Neeta Puri | |
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Born | Jallandhar, Punjab, India |
Citizenship | United States |
Occupation(s) | Actress, Model [1] |
Years active | 1983–1999 |
Known for | Nafrat Ki Aandhi Awwal Number Satyamev Jayate |
Title | Miss India USA 1983 [2] |
Spouse | Khursheed Latif |
Website | neetapuri |
Neeta Puri is an Indian-American former actress and model who worked predominantly in Hindi films.
Puri was born in Punjab, India. She won the Miss India contest of New York in 1983. [2]
She made her film debut in 1985.
Neeta Puri is married to Khursheed Latif, who is also a Hindi film director. Puri owns a western clothing and jewelry store named "Neeta Puri's Expressions". [3] She now lives in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania.
Year | Title | Role(s) | Director(s) | Language(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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1987 | Satyamev Jayate | Roopali | Raj N. Sippy | Hindi | [4] | |
1988 | Aaj Ke Angaare | Cynthia | Vinod K. Verma | [5] | ||
1989 | Wohi Bhayanak Raat | Rupaali | Vinod Talwar | [6] | ||
Jailkhana | D.S. Azad | |||||
Nafrat Ki Aandhi | ——— | Mehul Kumar | Dancer in He-Man song | |||
Mera Naseeb | S. Karnam | [7] | ||||
Lashkar | Sanga's Daughter | Jagdish Kadar | [8] | |||
Apna Desh Paraye Log | Shivani | Pradeep Hooda | [9] | |||
Khuli Khidki | Neetu A. Jayant | P. Chandrakumar | [10] | |||
1990 | Awwal Number | Maria | Dev Anand | [11] | ||
1991 | Afsana Pyar Ka | M.R Shahjahan | ||||
Shiv Ram | Jagdish A. Sharma | |||||
1992 | Ye Hai Ghar Ki Mahabharata | Rekha | Chander Sharma | [12] | ||
Benaam Rishte | Shyam Gupta | |||||
1992 | Mahanagaram | Sony | T. K. Rajeev kumar | Malayalam Movie | ||
1993 | Kasam Teri Kasam | Raman Kumar | [ citation needed ] | |||
1994 | Pyara Sangam | Ramnath Roy | ||||
Masti | Iqbal Channa | [13] | ||||
Ajana Path | Srinivas Chakraborty | Bengali | ||||
1999 | Hai Kaun Woh | Rakesh Kakaria | Hindi | [14] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1985-1986 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Maneka Desai | Season 2 Episode 3 | [15] |
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