Priya Gill

Priya Gill
Born	Punjab, India
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	1996–2006

Priya Gill is an Indian former actress and beauty pageant titleholder who primarily appeared in Hindi films. She won the title of Femina Miss India International 1995 and represented India at Miss International 1995. Gill is best known for her debut film Tere Mere Sapne (1996), which won her the Screen Award for Best Female Debut and for Sirf Tum (1999). ^[1]

Film career

Gill began her Bollywood career with the ABCL production Tere Mere Sapne (1996) along with Arshad Warsi and Chandrachur Singh. ^[2] Other film appearances include the hit films Sirf Tum (1999), Josh (2000), and Red (2002). After appearing in some Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Punjabi films, she left acting in 2006.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes	Ref.
1996	Tere Mere Sapne	Paro Shastri	Hindi	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut	[3]
1998	Sham GhanshamM	Geeta
1999	Sirf Tum	Aarti			[4]
	Bade Dilwala	Piya			[5]
	Megham	Meenakshi	Malayalam	Malayalam debut
2000	Josh	Roseanne	Hindi		[6]
	Bagunnara	Priya	Telugu	Telugu debut	[7]
	Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary	Murali's lover and wife
2001	Jeetenge Hum		Hindi	Unreleased	[8]
2002	Red	Gayathri	Tamil	Tamil debut
	Jee Aayan Nu	Simar	Punjabi	Punjabi debut	[9]
2003	LOC Kargil	Charulatha	Hindi		[10]
	Border Hindustan Ka	Nargis			[11]
2006	Piya Tose Naina Lage		Bhojpuri	Bhojpuri debut	[12]
	Bhairavi	Bhairavi	Hindi

References

1. "Bollywood's Forgotten Stars: 10 Interesting facts about 'Sirf Tum' fame Priya Gill". The Free Press Journal . 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
2. "Remember Chandrachur Singh, Ashs love interest in Josh? Hes back, with a TV show". Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
3. "Movie review: Tere Mere Sapne, starring Chandrachur Singh, Arshad Warsi". India Today. 31 December 1996. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
4. "Boney Kapoor Celebrates 21 Years of Sirf Tum, the 'Love Story Which Won Hearts of All Dilbars'". CNN-News18. 12 June 2020. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
5. "Of two squares and a triangle". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
6. "Shahrukh slapped by Priya Gill". Bollywood Hungama. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
7. "Bagunnara". Sify . 21 April 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2020.^{[ dead link ]}
8. "Feel the 90s vibes with posters of Arbaaz Khan and Arshad Warsi's unreleased film". India Today. 13 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
9. "Priya Gill - a success on Indiatimes Chat". The Times of India. 11 April 2003. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
10. "The heroines: LoC-Kargil is all set to be an 11-hankie weepie war movie". India Today. 24 November 2003. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
11. "BORDER HINDUSTAN KA (2003)". British Board of Film Classification . Retrieved 3 August 2020.^{[ dead link ]}
12. "Bollywood take on Bhojpuri - september date for priya gill starrer". The Telegraph . 27 August 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

External links

• India portal
• Bollywood portal

• Priya Gill at IMDb
• Priya Gill at Rotten Tomatoes
• Priya Gill at Bollywood Hungama

Preceded by Francesca Marilyn Hart

Femina Miss India International 1995

Succeeded by Fleur Xavier