Hazel Keech

Hazel Keech (born 28 February 1987), also known by her modelling name Rose Dawn and married name Gurbasant Kaur, is a British actress and model who has appeared in Indian films and television. She has appeared in ''Billa'' and ''Bodyguard'' as well as in a Suzuki advertisement. She danced in the Frankfinn Music remix item number "Kahin Pe Nigahaen". She appeared in the reality television programme '' Bigg Boss 7'' in 2013.

Early life

Keech was born on 28 February 1987 in Essex, England, to a White British Christian father and an Indo-Mauritian Hindu mother with ancestry from the Bhojpur-Purvanchal regions of Bihar-Uttar Pradesh states in India. She did her schooling at Beal High School in Redbridge, London, where she performed in stage shows and learned various forms of dance including Indian classical dance, English dance and western contemporary.

Career

Keech became involved in television, film and stage. She danced in the British programme ''Agatha Christie's Marple''. The BBC documentary show ''Call The Shots'' showed her working in Hindi films. She joined the team of the Bollywood musical ''Bombay Dreams'' for their London promotional tour in 2002 and sang in the choir of the West End musical ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' the following year. She was an extra in several of the ''Harry Potter'' films.

In 2005, while holidaying in Mumbai, she received work offers and decided to stay and pursue a modelling and acting career in India. The first modelling company she worked with changed her name to Rose Dawn. She then worked in various music videos as "Kahin Pe Nigahen" as well as many TV commercials, such as ''Vivel'' by ITC, and the ''Sprite'' 'University of Freshology' commercial. In 2007, Keech appeared in the 2007 Tamil film ''Billa'', where she performed an item number in the song "Sei Ethavathu". In 2011, she played a supporting role in the Hindi film ''Bodyguard'' produced by Atul Agnihotri and directed by Siddique. She also performed an item number titled "Aa Ante Amlapuram" in the film ''Maximum''. She performed a song, "Chal Chal Chal", in the film ''Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum'' (2012). In August 2013, she appeared as a guest contestant in '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6'' for the ''Teen Ka Tadka'' special opposite singer Shaan Mukherjee (who was a contestant on the show) and his choreographer Maricsha Fernandez.

In September 2013, Keech appeared in the reality show, '' Bigg Boss 7''. She spent a week in the house before getting eliminated and became the first contestant to exit the house. In an interview after her eviction she expressed her anger about Pratyusha Banerjee, saying, "She likes to create problems".

In October 2013, after leaving the ''Bigg Boss'' house, Keech appeared on a Punjabi film titled ''Heer and Hero'' in an item number.

Filmography

Films

Television

Personal life

On 12 November 2015, Keech got engaged to Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. They were married on 30 November 2016. After marriage, Hazel adopted the name "Gurbasant Kaur", which was given to her by Sant Balvinder Singh during the wedding ceremony. The couple had their first child, a boy named Orion, on 25 January 2022. Their second child, a girl named Aura was born on 17 July 2023.

Keech admitted in an interview that she survived severe depression and was suicidal in her time in India, and so she took up diploma to learn Psychotherapy to help others like her.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Keech, Hazel
1987 births
Living people
Actresses from Essex
English film actresses
British film actresses
English people of Indian descent
Mauritian people of Indian descent
English people of Mauritian descent
British people of Indo-Mauritian descent
British emigrants to India
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Punjabi cinema
British expatriate actresses in India
21st-century English actresses