NAUHEED CYRUSI –
TV/Film Actress
Nauheed Cyrusi (born 19
October 1982) was born to an Indian descent Parsee Zorastrian
Family in Belfast,
UK. The meaning of her name is Venus. Nauheed originally wanted to take to
travelling by becoming an Air Hostess, but after modelling for three years, she
decided to become an actress.She studied in Dundonald High School, and graduated from Belfast Metropolitan College and Queen's University Belfast and is pursuing
M.Com through correspondence.
While
in school she accompanied her friend to an audition and at the age of 14 she
appeared in an advertisement for Dhara Refined Oil. Subsequently she went on to
appear in Head & Shoulders, Britannia Little
Hearts Biscuits, Ayurvedic Concepts (now Himalaya) advertisements.
Nauheed
started her career as a model, featuring in many music videos. Piya Basanti
being a memorable one, which brought her to the attention of Bollywood
producers.Nauheed has appeared in many advertisements on television as well as
the print media.
She
was associated with EverYuth Orange Peel-Off Skin Vitaliser and was a craze
among girls across the country.
She
made her film debut in Padam Kumar's Supari,
starring Uday Chopra
and Rahul Dev. While the film flopped, director Vikram Bhatt chose her for Inteha opposite Ashmit Patel.
She was recommended to Director Padam Kumar by Channel V's VJ, Purab Kohli,
with whom she had worked on Zee TV's 'Hip Hip Hooray'.
She
also played a small role in the youth-oriented tele-series Hip Hip
Hurray. She then acted in the Telugu film
Sakhiya
with Tarun Kumar.
She made an appearance at the India Fashion Week 2007 as well as the Allen
Solly Fashion Show, along with fellow actress Koel Purie.
Nauheed
was seen as the main lead in choreographer turned director Ahmed Khan's Lakeer,
starring Sunny Deol,
John Abraham, Sunil Shetty
and Sohail Khan.
Nauheed also starred in Anwar which was directed by Manish Jha,
starring Manisha Koirala, Siddharth
Koirala, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz,
Hiten Tejwani.
Her
release in April 2007 was Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee, which
also stars Aftab Shivdasani and Dino Morea.
She was also be seen in ADA...A Way of Life, which garnered fame
because of music of A.R. Rahman and Meeting Se Meeting Tak, which also
stars Dino Morea
and Priyanka Sharma.
She
was one of the contestants on "Khatron Ke
Khiladi - Level 2" the Indian version of Fear Factor. She
reached the top 5 but eventually got eliminated after failing a car stunt.
She
was seen in the movie August 2009 release Kisaan, also
starring Jackie Shroff, Sohail Khan,
Arbaaz Khan and Diya Mirza.
She played opposite Sohail Khan as a girl named Titli from a
village in Punjab. Her next release was English language
film,"Rockin' Meera"
directed by Param gill.
She played the title role of Meera and the film was commercial and critical
success in United States. Recently she was in Main Aurr Mrs Khanna in a supporting role
as Nina, Kareena Kapoor's character, Best Friend. She
has also appeared in Kurbaan 2009 starring Kareena
Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan.
Her
works include:
Films:
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Year
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Film
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Role
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Language
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Notes
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2003
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Dilnawaaz 'Dillu'
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Tina Saxena
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Hindi
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2004
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Bindiya
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Hindi
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Chandana
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2006
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Samara
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Hindi
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Meera
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English
|
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2007
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Mehru
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Hindi
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Monica Seth
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Hindi
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Ritu
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Hindi
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2008
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Shalu
|
Hindi
|
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Tina
|
Hindi
|
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Juli Vipun Patel
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Hindi
|
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2009
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Divya
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Hindi
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Dia
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Hindi
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Hindi
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Hindi
|
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Tanu
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Hindi
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Titli Kaur
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Hindi
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Neena
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Hindi
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Salma
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Hindi
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2010
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Gul
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Hindi
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2011
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Hind Post-production
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2012
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Anahita
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Hindi
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2014
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Hindi
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Television
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Programme
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Role
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Year
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herself
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2013
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[Hip Hip Hurray]
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Meera
|
1999
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herself
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2009
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