simran in a silver blavk long dress

Simran was born as the first daughter to Ashok Naval and Saradha Naval on 4 April 1976. She has two sisters, late Monal, an actress who committed suicide, and Jyothi Naval and a brother named Sumith. She finished her B. Com., in Mumbai and was doing modelling simultaneously. Then she came to film industry. She speaks Tamil, Punjabi, Hindi, English. Simran is a versatile dancer and can perform Bharatanatyam with the same ease as she performs Salsa. She married Deepak Bagga, a long time friend and a commander for Kingfisher Airlines, on 2 December 2003. They have a son 'Adheep' born on 11 June 2005 (like vivi). Now she acts on serials at her spare time.

Career

Simran made her debut in the Hindi film Sanam Harjai directed by Saawan Kumar. Jaya Bachchan (ABCL Corp) who saw her in "Superhit Muqabla" on Doordarshan’s Metro channel offered her a leading role in Tere Mere Sapne. But the movie was only an above average grosser. Her successful Hindi movies include Bal Bramhachari and Anari No. 1. She was most successful actress in her roles

Tamil (Early career)

She later on moved south by acting first in a high budget Malayalam film, Indraprastham with Megastar Mammootty in the lead role and she tasted success too. Then she came to Tamil movie industry with Nerukku Ner opposite Surya in 1997 and the movie was a huge success and she was highly appreciated for her dancing in the song Manam Virumbudhe. Then she starred in several successful movies such as V.I.P (1997), Natpukkaga (1998), Aval Varuvala (1998) and Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998) with leading actors Prabhu Deva, Sarath Kumar, Ajith Kumar and Prasanth respectively . She got her first break through the movie Thulladha Manamum Thullum opposite Vijay in 1999. Her performance as a blind woman was well praised. She won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for the movie.