Shabana Raza

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Shabana Raza
NehaBajpai.jpg
Raza in 2010
Born (1975-04-18) 18 April 1975 (age 48) [1]
Other namesNeha Bajpai
OccupationActress
Years active1998–2009
Spouse
(m. 2006)
Children1

Shabana Raza, known professionally as Neha, is an Indian former actress and film producer known for her work in Hindi films. She made her acting debut with Kareeb (1998). Neha is best known for Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999), Fiza (2000), Rahul (2001), Aatma (2006) and Acid Factory (2009).

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Career

Shabana Raza made her film debut opposite Bobby Deol in Kareeb (1998). Her next release was Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999), where she played the leading lady opposite Ajay Devgn. She went on to act in several more films, including Fiza (2000) where she played Hrithik Roshan's love interest, Rahul (2001) and Aatma. After a break, she returned to acting in 2010 under her original name. [2]

Personal life

Raza met actor Manoj Bajpayee, after the release of her film, Kareeb, and they began a relationship. The couple got married in April 2006. [3] [4] The couple has a daughter named, Ava Nayla together. [5]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1998 Kareeb Neha
1999 Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet Meena Singh [6]
2000 Fiza Shehnaz Sulaiman [7]
2001 Ehsaas: The Feeling Antara Pandit
Rahul Mira Singh Sharma [8]
Alli Thandha Vaanam Meenakshi "Meena" Tamil film
2003 Smile Kannada film
2004 Muskaan Jahnvi
2005 Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai Asha Thakur
2006 Aatma Neha A. Mehra
2009 Acid Factory Nandini S. Sanghvi [9]

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