Neetu Chandra (born on June 20, 1984) was born in Patna, Bihar, India. A resident of Patliputra Colony, Neetu graduated from the Notre Dame Academy, Patna in 1997, and dreamt of entering the modeling world. Neetu’s father, a businessman, was initially reluctant to let her pursue a career in showbiz but her mother, Neera, stood by her. Not surprisingly, Neetu attributes her success to her mother, a native of East Champaran in Bihar. She has done dozens of ads and videos for reputed firms since her graduation days in Delhi’s IP College, University of Delhi.
Before entering the Hindi film Industry, Neetu was an avid sportsperson. She is a black belt holder in Taekwondo. She has represented India in two different games, which is very rare. She has represented India in International Taekwondo Championship at Hong Kong in 1996 and represented India in World Korfball Championship in 1995 at New Delhi. She is a national game Silver Medal winner in Taek-won-do. After completing her basic education, she started her work with small print ad campaigns in Delhi. But her hard work and perseverance took her to the Hindi film Industry.
She entered film in 2005 in Garam Masala in which she portrayed Sweetie, an airhostess. In 2007 she appeared in Madhur Bhandarkar’s film, Traffic Signal. In preparation Chandra in order to enter her character spent a whole week living on the streets of Mumbai and living by a traffic light. Currently, Neetu is doing two major projects, one is Rann with Ram Gopal Varma and another one is Jag Mundhra’s Apartment.
Neetu Chandra is the Life Member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television. Neetu was on the cover of Maxim India on the January 2009 issue of the magazine.In a recent interview with Delhi Times, she was quoted as saying “I’m ready to go nude for a James Cameron movie”
