Esha Gupta

Esha Gupta (born 28 November 1985) is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder.

She works in Hindi films.

Esha Gupta was born on 28 November 1985 in New Delhi.

Her father is a retired Air Force Officer and her mother is a homemaker.

She has a sister named Neha.

She spent most of her childhood in Dehradun, Hyderabad and Delhi.

Gupta has completed her graduation in Mass Communication from School of Communication, Manipal University, Manipal.

She was crowned Femina Miss India International 2007 and represented India at Miss International 2007.

Gupta entered the Femina Miss India contest in 2007, where she placed third and won the Miss India International title, and later represented India at Miss International pageant.

Gupta participated in Femina Miss India in 2007, where she won Miss Photogenic and came 3rd to go on to compete in Miss India International.

She featured in the Kingfisher Calendar in 2010.

Later she pursued a career in Bollywood.

She made her acting debut with the crime thriller Jannat 2 (2012) receiving a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut nomination.

Post her debut, Gupta has received praises for her portrayal in the political drama Chakravyuh (2012) but her performance in the comedy film Humshakals (2014) met with negative reviews.

Gupta made her Bollywood debut with Mahesh Bhatt's Jannat 2 in 2012 opposite Emraan Hashmi in the lead role.

For her debut performance, Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama said, "Debutante Esha Gupta enchants you with her captivating charm. She appears a tad unrefined at places, nonetheless she handles her part assertively."

Martin D'Souza of Glam Sham wrote, "As for the debutante, Esha Gupta, I guess she may have to enroll herself into an acting school."

Gaurav Malani stated, "Esha Gupta, who looks a mix between Lara Dutta and Isha Koppikar, is merely there for the glam quotient."

The film was a success at the box office, earning inr 430000000 domestically and thus brought in more recognition for Gupta.

Later, Gupta signed Vikram Bhatt's Raaz 3D alongside her Jannat 2 co-star, Emraan Hashmi and Bipasha Basu, Gupta received mixed reviews from critics for her acting prowess, film critic Komal Nahta noted, "Esha Gupta is stiff as Sanjana but does much better towards the end (when she almost goes berserk)".

India Today wrote, "Both Bipasha and Esha get liberal scope to show off booty. A Bhatt film where the heroines don't get to flaunt it is unimaginable, after all, Bipasha looks hot in her starring role but Esha reveals a few raw edges".

Raaz 3D performed well at box office within first three days of its release with collections in the vicinity of 360 million.

Her third film of the year, Chakravyuh, was invited to premiere at London Film Festival.

Sukanya Verma noted, "Esha's character makes zero contribution to whatever scenes she has."

Gupta appeared in a cameo in Gori Tere Pyaar Mein.

Her highest-grossing releases came with the horror thriller Raaz 3D (2013), the crime drama Rustom (2016) and the action-adventure Baadshaho (2017).

In 2014, she was seen in Sajid Khan's Humshakals alongside Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Bipasha Basu and Tamannaah.

Box Office India declared it a "disaster".

Gupta played a high society woman in the 2016 film Rustom.

It became a box office success grossing over ₹210 crore (US$26 million) worldwide.

Mumbai Mirror stated, "Gupta steals the show (unintentionally) with her OTT makeup and her misplaced expressions."

Gupta had three releases in 2017.

She played the main antagonist in action film Commando 2, which was a moderate box-office success.

She then appeared in Baadshaho opposite Hashmi, in their third film together.

She then made her Telugu and Tamil debut with the bilingual film Veedevadu.

Gupta played an officer' wife in J.P. Dutta's Paltan in 2018 opposite Arjun Rampal.

Hindustan Times termed her "blissfully blank".

She also made her television debut as a judge with & TV's High Fever — Dance Ka Naya Tevar in 2018.

In 2019, she had a cameo in comedy film Total Dhamaal.

The film grossed ₹200 crore (US$28 million) worldwide in twelve days of release, and was one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of 2019.