Kitu Gidwani

Kaushalya 'Kitu' Gidwani (born 22 October 1967) is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in several movies and serials on Indian television. Kitu played the role of Svetlana in Swabhimaan and became a household name after it. Then she signed Shaktimaan and played the role of "Geeta Vishwas", a news channel reporter who stand for the truth. She left the show after a few episodes and later became popular after a TV series, Air Hostess aired on Doordarshan in 1986, and received critical acclaim for her roles in Dance of the Wind (1997), Deepa Mehta's Earth (1998), Govind Nihalani's Rukhmavati Ki Haveli (1991), Kamal Haasan's Abhay and Deham (2001).[1]

Kitu Giddwani
Kitu Giddwani at Casino Royale Race
Born
Kaushalya Gidwani

(1967-10-22) 22 October 1967
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupationactress, model

Personal life and background

Gidwani was born in Mumbai. Her Sindhi parents migrated from Pakistan after the partition. They lived in a refugee camp in Worli.[2] She has a brother.

She studied in Fort Convent School, Mumbai. Her post graduation days saw her interested in French and she started acting in French plays. Soon she was acting in English plays directed by Janak Toprani. She acted in some television serials and subsequently acted in a French film Black (1987),[3] playing a Brazilian girl in it.[4]

Acting career

Gidwani made her television debut in 1984 on the TV soap Trishna, and during the 1980s and '90s, gave some memorable performances in TV serials like Swabhimaan, Air Hostess and Junoon.[5] She caught a lot of attention after her kissing scene in bed with actor Raj Zutshi in Junoon. In 1997, she was doing four serials at one time, besides Swabhimaan and Junoon, she was also acting in Saahil, Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum.[6] She recently appeared in multi-starrer Hindi serials Kaashish and Kulvadhu.

In 1997, she played the role of a Hindustani classical singer, Pallavi, who struggles to get her voice back after losing her mentor/mother, in Dance of the Wind. The role won her Best Actress Award at Three Continents Festival, Nantes.[7] In Pankaj Butalia's Shadows in the Dark she played Lajma, a middle-aged woman living in present-day Pakistan.[4] In the 2010s she played small roles in Fashion, Dhobi Ghat and Student of the Year.[5]

In 2001, in conjunction with Wills Lifestyle, an apparel chain owned by ITC Limited, she promoted Wills Sport Lifestyle brand of clothing.[8] In 2006, she also acted in a play, Your Place or Mine by Darshan Jariwala.[9]

She also did a play, Sock ’em With Honey, where she played a traditional Parsi woman from Pakistan, whose daughter falls in love with a Jew, prompting her first trip abroad.[10]

Awards

In 1998, Kitu won the Best Actress Award at the Three Continents Festival, Nantes, France. The award recognized her outstanding achievement for the role of Pallavi in Dance of the Wind (directed by Rajan Khosa).

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Ghost Stories Dhruv's mother
2018Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat HaiSameer's step paternal GrandmotherTV Series
2017Ok JaanuTara's Mother
2016TrafficRehan's mother
2015Wedding Pullav
2013Ek Bura AadmiRukmi Devi
2012Student of the YearManini Banerjee
2011Dhobi GhatVatsala
2011MonicaPamela Garewal
2010Hello ZindagiDr. Sadhana
2009Phir KabhiDivya Singh
2008Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane NaSheela Pariyar (Meghna's Mother)
2008FashionAnisha Roy
2007Strangers
2006-07KulvaddhuAntra Singh RathodTV series
2006Dil Diya HaiMichelle
2005KasshishRatnaTV series
2001Happily Ever AfterMme GibsonFrench film
2004KesarPam MallyaTV series
2002NazaranaIshita's motherTV movie
2001DehamJaya
2001AbhayJayanti
2001AalavandhanJayanthiTamil film
1998EarthBunty Sethna
1998ShaktimaanGeeta Vishwas (Till 8th Episode)TV Series
1997Karvaan (Shadows in the Dark)Lajma
1997Dance of the WindPallavi SehgalThree Continents Festival
1995-96SaahilPrernaTV series
1995-97SwabhimaanSvetlana BanerjeeTV series
1994Junoon[11]Mini AgrawalTV series
1994TehkikaatKavita DeshpandeAppeared as the killer in Episode 1
1991Rukmavati Ki HaveliKittu Gidwani
1991The KhajurahoShort film
1987KhojKitu Gidwani , Dilip DhawanTV series
1987Black[12]French film
1986Air HostessTV series
1985JanamTV movie
1985Wisdom TreeShort film
1985TrishnaRoohiTV series
1984Holi

References
  1. For Kitu Gidwani, it's mind over body! Ronjita Kulkarni, Rediff.com, Movies, 3 May 2002.
  2. Singh, Sanghita (1 April 2002). "It's back to the basics for Kitu Gidwani". The Times Of India.
  3. "Famous Sindhis - Kidu Gidwani". Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
  4. "rediff.com US edition: You can do whatever you believe of yourself: Kitu Gidwani". m.rediff.com.
  5. Bhattacharya, Budhaditya (24 July 2013). "She has seen it all..." The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  6. Bh, Namita; June 16, are; June 16, 1997 ISSUE DATE; May 2, 1997UPDATED; Ist, 2013 11:19. "TV actors never had it so good: recognition, astronomical rates and roles for the asking". India Today.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. "I'm happy, I'm free". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 23 October 2011.
  8. "Read(il)y made lifestyle". The Hindu. 8 July 2001. Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
  9. Play on man-woman relationship The Tribune, 7 July 2006.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 September 2003. Retrieved 21 December 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. https://in.news.yahoo.com/tv-going-downhill-decade-kitu-gidwani-033821838.html
  12. Black - Acting Credits New York Times.
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