Chitrashi Rawat
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Chitrashi Rawat is a state hockey player and an actress from India. She played the role of Komal Chautala, a member of the Indian women's national hockey team
India women's national field hockey team
The Indian women's national field hockey team is the national women's team representing field hockey in India. Captain Suraj Lata Devi led the team to the Gold for three consecutive years: during the 2002 Commonwealth Games , the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, and the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup...

, in the movie Chak De India
Chak De India
Chak De! India is a 2007 Indian sports films about field hockey in India. It is directed by Shimit Amin, produced by Yash Raj Films, written by Jaideep Sahni, sports action by ReelSports, and stars Shahrukh Khan as Kabir Khan, the former captain of the Indian hockey team. After a disastrous loss...

. At age 17, Chitrashi played left striker in hockey for Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

 state in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. She was picked for the role of a hockey player in the movie Chak De India by the producers after an audition in Jabalpur.

Rawat is a former student of the Guru Nanak Academy. Daughter of TS Rawat, a resident of Raipur, Uttarakhand
Raipur, Uttarakhand
Raipur is a census town in Dehradun district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.-Geography:Raipur is located at . It has an average elevation of 663 metres .-Demographics:...

, Chitrashi regularly represents the Uttarakhand hockey team in the national championships. Currently, she is studying at St Andrew FYBMM pursuing her bachelor's degree in mass media. She has campaigned for Minute Maid
Minute Maid
Minute Maid is a product line of beverages, usually associated with lemonade or orange juice, but now extends to soft drinks of many kinds, including Hi-C...

 pulpy orange, along with co-stars Vidya Malvade and Sagarika Ghatge
Sagarika Ghatge
Sagarika Ghatge is an Indian actress. She was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, in a maratha family and went to Chatrapati Shahu Vidyalaya in Kolhapur until 8th grade. She completed her 10th and 12th grades at Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer, Rajasthan and her graduation from HR college, Mumbai...

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She hails from Dehradun
Dehradun
- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...

. She is also hosting Star Gold's Sabse Favourite Kaun.
She was also a contestant in a Comedy Circus 2 of Optimystix.
She has acted in Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion
Fashion (film)
Fashion is a 2008 Indian film co-produced, co-written, and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The film has a massive star cast which includes Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and newcomers Mugdha Godse and Arjan Bajwa. Based on the dark side of the world of fashion, the movie depicts it through the...

 as Shomu and recently as 'Shortkut' in the 2009 action thriller movie titled Luck. She subsequently participated in Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao
Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao
Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao is the Indian version of the popular British reality game show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!. The show premiered on July 13, 2009 at 10 PM on Sony Entertainment Television , replacing another reality talent show Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega whose first...

, Indian remake of I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.

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