Flora Saini

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Flora Saini
Flora Saini at Society Leadership Awards 2017.jpg
Flora in 2017
Born
Flora Saini

Chandigarh, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active1999–present
PartnerGaurang Doshi

Flora Saini, also known by her screen name Asha Saini or Mayuri, is an Indian actress and model. [1] She predominantly works in Hindi films, and also appeared in a number of Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films.

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She has done more than 80 projects as an actress. Since her debut in Prema Kosam (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors like Rajinikanth, Venkatesh, Balakrishna, Siddhant, Sudeep, Shivarajkumar, Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar. [2]

Early life

Born in Chandigarh to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. She continued her education in the Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi. Her family then moved to Kolkata, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated in the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant. [3]

Career

Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film Prema Kosam. [4] The producer of the film rechristened her as Asha Saini; some years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayuri, as per the advice of an astrologer, before eventually reverting to her original name. [5]

The actress subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu-language films in the next three years. She appeared in the film Narasimha Naidu (2002), which went on to become highly successful. [6] It was for some time the most notable film in her filmography, and it led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter. [7] In 2002, Flora made her first Hindi-language film, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced Bharat Bhagya Vidhata. [8] Her second Hindi film, Love in Nepal (2004), also produced by Agarwal, saw her paired with popular playback singer Sonu Nigam. [3]

Flora has appeared in several Kannada-language films, too, including Giri, starring Srinagara Kitty, and Nammannna, starring Sudeep. [9]

In March 2008, she was arrested in Chennai for supposedly having forged visa documents, [7] and was subsequently banned from the Tamil film industry. [10] She claimed innocence, [11] and the ban was lifted a couple of weeks later. [12]

Three films in which Flora Saini stars – the Telugu-language Broker, and two Kannada-language films, Vismaya Pramaya and Vah Re Vah – were released on 31 December 2010, a rare occurrence that secured her an entry in the Limca Book of Records for the most film releases on one day.[ citation needed ] In 2010, Flora Saini was honoured with the Uttarakhand Ratna Award. [13] She has also received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for her anti-poverty work there. [4]

She is last seen in a web-series called Gandii Baat season 2 with Anveshi Jain, [14] where she played a lead role. Recently, Saini was seen in many web series and notably worked in Mayanagari-City of Dreams of Hotstar.

In 2015, Flora Saini played the role of Muskan in MSG: The Messenger starring Gurmeet Ram Rahim. She played the role of a daughter with Jayshree Soni as Kasam and Olexandra Semen as Alice.

In October 2019 Flora Saini made her debut in Bengali web series through Dupur Thakurpo hoichoi web series. It was the 3rd season of the series and she played the iconinc role of Phulwa boudi. [15]

She also was chosen as a face of short video app "Firework", while being managed by "Celeb Connex".[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1999Prema KosamAishwaryaTelugu
2000 Antha Mana Manchike Nisha
2000Sabse Bada BeimanHindi
2000Yeh Hai Green Signal
2000 Manasunna Maraju Telugu
2000 Chala Bagundi Ganga
2001Cheppalani Vundi
2001 Sardukupodaam Randi Nisha
2001Timepass
2001Akka BavekkadaShilpa
2001 Navvuthu Bathakalira
2001 Narasimha Naidu Sandhya
2001 Prematho Raa Anitha
2001Rowdysheeter
2001Subhakaryam
2001 Nuvvu Naaku Nachav Asha
2002 O Chinnadana Asha
2002 Adrustam Smita / Pinky
2002 Kodanda Rama SangeethaKannada
2002 Sontham AshaTeluguCameo appearance
2002Bharat Bhagya VidhataShabnamHindi
2003 Ottesi Cheputunna TeluguCameo appearance
2004 Love in Nepal MaxiHindi
2004 143 TV reporterTelugu
2004 Swamy Special appearance
2004 Gajendra KausalyaTamil
2005GiriKannada
2005 Mr. Errababu TeluguSpecial appearance
2005 Nammanna RaniKannada
2005 Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu ManjuTamil
2006 Kusthi Abhi
2008 Michael Madana Kamaraju MandiraTelugu
2008 Swagatam DeepthiTelugu
2008 Kuselan TamilSpecial appearance
2008DheemakuIndira DeviKannada
2008 Chedugudu Telugu
2008 Dindigul Sarathy TamilSpecial appearance
2009Aa IntloPallaviTelugu
2009JunctionSpecial appearance
2010Comedy Express
2010 Naane Ennul Illai Tamil
2010 Kanagavel Kakka Special appearance
2010 Broker Ganapathi's wifeTelugu
2010Vismaya PramayaMeeraKannada
2010 Vaare Vah Adi's boss
2011 Chattam TeluguSpecial appearance
2011 Money Money, More Money
2012 Dabangg 2 HindiCameo appearance as reporter
2013 CID Eesha Kannada
2013Aakasamlo SagamVasuTelugu
2013SahasraSpecial appearance
2014 Paisa Yaar N Panga MeeraPunjabi
2014 Ya Rab Hindi
2014 Lakshmi Swarna
2015 MSG: The Messenger Muskan
2015 Dhanak Gypsy Woman
2015 Guddu Ki Gun Nurse
2016 Do Lafzon Ki Kahani Natasha
2017 Begum Jaan Maina
2018 Stree Stree
2019 Fraud Saiyaan Shraddha
2020 Bahut Hua Samman Sapna Rani
2020 Darbaan Anukul's wife
2021 12 'O' Clock Maya D'SouzaHindi / TeluguEarlier titled as Geher
2021 200 Halla Ho PoornimaHindi
2021ChaddiMrs.ChaddhaHindi
2022 Bhediya StreeHindi
2022 36 Farmhouse Mithika SinghHindi
2023 Khichdi 2: Mission Paanthukistan HindiSpecial appearance

Television

YearSeriesRoleLanguageNotes
2019Apna News AayegaHindi
2020Mere Sai – Shraddha Aur SaburiSuvarna Bai, a female singer and dancerHindiA mythological TV serial, show premiered in Sony Entertainment Television. [16]

Web series

All web series are in Hindi language, otherwise noted the language.

YearSeriesRolePlatformNotesRef.
2016 Maid in India MaidWebtalkies [17]
2016 A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend Mariyam James Arre OTT
2018 Gandii Baat Sajelli ALTBalaji S02E01 [18]
[19]
X.X.X Rukmani LalwaniS01E01 [20]
[21]
2018- 2019 Inside Edge Ayesha Dewan Amazon Prime Season 1 Recurring; Season 2 Main [22]
2019Wanna Have A Good TimeUllu [23]
Bombers Minister's Wife ZEE5 [24]
[25]
Dupur Thakurpo Phulwa BoudiHoichoiBengali webseries[ citation needed ]
Mayanagari: City of Dreams Mystery Woman Hotstar [26]
[27]
2020 Aarya Radhika "Rads"Season 1 Recurring
2020 Paurashpur Nayantara ZEE5, ALTBalajiRecurring
2021 Akkad Bakkad Rafu Chakkar P.CAmazon Prime
2023 Rana Naidu KavyaNetflix
2023 The Trial Anisha MenonDisney+Hotstar

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