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Not lost, you can find yesteryear heroine Khushboo here!

Not lost you can find yesteryear heroine Khushboo here
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First Published Aug 31, 2017, 9:20 PM IST

Born at Andheri in Mumbai on September 29, 1970, and named Nakhath Khan, she adopted the name Khushboo after entering the film industry.

She started her acting career as a child artiste in the movie Burning Train in 1980 and then went on to act in Thodi Si Bewafai.

But the industry started recognising her as an artiste with her acting in the movies including Lawaris and Dard Ka Rishta in 1981. She came to prominence with her role in the movie Meri Jung in 1980. The Bol Baby Bol gave her the needed popularity.

When she got an offer to act in the South Indian movie, she shifted here. Her first movie in the South was Kaliyuga Pandavulu in Telugu, directed by K Raghavendra Rao. She acted opposite Venkatesh. Within a short span, she grew to be the darling of South Indian cinemas and got many lead roles in prominent movies.

She went on to act in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam movies. In total, she has played the lead role in more than 100 movies opposite Kamal Hassan, Ravichandran, Rajinikanth, Vishnuvarshan, Mammootty, Mohanlal, Sathyaraj and Prabhudeva.

In a big turn in her life, Khhushboo married popular director of Tamil film industry C Sunder, 15 years ago. She converted to Hinduism and had two daughters Avanthika and Nandita.

Khushboo still loves taking part in the film festivals and movie related events. Even to this day, she is a staunch supporter of the rights of workers-artistes as well as technicians in the film industry. 

She became closer to the hearts of people with her roles in mega serials Kalki, Janani and Kunkumam. She also became the first actress to have a temple built by the fans.

She entered politics by joining DMK party but later shifted to Congress. She is an active politician well known for speaking her mind out, be it premarital sex or about women's rights.

She is also seen in Telugu and Tamil movies and reality shows currently.

In Sandalwood too she won the hearts of people with movies like Gagana, Ranadheera, Yugapurusha, Anjadagandu, Shanthi Kranthi, Anti Prreethse, Magic Ajji, Jeevanadi, Ontisalaga, Maha Edabidangi.

She has produced movies like Giri, Rendum, Nagaram Marupakkam, KalaKalappu.