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Dipika Chikhlia
Chikhlia in 2021
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	Prakash Brahmbhatt
Succeeded by	Satyajitsinh Gaekwad
Constituency	Baroda
Personal details
Born	Dipti Chikhalia (1965-04-29) 29 April 1965 (age 59) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Hemant Topiwala ​(m. 1991)​
Children	Nidhi Topiwala (daughter) Juhi Topiwala (daughter)
Parent	Rajesh Chikhalia (father)
Occupation	Actress politician
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Dipika Chikhlia (born 29 April 1965) is an Indian actress and politician known for playing Sita in Ramanand Sagar's 1987 television series Ramayan. She was also known for her debut film Sun Meri Laila (1983), opposite Raj Kiran and three Hindi films with Rajesh Khanna, which were Rupaye Dus Karod, Ghar Ka Chiraag and Khudai.

She did one Malayalam film Ithile Iniyum Varu (1986), with Mammootty, her Kannada hits were Hosa Jeevana (1990) with Shankar Nag and Indrajith (1989) with Ambareesh. She had one Tamil hit film, Naangal (1992), with Prabhu, and one Bengali hit film, Asha O Bhalobasha (1989), opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee.

Career

Early career

Chikhlia made her debut as lead actress in Sun Meri Laila (1983), opposite Raj Kiran. Bollywood was part of the television serial Dada Daadi Ki Kahani in 1985. She meanwhile did supporting roles in hit films like Bhagwan Dada (1986), Kala Dhanda Goray Log (1986) and Doorie (1989) and played lead heroine in the horror film Cheekh (1986) and Raat Ke Andhere Mein (1987).

Success (1987-95)

Later in 1987, Chikhlia played the female lead role of Sita in Ramanand Sagar's television series Ramayan. Before starring in Ramayan, she was the part of Ramanand Sagar's Vikram Aur Betaal. She continued getting lead roles in hit TV serials like The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Luv Kush (both in 1989). Her only hits in Hindi films were Ghar Ka Chiraag (1989) and Rupaye Dus Karod (1991), both of which had Rajesh Khanna in the lead. She got more footage in the film Khudai, but the film was a commercial failure in 1994. She played the romantic lead of Rajesh Khanna in two films, Ghar Ka Chiraag and Khudai. Her Kannada film as the lead heroine opposite Shankar Nag was a box office hit in 1990 and her Bengali films Asha O Bhalobasha (1989), opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee and Tamil film Naangal (1992) opposite Prabhu were box office hits. She also got a supporting role in a Malayalam movie, Ithile Iniyum Varu (1986), which had Mammootty in the lead. She met with limited success in Hindi films after 1992, as Sanam Aap Ki Khatir (1992) flopped, which had her as main lead heroine, she only got supporting roles in Hindi films.

Later career

Chikhlia was also seen in the TV serial Chutta Chheda (2017) on Colors Gujarati channel. The Gujarati film Nattsamrat is to be released in August 2018 and she will be seen in her Hindi movie Gaalib (2018-2019). Dipika Chikhlia is working again.

She was last seen in the movie Bala (November 2019) as Pari's (Yami Gautam) mother. In the upcoming biopic of freedom fighter - Sarojini Naidu, she will be seen playing the role of her.

In August 2023, she has turned producer with the TV show Dhartiputra Nandini.

Politics

Dipika Chikhlia Topiwala followed up her television and film career with a move into politics, becoming a Member of Parliament in the Indian Lok Sabha from Baroda constituency in 1991 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.

Personal Life

On 23 November 1991, Dipika married Hemant Topiwala, owner of Shingar Bindi and Tips and Toes Cosmetics. They have two daughters: Nidhi Topiwala and Juhi Topiwala.

Filmography

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Film

Television

References

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20. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10: Arun Govil and Dipika Chikhlia grace the Diwali special episode; Rubina as Draupadi and Nia as Maa Kaali leave everyone stunned". The Times of India. 20 October 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

External links

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
• Deepika Chikhalia at IMDb
• Dipika Chikhlia on Facebook
• Dipika Chikhlia on Instagram

• Living people
• Gujarati actresses
• Actresses from Mumbai
• Indian film actresses
• Actresses in Kannada cinema
• Actresses in Hindi cinema
• Indian television actresses
• India MPs 1991–1996
• Politicians from Mumbai
• Women in Gujarat politics
• Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
• 20th-century Indian women politicians
• 20th-century Indian actresses
• Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
• Actresses in Malayalam cinema
• Actresses in Tamil cinema
• Actresses in Bengali cinema
• Actresses in Gujarati cinema
• Actresses in Telugu cinema
• Actresses in Bhojpuri cinema
• Women members of the Lok Sabha
• 1965 births