Rare images of Jwala Gutta, a flame that set the Badminton arena on fire

New Delhi: Jwala Gutta is a left-handed Indian badminton player of mixed Indian and Chinese descent who has won the National Badminton Championships thirteen times till 2010. Jwala was born on 7 September 1983 in Wardha, Maharashtra and brought up in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, to a Telugu Indian father and a Chinese mother. Jwala's father, Kranti Gutta, hailed from a family of freedom fighters and Leftists.Her mother, Yelan Gutta, was born in Tianjin, and is a granddaughter of a Gandhian named Tseng. Yelan first came to India in 1977 with her grandfather to visit the Sevagramashram, where she translated Gandhi's autobiography and other works into Chinese language.During her Badminton career, Jwala Gutta began dating fellow badminton player Chetan Anan, who was the 1999 Junior National Badminton Champion and 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010 Senior National Badminton Champion and has been honored with an Arjuna Award. The couple married on 17 July 2005 and got divorced on 29 June 2011.This beauty has also linked with former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin but she has denied this many a times.She is a doubles badminton player who has partnered with Shruti Kurien and later Ashwini Ponnappa.After her exploits on the badminton court, ace Indian shuttler Jwala Gutta is now making her foray into tinsel town.She was seen recently shaking a leg in a dance number for Telugu film 'Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde'.