Deepika Chikhalia is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n actress who rose to fame playing Sita

SITA

SITA is a multinational information technology company specialising in providing IT and telecommunication services to the air transport industry...

 in Ramanand Sagar

Ramanand Sagar

Ramanand Sagar was an Indian film director. He is most famous for making the extremely popular Ramayan television series, a television adaptation of the ancient Indian epic of the same name, starring Arun Govil as Lord Ram and Deepika Chikhalia as Sita.Sagar was born at Asal Guru-Ke near Lahore...

's hit television series Ramayan

Ramayan (TV series)

Ramayan is a highly successful Indian television series created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The 78-episode series originally aired weekly on Doordarshan from January 25, 1987, to July 31, 1988, on Sundays at 9:30 a.m...

. She met with limited success in films in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She was born on 29 April 1965 , and stands approximately 5' 1" tall.

She followed up her television career with a move into politics, riding her fame as a religious icon to an election victory as a Member of Parliament in the Indian Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 from Baroda constituency in 1991 as a Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 candidate.

Deepika grew up in Girnar Apartments, in the affluent Pali Hill

Pali Hill

Pali Hill is the name of an affluent residential area in the suburb of Bandra in Mumbai, India.-Geography:Pali Hill lies on the west coast of Mumbai, running closely parallel to Carter Road , a popular sea-front and promenade...

 area of Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. She has a younger sister Aarti and younger brother Himanshu Chikhlia
She has also done other roles such as Tipu Sultan's mother in The Sword of Tipu Sultan a TV series by Sanjay Khan

Sanjay Khan

-Career:Khan made his debut in the 1964 Chetan Anand film "Haqeeqat" followed by the Rajshri film Dosti. In the 1960s and 1970s Khan starred in the movies Dus Lakh, Ek Phool Do Mali and Intaqam. He also acted opposite his brother Feroz in three films Upaasna , Mela and Nagin...

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She is married to Hemant Topiwala, owner of Shingar Bindi and Tips and Toes cosmetics. They have two daughters, Nidhi Topiwala & Juhi Topiwala.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director
1986	Bhagwaan Dada	Shanti	J. Om Prakash
1994	Khudai	Padmini Raj Anand	Johny Bakshi
1985	Sun Meri Laila	Rajshree Pictures
1986	cheekh