Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran

Shanta Meena, credited as Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran, is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu movies and along with several Malayalam and Tamil television soap operas.[1] She is the daughter of actress Lakshmi.[2]

Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran
Born
Shanta Meena

NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active1989–1995
1999–present
Spouse
Tanveer Ahmed
(m. 1994; div. 1996)
Children1
Parents
Relatives

Career

Aishwariyaa's first film was Oliyampukal (1991), followed by Mamagaru (1991), Rasukutty (1992) and Meera (1992). She played a double role in Butterflies (1993) and also in Gardish (1993), which was a remake of the Malayalam movie Kireedam. Early in her career, she turned down opportunity to work with Mani Ratnam in Thiruda Thiruda (1993).[3]

Following her marriage in 1994, Aishwariyaa quit the film industry and chose to prioritise bringing up a family. However her marriage fell apart and she became addicted to taking drugs as a result of her husband's addiction, which made it difficult for her to re-enter the film industry after her divorce in 1996. After undergoing a rehabilitation process, she chose to continue her education in computer science and joined to work with the NIIT in 1997 and prioritised her work as a software engineer.[3] She then accepted an offer to be a part of a television show produced by Suresh Chandra Menon, after being convinced by her friend, actress Revathi. After a four-year sabbatical from films as a result of her marriage, childbirth and divorce, Aishwariyaa made a comeback in R. Parthiban's Housefull (1999) portraying an inspector-in-charge of the bomb disposal squad.[4] She continued to portray supporting roles in films such as Suyamvaram (1999), Sathyameva Jayathe (2000) and Narasimham (2000) during the turn of the century.[3]

Personal life

Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran was born as Shanta Meena to Bhaskaran and actress Lakshmi, she has a step sister from her mother's third marriage with Sivachandran.

She was married to Tanveer Ahmed in 1994 and they were divorced in 1996. The couple have a daughter born in 1995.[3][5]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1989Adavilo AbhimanyuduShantiTeluguTelugu debut
1989Hosa KavyaUshaKannadaKannada debut
1990OliyampukalKunjumolMalayalamMalayalam debut
Seetapathi Chalo TirupathiSeetaTelugu
Prema ZindabadBharathiTelugu
Nyayangal JayikkattumSaraswati's daughterTamilTamil debut
1991Mill ThozhilaliGeethaTamil
ThaiyalkaranKaveriTamil
MarikozhundhuMarikozhundhu,
Chithra
Tamil
Naan Pudicha MappillaiRasathiTamil
Mamagaru RaniTelugu
Oorellam Un PattuShanthiTamil
Ponnukku Sethi VandhachuUmaTamil
Anbulla ThangachikkuTamil
1992RasukuttyRukkumaniTamil
MeeraMeeraTamil
Subba Rayudi PelliLalithaTelugu
AhankariNeeli/NeeluTelugu
Pellante Noorella PantaRojaTelugu
BrahmaSaraswathiTelugu
Kizhaku VeluthachuMeenakshiTamil
1993Poranthaalum Aambalayaa PorakkakoodaathuMeenatchiTamil
JackpotSindhu Gautham KrishnaMalayalam
ButterfliesAnju Nambyar,
Manju Nambyar
Malayalam
GardishVidya P. BhallaHindiHindi debut
Thanga PappaGowriTamil
Ulle VeliyeMeenaTamil
YajamanPonniTamil
1995Makkal AatchiManjulaTamil
1999HousefullChristineTamil
SuyamvaramSavithriTamil
2000Pennin Manathai ThottuSunitha's sisterTamil
NarashimhamAnuradhaMalayalam
Sathyameva JayatheNancyMalayalam
2001KasiRadhikaTamil
Sharja To SharjaKalyaniMalayalam
PrajaMaya Mary KurienMalayalam
JollymanAishTamil
2002PanchatanthiramJanakiTamil
2003The King Maker LeaderVasanthy NambiarMalayalam
Amma Nanna O Tamila AmmayiPinni(step mother)Telugu
The FireNeena CheriyanMalayalam
2004AgninakshathramAswathi WarrierMalayalam
M. Kumaran Son of MahalakshmiShaliniTamil
NewSeemaTamil
NaaniPriya's friendTelugu
JanaTamil
KuththuAnjali's motherTamil
2005DhairyamMallika's MotherTelugu
PriyasakhiPriya's MotherTamil
AaruSound Saroja AkkaTamil
EnglishkaranPadmaTamil
2006NotebookElizabethMalayalam
ThanthraVedavadhiMalayalam
Manasu Palike Mouna RaagamRaniiTelugu
ParamasivanMalar's stepmotherTamil
PandavaruNagamaniKannada
Paisalo ParamatmaTelugu
2007Inspector GarudMaya GopinathMalayalam
Sringaram: Dance of LoveMirasu's wifeTamil
VelSakkara Pandi's WifeTamil
SabariVajravelu's WifeTamil
Sri MahalakshmiAdvocateTelugu
2008PazhaniDurgaTamil
Abhiyum NaanumAnuradha (Abhi's mother)Tamil
2009Adada Enna AzhaguDianaTamil
2010 Abhishapt NurseHindi
Jhummandi NaadamArdhangiTelugu
BuridiTelugu
2011Manushya MrugamMaryMalayalam
2012MadirasiRaginiMalayalam
Theni MaavattamEeswariTamil
Uchithanai MuharnthaalSecurity GuardTamil
Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?Amrutha Valli's motherTelugu
2013For SaleAchammaMalayalam
Natholi Oru Cheriya MeenallaLakshmi/SainuthathaMalayalam
Maad DadSosammaMalayalam
Philips and the Monkey PenUncredited
Archive footage
MalayalamFrom Narasimham
2014PoojaiMrs. SivakkozhnthuTamil
Un Samayal Arayil / Oggarane / Ulavucharu BiriyaniAshaTamil / Kannada / Telugu
2015AambalaNadu PonnuTamil
MGR Sivaji Rajini KamalAishwaryaTamil
Savaale SamaaliSpecial appearanceTamilin song sequence
Bhale Manchi RojuShakti's wifeTelugu
2016Kadavul Irukaan KumaruManimaaran's wifeTamil
Kalyana VaibhogameNagamaniTelugu
2017Kuttram 23Tamil
TicketSonaTamil
2018DevadasFishfry LakshmiTelugu
Saamy 2ShanthiTamil
2019Oh! BabySekhar's MotherTelugu
2021Ichata Vahanamulu NiluparaduArun's motherTelugu
2022YaanaiSelvi's motherTamil
2023DadaManikandan's motherTamil

Television

Serials

Year Serial Role Channel Language
NaniyarVijay TVTamil
JananiJaya TV
1999NizhalgalSun TV
2000DevathaAsianetMalayalam
2001Theadathey Thulainthu PovaiStellaRaj TVTamil
2002KathiravanSenchulakshmiSun TV
2003OlangalAishwaryaAsianetMalayalam
2004Mizhi ThurakkumbolVaradaSurya TV
2004–2005Kadamattath KathanaarThirumala/YakshiAsianet
2004–2006MuhurthamAishwaryaSun TVTamil
2005–2006Raja RajeswariPadmalakshmi
2005KavyaanjaliSurya TVMalayalam
MandrakeAsianet
2006SathyamAncyKairali TV
2006–2007Swami AyyappanMaheeshiAsianet
2008–2011PaarijathamLalitha Bhai
2009Kadhaparayum KavyaanjaliSurya TV
2010–2012ThendralBhuvana LaxmanSun TVTamil
2011NagammaAmmanMega TV
2013–2014Mama MapillaiAishwaryaSun TV
2013Manathil Uruthi VendumJaya TV
2013–2014Kurinji MalarKalpanaKalaignar TV
2015–20164 the PeopleProf. Vasundara DasAsianetMalayalam
2015–2017Nandini vs NandiniBabyETV PlusTelugu
2017–2019AzhaguVasanthaSun TVTamil
2018–2020ChembarathiThrichambarath AkhilandeswariZee KeralamMalayalam
2021JothiSambhavi (Photo Presence)Sun TVTamil
Ninaithale InikkumSpecial appearanceZee Tamil
2022–2023JamelaaSaleemaColors Tamil
2023 – presentSukhamo DeviChandroth PrabhavathiFlowers TVMalayalam

Shows

Year Serial Role Channel Language
AnthakshariHostRaj TVTamil
2005Sakalakala VellooriJudgeJaya TV
2010Rani MaharaniParticipantSurya TVMalayalam
2017Comedy Super Night 2HerselfFlowers TV
2019Comedy StarsJudgeAsianet
2021Start MusicContestantStar VijayTamil
Comedy Raja Kalakkal RaniJudge
Alitho SaradagaGuestETV PlusTelugu
2022Joker PokerParticipantZee TamilTamil
Oru KodiContestantFlowers TVMalayalam
Vanakkam TamizhaGuestSun TVTamil

Web series

Year Serial Role Channel Language
2017Mana Mugguri Love StorySwathi 's motherYuppTVTelugu
2018GangstarsPriyamvadhaAmazon Prime VideoTelugu
2020Dear u brother uAmmaYouTubeTamil

References

  1. "കണ്ണീരൊഴുക്കാന്‍ ഞാനില്ല, Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies". Mathrubhumi.com. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.
  2. "Star Talk – Aishwarya". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  3. "I don't want to act with half-baked idiots any longer". Rediff.com. March 2000.
  4. "Dub a dub a dub". Rediff.com. 16 January 1999.
  5. "കണ്ണീരൊഴുക്കാന്‍ ഞാനില്ല – articles,infocus_interview – Mathrubhumi Eves". Mathrubhumi.com. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011.
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