Nauheed Cyrusi

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Nauheed Cyrusi
Nauheed Cyrusi snapped on the sets of the play The Buckingham Secret in 2014 (01).jpg
Cyrusi at the Blackberrys Spring/Summer 2013 collection unveiling
Born (1982-10-19) 19 October 1982 (age 42) [1]
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active1999–2015
2021
Spouse
Rustom Contractor
(m. 2017)

Nauheed Cyrusi is an Indian actress, model, and VJ. [2]

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Early life

Cyrusi was born into a Parsi Zoroastrian family. She was born and raised in Mumbai and did her schooling from The J.B. Vachha Girls High School and graduated from the Jai Hind College with a degree in Business Management. [3] [2]

Career

Nauheed first appeared in an advertisement for Dhara Refined Oil, while she was in school. Subsequently, she went on to appear in advertisements for Head & Shoulders, Britannia Little Hearts Biscuits, and Ayurvedic Concepts (now Himalaya). [2]

She also appeared in several music videos, most notably for the song "Piya Basanti". [1]

She made her debut in 2003 with Padam Kumar's Hindi film, Supari , starring Uday Chopra. Subsequently, Vikram Bhatt chose her for Inteha opposite Ashmit Patel. She then appeared in youth-oriented tele-series Hip Hip Hurray . [2] In 2004, Cyrusi starred in the Telugu film Sakhiya with Tarun Kumar.

She attended the India Fashion Week and the Allen Solly Fashion Show, along with fellow actress Koel Purie. In 2007, she appeared in Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee , ADA...A Way of Life , and Anwar, which was directed by Manish Jha, and also Lakeer.

She featured in Kisaan and Kurbaan in 2009 and Kuch Spice To Make It Meetha in 2012 with Purab Kohli and Kavish Mishra.

Personal life

She married Rustom Contractor on 5 January 2017. [4]

Albums

YearAlbumSongCo-starsSingers
1999ChahatTeri Chahat MeinAarti ChabriaHarry Anand
2000 Piya Basanti Piya Basanti ReDonovan Wodehouse Sultan Khan, K. S. Chithra
2000Kehna To Hai Shahid Kapoor Kumar Sanu
2002Muskaan"Wo Ban Sawar Ke" Pankaj Udhas

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleLanguage
2003 Supari Dilnawaaz 'Dillu' Hindi
Inteha Tina Saxena
2004 Lakeer Bindiya
Sakhiya Chandana Telugu
2006 Holiday SamaraHindi
Rockin' MeeraMeera English
2007 Anwar Mehreen "Mehru"Hindi
Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee Monica Seth
Aggar Ritu Chaudhary
2008 Sirf Shalu
Bhootnath Tina
Rafoo Chakkar: Fun on the RunJuli Vipun Patel
200942 kmDivya
Aasma: The Sky Is the Limit Diya
Love Ka Tadka
Meeting Se Meeting Tak
Betchalor PartyTanu
Kisaan Titli Kaur
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna Nina
Kurbaan Salma
2010 Ada... A Way of Life Gul
2012 Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi Anahita
Kuch Spice To Make It MeethaTarana
2014 Jai Ho Simran Choudhry
2015Jaan Ki Baazi

Television

YearTitleRole
1999–2001 Hip Hip Hurray Meera
2000 Just Mohabbat Guest appearance
2009 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (season 2) Herself
2013 Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan-Nawaazi Ki

Web series

YearTitleRole
2021 Dev DD 2 Aditi Kapadia
Bombay Begums Piya Punwani
SixOrvana Joseph

References

  1. 1 2 Sharma, Saubhagya (5 October 2019). "Remember Nauheed Cyrusi? Here's what the 'Piya Basanti' actress is up to". Mid Day. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Monika Baldwa, "'My idols are Kajol and Madhuri'" (June 05, 2003).
  3. Singh, Dipti (5 November 2023). "Sau saal pehle..." Mid-day . Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. "Popular VJ and Hip Hip Hurray actress Nauheed Cyrusi ties the knot". The Times of India. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2019.