Deepika Chikhalia was raised in Mumbai and garnered huge fame by working in the famous television series called Vikram Aur Betaal. The director was so impressed by her that, he cast her for the role of Sita in Ramayan. She along with Arun Govil immediately catapulted to the limelight and were in a true sense the biggest star of the 1980s.

Besides television, she has also acte3d in silver screen as well. She made her acting debut with a lead role in the Hindi film titled Sun Meri Laila in 1983. Though, in the initial part of her career, she got roles only in B Grade and horror films. After working in Ramayan, her career took a U-turn and she got lead roles infamous television series such as Luv Kush and The Sword of Tipu Sultan among others.

She acted in hit films like  Ghar Ka Chiraag and Rupaye Dus Karod. She played the supporting role while superstar Rajesh Khanna was in the lead role in both the films. In addition to Hindi, she has worked in Tamil, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Kannada and Malayalam language films.

Banking on her popularity, BJP invited her to join their party and also gave her a Lok Sabha ticket from Baroda constituency in the 1991 general elections. She won the elections and served as an MP for six years.

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