Esha Deol (born 2 November 1982) is an
Indian actress who appears in
Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of Bollywood actors
Dharmendra and
Hema Malini.
Personal life
Esha was born in
Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India, and given the full name of Esha Dharmendra Deol. The name 'Esha' comes from the
Upanishads and is derived from the
Sanskrit language meaning "the divine beloved". She has a younger sister named Ahana. She is the half-sister of actors
Sunny Deol and
Bobby Deol. She is part Punjabi and part Tamil and speaks
Tamil with her mother and sister.
She has the
Gayatri Mantra and a symbol of the yoga
asana Scorpio in a
sunburst tattooed on her back and a
scorpion with a small red heart on her left breast.
She is passionate about
football and plays the
midfielder position. She was captain of her school football team, represented her college in
handball at the state level and was selected for the Indian national woman's football team.
Education
Deol attended
Mithibai College in Mumbai where she planned to be become a fashion designer.
Deol trained in the
Odissi dancing style under Mumbai Odissi
guru Rabindra Atibuddhi.
She was trained by and performs classical
Bharatanatyam dance with her mother.
Career
Deol's film career began with
Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche...
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