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{{Infobox person
| name = Simi Garewal
| image = SimiGarewal.jpg
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| spouse = {{marriage|Ravi Mohan|1970|1979|end=div}}<ref name="news18">{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/ratan-tata-and-ravi-mohan-to-mansoor-ali-khan-men-in-simi-garewals-life-7034299.html |title=Ratan Tata And Ravi Mohan To Mansoor Ali Khan, Men In Simi Garewal’s Life |website=[[news18.com]] |date=9 February 2023 |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027110527/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/ratan-tata-and-ravi-mohan-to-mansoor-ali-khan-men-in-simi-garewals-life-7034299.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/when-simi-garewal-almost-adopted-a-girl-from-orphanage-but-her-parents-showed-up-it-was-heartbreaking-101630479050754.html |title=When Simi Garewal almost adopted a girl from orphanage but her parents showed up: 'It was heartbreaking' |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=1 September 2021 |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027110528/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/when-simi-garewal-almost-adopted-a-girl-from-orphanage-but-her-parents-showed-up-it-was-heartbreaking-101630479050754.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| caption = Garewal in 2012
| birth_name = Simrita Garewal<ref name="Rendezvous"/>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1947|10|17}}
| birth_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India<ref name="ndtv"/><ref name="Rendezvous-with-Simi-Garewal"/>
| occupation = Film actress, [[Producer (film)|producer]], director, talk show hostess
| years active = 1962–2011
| relations = [[Pamela Chopra]] (first cousin)
| website = {{URL|http://www.simigarewal.com}}
}}
'''Simi Garewal''' (born '''Simrita Garewal'''; 17 October 1947<ref name="Rendezvous">{{cite web |title=Rendezvous With Simi Garewal SPECIAL 3rd Season Part-2 |via=YouTube |date=16 October 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrhozCKMILM |time=03:03 |access-date=24 August 2019 |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115045559/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrhozCKMILM |url-status=live }}</ref>) is an Indian director, producer, talk show hostess, and former actress.
She is known for her work in Hindi films like ''[[Do Badan]]'' (1966), ''[[Saathi (1968 film)|Saathi]]'' (1968), ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'' (1970), ''[[Siddhartha (1972 film)|Siddhartha]]'' (1972), ''[[Karz (film)|Karz]]'' (1980) and ''Udeekaan'' (Punjabi film). She acted in the Bengali film ''[[Aranyer Din Ratri]]'' directed by [[Satyajit Ray]]; [[Padatik (1973 film)|Padatik]] by [[Mrinal Sen]]. She is also known for her celebrity talk show, ''[[Rendezvous with Simi Garewal]]''.
==Early life==
Garewal was born in [[Ludhiana]] on 17 October 1947.<ref name="ndtv">{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/photos/entertainment/happy-birthday-simi-grewal-8404#photo-102186 |title=Happy birthday Simi Grewal |website=[[ndtv.com]] |date=17 October 2010 |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=30 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930021023/https://www.ndtv.com/photos/entertainment/happy-birthday-simi-grewal-8404#photo-102186 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rendezvous-with-Simi-Garewal">[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/rendezvous-with-simi-garewal/articleshow/467992.cms Rendezvous-with-Simi-Garewal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115045558/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/rendezvous-with-simi-garewal/articleshow/467992.cms |date=15 November 2022 }}. ''[[The Times of India]]''.</ref> Her father, Brigadier J. S. Garewal served in the [[Indian Army]]. Simi is a cousin of [[Pamela Chopra]], wife of director [[Yash Chopra]]. Simi's mother Darshi and Pamela's father Mohinder Singh were siblings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/oct/241012-Yashji-was-always-Pams-priority-Simi-Garewal.htm |title=Pamela and Simi}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Simi grew up in England and studied at [[Newland House School]] with her sister Amrita.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Rendezvous-with-Simi-Garewal/articleshow/467992.cms Rendezvous with Simi Garewal – The Times of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803162604/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Rendezvous-with-Simi-Garewal/articleshow/467992.cms |date=3 August 2018 }}. ''The Times of India''. (1 February 2004). Retrieved 26 June 2011.</ref>
==Film and television career==
After spending much of her childhood in England, Garewal returned to India while a teenager. Her fluency in the English language induced the makers of the English-language film ''[[Tarzan Goes to India]]'' to offer her a role. Garewal made her debut alongside [[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroz Khan]] in this film released in 1962.<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/entertainment/16-bollywood-actor-firoz-khan-dies-at-70-hs-08] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430031232/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/entertainment/16-bollywood-actor-firoz-khan-dies-at-70-hs-08|date=30 April 2009}}</ref> Her performance was good enough for her to fetch many more film offers. During the 1960s and '70s, she was in several notable [[Cinema of India|Indian films]], working with leading directors such as with Mehboob Khan in ''Son of India'' (1962), [[Raj Khosla]] in ''[[Do Badan]]'' (1966), [[Raj Kapoor]] in ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'' (1970), [[Satyajit Ray]] in ''[[Aranyer Din Ratri]]'' (1970, ''Days and Nights in the Forest'') and [[Mrinal Sen]] in ''[[Padatik (1973 film)|Padatik]]'' (1973, ''The Guerilla Fighter''). She starred opposite [[Shashi Kapoor]] in [[Columbia Pictures]]' ''[[Siddhartha (1972 film)|Siddhartha]]'' (1972), an English-language movie based on the [[Siddhartha (book)|novel]] by [[Hermann Hesse]]. Garewal did a nude scene in this film which caused some controversy in India and was only released for exhibition after complying with cuts ordered by the Indian Censor board.<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?228947-0 'I Don't Know One Editor In India Who Is Well-Read'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807211033/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?228947-0 |date=7 August 2011 }}. www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/sep/21sid.htm Movies: Siddhartha, a lost tale] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630102315/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/sep/21sid.htm |date=30 June 2020 }}. rediff.com (21 September 2002). Retrieved 26 June 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/s/siddhartha-dvd.shtml Siddhartha (1972)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826235209/http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/s/siddhartha-dvd.shtml |date=26 August 2009 }}. ''PopMatters''. Retrieved 26 June 2011.</ref> Later, in the mid-1970s, she made an appearance in the popular film ''[[Kabhie Kabhie (1976 film)|Kabhi Kabhie]]'' (1976), made by her brother in-law [[Yash Chopra]], and had a starring role in ''[[Chalte Chalte (1976 film)|Chalte Chalte]]'' (1976).<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/news/gloriously-grey/374177/ Gloriously grey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017192212/http://www.screenindia.com/news/gloriously-grey/374177/ |date=17 October 2008 }}. Screenindia.com (17 October 2008). Retrieved 26 June 2011.</ref> Another notable role she played was as a [[Femme fatale#20th century film and theatre|vamp]] in ''[[Karz (film)|Karz]]'' (1980). She starred in the BBC docu-drama ''Maharajas'' (1987), based on the book by [[Charles Allen (writer)|Charles Allen]].
In the early 1980s, her attention turned to writing and direction. She formed her own production company, [[Siga Arts International]]. She hosted, produced and directed a TV series for Doordarshan called ''It's a Woman's World'' (1983). She also made a documentary for Channel 4 in the UK called ''[[Living Legend Raj Kapoor]]'' (1984). This was followed by a three-part documentary on [[Rajiv Gandhi]] titled ''India's Rajiv.'' She wrote and directed a Hindi feature film ''[[Rukhsat]]'' and produced television commercials.
Garewal anchored the talk show ''Rendezvous with Simi Garewal''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040629170307/http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13497641 Simi Garewal's Rendezvous 100 Party]. Sify.com (14 June 2004). Retrieved 26 June 2011.</ref>
She usually wears her signature white clothes on TV shows and at award ceremonies, and is popularly known as "The Lady in White".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/archive/ |title=Archive News |website=The Hindu |access-date=26 January 2021 |archive-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323125406/http://www.thehindu.com/archive/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Garewal recently appeared on ''Say Shava Shava 2008'' as a hostess and judge.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/archive/archive_fullstory.php?content_id=18505 Screen > The Business of Entertainment]{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. Screenindia.com (4 January 2008). Retrieved 26 June 2011.</ref> After the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008, Simi Garewal aroused controversy by publicly calling for the Indian government to "carpet-bomb" the training camps in Pakistan for which she later apologised. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/we-the-people-the-mumbai-tragedy-and-the-english-language-news-media/cid/520438 |title=WE, THE PEOPLE - The Mumbai tragedy and the English language news media |access-date=31 May 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601014020/https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/we-the-people-the-mumbai-tragedy-and-the-english-language-news-media/cid/520438 |url-status=live }}</ref>
She returned to television with her new talk show ''[[India's Most Desirable]]'' on [[Star Plus]] which would interview only eligible singles, Bollywood actors, business and media icons, and Indian cricketers about their "ideal and desirable beaus".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/simi-brings-indias-most-desirable-on-tv/158329-44.html |title=Simi brings 'India's Most Desirable' on TV - TV News - IBNLive |website=ibnlive.in.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613084207/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/simi-brings-indias-most-desirable-on-tv/158329-44.html |archive-date=13 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Simi Garewal has her own website which she uses to interact with her fans. The site has her voice reading the text.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.simigarewal.com/ |title=Simi Garewal website |access-date=31 May 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601014018/https://www.simigarewal.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She also has her own channel on YouTube where all her shows and documentaries are uploaded. The channel has received over 40 million views.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/simigarewalofficial |title=SimiGarewalOfficial on YouTube |via=YouTube |access-date=31 May 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601014021/https://www.youtube.com/simigarewalofficial/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Garewal had her first serious relationship at the age of 17, with the [[Nawanagar State|Maharaja of Jamnagar]], [[Shatrusalyasinhji]] who was also her neighbour in England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/when-simi-garewal-spoke-about-passionate-affair-with-maharaja-of-jamnagar-we-did-mad-crazy-things-101634471290765.html |title=When Simi Garewal spoke about ‘passionate affair’ with Maharaja of Jamnagar: ‘We did mad, crazy things’ |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=17 October 2021 |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016203131/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/when-simi-garewal-spoke-about-passionate-affair-with-maharaja-of-jamnagar-we-did-mad-crazy-things-101634471290765.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/im-a-sucker-for-looks-simi-garewal/articleshow/10713069.cms |title=I'm a sucker for looks: Simi Garewal - Times of India |website=The Times of India |date=13 November 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |access-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303140944/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/im-a-sucker-for-looks-simi-garewal/articleshow/10713069.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=‘‘I regret not having a child’’ - Simi Garewal |url=https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/i-regret-not-having-a-child-simi-garewal-2696.html |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=filmfare.com |language=en |archive-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104201310/https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/i-regret-not-having-a-child-simi-garewal-2696.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Garewal was later in a relationship with [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi]], the [[Nawab of Pataudi]], but he broke up with her after he met [[Sharmila Tagore]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/from-toi-archives-tiger-pataudis-untold-tale/articleshow/10089930.cms |title=From TOI Archives: Tiger Pataudi's untold tale |website=The Times of India |date=23 September 2011 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224184602/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/from-toi-archives-tiger-pataudis-untold-tale/articleshow/10089930.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/rendezvous-simi-garewal-mansoor-ali-khan-pataudi-sharmila-tagore-142497-2011-10-03 |title='Rendezvous with Simi'to rekindle Pataudi's romance |first1=Sonali |last1=Joshi |first2=Priyanka |last2=Srivastava |date=3 October 2011 |website=India Today |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227052533/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/rendezvous-simi-garewal-mansoor-ali-khan-pataudi-sharmila-tagore-142497-2011-10-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> She was then in a relationship with the Pakistani politician [[Salman Taseer]], which began in Dubai, and ended after a year.<ref name="simi3">{{cite news| last=Gopinath| first=Vrinda| date=5 February 2022| title=A Lahore Boy in Delhi| url= https://www.outlookindia.com/opinion/a-lahore-boy-in-delhi-news-269956| work=[[Outlook India]]| access-date=5 September 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905020051/https://www.outlookindia.com/opinion/a-lahore-boy-in-delhi-news-269956| archive-date=5 September 2024| url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1970, she married Ravi Mohan, a member of the aristocratic [[Chunnamal Haveli|Chunnamal]] family from Delhi. They divorced in 1979.<ref name="news18" /><ref name="Hindustan Times" /><ref name=":0" />
==Filmography==
===As an actress===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1962
| ''Raaz Ki Baat''
| Kamal
|
|-
| ''[[Son of India (1962 film)|Son of India]]''
| Lalita
|
|-
|''Kaneez''
|
|Shelved film
|-
| ''[[Tarzan Goes to India]]''
| Princess Kamara
|
|-
|1964
|''Vidyapati''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1965
| ''[[Teen Devian]]''
| Simi / Radha Rani
|
|-
| ''[[Johar-Mehmood in Goa]]''
| Simmi
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Do Badan]]''
| Dr. Anjali
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1968
| ''[[Aadmi (1968 film)|Aadmi]]''
| Aarti
|
|-
| ''[[Saathi (1968 film)|Saathi]]''
| Rajini
|
|-
| ''[[Ek Raat]]''
| Rekha B. Sharma
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1970
| ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]''
| Mary
|
|-
|''Night In Calcutta''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Aranyer Din Ratri]]''
| Duli
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]] film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1971
| ''[[Andaz (1971 film)|Andaz]]''
| Mona
| Special appearance
|-
| ''[[Do Boond Pani]]''
| Gauri
|
|-
| [[Seema (1971 film)|''Seema'']]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1972
| ''[[Anokhi Pehchan]]''
|
|
|-
| [[Siddhartha (1972 film)|''Siddhartha'']]
| Kamala
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1973
| [[Padatik (1973 film)|''Padatik'']]
| Woman Who Shelters Activist
|Bengali film
|-
| ''[[Namak Haraam]]''
| Manisha
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1974
| ''[[Haath Ki Safai]]''
| Roma S. Kumar
|
|-
| ''Doosri Sita''
|Doctor
|
|-
|''Dak Bangla''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1976
| ''[[Naach Uthe Sansaar]]''
| Somu
|
|-
| [[Chalte Chalte (1976 film)|''Chalte Chalte'']]
| Geeta
|
|-
| [[Kabhi Kabhie (1976 film)|''Kabhi Kabhie'']]
| Shobha Kapoor
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Abhi To Jee Lein]]''
| Miss Mahajan
|
|-
|1978
|''Udeekan''
|Naranjan 'Nanjo'
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1979
|''[[Shaayad]]''
|Defence Counsel
|
|-
| ''[[Ahsaas]]''
| Asha Choudhry
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1980
| ''[[The Burning Train]]''
| School Teacher
|
|-
| [[Karz (film)|''Karz'']]
| Kamini Verma
|
|-
| ''[[Insaf Ka Tarazu]]''
| Bharti Saxena's Lawyer
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1981
| [[Naseeb (1981 film)|''Naseeb'']]
| Herself
| Cameo appearance
|-
| ''[[Professor Pyarelal]]''
| Rita
|
|-
| ''[[Biwi-O-Biwi]]''
| Nisha
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1982
|Daulat Ka Nasha
|
|
|-
|[[Dard Ka Rishta|''Dard Ka Rishta'']]
|Lady Dr. Mukharjee
|
|-
|''Teri Meri Kahani''
|Meena Sastry / Seema
|TV Film
|-
| ''Thikana''
|
| Shelved film
|-
| [[Haathkadi (1982 film)|''Haathkadi'']]
| Pammi Mittal
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Love and God]]''
| Ghazala
|
|-
|1987–1988
|''Kings To Commoners''
|
|TV Series
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Rukhsat]]''
| Radha Talwar
| Also director
|-
|1989
|''Izhaar''
|
|
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Show name
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1983
|''It's A Woman's World''
|Producer/Director
|Show about fashion, relationships and astrology
|-
| 1984– 1986
| ''Living Legend Raj Kapoor''
| Writer/Director
| Documentary on [[Raj Kapoor]] for [[Channel Four Television]], UK
|-
| 1991
| ''India's Rajiv''
| Writer/Director
| Three-part documentary series on [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
| 1997–2005
| ''Rendezvous with Simi Garewal''
| Hostess
| 5 seasons (140 episodes), on [[Star World India]]
|-
|2011
|''[[Simi Selects India's Most Desirable]]''
|Hostess
| 1 seasons (22 episodes), on [[Star World India]]
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/simigarewalofficial Simi Garewal's Official YouTube Channel, of Siga Arts International]
*[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/apr/03dinesh.htm Simi Garewal: the icon of style]
* {{IMDb name|0307231}}
*Kesavan, Mukul. [https://archive.today/20130203182101/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081204/jsp/opinion/story_10201347.jsp "The Mumbai tragedy and the English language news media"], ''The Telegraph'', 4 December 2008.
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