Tina Munim

11/02/2010

Biography

Tina Munim (born February 11, 1957) is an Indian film actress who has a successful Bollywood career during the late seventies and early eighties. She is married to the industrialist Anil Ambani, now one of the richest men in the world. She is involved in a number of Philanthropic and charity activities and is currently running a NGO And a Hospital.

Munim was discovered by Dev Anand after she represented India at the International Teen Princess contest in Aruba, and won the Miss Photogenic and Miss Bikini awards. Tina aspired to become a Parisian trained couturier and was poised to travel there for her studies in design when approached with a cinematic offer.

In 1978, Dev Anand cast her in his film Des Pardes, which launched her film career. He would repeatedly cast her in several other films, such as Lootmaar.

Source: Wikipedia