Charming Tulip Joshi

Tulip Joshi (Reema Lambha), born 1979, is an Indian model and actress in Bollywood. She was born in Bombay, India, on September 11, 1979, is a Virgo, and stands 5'6" (1.68 m) tall. She has dark-hair, brown eyes. She has two sisters, Selphi and Monalisa. The latter is married to Bollywood actor, Rajat Bedi. She has a nephew, Vivann, and niece, Vera.

Tulip is a Gujarati.Tulip was brought up in Mumbai, and 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.

Tulip entered the Femina Miss India Contest in 2000. She did not make it to the list of winners, but was noticed by many advertising agencies. She appeared in a number of advertising campaigns for big brands. She also appeared in a video made as a tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

She entered the Femina Miss India Contest in 2000. Although she did not make to the final list, her slender figure, and charm were noticed, and she was signed up for a number of TV commercials, including Pepsi, Smirnoff, Siyaram's, Ponds, BPL, Coca Cola etc.. She has also appeared in a video-tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

When she attended the wedding reception of Yash Chopra's son, Aditya, she was noticed and asked to audition for a role in 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'. Since she is not fluent in Hindi, she enrolled in Feroz Khan's Studio, where she was re-named Sanjana, and went on to star in her very first Bollywood movie. This movie did not do too well at the box office, but Sanjana was noticed.

Before she could launch her career and sign up for more pictures, her personal life faced considerable rift when her parents openly disapproved of her appearing in commercials and on the silver screen, and broke off all relations with her. This resulted in her being depressed for almost a year.

She made her reappearance in a Telegu movie 'Villain' and then in 'Dil Maange More' in 2003.

She did not appear in any movies or commercials for close to two years, due to severe back problems, resulting from a slipped disc and a shifted spine. In 2005 she made a come-back with 'Matrubhoomi' - and this she scored, and went on receive considerable praise. She went on to sign for lead roles in 'Shoonya' and 'Hostel'.

Although she has practiced Hinduism and Christianity she has now converted to Kimmaya, a religious order that was founded by her present boyfriend/spouse, Captain Vinod Nair(retd.) who is self-styled faith healer and mind-reader.