Payal Rohatgi

hi am an actor.My latest film opposite irfan khan DIL KABADDI which has me portraying a role of aerobics instructor got released dec 5th th 2008.. i am finally enjoying the experience of having fans and audiences who love me Bigg boss and Dil kabaddi...:):)
Payal began her Bollywood innings with Harry Baweja´s Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai. She later consolidated her position as a Bollywood sex bomb with Tauba Tauba.
“Not at all! I don’t regret my initial years as these were my steps. For a middle class girl who didn’t come from a metro, I have done well and managed to establish myself to a good extent. I have realised over a period of time that my earlier decisions were not good and I don’t think there is a big deal in admitting that”, she is to respond.

Payal shot to fame with television ads like Cadbury Temptations ad and other commercials including Jaguar Bath Panel, Nescafe Cold Coffee, LG Refrigerator, Britannia Biscuit, Wright Pen, Gits Food Mix. She then also starred in music by Silk Route and indipopper KK.

Payal was always attracted to the glamorous world of modeling and fashion, and when the right opportunity came her way she gave up the engineering sector to pursue her dreams.
Ex-inmate of last season’s BIG BOSS, Payal Rohatgi, has explored the root cause behind her initial stint with Bollywood being not as successful as she had envisaged. She confesses that the biggest goof up of her career was to indulge into skin shows in movies that were not male dominated.


Payal Rohatgi is an engineering graduate. She won the coveted title of Supermodel Miss Tourism World in 2001, despite stiff competition from 65 countries. She was also a Femina Miss India Finalist in 2000.
“My biggest goof up earlier on was to expose in women oriented films. This turned out to be a huge drawback for me as I didn’t know the nuances of film making at that time. I didn’t know from where did the projects come from, what would they depict of me and how would they be eventually marketed”, says Payal who came from a middle class background and decided to take Bollywood by storm all on her own

“Today more successful actresses are happily stripping into lingerie, are seen on magazine covers and are participating in bold photo shoots. Even in movies, it’s a holds-no-bar approach for so many of them. However, what reall for them is the fact that they are doing so in films where their male co-stars are pretty established”, says Payal who has vowed during last three years that quality will take precedence over quantity in the choices that she would make.

“Look at Yash Raj productions. In their films too you find skin show on a regular basis. However, what works in their favour is the fact that a) these scenes are aesthetically done and b) they know how to market their films and project their heroines”, she sighs.

Payal was a engineer who had lot of expectations in her acting career when she entered bollywood. But, she got only small roles like item numbers and she did not get notice for being in the midst of brightest stars of bollywood in her earlier movies. Now it's PRIYADARSHAN film DHOL where she has a good role of a singer and is paired opposite Arbaaz Khan...DHOL as this was her only film release this year 2007. The film got released on 21st September 2007 all over.

Payal rohatgi's character as ‘Sophie' is being appreciated by all as a sincere attempt by the lady to prove herself as a actress in proper commercial cinema.

Ex-inmate of last season’s BIG BOSS, Payal Rohatgi, has explored the root cause behind her initial stint with Bollywood being not as successful as she had envisaged. She confesses that the biggest goof up of her career was to indulge into skin shows in movies that were not male dominated.

“My biggest goof up earlier on was to expose in women oriented films. This turned out to be a huge drawback for me as I didn’t know the nuances of film making at that time. I didn’t know from where did the projects come from, what would they depict of me and how would they be eventually marketed”, says Payal who came from a middle class background and decided to take Bollywood by storm all on her own.