Aashika Bhatia joined 'BB OTT 2' as a wild card contestant. Here is everything you need to know about the actress's early life, educational background, drastic weight loss journey, and more.
Aashika Bhatia is one of the most famous faces on social media. Apart from being a social media influencer, she also rose to fame with her role as 'Gunwant Kaur Ahluwalia' in Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi. She also won millions of hearts with her role as Salman Khan's sister in the movie, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. Moreover, the actress enjoys a massive fanbase of 5.7 million followers on Instagram. Now and then, the social media influencer takes to her IG handle and keeps her fans updated about her life. Recently, the actress dropped a cryptic post on her IG handle, which created a buzz among her fans, who speculate that Aashika will be joining Bigg Boss OTT 2 as a wild card contestant. Moreover, people are going curious to know more about her. So without further ado, let's get straight into that.
Aashika Bhatia was born on December 15, 1999, to Mr Rakesh Bhatia and Minu Bhatia in Surat, Gujarat. As per the reports, both of her parents are associated with Business. While the actress' father has a local business in Surat, her mom has an independent salon in Surat. For the unversed, when Aashika was really young, her mom and dad had parted ways. Aashika currently lives with her mom in Mumbai. Aashika also has a younger brother, Dev Bhatia. The actress shares a special bond with her mom, and we often get glimpses of the same on her social media handles.
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Aashika Bhatia completed her schooling at Ryan International School, Mumbai, and had reportedly completed her education till 11th standard. The actress is also passionate about dancing, and we often get a glimpse of the same from her social media handle. Aashika can swoon millions of hearts with her dancing moves. For the unversed, Aashika started her acting career at nine and melted millions of hearts with her role as 'Meera' in the famous TV serial, Meera. And since then, she never looked back.
Talking about Aashika Bhatia's personal life, it has always been the talk of the town. For the uninformed, Aashika created a buzz with her dating reports with Tik Tok sensation, Satvik Sankyan in 2019. The duo often used to paint the town red with their mushy camaraderie. However, her relationship with Satvik didn't go well, and the duo parted ways.
After that, the actress started dating her best friend, Roshan Gupta. Although the actress and her beau often made their fans go gaga over them, their relationship didn't go well, and they parted ways mutually. The duo currently shares a cordial bonding. Soon after her breakup with Roshan, Aashika faced massive backlash as she posted videos featuring other boys. It irked the netizens who accused the actress of moving on so fast. The actress then hit back at the trolls and talked about her breakup with Roshan. Elaborating on the details about the same, Aashika mentioned:
"Mera aur Rosh (Roshan) ka breakup was on mutual understanding. So we are fine. We ended it and we on good terms now. We are friends now. So, stop commenting and stop giving hate. Usse bhi aur mujhe bhi. Mujhe toh farak nahi padta kyunki I am used to it now. Still there are people out there jinko farak padta hai."
No such news is yet known about the same. However, earlier in a Live session on IG, one of Aashika's fans asked her if she is single or dating someone. In response, the actress stated that she is now single and only focusing on her career right now.
For the uninformed, Aashika Bhatia stunned everyone with her massive weight loss transformation. The actress went from 62 kgs to 50 kgs within a span of one year. Earlier, the actress used to face massive trolling for her heavy weight. She has often been body-shamed on social media. However, the actress never really gave attention to the same and she used to love herself. Nevertheless, she decided to shed some extra kilos and stunned everyone with the same. She once talked about the same in an interview with ETimes. Aashika shared:
"Always remember that each one of us is beautiful just the way we are. Nobody can take that away from you or say anything. Best is to ignore such people for your peace of mind. So, just be happy and remember 'you are beautiful just the way you are.”
In April 2021, Aashika Bhatia had taken to her IG handle and dropped a video featuring all her photographs from her past to the present. As soon as the video went viral, the internet was baffled by the drastic transformation of Aashika.
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When Aashika Bhatia got flab-to-fab, she started getting immense responses from her fans, who couldn't believe their eyes. Although, she has never been public about the diet she followed, the actress talked about her drastic transformation in an old IG video. The actress then shared that she had not been on a diet, but when she was in Delhi, she stopped eating. She revealed that she had no reason for the same, but she stopped eating and used to have only one or two bites. She also strictly warned her fans not to follow her path. The actress, in the video, could be heard saying:
"When I was in Delhi, I stopped eating. I had no reasons but I just stopped eating. I used to have one meal everyday and that seemed enough for me”.
Although, Aashika Bhatia received massive praise for her drastic transformation, a certain section of netizens remained confused and claimed that the actress had undergone any kind of surgery. Some even slammed the actress for 'lying' about her weight loss journey by calling it 'misleading'. Check out the nasty comments below:
There have been some rumours about Aashika joining Bigg Boss OTT 2, and such speculation was fueled when on July 11, 2023, Aashika took to her IG stories and dropped a cryptic post, which made everyone speculate about the same. Aashika's post could be read as "Life is about to change bigg time! Will be off social media for sometime. See you on the other side... Love Aashika Bhatia." Soon after that, she also reshared her mom's story that featured her in the Bigg Boss house at 'janta ka favourite'.
Well, needless to say, Aashika is a gorgeous diva who exemplifies a powerhouse of talents. And we wish her all the love and light. We cannot wait to see her slaying at the Bigg Boss OTT 2 house. What about you? Let us know!
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