Yana Gupta arrived in Bollywood as one of many Eastern European imports in the 2000s but soon became the industry’s top item girl
In 2003, the film Dum saw an item song titled ‘Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo’, which catapulted 23-year-old Czech dancer Yana Gupta to national fame. Over the next eight years, Yana did several dance numbers, appeared on reality shows, and was a star in her own right. That is before she vanished in 2011
1. Who is Yana Gupta?
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Born Jana Synková in Brno, Czech Republic in 1979, Yana came to India in the early 2000s and adopted her screen name after marriage to Indian artist Satyakam Gupta in 2001
2. Yana Gupta’s item numbers
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After a sensational debut with Dum, Yana appeared in a number of songs such as ‘Oh What A Babe’ in Rakht, ‘Aa Zara’ in Murder 2, and ‘Kadhal Yaanai’ in Anniyan (Aparichit)
3. Yana Gupta and Satyakam Gupta
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Yana married Indian artist Satyakam in 2001 but their marriage was a rocky one, which ended in divorce in 2005, but the dancer stayed back in India for her career
4. Yana Gupta in reality shows
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Yana was one of the contestants in the inaugural season of Fear Factor India back in 2008 and was a finalist in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 4 (2010)
5. When Yana Gupta vanished from Bollywood
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After 2011, which saw her appear in three films including Murder 2, Yana took a break from Bollywood to focus on fitness and personal life
6. Where is Yana Gupta today?
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Not much is known about Yana’s whereabouts after 2011. She did one item song in 2018 in a Bollywood film titled Dassehra and was seen in pics clicked by a photographer in 2021
