Dino Morea life and biography

Dino Morea is a former Gladrags Supermodel winner who started acting in Bollywood movies.

His father is an Italian while his mother is an Anglo Indian and he has two brothers. Morea studied at the Bangalore Military School and the Clarence School. He did his graduation from St Joseph's College, Bangalore. Six feet tall and good looking, Morea soon started modeling with Prasad Bidapa's guidance. He won the Gladrags Supermodel title in 1999.Dino Morea was dating model turned actress Bipasha Basu. He is now dating another beauty queen Lara Dutta. Acting aside, Dino Morea also runs a restaurant with his brothers.

Dino Morea's first movie was Pyar Mein Kabhie Kabhie (1999) with Rinke Khanna. The movie performed averagely at the box office. After a special appearance in Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), he starred in a Bhatt production Raaz (2002) which was a big hit.

There were some forgettable performances in movies like Baaz: A Bird in Danger (2003), Rakht: What If You Can See the Future (2004) and Chehraa (2005). In Aksar (2006) which also starred Emraan Hashmi, Udita Goswami and Tara Sharma, he played a millionaire who is double crossed. He was also seen a remake of Dirty Dancing called Holiday (2006), directed by Pooja Bhatt which was a flop.

In Dus Kahaniyaan (2007) which was a collection of ten short films, he appeared in Apoorva Lakhia's story titled Sex on the Beach with Tarina Patel. In 2008 he starred in Anant Mahadevan's Anamika which was a remake of Hitchcock's Rebecca. This was followed by Heroes and Karzzz with Himesh Reshamiyya.

His releases in 2009 are Acid Factory, Deha and Gumnaam The Mystery and in 2010 Pyaar Impossible.

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