Saiyami Kher is an Indian actress who primarily works in
Hindi
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and
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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films. She made her acting debut with the Telugu film ''
Rey'' (2015) and her Hindi film debut with ''
Mirzya'' (2016), for which she received
Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow – Female.
Kher made her
Marathi
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*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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film debut with ''
Mauli
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'' (2018) and went onto act in ''
Choked'' (2020) and
''Wild Dog'' (2021). She made her web debut with ''
Special OPS
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'' (2020).
Early life and family
Kher was born in
Nashik
Nashik (, Marathi: aːʃik, also called as Nasik ) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Situated on the banks of river Godavari, Nashik is the third largest city in Maharashtra, after Mumbai and Pune. Nashik ...
,
Maharashtra
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to Adwait Kher and
Uttara Mhatre Kher
Uttara Mhatre Kher (29 December 1963) is an Indian former model and beauty pageant contestant.
Personal life
Kher is married to Adwait Kher (also a former model and son of actress Usha Kiran), making Tanvi Azmi her sister-in-law. She has two d ...
, a former
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.
She is the granddaughter of actress
Usha Kiran
Usha Kiran (22 April 1929 – 9 March 2000) was an Indian actress. In a career spanning over four decades, she acted in over 50 Hindi and Marathi films, notably '' Daag'' (1952), '' Patita'' (1953), ''Baadbaan'' (1954), '' Chupke Chupke'' (1975) ...
and the niece of actress
Tanvi Azmi
Tanvi Azmi is an Indian film and television actress.
Early life and career
She was born to Marathi-Hindi actress Usha Kiran and Manohar Kher.
Azmi portrayed a troubled doctor in the tele-series, ''Jeevanrekha'' and as a young widow in telefil ...
. Kher completed her graduation from
St. Xavier's College,
Mumbai
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.
Career
In 2015, Kher made her debut with Telugu film ''
Rey'' and appeared in
Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian film director, occasional actor and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing ''Rang De Basanti'' (2006) and ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' (2013). He is the writer and director of ...
's
Punjabi folklore
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Mirza Sahiban
''Mirza Sahiban'' ( pa, ਮਿਰਜ਼ਾ ਸਾਹਿਬਾਂ, , ') is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The other three are ''Heer Ranjha'', ''Sohni Mahiwal'' and ''Sassi Punnun''. There are five other popular folklor ...
based Hindi film ''
Mirzya'' opposite
Harshvardhan Kapoor
Harshvardhan Kapoor (; credited since 2022 as Harshvarrdhan Kapoor; born 9 November 1990) is an Indian actor and film producer. He is the son of actor Anil Kapoor.
Early life
Harsh was born in Mumbai on 9 November 1990, the only son of actor ...
in following the year.
In 2020, She appeared in Mayank Sharma's web series ''
Breathe'' alongside
Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the grandson of poet Harivansh Rai Bach ...
.
In 2021, she did a role in Telugu movie
Wild Dog (film)
''Wild Dog'' is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by debutant Ashishor Solomon. Produced by Matinee Entertainment, the film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Dia Mirza, Saiyami Kher, and Atul Kulkarni. The film inc ...
with
Nagarjuna Akkineni
Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao (born 29 August 1959), known mononymously as Nagarjuna, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and entrepreneur. Nagarjuna has acted predominantly in Telugu, along with a few Hindi and Tamil language fil ...
as an
NIA Agent. The theatrical release of film was on April 2, 2021. Later, it was on
Netflix India.
Filmography
Films
Web series
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Indian film actresses
Actresses in Hindi cinema
1992 births
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