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What Happened To Ayesha Takia? The Wanted Star Is Now Unrecognizable
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News18•07-10-2026, 13:32
What Happened To Ayesha Takia? The Wanted Star Is Now Unrecognizable
- •Ayesha Takia started her career as a teenager in commercials and music videos before making her Bollywood debut in 2004 with Taarzan The Wonder Car.
- •She delivered notable performances in critically acclaimed and commercially successful films like Dor and the blockbuster Wanted opposite Salman Khan.
- •Ayesha married restaurateur Farhan Azmi in 2009 at age 22 and chose to step away from acting to focus on her marriage and explore the restaurant business.
- •Recent public appearances and viral photos sparked intense speculation about plastic surgery and fillers, which the actress has denied.
- •She largely stays away from the Bollywood spotlight, focusing on her family, business ventures, and animal-welfare causes.
Key Questions Answered
Ayesha Takia made her Bollywood debut in the 2004 film Taarzan: The Wonder Car, starring opposite Vatsal Sheth. The film earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
Ayesha married restaurateur Farhan Azmi on March 1, 2009. She chose to step back from acting to focus on her marriage, explore a future outside of films, and get involved in her husband's restaurant business.
In 2017, Ayesha reappeared at public events looking noticeably different, leading to viral photos and online speculation that she had undergone plastic surgery. She denied the rumors, stating that the circulating photographs were morphed and that she simply laughed off the controversy.
