Achala Sachdev

                       She is an instantly recognised face in today's glamour world and she is also a VJ on one of the
                       popular TV channels. She started modelling when she was working with Mudra as model
                       co-ordinator. Her first assignment fell into her lap while she was in a restaurant. A case of being at
                       the right place at the right time. At one point of time, she joined Pan-Am as airhostess in USA
                       travelling to distant and exotic places but finally decided to come back to home.

                       She also did a  small-blink-and-you-miss-me role in Mira Nair's Kama Sutra. She also worked in
                       the serial "Bible".

                       When she was in school, she never took part in extra-curricular activities as she was very shy.
                       Things changed when she was in B. Com.

                       She was the girl who did the first ever Sheetal ad campaign.

                       She was noticed when she did modelled for YSL. After that she tried her luck in London, Paris
                       and New York. Though she did few shows but she didn't become successful as she was rejected
                       on the basis of her not being very tall and being older than others. (Their they start at the age of
                       15)

                       Now modelling is taking a backseat and she is more concentrating on choreography. She was the
                       trainer behind such models as Sampada Inamdar, Farheen Khan and Tora Khasgir.

                       One of her big misses, was the famed Chhaiya Chhaiya song from Dil Se that she was supposed
                       to do. With no dates of hers free, she lost it to Malaika who made the song a superhit. However,
                       Achla made a guest appearance in one of songs for the movie, Dil Kya Kare. The song was Meinu
                       lagan lagi.

                       More recently, roles have reversed and Achla has found herself walking into films that others have
                       walked out of! Like the film, Na Tum Jano Na Hum that Lisa Ray had discarded. For Achla , how
                       she gets the  role is irrelevant, she just wants to be a good actress, and to be as professional as
                       Emma Thompson and Cathy Bates. Any role is okay with her, as long as it's not vulgar. Achla
                       also does not want to be type cast. In Na Tum Jano Na Hum, Achla has a cameo role of a fashion
                       stylist/ choreographer who wants to be an actress. The Hrithik Roshan-Isha Deol starrer is sure to
                       be a success and one hopes that it will launch her career in films.

                       As of now, she hosts three television shows, Stars Day Out and Disco Mein Khisco on Music
                       Asia, and a film soundtrack show called OST on Zee English. Her hands are quite full. She's doing
                       what she likes best and is enjoying it. And if you think she's doing too many things and the same
                       time and dabbling in more fields than she can handle, here's her motto her own words: You don't
                       live too long. So why not try and make the most of your life and experience everything there is to
                       experience?