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Divya Khosla Kumar
Divya at the Pune Fashion Week in 2017.
BornDivya Khosla
(1987-11-20) 20 November 1987 (age 37)
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
EducationDelhi
Occupations
Years active2000–present
SpouseBhushan Kumar (m. 2005)
ChildrenRuhaan Kumar

Divya Khosla Kumar (born 20 November 1981)[1] is an Indian film actress, producer and director.[2] She has directed various advertisements and has also featured in some music videos. She is married to Bhushan Kumar, the chairman and managing director of T-Series music label and film production company.

Personal life

Divya was born in middle class family in Delhi. She moved to Mumbai to pursue her career. She married Bhushan Kumar, the chairman and managing director of T-Series[3] on 13 February 2005 at the age of 18 years at the Maa Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra. They have a son, Ruhaan.[4][5][6] Her sister-in-law is playback singer Tulsi Kumar.[7]

Career

Divya started her career in Tollywood as an actress with the 2004 film Love Today. She also appeared in video of pop song "Aiyyo Rama" sung by Falguni Pathak.[8] She made her Bollywood debut in the same year with the film Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo.[9] Divya then did a course in cinematography and editing. After that, Divya directed music videos for Agam Nigam, Jermaine Jackson, Tulsi Kumar, and a few ad films. After directing 20 music videos, Divya did her first directorial venture Yaariyan in 2014.[10] Divya also choreographed 5 songs in the film, including "Baarish", "Maa", "Love Me Thoda Aur", "Allah Wariya" and "Zor Lagake".[11]

Divya debuted as director for a college romance movie called Yaariyan, that released on 10 January 2014, and then directed the movie, Sanam Re, which was released on 12 February 2016.[12][13][14][15] Divya is also one of the producers of the film Roy starring Ranbir Kapoor.

Filmography

As an actress

Year Film Role Notes
2004 Love Today Parvatha Vardhini Debut film; Telugu
Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo Shweta Rajeev Singh
2016 Sanam Re Herself Special appearance in songs ("Akkad Bakkad" & "Humne Pee Rakkhi Hain")
2017 BulBul Bulbul Short film[16][17]
2021 Satyameva Jayate 2 Sita Rameshwar

As director

Year Film Notes
2014 Yaariyan Directorial debut
2016 Sanam Re Director

As producer

Year Film Notes
2015 Roy Producer
2019 Khandaani Shafakhana Producer
2019 Batla House Producer
2019 Marjaavaan Producer
2020 Ludo Producer

Music videos

Year Title Role Singer(s) Album Co-Star(s) Notes
2000 "Aiyyo Rama" Herself Falguni Pathak Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye
2003 "Kabhi Yaadon Mein Aaun" Herself Abhijeet Bhattacharya Tere Bina Gautam Rode
"Zid Na Karo Ye Dil Ka Mamla Hai" Herself Roop Johri, Kunal Ganjawala Tera Mera Dil Salman Khan
2017 "Kabhi Yaadon Mein" Herself Palak Muchhal, Arijit Singh Kabhi Yaadon Mein Jason D'Souza, Mohit Malhotra Remake of 2003's "Kabhi Yaadon Mein Aaun" by Abhijeet
2019 "Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi" Sitaara Neha Kakkar Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi Abhimanyu Tomar, Shivin Narang Remake of "Yaad Piya Ki" from the film Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin (originally performed by Falguni Pathak)
2020 "Teri Aankhon Mein" Herself Darshan Raval, Neha Kakkar Teri Aankhon Mein Pearl V Puri, Rohit Suchanti

References

  1. ^ "Divya Khosla Kumar".
  2. ^ "My husband is smart, strict producer: Divya Khosla Kumar – The Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ Marriage (1 March 2005). "Bhushan Kumar marries Divya Khosla". Indiaglitz. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013.
  4. ^ "I came to Mumbai to achieve something and not to get married: Divya Khosla Kumar – The Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  5. ^ Son (14 October 2011). "Bhushan Kumar blessed with a baby boy". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  6. ^ First Birthday (11 October 2012). "Bhushan Kumar's son's first birthday". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Evelyn Sharma is heating it up on screen – The Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  8. ^ Indian Express (17 December 2013). Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. ^ "I enjoy direction more than acting: Divya Khosla - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  10. ^ My scripts were rejected by Bhushan, reveals Divya Khosla Kumar who turns director with 'Yaariyan' Archived 18 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. DNA India (14 December 2013)
  11. ^ Director Divya Khosla Kumar choreographs five songs for Yaariyan : Bollywood, News – India Today Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. India Today.intoday.in (8 January 2014). Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  12. ^ Divya Kumar (8 April 2012). "Divya Kumar to focus on new penchant". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  13. ^ 'My husband said, 'Why make a film? I can gift you anything worth Rs 10 crore' Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. rediff.com (8 January 2014)
  14. ^ Saif Ali Khan was really generous, says Divya Khosla Kumar Archived 22 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. CNN-IBN.in.com (8 December 2013). Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  15. ^ I enjoy direction more than acting: Divya Khosla Kumar Archived 21 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Mid-day.com (18 December 2013). Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  16. ^ "WATCH | Bulbul star Divya Khosla Kumar finds filmmaking 'very tough'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Full Movie: Bulbul (Short Film) – Divya Khosla Kumar – Shiv Pandit – Elli AvrRam". T-Series. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via YouTube.
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