Watch: Ayesha Takia makes rare public appearance, strikes a pose for paps with her son

Ayesha Takia

After a long time, former actress Ayesha Takia was spotted by our city paps. Takia who is known for working in films like 'Wanted', 'Ye Dil Maange More', 'Tarzaan: The Wonder Car', 'Fool N Final' among others has been missing from the scene for a long time. On Friday afternoon, the actress was clicked at the Mumbai airport with her son.

Ayesha Takia was spotted as she arrived at Mumbai airport for her flight out of the city She was seen dressed in a blue salwar kameez and was accompanied by her son. The mother-son duo happily posed for the photographers before walking into the airport.

Ayesha got married to Farhan Azmi, politician Abu Azmi's son, in 2009. They have a son named Mikail.

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Ayesha's film journey:

Ayesha Takia made her Bollywood debut with 'Taarzan: The Wonder Car' in 2004. For the role, she won the Best Debut award. She acted opposite Vatsal Sheth in the fantasy-thriller film. The film was loosely based on the American film 'Christine', which was also remade in Marathi as 'Ek Gadi Baki Anadi'. Before she entered Bollywood, what brought Ayesha Takia into the limelight was being featured in Falguni Pathak's 'Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye' music video. She was featured in the video as a teenager and looked the part with her innocent eyes and childlike gestures.

Meanwhile, Ayesha also appeared in several films which did not do well at the box office. There was one film, however, for which her performance was widely applauded. It was in the 2006 film 'Dor', a small-budget film, in which she got the opportunity to showcase her acting chops. Ayesha played a young widowed Rajasthani woman living in a traditional joint family. She won several awards for her performance.

Besides Bollywood, Ayesha Takia has also appeared in the 2005 Telugu film 'Super' opposite Tollywood star Akkineni Nagarjuna. In 2011, she starred in the film Mod, which received a fairly good response. That was her last film.

Botox gone wrong?

After exiting films, Ayesha often made headlines for her alleged botox. Back in 2016, pictures of her botox-ed face had gone viral on social media. Reacting to it, the actress told PTI, "I found it funny when the pictures came. I thought it was so hilarious, it doesn't look like me. The pictures were morphed. But then it was all over the place and people were taking it seriously."

"We are surrounded by social media today. You have to develop a thick skin and get over it. So, I cleared things out as much as I could and ultimately laughed it off," she added.