Bhagyashree

Bhagyashree

Bhagyashree in 2015
Born Shrimant Rajkumari Bhagyashree Raje Patwardhan
(1969-02-23) 23 February 1969
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active 1987–present
Spouse(s) Himalaya Dasani (m. 1990)[1]
Children 2[1]
Parent(s) Meherban Shrimant Rajasaheb Vijaysinghrao Madhavrao Patwardhan (father)


Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Rani Rohini [2][3] She is best known for her debut lead role in the film Maine Pyar Kiya for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She has appeared in Hindi and a few Kannada, Marathi, Telugu and some Bhojpuri films.

Early life

Bhagyashree in 2012

Bhagyashree hails from the Patwardhan[4] royal Marathi family of Sangli in Maharashtra.[5] Her father Vijay Singhrao Madhavrao Patwardhan, is the current Raja of Sangli.[6] She is the eldest of three daughters, the other two being Madhuvanti and Purnima.[7] She married with Sindhi Businessman Himalaya Dassani.

Career

Bhagyashree in 2016

She started her acting career with Kachchi Dhoop – a television serial by Amol Palekar. It was based on Louisa Mary Alcott's Little Women. Her rendezvous with acting happened by chance when next door neighbor Amol Palekar, a renowned actor-director, requested her to step in and act in his serial Kacchi Dhoop as the actress who had been signed on had abandoned the serial abruptly. The serial did well and later on she had roles in Honi Anhoni and Kisse Miya Biwi Ke.

1990 : Rise to stardom in Hindi cinema

She is best known for her role in the 1989 blockbuster film Maine Pyaar Kiya with Salman Khan.[8] After marriage, she acted in three films: Peepat's Qaid Main Hai Bulbul, K.C. Bokadia's Tyagi and Mahendra Shah's Payal all opposite her husband Himalaya in 1992. She also acted with Avinash Wadhawan in Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi (1993). This was her last Hindi film in the 1990s and she took a break from films for rest of the decade. She made her Telugu debut in the film Yuvaratna Rana (1998).

She returned to Hindi films in 2001 with Hello Girls. She also acted in a Bhojpuri film Uthaile Ghoonghta Chand Dekhle (2005). She later appeared in Janani (2006), Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006) and Red Alert: The War Within (2008). After a gap of several years, she made a comeback to television with Aandhi Jasbaton Ki, where she played a politician. She was also seen in Didi Ka Dulha, a comedy serial on national broadcaster Doordarshan and a telefilm where she plays a blind person. She made her debut in Marathi films with the romantic comedy Zhak Marli Baiko Keli in June 2009. In 2014, she made her comeback to entertainment space with the TV serial Laut Aao Trisha aired on Life OK.[9]

Other work

Television

Year Show Role Notes
1987 Kachchi Dhoop Alka Television debut
1987 Honi Anhoni child artist
1987 Kisse Miya Biwi Ke child artist
Unknown Didi Ka Dulha Lead role
1996 Samjhota Lead role
1996 Saraab Lead role
1997 Aandhi Jasbaton Ki Politician Lead role
1999 Jaan Radha Lead role
2000 Sambandh Lead role
2001 CID Nupur Episodic role
2002 Kaagaz Ki Kasti Aarti Lead role
2002 Jubilee Plus Anchor (herself) Reality Show
2002 Smriti Sandhya Dhanrajgir Lead role
2002 Tanha Dil Tanha Safar Lead role
2003 Kabhie Kabhie Sanobar Kabir Episodic role
2004 Uff Yum Maa Director
2009 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 Contestant Reality dance show
Unknown Ujala Business Women Lead role
2014–2015 Laut Aao Trisha Amrita Swaika Lead role based on Adaptation of Donde Esta Elisa[12][13]
2016 Koshish Se Kamyabi Tak Guest Talk show

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1989 Maine Pyar Kiya Suman Winner—Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1992 Qaid Mein Hai Bulbul Pooja Choudhry
1992 Tyagi Aarti Shakti Dayal
1992 Paayal Paayal
1993 Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi Roopa
1996 Mappillai Manasu Poopola Vasanthi Tamil film
1997 Ammavra Ganda Kannada film
1997 Sautan Ki Sautan
1997 Omkaram Shashi Telugu film
1998 Rana Dr. Kasthuri Telugu film
1999 Satru Dhwansa
2001 Hello Girls
2003 Avunaa!
2003 Maa Santoshi Maa
2005 Uthaile Ghoonghta Chand Dekhle Bhojpuri film
2005 Ego Chumma Deda Rajaji Bhojpuri film
2006 Humko Deewana Kar Gaye Simran Kohli Special appearance
2006 Janani Akanksha
2006 Gandugali Kumara Rama Kannada film
2007 Janam Janam Ke Saath Jyoti Bhojpuri film
2007 Mumbai Aamchich Marathi film
2009 Zhak Marli Bayko Keli Marathi film
2010 Sati Behula Bangladeshi film
2010 Red Alert: The War Within Uma
2013 Deva Bhojpuri film

Documentary

Year Show Role
2005 Sunset Bollywood Herself

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 IANS (13 July 2014). "I never went away from my fans: Bhagyashree". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. "Bhagyashree on comeback trail". The Times of India. 17 October 2007.
  3. "Salad moments!". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 December 2005.
  4. "'Patwardhan Royal Family'". Royal Ark.
  5. "Beyond the coyness...". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 19 March 2011.
  6. "' I like to know all the details of my role beforehand' : Bhagyashree". Indian Television Dot Com. 22 August 2002.
  7. "Bhagyashree: I have no regrets". Rediff. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  8. "I'm happy to be known as 'Maine Pyar Kiya' girl: Bhagyashree". Yahoo!. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  9. "Bhagyashree Patwardhan back to screens with Laut Aao Trisha". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  10. "Maharashtra Government launches Bhagyashree Scheme for girl child, to be linked with Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme". intoday.in.
  11. PTI. "'Bhagyashree' scheme for girls in Maharashtra". The Hindu Business Line.
  12. Hegde, Rajul (17 July 2014). "Bhagyashree: Salman is looking incredibly good now". Rediff. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  13. "Bhagyashree Returns to Small Screen with Life OK's New Show". TellyTRP.in. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

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