Meera Chopra wiki, age, movies, affairs, husband, family, siblings
Biography | |
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Name | Meera Chopra |
Nickname | Nila |
Profession | Indian actress |
Years Active | 2005-Present |
Date of Birth | July 8, 1983 |
Age (In 2024) | 41 Years 5 Month(s) 16 Days |
Birth Place | New Delhi, India |
Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Religion | Hinduism |
Caste | Khatri |
Mother Tongue | Punjabi |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Height | in centimeters- 163 cm in meters- 1.63 m in feet inches- 5ft 4in |
Eye Color | Dark Brown |
Hair Color | Black |
Family and Marriage Details | |
Marital Status | Married |
Husband | Rakshit Kejriwal (businessman) |
Marriage Date | March 12, 2024 |
Boyfriend(s)/Affair(s) | Sachiin Joshi (actor) Sumit Bhuttan (stockbroker) |
Parents | |
Father | Sudesh Chopra |
Mother | Neelam Chopra |
Sibling(s) | |
Sister(s) | Timsy Chopra |
Brother(s) | Vikram Chopra |
Cousin(s) | Cristy Chopra Robben Chopra Sachin Chopra (advocate) Vandana Chopra Priyanka Chopra Parineeti Chopra Mannara Chopra Mitali Handa Siddharth Chopra Sahaj Chopra Shivang Chopra |
Other Relative(s) | |
Niece(s) | Kaina Chopra Kia Chopra |
Uncle(s) | Rajesh Chopra Justice Ramesh Chandra Chopra (judge) Ashok Chopra Pawan Chopra |
Aunt(s) | Ranju Chopra Anu Chopra Madhu Chopra Reena Chopra Kamini Chopra Handa |
Education Details | |
School | Not Known |
College | Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan, United States |
Educational Qualification | Master’s degree in Communication and Multimedia |
Filmography | |
Debut Movie | Anbe Aaruyire (Tamil debut, 2005) Bangaram (Telugu debut, 2006) Arjun (Kannada debut, 2008) Gang of Ghosts (Hindi debut, 2014) One (English debut, 2017) |
Hindi Movies | Safed (2023) Section 375 (2019) 1920 London (2016) Gang of Ghosts (2014) |
Tamil Movies | Killadi (2015) Isai (cameo, 2015) Jaganmohini (2008) Marudhamalai (2007) Lee (2007) Jambhavan (2006) Anbe Aaruyire (2005) |
Telugu Movies | Greeku Veerudu (2013) Maaro (2011) Vaana (2008) Bangaram (2006) |
Kannada Movies | Arjun (2008) |
English Movies | One (2017) |
Item Song(s) | ‘Guththa Lakkadi’ in Kaalai (Tamil, 2008) |
Web Series | Hiccups and Hookups (2022) The Tattoo Murders (2021) |
Music Video(s) | Ganpati Raja (Sukhwinder Singh, 2021) |
twitter.com/MeerraChopra (111k followers) | |
facebook.com/meerachopraofficial (9.4m followers) facebook.com/meera.chopra | |
instagram.com/meerachopra/ (507k followers) | |
Other Details | |
Favorite Actor | Salman Khan |
Favorite Actress | Sushmita Sen Bipasha Basu |
Alternate Names | Mmeera S Chopra |
Meera Chopra is an Indian actress known for her work in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada language films. She is a cousin of actresses Priyanka Chopra, Parineeti Chopra, and Mannara Chopra. | |
Meera Chopra was born on 8 July 1983 to Sudesh Chopra and Neelam Chopra in New Delhi, India. She has a brother named Vikram Chopra and a sister named Timsy Chopra. | |
Chopra received a master’s degree in communication and multimedia from Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU), Saginaw, Michigan, United States in 2003. 1 | |
She made her acting debut in the 2005 Tamil film ‘Anbe Aaruyire’ opposite S. J. Surya. Meera was credited as Nila in her debut film. | |
In 2006, Meera Chopra starred opposite Pawan Kalyan in the Telugu-language action film ‘Bangaram,’ directed by Dharani. 2 | |
Meera Chopra was in a relationship with stockbroker Sumit Bhuttan, who was already married to Ruchi Bhuttan and had a five-year-old son. Sumit was planning to divorce his wife so that he could marry Meera. On 5 July 2011, Ruchi Bhuttan committed suicide by hanging at her DLF Phase-II residence in Gurgaon. Subsequently, Sumit Bhuttan, Meera Chopra, and Sumit’s family members were booked under several sections of the IPC. However, later, Meera and Sumit’s family members were given a clean chit by the police. A Gurgaon session court acquitted Sumit Bhuttan on 16 September 2013. 3 | |
In a 2013 interview with Zoom TV, Parineeti Chopra refused to acknowledge Meera Chopra as her cousin. | |
Meera Chopra made her Bollywood debut in the 2014 horror-comedy film ‘Gang of Ghosts,’ starring alongside Sharman Joshi, Parambrata Chatterjee, Chunky Pandey, Anupam Kher, and Mahie Gill. Directed by Satish Kaushik, ‘Gang of Ghosts’ is the Hindi remake of the Bengali film ‘Bhooter Bhabishyat’. 4 | |
In 2016, she starred alongside Sharman Joshi, Vishal Karwal, and Meenal Kapoor in ‘1920: London,’ directed by Vikram Bhatt. Although the film received generally negative reviews from critics and audiences, it managed to recover its cost and became a moderate success. 5 | |
Chopra starred in the 2019 legal drama film ‘Section 375’ alongside Akshaye Khanna, Richa Chadda, and Rahul Bhat. Directed by Ajay Bahl, the film was an average grosser at the box office. | |
She played the role of ACP Aditi Acharya in the Disney+ Hotstar series The Tattoo Murders (2021) starring Tanuj Virwani as a dreaded antagonist. The seven-episode series set in and around Mumbai’s red-light area, Kamathipura released on 9 April 2021. 6 | |
She graced the cover page of ‘Be Attractive’ magazine’s September 2021 edition. | |
In September 2021, she featured alongside Ambresh Shroff in the music video for the song ‘Ganpati Raja’ by Sukhwinder Singh. | |
Chopra was seen as fatty in the Lionsgate Play web series Hiccups & Hookups (2022), starring Lara Dutta, Prateik Babbar, and Meiyang Chang, directed by Kunal Kohli. | |
In a December 2023 interview with Siddharth Kannan, Meera Chopra revealed that she did not receive any help from her cousin sisters Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra. She said, “From the start, there was not much closeness between us that we would look like friends here. That would be fake. But I can say that when three or four girls join the industry, they help each other. That did not happen to me. I never asked for help, and the help never came from them. I am not the one that asks for help and even they never offered any help.” 7 | |
Meera Chopra portrayed the character of Kaali in movie Safed (2023), written, directed, and produced by Sandeep Singh. The movie, also featuring Abhay Verma, Barkha Bisht, Chhaya Kadam, and Jameel Khan, premiered on ZEE5 on 29 December 2023. | |
Meera Chopra married businessman Rakshit Kejriwal on 12 March 2024 in an intimate ceremony at Buena Vista Luxury Garden Spa Resort in Jaipur. She looked gorgeous in a red Sabyasachi lehenga, while Rakshit looked dapper in an ivory sherwani. 8 |
References
- https://www.svsu.edu/newsroom/news/2019/september/meerachopra/[↩]
- https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/glitter-is-missing-missing-glitter/article18389728.ece[↩]
- https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/man-acquitted-over-wife-s-mysterious-death-113091601024_1.html[↩]
- https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/sharman-joshi-wraps-up-gang-of-ghosts-shoot/[↩]
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/1920-London/movie-review/52149079.cms?from=mdr[↩]
- https://www.dnaindia.com/movie-reviews/report-the-tattoo-murders-review-meera-chopra-breathes-life-into-this-hit-or-miss-cop-thriller-2886086[↩]
- https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/meera-chopra-on-cousins-priyanka-chopra-parineeti-chopra-they-never-helped-me-there-was-not-much-closeness-13540002.html[↩]
- https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/meera-chopra-marries-rakshit-kejriwal-first-pics-out-2513928-2024-03-12[↩]