Sayyeshaa Saigal (born 12 August 1997), known mononymously as Sayyeshaa, is an Indian actress and dancer who primarily appears in

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-language films. After working in a Telugu film '' Akhil'' (2015), she made her Hindi debut in Ajay Devgn's '' Shivaay'' (2016), and her Tamil debut in the film '' Vanamagan'' (2017). She made her Kannada debut in the film '' Yuvarathnaa'' (2021).

Early life

Sayyeshaa is the daughter of actors Sumeet Saigal and Shaheen Banu. She is the grandniece of actors

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and Dilip Kumar.

Personal life

On 10 March 2019, she married Arya (her co-star in the films '' Ghajinikanth'', '' Kaappaan'' and ''

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''), according to Muslim traditions in Hyderabad. Their daughter Ariana was born on 23 July 2021.

Career

Sayyeshaa made her debut in the cinema industry with the

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film '' Akhil'' (2015). She made her Bollywood debut opposite Ajay Devgn in his second directorial film '' Shivaay''. Her movie '' Vanamagan'' hit the theatres in June 2017, marking her

debut. In 2018, she starred in '' Kadaikutty Singam'' with Karthi, '' Junga'' with Vijay Sethupathi and '' Ghajinikanth'' with Arya. In 2019, she starred in '' Kaappaan'' alongside

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, Mohanlal, and Arya. She made her Kannada debut in the film '' Yuvarathnaa'' alongside Puneeth Rajkumar.

Filmography

References

External links

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