Fighting the Darkness: Glamorous Intelligent Desi La-Di-Dah Girl Tara Sharma | Photos

British Indian model-actress Tara Sharma, most popularly known as the "la-di-dah" girl, is an intelligent and pretty Desi (see photo below)! But before we feature her profile, let us first explain the term "desi" for the benefit of our non-Indian readers especially because Bollywood has already reached worldwide popularity.

According to Merriam and Webster dictionary, the term is both an adjective (local or indigenous) and a noun (someone who is of Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi birth or descent who lives abroad). Some people use the said word to also include the peoples from Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Maldives.

Tara Sharma easily passes the requirements to be called a beautiful "desi" (see above photo), after all she was born on January 11, 1977 in Mumbai to an Indian father (Partap) and British mother (Susan) and has lived abroad to graduate from the London School of Economics for her Management course.

She began her career as a model (for beauty/cosmetics/make-up brand Garnier and Lakme but it was her commercial with Pepsi (with actor Shah Rukh Khan) which propelled her into the movie business. She is married to husband Roopak Saluja in 2007; they have two kids.

Her movies list (filmography):

2002: Om Jai Jagadish
2003: Saaya
2004: Masti, Bardaasht
2005: Sitam, Mr Prime Minister, Page 3
2006: Aksar, Khosla Ka Ghosla
2007: Heyy Babyy, Overnight
2008: The Other End of the Line, Maharathi
2009: Suno Na Ek Nanhi Aawaaz, The Whisperers, Mumbai Cutting, Amavas
2010: Dulha Mil Gaya, Prem Kaa Game
2012: The Tara Sharma Show, 10ml Love

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