Madhuri Bhattacharya is an Indian

India

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 actress and former model, who has appeared in Kannada and 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.

Early life

Born in Bangalore, Bhattacharya studied at the Army Public School

Army Public School

Army Public School is a system of public schools established for imparting education to the children of the Indian armed forces personnel. With 125 schools throughout the country, it is one of the largest chain of schools in India that is controlled by the AWES .The schools are generally managed...

 and later went to Mount Carmel College

Mount Carmel College

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 to study psychology and Ramaiah College to study law. She lived in R.T. Nagar, Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

 with her parents, before moving to Mumbai

Mumbai

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 to pursue modelling. She won several beauty contests including the Miss Bangalore title before embarking on her film career.

Career

Bhattacharya started her film career by appearing in the Kannada films Khushi and Bisi Bisi. She also modelled for two videos of Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...

 from his album Neene Bari Neene

Neene Bari Neene

Neene Bari Neene is a solo album of singer Sonu Nigam in Kannada that released in 2009. It is produced by Ashok Kheny and music is by Mano Murthy. Its lyrics is written by ace lyricist and writer in Kannada, Jayanth Kaikini. He is also a great singer...

. She acted in Sahara One

Sahara One

Sahara One is an Indian Hindi general entertainment channel based in Mumbai. It is operated by Sahara India Pariwar, a company formed by Subrato Roy Sahara who is a managing worker and chairman of the Sahara India Pariwar....

's television series Kuchh Love Kuchh Masti

Kuchh Love Kuchh Masti

Kuchh Love Kuchh Masti is Indian television series aired on Sahara One channel. The series is an Indian version of the popular American series, Sex and the City; however, was pulled off-air due to its bold content. The series aired every Monday - Friday at 10pm IST...

which was the Indian adaptation of the popular series Sex and the City

Sex and the City

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. In 2009, she appeared in two Bollywood films, Bachelor Party and 3 Nights 4 Days. Her first full fledge role came in the 2010 comedy

Comedy film

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, Prem Kaa Game alongside Arbaaz Khan. In 2011, she featured in the popular item song Tinku Jiya alongside Dharmendra

Dharmendra

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 and Bobby Deol

Bobby Deol

Bobby Deol is a Bollywood actor. Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry....

 in the film Yamla Pagla Deewana.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2009	Bachelor Party	Pooja	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...
	3 Nights 4 Days	Zoha	Hindi
2010	Prem Kaa Game	Twinkle Chopra	Hindi
2011	Yamla Pagla Deewana	Item Song	Hindi