Ruby Bhatia
Ruby Bhatia | |
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 Bhatia at the Plenary Session on "Diaspora Youth and India Blueprint for Engagement" at the 2nd Pravasi Bharatiya Divas - 2004 in New Delhi on January 9, 2004 | |
| Born | November 1, 1973 |
| Occupations | VJ, TV show host, compere, actress |
| Years active | 1997–2008 |
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Ruby Bhatia (born November 1, 1973) is a Canadian actress, VJ, and television show host.
Early life and background
[edit | edit source]Bhatia was born to Canadian parents Harbans and Premlata Bhatia. She was adopted at the age of 3 years by her uncle and aunt Prem Krishan and Saroj Bhatia. She was raised in Ajax, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, where she studied at Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School. She won the Miss India Canadian Peagant. She was also a contestant at Femina Miss India 1994, where Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen finished at the top.[2] She studied ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance from the Toronto branch of the Royal Academy of Dance, London.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Bhatia won the Miss India Canada contest in 1993 and shifted to India in 1994, when she participated in Femina Miss India. She went on to become a VJ for Channel V. She hosted BPL Oye! and Filmfare Awards.[4]
She also co-hosted the Miss World 1996 held at Bangalore with Richard Steinmetz.[2][5] In 1997, she made her television debut with Yeh Hai Raaz but quit the show midway being replaced by Deepti Bhatnagar.[6]
Later, she appeared in several Hindi serials such as Kasautii Zindagii Kay as well as in movies.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Bhatia was first married to singer Nitin Bali for three years, before getting divorced in 1999.[9] In December 2009, she married Ajit S. Dutta.[10][11]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Films
[edit | edit source]- 2001 Chori Chori Chupke Chupke as News reporter
- 2002 Bollywood Bound as herself
- 2003 Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon as Herself
- 2006 Katputtli as Anitha
- 2008 Halla Bol as herself
Television
[edit | edit source]- 1997-1998 Yeh Hai Raaz
- 1999-2000 Dance Mastiyaan
- 2002-2003 Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Menaka Bose
- 2004 Tamanna House as Tamanna
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ruby Bhatia at IMDb
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Ajax, Ontario
- Canadian women television hosts
- Canadian television hosts
- Canadian television actresses
- Punjabi women
- Canadian actresses of Indian descent
- Canadian people of Punjabi descent
- Canadian emigrants to India
- Canadian expatriate actresses in India
- Actresses in Hindi cinema
- Actresses in Hindi television
- Canadian video jockeys
- Kasautii Zindagii Kay
- Masters of ceremonies
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century Canadian actresses