Parvati Melton

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Parvati Melton
Born
New Jersey, United States
Other namesPari
Occupations
Years active2004–2013
Spouse
Shamsu Lalani
(m. 2013)

Parvati Melton is an American model turned actress of Indian and German descent known for her works in Telugu and Malayalam language films. She debuted the film industry with the Telugu film Vennela (2005) starring Raja, which turned out to be a success. She acted in the Blockbuster Malayalam film Hallo with Mohanlal. [1] She again shot to fame with item song "Poovai Poovai" in Telugu movie Dookudu opposite Mahesh Babu. [2]

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Biography

Parvati was born in New Jersey to a German father Sham Melton and an Indian Punjabi mother Darika Preet. [3] She has one younger sister Ariana Sitara Melton. [4] She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She graduated from Emeryville High School and attended Vista Community College in Berkeley, California. She took part in several beauty pageants and won the Miss Teen India Bay Area pageant in 2004 and the Miss India Le Visage USA pageant in 2005. [5] While still studying in Vista College, she was offered the lead role in the Telugu film Vennela . Although she intended to go back to school after the project, the film's success kept her away. [6]

She married Shamsu Lalani in 2013, and subsequently retired from films. [7]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2005 Vennela Pavani Telugu Telugu Debut
2006 Game SwethaTelugu
2007 Madhumasam MayaTelugu
Hallo Parvathi Malayalam Malayalam Debut
Allare Allari SwathiTelugu
Flash Midhun's wifeMalayalamSpecial appearance
2008 Gautama Buddha ProstituteTelugu
Tathagatha Buddha Hindi Hindi debut
Jalsa JyotsnaTeluguNominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2011 Dookudu DancerTeluguItem number in "Poovai Poovai" song
2012 Srimannarayana SwapnikaTelugu
Yamaho Yama SwapnaTelugu

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