Saloni Aswani
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Saloni Aswani is an India
n film actress and model. After finishing her her education, Saloni ventured into modeling, appearing in various television advertisements. She went on to pursue a career in acting, debuting in the Hindi film Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa (2003), following which she starred in several South Indian films, failing to achieve notable commercial success. She gained notice through her performances in S. S. Rajamouli
's Magadheera
(2009) and Maryada Ramanna
(2010), leading to roles in further high-profile Telugu productions.
, Maharashtra
into a Sindhi
-speaking family as Vandana. Her father was an assistant commissioner of narcotics. The family moved to CGS quarters at Wadala, Mumbai
, when she was around 5 years old. After completing school, she enrolled at Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University
(SNDT) near New Marine Lines/Churchgate
, Mumbai, and graduated in Psychology
.
She was always interested in acting and was supported by her mother, while her father wanted her to "do a respectable job". Without her father's knowledge, she created a portfolio
and sent it to modeling agencies
. She appeared in several television advertisement
s like Vaseline, Lifebuoy, Parachute Oil, Moove, Chic Shampoo, Three Roses tea and Meera soaps. Throughout her academic career, she had always participated in dramas, especially mimicking Sridevi. She also participated with a theater group Kala Sansad and took acting lessons in Ashok Kumar
's Academy of Dramatic Arts, run by his daughter, Preeti Ganguly
.
and Kokila in Telugu and Rehguzar and Saawan: The Love Season in Hindi, while doing a special appearance in the song "Nachindey Chesey" for the film Boss, I Love You
. She debuted in the Tamil film industry
with a starring role in Madurai Veeran
(2007), and in the Kannada cinema the following year, playing one of the five lead actresses in Budhivanta
, both being her only releases in 2007 and 2008, respectively, with the latter going on to become a blockbuster.
Her first release in 2009 was the Kannada film Dubai Babu
, in which she essayed a minor supporting role, with her performance being appreciated by critics. Later that year, she appeared in a cameo role in the high-budget fantasy adventure Magadheera
by S. S. Rajamouli
, which garnered attention and prompted Rajamouli to cast her as the lead female character in his subsequent project Maryada Ramanna
, with Sunil
as the protagonist. Described as a "musical comedy", the film received positive reviews, while also emerging commercially successful. Saloni garnered positive feedback as well, with Jeevi from Idlebrain noting that she was "refreshing" and looked "pretty good". Her other 2010 release was Mr. Theertha
in Kannada language, with Saloni citing that she was upset with the attitude of the makers, resulting in her declining further Kannada projects. She has finished shooting for the film Telugu Ammayi, which she terms as a "female-oriented film", revolving around her character, Balatripura Sundari, a "typical traditional innocent Telugu girl" who "turns ferocious to save her struggling family". For the film, she had to ride a horse in one particular scene and speak the Godavari slang throughout.
She is currently working on two Telugu projects, Mahadeva Naidu opposite Balakrishna and Ganga - The Bodyguard alongside Venkatesh
and Trisha Krishnan
. In late 2011, she made a special appearance in the Tamil film Rajapattai, starring Vikram
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n film actress and model. After finishing her her education, Saloni ventured into modeling, appearing in various television advertisements. She went on to pursue a career in acting, debuting in the Hindi film Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa (2003), following which she starred in several South Indian films, failing to achieve notable commercial success. She gained notice through her performances in S. S. Rajamouli
S. S. Rajamouli
S.S. Rajamouli is a screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu cinema. He was introduced as a director by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starting from his first venture as a director, all his movies have had great success at the box office...
's Magadheera
Magadheera
Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...
(2009) and Maryada Ramanna
Maryada Ramanna
Maryada Ramanna is a Telugu comedy thriller film directed by S.S. Rajamouli starring Sunil and Saloni in lead roles. This is the second film for Sunil as a hero. The film opened to favorable reviews by critics and turned out to become a super hit...
(2010), leading to roles in further high-profile Telugu productions.
Early life
Saloni was born in UlhasnagarUlhasnagar
Ulhasnagar Ulhasnagar, also referred to as Sindhunagar, has an estimated population of 472,943 people .The name derives from the Ulhas river which flows through it. Kalyan is situated near Ulhasnagar. The city is home to many types of businesses....
, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
into a Sindhi
Sindhi people
Sindhis are a Sindhi speaking socio-ethnic group of people originating from Sindh, a province Formerly of British India, now in Pakistan. Today Sindhis that live in Pakistan belong to various religious denominations including Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity...
-speaking family as Vandana. Her father was an assistant commissioner of narcotics. The family moved to CGS quarters at Wadala, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, when she was around 5 years old. After completing school, she enrolled at Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University
SNDT Women's University
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University is a women's university in the city of Mumbai, India. The university headquarters are situated at Churchgate in South Mumbai, while the main campus is in Santacruz–Juhu area of Mumbai. SNDT has three campuses: two in Mumbai and one in...
(SNDT) near New Marine Lines/Churchgate
Churchgate
Churchgate is an area in downtown South Mumbai. During the eighteenth and up to the mid 19th century, Bombay was a walled city. The city walls had three gates, and Church Gate, named after St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai was one of the gates. The gate was situated near the present day location of...
, Mumbai, and graduated in Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
.
She was always interested in acting and was supported by her mother, while her father wanted her to "do a respectable job". Without her father's knowledge, she created a portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio literally means "a case for carrying loose papers," ....
and sent it to modeling agencies
Modeling agency
A modeling agency is a company that represents fashion models, to work for the fashion industry. These agencies earn their income via commission, usually from the deal they make with the model and or the head agency....
. She appeared in several television advertisement
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
s like Vaseline, Lifebuoy, Parachute Oil, Moove, Chic Shampoo, Three Roses tea and Meera soaps. Throughout her academic career, she had always participated in dramas, especially mimicking Sridevi. She also participated with a theater group Kala Sansad and took acting lessons in Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar also fondly called Dadamoni was an Indian film actor. Born Kumudlal Ganguly in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema...
's Academy of Dramatic Arts, run by his daughter, Preeti Ganguly
Preeti Ganguly
Preeti Ganguly is an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Hindi movies in the 1970s and 1980s. She is the daughter of veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar. She is best known for her comic role as Freni Sethna, the die-hard Amitabh Bachchan fan in Khatta Meetha...
.
Career
She made her acting debut in the 2003 Hindi film Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya, directed by Sawaan Kumar Tak, who rechristened her as Saloni. She then got to appear in her first Telugu film Dhana 51 (2005) and followed it up with Oka Oorillo, both of them ending up as commercial failures. In 2006 she starred in 5 films, performing lead roles in Chukkallo ChandruduChukkallo Chandrudu
Chukkallo Chandrudu is a Telugu film released on 14 January 2006 and was directed by Mani Ratnam's associate, Siva Kumar. The film has Siddharth Narayan, Sadha, Saloni Aswani, Charmme Kaur, and Akkineni Nageswara Rao playing important roles but this film story lines nearly equals to Jagapathi Babu...
and Kokila in Telugu and Rehguzar and Saawan: The Love Season in Hindi, while doing a special appearance in the song "Nachindey Chesey" for the film Boss, I Love You
Boss, I Love You
Boss is a 2006 Telugu film directed by V.N. Aditya. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, and Shriya Saran. The film's score and soundtrack will be composed by Kalyani Malik and Harry Anand. Cinematography for the movie is handled by Siva Kumar while editing is being handled by...
. She debuted in the Tamil film industry
Tamil cinema
Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...
with a starring role in Madurai Veeran
Madurai Veeran (film)
Madurai Veeran is a low budget Tamil movie.. The film is a romance-action film.The film stars Githan Ramesh and Saloni Aswani in the lead roles. The film is directed by Vincent Selvah. The score and soundtrack are composed by Srikanth Deva...
(2007), and in the Kannada cinema the following year, playing one of the five lead actresses in Budhivanta
Budhivanta
Budhivanta is a 2008 Kannada language blockbuster film starring Superstar Upendra in the lead role. It was directed by Ramnath Rigvedhi. It is a remake of the Tamil film Naan Avanillai. It was released on 26 September 2008...
, both being her only releases in 2007 and 2008, respectively, with the latter going on to become a blockbuster.
Her first release in 2009 was the Kannada film Dubai Babu
Dubai Babu
Dubai Babu is a 2009 Kannada-language film directed by Naganna, and Produced by Shailendra Babu under Shri Shailendra Productions. It stars Superstar Upendra, Nikitha and Saloni Aswani in the lead roles. The film is a remake of Telugu film Dubai Seenu....
, in which she essayed a minor supporting role, with her performance being appreciated by critics. Later that year, she appeared in a cameo role in the high-budget fantasy adventure Magadheera
Magadheera
Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...
by S. S. Rajamouli
S. S. Rajamouli
S.S. Rajamouli is a screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu cinema. He was introduced as a director by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starting from his first venture as a director, all his movies have had great success at the box office...
, which garnered attention and prompted Rajamouli to cast her as the lead female character in his subsequent project Maryada Ramanna
Maryada Ramanna
Maryada Ramanna is a Telugu comedy thriller film directed by S.S. Rajamouli starring Sunil and Saloni in lead roles. This is the second film for Sunil as a hero. The film opened to favorable reviews by critics and turned out to become a super hit...
, with Sunil
Sunil (actor)
Sunil Varma is an actor from the Telugu film industry. His roles usually are to provide comic relief to the audience. In Andala Ramudu , he appeared in the lead role for the first time and his Second one as hero is Maryada Ramanna directed by S. S. Rajamouli...
as the protagonist. Described as a "musical comedy", the film received positive reviews, while also emerging commercially successful. Saloni garnered positive feedback as well, with Jeevi from Idlebrain noting that she was "refreshing" and looked "pretty good". Her other 2010 release was Mr. Theertha
Mr. Theertha (2010 film)
Mr. Theertha is a Kannada action film, starring Sudeep and Saloni Aswani in the lead roles....
in Kannada language, with Saloni citing that she was upset with the attitude of the makers, resulting in her declining further Kannada projects. She has finished shooting for the film Telugu Ammayi, which she terms as a "female-oriented film", revolving around her character, Balatripura Sundari, a "typical traditional innocent Telugu girl" who "turns ferocious to save her struggling family". For the film, she had to ride a horse in one particular scene and speak the Godavari slang throughout.
She is currently working on two Telugu projects, Mahadeva Naidu opposite Balakrishna and Ganga - The Bodyguard alongside Venkatesh
Daggubati Venkatesh
Venkatesh Daggubati is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of veteran Tollywood film producer, former MP, Dr. D. Ramanaidu. He is often credited as Victory Venkatesh in films and is one of the lead actors in Telugu Cinema. He has won seven Nandi Awards and four...
and Trisha Krishnan
Trisha Krishnan
Trisha Krishnan is an Indian film actress and model, who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, but has also appeared in Hindi language films. She was noticed after winning several beauty pageants like the Miss Madras contest , which marked her entry into filmdom...
. In late 2011, she made a special appearance in the Tamil film Rajapattai, starring Vikram
Vikram (actor)
Vikram is an Indian film actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won five Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa | Rukhsaa Khan | Hindi | |
| 2005 | Dhana 51 | Lakshmi Mahesh Chandra | Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu... |
|
| Oka Oorillo | Lalitha | Telugu | ||
| 2006 | Chukkallo Chandrudu Chukkallo Chandrudu Chukkallo Chandrudu is a Telugu film released on 14 January 2006 and was directed by Mani Ratnam's associate, Siva Kumar. The film has Siddharth Narayan, Sadha, Saloni Aswani, Charmme Kaur, and Akkineni Nageswara Rao playing important roles but this film story lines nearly equals to Jagapathi Babu... |
Shalini | Telugu | |
| Reguzar | Neha Kapoor | Hindi | ||
| Kokila | Kokila | Telugu | ||
| Saawan: The Love Season | Kajal Kapoor | Hindi | ||
| Boss, I Love You Boss, I Love You Boss is a 2006 Telugu film directed by V.N. Aditya. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, and Shriya Saran. The film's score and soundtrack will be composed by Kalyani Malik and Harry Anand. Cinematography for the movie is handled by Siva Kumar while editing is being handled by... |
Telugu | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2007 | Madurai Veeran Madurai Veeran (film) Madurai Veeran is a low budget Tamil movie.. The film is a romance-action film.The film stars Githan Ramesh and Saloni Aswani in the lead roles. The film is directed by Vincent Selvah. The score and soundtrack are composed by Srikanth Deva... |
Priya Mayandi | Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore... |
|
| 2008 | Budhivanta Budhivanta Budhivanta is a 2008 Kannada language blockbuster film starring Superstar Upendra in the lead role. It was directed by Ramnath Rigvedhi. It is a remake of the Tamil film Naan Avanillai. It was released on 26 September 2008... |
Shanthi | Kannada Kannada language Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world... |
|
| 2009 | Dubai Babu Dubai Babu Dubai Babu is a 2009 Kannada-language film directed by Naganna, and Produced by Shailendra Babu under Shri Shailendra Productions. It stars Superstar Upendra, Nikitha and Saloni Aswani in the lead roles. The film is a remake of Telugu film Dubai Seenu.... |
Kannada | ||
| Magadheera Magadheera Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an... |
Telugu | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2010 | Mr. Theertha Mr. Theertha (2010 film) Mr. Theertha is a Kannada action film, starring Sudeep and Saloni Aswani in the lead roles.... |
Kannada | ||
| Maryada Ramanna Maryada Ramanna Maryada Ramanna is a Telugu comedy thriller film directed by S.S. Rajamouli starring Sunil and Saloni in lead roles. This is the second film for Sunil as a hero. The film opened to favorable reviews by critics and turned out to become a super hit... |
Aparna | Telugu | ||
| 2011 | Telugu Ammayi | Balatripura Sundari | Telugu | |
| Rajapattai | Tamil | Filming (Special appearance) | ||
| 2012 | Mahadeva Naidu | Telugu | Filming | |
| bodyguard | Telugu | post production |