Asha Saini

Flora Saini
Born (1984-09-29) 29 September 1984
Chandigarh, India
Occupation Model, Actress
Years active 1999 - present

Flora Saini (also known by her screen name Asha Saini) is an Indian film actress and model. She predominantly works in Tollywood, and also appeared in a number of Kannada, Tamil and Hindi films as well. Since her debut in Prema Kosam (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors including Rajinikanth, Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Balakrishna, Venkatesh, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar.[1]

Career

Born in Chandigarh, UT to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir and continued her education in The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan Delhi. She was the favorite student of Accounts teacher Lala.[2] Her family moved to Kolkata then, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated at the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant contest.[3] Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film Prema Kosam in which she enacted the lead female role.[2] The film producer of her first film rechristened her as Asha Saini, while years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayuri, as per an astrologer’s advice, before eventually reverting to her original name.[4]

Flora subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu films in the next three years, with her appearance in the film Narasimha Naidu (2002), which went on to become highly successful,[5] being the most notable, which led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter.[6] In 2002, she debuted in Hindi, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced Bharat Bhagya Vidhata.[7] Her second Hindi film Love in Nepal (2004) saw her pairing with popular playback singer Sonu Nigam, which too was produced by T. P. Aggarwal.[3] Flora starred in several Kannada films, too, including Giri starring Srinagar Kitty and Nammannna starring Sudeep.[8]

In March 2008, she was arrested in Chennai for supposedly having forged visa documents,[6] and was subsequently banned from the Tamil film industry.[9] She claimed innocence,[10] and the ban was lifted a couple of weeks later.[11]

Flora had three of her films, Broker (Telugu), Vismaya Pramaya and Vah Re Vah (both Kannada) releasing on 31 December 2010, a rare occurrence that secured her an entry in the Limca Book of Records for the most number of film releases on one day.[12] In 2010, Flora Saini was honoured with the Uttarakhand Ratna Award.[13] She has also received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for her work towards the poor and helpless.[2] She is last seen in a web-series called Maid in India created by Web Talkies

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1999Prema KosamAishwaryaTelugu
2000Antha Mana ManchikeNisha
2000Ammo! Okato TareekhuG k wife2000
2000Sabse Bada BeimanHindi
2000Yeh Hai Green Signal
2000Manasunna MarajuTelugu
2000Chala BagundiGanga
2001Cheppalani Vundi
2001Sardukupodaam RandiNisha
2001Timepass
2001Akka BavekkadaShilpa
2001Navvuthu Bathakalira
2001Narasimha NaiduSandhya
2001Prematho RaaAnitha
2001Rowdysheeter
2001Subhakaryam
2001Nuvvu Naaku NachavAsha
2002O ChinnadanaAsha
2002AdrustamSmita / Pinky
2002Kodanda RamaSangeethaKannada
2002SonthamAshaTeluguCameo appearance
2002Bharat Bhagya VidhataShabnamHindi
2003Ottesi CheputhunnaTelugu
2004Love in NepalMaxiHindi
2004143Telugu
2004SwamySpecial appearance
2004GajendraKausalyaTamil
2005GiriKannada
2005Mr. ErrababuTeluguSpecial appearance
2005NammannaKannada
2005Sorry Enaku KalyanamayidichuManjuTamil
2005KusthiAbhi
2008Michael Madana KamarajuMandiraTelugu
2008SwagathamDeepthiTelugu
2008KuselanTamilSpecial appearance
2008DheemakuIndira DeviKannada
2008CheduguduTelugu
2008Dindigul SarathyTamilSpecial appearance
2009Aa IntloPallaviTelugu
2009JunctionSpecial appearance
2010Comedy Express
2010Naane Ennul IllaiTamil
2010Kanagavel KakkaSpecial appearance
2010BrokerGanapathi's wifeTelugu
2010Vismaya PramayaMeeraKannada
2010Vah Re Vah
2011ChattamTeluguSpecial appearance
2011Money Money, More Money
2012Dabangg 2HindiCameo appearance
2013CID EeshaKannada
2013Aakasamlo SagamVasuTelugu
2013SahasraSpecial appearance
2014Ya RabHindi
2014LakshmiSwarna
2014Paisa Yaar N PangaMeeraPunjabi
2015MSG:The MessengerMuskanHindi
2015Dhanak
2015Guddu Ki GunNurse
2017Begum JaanMainaHindi
2018Stree StreeHindi

References

  1. ↑ Vinita Chaturvedi (2011-12-19). "Flora Saini: Another southern hottie ready to storm Bollywood". The Times of India. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  2. 1 2 3 Deepa Natarajan (2010-04-22). "Rising like a phoenix". Deccanherald.com. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  3. 1 2 "Love in Delhi, the Fllora way". The Hindu. 2003-08-28. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  4. ↑ Y Sunita Chowdhary (2012-02-18). "Arts / Cinema : Itsy-Bitsy: Name game". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to". Sify. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  6. 1 2 "Asha Saini arrested in Chennai". Sify. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  7. ↑ "rediff.com, Movies: Puru, Chandrachur: Face off!". Rediff. 2001-04-30. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  8. ↑ "Karnataka / Bangalore News : Flora Shiny had acted in Kannada movies". The Hindu. 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  9. ↑ "Aasha Saini aka Mayuri arrested en route to the US". IndiaGlitz. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  10. ↑ "Asha Saini claims innocence". Sify. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  11. ↑ "Actress relieved from ban". IndiaGlitz. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  12. ↑ "Flora Saini bags a place in Limca Book of Records". 123telugu.com. 1998-01-01. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  13. ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2013-01-11.

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