Sabira Merchant (nee Vazirali) (born 4 August 1942) is a Miss India trainer and actor based in Mumbai. She is a top etiquette trainer in India.
Background
Merchant was born in
Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
to Goolshen and
Abdulhusein M. Thariani
Abdulhusein Meheraly Thariani (3 April 1905 – 30 December 1972) was a member of the first generation of formally trained architects in Pakistan. , the fifth child. She was adopted by her maternal uncle and given the surname, Vazirali. She was sent to a finishing school in Switzerland. She is married to Chotu Merchant.
Career
She started acting as a theatre artiste in Bombay. In the 70’s, she became very popular on the television with her show ''What’s the good word?'', which ran for a record 15 years on
Doordarshan
Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest bro ...
. The theme music for the show was Glen Miller's version of
American Patrol
She later became a trainer and was very successful. She played the enchantress, Madame Manaeksha, in the BBC production ''Six steps to happiness''. She has trained famous celebrities like
Priyanka Chopra,
Lara Dutta and many more on international beauty pageants.
Her memoir, ''A Full Life'', was published in 2022.
References
External links
sabira merchant.net
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1942 births
Actresses from Mumbai
Living people
21st-century Indian actresses
Indian Ismailis
Khoja Ismailism
Etiquette writers
Gujarati people