Payal Rohatgi

Payal was born in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India on November 9, 1978. She was born to Veena Rohatgi and Shashank Rohatgi. She has a brother called Gaurav Rohatgi. She grew up in Ahmedabad. Her schooling was from Udgam School and she finished her engineering from L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad. She participated in the Femina Miss India contest (2002) and was influenced to join the entertainment industry. She gained popularity through a reality show Big Boss on Colors and also won Miss Tourism World in 2002 in Medellin, South America .

Payal Rohatgi started her career with Harry Baweja’s Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai (2002) and also appeared in a number of small budget films. She was in a small role in the multi starrer film 36 China Town where she was seen opposite Paresh Rawal and then played an item girl in Corporate. Payal played a lead role in Priyadarshan’s comedy flick Dhol (2007) where she was seen opposite to Arbaaz Khan. She was paired with Ranvir Shorey in Ugly Aur Pagli which released in 2008 and also signed a movie Diol Kabbadi opposite to Irfan Khan where she plays the role of an aerobics instructor.

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