Geeta Basra

{{Infobox person

| name = Geeta Basra

| image = Geeta Basra walks the ramp for Cotton Council show (7).jpg

| caption = Basra at the Cotton Council show in 2012

| birth_name = Geeta Rani Basra

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|03|13}}{{cite web |title=Harbhajan Singh's wife Geeta Basra celebrates birthday with India cricket team |work=The Indian Express |date=12 March 2016 |access-date=4 June 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/harbhajan-singhs-wife-geeta-basra-celebrates-birthday-with-indian-team/ |archive-date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612032328/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/harbhajan-singhs-wife-geeta-basra-celebrates-birthday-with-indian-team/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.in.com/geeta-basra/biography-100677.html |title=Geeta Basra Biography on In.Com |publisher=In.com |access-date=13 February 2013 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710012623/http://www.in.com/geeta-basra/biography-100677.html |url-status=dead}}

| birth_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

| nationality = British

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2006{{ndash}}2016

| height =

| spouse = {{marriage|Harbhajan Singh|2015}}

| parents =

| children = 2

}}

Geeta Rani Basra (born 13 March 1984) is a British former actress who has appeared in Bollywood films.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Geeta-Basra-denies-marrying-Harbhajan-Singh/etarticleshow/17612326.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227060541/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-15/news-interviews/35820823_1_geeta-basra-rani-hoon-main-zilla-ghaziabad |url-status=live |archive-date=27 February 2013 |title=Geeta Basra denies marrying Harbhajan Singh |date=15 December 2012 |work=The Times of India |access-date=10 January 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/geeta-basra-to-do-item-number-in-sanjay-dutt-starrer-zilla-ghaziabad/819055/ |title=Geeta Basra to do item number in Sanjay Dutt starrer 'Zilla Ghaziabad' - Indian Express |website=archive.indianexpress.com}}{{Cite web |url=https://m.mid-day.com/amp/articles/geeta-basra-on-refusing-films-decided-my-focus-was-my-relationship-with-harbhajan-singh-and-our-family/22718264 |title=Geeta Basra on refusing films Decided my focus was my relationship with Harbhajan Singh and our family - entertainment |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523052822/https://m.mid-day.com/amp/articles/geeta-basra-on-refusing-films-decided-my-focus-was-my-relationship-with-harbhajan-singh-and-our-family/22718264 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/South-Indians-and-Punjabis-like-their-girls-voluptuous-Geeta/articleshow/19507862.cms |title=South Indians and Punjabis like their girls voluptuous: Geeta - Times of India |website=The Times of India|date=12 April 2013 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-harbhajan-singh-is-special-to-me-geeta-basra-1680453 |title=Harbhajan Singh is special to me: Geeta Basra |first=Aakanksha |last=Naval-Shetye |date=25 April 2012 |website=DNA India}}{{cite news |last1=Tuteja |first1=Joginder |title=Geeta Basra joins Narmada in Second Hand Husband |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/7618/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210064434/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/7618 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2014 |access-date=14 January 2015 |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=9 December 2014}}{{cite news |title=Gippy Grewal and Geeta Basra back in Lock, releasing on 14 October 2016 |url=http://punjabitoday.com/punjabi-movies/lock-new-punjabi-movie-gippy-grewal-geeta-basra/ |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827010445/http://punjabitoday.com/punjabi-movies/lock-new-punjabi-movie-gippy-grewal-geeta-basra/ |url-status=dead }} She is married to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh. They married at a ceremony in a gurudwara near Jalandhar.{{cite news |title=Harbhajan Singh marries Geeta Basra, says it's a 'special day' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/harbhajan-singh-married-sachin-tendulkar-in-attendance/story-voOpVDfnhEiPu2KYqpnjaP.html |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=29 October 2015 |language=en}} She has spoken of how she was written off as a married woman, even when she and Harbhajan Singh were just friends.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Early life

Basra was born to Indian parents in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on the south coast of England, but now resides in Mumbai, India. She has one younger brother, Rahul, and sister Ruby.{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaeveryday.in/celebs/geeta-basra-i425.htm |title=Geeta Basra Biography on IndiaEveryday |publisher=IndiaEveryday.com |work=Geeta Basra Biography |access-date=13 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706014036/http://www.indiaeveryday.in/celebs/geeta-basra-i425.htm |archive-date=6 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}

She studied acting at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute.{{cite web |title=Geeta Basra Biography |url=http://bollywoodcelebfacts.com/geeta-basra/ |website=Bollywood Celebrity Facts |access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-date=12 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012201710/http://bollywoodcelebfacts.com/geeta-basra/ |url-status=live}}

Career

She was first seen in the Emraan Hashmi-starrer Dil Diya Hai in 2006 in which she played a girl who is sold into prostitution by her lover. Her second release, The Train (2007), was also opposite Hashmi. She played Roma, a working woman who gets caught up in an extramarital affair.

Basra was also seen in the music video for the Sukshinder Shinda and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan song "Ghum Sum Ghum Sum", playing the love interest of the male protagonist played by Rahul Bhat.

Personal life

File:Harbhajan Singh & Geeta Basra at Rakesh Roshan’s birthday bash.jpg at Rakesh Roshan's birthday bash in 2017]]

Basra married Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh on 29 October 2015 in Jalandhar, Punjab.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Harbhajan-Singh-Geeta-Basra-tie-the-knot/articleshow/49579495.cms |title=Harbhajan Singh-Geeta Basra tie the knot |publisher=Times of India |date=29 October 2015 |access-date=29 October 2015 |archive-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101015439/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Harbhajan-Singh-Geeta-Basra-tie-the-knot/articleshow/49579495.cms |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harbhajan-singh-ties-the-knot-with-geeta-basra-jalandhar-wedding-pictures/1/510066.html |title=Harbhajan Singh ties the knot with Geeta Basra, Sachin-Anjali bless the newlyweds |magazine=India Today |date=29 October 2015}} They have a daughter, Hinaya Heer Plaha, born on 27 July 2016 in Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harbhajan-singh-geeta-basra-pregnant-baby-girl-child-london/1/726207.html |title=Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra welcome baby girl in London |date=28 July 2016 |access-date=1 August 2016 |archive-date=31 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731211402/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harbhajan-singh-geeta-basra-pregnant-baby-girl-child-london/1/726207.html |url-status=live}} and a son, Jovan Veer Singh Plaha, born on 10 July 2021.{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/harbhajan-singh-geeta-basra-baby-boy-pregnancy-journey-prenatal-yoga-maternity-fashion-7398261/lite/ |title=Harbhajan Singh, Geeta Basra welcome a baby boy: A look at the new mom's pregnancy journey |work=The Indian Express |date=10 July 2021}}{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Actress Geeta Basra Gets Candid About Her Two Pregnancies & Postpartum Body Struggles |url=https://www.idiva.com/health-wellness/body-confidence/geeta-basra-opens-up-about-her-two-pregnancies/18032013 |work=iDiva |date=30 March 2022 |language=en-IN}}

Filmography

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2006	Dil Diya Hai	Neha Mehra	Aditya Datt	rowspan="5"\| Hindi	Debut film	{{cite web \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20060522-geeta-basra-make-bollywood-debut-with-emraan-hashmi-in-dil-diya-hai-783046-2006-05-22 \|title=Geeta Basra make Bollywood debut with Emraan Hashmi in Dil Diya Hai \|website=India Today \|date=22 May 2006 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172025/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20060522-geeta-basra-make-bollywood-debut-with-emraan-hashmi-in-dil-diya-hai-783046-2006-05-22 \|url-status=live}}
2007	The Train	Roma Kapoor / Richa Malhotra	Hasnain Hyderabadwala Raksha Mistry		{{cite web \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kissing-is-a-part-of-your-job-geeta-basra/story-O88ib3VDGi2cpRwVc4neYI.html \|title=Geeta Basra, who made her Bollywood debut with Dil Diya Hai, is all excited about her forthcoming film, The Train \|website=Hindustan Times \|date=3 May 2007 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172024/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kissing-is-a-part-of-your-job-geeta-basra/story-O88ib3VDGi2cpRwVc4neYI.html \|url-status=live}}
2013	Zila Ghaziabad	{{---}}	Anand Kumar	Special Appearance in song "Baap Ka Maal"	{{Cite news \|url=https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/item-numbers-are-like-special-appearances-geeta-basra-610698 \|title=Item numbers are like special appearances: Geeta Basra \|newspaper=NDTV.com \|date=10 February 2013 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172021/https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/item-numbers-are-like-special-appearances-geeta-basra-610698 \|url-status=live}}
2014	Mr Joe B. Carvalho	Gehna	Samir Tewari		{{Cite news \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/calling-mr-joe-b-carvalho-a-mad-movie-says-geeta-basra-113042400202_1.html \|title='Calling Mr Joe B Carvalho' a mad movie, says Geeta Basra \|newspaper=Business Standard India \|date=24 April 2013 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172020/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/calling-mr-joe-b-carvalho-a-mad-movie-says-geeta-basra-113042400202_1.html \|url-status=live}}
2015	Second Hand Husband	Neha Kaur Grewal	rowspan="2"\|Smeep Kang		{{cite web \|url=https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/geeta-basra-my-second-hand-husband-role-like-sridevis-in-judaai-736419 \|title=Geeta Basra: My Second Hand Husband Role like Sridevi's in Judaai \|website=NDTV \|date=2 February 2015 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-date=30 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172025/https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/geeta-basra-my-second-hand-husband-role-like-sridevis-in-judaai-736419 \|url-status=live}}
2016	Lock	Pammi	Punjabi		{{cite news \|title=Geeta Basra follows Anushka Sharma's 'NH10′ in 'Lock' \|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/showbiz/geeta-basra-follows-anushka-sharmas-nh10-in-lock/56228/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810055703/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/showbiz/geeta-basra-follows-anushka-sharmas-nh10-in-lock/56228/ \|archive-date=10 August 2015 }}

References

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