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 Tara
was born in Bombay in 1975 and studied at the Cathedral and
John Connon High School and completed a double major in economics
at
St. Xaviers college. She had keen interest in chess, golf, squash
and writing.
Her career has spanned a mere three years and has been packed
with an unbelievable number of achievements. Though she has
been involved with theatre since she was 14-- she never intended
to be a movie star. She began her career 2 and a half years
ago as a VJ for MTV with Rahul Khanna and modelling for products
like Camay, Pantene Pro-V shampoo, Wipro Shikakai, Raymonds,
Thackersays etc.
She made her debut in 1997 with Sudhir Mishra's 'Is Raat
Ki Subah Nahin'-- a critically acclaimed film nominated
for 10 Screen and Filmfare awards. This was followed by the
musical success of Gramco Films 'Bada Din' starring Marc
Robinson and Shabana Azmi in1998. She has two more releases
this year which include 'Bombay Boys'-- a film opp. Nasiruddin
Shah, Naveen Andrews, Rahul Bose, Roshan Seth which is to open
at the Toronto festival in 1998 and 'India Today'-- a
Hindi-Tamil bilingual opp. Mammooty- the superstar of the south.
Her performances in Alyque Padadmsee's highly celebrated drama
'Begum Sumroo' which opens in London in November as also
the unreleased 'Bombay Boys' have been extensively praised.
Her book a collection of short stories yet untitled and a travelogue
of verse titled 'Fifty and Done' will be published in
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