Neha Bajpai

Neha Bajpai

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Neha Bajpai Profile

  • Name:
  • Neha Bajpai
  • Other Name:
  • Shabana Raza
  • Born:
  • April 18, 1975
  • Spouse:
  • Manoj Vajpay

Neha Bajpai Biography

Neha Bajpai, formerly known as Shabana Raza is a Bollywood actress who has worked for a few movies like Kareeb, Rahul, Fiza and Muskaan. Before joining films her real name was Shabana Raza that she changed to Neha to work in the movie ‘Kareeb’, her debut movie. Most recently she changed her name back to Shabana Raza and has appeared in a movie Alibaug. Her fans remember her for her innocent looks in her debut movie ‘Kareeb’ opposite Bobby deol though the movie failed at box office. Her songs ‘Dil mera chura lo’ and ‘Chori chori jab nazarein mili’ sung by Sanjeevani were quite popular in 1998. She worked opposite Hritik Roshan in Fiza in the year 2000, though the movie failed at box office. The duet ‘Aaja Maahiya’ was quite popular that time. She has married Manoj Bajpai in the year 2006 and has two children.

 

She was a Mumbai girl and director Vidhu Vinod Chopra spotted her and casted for his movie ‘Kareeb’ in 1998. He even changed her name from Shabana Raza to Neha, a Nepali name, exactly the same name given to her character in the movie. Movie also pictured Shammi Kapoor in a surprise role after a long break. But the film flopped at box office. In the next year, multi-starrer Hogi pyar ki jeet was released where she was casted opposite Ajay Devgan. The songs like Kaun hai jo and Tere pyar mein me mar jaawa sung by Jaspinder Nirala pictured on her were popular that time. Despite being the nice role she played, the comic movie failed at box office. Her first hit was Fiza opposite Hritik Roshan. This movie also featured Jaya Bachchan after a break and Karishma Kapoor in the elder sister’s role. Though her role was short, her face and song ‘Aaja maahiya’ were well noticed.

 

In 2001, her three movies were released. Rahul and Ehsaas flopped at Box office. She even tried her luck in Tollywood with the flick, ‘Alli Thantha vaanam’. But it couldn’t resist her down fall. Then she did a few less significant roles like Koi mere dil mein hai, Muskaan and Karam before he settled with her married life with Manoj Bajpai.  

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Updated: May 21, 2018

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