Birth Date: 09 Jul, 1965, Age (60)

Occupation : Actress

Place of Birth : Mumbai

Sangeeta Bijlani

Sangeeta Bijlani is an Indian former Bollywood actress who was the Miss India winner in 1980. Bijlani adorned and has been the poster girl of Indian commercials with television advertisements like Nirma, Vicco, Campa Cola and Graviera suitings. Sangeeta started her modelling career at the tender age of 16 and signed a huge modelling contract with Dettol Soap and then went on to do many commercials and she became a household name with ads like Nirma, Vicco Turmeric, Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate with Jackie Shroff, Fem Insto Bleach, Colgate, Pond's Dreamflower Talc & Soap, Ramolene Suitings with ex-cricket Captain Mohammed Azharuddin and her famous ads of Graviera Suitings and Lakhani with actor Salman Khan. Sangeeta received her popular name "Bijli" from her ramp walk days as she was often referred to as "lightning on stage".

Sangeeta started her Bollywood debut in 1987 with Qatil, opposite Aditya Pancholi and then went on to do blockbusters like Tridev, Hathyar, Jurm, Yodha, Yugandhar, Izzat and Lakshman Rekha. She was spotted by director Rajiv Rai while on the ramp in a fashion show who convinced her to join Bollywood. She also did a bilingual in Hindi & Kannada opposite popular south star Vishnu Vardhan. She was nominated by the Filmfare Awards in the Best Supporting Actress category for Jurm opposite Vinod Khanna and was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and scripted by Salim Khan. She has worked with renowned directors like Mahesh Bhatt, Mukul Anand, J.P. Dutta, Rahul Rawail and N. Chandra.

Sangeeta and Salman Khan started dating each other in 1986 when they both were still modelling and their relationship lasted for a long 10 years. They eventually broke up. On 14 November 1996, Sangeeta married cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin at a star-studded reception at the Taj Mahal Hotel attended by the Bollywood and cricket fraternity in Mumbai. The marriage ended in a divorce in 2010 reportedly due to Azhar's alleged affair with badminton player Jwala Gutta, which was denied by the player.