Shalini Arora is an India

India

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n Television

Television

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 actress, popularly known as Bhavna for her role in Balaji’s top reigning show Pavitra Rishta

Pavitra Rishta

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on Zee TV

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Her character Bhavna is that of Satish’s mother in the show. Simplistic and down to earth in real life, Shalini portrays a very straight forward and outspoken character on small screen. Hailing the conservative traditional values of a typical Marathi

Marathi people

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 mother in law in the show, Shalini is popular for her loggerheads with her daughter in law.

Early Life and Education: Shalini a graduate in English Literature

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 and Geography

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 was born and brought up in a Hindu Brahmin family of Lucknow

Lucknow

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. She had great interest in debates, elocution and singing and would perform on stage with great passion during her school and college days. With civil service

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 as a career option Shalini was unaware that her passion would one day become her identity and that she would be recognized as an actress and become a household name.

Career

It was in the year 2001 when she first got selected through an audition for ETV

ETV Network (India)

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’s Asha ki Kiran where she played a negative role of badi bhabhi. After that there has been no looking back. With the help of her husband, she managed her household chores and also set a career for herself in an alien field. With famous serials like Kareena-Kareena, Kasturi

Kasturi (TV series)

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, Karam Apna Apna, Kayamat, Jahan Pe Basera Ho and Laadli Bebo, Shalini managed to make a name in every house and also in the most desirable production house Balaji. In fact she has also tasted success on silver screen with Zameen

Zameen (2003 film)

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and Muskaan. But the icing of the cake was with Ekta Kapoor

Ekta Kapoor

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’s top rated show Pavitra Rishta which gained so much of publicity and liking from the audience that Shalini managed another feather in her cap with Balaji’s another reigning show TereLiye on Star Plus

STAR Plus

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. Apno Ke Liye Geeta Ki Dharmayudh, on Zee Tv is a new addition to her shows where she is playing Geeta's mother. Manorama, again a very positive character but of bihari background. Currently she has added a new show to her kitty and can be seen in Phulwa on Colors channel where she playing the character of Thakurain, wife of Thakur Daroga Singh.

TV Serials

Show Channel
Asha Ki Kiran E TV
Mulk Zee TV
Meet Zee TV
Apun Toh Bas Waise He Zee TV
Dhaba junction Sab TV
Phir bhi ETV Hindi
Kareena-Kareena Zee TV
Kashma Kash Zindagi ki Doordarshan
Kasturi Subadra Star Plus
Karam Apna Apna Star Plus
Kayamat Star Plus
Jahan Pe Basera Ho Star Plus
Sabki Laadli Bebo Star Plus
Pavitra Rishta Zee TV
Tere Liye Star Plus
Apno Ke Liye Geeta Ki Dharmayudh Colors Tv
Phulwa

Films

Film Director
Zameen Rohit Shetty
Muskaan Rohit and Manish