Mandira Bedi was born on April 15, 1972, in a Punjabi-speaking family based in Bombay, to Gita and Verinder Bedi. She completed her schooling at the Cathedral & John Connon High School and went on to pursue her graduation and post-graduation from St. Xavier's College and Sophia Polytech, respectively.
Mandira's early career began at the Oglivy & Mather Advertising Agency, where she was soon offered a role on the small screen in the TV show Shanti. This led to her signing up for another TV show, Kyun Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahoo Thee.
As an Aries, Mandira is passionate about live cricket and was thrilled when Sony Television offered her to compère the show Extra Innnings. Her appearance in a wide array of designer Sarees glamorized the drab male-dominated cricket world, leading to a rise in viewer-ship. Cricket-obsessed viewers in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other countries, both male and female, were enchanted with this svelte, fresh-faced, sexy, Saree-clad, and wholesome Indian girl.
Fashion Designer, Satya Paul, designed cricket-themed Sarees, which included one with signatures of cricketers, another with cricket newspaper headlines, one with animations of players, and one with mini-flags of cricket participating nations, among others. Several of these Sarees were auctioned.
Mandira married Bollywood Film Director, Raj Kaushal, dramatically on Valentine's Day in 1999, and they reside in Bandra, Bombay. She has acted in hubby's movie Shaadi Ka Ladoo and was involved in the filming of Dus Kahaniyan. Mandira likes doing a variety of screen roles, but prefers glamorized dramas. She would love to do negative roles, like the one in Kyun Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thee, but is told that she does not have a face for it.
She has appeared in Fame Gurukool, is the anchor of Set Max's World Cup Cricket 2007, and has been part of the sitcom Papa Ban Gaya Hero, among others.
Mandira became the mother of a baby boy, Vir, on Father's Day, June 19, 2011, at Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai, at 11:01 am. The child weighed approximately 6lbs.
