Geeta Basra

Geeta Basra
Basra at the Cotton Council show in 2012
Born
Geeta Basra

(1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 (age 40)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active2006–2016
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Spouse
(m. 2015)
Children2

Geeta Basra Singh (born 13 March 1984) is a British former actress who has appeared in Bollywood films. She is married to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh. They married at a ceremony in a gurudwara near Jalandhar. She has spoken of how she was written off as a married woman, even when she and Harbhajan Singh were just friends. Post her marriage to Singh, she quit cinema.

Early life

Basra was born to Indian Punjabi Hindu parents in Portsmouth, Hampshire on the south coast of England, but now resides in Mumbai, India. She has one younger brother, Rahul and sister Ruby.

She studied acting at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute.

Career

She was first seen in the Emraan Hashmi-starrer Dil Diya Hai in 2006 in which she played a girl who is sold into prostitution by her lover. Her second release, The Train (2007), was also opposite Hashmi. She played Roma, a working woman who gets caught up in an extramarital affair.

Basra was also seen in the music video for the Sukshinder Shinda and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan song "Ghum Sum Ghum Sum", playing the love interest of the male protagonist played by Rahul Bhat.

Personal life

Basra with husband Harbhajan Singh at Rakesh Roshan's birthday bash in 2017

Basra married Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh on 29 October 2015 in Jalandhar, Punjab. They have a daughter, Hinaya Heer Plaha, born on 27 July 2016 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. and a son, Jovan Veer Singh Plaha, born on 10 July 2021.

Filmography

Year Title Role(s) Director(s) Language(s) Notes Ref.
2006 Dil Diya Hai Neha Mehra Aditya Datt Hindi Debut film
2007 The Train Roma Kapoor / Richa Malhotra Hasnain Hyderabadwala
Raksha Mistry
2013 Zila Ghaziabad  ——— Special appearance in song Anand Kumar Special Appearance in song "Baap Ka Maal"
2014 Mr Joe B. Carvalho Gehna Samir Tewari
2015 Second Hand Husband Neha Kaur Grewal Smeep Kang
2016 Lock Pammi Punjabi

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