Ludhiana, the luxurious centuries-old industrial center of North India. The city of industrialists, businessmen, officials, stars and simply successful people. A kind of silicon valley in the Indian manner. It was in this place, at the crossroads of history and the future, like a sprout of an unusual flower making its way through intricate old buildings, modern bizarre shopping centers and business offices, that girl was born, which her parents called Juhi, which translates from Hindi as “jasmine” "
Quirks of birth
Actress Juhi Chawla revealed herself to the world on November 13, 1967. Her parents, civil servants Desraj and Sharmila Chawla, initially stared bewildered at their flattened nose, round face and huge, from ear to ear, mouth of a newborn.
Shaken by the appearance of her daughter, Sharmila even locked herself in her room and ate nothing for several days, sending her grandmother to the doctor to show her granddaughter and, perhaps, even to hem the corners of her mouth. After all, this is absolutely worthless! ..
But the female doctor, having carefully examined the girl, resolutely reasoned her grandmother, who was shaking with excitement, and for some reason predicted that she should be a little celebrity big Chavle.
Her prophecy, to the surprise of the family of a child and to the joy of the rest of the world, came true.
Dad
The passion of Desraj Chawl, a tax official in the Government of India, was books. He read them anytime, anywhere. When finished, he immediately took up the next. And if the next one didn’t turn out, he fled to the bookstore. He was a sailor traveler. His ship was a comfortable chair, and the sea - endless lines of books. With high erudition, he could answer and answered any of the questions of a curious daughter. Who knows, perhaps, thanks to the answers received from my father and the habit of reading his daughter Juha Chawla inculcated since childhood, I managed to win the Miss India contest.
Desraj Chawla served as a standard for the daughter of the right person, who loves even strangers who, after talking to him, as if by magic, begin to love him in return.
Mom
Sharmila Chavla was the most sincere friend and dear person for her daughter.
Juhi from childhood sought to be like her only. While still a teenager, I turned around for a long time in front of a mirror, trying to repeat my mother's graceful walk, dressing in her clothes. As long as Juhi Chawla remembered herself, my mother always worked, even despite her marriage. And it was not so much money, but rather a certain degree of independence, which Sharmila needed.
Her father was a lawyer, she grew up in a sophisticated educated family. Despite this, she was a sociable and cheerful person. A real girlfriend for a daughter. After all, it was she who knew all her secrets and experiences, helped her in her studies and wrote for her, without exception, all compositions in Hindi.
Growth tricks
When the future Bollywood star was four years old, her family moved to the country's largest city - Bombay, today's Mumbai.
Juha Chawla's parents had to work hard to ensure a comfortable life for themselves and their children. However, the girl’s childhood was devoid of any frills. In Bombay, the diligent and assiduous Juhi easily graduated from elementary school and two colleges, who are good every day.
In 1984, all her friends decided to take part in the Miss India beauty pageant. Chawla also filled out a questionnaire, for the company. Considering herself quite pretty, she knew that even among her classmates there are more beautiful girls. Nevertheless, confidently reaching the final of the contest, Juhi distinguished herself from her rivals in that she was able to correctly answer the questions in the erudition test.
So our heroine became the "Miss India" in 1984, and then the "Miss Universe" in the nomination for the best costume. Soon after, the gates of the Indian film industry opened for her.
Worlds of Bollywood
After the victories at the beauty contests, the girl received offers for shooting in advertising and participation in fashion shows.
At the same time, she received the first invitation to shoot a movie. Despite the fact that her first two works were not seen either by critics or the audience, and were simply a failure in her biography, Juhi Chawla did not give up. Already in 1988, the famous painting "Sentence" was released, which received simply stunning success.
However, the 1993 film “Towards Love” became the film that overshadowed the glory of the “Sentence”. For the role played in this film, Juhi deservedly received the Indian analogue of the Oscar. She enters the Bollywood Hall of Fame. She came to real fame and popular adoration, not leaving her until now (in the photo - Juhi Chawla and Amir Khan in the film "Towards Love").
All of India enthusiastically accepted the successive films of Juhi Chawla - “God knows”, “Fatal resemblance”, “Players”, “Seduction”, “Fatal circumstances” and many others.
The actress continues to act in films, her filmography has already exceeded sixty films.
Sudden husband
In Bollywood, as in the world of cinema, actors tend to associate their fates with the same as their "mates in misfortune," one way or another connected with this amazing and crazy world.
And what kind of person from the outside will be able to withstand that frantic rhythm in which the film industry works non-stop? How, without having experienced its joy and sorrow, can someone outsider understand this sphere of art, living by its own laws?
However, there are exceptions to any rule.
During the life of the many characters played by the actress, all the details of her own personal life were carefully hidden and completely unknown to the public.
The news that the most enviable Bollywood bride of Juha Chawla, as it turned out, had been married for a long time and firmly, stunned Bollywood grooms. Suddenly emerging from nowhere, the husband of the star turned out to be none other than the richest man in India, Jai Mehta, the owner of an international conglomerate, whose sphere of activity included the grocery and construction business.
Jai Mehta, a descendant of a business and extremely influential family from Uganda, was friends with Chawla's cousin and first met the girl when she was just out of school. Later this lop-eared and short-haired guy, already becoming the country's most desired free groom, continued to catch her eye at various parties.
Then fate parted them for a long time. They met by chance only many years later. A chawla from a timid, shy student girl has long turned into a famous star, and very soon she was literally strewn with numerous flowers and gifts from Jaya. His charm and perseverance subdued Chawla. Mehta always dreamed of his own family.
The girl’s career was on the rise, and therefore, to avoid gossip and gossip, Chawla and Mehta married secretly, outside of India. It was attended only by their families and several closest friends.
Children
February 21, 2001 the couple had a daughter, Janvi. And two years later, on July 21, 2003, their second child, son Arjun, was born in London.
After the birth of children, the happiness of Juha Chawla became complete. However, grief did not pass by her either. First, my mother died in a terrible accident, then my father died. After some time, Bobby's sibling became seriously ill.
Juhi is trying to remain as simple, open and sentimental as before. At the same time, with age, she became wiser, more rational, and she is raising her children the way her mother raised her.
With the birth of children, the actress realized the happiness of motherhood, every day enjoying the fact that she taught them something new. The daughter of Janvi grows obedient, the son of Arjun is her exact opposite.
Janvi and Arjun treat her as their best friend and dream of becoming well-known actors.
Juhi today
In recent years, the actress has ceased to act as actively as before. Wise by experience and fame, she reached that personality level, when the hectic and constant running is replaced by a time of creation. And now she is looking for new films for herself, in which she could fully reveal her talent, without adapting to someone else's opinion.
Now Juhi Chawla is trying more and more in production and helps her husband cope with business. Having become a movie star, mother and wife, she continues to remain the same blooming beautiful flower - Juhi-Jasmine.