Mahak Chahal
Mahak Chahal or Mahek Chahal is a famous bollywood actress. She entered film Industry with film 'Nai Padosan'.
Norwegian model of Indian origin, Mahek Chahal born as Priti Chahal hails from a Punjabi family that had migrated to Norway. Fascinated by Hindi films, this innocent looking gal moved to Mumbai to pursue her goal to be an actress. Before stepping into filmdom, she modelled and performed dance shows in various countries. Debuting with the Telugu movie 'Neetho' (2002), Mahek joined Kishore Namit's acting school in Mumbai and then made her entry into Bollywood with the flick 'Nayee Padosan' (2003) followed by 'Anjaan' (2005). This trained classical dancer who has featured in commercials like Parachute Hair Oil, Godrej Refrigerator, Bombay Dyeing, Bar-One Chocolate etc, was the winner of Miss Movie International 1998 in London, was the VJ for B4U channel and one among the top five of Gladrags Mega Model Contest.
She speaks Norwegian, and also “think in Norwegian”. She studied in a Norwegian-medium school. She had been doing modeling and dance shows in various countries around the world before she gave Bollywood a shot.
Mahek’s linguistic shortcoming became a problem when she was considered for a role in Ajnabee. However, she was able to get a Telugu movie titled Neetho, but the director had to get her dialogues dubbed.
Mahek quickly learned from her shortcomings and joined Kishore Namit's acting school in Mumbai, which has groomed newcomers Hrithik Roshan and former beauty queens Priyanka Chopra and Dia Mirza.
A spruced up Mahek made her Bollywood with a marginal role in a forgettable flick Nayee Padosan. She also did an item number in Kareena Kapoor starrer Chameli.
Mahek has finally broken ice in Bollywood with two films to start her career. The first is director Raj Kaushal’s ‘Two’ and the other is director Hansal Mehta’s ‘Strangers’.
She has done starring in Punjabi film Dil Apna Punjabi.
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