Udita Goswami

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Udita Goswami was born to a Garhwali father and an Assamese mother in Guwahati, Assam. She spent her childhood in Kathmandu, Nepal but later moved and finished her schooling from Dehradun Cambrian Hall School, Maa Anandmayi Memorial School and D.A.V Public School. She then went on to pursue modelling though she aspired to be a rock star from her young age itself. Her photos were spotted by MTV who approached her and she subsequently went on to be the winner of the MTV Model Mission 2. Udita Goswami started with her work as a model for many popular brands at the time. In 2013 she made her film debut with ' Paap'.

Udita Goswami is married to “Aashiqui 2” fame director Mohit Suri. The couple kicked off their relationship from their very first feature film collaboration in the year 2005 with the movie Zeher. The couple dated for almost nine years before the relationship culminated at their marriage in the year 2013. The couple has one daughter, Devi Suri who is just two years of age.

Film debut and rise to prominence ( 2003-2005) Udita Goswami made her feature film debut in Bollywood with Pooja Bhatt’s directorial thriller flick Paap which had her pairing with John Abraham and Gulshan Grover in the lead. The movie saw her coming up with an impressive stint playing well within the confines of the character and looking smoking good on screen with John Abraham. The critically acclaimed movie saw her fetching the Best Female Debut Award in the Zee Cine Awards of 2013. She was then roped in by her husband to be Mohit Suri for the suspense thriller flick Zeher. Udita Goswami made much news with the movie by appearing in highly exposing posters for the movie and caught Bollywood off guard. The Emraan Hashmi starrer narrated the story of a series of mishaps and deceptions which happen in the life of a cop saw Udita Goswami playing his infidel partner who suffers from cancer. The film in which she has delivered a matured performance. After a special appearance in Dil Diya Hai, she was once again cast as the heroine by Anant Mahadevan in the Tushar Kapoor starrer musical thriller flick Aggar: Passion,Betrayel, Terror in 2007. The movie which also featured Shreyas Talpade narrated the story of girl who discovers the adverse consequences of falling for the wrong man and had Udita Goswami sweeping away the honours getting well under the skin of the character. The movie saw her adding to her repute of only being part of quirky, over the top thrillers. Return after hiatus and other films ( 2009-2010) Udita Goswami however took a two year break from Bollywood and returned with the Arshad Warsi starrer Kisse Pyaar Karoon which did not fare well. Then she was seen in Deepak Tijori’s thriller flick Fox which consisted of an ensemble star cast consisting of Arjun Rampal, Sunny Deol, Sagarika Ghatge and many more. Udita Goswami was seen playing a publishing house editor in the gritty thriller which narrated the story of a corrupted criminal lawyer who sets out to find redemption from his past life. However the movie too could not make much fuss and did not go down well with the critics section too and ended up a major underperformer. Udita Goswami in the years 2009 and 2010 signed up for two films The Man and Hello India both of which got delayed. Udita Goswami thus was seen in a major role in Jagmohan Mundhra’s action flick Chase which had actors like Anuj Saxena, Sameer Kochchar and Tareena Patel playing pivotal parts along with her. The disastrously low fairing movie too could not revive her career at that point of time and continued her poor run. She made a friendly appearance in Anupam Kher starrer thriller film Apartment in 2010 in which she was once again noticed. Udita Goswami was then cast as one of the leading women in Suraj Shukla starrer horror thriller Rokkk which also had Tanusree Dutta as the other female lead. The movie had her playing one among two sisters who goes through terrifying supernatural experiences one by one. However the movie too bombed miserably and at this point Goswami’s career fell and looked bleak. Recent films ( 2012) Due to a constant string of grossly under performing movies piling up to her name Udita Goswami was yet again forced to take a sabbatical from Hindi cinema and could only return after a two year gap in the year 2012 with the Sunil Shetty starrer comedy flick Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai. The movie which narrated the story of a man struggling to be a filmmaker had her playing an acting star. Udita Goswami was last seen in Vinod Mukhi’s film Diary of a Butterfly along with actors like Rati Agnihotri and Rajesh Khattar in the lead.