Yana Gupta

 Yana Gupta

Yana Gupta (nee Synkova) was born in Czech Republic and first came to India when she married India-based painter Satyakam Gupta. The erstwhile supermodel in Europe who did photo-ops for top-line magazines like ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Femina and Maxim, was immediately infected by the Bollywood bug. From that point began a journey that started with the hugely popular item-song ‘Babuji’ in Vivek Oberoi starrer ‘Dum’.

Before appearing on the celluloid Yana had her brush with celebrityhood having modelled for international clients like Calvin Klein and Victoria's Secret, the elite lingerie line for whom the biggest names in the world of modelling have shed gowns. To say that she drew attention in Europe will be an understatement.

Before joining the ever increasing ranks of Bollywood item-girls, Yana was named the new face for Lakme cosmetics in 2001 and also modelled for the prestigious Kingfisher's calendar. After she appeared in the ‘Babuji’ number her fan following swelled to a sizeable number and since then she has appeared in a few films down south with the ‘Jogi’ (Kannada) being the only notable project.

In some unfortunate turn of events she got divorced from her husband in 2005 and since then she has taken up a variety of projects of being an Emcee on stage as well as hosting shows on the small screen. Yana hosted the countdown show "Mirch Masala" on ZoomTV and also appeared as a participant in the first season of the reality show, Khatron Ke Khiladi, where she came across as one of the strongest contenders