Flora Saini

Flora Saini, also known by her screen name Asha Saini or Mayuri, is an Indian actress and model.[1] She predominantly works in Bollywood, and also appeared in a number of Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. Since her debut in Prema Kosam (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors like Rajinikanth, Venkatesh, Balakrishna, Siddhant, Sudeep, Shivarajkumar, Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar.[2]

Flora Saini
Flora in 2017
Born
Flora Saini

Chandigarh, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active1999–present
PartnerGaurang Doshi

Early life

Born in Chandigarh to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. She continued her education in the Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi. Her family then moved to Kolkata, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated in the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant.[3]

Career

Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film Prema Kosam.[4] The producer of the film rechristened her as Asha Saini; some years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayuri, as per the advice of an astrologer, before eventually reverting to her original name.[5]

The actress subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu-language films in the next three years. She appeared in the film Narasimha Naidu (2002), which went on to become highly successful.[6] It was for some time the most notable film in her filmography, and it led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter.[7] In 2002, Flora made her first Hindi-language film, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced Bharat Bhagya Vidhata.[8] Her second Hindi film, Love in Nepal (2004), also produced by Agarwal, saw her paired with popular playback singer Sonu Nigam.[3]

Flora has appeared in several Kannada-language films, too, including Giri, starring Srinagara Kitty, and Nammannna, starring Sudeep.[9]

In March 2008, she was arrested in Chennai for supposedly having forged visa documents,[7] and was subsequently banned from the Tamil film industry.[10] She claimed innocence,[11] and the ban was lifted a couple of weeks later.[12]

Three films in which Flora Saini stars – the Telugu-language Broker, and two Kannada-language films, Vismaya Pramaya and Vah Re Vah – were released on 31 December 2010, a rare occurrence that secured her an entry in the Limca Book of Records for the most film releases on one day. In 2010, Flora Saini was honoured with the Uttarakhand Ratna Award.[13] She has also received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for her anti-poverty work there.[4]

She is last seen in a web-series called Gandii Baat season 2 with Anveshi Jain,[14] where she played a lead role. Recently, Saini was seen in many web series and notably worked in Mayanagari-City of Dreams of Hotstar.

In 2015, Flora Saini played the role of Muskan in MSG: The Messenger starring Gurmeet Ram Rahim. She played the role of a daughter with Jayshree Soni as Kasam and Olexandra Semen as Alice.

In October 2019 Flora Saini made her debut in Bengali web series through Dupur Thakurpo hoichoi web series. It was the 3rd season of the series and she played the iconinc role of Phulwa boudi.[15]

She also was chosen as a face of short video app "Firework", while being managed by "Celeb Connex".

Filmography

Films
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1999Prema KosamAishwaryaTelugu
2000Antha Mana ManchikeNisha
2000Sabse Bada BeimanHindi
2000Yeh Hai Green Signal
2000Manasunna MarajuTelugu
2000Chala BagundiGanga
2001Cheppalani Vundi
2001Sardukupodaam RandiNisha
2001Timepass
2001Akka BavekkadaShilpa
2001Navvuthu Bathakalira
2001Narasimha NaiduSandhya
2001Prematho RaaAnitha
2001Rowdysheeter
2001Subhakaryam
2001Nuvvu Naaku NachavAsha
2002O ChinnadanaAsha
2002AdrustamSmita / Pinky
2002Kodanda RamaSangeethaKannada
2002SonthamAshaTeluguCameo appearance
2002Bharat Bhagya VidhataShabnamHindi
2003Ottesi CheputunnaTeluguCameo appearance
2004Love in NepalMaxiHindi
2004143TV reporterTelugu
2004SwamySpecial appearance
2004GajendraKausalyaTamil
2005GiriKannada
2005Mr. ErrababuTeluguSpecial appearance
2005NammannaRaniKannada
2005Sorry Enaku KalyanamayidichuManjuTamil
2006KusthiAbhi
2008Michael Madana KamarajuMandiraTelugu
2008SwagatamDeepthiTelugu
2008KuselanTamilSpecial appearance
2008DheemakuIndira DeviKannada
2008CheduguduTelugu
2008Dindigul SarathyTamilSpecial appearance
2009Aa IntloPallaviTelugu
2009JunctionSpecial appearance
2010Comedy Express
2010Naane Ennul IllaiTamil
2010Kanagavel KakkaSpecial appearance
2010BrokerGanapathi's wifeTelugu
2010Vismaya PramayaMeeraKannada
2010Vaare VahAdi's boss
2011ChattamTeluguSpecial appearance
2011Money Money, More Money
2012Dabangg 2HindiCameo appearance as reporter
2013CID EeshaKannada
2013Aakasamlo SagamVasuTelugu
2013SahasraSpecial appearance
2014Paisa Yaar N PangaMeeraPunjabi
2014Ya RabHindi
2014LakshmiSwarna
2015MSG: The MessengerMuskan
2015DhanakGypsy Woman
2015Guddu Ki GunNurse
2016Do Lafzon Ki KahaniNatasha
2017Begum JaanMaina
2018Stree Stree
2019Fraud Saiyaan Shraddha
2020 Bahut Hua Samman Sapna Rani
2020Darbaan Anukul's wife
202112 'O' ClockMaya D'SouzaHindi / TeluguEarlier titled as Geher
2021200 Halla HoPoornimaHindi
2021ChaddiMrs.ChaddhaHindi
2022BhediyaStreeHindi
202236 FarmhouseMithika SinghHindi
2023Khichdi 2: Mission PaanthukistanHindiSpecial appearance

Television
YearSeriesRoleLanguageNotes
2019Apna News AayegaHindi
2020Mere Sai – Shraddha Aur SaburiSuvarna Bai, a female singer and dancerHindiA mythological TV serial, show premiered in Sony Entertainment Television.[16]

Web series

All web series are in Hindi language, otherwise noted the language.

YearSeriesRolePlatformNotesRef.
2016 Maid in India Maid Webtalkies [17]
2016 A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend Mariyam James Arre OTT
2018Gandii BaatSajelli ALTBalaji S02E01[18]
[19]
X.X.X Rukmani Lalwani S01E01 [20]
[21]
2018- 2019 Inside Edge Ayesha Dewan Amazon Prime Season 1 Recurring ; Season 2 Main [22]
2019 Wanna Have A Good Time Ullu[23]
Bombers Minister's Wife ZEE5[24]
[25]
Dupur Thakurpo Phulwa Boudi HoichoiBengali webseries
Mayanagari: City of Dreams Mystery Woman Hotstar [26]
[27]
2020 AaryaRadhika "Rads"Season 1 Recurring
2020 Paurashpur Nayantara ZEE5, ALTBalajiRecurring
2021 Akkad Bakkad Rafu Chakkar P.CAmazon Prime
2023 Rana Naidu KavyaNetflix

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