Shalmalee Desai (born 17 March 1989) is an Indian television writer and actress mainly known for the role of Sojal in the Hindi television show ''

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''. She was the winner of the UTV Stars reality show ''Lux The Chosen One'' in 2012.

Early life and career

Born and brought up in

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, Shalmalee worked with television channel

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as a management trainee after completing an

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from Welingkar College in 2011. Shalmalee is a trained

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dancer as well as a golfer. After winning in the reality show ''Lux The Chosen One'' in 2012, she became the official face of UTV Stars channel for the year 2013. The same year, she secured her first television role in the television show ''

''. After completing a screenwriting course at

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, she made her writing debut with popular television drama series ''

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'' in 2016.

Personal life

In 2015, Desai married her ''

'' co-star

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. The couple divorced in 2017.

Television work

Actor

Writer

References

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