Lara Dutta turns 35: from beauty queen to motherhood, she charmed in every role

Lara Dutta, former Miss Universe, has turned 35 today (16th April). There is no denial of the fact that the lady does posses the B square quality i.e., beauty with brains.Born to an Indian father and an Anglo-Indian mother the actress in 1997 competed in the Annual Miss Gladrags contest, and to nobody's surprise, won the title.This also gave her the opportunity to represent India at intercontinental contest, grabbing again the first spot. With no stoppage, Lara Dutta was crowned as Femina Miss India Universe in 2000. The impossible was turned into possible as the lady contested in the Miss Universe pageant and claimed the biggest honor of them all. The actress got the attention of the B'town biggies as Lara was showered with numerous film proposals by filmmakers and finally worked in “Andaaz” in 2003. It was the first time when Miss Universe and Miss World did their debut together in the same movie, as Lara Dutta in the flick shared the screen with the Miss World Priyanka Chopra.The actress' winning streak continued as her performance was critically acclaimed and was honored with the Filmfare Award for the best debut.But thereafter, her numerous flicks went cold at the box-office, besides Masti, No Entry, Bhagam Bhag, Partner, Housefull and Don 2: The king is back, going commercial hit and grossed huge profits at the box-office. While “No Entry” made her the number one contender for the best actress in the supporting role at IIFA Awards, "Billu Barber" awarded Lara the Stardust trophy for her performance in flick.In 2011 the actress also made her debut as a producer in the flick “Chalo Dilli” which flopped at the Box Office. Besides all this, Lara has a good hand in writing scripts. Lara is married to Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupati and has a baby girl named “Saira”.We wish her a very Happy Birthday.