Kashmira Irani[1] is an Indian film, television and theatre actress known for playing Amber in Amber Dhara, Draupadi in Dharmakshetra[2] and Samaira Khanna[3] in Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan, Rajkumari Sonali in Zangoora. She has also played pivotal roles in films like Rangoon, Tiger Zinda Hai and Bharat.
Kashmira Irani | |
|---|---|
 Irani in 2015 | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007 - present |
| Spouse | Akshat Saxena(m. 2018-present) |
Early life
editIrani[4] was born in 1986 and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra to an Irani Zoroastrian family. She moved to Mumbai from Pune when she was 17 years old to pursue her passion for acting. Prior to her acting debut, she assisted her cousin in fashion designing and worked as an assistant stylist.
Career
editIrani made her debut on the television[5] industry with the hit TV series Amber Dhara,[6] where she played the title role of Amber. The story was of conjoined twins, and required her to be conjoined with her co-actor (Sulagna Panigrahi) who played Dhara for 8–9 months. She won the Best Debutant Award for this role at the Sansui Television Awards.[citation needed]
In 2009, she appeared on a telefilm based on the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai called Un Hazaaron Ke Naam, in which she played the role of Jyoti, a rich brat. The story dealt with how the attacks transformed her to be more socially responsible towards her society.[7] The following year, she had a role in Yash Chopra's TV series Seven on Sony Entertainment Television. The series was about seven extraordinary people who possess supernatural powers and how they help get rid of the evil from society. She played the role of Varya Vishwamitra, a girl who can control the weather.
She played the lead as Rajkumari Sonali in a play called Zangoora,[8] which was the first Bollywood musical ever.[9][10] It premiered on 23 September 2010 at Kingdom of Dreams and became the longest-running Bollywood stage show in India. In June 2013, the musical completed over 1000 successful shows at Nautanki Mahal, Gurgaon. This character has been her most challenging role so far as it's her first time on a live stage and has also required her to do aerial choreography. Zangoora and her role have been well received by audiences.
After doing the musical for four successful years, she went to acting and dance classes in New York City, while working with an acting coach there in the city.[11]
In 2014, she appeared briefly as a stage actress performing an aerial dance at Kingdom of Dreams in PK starring Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma.[12] She performed an aerial dance to the song " Love is a Waste of Time".
She came into the limelight for her role as Samaira[13] on the popular television series Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan.[14][15][16]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007– 2008 | Amber Dhara | Amber | |
| 2009 | Un Hazaaron Ke Naam | Jyoti | |
| 2010 | Seven | Varya Vishwamithra | |
| 2014 | Dharmakshetra | Draupadi | [17] |
| 2014 | PK | Aerial dancer | Special appearance in Love Is A Waste Of Time |
| 2015 | Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan | Samaira Khanna | [18] [19] |
| 2017 | Tiger Zinda Hai | Sana | [20] |
| 2017 | Rangoon | Zenobia Billimoria | |
| 2019 | Bharat | Mahek | |
| 2020 | Welcome Home | Anuja Rao | |
| 2022 | Modern Love Mumbai | Rehana | |
| 2022 | Shoorveer | Sarah |
Theatre
editReferences
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- ^ "Dharmakshetra". Epic Channel. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Striking a balance". The Hindu. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "Kashmira Irani: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "You cannot succeed in life by making your parents unhappy: Kashmira 'Manmarziyan' Irani". tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Amber Dhara creates stir Lokhandwala market". www.tellychakkar.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ bollywoodmantra. "Screening of Un Hazaaron Ke Naam". Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Kashmira Irani: Gurgaon gave me my first theatre experience". The Times of India. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Zangoora: Bollywood comes alive on stage". Reuters. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "'Zangoora' debuted in Delhi!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Kashmira Irani: People keep mistaking Sanaya Irani to be my sister". The Times of India. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ "Did you know Kashmira Irani was part of PK?". www.tellychakkar.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Hussain inspired Kashmira Irani for comeback". www.tellychakkar.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Kashmira Irani to make a comeback with Manmarziyan". The Indian Express. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Shravan and Kashmira talk about Manmarziyan". www.tellychakkar.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Manmarzian TV review: Monica Sehgal and Kashmira Irani's show is a chapter out of every youngster's life". www.bollywoodlife.com. 14 April 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "DHARMAKSHETRA". epicchannel. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Arpita Khan encourages 'dear friend' Kashmira Irani for 'Dosti..Yaariyaan..Manmarzian'". The Indian Express.
- ^ Coutinho, Natasha (7 June 2015). "When opposites do attract..." Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Tiger Zinda Hai". Bollywood Hungama. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.