PICS : Lara Dutta turns 36

Born on April 16, 1978, Lara Dutta was born to Wing Commander LK Dutta (retired), and Jennifer Dutta, in Ghaziabad. The dusky beauty from Bangalore made her movie debut in 2004 with Andaaz that co-starred Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra. Though the movie did average business at the box office, Lara bagged the Filmfare award for her performance in the category of Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. Interestingly, Lara Dutta won the Miss Universe title in 2000. The year in which India got another beauty winner- Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World title. The last time India won Miss Universe and Miss World in the same year was 1994 when Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe and Aishwarya Rai won the Miss World crowns respectively.