Tara Deshpande

Tara was born in the Marathi-speaking Deshpande family on December 8, 1975 in Bombay, India. She studied in the Cathedral and John Connon School and then subsequently in St. Xaviers College from where she obtained a Major in Economics. The Deshpande family live in Marine Drive. She has also modeled for Pantene Pro-V Shampoo, Raymond, and Wipro Shikakai. She is also a Theater Artiste and acted in 'Begum Sumroo'. She has authored books of short stories titled 'Fifty and Done', 'A Love of Any Kind'. and has an on-line article titled 'Kagazi' that she wrote for Lok Vani. She has also been a VJ on MTV. Tara has also authored an on-line suspense thriller 'The Motive' which gives Internet users to make their own contributions to this story, though she will use her discretion to edit the contributions and write the final chapter on her own. She launched her career as an actress with the 1996 'Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin', and appeared in several more movies thereafter. She was signed to act in 'Kyonki Main Jhoot Nahin Bolta' opposite Govinda and Sushmita Sen, but was replaced by Rambha as David Dhawan was unable to contact her due to her re-locating to U.S.A.. On April 29, 2001 Tara got married to Boston-based Daniel Tennebaum in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in traditional Jewish style. The traditional Hindu wedding took place in at her Mumbai residence during January 2002.