Mayuri Kango

Mayuri Kango
Born Aurangabad, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s)
Aditya Dhillon (m. 2003)

Mayuri Kango is an Indian actress from Aurangabad, India. She has acted in a number of films, primarily in Bollywood.

Acting career

While visiting her mother in Mumbai, she came in contact with director Saeed Akhtar Mirza. The director quickly recognized her talent and offered her the role of the female protagonist in his film Naseem (1995), a Bollywood film based on the Babri Masjid demolition. First she declined the offer as she had to appear for her HSC board exams. But later, after some discussion with the director, accepted the role.[1]

Mahesh Bhatt was impressed by her performance and offered her the lead role in his next film Papa Kehte Hai (1996). Though the film was not a critical or commercial success, her acting received generally positive reviews. She was later seen in films like Betaabi (1997), Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999) and Badal (2000). She moved to television appearing in serials Dollar Bahu (2001) and Karishma - The Miracles of Destiny (2003) where she played the daughter of Karishma Kapoor.

Personal life

Mayuri completed her schooling from Saint Xaviers Aurangabad and has also been a student of Deogiri college Aurangabad. Her mother is a noted stage actress, which sparked her interest in acting.

Kango married an NRI named Aditya Dhillon on 28 December 2003, in Aurangabad.[2][3][4]

She later moved to New York with her husband and got an MBA in marketing and finance from City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business. At present she is working as the Managing Director for Performics a leading digital media agency a part of the French group Publicis, Gurgaon, Haryana, India and living in Sector-56 Gurgaon.[5]

Filmography

Television

Theatre

  • Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein... Zarina Khanna[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "Mayuri Kango interview", YouTube
  2. ↑ "Mayuri and Aditya" Archived 31 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Featured couple
  3. 1 2 3 Lalwani, Vickey, "Nache Mayuri... to wedding bells", IndianTelevision, 27 December 2003
  4. ↑ Lalwani, Vickey, "Wedding of the Year", IndianTelevision, 31 December 2003
  5. ↑ "Linkedin Profile"
  6. ↑ John, Ali Peter,"The Power of His Pen" Archived 3 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine., Screen Weekly
  7. ↑ "Typical slam-bang action flick", Screen Weekly, 20 October 2000
  8. ↑ Abrol, Anjali, "Jung Film Review" Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine., Planet Bollywood
  9. ↑ Abrol, Anjali, "Badal Movie Review", Planet Bollywood
  10. ↑ "Aamir Khan in valley for shooting", The Tribune, 10 April 1999
  11. ↑ Abrol, Anjali, "Hogi Pyar Ki Jeet Review" Archived 12 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine., Planet Bollywood
  12. ↑ Deosthale, Deepa, "On the air with Generation Next", Indian Express, 10 January 1998
  13. ↑ India today, Volume 22, Thomson Living Media India Ltd., 1997, Pg. 75
  14. ↑ "Kaun Banega Celebrity Crorepati?" Archived 18 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine., Screen Weekly, 10 November 2000 (The Morning Breeze) (1995)
  15. ↑ Gupta, Pratim D., "Saeed Mirza ko phir gussa kyon aaya", The Telegraph, 19 February 2008
  16. ↑ Lalwani, Vickey, "Dangerous flames", IndianTelevision, 28 June 2003
  17. ↑ Jha, Subhash K, "Thank God for Neena Gupta", Screen Weekly
  18. ↑ Khosla, Mukesh, "Small screen dreams", The Sunday Tribune, 25 March 2001
  19. ↑ "The Show Kango On", Screen Weekly
  20. ↑ Cine blitz, Volume 29, Issue 1, Blitz Publications, 2003
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