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Divya Bharti is a Actor Indian born on 25 february 1974 at Mumbai (Inde)

Divya Bharti

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Birth name Divya Om Prakash Bharti
Nationality Inde
Birth 25 february 1974 at Mumbai (Inde)
Death 5 april 1993 (at 19 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Divya Om Prakash Bharti (also known as Sana Nadiadwala after marriage; 1974 – 1993) was an Indian film actress and model, who starred in a number of commercially successful Hindi and Telugu motion pictures in the early 1990s.

Born in a South Indian family in Bombay, Bharti was widely recognized as one of the finest actresses of her time. She started to get film offers as early as 14 years of age. At the age of 16, Bharti made her on-screen debut with a leading role in the Telugu drama Bobbili Raja (1990). After starring in a number of popular Telugu films, she then progressed to Bollywood (Hindi) films in 1992 with the action thriller Vishwatma. Bharti went on to have commercial success alongside top actors Rishi Kapoor and Govinda in films like Shola Aur Shabnam and Deewana, the latter of which garnered her a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She acted in over 14 Hindi films between 1992 and early 1993 which is to date an unbroken record for a newcomer in Bollywood.

Bharti died on 5 April 1993 at the age of 19 after falling off the balcony of her five-story apartment in Versova. Her cause of falling was never officially confirmed.

Biography

Divya loved to swim and engage in other activities at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club in Mumbai along with her brother Kunal. Her parents noticed her interest in acting at a young age since Bharti used to skip studies in order to imitate the dance moves of the most recent Bollywood films at that time, such as the 1983 hit film Himmatwala, starring Sridevi and one of Divya's most favourite actors, Jeetendra. She occasionally visited the Siddhivinayak Temple and loved to eat their Modaks.

Bharti met Sajid Nadiadwala through Govinda at the shooting of Shola Aur Shabnam. Soon both Bharti and Nadiadwala fell in love with each other. Bharti converted to Islam and adopted the name Sana, and married to Sajid Nadiadwala on 10 May 1992 at Mumbai in an Islamic wedding ceremony.




Death and aftermath
On 5 April 1993 (eleven months after her marriage to Sajid Nadiadwala), around 11:45 PM, Bharti fell off the balcony of her five-story Tulsi apartment building and landed on the ground floor car park in Versova, Mumbai. Neighbours heard a loud "thud" and after investigating found Bharti unconscious and drenched in blood at the bottom of the building. In shock, the neighbours called the police and the ambulance. Bharti died in the ambulance before they could reach a hospital. Her cause of falling was never officially confirmed. There was much speculation by the media regarding Bharti's sudden demise, including the possibility of accidental death, suicide, conspiracy or even murder. Bombay Police failed to find sufficient evidences to charge anyone and hence closed the investigation and labelled it as accidental death in 1998. However, some Police theories suggested the involvement of her husband Sajid Nadiadwala, while other theories suggested Mafia association with Sajid and his complicity. Bharti's body was released to her family two days later after a post mortem, who arranged a cremation ceremony. A large number (more than 500) film personalities, including Amrish Puri, Govinda, Hema Malini, Babita, Karisma Kapoor, Shilpa Shirodkar, Saif Ali Khan, Sangeeta Bijlani, Sridevi, Manisha Koirala, Asha Parekh, offered condolences to bereaved family members at their residence.

Two of Bharti's completed films Rang and Shatranj were released several months after her death and dedicated to her memory. Both the movies were box-office hits. At the time of her death, she had completed 80% of the filming of Laadla, and Sridevi was recast in her role. Footage of Divya's performance in Laadla was seen in a television program in 1994. She was replaced in several other films she had signed such as Mohra, Kanyadaan, Vijaypath and Andolan. Her incomplete Telugu film Tholi Muddhu was partly completed by Indian actress Rambha, who slightly resembled Bharti and hence completed a few scenes of the movie for her. Few movies which she has signed did not even released such as Parinaam with Akshay Kumar & Chaal pe Chaal with Jackie Shroff.


Filmography



Year
Title
Role
Language
Notes


1990

Bobbili Raja

Rani

Telugu

Debut film


1990

Nila Penne

Surya

Tamil

Only Tamil language film


1991

Naa Ille Naa Swargam

Pratusha

Telugu

Dubbed


1991

Rowdy Alludu

Rekha

Telugu




1991

Assembly Rowdy

Pooja

Telugu




1992

Dharma Kshetram

Payal

Telugu




1992

Vishwatma

Kusum

Hindi

Debut Hindi film


1992

Shola Aur Shabnam

Divya Thapar

Hindi




1992

Dil Ka Kya Kasoor

Seema/Shalini Saxena

Hindi




1992

Jaan Se Pyaara

Sharmila

Hindi




1992

Deewana

Kaajal

Hindi

Lux Face of the Year/Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut


1992

Balwaan

Deepa

Hindi




1992

Dushman Zamana

Seema

Hindi




1992

Dil Aashna Hai

Laila / Sitara

Hindi




1992

Geet

Neha

Hindi

Partly Dubbed


1992

Chittemma Mogudu

Chittemma

Telugu




1992

Dil Hi To Hai

Bharati

Hindi




1993

Kshatriya

Tanvi Singh

Hindi

Last release during lifetime


1993

Tholi Muddhu

Divya

Telugu

Released after demise/Partly completed by South Indian actress Rambha


1993

Rang

Kajal

Hindi

Released after demise/Dubbed


1993

Shatranj

Renu

Hindi

Last release after demise/Dubbed


References


External links
Divya Bharti at the Internet Movie Database
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-07/news-interviews/31300649_1_biopic-bollywood-debut-mystery
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Not-making-film-based-on-Divya-Bharti-Sandhu/Article1-837814.aspx
6 Things Most People Do Not Know about Divya Bharti’s Death
Divya Bharti Portal http://www.divyabhartiportal.com
vteFilmfare Award for Best Female Debut1989–2000
Juhi Chawla (1989)
Bhagyashree (1990)
Pooja Bhatt (1991)
Raveena Tandon (1992)
Divya Bharti (1993)
Mamta Kulkarni (1994)
Sonali Bendre & Tabu (1995)
Twinkle Khanna (1996)
Seema Biswas (1997)
Mahima Chaudhry (1998)
Preity Zinta (1999)
Nandita Das (2000)
2001–present
Kareena Kapoor (2001)
Bipasha Basu (2002)
Esha Deol (2003)
Lara Dutta & Priyanka Chopra (2004)
Ayesha Takia (2005)
Vidya Balan (2006)
Kangana Ranaut (2007)
Deepika Padukone (2008)
Asin (2009)
Not awarded (2010)
Sonakshi Sinha (2011)
Parineeti Chopra (2012)
Ileana D'Cruz (2013)
Vaani Kapoor (2014)
Kriti Sanon (2015)

Usually with

Shakti Kapoor
Shakti Kapoor
(7 films)
Dinesh Hingoo
Dinesh Hingoo
(6 films)
Nadeem-Shravan
Nadeem-Shravan
(5 films)
Kader Khan
Kader Khan
(4 films)
Alok Nath
Alok Nath
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Divya Bharti (26 films)

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Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega
Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000)
, 2h48
Directed by Raj Kanwar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Shahrukh Khan, Sana Saeed, Kamini Kaushal
Rating51% 2.5532452.5532452.5532452.5532452.553245
Raj (Salman Khan) is a singer trying to make his way in the big city of Mumbai. He rescues a young woman who has fallen in front of a train and stays with her when she is rushed to a hospital. Pooja Oberoi (Rani Mukerji), the daughter of a wealthy family, survives but falls into a coma. Her family rushes to the hospital and, finding Raj there, assumes that he is Pooja's husband, Romi, with whom she had eloped and whom they had never met. Pooja cannot correct them; Raj, who can, prefers not to out of kindness.
Andolan
Andolan (1995)

Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Sanjay Dutt, Mamta Kulkarni, Govinda, Divya Bharti, Somy Ali, Asha Parekh
Roles Herself - Dedication (archive footage)
Rating50% 2.518372.518372.518372.518372.51837
Laadla
Laadla (1994)

Directed by Raj Kanwar
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Raveena Tandon, Divya Bharti, Farida Jalal, Aruna Irani
Roles Sheetal (80% filmed)
Rating59% 2.950962.950962.950962.950962.95096
Raju (Anil Kapoor) lives with his disabled mom (Farida Jalal). One day Raju on his way to a job interview saves the life of a rich textile mill owner (Anupam Kher) who offers him a job in his factory which is run by his ambitious daughter Sheetal (Sridevi). Sheetal's competitive attitude and open insults result in her making several enemies in the industry. Raju works as a mechanic in the mill and confronts Sheetal several times for the proper treatment of workers. He is also elected as the union leader. Raju meets Kaajal (Raveena Tandon), who also works in the textile mill, and they fall in love.
Shatranj
Shatranj (1993)
, 2h20
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla, Divya Bharti, Kader Khan, Achyut Potdar
Rating53% 2.682212.682212.682212.682212.68221
Shatranj is the love story of four lead players, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla and Divya Bharti
Kshatriya
Kshatriya (1993)
, 3h
Directed by J.P. Dutta
Actors Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon
Roles Tanvi Singh (Ganga Singh's daughter)
Rating59% 2.950542.950542.950542.950542.95054
The film is about two warring royal Kshatriya Rajput families in Rajasthan, India, based in Mirtagarh and Surjangarh . The Mirtagarh family's head Bhavani Singh (Sunil Dutt) is killed by the Surjangarh family's head Prithvi Singh (Dharmendra), which causes a bloody feud between the two families spreading over two generations.
Rang
Rang (1993)

Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jeetendra, Amrita Singh, Kamal Sadanah, Divya Bharti, Ayesha Jhulka, Bindu
Roles Kajal
Rating47% 2.38042.38042.38042.38042.3804
Yogi Joshi (Kamal Sadanah) is the hardworking middle class student who goes to college with the traditional Pooja (Ayesha Julka), who is the daughter of a single-father. Pooja has been in love with Yogi for quite some time, but Yogi seems to see her as a good friend. Pooja is very possessive of a particular parking spot in school and does not like anyone parking in that spot.
Aadmi
Aadmi (1993)
, 2h20
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Paresh Rawal, Gautami, Divya Bharti, Ajit Khan, Arjun (Firoz Khan)
Rating54% 2.7318552.7318552.7318552.7318552.731855
Aadmi is the story of an honest man (Vijay M. Srivastav) and his fight against corruption and country's traitors, but he is trapped and Jailed for a crime (murder of his own parents and brother), which he never committed. Vijay Srivastav lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Bombay along with dad, Mohanlal, mom, Sharda, and a younger brother, Raju. His father and brother manage a restaurant named 'Sahiba', while Vijay works as a Supervisor at the Ordnance Factory that manufacturers RDX for the Government of India and also moonlights as a self-defense instructor. He meets with wealthy Rekha, the only daughter of Advocate Saxena, and both fall in love with each other. Their respective parents meet and arrange their marriage. Before even the engagement could take place, Vijay is arrested by the Police and charged with killing his parents and brother, tried in Court, found guilty, and sentenced to five years in jail. On his first day behind bars, he is approached by Inspector Yeshwant Deshmukh, who asks him to cooperate and abduct Deepak, the son of an underworld don, and if he does so, he will only aid the Police but his crime will be pardoned and he will be released. He comes out of Jail, to destroy his enemies. Among other things, this film was notable for well known villain Shakti Kapoor's rare positive role of an honest police officer.
Balwaan
Balwaan (1992)
, 2h22
Directed by Deepak Anand
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Suniel Shetty, Divya Bharti, Danny Denzongpa, Tinnu Anand, Anjana Mumtaz, Vikram Gokhale
Roles Deepa Sahney
Rating44% 2.238292.238292.238292.238292.23829
Arjun Singh (Sunil Shetty) comes from a very poor family. He lives in a small and shabby tenement with his mom and sister. He studying in a collage where he fall in love with Deepa (Divya Bharti). One day he attack a pollice officer and was jailed. Deepa save him from jail with the help of her father (Tinnu Anand), who is a Police Commisner. Deepa's father want Arjun to join police as he say the department need some honest officers. He join police and was sent to another city where the original police inspector was killed by the goons. He go the city along with his Mother and Sister. This puts him into conflict with Bhai (Danny Denzongpa), a notorious gangster. In order to teach Arjun a lesson, Bhai orders people in this community to stop interacting with Arjun and his family, and as a result the three are alienated. His sister is raped, and his mother passes away. Then Bhai has Arjun captured and chained. But Arjun manages to escape, only to find that he has been framed for murder and is arrested by the police.
Shola Aur Shabnam
Shola Aur Shabnam (1992)
, 2h55
Directed by David Dhawan
Genres Action, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Divya Bharti, Govinda, Gulshan Grover, Alok Nath, Mohnish Bahl, Satyajeet Puri
Roles Divya Thapar
Rating64% 3.247933.247933.247933.247933.24793
The spoiled and arrogant brother, Bali (Mohnish Behl), of notorious gangster, Kali Baba (Gulshan Grover), enlists in the National Cadet Corps, and wants to have his way with his fellow-students and trainer, Inder Mohan Lathi (Anupam Kher), with comical results. When he meets Divya Thapa (Divya Bharti) for the first time, he is smitten by her, and wants to marry her by hook or by crook. But Divya is in love with Karan (Govinda), and both plan to marry each other. Circumstances act against them, and they flee together, with Kali Baba's men, and Divya's Police Commissioner dad, Yashpal Thapa (Alok Nath), in hot pursuit, to an unknown destination, surrounded by a web of lies, deception, and no known resource to assist them.
Deewana
Deewana (1992)
, 2h55
Directed by Raj Kanwar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Divya Bharti, Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Mohnish Bahl, Alok Nath
Roles Kajal
Rating66% 3.3497853.3497853.3497853.3497853.349785
Kajal (Divya Bharti) falls in love and marries a famous singer named Ravi (Rishi Kapoor). They live happily until tragedy strikes: Ravi's greedy uncle Pratap (Amrish Puri) and cousin Narender (Mohnish Behl), are determined to lay their hands on Ravi's wealth. Narender first tries to rape Kajal but fails when he is caught. Pratap then hires hoodlums to murder Ravi, who is thrown off a cliff along with Pratap's son, Narender.
Dil Aashna Hai
Dil Aashna Hai (1992)
, 2h44
Directed by Hema Malini
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia, Amrita Singh, Sonu Walia, Kabir Bedi
Roles Laila / Sitara
Rating49% 2.459132.459132.459132.459132.45913
Laila (Divya Bharti), brought up in a brothel, is a cabaret dancer in Digvijay Singh's (Kabir Bedi) five-star hotel. One day, Laila receives a phone call from her mother who is just about to die and tells her a shocking news that she was not her real mother, and that Laila was an adopted child.
Dil Ka Kya Kasoor
Dil Ka Kya Kasoor (1992)

Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prithviraj Kapoor, Prithvi, Divya Bharti, Satyen Kappu, Laxmikant Berde, Suresh Oberoi
Roles Seema / Shalini Saxena
Rating56% 2.811762.811762.811762.811762.81176
Shalini (Divya Bharti) is sister of a rich bussinessman Rajesh Saxena (Suresh Oberoi). She is in love with her classmate Arun Kumar (Prithvi), who is an orphan. But she dont tell Arun about this because he don't like her, He think Shalini would have a attitude of a rich girl. When Rajesh come to know about his sister's love he goes to meet Arun only to find out that he is an orphan and dont even has his own house and is living in a appartment.
Geet
Geet (1992)

Actors Divya Bharti, Avinash Wadhawan, Laxmikant Berde, Shakti Kapoor, Dharmesh Tiwari, Anil Dhawan
Roles Neha
Rating58% 2.9078852.9078852.9078852.9078852.907885
Rajesh Tripathi (Avinash Wadhawan) lives a poor lifestyle in a village in India along with his widower dad, Shivshankar. He leaves his father so that he can study in Bombay. While there he becomes a fan of singer and dancer, Neha (Divya Bharti), and even paints hoardings for her shows. During the holidays, he returns home to his village and gets a surprise when he finds that Neha has also re-located there. His overtures to become friendly with her end up in getting the police involved for alleged molestation. After clearing his name, Neha then entraps him to accompany her to an isolated shack and locks him there, which almost kills him. After this incident Neha does accept his friendship and confides in him that she can never sing as she has been poisoned by her former manager, Hari Saxena (Shakti Kapoor), so much so that her vocal cords have been damaged repair. Rajesh accepts the challenge and sets about to resurrect Neha's voice and her career - not knowing that both of them may end up being targets of Hari - who has planned a devious ending for Neha and anyone who supports her.