Bhumika Chawla was born21 August 1978 in New Delhi in a Punjabi family. She is the daughter of an army officer father. She did her schooling from Delhi. Later she went to Mumbai where she started working in commercials and some music videos. She also worked in Hip Hip Hurray a popular program on Zee TV. It was the time when latest news of Bhumika Chawla started appearing in media.
Bhumika Chawla married her long-time boyfriend and Yoga teacher Bharat Thakur on 21 October 2007 at Devlali, Nashik in a Gurdwara.
Earlier there were rumors about her personal life, but she seemed happy with her hubby as both of them attended together some events.