Saloni Aswani is an Indian actress and model who appears in Telugu and Kannada films.
13 Facts About Saloni Aswani
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Saloni Aswani went on to pursue a career in acting, debuting in the Hindi film Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa, following which she starred in several Telugu films, failing to achieve notable commercial success.
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Saloni Aswani was born in Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra into a Sindhi-speaking family as Vandana.
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Saloni Aswani was always interested in acting and was supported by her mother, while her father wanted her to "do a respectable job".
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Saloni Aswani appeared in several television advertisements like Vaseline, Lifebuoy, Parachute Oil, Moove, Chic Shampoo, Three Roses tea and Meera soaps.
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Saloni Aswani participated with a theatre group Kala Sansad and took acting lessons in Ashok Kumar's Academy of Dramatic Arts, run by his daughter, Preeti Ganguly.
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Saloni Aswani made her acting debut in the 2003 Hindi film Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya, directed by Sawaan Kumar Tak, who rechristened her as Saloni.
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Saloni Aswani then got to appear in her first Telugu film Dhana 51 and followed it up with Oka Oorillo, both of them ending up as commercial failures.
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Saloni Aswani debuted in the Tamil film industry with a starring role in Madurai Veeran, and in the Kannada cinema the following year, playing one of the five lead actresses in Buddhivanta, both being her only releases in 2007 and 2008, respectively; the latter went on to become a blockbuster.
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Saloni Aswani garnered positive feedback as well, with Jeevi from Idlebrain noting that she was "refreshing" and looked "pretty good".
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In 2012, Saloni Aswani played a lead female role in Bodyguard alongside Venkatesh and Trisha Krishnan.
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Saloni Aswani next appeared in Adhinayakudu opposite Balakrishna and two Kannada films Lakshmi and Benki Birugali.
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Saloni Aswani's upcoming films include the Kannada films Jaggi directed by Sultan Raja and Shivam directed by Srinivasa Raju and the Telugu film Race Gurram.