Bhairavi Goswami

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Bhairavi Goswami
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Bhairavi Goswami at AIDS Healthcare Foundation Launch 'Keep the Promise'
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Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2002–present
Website thebhairavigoswami.com

Bhairavi Goswami is an Indian actress, model, and television host.

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Early life

Bhairavi was born to parents of mixed heritage. Her father is part Bengali while her mother is Creole. Bhairavi left India at the age of 6 and returned as a teenager to pursue a career in modelling and acting, spending most of her adolescence in the United Kingdom.

Career

Modelling

Bhairavi won the "Pantaloons Model Quest" and was runner up at the "AXN Hot & Wild" contest. [1] The Times of India described her as "the Paris Hilton of India, who loves to socialise". [2]

Movies and theatre

After her first movie role in Sagar Bellary's Bheja Fry , [3] [4] she acted in the children's hit composite animation film My Friend Ganesha 2. [5] In her next film, Mr. Bhatti on Chutti, starring Anupam Kher with Amitabh Bachchan in a cameo appearance, she played a glamorous girl. [6] Bhairavi shed her glamorous image to play a simple school teacher in Kachcha Limboo. [7] [8] She has ten plays to her credit, including Liar Liar, Tea Coffee or Me, [9] Mad House and See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil [10]

Music videos

Television credits

Filmography

YearFilmRole
2014Kamasutra - The Poetry of Sex
2012 Mr.Bhatti on Chutti Katy
2012 Hate Story Bhairavi
2011 Kachha Limboo Lily Fernandes
2008My Friend Ganesha – 2Anita
2007 Bheja Fry Suman Rao

Theatre

GenrePlayDirectorNotes
English comedyLiar LiarDinyar Contractor150 shows worldwide
English comedyMadhouseDinyar Contractor140 shows worldwide
English comedyP DialoguesAlyque Padamsee10 shows in Mumbai
English comedyMad Horses of MatheranGary Richardson195 shows
English comedyUnspoken DialoguesAlyque Padamsee8 shows in Mumbai
Hindi comedyTea, Coffee Or Me85 shows
English comedySee No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No EvilParitossh Painter50 shows worldwide
Hindi comedyShree, Adi, ManavParitossh Painter5 shows in Mumbai
English comedyDil Maange MoreParitossh Painter5 shows

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