Tara Sutaria is an Indian film and TV actress, dancer, and singer. She began her professional career in 2010 at Disney India as a video jockey. She became famous after her appearances in different sitcoms like Oye Jassie and The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir telecast on Disney India.
Tara will be making her debut as a Bollywood actress with Dharma Productions’ “Student of the Year 2” (SOTY2). It stars Tiger Shroff as the male lead and Ananya Panday as the second female lead. The movie is slated to hit the theaters on May 10, 2019.
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Early Life and Education
Tara was born on November 19, 1995 in Mumbai. Her parents are Himanshu Sutaria and Tina Sutaria. Pia Sutaria is her twin sister.
Tara attended the Bai Avabai Framji Petit Girls High School. She then did her graduation studies at St. Andrews College.
Sutaria attended varied academies like the School of Classical Ballet and Western Dance at the Royal Academy of Dance in the UK and the Imperial Society for Teachers of Dancing in England. She received a full scholarship to learn dancing at London’s Royal Academy of Dance. She has received training in modern dance, classical ballet, and Latin American dance forms.
Career
- Tara became a career professional at the young age of just 7 years. She used to sing in competitions and operas before becoming a professional singer.
- Tara began working for Disney India as a video jockey in 2010. Since then, she has acted in varied sitcoms on the channel.
- She became very popular and famous in India, especially with young children, after her role in the Hindi adaption of “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody”.
- She had recorded music in foreign countries and in India for ads, movies, and even created her own work. She has done solo concerts in Mumbai, Tokyo, London, and Lavasa.
- She has sung in Bollywood movies like ‘Guzaarish’ and ‘Taare Zameen Par’. She also sang the song ‘Slippin’ Through My Fingers’ for Bharat Dhabholkar’s “Blame It On Yashraj”.
- She performed for the Stop-Gaps Choral Ensemble as a soloist and has sung at Mumbai’s NCPA for more than 10 years. She has sung alongside Mikey McCleary and Louiz Banks.
- She was cast as the lead ‘Sandy’ of the musical ‘Grease’ produced by Raell Padamsee.
- In 2011, she appeared on Sony TV’s Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
Bollywood Debut
On 11th April, 2018, the makers announced that Sutaria will be making her film acting debut with Student of the Year 2. The romantic comedy dance drama movie is a sequel to Alia Bhatt starrer ‘Student of the Year’. It is directed Punit Malhotra. SOTY2 also stars Ananya Panday and Tiger Shroff.
Karan Johar revealed the first look of SOTY2 on 20th Nov, 2017. Shooting for the film began in Dehradun on April 9, 2018. The film was initially scheduled to release on Nov 23, 2018 but the release date was postponed to May 10, 2019.
Tara has another film ‘Marjaavaan’ in her acting bag. The film is currently under pre-production work and will also release in 2019.
Personal Life and Trivia
- As per rumors, Tara is dating actor Rohan Mehra. He is the son of late actor Vinod Mehra. He made his acting debut in the Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Baazaar’. The couple have been seen and photographed at different locations by the media.
- Tara Sutaria is 5 feet 5 inches tall
- She is adept at making sketches. She made portraits of Farah and Anu Malik at a reality show and gave it to them.
- Despite being a success as a singer, dancer, and performer, Tara has always had a deep desire to become a renowned chef
- In 2008, she was a finalist in the singer category at the ‘Pogo Amazing Kids Awards’.
Tara Sutaria – Childhood Pictures
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