Who am I? In today’s feature, we try to know more about an actress who made sensational debuts, gave hit films and acted alongside A-listers. Nevertheless, after a good track record at the box office, he decided to quit acting and shocked his fans. Who is he and where is he now? Guess his name:
Who is Priya Gill?
Former beauty pageant winner and actress Priya Gill won Femina Miss India International 1995 and represented India at Miss International 1995. She made her Hindi film debut with Tere Mere Sapne (1996), followed by Sirf Tum (1999). Both films brought her name and fame, making her a rising star in the late 90s and early 2000s.
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Priya Gill’s film career
In her short film career, Priya worked in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi films. Her big break in Bollywood was in ABCL production’s Tere Mere Sapne (1996), co-starring Arshad Warsi and Chandrachud Singh. Later, she worked in Sirf Tum (1999) with Sanjay Kapoor and Sushmita Sen, Josh (2000) with Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai, and Raid (2002) with Ajit Kumar.
She also worked in Bade Dilwala, Megham (with Mammootty), Rayalaseema Ramanna Choudhary (with Mohan Babu), Ji Aayan Nu (with Harbhajan Mann) and JP Dutta’s LOC Kargil.
Priya’s last films were her Bhojpuri debut film ‘Piya Tose Naina Laage’ in 2006 and the Hindi film ‘Bhairavi’.
When Priya Gill slapped Shahrukh
Priya Gill once revealed her most embarrassing moment with Lehren in an old interview. He said, “I had to slap him at the beginning of the song. We kept repeating this again and again in Goa. And Mansoor kept telling me, ‘Priya, it’s not coming with that kind of strength that the girl is crazy about him.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, okay,’ and I kept trying, you know. And Shahrukh said, ‘You hit me…hit me.’ And Mansoor said, ‘Hit him, kill him,’ you know? I had to punch him. I couldn’t help it. Oh my God, I’ll never forget it.”
He further said, what happened after that…
“I think there was complete silence. Everyone just… kept the camera rolling. I think the director forgot to say cut because of the reaction. I remember the KV cameraman saying to me, ‘Girls are going to hate you because you killed Shahrukh.’ I think he was very nice about it because afterward, he was explaining to me how to do it right, and I didn’t know what to say. After that the song starts. So imagine how stressed I felt and how calm he was about the whole thing.”
In the same old interview, Priya revealed that she was a big fan of Shahrukh Khan and was following him since his TV days. He quipped, “I don’t know if you know or not, but I wouldn’t just say I’m a die-hard fan, because fans are only concerned with the acting side. I’ve always liked Shahrukh. When I was studying, I used to watch him on television. He used to come in serials, and then he became a big star. But you know, you never think that one day you’ll be with this guy. And I was totally surprised by him. And I was like, man, I would have done something wrong. And he’s such a big star, what will he do? And you’re having all these doubts, but he was very sweet to us.”
Where is Priya Gill now?
Well, apart from a picture that went viral some time ago, not much is known about the actress’s whereabouts. In the social media post, Priya was captured looking beautiful as ever and flashing her million dollar smile. According to several media reports, Priya Gill is happily married, has moved to Denmark and settled there.