failed at the box office.Bharti played a girl named Seema who is secretly in love with a guy who wants to be a singer. She secretly helps him become a successful singer by writing songs for him but keeps her identity a secret from him. Through her songs, he becomes popular and wealthy virtually overnight. The music, by the duo Nadeem-Shravan, was an instant hit, but the film itself did not do well at the box office. However, Filmfare magazines started including Bharti in the list of 1992 "Top Ten Best Actress Performances". After Bharti's flops, she was quoted as saying, "I wanted to prove myself. But I've fallen flat on my face. Now, I have to begin my climb all over again. Yet, I'm positive that one day, success will be mine." (Stardust, March 1992).
In March 1992, David Dhawan's Shola Aur Shabnam was released. Bharti starred as Divya, the love interest of Karan (Govinda). In the film, Karan and Divya plan to marry each other. Circumstances act against them, and they flee, with Kali Baba's (Gulshan Grover) men after them. Shola Aur Shabnam was popular with critics and was a box office hit in India, reviving Bharti's career once again. She received a Lux Face of the Year title. It also gave a big boost to Govinda and launched David Dhawan as an established director.
Four months later, Bharti achieved further success in Raj Kanwar's Filmfare award winning love story Deewana starred veteran actor Rishi Kapoor and newcomer Shahrukh Khan. Bharti essayed the role of Kajal, who falls in love and marries a famous singer named Ravi (Kapoor). After Ravi is presumed dead after falling off a cliff, the widowed and depressed Kajal meets a young man named Raja (Shahrukh Khan). Deewana grossed 140 million, and Boxoffice India declared it a hit.Her performance in Deewana was highly appreciated.Critics reported that Bharti belonged to a new breed of Hindi film actors who broke away from character stereotypes. Bharti and Shahrukh Khan won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut respectively.
By July 1992, Bharti's work in Deewana was said to have earned her more recognition. She was listed as one of the "Most Valuable Young Stars". She had several other releases that year, among them Jaan Se Pyaara, Geet and Balwaan with another debutant Sunil Shetty. Of these, only Balwaan was a modest success, establishing Sunil Shetty as an action hero. Bharti's role was small, and was not well received. She was mostly criticised for taking a role of minimal importance. Although she explained that the decision was significant, so even when characters are being unkind it's hard not to like.
By the end of the year, she starred in Hema Malini's Dil Aashna Hai again co-starring Shahrukh Khan. The film tells the story of a young girl named Laila brought up in a brothel who is a cabaret dancer in Digvijay Singh's (Kabir Bedi) five-star hotel. Digvijay's son Karan (Shahrukh Khan) falls in love with her. Laila is aided by Karan in the search for her birth mother and is determined to seek answers and find acceptance from her real mother. The film garnered negative reviews and poor box office returns.She described the role as an attempt to pretext her cursorial public image.Hema Malini labelled her role by stating that "The lady has not just looked glamorous but she has walked with symmetry, smiled with austerity and spoke with sangfroid"
Bharti's last film release while she was alive was the ensemble film Kshatriya, released just 10 days before her death. Her last completed films were Rang and Shatranj, which were released months after her death and dedicated to her memory. At the time of her death, she had completed 80% of the shooting for the film Laadla before her role was recast with Sridevi. She was also set to star in films like Mohra, Vijaypath and Andolan before her role was recast with other actresses.
Bharti married film producer Sajid Nadiadwala in 1992.They had met in 1990 at Film City, when Sajid dropped by to meet Govinda on the sets of Shola Aur Shabnam.
Death and aftermath
Around midnight of 5 April 1993, Bharti fell to her death from a five-storey Tulsi apartment building in Versova Mumbai. There was much speculation by the media regarding Bharti's sudden demise, including the possibility of suicide, accidental death, conspiracy or even murder.Mumbai Police failed to find any evidence and closed the investigation in 1998. Some conspiracy theories involved her husband Sajid Nadiadwala, while other theories suggested Mafia complicity.But the circumstances of her death still remain a mystery.
Bharti's body was released to her family, who arranged for a cremation ceremony. On 7 April 1993, Bharti was cremated in a Hindu fashion.
Divya Bharati is immortalised in Iran as beauty queen as her portraits can be found along with Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan in art shops across Iran.
Year Title Role Language Notes
1990 Bobbili Raja Rani Telugu
1990 Nila Penne Tamil
1991 Naa Ille Naa Swargam Telugu
1992 Rowdy Alludu Telugu
1992 Dharma Kshetram Telugu
1992 Assembly Rowdy Pooja Telugu
1992 Vishwatma Kusum Hindi
1992 Shola Aur Shabnam Divya Thapar Hindi Lux Face of the Year
1992 Dil Ka Kya Kasoor Seema/Shalini Saxena Hindi
1992 Jaan Se Pyaara Sharmila Hindi
1992 Deewana Kaajal Hindi Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
1992 Balwaan Deepa Hindi
1992 Dushman Zamana Seema Hindi
1992 Dil Aashna Hai Laila/Sitara Hindi
1992 Geet Neha Hindi
1992 Chittamma Mogudu Chittemma Telugu
1992 Dil Hi To Hai Bharati Hindi
1993 Tholi Muddhu Telugu
1993 Andha Insaaf Hindi
1993 Kshatriya Tanvi Singh Hindi
1993 Rang Kajal Hindi
1993 Shatranj Renu Hindi
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