Fluent in English, Hindi and Tamil, Scorpion Esha was born on November 2, 1982 to Hema ‘Dreamgirl’ Malini, and Dharmendra ‘He-Man’ Deol. She has a younger sister, Ahana, and two step-brothers, Sunny and Bobby, both well-known Bollywood super-stars in their own rights. Bobby is married to Tanya Ahuja, and has a child.Esha studied in the Jamnabai Narsee School, excelled at football, then went on to attend Oxford University and obtained a Masters Degree in Media Arts and Computer Technology. She also learned classical dance forms from her mom, the daughter of Jaya Chakraborty.Having Bollywood connections, she did aspire to be an actress and follow in the footsteps of her parents and half-siblings, and landed a lead role in ‘Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche’ in 2002.She delivered her very first hit with ‘Dhoom’ in 2004 and went on to another hit after hit in ‘Kaal’ ‘No Entry’, and ‘Dus’. She demonstrated her versatility when she accepted a negative character-role in ‘Ankaee’ in 2006. She has also acted in a Tamil movie ‘Aiyatha Ezhuthu’.Amongst her friends at Bollywood are Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. She likes to work out and listen to music.She will shortly be seen in Just Married, and has started filming in the following movies; Cash, Darling, and Honeymoon.
Esha Deol
Movies
Kaal
In Orbit Park, India; two British nationals are killed by a fierce man-eating tiger, followed by a few other incidents, all related to the death of human-beings. Two months later, National Geographic researcher, Krish Thapar and his photographer wife, Riya, decides to take a trip to the park to investigate…
Dhoom
The tale begins in Mumbai where a sophisticated gang of robbers is sweeping through the city, giving nightmares to the police department. They come like wind, sweep the place and disappear on their hi-tech bikes – the slickest and fastest riding machines on the road. Officer Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan)…
Dus
ATC Chief Siddhant Dheer receives information that a terrorist attack will take place on 10 May, led by Jamwaal. Neha, his informant in Canada, tells him of the arrest of Jamwaal’s right-hand man Himmat Mehndi. Siddhant sends his brothers Shekar and Aditya to get hold of Himmat. Dan, a Canadian…
Ankahee
Dr. Shekharis in the hospital when Kavya Krishna, the reigning Miss World, walks in with a slit wrist. Shekhar is a happily married man who, along with his wife Nandita and their daughter Sheena has everything. When Kavya walks in it is love at first sight, and soon Kavya’s and…
Main Aisa Hi Hoon
Indraneel better known as Neel is mentally unfit, lives in a small hill station where everyone loves him works at a coffee shop and as single parent takes care of his daughter Gungun.Gungun’s mother Maya was lonely and drug addict she met Neel when she needed desperately a companion.After giving…
Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
Manikchand Khiralal is a struggling model who gets kicked out by his mentor, Dolly, when she finds another boyfriend; Lalabhai Bharodia has no business acumen, and has lost millions; Shruti is a much abused and underpaid designer; Gaurav Negi gets fired from his job with Glamour Ad Agency; Ashima Kapoor…
Na Tum Jaano Na Hum
Esha and Rahul start a letter based friendship that blossoms into love. They don’t exchange names or pictures. Her parents would like Esha to marry Akshay who’s eager to tie the knot, so Esha is forced to make a decision…
One Two Three
Laxminarayan lives a poor lifestyle in Mumbai along with his widowed mother, Kanta, who wants him to be a successful gangster like Batlabhai, and would like him to kill a few people, make enough money, then get married to Khujli’s daughter, Meena. In order to fulfill his mother’s wish, Laxminarayan…
Fun Facts
Daughter of Hema Malini and Dharmendra. She has inherited her mother's beauty and her father's acting talents.
Half-sister of Bobby Deol and Sunny Deol, and elder sister of Ahana Deol. Granddaughter of Jaya Chakravarthy.
Classically-trained Indian dancer in the Odissi style, along with her mother and sister. Her mother is also trained in the Bharatanatyam style, and together, they have performed in many dance recitals.
Speaks Tamil fluently, which caused Mani Ratnam to offer her a role in his Tamil film, Ayitha Ezhuthu (2004).
Has received over eight awards for her performance in her film debut in Boney Kapoor's Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe (2002), a love story while exploring the relationship between a mother and a daughter.
As a part of the _LOC Kargil (2003)_ cast, Esha received a national award for being a part of the film.
Her favorite actresses are Kajol and Julia Roberts.
Has a Masters Degree in Media Arts and a Bachelor Degree In Computer Technology at Oxford University
Prefers to speak English, as she is not too fluent in Hindi.
Great friends with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan
The name 'Esha' comes from Sanskrit and is derived from the Upanishads to mean "the divine beloved"".
Longtime close friends with actress Kareena Kapoor.
Esha's physically fit body is a result of work-outs at Barbarian Power Gym
Quotes
An actress is all about acting, revealing is not even in the job!