Tina Ambani

Tina Ambani

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Born	(1957-02-11) 11 February 1957 Mumbai, India
Other names	nee Nivrutti Munim
Occupation	Actress, Model
Title(s)	Femina Teen Princess 1975
Major competition(s)	Femina Teen Princess India 1975 (Winner) Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1975 (2nd Runner Up) (Miss Photogenic) (Miss Bikini)
Spouse	Anil Ambani

Tina Ambani (née Nivrutti Munim) is an Indian film actress and beauty pageant winner, she was crowned Femina Teen Princess India 1975. She represented India at International Teen Princess 1975 and was crowned 2nd Runner Up. She acted in Bollywood movies during the late 1970s to late 1980s. She is married to Anil Ambani. She is involved in a number of philanthropic and charity activities and is currently running an NGO and a hospital.

Career

Ambani was born into a large Gujarati Jain family in Mumbai.^[1] She has a sister, Bhavna Munim, who was an ex-model, who modeled for Johnson & Johnson's body lotion in the early 80s. Tina has a nephew, Karan Shah, who acted in a few films in the mid-80s opposite Neelam. She represented India in 1975 at the Miss Teenage Intercontinental contest in Aruba, and was crowned 2nd runner up there, she also won two sub-awards including Miss Photogenic and Miss Bikini awards.

In 1978, Dev Anand cast her in his film Des Pardes, which launched her film career. He went on to cast her in two other films with him in the lead role: Lootmaar and Man Pasand. Sunil Dutt launched his son Sanjay Dutt in Rocky, and cast Munim as the heroine. Director Basu Chatterjee cast her in Baaton Baaton Mein and Man Pasand.

Ambani worked with Rajesh Khanna in several films in the 1980s, including Fiffty Fiffty, Souten, Bewafai, Suraag, Insaaf Main Karoonga, Adhikar, Rajput, Akhir Kyun and Paapi Pet Ka Sawaal Hai.^[2] They were also linked romantically.^[3] In 1985 Rajesh Khanna turned into a film producer and cast Ambani as his female lead in the film Alag Alag.^[4] In 1992, Ram Awatar Agnihotri wrote that it was in Alag Alag that Ambani showed the "first sparks" of her career, and praised her performance in Bhagwaan Dada. Ambani has stated that her performance in the film Adhikar was the best performance of her career.^[5]

In 1987, Ambani gave up her Bollywood career and moved to the United States, but two of her movies were released in 1988 and 1991, respectively. She's the only Bollywood actress to have acted as a love interest of all the three actor sons of veteran Raj Kapoor -- Randhir Kapoor (Harjaee, Pukar), Rishi Kapoor (Karz and 5 others), and Rajeev Kapoor (Aasmaan).

Ambani acted with Rishi Kapoor in six films, Yeh Vaada Raha, Aap Ke Deewane, Bade Dil Wala, Deedar-E-Yaar and the successful films Karz and Katilon Ke Kaatil.^[6][7]

Personal life

Between 1981 and 1987, Ambani was in a live-in relationship with Rajesh Khanna.^[8] When the relationship ended, she decided to move to California to attend college there.^[9] She was also romantically involved with Sanjay Dutt. In 1992 she married Anil Ambani. She has two sons with him. Today, she is involved in a number of charity, arts, and talent endeavours,^[10] including

• Harmony Foundation – For Senior citizens
• Harmony Art Foundation – For Promotion of Art
• Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute – Mumbai
• Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Nursing College (KDA-NC) – Mumbai

Filmography

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Radha Bartake	Miss Teenage Intercontinental India 1975	Succeeded by Kalpana Iyer
Preceded by Lisa Langlois	Miss Teenage Intercontinental 2nd runner up 1975	Succeeded by Barbara Ann Neefs

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