Bhagyashree

Bhagyashree
Bhagyashree in 2015
Born	Shrimant Rajkumari Bhagyashree Raje Patwardhan 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

• Bhagyashree is the promoter of a media company Shrishti Entertainment with her husband.
• In March 2015, Bhagyashree became brand ambassador of the Bhagyashree Scheme, launched by the Government of Maharashtra.^[10] Bhagyashree Scheme caters to girl child from below poverty line families.^[11]

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

• 1990 – Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Maine Pyar Kiya
• 1990 – Won, Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for Main Pyar Kiya
• 2014 – Nominated, Indian Television Academy Awards for GR8! Performer of the Year - Female for Laut Aao Trisha

References

1. 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.

External links

• Bhagyashree at the Internet Movie Database