Jyothi Rana

Approximately, one thousand people daily land in Mumbai to make their mark in the film industry. They are passionate to make their career in Bollywood. But do all succeed in becoming top actor or actress? Most of them end up being a junior artist or doing side roles. And some who are bold enough land in the industry of adult films. Yes, apart from Bollywood, Mumbai is a hub of the adult industry too where B and C grade movies are produced. We may regard these movies as cheap but there are many viewers of these films, and they end up doing considerable business. Jyoti Rana is one of the few faces of this industry who has been working in B and C grade films since last two decades.

In this category, she prefers horror and thriller flicks as these have helped her to establish her in adult movies. Born and brought up in Mumbai, Jyoti belongs to a lower middle-class family. She wanted to become an actress since childhood and was very particular about her dressing sense, and body. On reaching her early twenties, she auditioned for many roles but failed to give a kick start to her career. In Mumbai, time runs very fast, and being a Mumbaikar Jyothi realized it very soon. Seeing her career going nowhere, she shifted her focus from A grade movies to B and C grade films. She auditioned for few roles and soon landed up with her debut role. She was asked to shape up her figure a bit for the role which she did.

Her debut flick was ‘Purani Kabar,’ a horror flick. With her first movie only, she was stereotyped and horror scripts started pouring in. ’Purani Kabar’ released in 1998. From 1998 to 2000, Jyoti appeared in more than two dozen flicks. Few of them are Dracula, School girl, Kaam Vasna, Kharidaar, Samri, Shaitan Tantrik, Khooni Ilaaka: The prohibited area, Murda Ghar, Khopdi the skull, Band Kamre Mein, and Naakhoon. She was on the top of her adult film career in the year 2000. But after 2000, she worked on few scripts. Since 2001, she has worked only in six flicks. She remains disappeared from the screen for many years and then returns with a small role just to make her presence felt. She has last seen in Karar the deal and was playing the role of Annie in it.