Bharti, Divya

Divya was born in Bombay in the family of an insurance agent Om Prakash and his wife Mita ^[2] . She had a younger brother Kunal and a half-sister Punam, from her father’s first marriage ^[3] . Her cousin Kainat Arora also became an actress ^[4] .

Divya attended Maneskey Cooper High School, in the Juhu area, and completed ninth grade before starting a career ^[5] .

In 1988, Divya was spotted by director Nandu Tolani, who invited her to star in one of his films. Initially, she should make her debut in the movie with the popular actor of the 1980s, Mithun Chakraborty , but the character proposed to her was removed from the script. Then Kirti Kumar spotted her in the video library and invited her to sign a contract for the film , along with aspiring actor Govinda . A few weeks later, Kumar met with Dilip Shankar to free her from the contract. However, after months of attending acting and dance lessons, she was excluded from the project and replaced by Juhi Chawla ^[6] .

After unsuccessful attempts in Bollywood , Divya decided to try her luck in regional cinema, namely in Tollywood . After meeting with local film producer D. Ramanaidou in 1990, she made her debut in the film , where she played with then-popular actor , and the film was a great commercial success. ^[7] In the same year, she starred with actor Anand in the Tamil- language film Nila Penne , which failed at the box office and became her only Tamil film. A year later, two films appeared on the screens, where she starred in partnership with the popular actor Chiranjivi and ^[8] . Divya Bharati was one of the most popular and highly paid actresses in Tollywood in the early 1990s ^[9] .

In 1992, after success in Telugu cinema, she decided to make another attempt in Bollywood, starring in the movie paired with Sunny Deol . The film received the status of “average” and a positive rating among the audience, and the song “Saat Samundar” became its hallmark ^[10] . A week later, the film with actor , which failed at the box office. ^[11] In March of the same year, the film was released, where she played with Govinda, who earned commercial success and praise from critics ^{[12] [13]}

In the same year, Divya played a girl who first falls in love with a singer, then with a young rich young man in the film “ Crazy Love ”, which became the debut for actor Shahrukh Khan ^{[14] [15]} . The Divier film brought the only Filmfare award in the Best Debut category. ^[16]

Several of her films following this have become popular across the country. One of them, became the debut for actor Sunil Shetty ^[17] . In October of that year, she again starred with Shahrukh Khan in the debut film of Hema Malini's “Cabaret Dancer” ^[18] .

Having achieved success in Bollywood, Divya decided to star in one Telugu film in a year so as not to disappoint the Telugu-speaking audience. So in 1992, he became , where she again played along with . In the same month, the film was released, where she first starred with then-popular actor Jackie Schroff . Her heroine falls in love with the twins, the heirs of the king of one small state. In 1993, she released her last film, , which failed at the box office ^[19]

Divya died on April 5, 1993 , falling from a window on the 5th floor of her apartment. She was 19 years old ^[20] .

Two finished films and came out after her death. And the Telugu-speaking filmed with the participation of actress , who looked like Divya ^[21] . Also, at the time of her death, with her participation, more than half of the scenes of the movie were shot, which were then re-shot from Sridevi ^{[22] [23] [24]} . Several films in which she agreed to participate were shelved: Parinaam with Akshay Kumar , Kanyadaan with Rishi Kapoor ^[25] and Chaal Pe Chaal with Jackie Schroff ^[26] .

On the set of the film Divya met . The couple met for some time ^[27] . They married on May 10, 1992. ^[28] After the wedding, she changed her name to Sana and converted from Hinduism to Islam ^{[29] [30]} .

The subsequent films from 1994 to 1998, which he produced, dedicated to his wife. In the directorial debut film "Drive", the rights to this song were bought for the song "Saat Samundar", in one scene from this film where the hero of Salman Khan dances to this song, but this scene became a gift of reverence for her memory.