Flora Saini, also known by her screen name Asha Saini or Mayuri, is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in

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and

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films, and also appeared in a number of

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and

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films. She has done more than 80 projects as an actress. Since her debut in ''Prema Kosam'' (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors like Venkatesh,

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, Karthik,

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and Rajasekhar.

Early life

Born in

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to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in

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. She continued her education in the Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan,

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. Her family then moved to

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, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated in the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant.

Career

Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film ''Prema Kosam''. The producer of the film rechristened her as Asha Saini; some years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayuri, as per the advice of an

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, before eventually reverting to her original name. The actress subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu-language films in the next three years. She appeared in the film ''

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'' (2002), which went on to become highly successful. It was for some time the most notable film in her filmography, and it led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter. In 2002, Flora made her first Hindi-language film, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced ''Bharat Bhagya Vidhata''. Her second Hindi film, '' Love in Nepal'' (2004), also produced by Agarwal, saw her paired with popular

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. Flora has appeared in several

-language films, too, including ''Giri'', starring

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, and ''Nammannna'', starring

. In March 2008, she was arrested in

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for supposedly having forged visa documents, and was subsequently banned from the

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. She claimed innocence, and the ban was lifted a couple of weeks later. Three films in which Flora Saini stars – the Telugu-language ''Broker'', and two Kannada-language films, ''Vismaya Pramaya'' and ''Vah Re Vah'' – were released on 31 December 2010, a rare occurrence that secured her an entry in the Limca Book of Records for the most film releases on one day. In 2010, Flora Saini was honoured with the Uttarakhand Ratna Award. She has also received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in

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for her anti-

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work there. She is last seen in a web-series called ''

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'' season 2 with Anveshi Jain, where she played a lead role. Recently, Saini was seen in many web series and notably worked in '' Mayanagari-City of Dreams of

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.'' In 2015, Flora Saini played the role of ''Muskan'' in MSG: The Messenger starring Gurmeet Ram Rahim. She played the role of a daughter with

Jayshree Soni Jayshree Soni is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi TV serials, comedy shows and movies. She began her acting career in the Pogo (TV channel), Pogo sitcom ''Sunaina (TV series), Sunaina'' in 2008. She subsequently appeared in ''Ek Safar Ai ...

as ''Kasam'' and Olexandra Semen as ''Alice''. In October 2019 Flora Saini made her debut in Bengali web series through

Dupur Thakurpo ''Dupur Thakurpo'' (English: ''Paying Guests'') is a Bengali web series produced by SVF. The series revolves around a newly married woman and her brothers-in-law. Cast *Swastika Mukherjee as Uma Laha * Monalisa as Jhuma * Flora Saini as Phul ...

hoichoi web series. It was the 3rd season of the series and she played the iconinc role of Phulwa boudi. She also was chosen as a face of short video app "Firework", while being managed by "Celeb Connex".

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

''All web series are in Hindi language, otherwise noted the language''.

References

External links

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