Parvati Melton

Parvati Melton (born January 7, 1988)[1] is an American actress and former model of partial Indian descent. She mainly works in the Telugu film industry. She appeared in several Telugu and Malayalam movies. She acted with Raja in the film Vennela, which turned out to be a success. She acted in the Blockbuster Malayalam film Hallo with Mohanlal.[2] She again shot to fame with item song "Poovai Poovai" in Telugu movie Dookudu opposite Mahesh Babu.[3]

Not to be confused with Parvathy Thiruvothu, South Indian actress.

Parvati Melton
Born (1988-01-07) January 7, 1988
New Jersey, United States
Other namesPari
Occupation
Years active2004–2013
Spouse(s)
Shamsu Lalani
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(m. 2013)​

Biography

Parvati was born in New Jersey to a German father Sham Melton and an Indian Punjabi mother Darika Preet.[4] She has one younger sister Ariana Sitara Melton.[5] She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She graduated from Emeryville High School and attended Vista Community College in Berkeley, California. She took part in several beauty pageants and won the Miss Teen India Bay Area pageant in 2004 and the Miss India Le Visage USA pageant in 2005. While still studying in Vista College, she was offered the lead role in the Telugu film Vennela. Although she intended to go back to school after the project, the film's success kept her away.[6]

She married Shamsu Lalani in 2013, and subsequently retired from films.[7]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2005VennelaPavaniTelugu
2006GameSwethaTelugu
2006Allare AllariSwathiTelugu
2007HalloParvathiMalayalam
2007FlashMidhun's wifeMalayalamspecial appearance
2007MadhumasamMayaTelugu
2008JalsaJyotsnaTelugu
2011DookuduDancerTeluguspecial appearance
2012SrimannarayanaSwapnikaTelugu
2012Yamaho YamaSwapnaTelugu

References
  1. "PublicPoint--Parvati Melton". Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200506055310/https://www.nriinternet.com/ENTERTAINMENT/Actresses/Parvati_Melton/
  3. Archived October 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Chitchat with Heroine Parvati Melton – Interview. Chitramala.in. Retrieved on August 23, 2012.
  5. Parvathi Melton. Lazydesis (December 30, 2008). Retrieved on 2012-08-23.
  6. APK's Interviews – Parvathi Melton. CineGoer.com (August 10, 2007). Retrieved on 2012-08-23.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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