Yesteryear actress and talk show host Simi Grewal was born in Ludhiana in a Sikh family to an army officer. She spent most of her childhood in England and consequently had an English accent.
Yesteryear actress and talk show host Simi Grewal was born in Ludhiana in a Sikh family to an army officer. She spent most of her childhood in England and consequently had an English accent.
Simi has also worked in Columbia Pictures' Siddhartha, which was based on the novel by Herman Hesse. The role caused a lot of controversy back home as she posed nude in the film.
She is till date remembered for her role of Kamini Verma (vamp) in Subhash Ghai's Karz opposite Rishi Kapoor and Raj Kiran. The film was a huge success.
Simi always wanted to be a director as a result in the early 80s she turned to writing and direction and formed her own production company, Siga Arts International.
After the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008, Simi Garewal caused a storm of criticism in India and abroad by publicly calling for the Indian government to "carpet-bomb" its nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan.
