MEGHANA GAONKAR

MEGHANA GAONKAR – Film Actress

Meghana Gaonkar - born in Gulbarga, a town in north Karnataka where her mother hails from. She did her schooling from Sharanbasaveshwara residential school in Gulbarga and later did her Bachelors in commerce from Mahaveer Jain College from Bengaluru. She did her masters in English Literature from Bangalore university and a Diploma in Film Acting and Making from Adarsha film institute. From commerce to literature to film acting and making, clearly indicates that this actor is highly educated and talented.

Meghana Gaonkar is well known for her dancing skills in the sandalwood industry for her dances like bharatnatyam, kathak and most of the western forms, apart from being a talented, beautiful, cultured and educated artist. 

Starting from being crowned as Miss Bangalore and Miss Smile in 2003, to be hosting shows in leading Kannada channels, to a professional dancer from Shiamak Dhavar’s Academy, she has done numerous English and Kannada theater plays in Bengaluru at places like Rangashankara, Alliance Franchise, etc. Though Meghana Gaonkar is a modern lady who fits the glamour and sentiment role precisely, she is known for being highly cultured and religious among all circles.

Gaonkar began her career as a television actress. She made her big screen appearance together with a debutant team of actors and director in Nam Areali Ondina (2010). Her role of Chinnu won her rave reviews though the film failed to perform well commercially. Next, she paired with Vijay Raghavendra in the multi-starrer film Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga in 2011. The same year saw her in the low-budget film Thuglak alongside a new comer. Noted film maker R. Chandru cast her in his forthcoming film Charminar opposite Prem Kumar. She has also signed a Mythological film, Bhakta Shankara which is currently under production.

Meghana Gaonkar is currently working in Kannada films as a main lead. She started her film career with ‘Nam arealondina’ (2010) and not surprisingly this talented artist was nominated for various awards in best actress and newcomer category, second movie was ‘Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga’ (2011) opposite Vijaya Raghavendra, third ‘Tuglak’ (2012) and the fourth being ‘Charminar’ (2012) opposite lovely star prem, directed by R. Chandru.

Her works include:

Year	Film
2010	Nam Areali Ondina
2011	Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga
2011	Thuglak
2012	Charminar
2013	Bhakta Shankara
2013	meghana the *