Asha Saini
| Flora Saini | |
|---|---|
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Saini at the press conference of the film 'Ya Rab' | |
| Born |
Flora Saini[1] Chandigarh, UT, India |
| Other names | Mayuri |
| Occupation | Film actress |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Flora Saini (also known as Asha Saini) is an Indian film actress and model. She predominantly works in Tollywood, and also appeared in a number of Kannada, Tamil and Hindi films as well. Since her debut in Prema Kosam (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors including Rajinikanth, Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Balakrishna, Venkatesh, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar.[2]
Career
Born in Chandigarh, UT to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir and continued her education in The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan Delhi. She was the favorite student of Accounts teacher Lala.[3] Her family moved to Kolkata then, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated at the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant contest.[4] Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film Prema Kosam in which she enacted the lead female role.[3] The film producer of her first film rechristened her as Asha Saini, while years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayuri, as per an astrologer’s advice, before eventually reverting to her original name.[5]
Flora subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu films in the next three years, with her appearance in the film Narasimha Naidu (2002), which went on to become highly successful,[6] being the most notable, which led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter.[7] In 2002, she debuted in Hindi, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced Bharat Bhagya Vidhata.[8] Her second Hindi film Love in Nepal (2004) saw her pairing with popular playback singer Sonu Nigam, which too was produced by T. P. Aggarwal.[4] Flora starred in several Kannada films, too, including Giri starring Srinagar Kitty and Nammannna starring Sudeep.[9]
In March 2008, she was arrested in Chennai for supposedly having forged visa documents,[7] and was subsequently banned from the Tamil film industry.[10] She claimed innocence,[11] and the ban was lifted a couple of weeks later.[12]
Flora had three of her films, Broker (Telugu), Vismaya Pramaya and Vah Re Vah (both Kannada) releasing on 31 December 2010, a rare occurrence that secured her an entry in the Limca Book of Records for the most number of film releases on one day.[13] In 2010, Flora Saini was honoured with the Uttarakhand Ratan Award.[14] She has also received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for her work towards the poor and helpless.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Prema Kosam | Aishwarya | Telugu | |
| 2000 | Antha Mana Manchike | Telugu | ||
| 2000 | Yeh Hai Green Signal | Hindi | ||
| 2000 | Manasunna Maraju | Telugu | ||
| 2000 | Chala Bagundi | Telugu | ||
| 2001 | Cheppalani Vundi | Telugu | ||
| 2001 | Sardukupodaam Randi | Nisha | Telugu | |
| 2001 | Timepass | Telugu | ||
| 2001 | Akka Bavekkada | Shilpa | Telugu | |
| 2001 | Navvuthu Bathakalira | Telugu | ||
| 2001 | Narasimha Naidu | Telugu | ||
| 2001 | Prematho Raa | Telugu | ||
| 2001 | Rowdysheeter | Telugu | ||
| 2001 | Subhakaryam | Telugu | ||
| 2001 | Nuvvu Naaku Nachav | Asha | Telugu | |
| 2002 | O Chinnadana | Asha | Telugu | |
| 2002 | Adrustam | Telugu | ||
| 2002 | Kodanda Rama | Sangeetha | Kannada | |
| 2002 | Sontham | Telugu | ||
| 2002 | Bharat Bhagya Vidhata | Shabnam | Hindi | |
| 2003 | Ottesi Chebuthunna | Telugu | ||
| 2004 | Love in Nepal | Maxi | Hindi | |
| 2004 | 143 | Telugu | ||
| 2004 | Swamy | Telugu | Special appearance | |
| 2004 | Gajendra | Kausalya | Tamil | |
| 2005 | Giri | Kannada | ||
| 2005 | Mr. Errababu | Telugu | Special appearance | |
| 2005 | Nammanna | Kannada | ||
| 2005 | Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu | Manju | Tamil | |
| 2005 | Kusthi | Abhi | Tamil | |
| 2008 | Michael Madana Kamaraju | Mandira | Telugu | |
| 2008 | Swagatham | Telugu | ||
| 2008 | Kuselan | Tamil | Special appearance | |
| 2008 | Dheemaku | Indira Devi | Kannada | |
| 2008 | Chedugudu | Telugu | ||
| 2008 | Dindigul Sarathy | Tamil | Special appearance | |
| 2009 | Aa Intlo | Pallavi | Telugu | |
| 2009 | Junction | Telugu | Special appearance | |
| 2010 | Comedy Express | Telugu | ||
| 2010 | Naane Ennul Illai | Tamil | ||
| 2010 | Kanagavel Kakka | Tamil | Special appearance | |
| 2010 | Broker | Telugu | ||
| 2010 | Vismaya Pramaya | Meera | Kannada | |
| 2010 | Vah Re Vah | Kannada | ||
| 2011 | Chattam | Telugu | Special appearance | |
| 2011 | Money Money, More Money | Telugu | ||
| 2012 | Dabangg 2 | Hindi | Cameo appearance | |
| 2013 | CID Eesha | Kannada | ||
| 2013 | Aakasamlo Sagam | Vasu | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Sahasra | Telugu | Special appearance | |
| 2013 | Uchakattam | Tamil | Filming | |
| 2013 | Dr. Paramanandayya's Students Gang | Telugu | Filming | |
| 2013 | Nijam Nizhalagirathu | Tamil | Filming | |
| 2014 | Ya Rab | Hindi | ||
| 2014 | Lakshmi | Swarna | Hindi | |
| 2014 | Paisa Yaar N Panga | Meera | Punjabi | |
| 2015 | MSG:The Messenger | Muskan | Hindi | |
| 2015 | Dhanak | Hindi | ||
| 2015 | Guddu Ki Gun | Nurse | Hindi |
References
- ↑ Sarah Salvadore, TNN (2012-02-20). "I love doing South Indian cinema: Flora Saini". The Times of India. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ↑ Vinita Chaturvedi (2011-12-19). "Flora Saini: Another southern hottie ready to storm Bollywood". The Times of India. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- 1 2 3 Deepa Natarajan (2010-04-22). "Rising like a phoenix". Deccanherald.com. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- 1 2 "Love in Delhi, the Fllora way". The Hindu. 2003-08-28. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ↑ Y Sunita Chowdhary (2012-02-18). "Arts / Cinema : Itsy-Bitsy: Name game". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ↑ "Welcome to". Sify. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- 1 2 "Asha Saini arrested in Chennai". Sify. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ↑ "rediff.com, Movies: Puru, Chandrachur: Face off!". Rediff. 2001-04-30. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ↑ "Karnataka / Bangalore News : Flora Shiny had acted in Kannada movies". The Hindu. 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ↑ "Aasha Saini aka Mayuri arrested en route to the US". IndiaGlitz. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ↑ "Asha Saini claims innocence". Sify. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ↑ "Actress relieved from ban". IndiaGlitz. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ↑ "Flora Saini bags a place in Limca Book of Records". 123telugu.com. 1998-01-01. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2013-01-11.