Mahesh Babu's co-actress, for whom Yash Chopra said: If she had not married, she would have become Madhuri Dixit!

Actress Bhumika Chawla is celebrating her birthday on 21 August. After making a name for herself in Telugu and Tamil cinema, Bhumika made her Bollywood debut in 2003 with 'Tere Naam' opposite Salman Khan. In 2007, she married her yoga teacher. Before marriage, Bhumika was compared to Madhuri Dixit.

Bhumika Chawla is now 46 years old

The history of Hindi cinema is very long. There have been many great actresses in this history. Many of them started ruling the hearts of people with their very first film. One of these actresses is Bhumika Chawla. Bhumika Chawla is one of the popular actresses of Bollywood. Bhumika gained a lot of popularity as 'Nirjara' in 'Tere Naam'.

In the early days of her career, Bhumika worked with everyone from Mahesh Babu to Pawan Kalyan, but after marriage, her career slowly went downhill. There was a time when Bhumika used to be in the news a lot, but now she has become anonymous.

I wanted to be a heroine since childhood

Bhumika is celebrating her 46th birthday on 21st August. She was born in 1978 in a Punjabi family in New Delhi. Bhumika Chawla's real name was Rachna Chawla. Her father is a retired army officer. She also has a brother and a sister. Bhumika first appeared in a surf powder ad. She wanted to become a heroine since childhood, due to which after completing her studies, she came to Mumbai from Delhi in 1997 to fulfill her dreams. Actually, Bhumika started her acting career in the year 2000 with a Telugu film named 'Yuvakudu'. However, she got fame in the year 2003 from Salman Khan's blockbuster film 'Tere Naam'.

Became a star overnight

The film 'Tere Naam' made Bhumika a star overnight. In the film, Bhumika played the role of a simple girl named 'Nirjara Bhardwaj'. After this, there was a line of films for Bhumika, but none of the films could do wonders. Due to this, Bhumika lost many films. One of these is 'Jab We Met'.

Bhumika had told in a chat show that she was first signed for the film 'Jab We Met'. The hero of the film opposite her was Bobby Deol. Along with this, at that time the name of the film was not 'Jab We Met' but 'Train', but then everything was changed in the casting and the hero of the film became Shahid Kapoor. She said that as soon as the hero of the film was changed, the heroine was also changed. Ayesha Takia was given my place, then later she was also removed and Kareena and Shahid Kapoor were paired in the film.

The role was counted among the big heroines

Bhumika told that she waited for a year for 'Jab We Met'. During this time she was offered many films but she did not sign any. In the interview, Bhumika told that after the success of Tere Naam, she was also offered films like 'Bajirao Mastani' and 'Munnabhai MBBS', but later she was replaced. Bhumika has worked in more than 50 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages. Bhumika was counted among the big heroines of Bollywood. It was said that Bhumika would later become a star like Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla.

Bhumika married her boyfriend Bharat Thakur in the year 2007. In the interview, the actress told that after marriage, people started thinking that she would not work. Due to this misunderstanding, her career went downhill. She told that once Yash Chopra had told her that if she had not married, then today I would have become Madhuri Dixit. Bhumika said that it was her time of struggle when she had to tell every director and producer that she was working even after marriage. Bhumika's husband Bharat is a yoga teacher. Both have a son. Bhumika was last seen in Bollywood in Salman Khan's film 'Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan'.

Such is the love story

Bhumika's love story is no less than a film story. After entering the world of acting, Bhumika started learning yoga. While learning yoga, Bhumika fell in love with her teacher Bharat Thakur within a few days. Bhumika and Bharat got married after dating each other for 4 years.