BHAGYASHREE

BHAGYASHREE PATWARDHAN – Film/TV Actress

Bhagyashree (born Bhagyashree Patwardhan on 23 February 1969) hails from Sangli city in Maharashtra. Her father is Vijay Singhrao Madhavrao Patwardhan, a descendant of the Maharaja of Sangli. Her full name is Bhagyashree Raje Patwardhan. Her mother's name is Rajlaxmi. She is the eldest of three daughters, the other two being Madhuvanti and Purnima.

She started her acting career with Kachhi Dhoop - a television serial by Amol Palekar. It was based on Louisa Mary Alcott's Little Women. Her rendezvous with acting happened by chance when next door neighbor Amol Palekar, a renowned actor-director, requested her to step in and act in his serial Kacchi Dhoop as the actress who had been signed on had abandoned the serial abruptly. The serial did well and later on she had roles in Honi Anhoni and Kisse Miya Biwi Ke.

She is best known for her role in the 1989 blockbuster film Maine Pyaar Kiya with Salman Khan.

After marriage, she acted in three films: Peepat's Qaid Main Hai Bulbul, K.C. Bokadia's Tyagi and Mahendra Shah's Payal all opposite her husband Himalaya in 1992. She also acted with Avinash Wadhawan in Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi (1993). This was her last film in the 90s and she took a break from films for rest of this decade.

She returned to films in the 2001 film Hello Girls. She later appeared in Janani (2006), Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006) and Red Alert: The War Within (2008). After a gap of several years, she made a comeback to television with Aandhi Jasbaton Ki, where she played a politician. She was also seen in Didi Ka Dulha, a comedy serial on national broadcaster Doordarshan and a telefilm where she plays a blind person. She made her debut in Marathi films with the romantic comedy Zhak Marli Baiko Keli in June 2009.

She is married to Himalaya.

She is the promoter of a media company Shrishti Entertainment with her husband.

Her Television roles include:

• Kachchi Dhoop
• Jaan .... Radha
• Didi Ka Dulha
• Kaagaz Ki Kasti .... Aarti
• Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 (2009) (Reality Dance Show)

Her movie roles include:

• Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) .... Suman
• Qaid Mein Hai Bulbul (1992) .... Pooja Choudhry
• Tyaagi (1992)
• Paayal (1992)
• Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi (1993) .... Roopa
• Ammavra Ganda (1997) (Kannada movie)
• Hello Girls (2001)
• Maa Santoshi Maa (2003)
• Uthaile Ghoonghta Chand Dekhle (2005) (Bhojpuri)
• Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006) .... Simran Kohli (Special Appearance)
• Janani (2006) .... Akanksha
• Red Alert: The War Within (2008) .... Uma
• Zhak Marli Bayko Keli (2009) (Marathi)
• Yuvaratna Rana (Telugu marathi)