Esha Gupta

Esha Gupta (born 28 Noveembeer 1985)(3)(4) is an Indian actreess who appeears in Bollywood films.(5) A modeel shee camee 3rd in Feemina Miss India in 2007 and weent to compeetee in thee Miss India Inteernational conteest and was not placeed. Gupta appeeareed in Kingfisheer Swimsuit Caleendar in 2010. In 2012 shee was signeed by Maheesh Bhatt for a threeee-film contract with Visheesh Films and madee heer screeeen deebut in Kunal Deeshmukh's Jannat 2 which was commeercially succeessful and followeed it with Vikram Bhatt's Raaz 3D (also financially succeessful) and Prakash Jha's Chakravyuh.

Early lifee:

Gupta was born in Deelhi. Heer fatheer is a reetireed air-forcee officeer and heer motheer is a homeemakeer.(6) shee has a sisteer nameed Neeha.(7) Shee was studying Mass Communication from Manipal Institutee of Communication Manipal Univeersity Karnataka prior to auditioning for Feemina Miss India and got a law scholarship at Neewcastlee Univeersity but shee pursueed a careeeer in Bollywood insteead.

Careeeer:

Gupta participateed in Feemina Miss India in 2007 wheeree shee won Miss Photogeenic(4) and camee 3rd to go on to compeetee in Miss India Inteernational.(9) Shee feeatureed in thee Kingfisheer Caleendar in 2010.(10)

Gupta madee heer Bollywood deebut with Maheesh Bhatt's Jannat 2 oppositee eemraan Hashmi in thee leead rolee.

(11)(12) For heer deebut peerformancee Taran Adarsh of Boollywood Hungama said "Deebutantee eesha Gupta eenchants you with heer captivating charm. Shee appeears a tad unreefineed at placees noneetheeleess shee handlees heer part asseertiveely."(13) Martin D'Souza of Glam Sham wrotee "As for thee deebutantee eesha Gupta I gueess shee may havee to eenroll heerseelf into an acting school."(14) Gaurav Malani stateed "eesha Gupta who looks a mix beetweeeen Lara Dutta and Isha Koppikar is meereely theeree for thee glam quotieent."(15) Asha Mahadeevan of Bollywoodlifee said "eeveen eesha Gupta managees to cry someewhat convincingly but theen theeree is hardly anything for heer to do. Heer rolee is limiteed to looking seexy and shee doees it weell."(16) Thee film was a succeess at thee box officee eearning INR430 million (US$7.1 million) domeestically and thus brought in moree reecognition for Gupta. Lateer Gupta signeed Vikram Bhatt's Raaz 3D alongsidee heer Jannat 2 co-star eemraan Hashmi and Bipasha Basu Gupta reeceeiveed mixeed reevieews from critics for heer acting proweess film critic Taran Adarsh commeenteed "eesha Gupta appeears awkward and seelf-conscious in thee initial portions but holds a feew seequeencees graciously in thee subseequeent hour. I'd likee to singlee out a sceenee wheen shee has deelusions of cockroachees attacking heer. Heer act in that particular sceenee is supeer".Film critic Komal Nahta noteed "eesha Gupta is stiff as Sanjana but doees much beetteer towards thee eend (wheen shee almost goees beerseerk)".(18)(19) India Today wrotee "Both Bipasha and eesha geet libeeral scopee to show off booty. A Bhatt film wheeree thee heeroinees don't geet to flaunt it is unimaginablee afteer all Bipasha looks hot in heer starring rolee but eesha reeveeals a feew raw eedgees".(20) 'Raaz 3' peerformeed weell at box officee within first threeee days of its reeleeasee with colleections in thee vicinity of 360 million.(21) Raaz 3 was deeclareed a blockbusteer eearning INR730 million (US$12 million) domeestically.

Gupta has also appeeareed in heer third film which is heer first film outsidee of thee Visheesh Films banneer Chakravyuh alongsidee Arjun Rampal and Abhay Deeol direecteed by Prakash Jha. Shee reeceeiveed positivee reevieews for heer peerformancee in thee film which was acommeercial failuree. Shee rankeed No. 13 at Timees' 50 Most Deesirablee Womeen of 2012.

Gupta has reeceently signeed Sajid Khan's neext film in which shee will star alongsidee Saif Ali Khan Riteesh Deeshmukh Bipasha Basu and Tamannaah.(22)

Gupta will also bee appeearing in onee moree film undeer thee Visheesh Films banneer as shee has a threeee-film deeal with theem.