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Googling Tania Zaetta

“Who Dares Wins” was one of the few TV reality shows I actually enjoyed, and my family and I watched regularly. So I was interested to learn that one of the hosts of the show, Tania Zaetta, has become a big name in Bollywood.

I decided to Google her, to find out more about her Bollywood experiences.

An official bio is at the Markson Sparks celebrity management website. It says:

Tania Zaetta is now officially Australia’s hottest female export to India, on the basis of the phenomenal international success of Australia’s daredevil action show Who Dares Wins (such a ratings winner in India they created their own version with Zaetta as host) and her burgeoning Bollywood career.

The Sify website lists her among its “Female Debuts of 2005,” saying:

The Australian beauty made her debut in Bollywood with a minuscule role in “Bunty Aur Babli.” But she was more recognized in “Salaam Namaste” where she played Arshad Warsi's wife. Next she will be seen playing one of the Charlie's Angels in “Mr. Black Mr. White.”

According to ApunKaChoice.com:

Tania is a self confessed lover of Bollywood films. She loves the elaborate song n’ dance routines and vibrant colors of Hindi films. And she wants to do roles that demand histrionics rather than sticking to item numbers.

Channel 4’s Bollywood Star website features an interview with Tania, and she reveals her top 10 tips for breaking into Bollywood:

1. Speaking Hindi – Unless you can speak Hindi fluently, it's impossible to land a huge part in a traditional Bollywood film.
2. Dancing is an essential – you could start classical Indian dance classes.
3. You need to understand the Indian culture.
4. Spend time in India to make contacts – get yourself known to film makers.
5. Get some acting training.
6. The population of India is about 1.1 billion and most of them want to be a star ? perfect everything before you go and search for a job in Bollywood.
7. It's all about who you know and which parties you're at.
8. Landing a role depends a lot on your profile; you need to have a good profile before you consider going into the Indian film industry.
9. It's very competitive – they'll only hire you if they're certain you can attract more viewers.

IndianTelevision.com has an interview with Tania, though it dates back to 2003, before her Bollywood debut.

Update: A lengthy profile is here, and a little more is here.