The Chak De! Girls Then and Now (Part I)

8 years later the Chak De! India girls have moved on in life. We tell you what they are upto!

Meet the temperamental Parminder Kaur (Photo: Facebook/Tanya Abrol)

It’s been 8 years since these girls lived their dream, being the part of a critically acclaimed film starring Shah Rukh Khan and a box-office rage called Chak De! India. Now, we all keep a tab on what Mr Khan is up to but let us tell you what the Chak De! girls are upto.

While few chose to struggle it out in the industry, others chose the corporate world but one thing that is common between them is their friendship. Till date these girls are friends and not just on Facebook.

The Chak De! India gang (Photo: Facebook/@Arya A Menon)

Tanya Abrol

Tanya Abrol played Balbir Kaur (Photo: Facebook/Tanya Abrol)

Well, how can we forget the short tempered Sardarni, Balbir Kaur. Tanya Abrol has lost some extra pounds and this is the new glamorous her.

Tanya continues to be a part of the industry and has done a few TV serials and she currently plays the character of Jaywanti Shinde in the popular detective series - CID.

Shubhi Mehta

Gunjan Lakhani played by Shubhi Mehta (Photo: Facebook/Shubhi Mehta)

Shubhi Mehta (Gunjan Lakhani) went right from reality television to Bollywood with Chak De! India.

She has done a few films after Chak De! India but later chose to get into the corporate world.

Chitrashi Rawat

Chitrashi Rawat was the tom boy Komal Choutala (Photo: Facebook/Chitrashi Rawat)

She is the little Haryanvi tom-boy who stole the show in the film. Chitrashi Rawat was actually a hockey player and after she shot to fame with Chak De! she went ahead and did a few other films and also was a part of the small screen.

These pictures of her have us stumped! Chitrashi looks quite a hottie!

Arya A Menon

Arya R Menon as Gul Iqbal (Photo: Facebook/Arya A Menon)

The only Muslim girl in Shah Rukh Khan’s hockey team was Gul Iqbal played by Arya A Menon.

Arya made her debut with Chak De! India, she later even acted in few ads but moved on to become an advertising producer.

Anaitha Nair

Anaitha Nair played Aliya Bose (Photo: Facebook/Anaitha Nair)

Anaitha Nair, best known for her role as the funky Bengali hockey player Aliya Bose in Chak De! India is a trained theatre actress. She has worked in two Malayalam films and a number of TV commercials.

Anaitha now stays in Hong Kong, with her husband and is the mother of a beautiful baby girl. And guess what her daughter’s name is - Aliya!

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Have You Seen these Chak De! Girls Lately? (Part II)