Flora Saini

Flora Saini (born 29 September 1978), also known by her screen name Asha Saini, is an Indian film actress and model.[1] She predominantly works in Tollywood, and also appeared in a number of Kannada, Tamil and Hindi films. Since her debut in Prema Kosam (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors including Rajinikanth, V. Ravichandran, Sudeep, Shivarajkumar, Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar.[2]

Flora Saini
Saini at the special screening of the film Level 13
Born (1978-09-29) 29 September 1978
Chandigarh, India
OccupationModel, Actress
Years active1999 - present

Career

Born in Chandigarh to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir and continued her education in the Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi. Her family moved to Kolkata then, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated at the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant contest.[3] Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film Prema Kosam.[4] The film producer of her first film rechristened her as Asha Saini, while years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayuri, as per an astrologer's advice, before eventually reverting to her original name.[5]

Flora subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu films in the next three years, with her appearance in the film Narasimha Naidu (2002), which went on to become highly successful,[6] being the most notable, which led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter.[7] In 2002, she debuted in Hindi, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced Bharat Bhagya Vidhata.[8] Her second Hindi film Love in Nepal (2004) saw her pairing with popular playback singer Sonu Nigam, which too was produced by T. P. Aggarwal.[3] Flora starred in several Kannada films, too, including Giri starring Srinagar 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]

Flora had three of her films, Broker (Telugu), Vismaya Pramaya and Vah Re Vah (both Kannada) releasing on 31 December, 2010, a rare occurrence that secured her an entry in the Limca Book of Records for the most number of film releases on one day.[13] In 2010, Flora Saini was honoured with the Uttarakhand Ratna Award.[14] She has also received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for her work towards the poor and helpless.[4] She is last seen in a web-series called Gandi Baat season 2 with Anveshi Jain,[15] 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.[16][17]

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

Filmography
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 CheputhunnaTelugu
2004Love in NepalMaxiHindi
2004143Telugu
2004SwamySpecial appearance
2004GajendraKausalyaTamil
2005GiriKannada
2005Mr. ErrababuTeluguSpecial appearance
2005NammannaKannada
2005Sorry Enaku KalyanamayidichuManjuTamil
2006KusthiAbhi
2008Michael Madana KamarajuMandiraTelugu
2008SwagathamDeepthiTelugu
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
2010Vah Re Vah
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 Kahani
2017Begum JaanMaina
2018Stree Stree
2019Fraud Saiyaan Shraddha
2020Bahut Hua SammanSapna RaniHindi
2020Darbaan Anukul's wife
202112 o'clockHindi / TeluguEarlier titled as Geher

Web Series

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

YearSeriesRolePlatformNotes
2016 Maid in India Maid Webtalkies [18]
2018Gandi BaatSajeli ALTBalajiS02E01 [19][20][21][22]
X.X.X Rukmani Lalwani ALTBalaji S01E01 [23][24]
2018- 2019 Inside Edge Ayesha Dewan Amazon Prime Season 1 Recurring ; Season 2 Main [25]
2019 Wanna Have A Good Time Ullu
Bombers Minister's Wife ZEE5 [26][27][28]
Dupur Thakurpo Phulwa Boudi hoichoi Bengali webseries [29]
Mayanagari: City of Dreams Mystery Woman Hotstar [30][31]
2020 Aarya Radhika "Rads" Hotstar
2020 Paurashpur Nayantara Zee5 ATL Balaji
2020 Darbaan ZEE5

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.[32]

References
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