Rajlaxmi R. Roy or Rajlaxmi Khanvilkar is a former Indian model and actress. She is the ex-wife of Bollywood actor Rahul Roy.
Wiki/Biography
Rajlaxmi R. Roy was born on Thursday, October 14, 1976, in Mumbai, Maharashtra (age 43 years 2019). Her zodiac sign is Libra. She received her education from BPM High School, Khar, Mumbai. She received her diploma from Vile Parle Mithibai College, Mumbai.
appearance
Height: 5′8½”
Eye color: hazel
Hair color: light ash blonde
family, caste and husband
She was born into a family in Maharashtra. Her father Manmohan Khanvilkar was an interior decorator, builder and architect. In 1996, while filming a Cadbury commercial, she met Indian actor and model Samir Soni. The two became friends and soon fell in love with each other. They got married that same year, but the marriage only lasted seven months before the couple divorced.
Samir Soni
In 1998, she met Bollywood actor Rahul Roy. They dated for nearly two years and married in 2000. Nearly 14 years later, the couple divorced. They have no children.
Rajalaxmi Roy’s wedding photos
Rahul Roy and Rajlaxmi Hanvirkar
Profession
She started her career as a model. She was one of the most popular models in India in the 1990s. She works as a model in India and abroad. She appeared in the 1994 TV series BPL Oye. Later, she appeared in Shiamak Davar’s video show. She appeared in an advertising campaign for Cadbury chocolate.
Rajlaxmi Roy in Cadbury chocolate ad
In 2001, she appeared in the Bollywood film Ashoka.
Rajlakshmi Roy in Ashoka
She has appeared in various music videos such as Wadali Brothers’ “Asan Te Tenu Rab Maniyea” (2008) and Pankaj Udhas’ “Chupke Chupke” (2012).
She later gave up her modeling career and moved to Australia to open her own salon. She studied an 80-week Diploma in Hairdressing and Salon Management at Sydney’s Carrick Institute of Education. She studied for a Certificate IV in Hairdressing. She received an offer to work in a beauty salon at the Shangri-La Hotel in Australia.
Facts/Trivia
- She was born into a very conservative family. She never wore revealing clothes during her modeling career.
- She was not allowed to appear in movies. She had to convince her father to shoot her first TV commercial with Garden Vareli.
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