Bhagyashree Patwardhan

Bhagyashree

Bhagyashree in 2015
Born Shrimant Rajkumari Bhagyashree Raje Patwardhan
(1969-02-23) 23 February 1969
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Other names Bhagyashree Patwardhan
Occupation Actress
Years active 1983–2006, 2009–present
Spouse(s) Himalaya Dasani
Children 2
Parent(s) HH Meherban Shrimant Rajasaheb Vijaysinghrao Madhavrao Patwardhan (Father)
H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Rani Rohini Rajya Lakshmi Patwardhan(Mother)

Bhagyashree (born Shrimant Rajkumari Bhagyashree Raje Patwardhan on 23 February 1969) is an Indian actress.[1][2] She is best known for her debut lead role in the movie Maine Pyar Kiya for which she won Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year.

Biography

Bhagyashree in 2012

Bhagyashree hails from the royal Marathi family of Sangli in Maharashtra.[3] Her father is Vijay Singhrao Madhavrao Patwardhan, is the current Raja of Sangli.[4] She is the eldest of three daughters, the other two being Madhuvanti and Purnima.

Career

Bhagyashree in 2006

She started her acting career with Kachhi Dhoop – a television serial by Amol Palekar. It was based on Louisa Mary Alcott's Little Women. Her rendezvous with acting happened by chance when next door neighbor Amol Palekar, a renowned actor-director, requested her to step in and act in his serial Kacchi Dhoop as the actress who had been signed on had abandoned the serial abruptly. The serial did well and later on she had roles in Honi Anhoni and Kisse Miya Biwi Ke.

She is best known for her role in the 1989 blockbuster film Maine Pyaar Kiya with Salman Khan.[5]

She also acted in a Bhojpuri movie "Uthaile Ghoonghta Chand Dekhle "(2005).

After marriage, she acted in three films: Peepat's Qaid Main Hai Bulbul, K.C. Bokadia's Tyagi and Mahendra Shah's Payal all opposite her husband Himalaya in 1992. She also acted with Avinash Wadhawan in Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi (1993). This was her last Hindi film in the 90s and she took a break from films for rest of this decade. She made her Telugu debut in the film Yuvaratna Rana (1998).

She returned to Hindi films in the 2001 film Hello Girls. She later appeared in Janani (2006), Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006) and Red Alert: The War Within (2008). After a gap of several years, she made a comeback to television with Aandhi Jasbaton Ki, where she played a politician. She was also seen in Didi Ka Dulha, a comedy serial on national broadcaster Doordarshan and a telefilm where she plays a blind person. She made her debut in Marathi films with the romantic comedy Zhak Marli Baiko Keli in June 2009. In 2014, she would make her comeback to entertainment space with TV serial Laut Aao Trisha to be aired on Life OK.[6]

She is the promoter of a media company Shrishti Entertainment with her husband.

Television

Filmography

Awards

Other work

In March 2015, Bhagyashree became brand ambassador of the Bhagyashree scheme,launched by Government of Maharashtra.[8] Bhagyashree scheme caters to girl child from Below Poverty Line families.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Bhagyashree on comeback trail". The Times of India. 17 October 2007.
  2. ↑ "Salad moments!". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 29 December 2005.
  3. ↑ "Beyond the coyness…". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 19 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "' I like to know all the details of my role beforehand' : Bhagyashree". Indian Television Dot Com. 22 August 2002.
  5. ↑ "I'm happy to be known as 'Maine Pyar Kiya' girl: Bhagyashree". Yahoo!. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Bhagyashree Patwardhan back to screens with Laut Aao Trisha". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bhagyashree Returns to Small Screen with Life OK’s New Show". TellyTRP.in. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Maharashtra Government launches Bhagyashree Scheme for girl child, to be linked with Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme". intoday.in.
  9. ↑ PTI. "‘Bhagyashree’ scheme for girls in Maharashtra". The Hindu Business Line.

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