Aditi Govitrikar (born 21 May 1974) is an Indian actress, physician and former model. She is the first Indian woman to win the Mrs. World title in 2001. From 1997 to 2004, Govitrikar remained the only Indian supermodel with both a medical doctor and a psychologist qualification. She has been touted by ''

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'' as "Beauty with Brains". She is a vegetarian and ardent Vipassana practitioner. She was a contestant on '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 1'' and ''

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''. Govitrikar won the Gladrags Megamodel Contest in 1996 and the Gladrags Mrs. India in 2000, subsequently winning Mrs. World Contest in 2001. She ventured into acting when she played a prominent role in '' Thammudu'' (1999), a movie that was a runaway hit. She went on to act in many movies including ''

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'' (2005) India's official entry to the 79th Academy Awards and ''

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'' (2009), that won an award at the International Indian Film Academy Award. She also played a leading role in several super hit music videos such as ''Kabhi to Nazar Milao'' by

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and

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(1997) and ''Aaeena'' by

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(2000). In 2020, she hosted the show ''Mother's Care'' on Zee Zest. She launched PETA in India and has also endorsed top tier international brands such as Coca-Cola, Chopard, Fendi and Harry Winston.

Early life

Govitrikar was born in

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, Maharashtra on 21 May 1976. After attending Barns High School in

, she subsequently went to

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where she graduated with an MBBS medical degree in 1997. After completing a postgraduate MS degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Govitrikar ventured into modelling.

Career

She started her career as a model after winning the Gladrags Megamodel Contest in 1996. She also won the ''best body'' and ''best face'' prizes at the Asian Super Model Contest in 1997. She modeled for companies such as Kaya Skin Clinic,

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and appeared in TV commercials, including her immensely popular

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. Since winning Mrs. World 2001, Govitrikar continued modeling and also appeared in minor roles in a number of

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and South Indian films. She has acted in the Hindi TV serial ''Ye Meri Life Hai'' and participated in reality television series such '' Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi'' (2008), hosted by

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, and in the reality television series, ''

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'' (2009).

Personal life

Despite early parental opposition, she married a

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Muslim medical school senior,

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, whom she met while still in college and dated for over 7 years. The couple married in 1998 under both civil and Muslim law and she took the name Sarah Lakdawala. They have a daughter Kiara, who was born in 1999. The couple had another baby in May 2007. She is divorced from Muffazal Lakdawala. Govitrikar has a younger sister,

Arzoo Govitrikar Arzoo Govitrikar is an Indian model and film and television actress. Personal life Arzoo Govitrikar was born in Panvel, Raigad, Maharashtra in a Chitpavan Brahmin family on India and raised in Mumbai. Her elder sister Aditi Govitrikar i ...

, who is an electronics engineer-turned-actress. She was a judge on the show '' Kalakarz''. Recently she completed her post graduate course in counselling from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and obtained a master's degree in psychology from IGNOU. She is currently pursuing a second master's degree in psychology from

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. She has been honoured with Life Membership of International Women's Film Forum of Asian Academy of Film and Television.

Filmography

Films

Web Series

Music Videos

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) * ''Kabhi To Nazar Milao'' (By

)

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Govitrikar, Aditi 1976 births Living people Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses from Mumbai Indian television actresses Participants in Indian reality television series Indian beauty pageant winners Female models from Mumbai Actresses in Hindi television 21st-century Indian actresses Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi participants Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants Harvard University alumni