Raageshwari

Biography

Raageshwari Loomba (born 25 July 1977), professionally known as Raageshwari, is an Indian singer, actress, model, writer, video jockey, television personality, and mindfulness speaker.

== Early life == Raageshwari was born on 25 July 1977 in Bombay, India. She attended the Auxilium Convent High School.

== Career == As a teenager, Raageshwari begin her singing career with her first film Oonch Neech Beech in 1989. She also begin her acting career with her first film Zid in 1991, for which she had officially signed; however, the project faced delays, preventing it from being her first film to reach theatres. The first film to be released was the 1993 film Aankhen, featuring Govinda, Ritu Shivpuri and Chunky Panday, during which she signed for her second film and was the highest-grossing Indian film of that year. Her second film Zid, originally intended to be her debut, was ultimately released in January 1994. Following this, she appeared in her third film Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), her fourth film Dil Aa Gaya (1995) and her fifth film Tum Jiyo Hazaron Saal, in which she was supposed to release in late 1996, but it was delayed until 2002. Her sixth film release was Dil Kitna Nadan Hai (1997), in which she took a break from acting to join MTV as a VJ. Later, her debut album Duniya was released on 17 March 1997 under Bertelsmann Music Group and debuted at no. 1. Raageshwari signed a deal with Coca-Cola to do a series of concerts all over India. In late 1999, Raageshwari and her father collaborated on another album, Y2K Saal Do Hazaar. Raageshwari was suffering from malaria, while shooting for the video "Ikki chikki chikita." The album was released with a concert on the eve of the year 2000. Just a week after the concert, Raageshwari was diagnosed with Bell's palsy, which left her with a paralysed left side of the face and a slur in her voice. Over the next year, she rehabilitated herself with help of physiotherapy, electrical stimulation and yoga. She did television shows such as Ek Do Teen, Baar Baar Dekho and Most Wanted on MTV, and was one of her founding MTV VJ members. Her other television shows such as Kuch Kehti Hai Yeh Dhun on Sony, Quest for BBC and One on One With Raageshwari on TEN Sports. Raageshwari made her debut as an author where she released her first book Building a Happy Family under Penguin Random House. Initially, it released in May 2020 as an E-Book format, it was later made available in January 2021 in a physical hardcover format.

== Personal life == In 2012, Raageshwari moved to London where she met London-based human rights lawyer, Sudhanshu Swaroop KC. They married on 27 January 2014, in Mumbai. She gave birth to a baby girl on 11 February 2016 in London.

== Filmography ==

=== Films === Raageshwari has acted in following films:

=== Television ===

=== Theatre === Raageshwari debuted as a lead in the musical comedy The Graduate alongside Zeenat Aman.