PERIZAAD ZORABIAN

PERIZAAD ZORABIAN PROFILE

Birth Name: Perizaad Zorabian

DOB: 23 October 1973

Status: Married to Boman Irani

Debut: Bollywood Calling

Famous Pairing: With Victor Banerjee in Joggers’ Park (2003)

Marriages: One. Perizaad is married to construction contractor Boman Irani since December 2006.

Most Remembered For: Her acclaimed performance in Joggers’ Park (2003) and Morning Raaga.

Litigations Involved: None

Jail Term Served: None

Biography:

Perizaad Zorabian is well loved for her effervescent and intelligent persona. Before joining movies, she did her first ad for Clearasil when she was only 16 and she completed her MBA from New York. She is also a trained ballet dancer and she took acting lessons from her friends at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. When she got back from New York, she joined her father in the family business, Zorabian Chicks Pvt. Ltd. She joined modeling accidentally and did an ad for Fair and Lovely. She was also part of Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye, a serial on Sony in 2001. Her experience at Lee Strasberg helped her bag the role of Kajal in Nagesh Kukunoor’s Bollywood Calling which flopped.

Her debut was followed by critically acclaimed turns in Mumbai Matinee with Rahul Bose, Joggers’ Park with Victor Banerjee and Morning Raaga with Shabana Azmi. She went commercial with Ek Ajnabee in which she had a supporting role. After that, she focused more on her personal life and got married in 2006 to her longtime boyfriend, Boman Irani. She had a daughter Zaha in November, 2007. The Parsi actress currently hosts Limited Edition, a luxurious lifestyle show of NDTV Lifestyle and is all set to host reality show Crazy Kiya Re with Sachin. Currently her family and baby girl is the centre of her Universe.

Favourites:

Holiday Spot: Goa

Movie: Flashdance

Books and Author: The Alchemist, The Zahir and Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Causes associated with: Save the Glaciers

Endorsements: Ever Yuth Derma Care and Asmi Diamond Jewellery