Karishma Tanna Height, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	Karu
Profession(s)	Actress, Model, Host
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in feet inches- 5’ 9”
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	Film: Dosti: Friends Forever (2005, Bollywood) I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona (2011, Kannada) TV: Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2001)
Awards	2015- Television Style Award for the 'Stylish Female in a Reality Show' for 'Bigg Boss 8' 2016- Zee Gold Award for the 'Most Fit Actress' 2023- Critics’ Choice Award in the Best Actor (Female): Drama Series category for the web series ‘Scoop’ at the Filmfare OTT Awards (26 November 2023) 2024- Best Actress in a Web Series - Critics award for ‘Scoop’ at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards (20 February 2024)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	21 December 1983 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2023)	40 Years
Birthplace	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign	Sagittarius
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
College/University	Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai
Educational Qualification	Graduate
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Kshatriya (Lohana)
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	Reading, Travelling, Gymming, Watching movies
Tattoo	Left wrist- 'Maa' written in Hindi
Controversies	• She was one of the most controversial contestants of 'Bigg Boss 8' (2014), as she had many verbal fights with the fellow contestants in the Bigg Boss house. • In 2017, she was supposed to do & TV's comedy show 'Comedy Dangal,' but she got replaced at the last moment by Surbhi Jyoti due to her tantrums even before the show got started. • In March 2018, a Delhi based event manager, Manas Katyal, sent a legal notice to her for cheating, threatening and blackmailing him, his driver and not performing at a wedding reception in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, for which he had to suffer a loss of ₹10 lakhs. On the other hand, Karishma denied such allegations and said that she was cheated, as she was told that the show was in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. But when she reached there, she came to know that the event was in Haldwani.
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	5 February 2022
Affairs/Boyfriends	Bappa Lahiri (Musician) Hanif Hilal (Model) Rushabh Choksi (Restaurateur) Upen Patel (Actor, Model)
Fiance	Upen Patel (ex-fiance; 2015)
Family
Husband/Spouse	Varun Bangera
Parents	Father- Name Not Known (Died in 2012) Mother- Jasmine Tanna
Siblings	Brother- None Sister- Drishma Kadam (Younger)
Favourites
Cuisine	Gujarati
Actress	Kangana Ranaut
Song	"Jeena Jeena" by Atif Aslam from the film 'Badlapur'
Temple	Babulnath Temple in Mumbai
Restaurant	Olive in Mumbai
Travel Destination(s)	Paris, Dubai
Style Quotient
Car Collection	BMW

Some Lesser Known Facts About Karishma Tanna

• Does Karishma Tanna smoke?: Yes

• Does Karishma Tanna drink alcohol?: Yes 

• Karishma was born into a middle-class Gujarati family.
  

  Karishma Tanna’s childhood pics

• Since her childhood, she was interested in acting, and at the age of 17, she made her acting debut with the superhit TV show ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ as a frivolous girl “Indira.”
  

  Karishma Tanna as Indu Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi

• After doing TV for a few years, she tried her luck in Bollywood, but she was either rejected for her height or for being a daily soap actress.

• She had a dream debut in Bollywood in 2005 with the film ‘Dosti: Friends Forever’ which was filled with stars like Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Juhi Chawla. She played the role of Bobby Deol’s sister in the film.

• Her first lead role came up with the Kannada film ‘I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona’ (2011), opposite Prem Kumar.

• She didn’t have the ideal start to her Bollywood career after which she went back to the TV world, and did Sony TV’s ‘Comedy Circus’ that resurrected her dying acting career.

• She took cooking classes before entering the ‘Big Boss 8’ house.

• Her Ex-boyfriend, Rushabh Choksi, said that he and Karishma were still in a relationship when Karishma started dating Upen in the ‘Bigg Boss 8’ house.

• She got engaged to Upen Patel in 2015 after he proposed to her on the dance show ‘Nach Baliye 7,’ where they were contestants.

• She considers Kangana Ranaut and Victoria Beckham as her style icon.

• She got the breakthrough in Bollywood with her role as “Madhuri Dixit” in Sanjay Dutt‘s biopic ‘Sanju’ (2018), starring Ranbir Kapoor.

• Karishma Tanna emerged the winner of the adventure-reality show, Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 on 26 July 2020. She was adjudged the winner among the other finalists, Karan Patel, Dharmesh Yelande, and Balraj Syal.
  

  Karishma Tanna after winning Khatron Ke Khiladi 10