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{{Short description|English actress (born 1984)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Geeta Basra
| image = File:Geeta Basra During Promotion of Mehar.jpg
| caption = Basra during promotion of ''Mehar'' in 2025
| birth_name = Geeta Basra
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|03|13}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Harbhajan Singh's wife Geeta Basra celebrates birthday with India cricket team |work=The Indian Express |date=12 March 2016 |access-date=4 June 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/harbhajan-singhs-wife-geeta-basra-celebrates-birthday-with-indian-team/ |archive-date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612032328/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/harbhajan-singhs-wife-geeta-basra-celebrates-birthday-with-indian-team/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="InComBio">{{cite web |url=http://www.in.com/geeta-basra/biography-100677.html |title=Geeta Basra Biography on In.Com |publisher=In.com |access-date=13 February 2013 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710012623/http://www.in.com/geeta-basra/biography-100677.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Portsmouth, Hampshire]], England
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2006-2025
| height =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Harbhajan Singh]]|2015}}
| parents = 2
| children = 2
}}

'''Geeta Basra''' (born 13 March 1984) is an English former actress who has appeared in [[Bollywood]] films.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Geeta-Basra-denies-marrying-Harbhajan-Singh/etarticleshow/17612326.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227060541/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-15/news-interviews/35820823_1_geeta-basra-rani-hoon-main-zilla-ghaziabad |url-status=live |archive-date=27 February 2013 |title=Geeta Basra denies marrying Harbhajan Singh |date=15 December 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/geeta-basra-to-do-item-number-in-sanjay-dutt-starrer-zilla-ghaziabad/819055/ |title=Geeta Basra to do item number in Sanjay Dutt starrer 'Zilla Ghaziabad' - Indian Express |website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://m.mid-day.com/amp/articles/geeta-basra-on-refusing-films-decided-my-focus-was-my-relationship-with-harbhajan-singh-and-our-family/22718264 |title=Geeta Basra on refusing films Decided my focus was my relationship with Harbhajan Singh and our family - entertainment |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523052822/https://m.mid-day.com/amp/articles/geeta-basra-on-refusing-films-decided-my-focus-was-my-relationship-with-harbhajan-singh-and-our-family/22718264 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/South-Indians-and-Punjabis-like-their-girls-voluptuous-Geeta/articleshow/19507862.cms |title=South Indians and Punjabis like their girls voluptuous: Geeta - Times of India |website=The Times of India|date=12 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-harbhajan-singh-is-special-to-me-geeta-basra-1680453 |title=Harbhajan Singh is special to me: Geeta Basra |first=Aakanksha |last=Naval-Shetye |date=25 April 2012 |website=DNA India}}</ref><ref name="Bollywood Hungama 1">{{cite news |last1=Tuteja |first1=Joginder |title=Geeta Basra joins Narmada in Second Hand Husband |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/7618/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210064434/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/7618 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2014 |access-date=14 January 2015 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=9 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gippy Grewal and Geeta Basra back in Lock, releasing on 14 October 2016 |url=http://punjabitoday.com/punjabi-movies/lock-new-punjabi-movie-gippy-grewal-geeta-basra/ |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827010445/http://punjabitoday.com/punjabi-movies/lock-new-punjabi-movie-gippy-grewal-geeta-basra/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Early life ==
Basra was born to [[Indian Punjabis|Indian Punjabi]] parents in [[Portsmouth, Hampshire]], on the south coast of England.<ref name="InComBio" /> She has one younger brother, Rahul, and sister Ruby.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaeveryday.in/celebs/geeta-basra-i425.htm |title=Geeta Basra Biography on IndiaEveryday |publisher=IndiaEveryday.com |work=Geeta Basra Biography |access-date=13 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706014036/http://www.indiaeveryday.in/celebs/geeta-basra-i425.htm |archive-date=6 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

She studied acting at the [[Kishore Namit Kapoor]] Acting Institute.<ref name="InComBio" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Geeta Basra Biography |url=http://bollywoodcelebfacts.com/geeta-basra/ |website=Bollywood Celebrity Facts |access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-date=12 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012201710/http://bollywoodcelebfacts.com/geeta-basra/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==
She was first seen in the [[Emraan Hashmi]]-starrer ''[[Dil Diya Hai]]'' in 2006 in which she played a girl who is sold into prostitution by her lover. Her second release, ''[[The Train (2007 film)|The Train]]'' (2007), was also opposite Hashmi. She played Roma, a working woman who gets caught up in an extramarital affair.

Basra was also seen in the [[music video]] for the [[Sukshinder Shinda]] and [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]] song "Ghum Sum Ghum Sum", playing the love interest of the male protagonist played by [[Rahul Bhat]].

== Personal life ==
[[File:Harbhajan Singh & Geeta Basra at Rakesh Roshan’s birthday bash.jpg|thumb|200px|Basra with husband [[Harbhajan Singh]] at [[Rakesh Roshan]]'s birthday bash in 2017]]
Basra married Indian cricketer [[Harbhajan Singh]] on 29 October 2015 in [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Harbhajan-Singh-Geeta-Basra-tie-the-knot/articleshow/49579495.cms |title=Harbhajan Singh-Geeta Basra tie the knot |publisher=Times of India |date=29 October 2015 |access-date=29 October 2015 |archive-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101015439/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Harbhajan-Singh-Geeta-Basra-tie-the-knot/articleshow/49579495.cms |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/harbhajan-singh-ties-the-knot-with-geeta-basra-jalandhar-wedding-pictures-270396-2015-10-29 |title=Harbhajan Singh ties the knot with Geeta Basra, Sachin-Anjali bless the newlyweds |magazine=India Today |date=29 October 2015}}</ref> They have a daughter, Hinaya Heer Plaha, born on 27 July 2016 in Portsmouth, [[Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/harbhajan-singh-geeta-basra-pregnant-baby-girl-child-london-331917-2016-07-28 |title=Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra welcome baby girl in London |date=28 July 2016 |access-date=1 August 2016 |archive-date=31 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731211402/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harbhajan-singh-geeta-basra-pregnant-baby-girl-child-london/1/726207.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and a son, Jovan Veer Singh Plaha, born on 10 July 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/harbhajan-singh-geeta-basra-baby-boy-pregnancy-journey-prenatal-yoga-maternity-fashion-7398261/lite/ |title=Harbhajan Singh, Geeta Basra welcome a baby boy: A look at the new mom's pregnancy journey |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Actress Geeta Basra Gets Candid About Her Two Pregnancies & Postpartum Body Struggles |url=https://www.idiva.com/health-wellness/body-confidence/geeta-basra-opens-up-about-her-two-pregnancies/18032013 |work=iDiva |date=30 March 2022 |language=en-IN}}</ref> They reside in [[Mumbai]], India.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Role(s)
! scope="col"| Director(s)
! scope="col"| Language(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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|-
| 2006 || ''[[Dil Diya Hai]]'' || Neha Mehra || [[Aditya Datt]] || rowspan="5"| [[Hindi]] || Debut film || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20060522-geeta-basra-make-bollywood-debut-with-emraan-hashmi-in-dil-diya-hai-783046-2006-05-22 |title=Geeta Basra make Bollywood debut with Emraan Hashmi in Dil Diya Hai |website=India Today |date=22 May 2006 |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172025/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20060522-geeta-basra-make-bollywood-debut-with-emraan-hashmi-in-dil-diya-hai-783046-2006-05-22 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2007 || ''[[The Train (2007 film)|The Train]]'' || Roma Kapoor / Richa Malhotra || Hasnain Hyderabadwala <br /> Raksha Mistry || || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kissing-is-a-part-of-your-job-geeta-basra/story-O88ib3VDGi2cpRwVc4neYI.html |title=Geeta Basra, who made her Bollywood debut with Dil Diya Hai, is all excited about her forthcoming film, The Train |website=Hindustan Times |date=3 May 2007 |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172024/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kissing-is-a-part-of-your-job-geeta-basra/story-O88ib3VDGi2cpRwVc4neYI.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Zila Ghaziabad]]'' || {{---}} || [[Anand Kumar (director)|Anand Kumar]] || Special Appearance in song "Baap Ka Maal" || <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/item-numbers-are-like-special-appearances-geeta-basra-610698 |title=Item numbers are like special appearances: Geeta Basra |newspaper=NDTV.com |date=10 February 2013 |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172021/https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/item-numbers-are-like-special-appearances-geeta-basra-610698 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Mr Joe B. Carvalho]]'' || Gehna || Samir Tewari || || <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/calling-mr-joe-b-carvalho-a-mad-movie-says-geeta-basra-113042400202_1.html |title='Calling Mr Joe B Carvalho' a mad movie, says Geeta Basra |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=24 April 2013 |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172020/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/calling-mr-joe-b-carvalho-a-mad-movie-says-geeta-basra-113042400202_1.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Second Hand Husband]]'' || Neha Kaur Grewal || rowspan="2"|[[Smeep Kang]] || || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/geeta-basra-my-second-hand-husband-role-like-sridevis-in-judaai-736419 |title=Geeta Basra: My Second Hand Husband Role like Sridevi's in Judaai |website=NDTV |date=2 February 2015 |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172025/https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/geeta-basra-my-second-hand-husband-role-like-sridevis-in-judaai-736419 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Lock (film)|Lock]]'' || Pammi || rowspan="2" | [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || || <ref>{{cite news |title=Geeta Basra follows Anushka Sharma's 'NH10′ in 'Lock' |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/showbiz/geeta-basra-follows-anushka-sharmas-nh10-in-lock/56228/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810055703/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/showbiz/geeta-basra-follows-anushka-sharmas-nh10-in-lock/56228/ |archive-date=10 August 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|2025
|''Mehar''
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|Rakesh Mehta
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|}

== References ==
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Raunak Shankhwar at 18:29, 13 March 2026