Lara Dutta is undoubtedly one of the finest actresses in Bollywood. Being the Former Miss Universe, the diva has paved a way for herself in the film industry and has evidently set herself leagues apart from the rest. In her glorifying career in the Hindi cinema, Lara has been a part of some of the most incredible films, including Andaaz, Jurm, Kaal, No Entry, Elaan among so many others. Known for her breathtaking beauty and charismatic personality, she has also been a recipient of several awards, such as Filmfare Awards, Screen Awards, Stardust Awards among others. In her personal life, Lara is married to tennis sensation, Mahesh Bhupathi and the duo is parents to their daughter, Saira.
For the unversed, at the mere age of 16, Lara Dutta had kickstarted her modelling career, as she won the Gladrags Megamodel India competition in 1995. Back in one of her interviews, Lara had opened up about the same and revealed that her entry into modelling wasn’t planned at all and was simply a chance encounter. Lara shared that it was her sister who initiated the process without her full knowledge, as she sent the former’s pictures to the modelling agency. She said:
“My sister apparently saw an ad in the newspaper for the Gladrags supermodel contest. Took the most horrific photographs of me. I wasn’t even 16. I was 15 at that point of time. She sent them to Maureen Wadia in Bombay. And I still remember, it was summer vacation and I was sitting at home. My mother gets a phone call, says, we are calling from Gladrags organisation and Lara is been selected for the Bangalore finals. My mother was like what? Who is this, you know?”
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Well, for a mere teenager of 15, reaching Bombay was a distant dream. Lara elaborated further in the interview, how she had to plead her mom in order to allow her to appear for the modelling round in Bombay, as she had never seen the city before. But little did she know that she would end up winning the contest. In her words:
“I mean all I heard was that the contest was going to be held in Bombay. I had never been to Bombay in my life. So I pleaded and cried, please mumma if nothing else I just wanna go its holiday. They’re taking me for two weeks, its gonna be an all paid vacation, I wanna go. And that’s where it actually started up from. So, I went into the Bangalore, you know selection. And got shot selected. Come for the finals into Mumbai, won that. I was sixteen.”
In the concluding segment of the interview, Lara Dutta talked about the driving spirit behind her massive achievement at such a young age. The actress revealed that she was fuelled by a hunger to make her father extremely proud of her. Emphasising more about it, she said:
“I think for me, more than anything else, it created a hunger. You know it created, I wanted to do something that made, more than anybody else my dad really proud.”
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Previously, in an interview with Curly Tales, Lara Dutta opened up about her personal life with hubby, Mahesh Bhupathi. The diva remarked how the two of them are absolute polar opposites of one another. Elaborating more, she revealed being a clean freak and highly organised, whereas her husband was an absolute mess.
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