About Yana Gupta

Yana Gupta (born Jana Synková, on April 23, 1979 at Brno, height 5'8" - 1.73 m) is a Czech model-actress currently working in India. She was married to Indian painter Satyakam Gupta, although they formally separated on 18th May 2005. She has appeared on numerous magazine covers, including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Femina, and now on Maxim. Gupta modeled for the premier Kingfisher's calendar and has performed dance numbers in three films including the remix of babuji zara dheere chalo. Before her career in Bollywood, she modeled for international clients like Calvin Klein and Victoria's Secret.




Yana made her big screen debut in the Bollywood movie "dum" for the song 'Babuji' which made her famous for cameo item numbers.She was named the new face for Lakme cosmetics in 2001. She is a vegetarian, and a member of PETA, and has also been featured in its campaigns. She has also appeared in a Kannada movie named Jogi. She played the role of a TV anchor on the countdown show "Mirch Masala" on ZoomTV where she danced to famous dance numbers, however the show is currently off the air. She spends her free time in the gym. Now she is planning to launch her own music album, and she will write, compose the music and sing the songs as well. All the songs will be in English.



Yana recently signed up with a leading mobile and PC games company Indiagames as brand ambassador and will be featured in several interesting games and applications related to fitness, puzzles etc. She is currently dating actor and model, Kelly Dorji. Yana has featured on the Dr Zeus album, Back Unda Da Influence, which was released in 2007.She featured in a cameo role in the video for the song, Chargai, released on Aman Hayer's 2008 release 'Groundshaker 2'. The song features vocals from Jazzy B & Apache Indian

Yana Gupta heart beats to Tamil tunes

She is one of Bollywood's original item girls, but now Czech born Yana Gupta has set her sights beyond the camera as well.

In Chennai for the launch of Tommy Hilfiger's Spring Summer collection, Yana talked about her upcoming debut as a singer and writer.

"I have been making a music album and throughout last year I have been busy with some recordings. It's almost ready to be released abroad," says she.

"I am also writing a book on nutrition and fitness and I am starting to represent some new brands, which is also fitness related. Apart from that I am also shooting some music videos," she adds.

And if music be the food of love, music is what Yana loves to feast on. "My album is in English and the music is jazz and blues," she explains.



And that's not all that Yana is doing. She is also thinking of an idea that might go a long way in securing her career in the world of films even more.

Having done a few dance numbers in Tamil cinema, Yana is no stranger to the language, and the brave girl would like to try her hand at something different.

"I am even thinking that I should sing a song in Tamil and I think it'll sound really cute what with my accent and all," says she.

Well let's hope that her tunes off screen are as good as her moves on screen, and if they are, then they are sure to attract a lot of attention.