Rajshri Deshpande

Rajshri Deshpande
Born Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active 2011–present

Rajshri Deshpande is an Indian theatre, TV and film actress.[1] She started her career with short films, but her debut into the big screen of Hindi cinema came through Reema Kagti's Talaash. However, it was the portrayal of Laxami in Pan Nalin's Angry Indian Goddesses which brought her to the limelight. She also plays the role of Manju in BBC One's McMafia.

Early life

Rajshri Deshpande was born in a working-class family in Aurangabad in Maharashtra. She is the youngest of three other siblings. She has an undergraduate degree in Law from Symbiosis Law College and a post-graduate degree in Advertising from Symbiosis College. She got into the advertising industry to support herself but soon found her calling in acting. She also did a diploma in film-making from Whistling Woods International in Mumbai.[2]

Career

Rajshri made her Bollywood debut in 2012, with a small role in the Aamir Khan starrer Talaash.[3] She then moved to TV and appeared in Kuch Toh Log Kahenge and 24: India in 2013. She returned to the big screen with a small role in Salman Khan's Kick. She appeared in Malayalam film Haram[4] in 2015 where she had a double role. In Hindi cinema, it was the portrayal of Laxami in Pan Nalin's Angry Indian Goddesses which provided her with a bigger platform.[2] The film received 1st Runner Up – People's Choice Award in TIFF (Toronto)[5] and People's Choice Award in Rome Film Festival.[6] She played the leading role[7] Durga in Sanal Kumar Shashidharan's film Sexy Durga in 2017. The film won Hivos Toger Award at Rotterdam Film Festival.[8]

She made her digital debut with BBC One's McMafia directed by James Watkins in January 2018.[9] Rajshri was also seen in Netflix Originals Sacred Games which was directed by Anurag Kashyap.[10][11] Rajshri played the character of Subhadra, and was praised for her role of the wife of Nawazuddin Siddiqui's character.[12] She is also portraying role of Ismat Chughtai[13] in Nandita Das's Manto.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2012 Talaash Priya Hindi Debut
2014 Kick Mrs. Sharma Hindi
2015 Haram Ameena Malayalam
2015 Angry Indian Goddesses Laxmi Hindi
2016 Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani? Ganga Marathi/Hindi/English
2016 Mumbai Central Gauri Hindi
2017 Sexy Durga Durga Malayalam
2018 Manto Ismat Chughtai Hindi/Urdu

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012–13 Kuch to Log Kahenge Suhasini
2013 24 Agent Veena
2018 McMafia Manju British television series
2018 Sacred Games Subhadra

Social Service

Apart from acting Rajshri dedicates her time to help others. She has adopted a village in Maharashtra called Pandhri Pimpalgaon and had conducted rainwater harvesting project. It helped the locals to bring back the life of the dead native river Bembla, a couple of people from the industry supported her for this cause.[14] She is also extending her works in the surrounding villages. She believes in motivating people to make changes themselves.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Rajshri Deshpande". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  2. 1 2 "Female Idol Blog Series – A Rendezvous With Rajshri Deshpande". WMF. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  3. ↑ Kagti, Reema (2012-11-30), Talaash, Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Rani Mukerji, retrieved 2018-01-19
  4. ↑ "Rajshri Deshpande". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  5. ↑ "'Angry Indian Goddesses' wins runner-up award at TIFF". The Indian Express. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  6. ↑ "Rome Film Fest: 'Angry Indian Goddesses' Wins People's Choice Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  7. ↑ "Rajshri Deshpande in a Malayalam erotic satire – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  8. ↑ "Sasidharan's Sexy Durga wins a coveted award at Rotterdam Film Festival". hindustantimes.com/. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  9. ↑ Lookhar, Mayur. "Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rajshri Deshpande make digital debut in McMafia". Cinestaan. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  10. ↑ "Sacred Games actor Rajshri Deshpande defends sex scenes: I am not dancing to a derogatory song".
  11. ↑ "S Durga Actor Rajshri Deshpande All Set to Shake off Her Small Town Days". News18. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  12. ↑ "India Netflix actor Rajshri Deshpande 'disgusted by porn star label'".
  13. ↑ Iyengar, Shriram. "Ismat Chughtai is in me: Rajshri Deshpande on playing the fearless feminist in Manto". Cinestaan. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  14. ↑ "Rajshri's River of Hope". superaalifragilistic. 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  15. ↑ BollywoodLife. "Vidya Balan, Milind Soman, Nana Patekar and Rajshri Deshpande – Indian celebrities who have stood up for bringing a change in the society". Retrieved 2018-01-19.
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