Ishaa Koppikar
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Eesha Koppikhar (born 19 September 1976), born Isha Koppikar, is an India
n actress and model
who has appeared in Kannada, Telugu
, Tamil and Hindi
films. Koppikhar married her longtime boyfriend Rohit (Timmy) Narang on 29 November 2009.
, India
, hailing from the Konkani
speaking Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community. She has one younger brother. Eesha graduated in Life Sciences at Ramnarain Ruia College
in Mumbai
. It was during her time at college that she appeared in a photoshoot for Indian photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha. The shoot led to work in advertising as a model, notably for L'Oreal
, Rexona
, Camay
, Tips & Toes and Coca-Cola
. Eesha contested the 1995 Miss India
contest, winning the Miss Talent Crown. Her modelling work gave her an introduction to the film industry and to her first film appearance in the Tamil movie Kaadhal Kavithai
in 1998. Since then, Eesha has made over forty films and has several Hindi
films in production or due for release in 2010. She continues to model for fashion designers Anita Dongre and Pria Kataria Puri, and is currently the Indian representative of the Italian fashion company Police Watches and Jewellery. Outside her work in film, music and television, Eesha is a spokesperson for the animal rights organisation PETA
and received the 10th Anniversary Huminatarian Award in December 2009. She has also obtained a black-belt in Taekwondo.
film Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadhkan, directed by Shahrukh Sultan, is often quoted as being Koppikhar's first film, but there is no evidence the project was ever released. Her career must therefore be said to have begun with the 1998 Tamil film Kaadhal Kavithai
, co-starring alongside Prashanth
, and directed by Agathiyan
, with music by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja
. She was awarded the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
. Continuing her Tamil film career, Koppikhar's second movie was En Swasa Kaatre in 1998, opposite Arvind Swamy
, directed by K. S. Ravi, with music by renowned music director A.R. Rahman. 1998 saw a third film, this time a cameo appearance in Praveen Kanth's Jodi
, starring Prashanth
and Simran Bagga
.
In 1999, Koppikhar alternated between appearances in the Telugu
comedy Chandralekha
, co-starring Nagarjuna
and Ramya Krishnan
, directed by Krishna Vamshi; and the Tamil gangland movie Nenjinile
, starring Vijay
and directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar
.
By 2000, Koppikhar's sights were on Bollywood
, but this did not stop her appearing in four Kannada films: Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya with Ramesh
and directed by Praveen Naik, with music by Karthik Raja
; Nuvvu Vasthavani, starring and directed by Ravichandran
; alongside actor-director Ravichandran again in O Nanna Nalle; and finally Surya Vamsha, directed by S Narayan and starring Vishnuvardhan in a double role as father and son.
After four films in 2000, and a detour to Mumbai
for a brief appearance in Fiza
and an item number in Rahul
, Koppikhar returned to the south in 2001 for Sundar C
's Tamil project Kaathal Solla Vanthen. This was another film never to leave the development stage although a soundtrack of the same name was made available. However, the Telugu
comedy Prematho Raa
, starring Venkatesh
and Simran Bagga
, and directed by Uday Shankar
, saw Koppikhar's penultimate South Indian role. She signed off her South Indian career in the Tamil action film Narassima, directed by Tirupathisamy and starring Vijayakanth.
and Hrithik Roshan
in Khalid Mohammed
's Fiza
. An item number appearance in Prakash Jha
's Rahul
completed Koppikhar's introduction to Hindi
film. Brief returns to South India in 2001 were coupled with two more Bollywood
films: Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat
, directed by Rajiv Rai
and starring Sunil Shetty alongside a young Arjun Rampal
; and K. Raghavendra Rao
's urban comedy Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa
, opposite Govinda
, Juhi Chawla
and Johnny Lever
.
By 2002, Koppikhar appeared to be consigned to support roles until she was asked by Ram Gopal Varma
to appear in an item number for his underworld movie Company
starring Ajay Devgan
, Vivek Oberoi
and Manisha Koirala
. The number in question was Khallas, choreographed by Ganesh Hegde
and the effect on cinema audiences and critics was to leave her with the enduring nickname Khallas Girl. A second notable item number, Ishq Samundar, in Sanjay Gupta
's Reservoir Dogs
remake Kaante
, starring Amitabh Bachchan
, Sanjay Dutt
and Sunil Shetty, was enough to raise her profile and in the following year she took the Stardust Award for Most Exciting New Face for Khallas.
, directed by Naresh Malhotra, she played opposite Aishwarya Rai
and Arjun Rampal
. Prawaal Raman's portmanteau film Darna Mana Hai
saw her alongside college whipping boy Aftab Shivdasani
. Dr Chandrakprakash Dwivedi cast her in the role of Urmila Matondkar
's sister in the sectarian film Pinjar
, also starring Manoj Bajpai
. A brief appearance in JP Dutta's war movie LOC Kargil
paired her opposite Sunil Shetty again. And in Harry Baweja
's Qayamat: City Under Threat
, she played one of three terrorists fighting off co-stars Ajay Devgan
and Sunil Shetty; a role which would bring her a Filmfare
nomination in the Best Villain category.
In 2004, Koppikhar's films were releasing on average every two months. Both Mani Shankar
's science fantasy Rudraksh and Kundan Shah
's madcap comedy Ek Se Bhadkhar Ek teamed her next to perennial acting partner Sunil Shetty. In Krishna Cottage
, she was cast opposite Sohail Khan
for Santram Verma's creepy ghost story. Inteqam
, directed by Pankaj Parashar
and co-starring Manoj Bajpai
, saw her revive the role played by Sharon Stone
in the original Hollywood version: Basic Instinct
. Another cameo appearance in Kunal Kohli
's Hum Tum
with Saif Ali Khan
and Rani Mukerji
could have left a comedy taste to 2004, but this would be the year of street protests following Karan Razdan's controversial Girlfriend
, co-starring Amrita Arora
and Aashish Chaudhary
caught in a lesbian love triangle. The film provoked public poster burning and calls for the film to be banned.
In 2005, she eased up somewhat only releasing four films. Sangeeth Sivan
's bawdy comedy Kyaa Kool Hai Hum
, with Anupam Kher
, Ritesh Deshmukh and Tusshar Kapoor
saw her nominated in three separate award ceremonies (IIFA, Zee Cine Award and Star Screen Awards
) for best comedy role. Two more comedies saw her make guest appearances: David Dhawan
's Salman Khan
vehicle Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, and Abbas Mustan's whodunit, 36 China Town with Akshaye Khanna
and Kareena Kapoor
. A return to Ram Gopal Varma
's Factory saw her alongside Chunkey Pandey in Vishram Sawant
's gangster flick D: Underworld Badhshah
, starring Randeep Hooda
.
Farhan Akhtar
directed a 2006 remake of the Amitabh Bachchan
hit Don: The Chase Begins Again, this time with Shahrukh Khan
in the lead. Koppikhar was cast as Khan's moll Anita. By now the success of Don was in contrast to her stuttering career with a string of films stuck in production or abandoned. Vicky Ranawat's Haseena Smart Sexy and Dangerous crept out towards the end of 2006, Jagdish A Sharma's murder mystery Garhee appeared on DVD, Hansel Mehta's Raakh was dropped, whilst Koppikhar's highest profile film of 2007, Nikhil Advani
's multi starrer Salaam-e-Ishq, saw her sharing limited screen time with Sohail Khan
. Ram Gopal Varma
's much discussed Shabri
, directed by Lalit Marathe -a role which led to her being unrecognised in character and barred from the film set by security men- has yet to attract a distributor. Later in the year came the haunted love triangle of Ram Gopal Varma
's Darling
, with Fardeen Khan
and Esha Deol
.
's Hello
, based on the novel One Night in a Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat
. This was followed within weeks by Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, a Rajshri Production directed by Khashik Ghatak and co-starring Sonu Sood
. She has had three films released in 2010, Jahnu Barua
's Har Pall
, Right Yaa Wrong by Neeraj Pathak and Manoj Tiwari's Hello Darling.
Her latest release is Shabri
(2011) directed by Lalit Marathe where she plays a women gangster of Mumbai
.
actors, performs in stage music shows. In addition to this she has appeared in two music videos: Patli Kamar by KK for a private album commissioned by Sony
in 2001/2002; and Bandish Projekt's Bhor (Satyam Shivam Sundaram) in 2004, choreographed by Bosco-Caesar. In 2006 she appeared onstage in the Indian Idol
Grand Final to dance with the two finalists, and 2007 saw her as one of three judges in the celebrity dance competition Nach Baliye
3, alongside director David Dhawan
and Vaibhavi Merchant
. She served as a judge in the Miss Universe 2008
contest, held on 14 July in Vietnam
alongside, amongst others, fashion designer Roberto Cavalli and former winner in 2004 Jennifer Hawkins.
In 2008, prior to her taking on her married name, she adopted a second spelling change to her name from Ishaa Koppikar to Eesha Koppikhar, following the advice of numerologist Niraj Mancchanda.
In August 2009, Koppikhar presented the new Colors wrestling show 100% De Dhana Dhan.,
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n actress and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
who has appeared in Kannada, Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
, Tamil and Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
films. Koppikhar married her longtime boyfriend Rohit (Timmy) Narang on 29 November 2009.
Background
Koppikhar was born in MumbaiMumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, hailing from the Konkani
Konkani language
KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...
speaking Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community. She has one younger brother. Eesha graduated in Life Sciences at Ramnarain Ruia College
Ramnarain Ruia College
Ruia College is located in the central part of Mumbai close to Hindu colony, between the Dadar and Matunga railway stations. It comprises the Ramnarain Ruia College of Arts and Science and the Ramnivas Ruia Junior College of Arts and Science. The college has been awarded a four star rating by the...
in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. It was during her time at college that she appeared in a photoshoot for Indian photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha. The shoot led to work in advertising as a model, notably for L'Oreal
L'Oréal
The L'Oréal Group is the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company. With its registered office in Paris and head office in the Paris suburb of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, it has developed activities in the field of cosmetics...
, Rexona
Rexona
Rexona is a deodorant brand manufactured by Anglo Dutch company Unilever. It was developed in 1908 by an Australian pharmacist and his wife.The brand Rexona also exists in India...
, Camay
Camay
Camay is the name of a scented hand and body soap, made by Procter & Gamble. It was first introduced in 1926 and marketed as a "white, pure soap for women," as many soaps of the time were colored to mask impurities...
, Tips & Toes and Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
. Eesha contested the 1995 Miss India
Miss India
Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...
contest, winning the Miss Talent Crown. Her modelling work gave her an introduction to the film industry and to her first film appearance in the Tamil movie Kaadhal Kavithai
Kaadhal Kavithai
Kadhal Kavithai is a Tamil film directed by director Agathiyan. Prashanth and Isha Koppikar acted as the lead pair in this film. A majority of this film was shot in London. The film was declared a hit. Isha Koppikar debuted with this film...
in 1998. Since then, Eesha has made over forty films and has several Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
films in production or due for release in 2010. She continues to model for fashion designers Anita Dongre and Pria Kataria Puri, and is currently the Indian representative of the Italian fashion company Police Watches and Jewellery. Outside her work in film, music and television, Eesha is a spokesperson for the animal rights organisation PETA
Peta
Peta can refer to:* peta-, an SI prefix denoting a factor of 1015* Peta, Greece, a town in Greece* Peta, the Pāli word for a Preta, or hungry ghost in Buddhism* Peta Wilson, an Australian actress and model* Peta Todd, English glamour model...
and received the 10th Anniversary Huminatarian Award in December 2009. She has also obtained a black-belt in Taekwondo.
South India
The 1997 HindiHindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
film Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadhkan, directed by Shahrukh Sultan, is often quoted as being Koppikhar's first film, but there is no evidence the project was ever released. Her career must therefore be said to have begun with the 1998 Tamil film Kaadhal Kavithai
Kaadhal Kavithai
Kadhal Kavithai is a Tamil film directed by director Agathiyan. Prashanth and Isha Koppikar acted as the lead pair in this film. A majority of this film was shot in London. The film was declared a hit. Isha Koppikar debuted with this film...
, co-starring alongside Prashanth
Prashanth
Prashanth is an Indian film actor who appeared in several Tamil films, as well as a few Telugu films, Hindi and Malayalam films.The son of noted actor-director Thyagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in Vaigasi Poranthachu and went on to feature in other acclaimed films...
, and directed by Agathiyan
Agathiyan
Agathiyan is an acclaimed Tamil film director. He has won National Film Award for Best Directing as well as National Film Award for Best Screenplay in 1996 for the Tamil film Kaadhal Kottai...
, with music by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
. She was awarded the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
Filmfare Best Female Debut (Tamil)
The Filmfare Best Female Debut is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for South Indian films....
. Continuing her Tamil film career, Koppikhar's second movie was En Swasa Kaatre in 1998, opposite Arvind Swamy
Arvind Swamy
Arvind Swamy is a former Indian film actor. He has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. Popular movies to his credit include Roja, Bombay, Minsaara Kanavu, Indira, Devaraagam, Alaipayuthey.- Early life :...
, directed by K. S. Ravi, with music by renowned music director A.R. Rahman. 1998 saw a third film, this time a cameo appearance in Praveen Kanth's Jodi
Jodi (film)
Jodi is a film directed by Praveen Gandhi,starring Prashanth and Simran. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A.R. Rahman.-Plot:Kannan , repairs musical instruments for a living...
, starring Prashanth
Prashanth
Prashanth is an Indian film actor who appeared in several Tamil films, as well as a few Telugu films, Hindi and Malayalam films.The son of noted actor-director Thyagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in Vaigasi Poranthachu and went on to feature in other acclaimed films...
and Simran Bagga
Simran Bagga
Rishibala Naval , better known by her Industry name Simran, is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She debuted in Bollywood and acted in several Hindi films, before starring in her first Tamil film V.I.P and her first Telugu film Abbai Gari Pelli in 1997...
.
In 1999, Koppikhar alternated between appearances in the Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
comedy Chandralekha
Chandralekha
-Films:*Chandralekha , a Tamil film directed and produced by S. S. Vasan starring M. K. Radha*Chandralekha , a Tamil film directed by Nambirajan starring Vijay...
, co-starring Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Nāgārjuna was an important Buddhist teacher and philosopher. Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is credited with founding the Mādhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism...
and Ramya Krishnan
Ramya Krishnan
Ramya Krishnan is an actress who performs in Indian cinema. She has acted in over 200 films in five languages; Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.-Early life and background:...
, directed by Krishna Vamshi; and the Tamil gangland movie Nenjinile
Nenjinile
Nenjinile is a Tamil movie starring Vijay, Ishaa Koppikar. The music is composed by Deva. The film is directed by Vijay's father S.A.Chandrasekar.-Plot:...
, starring Vijay
Joseph Vijay
Vijay is an Indian film actor and playback singer, who is based in the cinema of Tamil Nadu. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his debut in a lead role in the 1992 film...
and directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar
S. A. Chandrasekhar
S.A. Chandrasekhar is an Indian film director, producer and writer. He is the father of Kollywood actor Vijay.-Personal life:He is married to Shoba, who is a singer.His son Joseph Vijay is one of the leading kollywood actors and his daughter Vidhya passed away at the age of two.Jaya is his...
.
By 2000, Koppikhar's sights were on Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
, but this did not stop her appearing in four Kannada films: Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya with Ramesh
Ramesh Aravind
Ramesh Aravind or Ramesh is a popular Kannada, Tamil and Telugu movie actor. He is considered one of the most versatile actors in Indian cinema.-Early days:...
and directed by Praveen Naik, with music by Karthik Raja
Karthik Raja
Karthik Raja is a Tamil musician from Chennai, India. He made his debut as music composer in the Tamil film Alexander.-Personal life:Karthik Raja is the eldest son of musician Ilaiyaraaja and Jeeva. His brother Yuvan Shankar Raja and sister Bhavatharini, who are also Kollywood music directors and...
; Nuvvu Vasthavani, starring and directed by Ravichandran
V. Ravichandran
V. Ravichandran is an actor, director, producer, music director, Editor and lyricist in the Kannada film industry. He is the son of film producer N. Veeraswamy. As producer, Ravichandran continues to run his father's production house, Sri Eswari Productions...
; alongside actor-director Ravichandran again in O Nanna Nalle; and finally Surya Vamsha, directed by S Narayan and starring Vishnuvardhan in a double role as father and son.
After four films in 2000, and a detour to Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
for a brief appearance in Fiza
Fiza
Fiza is a 2000 Indian film written and directed by Khalid Mohammed. The film stars Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Jaya Bachchan.- Synopsis :...
and an item number in Rahul
Rahul
Rahul, a popular male name in India, has a variety of meanings. The earliest meaning found in the Upanishads is "conqueror of all miseries." Rahul also means "Traveler" in Arabic.Buddha's son was also called Rahul meaning "obstruction".- People named Rahul :...
, Koppikhar returned to the south in 2001 for Sundar C
Sundar C
Sundar C. is a Tamil film director and actor. He has directed 24 films in Kollywood and debuted his acting career in 2006 with the film Thalai Nagaram. His most notable films include Ullathai Allitha, Arunachalam and Anbe Sivam and other notable films include Mettukudi, Winner, Naam Iruvar...
's Tamil project Kaathal Solla Vanthen. This was another film never to leave the development stage although a soundtrack of the same name was made available. However, the Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
comedy Prematho Raa
Prematho Raa
Prematho Raa is a Telugu language film starring Venkatesh and Simran in the lead roles. The film was directed by Uday Shankar and produced by T. Trivikrama Rao.-Plot:Chandu and Vijay are brothers. They belong to a wealthy family...
, starring Venkatesh
Daggubati Venkatesh
Venkatesh Daggubati is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of veteran Tollywood film producer, former MP, Dr. D. Ramanaidu. He is often credited as Victory Venkatesh in films and is one of the lead actors in Telugu Cinema. He has won seven Nandi Awards and four...
and Simran Bagga
Simran Bagga
Rishibala Naval , better known by her Industry name Simran, is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She debuted in Bollywood and acted in several Hindi films, before starring in her first Tamil film V.I.P and her first Telugu film Abbai Gari Pelli in 1997...
, and directed by Uday Shankar
Uday Shankar
Uday Shankar , the pioneer of modern dance in India, and a world renowned Indian dancer and choreographer, was most known for adapting Western theatrical techniques to traditional Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, thus laying the roots of...
, saw Koppikhar's penultimate South Indian role. She signed off her South Indian career in the Tamil action film Narassima, directed by Tirupathisamy and starring Vijayakanth.
Bollywood 2000-2002
Taking time out from four Kannada films in 2000, Koppikhar appeared alongside Karisma KapoorKarisma Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor , often informally referred to as Lolo, is an Indian actress who made her debut in 1991, and appears in Bollywood films. During her career, she has been part of many commercially and critically successful films, Raja Hindustani being the most notable of them, as it was her biggest...
and Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.After having appeared in films as a child actor in the 1980s, Roshan made his film debut in a leading role in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai for which Roshan earned his Filmfare Awards for Best Actor and Best Male Debut...
in Khalid Mohammed
Khalid Mohammed
Khalid Mohamed is an Indian journalist, editor, film critic, screenwriter and film director. He formerly worked for the Hindustan Times and was the lead editor for Filmfare magazine...
's Fiza
Fiza
Fiza is a 2000 Indian film written and directed by Khalid Mohammed. The film stars Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Jaya Bachchan.- Synopsis :...
. An item number appearance in Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films such as Damul , Mrityudand , Gangaajal , Apaharan and multistarrer hit movie Raajneeti...
's Rahul
Rahul
Rahul, a popular male name in India, has a variety of meanings. The earliest meaning found in the Upanishads is "conqueror of all miseries." Rahul also means "Traveler" in Arabic.Buddha's son was also called Rahul meaning "obstruction".- People named Rahul :...
completed Koppikhar's introduction to Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
film. Brief returns to South India in 2001 were coupled with two more Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
films: Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat
Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat
Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat is a Bollywood Romance film written and directed by Rajiv Rai and starring Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Kirti Reddy and introducing Arjun Rampal....
, directed by Rajiv Rai
Rajiv Rai
Rajiv Rai is an Indian film writer, editor and director. He is the son of the late producer Gulshan Rai. He has directed all this films under his father's production company Trimurti Films...
and starring Sunil Shetty alongside a young Arjun Rampal
Arjun Rampal
Arjun Rampal , born 26 November 1972, is an award-winning Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films, as well as a fashion model.- Film career :...
; and K. Raghavendra Rao
K. Raghavendra Rao
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao shortly K. Raghavendra is a renowned director. He is one of the most commercially successful directors of Telugu cinema, and many believe that his contribution has been instrumental to the success of Telugu cinema. As of 2006, Raghavendra Rao has directed 103 films...
's urban comedy Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa
Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa
Aamdani Atthani Kharchaa Rupaiyaa is a 2001 Zee Cine Awards nominated Bollywood comedy film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao starring Govinda, Juhi Chawla and Tabu. This was the remake of the hit Telugu film Kshemanga Velli Labanga Randi...
, opposite Govinda
Govinda
' and ' are names of Krishna, referring to his youthful occupation as a cowherd. He is regarded as the Supreme Godhead in the Vaishnava tradition and also by much of the pan-Hindu tradition...
, Juhi Chawla
Juhi Chawla
Juhi Chawla is an Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career...
and Johnny Lever
Johnny Lever
John Prakasa Rao Janumala famously known as Johnny Lever is an Indian film actor and comedian. He was born to Prakash Rao Janumala and Karunamma Janumala and brought up in Mumbai. He started his career in 1984 and has acted in over 350 Bollywood films...
.
By 2002, Koppikhar appeared to be consigned to support roles until she was asked by Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...
to appear in an item number for his underworld movie Company
Company
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starring Ajay Devgan
Ajay Devgan
Ajay Devgan , born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1969, is an Indian film actor, director, and producer.He made his film debut with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film and for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut Award...
, Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Oberoi is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi and Yashodhara Oberoi.- Early life :Vivek attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of New York University who took Vivek off to New York, where he completed his...
and Manisha Koirala
Manisha Koirala
Manisha B. Koirala is a Nepali-Indian actress who works in Indian films, as well as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and social activist. Koirala has primarily worked in Hindi cinema, though she has appeared in several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films as well...
. The number in question was Khallas, choreographed by Ganesh Hegde
Ganesh Hegde
Ganesh Hegde , is an Indian singer, performer, video director and Bollywood choreographer.-Choreography:Born in a Bunt family in Mumbai.His parents are Harish Subbaya Hegde and Vidya Hegde, Hegde is best known for his work in the Oscar-nominated film Lagaan and for his musical numbers in Company...
and the effect on cinema audiences and critics was to leave her with the enduring nickname Khallas Girl. A second notable item number, Ishq Samundar, in Sanjay Gupta
Sanjay Gupta
Sanjay Gupta is an American neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine and associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia....
's Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs is an American crime film marking debut of director and writer Quentin Tarantino. It depicts the events before and after a botched diamond heist, but not the heist itself. Reservoir Dogs stars an ensemble cast: Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, and...
remake Kaante
Kaante
Kaante is a 2002 Bollywood action film directed by Sanjay Gupta and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Lucky Ali, Kumar Gaurav, Namrata Singh Gujral, Rati Agnihotri, Malaika Arora and Isha Koppikar in the lead roles. The film's plot is based on Quentin...
, starring Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
, Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...
and Sunil Shetty, was enough to raise her profile and in the following year she took the Stardust Award for Most Exciting New Face for Khallas.
Bollywood 2003-2007
Koppikhar's career produced five films in 2003. In Dil Ka RishtaDil Ka Rishta
Dil Ka Rishta is a Bollywood movie, directed by Naresh Malhotra and produced by Aditya Rai, Aishwarya Rai's brother; it was released on 17 January 2003 in India.-Plot:...
, directed by Naresh Malhotra, she played opposite Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian film actress. She worked as a model before starting her acting career, and ultimately won the Miss World pageant in 1994...
and Arjun Rampal
Arjun Rampal
Arjun Rampal , born 26 November 1972, is an award-winning Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films, as well as a fashion model.- Film career :...
. Prawaal Raman's portmanteau film Darna Mana Hai
Darna Mana Hai
Darna Mana Hai is a Bollywood Anthology film, released on 25 July 2003. It was considered a unique and innovative attempt by producer Ram Gopal Varma and director Prawal Raman to provide Indian audiences with a horror film which consists of six different short stories...
saw her alongside college whipping boy Aftab Shivdasani
Aftab Shivdasani
Aftab Shivadasani is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He started as a child actor in commercials and has performed in over 40 films. He also co-wrote and helped produce the film Aao Wish Karein. He started his career as a child artist in the movie Mr. India. Shivdasani is currently...
. Dr Chandrakprakash Dwivedi cast her in the role of Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar is an Indian film actress.Matondkar, who made her screen debut as a child artist in the 1980 film Kalyug, debuted as an adult in Narasimha...
's sister in the sectarian film Pinjar
Pinjar (film)
Pinjar is a 2003 film about Hindu-Muslim problems during the time around the partition of India. The film is based on a Punjabi novel by the same name, written by Amrita Pritam...
, also starring Manoj Bajpai
Manoj Bajpai
Manoj Bajpai , also credited as Manoj Bajpayee, is an Indian film actor, known for playing offbeat and unconventional roles. He first shot into fame with his breakthrough role in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 film Satya.-Early life:...
. A brief appearance in JP Dutta's war movie LOC Kargil
LOC Kargil
LOC Kargil is a 2003 Bollywood war film based on the Kargil War, directed and written by J. P. Dutta. The film stars a large number of Bollywood stars.- Plot :The film is an attempt to dramatize a synopsis of the 1999 Kargil War ....
paired her opposite Sunil Shetty again. And in Harry Baweja
Harry Baweja
Harry Baweja is an Indian film director based in Mumbai and hails from Ludhiana,Punjab, India. He is married to Indian film producer, Pammi Baweja. His son, Harman Baweja made his debut in the film Love Story 2050.- Selected filmography :...
's Qayamat: City Under Threat
Qayamat: City Under Threat
Qayamat: City Under Threat is a 2003 Bollywood action film directed by Harry Baweja. It is a remake of the 1996 Hollywood movie The Rock.- Plot :...
, she played one of three terrorists fighting off co-stars Ajay Devgan
Ajay Devgan
Ajay Devgan , born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1969, is an Indian film actor, director, and producer.He made his film debut with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film and for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut Award...
and Sunil Shetty; a role which would bring her a Filmfare
Filmfare
Filmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...
nomination in the Best Villain category.
In 2004, Koppikhar's films were releasing on average every two months. Both Mani Shankar
Mani Shankar
Mani Shankar is a Bollywood director, best known for his direction of Hindi films such as 16 December, Rudraksh, and, Tango Charlie Mukhbir and Knockout....
's science fantasy Rudraksh and Kundan Shah
Kundan Shah
Kundan Shah is an Indian film director and writer.He is most known for his comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and his 1985-1986, TV series Nukkad with Saeed Akhtar Mirza.-Biography:...
's madcap comedy Ek Se Bhadkhar Ek teamed her next to perennial acting partner Sunil Shetty. In Krishna Cottage
Krishna Cottage
Krishna Cottage is a 2004 Bollywood Horror film directed by the debuting Santram Varma. It was produced by the mother-daughter team of Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, better known for producing Indian television soap operas, and starred Sohail Khan, Anita Hassanandani, and Ishaa Koppikar in the...
, she was cast opposite Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan is an Indian director, writer, producer and actor working in the Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan...
for Santram Verma's creepy ghost story. Inteqam
Inteqam
Inteqam is an Indian film directed by Rajkumar Kohli and released in 1988. The movie stars Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Kimi Katkar, Kader Khan.-Characters:* Sunny Deol ...* Anil Kapoor ...* Shakti Kapoor ...* Amjad Khan ...* Kimi Katkar ...* Kader Khan ......
, directed by Pankaj Parashar
Pankaj Parashar
Pankaj Parashar is a Indian film and television director. Among his most-known are cop-thriller Jalwa starring Naseeruddin Shah, the Sridevi hit, ChaalBaaz , and television detective series Karamchand...
and co-starring Manoj Bajpai
Manoj Bajpai
Manoj Bajpai , also credited as Manoj Bajpayee, is an Indian film actor, known for playing offbeat and unconventional roles. He first shot into fame with his breakthrough role in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 film Satya.-Early life:...
, saw her revive the role played by Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone
Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct...
in the original Hollywood version: Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct is a 1992 erotic thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas, and starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone....
. Another cameo appearance in Kunal Kohli
Kunal Kohli
Kunal Kohli is an Indian film director, producer and writer- Biography :Born in Mumbai,Kunal Kohli is a true Indian director. He is a "family man" as he claims on a video interview....
's Hum Tum
Hum Tum
Hum Tum is a Bollywood movie, released in India on 28 May 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles....
with Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....
and Rani Mukerji
Rani Mukerji
Rani Mukerji is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. In the course of her film career, she has received six Filmfare Awards, among twelve nominations....
could have left a comedy taste to 2004, but this would be the year of street protests following Karan Razdan's controversial Girlfriend
Girlfriend (2004 film)
-Controversy:The film provoked public poster burning in Orissa and calls were made for the film to be banned.-External links:* at Bollywood Hungama...
, co-starring Amrita Arora
Amrita Arora
-Personal life and education:Arora was born in Chembur Mumbai to a Malayali mother, Joyce Polycarp, and a Punjabi father, Anil Arora. Her sister is Malaika Arora Khan....
and Aashish Chaudhary
Aashish Chaudhary
Aashish Chaudhary is a former Indian model and an actor who appears in Bollywood films. He was first noticed in the action movie, Qayamat in 2003. He then appeared in movies like Girlfriend, Shaadi Ka Laddoo, Fight Club and Teesri Aankh...
caught in a lesbian love triangle. The film provoked public poster burning and calls for the film to be banned.
In 2005, she eased up somewhat only releasing four films. Sangeeth Sivan
Sangeeth Sivan
Sangeeth Sivan is a Bollywood/Malayalam director and writer of Indian cinema.He is the brother of cinematographer-director Santosh Sivan. He started his career in films as a director with Malayalam films. After directing more than half a dozen Malayalam films, he directed his first Bollywood film,...
's bawdy comedy Kyaa Kool Hai Hum
Kyaa Kool Hai Hum
Kyaa Kool Hai Hum is a 2005 Bollywood comedy directed by Sangeeth Sivan and produced by Ekta Kapoor. The film was the surprise box office hit of 2005 and was among the highest grossing films of the year.-Synopsis:...
, with Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...
, Ritesh Deshmukh and Tusshar Kapoor
Tusshar Kapoor
Tusshar Kapoor is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor and brother of Ekta Kapoor. He studied at the University of Michigan and graduated with a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.Tushar made his debut with Mujhe kuch kehna hai alongside...
saw her nominated in three separate award ceremonies (IIFA, Zee Cine Award and Star Screen Awards
Star Screen Awards
The Star Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony in India honoring professional excellence in film. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professional from the industry itself.- History :...
) for best comedy role. Two more comedies saw her make guest appearances: David Dhawan
David Dhawan
David Dhawan is an Indian film director. He has studied at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.-Career:Dhawan started off as an editor and then took the plunge into directing...
's Salman Khan
Salman Khan
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...
vehicle Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, and Abbas Mustan's whodunit, 36 China Town with Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna is a critically acclaimed Indian film actor who works in Hindi cinema. Known for his impeccable acting talent and flawless diction, Khanna has worked with the best names in Indian cinema.- Background :...
and Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor , often informally referred to as Bebo, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. During her career, Kapoor has received six Filmfare Awards, among nine nominations, and has been noted for her performances in a range of film genres; these include her work from contemporary...
. A return to Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...
's Factory saw her alongside Chunkey Pandey in Vishram Sawant
Vishram Sawant
Vishram Shivram Sawant is an Indian auteur noted for his realistic portrayal of the criminal underworld. Heavily influenced by Ram Gopal Varma, he made his directorial debut with D, which is about the meteroic rise of a fictional underworld don, Deshu , which appears to be loosely based upon...
's gangster flick D: Underworld Badhshah
D (film)
D is an Indian crime drama and thriller film, directed by Vishram Sawant, written by Manish Gupta, and produced by Ram Gopal Varma and Ronnie Screwvala. It was released in India on June 3, 2005....
, starring Randeep Hooda
Randeep Hooda
Randeep Singh Hooda is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films.-Early life:Hooda was born in the village of Jaseya in Rohtak district of Haryana. His mother, Asha Hooda, is a social worker and his father, Dr. Ranbir Hooda, is a surgeon by profession...
.
Farhan Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar is an Indian filmmaker, script writer, actor, playback singer, lyricist, film producer in Hindi cinema and a television host.His directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi...
directed a 2006 remake of the Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
hit Don: The Chase Begins Again, this time with Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....
in the lead. Koppikhar was cast as Khan's moll Anita. By now the success of Don was in contrast to her stuttering career with a string of films stuck in production or abandoned. Vicky Ranawat's Haseena Smart Sexy and Dangerous crept out towards the end of 2006, Jagdish A Sharma's murder mystery Garhee appeared on DVD, Hansel Mehta's Raakh was dropped, whilst Koppikhar's highest profile film of 2007, Nikhil Advani
Nikhil Advani
-Early life and background:Advani was born in Mumbai. His father has a Pharmaceutical business and his mother is an advertising professional.He studied at Green Lawns High School, Breach Candy, and later did his Masters in chemistry at St...
's multi starrer Salaam-e-Ishq, saw her sharing limited screen time with Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan is an Indian director, writer, producer and actor working in the Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan...
. Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...
's much discussed Shabri
Shabri
Shabri is 2011 Indian film directed by Lalit Marathe and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It is about a woman, played by Ishaa Koppikar, who becomes the first female crime lord in Mumbai.-Cast:* Ishaa Koppikar* Manish Wadhwa* Pradeep Rawat* Raj Arjun...
, directed by Lalit Marathe -a role which led to her being unrecognised in character and barred from the film set by security men- has yet to attract a distributor. Later in the year came the haunted love triangle of Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...
's Darling
Darling (2007 Hindi film)
The soundtrack of the film was released on 1 August 2007 in various formats including music cassette, MP3 files, audio CD, and the DVD-Audio. The music is composes by Pritam and Himesh Reshammiya in a guest song. The first reviews of the film has been positive with indiafm.com rating the music at...
, with Fardeen Khan
Fardeen Khan
Fardeen Khan is an Indian Bollywood actor.-Early life:Fardeen Khan was born to actor turned director Feroz Khan and mother Sundari. Grandson of Sadiq Ali Khan and Fatima Khan. He is the nephew of actors Sanjay Khan and Akbar Khan. He is the cousin of Suzanne Khan and actor Zayed Khan. He lived in...
and Esha Deol
Esha Deol
Esha Deol is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini.-Personal life:...
.
Bollywood 2008-present
Koppikhar's first film release of 2008 was Atul AgnihotriAtul Agnihotri
Atul Agnihotri is a Hindi actor and director.-Career:Agnihorti's career stretches back to 1983 when he made a brief appearance as a child artist in Pasand Apni Apni. He started his film career as an adult in 1993 with Mahesh Bhatt's Sir...
's Hello
Hello (film)
Hello is an 2008 Bollywood thriller film directed and produced by Atul Agnihotri, starring Sharman Joshi, Sohail Khan, Gul Panag, Isha Koppikar, Amrita Arora and Sharat Saxena in the lead roles. The film is based on Chetan Bhagat's novel, One Night @ the Call Center. It also had cameo roles from...
, based on the novel One Night in a Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat , is an Indian author, columnist, and speaker. Bhagat is the author of five bestselling novels, Five Point Someone , One Night @ the Call Center , The 3 Mistakes of My Life , 2 States & Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition...
. This was followed within weeks by Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, a Rajshri Production directed by Khashik Ghatak and co-starring Sonu Sood
Sonu Sood
Sonu Sood is a former model and Indian actor who has acted in Hindi,, Telugu and Tamil films. A participant in the Mr. India contest, he has appeared in commercials for Apollo Tyres, Airtel etc. In Tollywood he is best known for his role as the antagonist, Pasupathi, in the film...
. She has had three films released in 2010, Jahnu Barua
Jahnu Barua
Jahnu Barua is a multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director from Assam. He has directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films, and along with Bhabendra Nath Saikia was one of the pioneers of Assamese Art cinema...
's Har Pall
Har Pall
Har Pal is an upcoming Indian film directed by art cinema director Jahnu Barua, who previously directed the critically acclaimed Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara . The film stars Preity Zinta, Shiney Ahuja and Isha Koppikar in leading roles. Dharmendra appears in a supporting role as Zinta's father...
, Right Yaa Wrong by Neeraj Pathak and Manoj Tiwari's Hello Darling.
Her latest release is Shabri
Shabri
Shabri is 2011 Indian film directed by Lalit Marathe and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It is about a woman, played by Ishaa Koppikar, who becomes the first female crime lord in Mumbai.-Cast:* Ishaa Koppikar* Manish Wadhwa* Pradeep Rawat* Raj Arjun...
(2011) directed by Lalit Marathe where she plays a women gangster of Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
.
Outside Bollywood
Between filming Koppikhar, like many BollywoodBollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actors, performs in stage music shows. In addition to this she has appeared in two music videos: Patli Kamar by KK for a private album commissioned by Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
in 2001/2002; and Bandish Projekt's Bhor (Satyam Shivam Sundaram) in 2004, choreographed by Bosco-Caesar. In 2006 she appeared onstage in the Indian Idol
Indian Idol
Indian Idol is an adaptation of the Pop Idol format. It started airing in India with the first season in 2004-2005 and followed that with second , third and fourth seasons...
Grand Final to dance with the two finalists, and 2007 saw her as one of three judges in the celebrity dance competition Nach Baliye
Nach Baliye
Nach Baliye is a dance, reality-television series on the Indian STAR Plus channel. The contestants are couples who are television stars. The first and second season aired on Star One and then shifted to Star Plus. Its name in Punjabi is inspired by a song from the Bollywood film Bunty Aur Babli .-...
3, alongside director David Dhawan
David Dhawan
David Dhawan is an Indian film director. He has studied at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.-Career:Dhawan started off as an editor and then took the plunge into directing...
and Vaibhavi Merchant
Vaibhavi Merchant
Vaibhavi Merchant is a well-known Bollywood dance choreographer, the granddaughter of pioneering choreographer Shri B. Hiralal, her maternal grandfather. She is the younger sister of Shruti Merchant.-Career:...
. She served as a judge in the Miss Universe 2008
Miss Universe 2008
Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008...
contest, held on 14 July in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
alongside, amongst others, fashion designer Roberto Cavalli and former winner in 2004 Jennifer Hawkins.
In 2008, prior to her taking on her married name, she adopted a second spelling change to her name from Ishaa Koppikar to Eesha Koppikhar, following the advice of numerologist Niraj Mancchanda.
In August 2009, Koppikhar presented the new Colors wrestling show 100% De Dhana Dhan.,
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Kaadhal Kavidai | Jothi | Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore... |
Won, Filmfare Best Female Debut (Tamil) Filmfare Best Female Debut (Tamil) The Filmfare Best Female Debut is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for South Indian films.... |
| En Swasa Kaatre | Madhu | Tamil | ||
| 1999 | Jodi Jodi (film) Jodi is a film directed by Praveen Gandhi,starring Prashanth and Simran. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A.R. Rahman.-Plot:Kannan , repairs musical instruments for a living... |
Tamil | Cameo appearance | |
| Chandralekha Chandralekha (1998 film) Chandralekha is a 1998 Telugu film, directed by Krishna Vamsi. The film stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna, and Bollywood actress Isha Koppikar in the lead roles. Sandeep Chowtha scored music for the film. This is the second combination of Nagarjuna-Vamsi-Chowtha after Ninne Pelladatha... |
Lekha | Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu... |
||
| Nenjinile Nenjinile Nenjinile is a Tamil movie starring Vijay, Ishaa Koppikar. The music is composed by Deva. The film is directed by Vijay's father S.A.Chandrasekar.-Plot:... |
Nisha | Tamil | ||
| 2000 | Surya Vamsha | Padma | Kannada | |
| Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya | Kannada | |||
| Nuvvu Vasthavani | Telugu | |||
| O Nanna Nalle | Rangu | Kannada | ||
| Fiza Fiza Fiza is a 2000 Indian film written and directed by Khalid Mohammed. The film stars Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Jaya Bachchan.- Synopsis :... |
Gitanjali | Hindi Hindi Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi... |
||
| 2001 | Prematho Raa Prematho Raa Prematho Raa is a Telugu language film starring Venkatesh and Simran in the lead roles. The film was directed by Uday Shankar and produced by T. Trivikrama Rao.-Plot:Chandu and Vijay are brothers. They belong to a wealthy family... |
Shweta | Telugu | |
| Narasimha | Vanmathi | Tamil | ||
| Rahul Rahul (film) Rahul is an Indian Emotional Drama film directed and produced by Prakash Jha. The film stars Neha, Neena Kulkarni and Gulshan Grover in leadroles.-Sypnosis:... |
Hindi | Special appearance | ||
| Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat is a Bollywood Romance film written and directed by Rajiv Rai and starring Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Kirti Reddy and introducing Arjun Rampal.... |
Rubaina | Hindi | ||
| Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa Aamdani Atthani Kharchaa Rupaiyaa is a 2001 Zee Cine Awards nominated Bollywood comedy film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao starring Govinda, Juhi Chawla and Tabu. This was the remake of the hit Telugu film Kshemanga Velli Labanga Randi... |
Anjali | Hindi | ||
| 2002 | Company Company (film) Company is a 2002 Indian film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni, starring Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi,and Antara Mali. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by... |
Hindi | Special appearance | |
| Kaante Kaante Kaante is a 2002 Bollywood action film directed by Sanjay Gupta and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Lucky Ali, Kumar Gaurav, Namrata Singh Gujral, Rati Agnihotri, Malaika Arora and Isha Koppikar in the lead roles. The film's plot is based on Quentin... |
Hindi | Special appearance | ||
| 2003 | Pinjar Pinjar (film) Pinjar is a 2003 film about Hindu-Muslim problems during the time around the partition of India. The film is based on a Punjabi novel by the same name, written by Amrita Pritam... |
Rajjo | Hindi | |
| Dil Ka Rishta Dil Ka Rishta Dil Ka Rishta is a Bollywood movie, directed by Naresh Malhotra and produced by Aditya Rai, Aishwarya Rai's brother; it was released on 17 January 2003 in India.-Plot:... |
Anita | Hindi | ||
| Qayamat: City Under Threat Qayamat: City Under Threat Qayamat: City Under Threat is a 2003 Bollywood action film directed by Harry Baweja. It is a remake of the 1996 Hollywood movie The Rock.- Plot :... |
Laila | Hindi | ||
| Darna Mana Hai Darna Mana Hai Darna Mana Hai is a Bollywood Anthology film, released on 25 July 2003. It was considered a unique and innovative attempt by producer Ram Gopal Varma and director Prawal Raman to provide Indian audiences with a horror film which consists of six different short stories... |
Abhilasha | Hindi | ||
| LOC Kargil LOC Kargil LOC Kargil is a 2003 Bollywood war film based on the Kargil War, directed and written by J. P. Dutta. The film stars a large number of Bollywood stars.- Plot :The film is an attempt to dramatize a synopsis of the 1999 Kargil War .... |
Santho | Hindi | ||
| 2004 | Rudraksh | Lali | Hindi | |
| Krishna Cottage Krishna Cottage Krishna Cottage is a 2004 Bollywood Horror film directed by the debuting Santram Varma. It was produced by the mother-daughter team of Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, better known for producing Indian television soap operas, and starred Sohail Khan, Anita Hassanandani, and Ishaa Koppikar in the... |
Disha | Hindi | ||
| Hum Tum Hum Tum Hum Tum is a Bollywood movie, released in India on 28 May 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles.... |
Diana Fernandez | Hindi | Special Appearance | |
| Girlfriend Girlfriend (2004 film) -Controversy:The film provoked public poster burning in Orissa and calls were made for the film to be banned.-External links:* at Bollywood Hungama... |
Tanya | Hindi | ||
| Ek Se Badhkar Ek Ek Se Badhkar Ek (2004 film) Ek Se Bhadkar Ek is a 2004 Bollywood film directed by Kundan Shah and stars Sunil Shetty and Raveena Tandon. The film was produced by Pammi Sandhu . The movie's score and soundtrack was composed by Anand Raj Anand... |
Tracy/Shalini Mathur | Hindi | ||
| Inteqam: The Perfect Game | Avantika Suryavansh/Pinky | Hindi | ||
| 2005 | Kyaa Kool Hai Hum Kyaa Kool Hai Hum Kyaa Kool Hai Hum is a 2005 Bollywood comedy directed by Sangeeth Sivan and produced by Ekta Kapoor. The film was the surprise box office hit of 2005 and was among the highest grossing films of the year.-Synopsis:... |
Urmila Martodkar | Hindi | |
| D D (film) D is an Indian crime drama and thriller film, directed by Vishram Sawant, written by Manish Gupta, and produced by Ram Gopal Varma and Ronnie Screwvala. It was released in India on June 3, 2005.... |
Gunjan | Hindi | ||
| Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya? | Vicky's Girlfriend | Hindi | ||
| 2006 | Darna Zaroori Hai Darna Zaroori Hai Darna Zaroori Hai is a Bollywood Anthology film released on 28 April 2006. It was considered a prequel to Darna Mana Hai which was also produced by RGV... |
Hindi | appears in a Darna Mana Hai flashback | |
| 36 China Town | Sonia Chang | Hindi | ||
| Don - The Chase Begins Again Don - The Chase Begins Again Don: The Chase Begins Again is a 2006 Indian action film directed by Farhan Akhtar. It is a remake of the 1978 film Don. The film is produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under their home banner Excel Entertainment. The film stars Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Ishaa... |
Anita | Hindi | ||
| Haseena Smart, Sexy, Dangerous | Haseena | Hindi | ||
| 2007 | Gahraee | Nishi | Hindi | |
| Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love | Phoolwati | Hindi | ||
| Darling | Ashwini | Hindi | ||
| 2008 | Hello | Esha | Hindi | |
| Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi is a 2008 Bollywood romantic drama film. The film is written by Sooraj R. Barjatya, directed by Kaushik Ghatak and stars Sonu Sood and Isha Koppikar. Ek Vivaah..... |
Chandini Shrivastava | Hindi | ||
| 2010 | Right Yaa Wrong | Anshita | Hindi | |
| Hello Darling | Satvati | Hindi | ||
| 2011 | Shabri Shabri Shabri is 2011 Indian film directed by Lalit Marathe and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It is about a woman, played by Ishaa Koppikar, who becomes the first female crime lord in Mumbai.-Cast:* Ishaa Koppikar* Manish Wadhwa* Pradeep Rawat* Raj Arjun... |
Shabri | Hindi | |
| Har Pall Har Pall Har Pal is an upcoming Indian film directed by art cinema director Jahnu Barua, who previously directed the critically acclaimed Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara . The film stars Preity Zinta, Shiney Ahuja and Isha Koppikar in leading roles. Dharmendra appears in a supporting role as Zinta's father... |
Shweta | Hindi | ||
| Raakh Raakh Raakh is a 1989 Hindi film starring Aamir Khan, Pankaj Kapoor and Supriya Pathak Gajanan Bangera Jagdeep in lead roles . The revenge thriller film was directed by Aditya Bhattacharya, son of director, Basu Bhattacharya.... |
Nandini | Hindi |