November 27 is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events[link]

• 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of Imperator and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
• 395 – Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.
• 1095 – Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
• 1295 – The first elected representatives from Lancashire are called to Westminster by King Edward I to attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament".
• 1703 – The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
• 1727 – The foundation stone to the Jerusalem's Church in Berlin is laid.
• 1807 – The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops.
• 1815 – Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
• 1830 – St. Catherine Laboure experiences a vision of the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe, crushing a serpent with her feet, and emanating rays of light from her hands.
• 1839 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
• 1856 – The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run – Union forces under General George Meade position against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
• 1868 – Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River – United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
• 1886 – German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for "Effi Briest", a classic work of German literature.
• 1895 – At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
• 1901 – The U.S. Army War College is established.
• 1912 – Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
• 1924 – In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
• 1934 – Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.
• 1940 – In Romania, the ruling party Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King Carol II of Romania's aides, including former minister Nicolae Iorga.
• 1940 – World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1942 – World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
• 1944 – World War II: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump at Fauld, Staffordshire kills seventy people.
• 1954 – Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
• 1963 – The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
• 1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson makes his first address to Congress as president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy five days prior.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
• 1971 – The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
• 1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35).
• 1975 – The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
• 1978 – In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
• 1978 – The Kurdish party PKK is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
• 1983 – Avianca Flight 011, a Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
• 1984 – Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
• 1989 – Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack.
• 1991 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.
• 1992 – For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela.
• 1997 – Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
• 1999 – The left-wing Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
• 2001 – A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
• 2004 – Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• 2005 – The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.
• 2006 – The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motion to declare Quebec a nation within a unified Canada.
• 2009 – A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.

Births[link]

• 111 – Antinous, Greek youth of Hadrian {d. 130}
• 1127 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song, Emperor of China (d. 1194)
• 1576 – Shimazu Tadatsune, Ruler of Satsuma (d. 1638)
• 1582 – Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (d. 1651)
• 1630 – Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (d. 1665)
• 1635 – Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
• 1701 – Anders Celsius, Swedish inventor and astronomer (d. 1744)
• 1710 – Robert Lowth, British bishop (d. 1787)
• 1746 – Robert Livingston, negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France (d. 1813)
• 1746 – Increase Sumner, 5th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1799)
• 1754 – Georg Forster, German scientist (d. 1794)
• 1759 – Franz Krommer, Czech composer (d. 1831)
• 1779 – Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (d. 1865)
• 1804 – Julius Benedict, German-born composer (d. 1885)
• 1809 – Fanny Kemble, British actress (d. 1893)
• 1833 – Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897)
• 1843 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899)
• 1843 – Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
• 1853 – Frank Dicksee, English Victorian painter and illustrator (d. 1928)
• 1857 – Charles Scott Sherrington, British physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1952)
• 1865 – Janez Evangelist Krek, Slovene politician (d. 1917)
• 1867 – Charles Koechlin, French composer (d. 1950)
• 1871 – Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (d. 1950)
• 1874 – Charles A. Beard, American historian (d. 1948)
• 1874 – Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
• 1878 – Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d. 1948)
• 1885 – Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian writer (d. 1944)
• 1887 – Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (d. 1946)
• 1894 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox saint (d. 1971)
• 1894 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (d. 1989)
• 1897 – Vito Genovese, American mafioso (d. 1969)
• 1898 – Fredric Warburg, publisher and author (d. 1981)
• 1901 – Ted Husing, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
• 1903 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
• 1907 – L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (d. 2000)
• 1907 – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet (d. 2003)
• 1909 – James Agee, American writer (d. 1955)
• 1909 – Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (d. 1967)
• 1911 – David Merrick, American stage producer (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist (d. 2011)
• 1916 – Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (d. 1998)
• 1920 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (d. 1985)
• 1920 – Buster Merryfield, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Alexander Dubček, Slovak politician (d. 1992)
• 1925 – John Maddox, British science writer and editor (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Marshall Thompson, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1925 – Ernie Wise, British comedian (d. 1999)
• 1927 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer (d. 1987)
• 1928 – Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Ronald William "Josh" Kirby, British artist (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Joe DeNardo, Pittsburgh Meteorologist
• 1930 – Rex Shelley, Singaporean author (d. 2009)
• 1932 – Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine politician (d. 1983)
• 1933 – Jacques Godbout, French Canadian novelist, journalist and filmmaker
• 1934 – Ammo Baba, Iraqi-Assyrian footballer
• 1934 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, producer and songwriter (d. 1975)
• 1934 – Gilbert Strang, American mathematician
• 1935 – Les Blank, American documentary filmmaker
• 1935 – Daniel Charles, French philosopher and musicologist (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Gail Sheehy, American writer
• 1939 – Dave Giusti, American baseball player
• 1939 – Tony Green, British professional darts commentator
• 1940 – Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
• 1941 – Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
• 1941 – Eddie Rabbitt, American singer (d. 1998)
• 1941 – Aimé Jacquet, French football manager
• 1942 – Henry Carr, American athlete
• 1942 – Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (d. 1970)
• 1943 – Nicole Brossard, French Canadian poet
• 1944 – Arthur "Neddy" Smith, Australian underworld figure
• 1945 – Barbara Anderson, American actress
• 1945 – Phil Bloom, Dutch artist, entertainer and actress
• 1945 – Alain de Cadenet, English racing driver and television personality
• 1947 – Don Adams, American basketball player
• 1947 – Neil Rosenshein, American tenor
• 1948 – James Avery, American actor
• 1949 – Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing driver
• 1950 – Gran Hamada, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1951 – Jayne Kennedy, American sportscaster and actress
• 1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, American film director
• 1952 – Sheila Copps, Canadian politician
• 1952 – Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
• 1952 – James D. Wetherbee, American astronaut
• 1953 – Curtis Armstrong, American actor
• 1953 – Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer (Aquarium)
• 1953 – Richard Stone, American composer
• 1954 – Patricia McPherson, American actress
• 1954 – Kimmy Robertson, American actress
• 1954 – Arthur Smith, British comedian and writer
• 1955 – Bill Nye (The science guy), American engineer and broadcaster
• 1955 – Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – William Fichtner, American actor
• 1957 – Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish racecar driver
• 1957 – Frank Boeijen, Dutch singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Caroline Kennedy, American journalist and attorney
• 1957 – Kevin O'Connell, American sound re-recording mixer
• 1958 – Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 – Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and keyboardist (Simple Minds)
• 1960 – Kevin Henkes, American children's book writer/illustrator
• 1960 – Ken O'Brien, American football player
• 1960 – Tim Pawlenty, American politician, 39th Governor of Minnesota
• 1960 – Michael Rispoli, American actor
• 1960 – Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian prime minister
• 1960 – Gianni Vernetti, Italian politician
• 1961 – Steve Oedekerk, American film director, actor and comedian
• 1962 – Charlie Benante, American drummer (Anthrax)
• 1962 – Mike Bordin, American musician (Faith No More)
• 1963 – Fisher Stevens, American actor
• 1964 – Robin Givens, American actress
• 1964 – Roberto Mancini, Italian football player and manager
• 1966 – Andy Merrill, American voice actor
• 1967 – Shane Embury, British guitarist/bassist (Napalm Death)
• 1967 – Edson Ribeiro, Brazilian musician
• 1968 – Michael Vartan, French-born actor
• 1969 – Myles Kennedy, American musician
• 1970 – Brooke Langton, American actress
• 1970 – Erik Menendez, American convict
• 1970 – Patricia Zentilli, Canadian actress
• 1971 – Larry Allen, American football player
• 1971 – Nick Van Exel, American basketball player
• 1972 – Shane Salerno, American screenwriter
• 1973 – Sharlto Copley, South African producer, actor and director
• 1973 – Samantha Harris, American model and host
• 1973 – Evan Karagias, American professional wrestler
• 1973 – Twista, American rapper
• 1974 – Kirk Acevedo, American actor
• 1975 – Martin Gramatica, Argentinian-American football player
• 1975 – Bad Azz, American rapper and actor
• 1976 – Jean Grae, South African–born rapper
• 1976 – Jaleel White, American actor
• 1976 – Chad Kilger, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Mika Tan, American pornographic actress
• 1978 – Shy Love, American pornographic actress
• 1978 – Eszter Molnár, Hungarian tennis player
• 1978 – Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
• 1978 – Mike Skinner, English musician (The Streets)
• 1978 – Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player
• 1978 – Tim Yeung, American drummer (Vital Remains)
• 1979 – Danielle Foxxx, Brazilian pornographic actress
• 1979 – Hilary Hahn, American violinist
• 1979 – Shin Hyesung, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
• 1979 – Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
• 1980 – Michael Yardy, English cricketer
• 1981 – Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer
• 1981 – Gary Lucy, English actor
• 1981 – Matthew Taylor, English footballer
• 1982 – David Bellion, French footballer
• 1983 – Professor Green, British Rapper
• 1984 – Domata Peko, American football player
• 1985 – Klara Ósk Elíasdóttir, Icelandic singer
• 1985 – Alison Pill, Canadian actress
• 1985 – Thilo Versick, German footballer
• 1986 – Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer
• 1986 – Steven Silva, Filipino television actor

Deaths[link]

• 8 BC – Horace, Roman poet (b. 65 BC)
• 395 – Rufinus, Roman consul and praetorian prefect
• 450 – Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I (b. 392)
• 511 – Clovis I, King of the Franks (b. c. 466)
• 602 – Maurice, Byzantine emperor, (b. 539) and his younger sons (executed)
• 835 – Muhammad at-Taqi, Shia Imam (b. 811)
• 1198 – Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)
• 1474 – Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer
• 1570 – Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
• 1592 – Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1568)
• 1632 – John Eliot, English statesman (b. 1592)
• 1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (b. 1601)
• 1754 – Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667)
• 1811 – Andrew Meikle, British mechanical engineer (b. 1719)
• 1852 – Ada Lovelace, British mathematician (b. 1815)
• 1894 – Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
• 1895 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (b. 1824)
• 1901 – Clement Studebaker, American automobile manufacturer (b. 1831)
• 1908 – Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist (b. 1827)
• 1920 – Alexius Meinong, Austrian philosopher (b. 1853)
• 1921 – Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (b. 1854)
• 1931 – Lya De Putti, Hungarian actress (b. 1899)
• 1932 – Evelyn Preer, American actress and singer (b. 1896)
• 1934 – Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (b. 1908)
• 1936 – Basil Zaharoff, Greek financier and arms dealer (b. 1849)
• 1940 – Nicolae Iorga, Romanian writer and politician (b. 1871)
• 1943 – Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian communist and partisan (b. 1916)
• 1944 – Leonid Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)
• 1953 – Eugene O'Neill, American writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1955 – Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Artur Rodziński, Polish conductor (b. 1892)
• 1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch nobleman, lawyer, conservative statesman and prime minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
• 1973 – Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1887)
• 1975 – Ross McWhirter, British co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (assassinated) (b. 1925)
• 1978 – Harvey Milk, American politician, civil rights activist (assassinated) (b. 1930)
• 1978 – George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (assassinated) (b. 1929)
• 1980 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (b. 1882)
• 1981 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
• 1983 – Kostas Mentis, Greek actor (b. 1913)
• 1987 – Sian Kingi, Australian murder victim (b. 1974)
• 1988 – John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1988 – Jan Hein Donner, a Dutch chess grandmaster (b. 1927)
• 1990 – David White, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1990 – Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, Greek theoretical physicist (assassinated) (b. 1951)
• 1992 – Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
• 1994 – Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and musicologist (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Barbara Acklin, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1999 – Yasuhiro Kojima, wrestler (b. 1937)
• 1999 – Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and author (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Len Shackleton, English former footballer (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Joe Jones, American R&B singer (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Bebe Moore Campbell, American author (b. 1950)
• 2006 – Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
• 2006 – Alan Freeman, British disc jockey known by his nickname 'Fluff' (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Bernie Banton, Australian asbestos campaigner (b. 1946)
• 2007 – Robert Cade, American doctor and inventor of Gatorade (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
• 2007 – Bill Willis, American football player (b. 1921)
• 2008 – V. P. Singh, Indian Prime Minister (b. 1931)
• 2010 – Irvin Kershner, American director (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1969)

Holidays and observances[link]

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Barlaam and Josaphat, the Christianized version of Buddha
  • Congar of Congresbury
  • Facundus and Primitivus
  • Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Roman Catholic)
  • Vergilius of Salzburg
  • November 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Earliest day on which Advent Sunday can fall, while December 3 is the latest; celebrated on the Sunday nearest to St. Andrew's Day. (Western Christianity)
• Maaveerar Day (Tamil Eelam)

External links[link]

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Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari at the 100 episode celebration party of Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi, 2012
Born	(1980-10-04) 4 October 1980 (age 31) Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Model, Actress, Television presenter, Producer
Years active	1999–Present
Spouse	Raja Chaudhary (1998-2007)
Children	Palak
Parents	Ashok Tiwari Nirmala Tiwari
Relatives	Nidhaan (Younger brother)
Website
www.shwetatiwari.india-forums.com

Shweta Tiwari (Hindi: श्वेता तिवारी) (born 4 October 1980 in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India in a Saryupareen Brahmins family) is an Indian film and television actress. She gained popularity for her role of Prerna in Balaji Telefilms's television serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay that used to be aired on an Indian television channel STAR Plus. She is the winner of the fourth season of the reality television show Bigg Boss.^[1]

Career[link]

While playing Bahu V on stage, Shweta was noticed by a well-known director^[who?] and started her acting career in 1999 with Kaleerein.^[2] She shot to fame for her role of Prerna in the television serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay. She has done several advertisements, dance shows, plays and cameos in other television serials. Some of her other popular television serials include Aane Wala Pal, Karam, Kaahin Kissii Roz, Kya Hadsa Kya Haqeeqat, Rishtey, Daddy Samjha Karo, Dost, Yatra, Naaginn and Ajeeb.^[3]

She is also active in Bollywood and Bhojpuri cinema and has played supporting roles in Madhoshi (2004), Abrakadabra and Benny And Babloo (2010). She appeared in the Bhojpuri film Hamar Sayian Hindustani along with her ex-husband Raja Chaudhary.

On 28 February 2008, her 8 years long running serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay ended. After that she was seen as one of the judges on the Star Plus reality dance show Aajaa Mahi Vay.^[4] She also took part in the reality show Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao, where she faced controversy for shower in the jungle. She is also a producer and is producing television serials and films.^[5]

In 2010, she was seen as a judge in the Bhojpuri reality dance show named Dance Sangram.

On 8 January 2011, Shweta won the reality show, Bigg Boss 4 defeating Ashmit Patel, The Great Khali and Dolly Bindra in the finals. She was the first female contestant to win the show. She won 1 crore as prize money.^[6]

In 2011, she did an item song and a cameo role in the film Bin Bulaye Baraati and an item song in the movie "Miley na Miley Hum". Her current projects include her daily serial Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi on Sony TV, the Indo-Pak movie named Sultanat, Gopal My Bro (in which she is coming with Karanvir Bohra) and Married to America.

Personal life[link]

Shweta Tiwari is the daughter of Nirmala and Ashok Tiwari. She was brought up in Mumbai and completed her education from the St. Isabel Girls School in Mumbai. She studied for her bachelor's degree at Burhani College, Mazgaon, Mumbai. She has a younger brother, Nidhaan.^[3]

In 1999, at the age of 19, Shweta married actor Raja Chaudhary. They separated seven years later.^[7] The couple have a daughter named Palak.

Filmography[link]

Theatre(Plays)[link]

1. Khoobsoorat
2. Gaz Foot Inch"
3. Kiraayedar
4. Shararat

TV shows[link]

Shweta Tiwari performing at the launch of Lotus Refineries

1. Kaleerein as Komal
2. Aane Wala Pal as Anu
3. Karam as Kajol
4. Kaahin Kissii Roz as Anita
5. Rishtey
6. Daddy Samjha Karo
7. Dost
8. Yatra Show Host
9. Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Rishabh Bajaj / Anurag Basu
10. Khichdi Herself in a guest appearance
11. Nach Baliye 2 (with ex-husband Raja Choudhary)
12. Jjhoom India Herself as a contestant
13. Sanjog Se Bani Sangini special dance performance
14. Dhamaal Express Herself as a contestant
15. Yeh Hai Jalwa Herself as a Participant ^[8] along with Ronit Roy
16. Aajaa Mahi Vay co-judge with Ronit Roy and Saroj Khan
17. Ajeeb as Ms Sapna Basu ^[9]
18. Jalwa 4 2 ka 1 Herself as a Participant^[10]
19. Jaane Kya Baat Hui as Aradhana Sareen ^[11][12][13]
20. Comedy Circus - Chinchpokli To China
21. Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 as a Show Host
22. Dance Sangram As a Judge
23. Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo – Herself as special guest appearance with Sudesh Lehri and also as ACP Patil
24. Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao – Herself as a Contestant
25. Bigg Boss Season 4 – Herself as a Participant (Winner of the Show)
26. Rangoli – Hindi Movie music show in National Television – As Host
27. Comedy Circus 3 Ka Tadka- Comedy show aired on Sony TV – As Contestant
28. Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli – Item number on the song "Darling"
29. Jubilee Comedy Circus-Comedy show aired on Sony TV – As Contestant for 2 weeks
30. Comedy Circus Ke Taansen- Comedy show aired on Sony TV – Herself As Contestant alongwith Rajeev Thakur
31. Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur- As Contestant along with Kapil Sharma - (Winner of the Show)
32. Adaalat- 1 Episode with Ronit Roy aired on Sony TV
33. Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi - New Daily Soap on Sony TV

T.V. Commercials[link]

1. Pears
2. Tanishq
3. Revlon Hair Colour
4. Johnson's Baby Milk Lotion
5. Dabur Hair Oil
6. Dabur lal toothpaste
7. Reboonn Hair Shampoo Commercial
8. Kalazone
9. PP Jewellers
10. Lijjat Papad
11. Vardhaman Knitting Yarns
12. Nirma Washing Powder
13. Cellone
14. Amul Milk
15. V Mart
16. "Surf Excel
17. "Rakesh Masala

Teleshopping Program[link]

1. Deemark Herbal Hair's oil

Films[link]

• Madhoshi (2004) (Hindi film) as Tabbasum
• Aabra Ka Dabra (Hindi film)
• Dahek: A Restless Mind (2007) (Hindi film) as Shalini
• Hamar Sayian Hindustani (2008) (Bhojpuri film)
• Kab Aibu Anganwa Hamar (2008) (Bhojpuri film)
• Ae Bhouji Ke Sister (2009) (Bhojpuri film)
• Apni Boli Apna Des As Satkar (Punjabi film)^[14]
• Benny And Babloo (2010) (Hindi film) as Sheena
• Trinetra (Nepali Film) as Madhu
• Saltanat (Pakistani Film)
• Bin Bulaye Baraati (2011) (Hindi film)
• Gopala My Bro as Krishna's mother (under production)
• Married to America (under production)
• One and Only One (Item Song)
• Yedyanchi Jatra (Marathi Movie, Item Song, by Saroj Khan)
• Miley Naa Miley Hum (Item Song)
• Married 2 America (2012) as Pratap Singh's Wife

Other Projects[link]

1. A Daler Mehndi music video called Paisa Paisa
2. Music video on song Mehndi nu by Balkar Sidhu
3. Radio show 'Seher' for 92.71 Big FM (now off air)
4. Dance performance with Ronit Roy on Diwali Dhoom on Zee TV 2008- Song Piya re
5. YMGGK Item song number to introduce new character – song from 7 Khoon Maaf.
6. Sanjog Se Bani Sangini – Dance Performance on Song Der Na Ho Jaye from Heena
7. Shaadi Ki Home Delivery – Play
8. Aaine ke Sau Tukde – Play (Played 13 Characters in this play)
9. Holi celebrations on Colors Channel
10. Holi Celebrations on Sony TV
11. Star Pariwar Awards 2010 – (As host)
12. Soumen Gupta

Awards[link]

• Star Parivaar Awards 2003 – Favorite Jodi with Cezanne Khan
• Indian Television Academy Awards 2003 – Best Actress
• Star Parivaar Awards 2004 – Favorite Maa
• Star Parivaar Awards 2004 – Favorite Bahu
• Star Parivaar Awards 2005 – Favorite Maa
• Star Parivaar Awards 2006 – Favorite Maa
• Star Parivaar Awards 2007 – Favorite Maa
• Star Parivaar Awards 2008 -(She was honoured for her immense service for Star Plus & the show).^[15]
• Zee Gold Awards 2011- Most Fit Actor on Television

References[link]

External links[link]

• Shweta Tiwari's Official Blog
• Shweta Tiwari at the Internet Movie Database

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Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia at Manish Malhotra - Lilavati Save & Empower Girl Child show, 2012
Born	(1980-08-27) 27 August 1980 (age 31) Cochin, Kerala, India
Other names	Chhotu or Chotu
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2000–present
Website
nehadhupia.net

Neha Dhupia (Punjabi: ਨੇਹਾ ਧੂਪੀਆ) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen and winner of Femina Miss India 2002.

Early life[link]

Dhupia was born in Cochin, Kerala to a Punjabi Sikh family.^[1] Her father, Commander Pradip Singh Dhupia, served in the Indian Navy and mother, Manpinder, is a homemaker. She went to Naval Public School then transferred to Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi.^[2] She graduated from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University majoring in History.^[3]

Career[link]

Dhupia made her acting debut in a play in New Delhi called Graffiti. Thereafter she appeared in a music video for Indipop band Euphoria and also modeled for various advertisement campaigns. She then appeared in the TV serial "Rajdhani ^{[disambiguation needed ]}". In 2002 she entered the Femina Miss India pageant finishing in first place, winning the Femina Miss India Universe title, and was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2002 pageant in Puerto Rico. She was placed in the top 10.

Film career[link]

Dhupia made her film debut in the 2003 Bollywood film Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003), which performed averagely at the box office. She rose to fame with her role in the film Julie and then appeared in Sheesha (2005) in a dual role of twin sisters, but the film did not do well at the box office. She then starred in films such as Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (2005) and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), which did well at the box office, and also featured in a segment of the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan (2007).

In the following years, Dhupia appeared in supporting roles in multiple critically and commercially acclaimed films including Chup Chup Ke (2006), Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (2007), Mithya (2008), Maharathi (2008), Singh Is Kinng (2008) and Dasvidaniya (2008). In 2011, she plays Eva Braun in the film Dear Friend Hitler -a film about Mahatma Gandhi.

Her most recent films are Paying Guest, Action Replayy De Dana Dan and Pappu cant dance sala . She has also worked on her first international project with Chris Kattan in IFC's Bollywood Hero.

Charity work[link]

Dhupia is involved with the Concern India Foundation, an NGO which assists lower income women and children as well as the elderly. She has run in the Mumbai Marathon to support the charity and helped to raise over 5 lakhs.^[4] She also helped to raise money for victims of the 2011 Sikkim earthquake.^[5]

Filmography[link]

She performed in the GR8 Womens Award 2012.

See also[link]

• List of Indian film actresses
• Femina Miss India

References[link]