Gurleen Chopra

Gurleen Chopra was crowned Miss Chandigarh in her youth. Encouraged by her friends to try modelling, she went on to pursue a career in film.^[4]

Gurleen Chopra made her debut as a model in famous song by Surjit Bindrakhiya "Tedi Tedi Takdi Tu" in 1999. Gurleen Chopra made her debut in the Hindi film, Indian Babu.^[5] Her next Hindi film was Kuch To Gadbad Hai, in which she played an orphan girl Riya.^[6] She debuted in Telugu cinema with Ayudham ^[7] and later acted in many Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films. She played a double role in Manmatha. About her performance in the film, Sify had written, "Gurlin Chopra is impressive as Lakshmi in the blind get-up",^[8] and Rediff had written that she "has done a neat job in both her roles".^[9] She signed and shot her first Tamil film Thullal in 2004,^[10][11] but it released only in 2007. She then started acting in Punjabi films. Her film Hashar, opposite Babbu Mann was a hit.^[5] After a long hiatus, she signed a Telugu film titled Konaseemalo Chittemma Kittayya in 2009.^[12] She acted in a 3D Telugu romantic comedy Vasthavam.^[13]

She started shooting for her Marathi debut film Shinma in May 2015.^[2]