When Divya Dutta was only 7 years old, she was raised by a single mother after her father’s death. Dutta had revealed how during the Punjab rebellion, she used to hide behind her mother’s scarf out of fear and pray that no one would shoot her.
She was only 17 years old. After this, in 1995, she played the supporting role of Bindiya in the film Suraksha with Sunil Shetty. The actress got her first lead role opposite Salman Khan in Veergati and although the film flopped at the box office, Salman’s fans consider it a cult classic.
After this, he played supporting roles in his next three films Agni Sakshi with Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala, Chhote Sarkar with Govinda and Shilpa Shetty and Ram Aur Shyam.
Divya Dutta was limited to only supporting roles in Bollywood but still she shone in Punjabi cinema and became a star. She started her journey with Gurdas Maan with the film Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Buta Singh and this film was a hit at the box office.
After this, she was seen in the role of Shabbo in Yash Chopra’s epic love saga Veer-Zaara along with Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee and this role gave her recognition in Bollywood. The film became a cult classic. After this the actress never looked back.
Divya gave many hit films like Special 26, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, but the actress could not become the top actress of Bollywood today.
Divya Dutta was an outsider in the film industry, so she had to commit a lot of sins to make her place.
While talking about her initial struggles in an interview, the actress had revealed that she was replaced in at least 20 films at one time. However, this did not break his courage.
She had further told that after winning the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film Irada, she started becoming the face of her films.
Divya’s latest release is ‘Sharmaji Ki Beti’. She is winning hearts with her acting in this film. The special thing is that this film is the first film directed by Ayushmann Khurrana’s wife Tahira Kashyap and it has received positive response from the audience. The film also stars Sakshi Tanwar, Saiyami Kher and others in lead roles and is available to watch on Prime Video.