Mayuri Kango

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Mayuri Kango
Born
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFormer Actress
Years active1995–2009
Spouse
Aditya Dhillon
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(m. 2003)​

Mayuri Kango is a former Indian actress from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. She has acted in a number of films, primarily in Bollywood. In 2019, she joined Google India as the Industry Head. [1]

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Acting career

While visiting her mother in Mumbai, she came in contact with director Saeed Akhtar Mirza, who offered her the role of the female protagonist in his film Naseem (1995), a Bollywood film based on the Babri Masjid demolition. First she declined the offer as she had to appear for her HSC board exams. But later, after some discussion with the director, accepted the role. [2]

Mahesh Bhatt was impressed by her performance and offered her the lead role in his next film Papa Kehte Hai (1996). Though the film was not a critical or commercial success, her acting received generally positive reviews. She was later seen in films like Betaabi (1997), Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999) and Badal (2000). She moved to television appearing in serials Dollar Bahu (2001) and Karishma - The Miracles of Destiny (2003) where she played the daughter of Karishma Kapoor.

Personal life

Kango completed her schooling from Saint Francis De Sales in Chatrapati Sambhajinagar and was a student at Deogiri College, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Her mother is a noted stage actress, which sparked her interest in acting.

She married an NRI named Aditya Dhillon on 28 December 2003, in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. [3] [4] [5] They had a son in 2011.

She later moved to New York with her husband and got an MBA in marketing and finance from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business. She was formerly the Managing Director for Performics, a leading digital media agency a part of the French group Publicis. Currently,[ when? ] she is working as the Industry Head for Google India. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1995 Naseem Naseem Saeed Akhtar Mirza
1996 Papa Kehte Hai Sweety Anand Mahesh Bhatt [7] [8]
1997 Betaabi ReshmaRajesh Kumar Singh [9]
1999 Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet Preeti Singh P. Vasu [10]
Meray Apney(Unreleased) [11]
2000 Badal Soni Raj Kanwar [12]
Papa The Great K. Bhagyaraj
Jung Sanjay Gupta Special Appearance (Song) [13]
Shikari N. Chandra Item Song
Vamsi Sneha B. Gopal [14]
2001 Jeetenge Hum
2008Kashmir Hamara Hai [15]

Music videos

YearTitleArtist(s)Ref.
1997Ram Ratan Dhan Payo [16]

Television

Theatre

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