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Simi Garewal Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography

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Marital Status: Divorced

Hometown: Ludhiana, Punjab

Age: 77 Years

Bio/Wiki
Real name Simrita Garewal
Profession(s) Actor, film director & producer, TV host
Known For Hosting TV talk show Rendezvous with Simi Garewal (1997)
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) in centimeters**- 168 cm**
in meters**- 1.68 m**
in feet & inches**- 5’ 6”**
Eye Colour Brown
Hair Colour Brown
Career
Debut Film (Hindi; As an actor): Raaz Ki Baat (1962) as Kamal


Film (Bengali; As an actor): Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) as Duli


Film (Hindi; As a driector): Rukhsat (1988)
Awards • 1966: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the Hindi film Do Badan


• 1968: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the Hindi film Saathi
• 1988: Pater’s Award in Australia for directing TV commercials
• 1999: Screen Awards for Best Talk Show & Best Anchor
• 2001: RAPA Award for Best Anchor & Talk show
• 2003: Indian Television Academy Award for Best Anchor
• 2003: Rotary Award for Vocational Excellence in Media & Television
• 2004: Indian Filmgoers Association Award Best Talk Show
• 2018: UKAFF Award for Contribution to Film and Television


• 2018: Dada Saheb Phalke Excellence Award


• 2022: Hall of Fame Award by Hindustan Times Most Stylish
Personal Life
Date of Birth 17 October 1947 (Friday)
Age (as of 2024) 77 Years
Birthplace Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Zodiac sign Libra
Autograph
Nationality Indian
Hometown Ludhiana, Punjab, India
School Newland High School, London, UK
Religion Sikhism check sources
The Times of India
Caste Jatt check sources
The Times of India
Food Habit Vegetarian (turned)
Address Pavlova, 6th Floor Little Gibbs Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai
Controversies Received Criticism for Her Nude Scenes
In the 1970s, she appeared in Hindi films like ‘Siddhartha’ and ‘Mera Naam Joker’ in which he did a few semi-nude and erotic scenes. In that era, such scenes in Bollywood were a taboo, and she was criticised for doing such scenes. A few scenes of her in the films were even cut by the censor board in India. Later, her topless photo from one of her films was published in a leading magazine without her permission for which she sued the publishing house. check sources
Masala!

Tiff with Rani Mukerji
In 2011, while Simi was interviewing Rani Mukerji
on the TV show ‘Rendezvous with Simi Garewal,’ Rani got very upset with Simi for asking her questions related to her relationship with the Indian producer Aditya Chopra
. After the incident, the duo did not get along well for a very long time. check sources
The Times of India
Relationships & More
Marital Status Divorced
Affairs/Boyfriends • Shatrushalyasinhji Digvijaysinhji (Maharaja of Jamnagar) (1964-1967) check sources
Simi Garewal’s Official Website



• Ravi Mohan


• Ratan Tata
(businessman) check sources
Bollywood Shaadis



• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (cricketer) check sources
Koimoi



• Raj Kapoor
(rumoured; actor & film producer) check sources
Masala!



• Salman Taseer (rumoured; Pakistani businessman) check sources
Masala!

• Rishi Kapoor
(rumoured; actor) check sources
Masala!
Family
Husband/Spouse Ravi Mohan (ex-husband)
Children None
Parents Father- Jalawar Singh Garewal (brigadier and 19th officer to be commissioned in the Indian Army)


Mother- Amrita Garewal
Siblings Brother- None
Sister- Amrita Garewal
Other Relative(s) Paternal Grandfather- Captain Kehar Singh Garewal (served as ADC to Queen Victoria)


Maternal Uncle(s)- 2
• Premindra Singh Bhagat (general in the Indian Army and the first Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross II World War)


• Bhupindar Singh (colonel in the Indian Army)


Cousin- Gaganjit Singh (major general in the Indian Army)


Maternal Cousin- Pamela Chopra (wife of the Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra
)
Favourites
Actor(s) Amitabh Bachchan
, Shah Rukh Khan
, Hrithik Roshan
Actress(es) Deepika Padukone
, Aishwarya Rai
TV Show Suits (2011)
Singer(s) Kishore Kumar
, A.R. Rahman
, Shreya Ghoshal
, Michael Jackson
Music Band(s) The Beatles, Metallica
Chef Vicky Ratnani
Cuisine(s) Thai, Italian, French
Wine Blue Nun
Colour White
Fashion Brand(s) Shahab, Armani, Anamika, Nike, Reebok
Holiday Destination Las Vegas

Some Lesser Known Facts About Simi Garewal

  • Simi Garewal is an Indian film actor, TV host, film director & producer. She has hosted English talk shows like ‘Rendezvous with Simi Garewal’ (1997) and ‘Simi Selects India’s Most Desirable’ (2011).

  • A few months after her birth, her family shifted from India to the UK.

  • When she was 5 years old, she watched the Hindi film ‘Awaara.’ She then started developing an interest in acting. In her teens, she shared her desire to work as an actor with her parents, but her parents were against it. She then went on a hunger strike after which her parents agreed to it.

    Simi Garewal with her parents

  • Later, she started giving auditions at Twickenham Studios in England, but she was rejected for her Indian looks. Simi, along with her mother and sister, moved to India from England to try her luck in Bollywood. Initially, she was rejected from Hindi films for her western looks. check sources Simi Garewal’s Official Website check sources Masala!

  • She then did an acting course at Filmalaya Acting School in Mumbai, Maharashtra. check sources The Times of India

  • In 1962, Simi appeared in Hindi films such as ‘Son of India’ and ‘Tarzan Goes to India.’

    Simi Garewal while shooting for Tarzan Goes to India

  • Some of her other Hindi films are ‘Do Badan’ (1966), ‘Saathi’ (1968), ‘Mera Naam Joker’ (1970), ‘Kabhi Kabhie’ (1976), and ‘Karz’ (1980).

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    Mera Naam Joker

  • Despite doing a lot of bold films in the 1970s, she wasn’t able to get the tag of being a ‘sex symbol’ in Bollywood, largely due to her offbeat films.

  • In 1973, she appeared in the Bengali film ‘Padatik.’

    A still of Simi Garewal from the film Padatik

  • She started her film production company Siga Arts International in 1983. In the same year, she worked as a producer, director, and host in the Doordarshan TV series ‘It’s a Woman’s World.’

    Simi Garewal in It’s a Woman’s World (1983)

  • Simi appeared in the 1987 documentary ‘Living Legend Raj Kapoor,’ based on the book by Charles Allen. She also worked as a writer for the documentary.

  • In 1991, she directed and wrote three-part documentary series titled ‘India’s Rajiv’ (1991). The series was based on the Indian politician Rajiv Gandhi .

    Simi Garewal with Rajiv Gandhi

  • Under her film production banner, she has also directed a few TV commercials.

  • She worked in five seasons (140 episodes) of the popular English talk show ‘Rendezvous with Simi Garewal,’ which aired on Star World India.

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    Rendezvous with Simi Garewal

  • Though she married her long-time boyfriend Ravi Mohan, a businessman from the aristocratic family of Chunnamals of Delhi, it only lasted for 18 months, mainly because of a long-distance marriage. The couple initially started living apart but got divorced after a decade.

  • Simi Garewal in a 2011 interview claimed that she and Ratan Tata were in a relationship with one another for some time, but they both decided to part ways later. They, however, remained good friends with one another. She talked about it, in an interview, and said,

    Ratan and I go back a long way. He’s perfection, he’s got a sense of humour, is modest and is the perfect gentleman. Money was never his driving force. He’s not as relaxed in India as he is abroad.”

  • In 2013, Simi Garewal shared that she did not have a child of her own, so she once decided to adopt a girl child. However, when she was about to complete the legal proceedings of adopting a girl child, the legal parents of the girl showed up. In an interview, while talking about it, she said,

    I nearly adopted a girl once. I went to an orphanage and found this girl called Vijaya, who was abandoned at the railway station by her parents. According to the rules, they had to publish her photograph in the newspaper. And within three months, if no one claimed the child, I could bring her home. Till about two months, there was no news of her biological parents. But just when I was about to get her custody, the parents showed up. It was heartbreaking.”

  • She said that at that time the Indian actor Dev Anand’s words “I never carry my sorrows with me. I just put them in my pocket and move on” helped her.

  • She has a Mercedes-Benz E200 car.

  • Simi is a dog lover and owns a pet dog named Chutki Garewal.

    Simi Garewal’s Instagram post about her dog

  • During her leisure time, she loves to bake cakes, and play snooker & video games.

    Simi Garewal playing snooker

  • Simi wears white clothes as she loves the colour and feels positive wearing them.

  • She started her self-titled YouTube channel in 2012. She uploads interview videos on her channel and has around 510k subscribers on her channel as of January 2023.

    Simi Garewal’s YouTube channel

  • In 2023, Simi appeared as a guest host on the reality TV show ‘Bigg Boss.’

    Simi Garewal in Bigg Boss

  • In an interview, she shared that the Indian actor Raj Kapoor was her mentor.

  • She once shared that she got botox done below her eyebrows. check sources The Times of India In an interview, while talking about it, she said,

    Tell me, what is the big deal about Botox? Girls half my age use it. Botox is only used here (places two fingers above her eyebrows) and nowhere else, it only stops you from getting ugly frown lines.”

  • She occasionally drinks wine at parties and events. check sources Business Standard

  • Simi Garewal has been featured on the cover of a few magazines like Filmfare and Star & Style magazine.

    Simi Garewal featured in Star & Style magazine

  • After Ratan Tata’s death in October 2024, Simi posted an emotional goodbye post on social media.

They say you have gone ..
It's too hard to bear your loss..too hard.. Farewell my friend..#RatanTata pic.twitter.com/FTC4wzkFoV

— Simi_Garewal (@Simi_Garewal) October 9, 2024

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