This romantic thriller earned four times its budget, Canadian actress made hit debut, worked with Shashi Kapoor's son, her name is…, lead actor was…
The film was directed by Vikram Bhatt and produced by Mahesh Bhatt. It was released in 2001 and became a blockbuster. The name of the film is 'Kasoor'. It featured Aftab Sivdasani, Lisa Ray, Irrfan Khan and Ashutosh Rana among others. Canadian Actress' Successful Debut
'Kasoor' was the maiden Hindi fil of the Canadian born actress Lisa Ray. Aftab Sivdasani has established a name for himself by then and Lisa Ray was rising to fame in the world modelling amd advertisement. She started her career on 1990s and worked with popular brands like Bombay Dyeing, Lakme etc.
Ray was born to an Indian Bengali father and Polish mother in Toronto, Canada. She spent quite many days of early childhood in Kolkata. She first appeared in the Bombay dyeing ad oppiste to Shashi Kapoor's son Karan Kapoor. Subsequently, her talent was recognized and she got more and more work catapulting her into nationwide fame.
As a successful model in India, she anchored several shows, travel shows, hosted events. Lisa Ray made her Bollywood debut with 'Kasoor'. Lisa was born in Canada. Before her Bollywood debut, she worked in the Tamil film 'Netaji' and the Kannada film 'Yuvraj'. Before this, she played a very small role in the 1994 film 'Hanste Khelte'.
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