Minissha Lamba

Minissha Lamba born 18 January 1985^[1] is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.^[2] She made her debut with Yahaan (2005). Her other notable films include Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), Bachna Ae Haseeno(2008) and Bheja Fry 2. (2011).^[3]

Early life

Minisha Lamba was born in a Jat family to S.Kewal Lamba in New Delhi . In 2004, she majored in English with honours from Miranda House,^[4] University of Delhi.^[5]

Career

Lamba's long term ambition was to become a journalist. While studying for a degree in Delhi, she was offered to represent ad campaigns like LG, Sony, Cadbury, Hajmola, Airtel, Sunsilk etc. During an ad shoot for Cadbury she was approached by Bollywood director, Shoojit Sircar, who signed her to act in his film Yahaan (2005). ^[6] She has played supporting and leading roles in films such as Corporate, Rocky: The Rebel, Anthony Kaun Hai, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Anamika,^[7] Shaurya and Dus Kahaniyaan. In 2008, she acted in Bachna Ae Haseeno her biggest success so far. Same year she was noticed for her bold role in Kidnap.^[8] Her next major role was in Shyam Benegal film Well Done Abba (2010).^[9]

Music Videos

She has also appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song Tera Surroor from the album Aap Kaa Surroor which became very popular.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2005	Yahaan	Adaa	Nominated, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
2006	Corporate	Megha Apte
2006	Rocky: The Rebel	Priya
2006	Anthony Kaun Hai	Jia R.Sharma
2007	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	Zara
2007	Dus Kahaniyaan	Priya
2008	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Mahi
2008	Kidnap	Sonia Raina
2008	Shaurya	Kaavya Shastri
2008	Anamika	Jia Rao / Jia Sesodia
2010	Well Done Abba	Muskaan
2011	Bheja Fry 2	Ranjini
2011	Hum Tum Shabana	Shabana
2011	Kontract		Kannada film
2012	Joker
2013	Zilla Ghaziabad	Parkash Fauji's Girlfriend
2013	Heer & Hero		Punjabi film
2013	Black Currency	Intelligence Agent
2013	Hungame pe Hungama