Flora Saini, also known by her screen name Asha Saini or Mayuri, is an Indian actress and model.[1] She predominantly works in Telugu and Hindi films, and has also appeared in a number of Kannada and Tamil films.
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, such as Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001), 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 singerSonu 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 in 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 was then seen in season 2 of web-series Gandii Baat 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 October 2019 Flora Saini made her debut in Bengali web series Dupur Thakurpo on hoichoi. In the 3rd season of the series, she played the iconic role of Phulwa Boudi.[15]
1 2 Deepa Natarajan (22 April 2010). "Rising like a phoenix". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
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