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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Rajeshwari Sachdev

Rajeshwari Sachdev is a Hindi film actress and singer(hulle hullare fame), who is most known for her role in Shyam Benegal's film Sardari Begum (1996), for which she won the 1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Sachdev co-hosted the Zee TV musical show, Titan Antakshari from 1994 to 2001. In 2005, she along with her husband Varun Badola, took part a reality TV, Dance competition show, Nach Baliye.


Contents

  • 1 Early life and education
  • 2 Career
    • 2.1 Filmography
    • 2.2 Discography
  • 3 External links 

Early life and education


Rajeshwari was born on 14 April 1975 in Mumbai to a Punjabi father and a mother from Southern India. After completing her graduation from Guru Nanak Khalsa College (King's Circle) in Mumbai, she started her career on stage doing plays with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).She married Varun Badola on 25 November 2004.


Career


She made her film debut with Marathi film 'Aayatya Gharat Gharoba' (1991) directed by Sachin. Her second film was Shyam Benegal's Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). She then became a regular in his films, and was cast in Mammo (1994), Sardari Begum (1996), Samar (1999), Hari-Bhari (2000), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005) and Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008). She also appeared in the Hollywood film Little Buddha (1993) and later in Tales of Kamasutra: The Perfumed Garden (1998). She also worked in Samvidhaan (TV Series) show, directed by Shyam Benegal.




Filmography



Year Film Role Notes
1991 Aayatya Gharat Gharoba Kaanan Marathi film
1993 Little Buddha Yasodhara English film
1993 Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda Jamuna
1994 Mammo Riyaz's mother
1994 Triyacharitra
1996 Sardari Begum Sakina
1997 Tunnu Ki Tina Tina
1998 Porkkalam Tamil film
1998 Qila Lajo
2000 Samar
2000 Tales of The Kama Sutra : The Perfumed Garden Lochani/Loni
2000 Hari-Bhari Salma
2001 Meri Pyaari Bahania Banegi Dulhania
2001 Rahul Sheela
2003 The Perfect Husband
2004 Mitter Pyare Nu Haal Mureedan Da Kehna Preet Punjabi film
2005 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero Capt. Lakshmi Sahgal
2008 Welcome to Sajjanpur Shobharani
2008 Bombay to Bangkok Dr. Rati
2009 7 Days in Slow Motion Mrs. Suri Indian English film
2010 Malik Ek Saraswati
2013 Issaq Paro
2015 Balika Vadhu Mangla Devi




 Discography 


Year Album
1999 Hulle Hullare
2000Mukhda Piya Ka
2006 Ummang





External links






Manasi Scott

Manasi Scott is an Indian singer, song writer, and an actress. Manasi is best known for her live performances and for composing the album of Sanjay Gupta's "Acid Factory".

Contents

  • 1 Early life
  • 2 Career
  • 3 Notable Discography
  • 4 Notable Filmography
  • 5 Notable Television
  • 6 External links

Early life


Manasi is known as a multi talented personality. She made national level recognition as a singer while she was studying in eighth standard. After obtaining a degree on mass communications from the prestigious St. Xavier College, she also done a course on TV and Film production. She kick started her professional singing career with the popular Pune rock band Dark Water Fixation which also paved way to get her first break in Tamil composer Vidyasagar's “Snehithiye". The song was "Othaiyadi Pathaile" and the film directed by Priyadarshan turned out to a box office hit. Manasi also played an important supporting role in the film and her character's name was Nancy. Snehithiye is a movie noted for having only female characters in the leads. Manasi also acted in the Malayalam film Raakilipattu, it is the Malayalam version of Tamil film Snegithiye. In Raakilipattu she acted with his original name Manasi as Jyothika's friend. Manasi is also a national basketball player.


Career


Even before releasing her debut album, Manasi already became a national sensation with her terrific live performances. Even though she had her debut album "Nachlae" in 2005, her first major break happened in 2009 with the Sanjay Gupta film "Acid Factory". Manasi has composed and sung a song 'Khatti Meethi' for the film. She has also done a music video for the same number. The video was voted as No.2 video of 2009 by MSN users. Her other major works as "Peter Gaya Kaam Se ", "Pappu Can’t Dance"," The Fox"," Loot", "Tom Dick and Harry Rocks Again", "Love Story 2050" etc.


Along with her singing career, Manasi has also acted in a couple of popular film which includes " Jhootha Hi Sahi", "Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu" etc. She was also the anchor of many leading shows which include Perfect 10 on Sony Pix, Glamorous on Zoom and E Buzz on AXN. She was the major judge in Cornetto Anchor Hunt on Zing/ETC.

Manasi Scott is the first Indian singer to have graced the coveted cover of The Week. She is also the first Indian singer to be a brand ambassador, model and host for brands such as Sunsilk, L’oreal and Reebok.



Notable Discography


  • Snehithiye
  • Okkadu Chalu
  • Goppinti Alludu
  • Acid Factory
  • Peter Gaya Kaam Se
  • Pappu Can't Dance Saala
  • The Fox
  • Loot
  • Tom Dick and Harry Rocks Again
  • Love Story 2050
  • Aadhi Bhagavan
  • Thillalangadi
  • Raakilipattu

Notable Filmography


  • Snehithiye
  • Raakilipattu
  • Acid Factory
  • Jhootha Hi Sahi
  • Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu

Notable Television


  • Perfect 10 on Sony Pix - Anchor
  • Glamorous on Zoom - Anchor
  • E Buzzon AXN - Anchor
  • Cornetto Anchor Hunt on Zing/ETC - Judge

External links