Ayesha Takia

Ayesha Takia (Hindi: आयेशा टाकिया आजमी; born Ayesha Takia on 10 April 1986) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. Her film career started with Taarzan: The Wonder Car for which she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award (2004). She was highly acclaimed for her performance as a young widow in Dor (2006). She received commercial success with Wanted (2009).

In 2009, Wanted costarring Salman Khan emerged as one of the biggest commercial success of her career. The film was third highest grossing movie of the year.Her role met with positive reviews. She then starred in Paathshaala along with actor Shahid Kapoor. As of 2011 she starred in Mod which met with good response.

Personal life

On 1 March 2009, Ayesha married Farhan Azmi, a restaurateur and the son of politician Abu Asim Azmi, a Samajwadi Party leader. The couple had originally planned to marry in December 2008, but the wedding was delayed due to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. She also came into spotlight in 2008 for getting a Breast Reduction to address her shoulder ache problem caused by a previous Breast enlargement surgery.

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2005	Filmfare Awards	Best Female Debut	Taarzan: The Wonder Car	Won
2005	IIFA Awards	Star Debut Female	Taarzan: The Wonder Car	Won
2005	Sabsey Favourite	Favourite Nayi Heroine	Taarzan: The Wonder Car	Won
2007	Screen Awards	Best Actress Critics	Dor	Won
2007	Zee Cine Awards	Best Actress Critics	Dor	Won
2007	Stardust Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Dor	Won
2007	Association Awards	Best Actress	Dor	Won

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Taarzan: The Wonder Car	Priya Rakesh Kapoor	Winner, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
2004	Dil Maange More	Shagun
2004	Socha Na Tha	Aditi Malhotra
2005	Shaadi No. 1	Bhavna
2005	Super	Siri Valli	Telugu Film Nominated—Filmfare Best Telugu Actress
2005	Home Delivery	Jenny
2006	Shaadi Se Pehle	Rani Bhalla
2006	Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota	Khushboo
2006	Dor	Meera
2007	Salaam-E-Ishq	Gia Bakshi
2007	Kya Love Story Hai	Kajal Mehra
2007	Fool and Final	Tina
2007	Cash	Preeti / Riya
2007	Blood Brothers	Keya
2007	No Smoking	Anjali / Annie
2008	Sunday	Sehar Thapar
2008	De Taali	Amrita "Amu"
2009	8 X 10 Tasveer	Sheela Patel
2009	Wanted	Jhanvi
2010	Paathshala	Anjali Mathur
2011	Mod	Aranya Mahadeo
2011	Aap Ke Liye Hum	Tamanna
2012	Mad Dad		Pre-Production