Aarti Chabria began modeling at 3 years of age. She was the Farex Baby, and appeared in over 300 commercials including Maggi Noodles, Pepsodent tooth paste, Clean and Clear face wash, Amul Frostick ice cream, LML Trendy Scooter, Krack Cream.
After completing her education, Chabria shot to fame when she was crowned "Miss India Worldwide 2000" in November 1999, being the youngest among 22 Indian contestants from all over the world.
She then appeared in the music videos - Harry Anand's
Teri Chahat Mein (2000),
Sukhwinder Singh's
Nasha Hi Nasha Hai (2000),
Adnan Sami's
Adnan Sami: Roothe Hue Ho Kyon (2002) (from album Tera Chehra) and another by Avdhoot Gupte,
Meri Madhubala (2003)Her debut Bollywood film was
Tum Se Achcha Kaun Hai (2002) which did fairly well at the box office, and the music of which was a super hit, but before that she appeared in a cameo role in a tele-film,
Akanksha (1989) as a child artist and
Lajja (2001) as
Danny Denzongpa's daughter opposite
Sharman Joshi.
She then worked with some of the best names in the industry in films like
Awara Paagal Deewana (2002) opposite
Akshay Kumar, directed by
Vikram Bhatt which was a super hit at the box office and for which Aarti received a lot of acclaim and rave reviews for her role as Chiman Chappus daughter, a NRI 'tapori' in love with an underworld don 'Guru Gulab Khatri'. Following that there was
Raja Bhaiya (2003) opposite
Govinda where she essayed the role of a girl who loses her memory and has a mental level of a 5 year old,
Shaadi No. 1 (2005) as a hot diva opposite
Fardeen Khan directed by
David Dhawan,
Ssukh (2005) opposite
Govinda where she played a multi layered character and
Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera (2006) directed by
Harry Baweja. She even did a special appearance in a film called
Partner (2007) which was a box office hit directed by
David Dhawan.
Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), directed By
Apoorva Lakhia and produced by
Sanjay Gupta was a super hit in which Aarti played a Muslim girl "Tannu" who's a bar dancer in love with an underworld gangster played by
Tusshar Kapoor. Both her item songs from the film "Unke Nashein Mein" and "Mere Yaar" were super hits.
Daddy Cool: Join the Fun (2009) was a film by Inder Kumar, in which she was opposite
Suniel Shetty as a christian housewife.
Dus Tola (2010) opposite
Manoj Bajpayee where Aarti played a village belle Suvarnalata Shastri in love with a Gold and a Goldsmith which got her a lot of critical acclaim for her performance in this author-backed role. Aarti left a mark with her performance in Telugu and Kannada movies as well which got her popularity in the South Indian Film Industry with films like
Okariki Okaru (2003), Gopi Godameda Pilli,
Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari (2004)(remake of
Priyadarshan's Hindi film
Hungama (2003)),
Aham Premasmi (2005) directed by
V. Ravichandran ,
Santha (2007) opposite
Shivarajkumar and
Rajani (2011) opposite
Upendra.
Aarti was hugely appreciated as "Preeto" in a Punjabi Movie
Viyah 70 Km (2013) which released in Sept 2013
She was the winner of the fourth season of Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2011.
Aarti has also studied Film Making at the New York Film Academy in New York in 2012.
Aarti participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 6) 2013 (which is the Indian version of Dancing with the Stars) and was praised for her performances by all three judges for her sincerity, perfection in dance style, grace, and beauty. She was injured on the show, but still continued with true competitive spirit without giving up.
Aarti is known to be a dancer and mimic who performs live as well as comperes shows with élan.
She was also seen in the latest Kalyan jewels advertisement with
Amitabh Bachchan.