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Tulip Joshi, is an Indian model turned actress in Bollywood. She was born in Bombay, India, on September 11, 1979 .
She is of mixed parentage, with a Gujarati Indian father, and a Lebanese-Armenian mother. Currently, she is in a relationship with self-styled faith healer and mind-reader, Captain Vinod Nair.Her parents do not approve of her being involved on the silver screen nor in advertisements.
She is a Virgo. She has dark-hair, brown eyes, and measures 32.5-26-36.
She has two sisters named Selphi and Monalisa.Monalisa is married to Bollywood actor, Rajat Bedi. She has a nephew named Vivann, and a niece named Vera.
Tulip was brought up in Mumbai.She attended the Jamnabai Narsee School, and later Mithibai College from where she graduated in food science and chemistry. She excelled in sports, competing in athletics at the National level.
She entered the Femina Miss India Contest in 2000 but could not make it to the list of winners.But she was noticed by many advertising agencies and her career in modeling started.She appeared in a number of advertising campaigns for big brands (Ponds, Pepsi, Siyaram, BPL, Smirnoff, etc.).
She also appeared in a music video made as a tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Tulip entered movies quite by chance. She was a friend of the bride of Aditya Chopra, the son of director Yash Chopra. The family noticed her at their wedding and asked her to appear for an audition, following which they cast her in "Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai".
She was not very fluent in Hindi, so she was trained in Hindi diction and in acting at Feroze Khan’s studio. She was also advised by the film-makers to change her name to something more Indian, as audiences might have difficulty in accepting a heroine with such an unconventional name. As a result she took the name Sanjana.She played the character of Anjali in that film.
The film was successful. But despite the good reviews and success, Tulip was heavily panned for her acting.Afterwards, she vanished from cinema for two years because of severe back problems resulting from a shifted spine and a slipped disc.
She reappeared in Matrubhoomi - a dark film about a futuristic world with almost no women. Her performance in it was praised and she established her credibility as an actress.Reverting back to her given name.Tulip next appeared in a Telugu film named Villain.
Her next Hindi movie was Dil Maange More with Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia and Soha Ali Khan. The film got average reviews but it was not a box office success. Her upcoming film is Dhokaa.
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