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Juhi Chawla (Hindi: born 13 November 1967 in Ludhiana,
Punjab, India) is an Indian actress who appears in
Bollywood films, film producer and television
presenter.

After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India
beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting
career. She went on to become one of the leading
actresses of Bollywood, and starred in numerous
commercially and critically successful films, from the
romances Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and Darr to Hum Hain
Rahi Pyar Ke, which earned her the Filmfare Best
Actress Award, to Yes Boss and Ishq.
During the 2000s, after having starred in over 70
mainstream Hindi films, Juhi Chawla turned towards art and
independent cinema, along with films in her native
tongue of Punjabi, and has been mostly working in
parallel cinema. Her turn proved to be successful, and
she gained critical recognition for her performances
in films like 3 Deewarein and Bas Ek Pal. Since 2000,
Chawla branched out into film production and
television presenting as well.

Juhi Chawla was the first child born to Punjabi father
Dr. S. Chawla and Gujarati mother, Mona. She has one
brother named Sanjeev. She graduated from Sydenham
College, Mumbai. She was the winner of Miss India
title in 1984, later she won Best Costume Award for
the Miss Universe contest in 1984. Juhi Chawla is
married to industrialist Jai Mehta; the couple have
two children.[17] She gave birth to her first child, a
girl named Jhanvi, on February 21, 2001,[18] and on
July 21, 2003, gave birth to a son called Arjun.[18]
Her mother passed away in a car accident in Prague
during the shooting of the movie Duplicate in 1998.

Juhi Chawla is married to industrialist Jai Mehta; the
couple have two children.[17] She gave birth to her
first child, a girl named Jhanvi, on February 21,
2001,[18] and on July 21, 2003, gave birth to a son
called Arjun.[18] Her mother passed away in a car
accident in Prague during the shooting of the movie
Duplicate in 1998.
Juhi Chawla is married to industrialist Jai Mehta; the
couple have two children. She gave birth to her first
child, a girl named Jhanvi, on February 21, 2001,[18]
and on July 21, 2003, gave birth to a son called
Arjun. Her mother passed away in a car accident in
Prague during the shooting of the movie Duplicate in
1998. Jai Mehta and Juhi Chawla are the co-owners of
the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders
in partnership with Shahrukh Khan's company Red
Chillies Entertainment.