Kusha Kapila Height, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography
Quick Info→
Hometown: Delhi
Alcohol: Yes
Age: 34 Years
Bio/Wiki | |
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Profession(s) | Social Media Celebrity, Actress, Former Content Writer |
Famous For | Playing the fictional character "Billi Maasi" in iDiva's videos |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | 5' 5" (165 cm) |
Eye Colour | Brown |
Hair Colour | Brown |
Career | |
Debut | TV: Son of Abish (2014) |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 19 September 1989 (Tuesday) |
Age (as of 2023) | 34 Years |
Birthplace | Delhi, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Delhi, India |
School | She did her schooling from a school in South Delhi. |
College/University | • Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University • National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi |
Educational Qualification(s) | • Graduation in English Literature from Indraprastha College for Women • Bachelor of Design from National Institute of Fashion Technology |
Food Habit | Non-Vegetarian |
Hobbies | Singing, Dancing |
Controversy | Kusha once got a backlash for stereotyping women in her videos, especially the South Delhi girls. |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Separated |
Affairs/Boyfriends | Zorawar Singh Ahluwalia |
Family | |
Husband/Spouse | Zorawar Singh Ahluwalia (Employee at Diageo) (m.2017; div. 2023) Note: In June 2023, they parted ways after six years of marriage. [1]The Times of India |
Parents | Names Not Known |
Favourites | |
Food | Chicken Wings, Sushi Platter |
Actress | Tabu |
Journalist | Barkha Dutt |
Travel Destination | Singapore |
Colour | Red |
Style Quotient | |
Car Collection | Mercedes-Benz E Class |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kusha Kapila
- Kusha grew up in North Delhi and did her schooling in South Delhi.
- She did theatres in college and used to take part in the street plays.
- Initially, she wanted to become a journalist.
- After completing her graduation, Kusha joined the Bhartiya International Company as a Merchandising Intern for 3 months.
- Subsequently, she worked as a Product Design Intern at Chisell Effects, Noida.
- She started her career as a Fashion Correspondent for a Delhi-based firm, Apparel Online in 2013.
- Next, she worked as a Trend Analyst and Content Writer at Fashion Forward Trends.
- She has also worked as a Copywriter, Digital Content Head, and Content Developer at different organisations.
- In 2016, she moved to Times Internet and worked there as a Fashion Editor.
- Thereafter, she joined iDiva as a writer and ended up working there as a fashion editor. At iDiva, Kapila started creating videos with her fellow employees. She created a fictional character “Billi Massi,” an elite, opinionated South Delhi woman, which received immense popularity from the audience.
- Kusha took the idea of her popular character “Billi Masi” from a lady that she met in real life. Kusha came across that lady at a friend’s relatives’ party at Chattarpur Farms in Delhi.
- Subsequently, she started portraying different characters in her YouTube videos.
- She has worked with many popular Bollywood celebrities like Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor.
- Kapila loves doing poetry and has made a small poetry section titled “Kavita Ki Kavita.”
- She is fluent in Hindi and English languages.
- She has featured on the covers of magazines like “Harper’s Bazaar.”
- Kapila is passionate about philanthropy and is associated with NGOs like VoLIndia and Naz Foundation (India) Trust.
- Kusha met Karan Johar for the first time during a fashion week in Mumbai. When she reached the venue, she was amazed to see Karan waving at her and saying that he was a big fan of Kusha.
- Kusha has a huge fan following on social media with celebrities like Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh, Sonam Kapoor, and Arjun Kapoor following her on Instagram.
- In her leisure time, she likes listening to music, watching films, and swimming.
- In August 2023, weeks after announcing her separation from her estranged husband Zorawar Singh Ahluwalia, she shared a long emotional note on Instagram in which she wrote that she had been experiencing grief since the separation. She wrote,
It’s a weird thing, this grief or whatever version of it I am currently experiencing. As overcome I am by its heaviness – I guess chest days feel like this – I am also strangely dwarfed by it, to the point of feeling like an injured nail on a pinky toe. Almost like a big bang in motion, only it’s on a microscope slide.” [2]India Today
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