Sangeeta Bijlani (born 9 July 1960) is an Indian former Bollywood actress and Miss India winner in 1980. She started her Bollywood career with a lead role in Qatil in 1988 and was one of the three female leads in the film Tridev (1989).Sangeeta was born on 9 July 1960 in Bombay (now Mumbai) in a Hindu Sindhi family.Bijlani began modelling at the age of 16. She went on to do many commercials including ads of Nirma and Pond's soap. Sangeeta received her popular name "Bijli" from her modelling days.Bijlani was crowned Miss India Universe Title in 1980. She represented India at the Miss Universe pageant in Seoul, South Korea where she won Best National Costume award designed by her mother Poonam Bijlani.Bijlani made her Bollywood debut in 1987 with Qatil, opposite Aditya Pancholi and then went on to act in Tridev, Hathyar, Jurm, Student of the year, Yodha, Yugandhar, Izzat and Lakshman Rekha. She did a bilingual in Hindi & Kannada opposite Vishnu Vardhan.
