Mahek Chahal in Bigg Boss-5

Mahek Chahal

Mahek Chahal

Mahek Chahal

Mahek Chahal (Punjabi: ਮਹਿਕ ਚਹਲ, Hindi: महक चहल, born Priti Chahal)is a Bollywood actress and a Norwegian model of Punjabi Jat Sikh origin.

This stunning hot beauty started out by taking part and winning in 'Miss Movie International' which is a beauty pageant run in Europe. As a winner, she got a free ticket to Mumbai and then started modeling over there. She has done TV commercials for Mentor Shirts, Godrej Refrigerator, Fevicol, Bombay Dyeing, Bar-One Chocolate. She has also modeled in punjabi pop singer Jazzy B's music videos for the songs "Sun Ni Kuri" and "Assi Ki Kariye".

Mahek was first considered for a role in Ajnabee but was not selected due to her linguistic shortcomings; the role subsequently went to Bipasha Basu who won all the Debut awards for that year. Chahal then joined Kishore Namit's acting school in Mumbai to work on her skills. She managed to get a Telugu film titled Neetho, but her dialogues in the film were dubbed. In the following year, she made her Bollywood debut with the lead role in Nayee Padosan (2003). She has since then been featured in a number of music videos.

In 2004, she did an item number in Kareena Kapoor starrer Chameli which became widely famous. Chahal next performed in a Punjabi film Dil Apna Punjabi which did decent business. She also played supporting roles in Salman Khan starrer films Wanted and Main Aurr Mrs Khanna (2009). Her song in Wanted is her most famous song so far in her career.