Aishwarya (actress)

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Aishwarya
Born
Shanta Meena

(1971-05-23) 23 May 1971 (age 51)
OccupationActress
Years active1989-1995 (as a leading actress) ; 1999-present (as a character artist)
Spouse
Tanveer Ahmed
(m. 1994;div. 1996)
Children1
Parent(s) Lakshmi (mother)
Bhaskar (father)
Relatives Y. V. Rao (grand father)
Kumari Rukmani (grand mother)

Shanta Meena (born 23 May 1971), credited as Aishwarya, is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu movies and along with several Malayalam and Tamil television soap operas. [1] She is the daughter of actress Lakshmi. [2]

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Career

Aishwarya's first film was Oliyampukal (1991), followed by Mamagaru (1991), Rasukutty (1992) and Meera (1992). She played a double role in Butterflies (1993) and also in Gardish (1993), which was a remake of the Malayalam movie Kireedam . Early in her career, she turned down opportunity to work with Mani Ratnam in Thiruda Thiruda (1993). [3]

Following her marriage in 1994, Aishwarya quit the film industry and chose to prioritise bringing up a family. However her marriage fell apart and she became addicted to taking drugs as a result of her husband's addiction, which made it difficult for her to re-enter the film industry after her divorce in 1996. After undergoing a rehabilitation process, she chose to continue her education in computer science and joined to work with the NIIT in 1997 and prioritised her work as a software engineer. [3] She then accepted an offer to be a part of a television show produced by Suresh Chandra Menon, after being convinced by her friend, actress Revathi. After a four-year sabbatical from films as a result of her marriage, childbirth and divorce, Aishwarya made a comeback in Parthiban's Housefull (1999) portraying an inspector in charge of the bomb disposal squad. [4] She continued to portray supporting roles in films such as Suyamvaram (1999), Sathyameva Jayathe (2000) and Narasimham (2000) during the turn of the century. [3]

Personal life

Born as Shanta Meena to Bhaskar and actress Lakshmi, she has a step sister from her mother's third marriage with Sivachandran.

She was married to Tanveer Ahmed in 1994 and they were divorced in 1996. The couple have a daughter born in 1995. [3] [5]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1989 Adavilo Abhimanyudu Shanti Telugu Telugu debut
1989Hosa KavyaUsha Kannada Kannada debut
1990 Oliyampukal Kunjumol Malayalam Malayalam debut
Seetapathi Chalo TirupathiSeeta Telugu
Prema Zindabad Bharathi Telugu
Nyayangal Jayikkattum Saraswati's daughter Tamil Tamil debut
1991 Mill Thozhilali Geetha Tamil
Thaiyalkaran Kaveri Tamil
Marikozhundhu Marikozhundhu,
Chithra
Tamil
Naan Pudicha MappillaiRasathi Tamil
Mamagaru Rani Telugu
Oorellam Un PattuShanthi Tamil
Ponnukku Sethi VandhachuUma Tamil
Anbulla Thangachikku Tamil
1992 Rasukutty Rukkumani Tamil
Meera Meera Tamil
Subba Rayudi Pelli LalithaTelugu
AhankariNeeli/NeeluTelugu
Pellante Noorella PantaRojaTelugu
BrahmaSaraswathiTelugu
Kizhaku VeluthachuMeenakshi Tamil
1993Poranthaalum Aambalayaa PorakkakoodaathuMeenatchi Tamil
Jackpot Sindhu Gautham Krishna Malayalam
Butterflies Anju Nambyar,
Manju Nambyar
Malayalam
Gardish Vidya P. Bhalla Hindi Hindi debut
Thanga Pappa Gowri Tamil
Ulle Veliye Meena Tamil
Yajaman Ponni Tamil
1995 Makkal Aatchi Manjula Tamil
1999 Housefull Christine Tamil
Suyamvaram Savithri Tamil
2000 Pennin Manathai Thottu Sunitha's sister Tamil
Narashimham Anuradha Malayalam
Sathyameva Jayathe Nancy Malayalam
2001 Kasi RadhikaTamil
Sharja To Sharja Kalyani Malayalam
Praja Maya Mary Kurien Malayalam
JollymanAishTamil
2002 Panchatanthiram Janaki Tamil
2003The King Maker LeaderVasanthy Nambiar Malayalam
Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Pinni(step mother) Telugu
The FireNeena Cheriyan Malayalam
2004 Agninakshathram Aswathi Warrier Malayalam
M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi Shalini Tamil
New Seema Tamil
Naani Priya's friend Telugu
Jana Tamil
Kuththu Anjali's mother Tamil
2005 Dhairyam Mallika's Mother Telugu
Priyasakhi Priya's Mother Tamil
Aaru Sound Saroja Akka Tamil
Englishkaran Padma Tamil
2006 Notebook Elizabeth Malayalam
ThanthraVedavadhi Malayalam
Manasu Palike Mouna Raagam Ranii Telugu
Paramasivan Malar's stepmother Tamil
PandavaruNagamani Kannada
Paisalo Paramatma Telugu
2007 Inspector Garud Maya Gopinath Malayalam
Sringaram: Dance of LoveMirasu's wife Tamil
Vel Sakkara Pandi's Wife Tamil
Sabari Vajravelu's Wife Tamil
Sri Mahalakshmi Advocate Telugu
2008 Pazhani Durga Tamil
Abhiyum Naanum Anuradha (Abhi's mother) Tamil
2009 Adada Enna Azhagu Diana Tamil
2010 Abhishapt Nurse Hindi
Jhummandi Naadam ArdhangiTelugu
Buridi Telugu
2011 Manushya Mrugam Mary Malayalam
2012 Madirasi Ragini Malayalam
Theni MaavattamEeswari Tamil
Uchithanai Muharnthaal Security Guard Tamil
Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? Amrutha Valli's mother Telugu
2013For SaleAchamma Malayalam
Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla Lakshmi/Sainuthatha Malayalam
Maad Dad Sosamma Malayalam
Philips and the Monkey Pen Uncredited
Archive footage
Malayalam From Narasimham
2014 Poojai Mrs. SivakkozhnthuTamil
Un Samayal Arayil / Oggarane / Ulavucharu BiriyaniAshaTamil / Kannada / Telugu
2015 Aambala Nadu PonnuTamil
MGR Sivaji Rajini Kamal AishwaryaTamil
Savaale Samaali Special appearanceTamilin song sequence
Bhale Manchi Roju Shakti's wifeTelugu
2016 Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru Manimaaran's wifeTamil
Kalyana Vaibhogame NagamaniTelugu
2017 Kuttram 23 Tamil
Ticket SonaTamil
2018 Devadas Fishfry LakshmiTelugu
Saamy 2 ShanthiTamil
2019 Oh! Baby Vikram's MotherTelugu
2021 Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu Arun's motherTelugu
2022 Yaanai Selvi's motherTamil

Television

Serials

YearSerialRoleChannelLanguage
Naniyar Vijay TV Tamil
Janani Jaya TV
1999Nizhalgal Sun TV
2000Devatha Asianet Malayalam
2001Theadathey Thulainthu PovaiStella Raj TV Tamil
2002KathiravanSenchulakshmi Sun TV
2003OlangalAishwarya Asianet Malayalam
2004Mizhi ThurakkumbolVarada Surya TV
2004–2005 Kadamattath Kathanaar Thirumala/Yakshi Asianet
2004–2006MuhurthamAishwarya Sun TV Tamil
2005–2006Raja RajeswariPadmalakshmi
2005Kavyaanjali Surya TV Malayalam
Mandrake Asianet
2006SathyamAncy Kairali TV
2006–2007 Swami Ayyappan Maheeshi Asianet
2008–2011 Paarijatham Lalitha Bhai
2009Kadhaparayum Kavyaanjali Surya TV
2010–2012 Thendral Bhuvana Laxman Sun TV Tamil
2011NagammaAmman Mega TV
2013–2014 Mama Mapillai Aishwarya Sun TV
2013Manathil Uruthi Vendum Jaya TV
2013–2014 Kurinji Malar Kalpana Kalaignar TV
2015–2016 4 the People Prof. Vasundara Das Asianet Malayalam
2015–2017Nandini vs NandiniBaby ETV Plus Telugu
2017–2019 Azhagu Vasantha Sun TV Tamil
2018–2020 Chembarathi Thrichambarath Akhilandeswari Zee Keralam Malayalam
2021 Jothi Sambhavi (Photo Presence) Sun TV Tamil
Ninaithale Inikkum Special appearance Zee Tamil
2022–Present Jamelaa Saleema Colors Tamil

Shows

YearSerialRoleChannelLanguage
AnthakshariHost Raj TV Tamil
2005Sakalakala VellooriJudge Jaya TV
2010Rani MaharaniParticipant Surya TV Malayalam
2017Comedy super night 2Herself Flowers TV
2021Start MusicContestant Star Vijay Tamil
Comedy Raja Kalakkal Rani Judge
Alitho Saradaga Guest ETV Plus Telugu
2022Joker PokerParticipant Zee Tamil Tamil
Oru KodiContestant Flowers TV Malayalam
Vanakkam Tamizha Guest Sun TV Tamil

Web Series

YearSerialRoleChannelLanguage
2018GangstarsPriyamvadha Amazon Prime Video Telugu
2020Dear u brother uAmma Youtube Tamil

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