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Geeta Basra
Basra at the Cotton Council show in 2012
Born
Geeta Rani Basra

(1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 (age 40)[1][2]
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active2006–2016
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​
Children2

Geeta Rani Basra (born 13 March 1984) is a British former actress who has appeared in Bollywood films.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] She is married to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh. They married at a ceremony in a gurudwara near Jalandhar.[10][11] She has spoken of how she was written off as a married woman, even when she and Harbhajan Singh were just friends.[12] Post her marriage to Singh, she quit cinema.

Early life

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Basra was born to Indian Punjabi Sikh parents in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on the south coast of England,[2] but now resides in Mumbai, India. She has one younger brother, Rahul, and sister Ruby.[13]

She studied acting at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute.[2][14]

Career

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She was first seen in the Emraan Hashmi-starrer Dil Diya Hai in 2006 in which she played a girl who is sold into prostitution by her lover. Her second release, The Train (2007), was also opposite Hashmi. She played Roma, a working woman who gets caught up in an extramarital affair.

Basra was also seen in the music video for the Sukshinder Shinda and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan song "Ghum Sum Ghum Sum", playing the love interest of the male protagonist played by Rahul Bhat.

Personal life

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Basra with husband Harbhajan Singh at Rakesh Roshan's birthday bash in 2017

Basra married Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh on 29 October 2015 in Jalandhar, Punjab.[15][16] They have a daughter, Hinaya Heer Plaha, born on 27 July 2016 in Portsmouth, Hampshire.[17] and a son, Jovan Veer Singh Plaha, born on 10 July 2021.[18][19]

Filmography

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Year Title Role(s) Director(s) Language(s) Notes Ref.
2006 Dil Diya Hai Neha Mehra Aditya Datt Hindi Debut film [20]
2007 The Train Roma Kapoor / Richa Malhotra Hasnain Hyderabadwala
Raksha Mistry		 [21]
2013 Zila Ghaziabad  ———  Anand Kumar Special Appearance in song "Baap Ka Maal" [22]
2014 Mr Joe B. Carvalho Gehna Samir Tewari [23]
2015 Second Hand Husband Neha Kaur Grewal Smeep Kang [24]
2016 Lock Pammi Punjabi [25]

References

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  1. ^ "Harbhajan Singh's wife Geeta Basra celebrates birthday with India cricket team". The Indian Express. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Geeta Basra Biography on In.Com". In.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Geeta Basra denies marrying Harbhajan Singh". The Times of India. 15 December 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Geeta Basra to do item number in Sanjay Dutt starrer 'Zilla Ghaziabad' - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
  5. ^ "Geeta Basra on refusing films Decided my focus was my relationship with Harbhajan Singh and our family - entertainment". Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  6. ^ "South Indians and Punjabis like their girls voluptuous: Geeta - Times of India". The Times of India. 12 April 2013.
  7. ^ Naval-Shetye, Aakanksha (25 April 2012). "Harbhajan Singh is special to me: Geeta Basra". DNA India.
  8. ^ Tuteja, Joginder (9 December 2014). "Geeta Basra joins Narmada in Second Hand Husband". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Gippy Grewal and Geeta Basra back in Lock, releasing on 14 October 2016". Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Harbhajan Singh marries Geeta Basra, says it's a 'special day'". Hindustan Times. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Harbhajan Singh And Geeta Basra Celebrate 5th Wedding Anniversary, Share Unseen Wedding Video". BollywoodShaadis. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Geeta Basra Sadly Reveals How Her Marriage Reports With Harbhajan Singh Cost Her Four Big Films". BollywoodShaadis. 28 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Geeta Basra Biography on IndiaEveryday". Geeta Basra Biography. IndiaEveryday.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  14. ^ "Geeta Basra Biography". Bollywood Celebrity Facts. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Harbhajan Singh-Geeta Basra tie the knot". Times of India. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Harbhajan Singh ties the knot with Geeta Basra, Sachin-Anjali bless the newlyweds". India Today. 29 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra welcome baby girl in London". 28 July 2016. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  18. ^ "Harbhajan Singh, Geeta Basra welcome a baby boy: A look at the new mom's pregnancy journey". The Indian Express. 10 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Exclusive: Actress Geeta Basra Gets Candid About Her Two Pregnancies & Postpartum Body Struggles". iDiva. 30 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Geeta Basra make Bollywood debut with Emraan Hashmi in Dil Diya Hai". India Today. 22 May 2006. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Geeta Basra, who made her Bollywood debut with Dil Diya Hai, is all excited about her forthcoming film, The Train". Hindustan Times. 3 May 2007. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Item numbers are like special appearances: Geeta Basra". NDTV.com. 10 February 2013. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  23. ^ "'Calling Mr Joe B Carvalho' a mad movie, says Geeta Basra". Business Standard India. 24 April 2013. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Geeta Basra: My Second Hand Husband Role like Sridevi's in Judaai". NDTV. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  25. ^ "Geeta Basra follows Anushka Sharma's 'NH10′ in 'Lock'". Archived from the original on 10 August 2015.
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