Ishitta Arun

Ishitta Arun is an Indian actress, writer, model, VJ and producer,^[1][2] and is the daughter of the renowned Bollywood Folk-Item singer Ila Arun. She is best known for her roles in series like Scoop (2023), Rana Naidu (2023), Good Bad Girl (2022) and the musical The Merchants of Bollywood (2006-2007).^[3]

Ishitta Arun
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actress, writer, Model, VJ and Producer
Years active	1986-present
Parent	Ila Arun

Career

Ishitta made her acting debut in the year 2000 with the film Snegithiye.^[4] In 2003, she acted in the film Kahan Ho Tum.^[5] Other than this, she has acted in noted projects like Scoop, Rana Naidu and Good Bad Girl.^[6][7]

She is also known for her contributions in theatre. She acted in multiple theatre plays like The Merchants of Bollywood, Goonj, Mumbai Talkies and Mareechika.^{[8][9][10][11]}

In 2009, she participated as a contestant in the show Dancing Queen which aired on Colors TV.^[12] In 2010 she participated as a contestant and titled as second runner up in the NDTV imagine's show Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl.^{[citation needed]} She contributed as a writer and producer in the play Gaa Re Maa.^[13][14] She wrote the lyrics of Dhaakad film's title track, So Ja Re and Coke Studio's Ae Rab by Master Saleem and Dhruv Ghanekar, I am Alive by Atif Aslam and Maher Zain.^[15][16][17]

Filmography

Year	Film/series	Role	Notes
1986	Yatra	Child	TV series
2000	Snegithiye (Tamil)	Geetha Damodaran
2003	Kahan Ho Tum	Mansi
2007	Raakilipattu (Malayalam)	Geetha Damodaran
2009	Dancing Queen	Contestant
2010	Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl	Contestant	Second runner up
2022	Good Bad Girl	Dipika
2023	Rana Naidu	Anna
	Scoop	Naila Siddiqui
2024	Khel Khel Mein	Malti Mehra

Theatre plays

Play	Actor	Producer	Writer
The Merchants of Bollywood	Yes
Gaa Re Maa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Goonj	Yes
Mumbai Talkies	Yes
Mareechika	Yes

Music videos

Year	Song	Singer	Ref.
1999	Bijuria	Sonu Nigam	[18]
2002	Aika Dajiba	Vaishali Samant	[19]
2006	Loye Loye	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	[20]
2012	Lak Tunu Tunu	Surjit Bindrakhia	[21]

As a Lyricist

Year	Song	Singer	Notes
2012	Stay With Me	Dhruv Voyage
2015	Ae Rabb	Master Saleem, Dhruv Ghanekar	Coke Studio
	I'm Alive	Atif Aslam, Maher Zane
2022	"Dhaakad Title Song"	Vasundhara Vee	From the film Dhaakad
	"So Ja Re"	Sunidhi Chauhan, Hariharan