Vaishali Desai

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Vaishali Desai
Vaishali Desai at the IIJW as the Show Stopper for jeweler Naresh Kriplani.jpg
Vaishali at the IIJW,2010 as the Show Stopper for a jewellery Brand.
Occupation(s) Model, Bollywood actress
Relatives Manmohan Desai (grand father)

Vaishali Desai is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. [1] She is the granddaughter of veteran filmmaker Manmohan Desai. She won the title of Femina Miss India International 2005 and represented India at Miss International 2005 pageant held in Tokyo. [2] She started her acting career with in the film Kal Kissne Dekha . [1]

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Early life

Vaishali Desai is a Gujarati. [3] She is the grandniece of filmmaker Manmohan Desai. [3]

Vaishali was brought up in Bangalore. Vaishali did her schooling in Sophia High School, Bangalore. She finished her graduation from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. [4] After her Miss India contest she shifted her base to Mumbai with her family for modelling and further studies.

Vaishali was doing ramp shows in Bangalore and was a top model. Her first show was when she was fourteen. Her major break and entry in the acting world was with her first commercial for Ponds Dreamflower Talc. She later was seen in ads like Tanishq, Compaq, Raymonds. Vaishali has, however, not changed her name to Vyshalee Desai as given in her debut film Kal Kissne Dekha . Vaishali recently starred in a short psychological horror film titled Similitude , the film was officially selected at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival and competed under the Asian Short Film Competition Category.

Modelling and advertisements

She was seen in a Compaq laptop ad and in the very famous Raymond ad. She is now being seen in another Tanishq ad with Nafisa Ali. She has done ads for products like Swarnam Oil and Power detergent. Vaishali was seen in an ad with Shah Rukh Khan for Sunfeast, and in a Dabur Gulabari ad.

Vaishali did her first video for Kumar Sanu for the song 'Aisa na dekho Mujhe.' She did three videos for the band Euphoria. [5] She did "Soneya" with them which was followed by "Mehfuz" which was directed by Pradeep Sarkar.

Vaishali had participated in the Elite Look of the Year contest and was the second runner-up. Vaishali participated in the Pond's Femina Miss India contest and was the third runner-up becoming the Miss India International even though she wasn't in the five finalists. Vaishali then left in the same year for the Miss International contest in Tokyo but failed to win due to her having conjunctivitis.

Vaishali has done ramp shows for top Indian designers. She has participated in the Lakme Fashion Week, Dhaka Fashion Week, and Sri Lankan Fashion week and done shows for L'Oréal, Moschino, etc. She has done a lot of print and editorial work as well.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2009 Kal Kissne Dekha Meesha KapoorHindi [1]
2012 Tukkaa Fitt Priya [6]
2015 Solid Patels Aliya Desai [7]
2018 Similitude Amyra ShroffEnglish

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Misra, Iti Shree (26 April 2012). "A model's shelf life is very small: Vaishali Desai". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Miss India Winners 2009 - 2001". India Times. p. 23. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Vaishali Desai to play journalist in 'Meet The Patels'". Mumbai: Dainik Jagran. 7 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Vaishali Desai - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes". Femina Miss India. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Miss India Winners 2009 - 2001 - Indiatimes.com - Page23". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vaishali Desai with Aditya Singh Rajput during the unveiling of the first look of the movie 'Tukkaa Fitt' at Novotel Hotel in Mumbai on May 11, 2012". The Times of India. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "'Meet the Patels' is now 'Solid Patels'". The Indian Express. IANS. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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