Biography
Who is Asha Saini?
Early life and education
Asha Saini was born in Chandigarh, India. Her father served as an army officer. She attended school in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. Later, she studied at the Army Public School in Dhaula Kuan, Delhi. Her family moved to Kolkata. In that city, she began a modeling career. She entered the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant.
Acting debut and screen names
She started her acting career in 1999. Her first movie was the Telugu film Prema Kosam. The producer of that film gave her the screen name Asha Saini. An astrologer later suggested she use the name Mayuri. She eventually went back to her original name. Asha has worked on more than 80 projects. She has acted in over 50 films.
During her early years, she took supporting roles in more than twelve Telugu films. One of these was Nuvvu Naaku Nachav in 2001. She appeared in Narasimha Naidu in 2002. This movie led to her being called Lux Papa.
Work in different languages
Asha expanded her career to Hindi cinema in 2002. She starred in Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, which T. P. Aggarwal produced. In 2004, she acted in Love in Nepal with Sonu Nigam. T. P. Aggarwal also produced this film. She worked in Kannada movies like Giri and Nammannna. In Giri, she starred with Srinagara Kitty. In Nammannna, she worked with Sudeep.
She co-starred with several actors. These include Venkatesh, Balakrishna, and Shivarajkumar. She also worked with Vijayakanth, Prabhu, and Karthik. Other co-stars were Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar. Three of her films came out on December 31, 2010. These were Broker, Vismaya Pramaya, and Vah Re Vah.
Web series and television
Asha Saini moved into digital content. She played a lead role in the second season of Gandii Baat. She also worked in Mayanagari-City of Dreams on Hotstar. In October 2019, she entered Bengali web series with Dupur Thakurpo. She played the character Phulwa Boudi in the third season.
She appeared in the 2015 film MSG: The Messenger. In that movie, she played a daughter named Muskan. Her co-stars were Olexandra Semen and Jayshree Soni. In 2023, she played Rani Gulkanda in Khichdi 2: Mission Paanthukistan. She joined Bigg Boss Telugu 9 in 2025 on Star Maa. She was evicted on Day 35.
Awards and legal issues
Asha Saini received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in 2010. This honor was given in Mauritius for her anti-poverty efforts. In March 2008, she was arrested in Chennai. Authorities accused her of having forged visa documents. This led to a ban from the Tamil film industry. Asha denied the allegations. The ban ended after two weeks.
Birthday and age
Asha Saini was born on September 29, 1978, which makes Asha 48 years old today. That birthday falls under the Libra sign. Asha shares the date with 32 other famous people.
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