Daisy Shah (born 25 August 1984) is an Indian actress, model and dancer who primarily appears in

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and

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films. She has worked as an assistant to choreographer Ganesh Acharya. Her first breakthrough came when she was selected to play the lead role in the 2011

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''. She then appeared opposite

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in the 2014

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'' Jai Ho''. In 2015, she was a part of ''

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''.

Early life

Shah belongs to a Gujarati family, but was born and brought up in

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. Shah won the Miss Photogenic award in the MS Dombivli contest at a local mall when she was in 10th class. She studied arts at Mumbai's Khalsa College.

Career

Shah worked as an assistant to choreographer Ganesh Acharya in films like ''

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'' and ''

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'' and later started modelling, doing photo shoots and print ads. Kannada director

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approached her for the film '' Chingari''. She played Ammu in the Kannada version of ''

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''. She then shot for two item songs in the Kannada film '' Bachchan'' and the Hindi film ''

Bloody Isshq ''Bloody Isshq'' () is a 2013 Bollywood Romantic Suspense Drama film directed by Arup Dutta of Morning Walk fame. The film stars Akash, Shilpa Anand and Tripta Parashar. It began filming on November 2011, and is slated to release in 2013. Plot ...

''. She also did an item song ("Neeli Lugadi") in the Hindi film '' Khuda Kasam'', starring

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and Tabu. In 2014, Shah acted in the commercially successful Jai Ho opposite

. She portrayed Sanjana in the 2018 film ''

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''.

Filmography

Films

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Daisy 1984 births Living people Actresses from Mumbai Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Gujarati people Actresses in Gujarati cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema