Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran

Aishwarya
Aishwarya
Born	Shanta Meena Bhaskar; 23 May 1971 (age 53); Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Film actress
Spouse	Tanveer (m. 1994; div. 1996)
Children	Anaina (b. 1995)
Relatives	Y. V. Rao (maternal grand father); Lakshmi (mother); Bhaskar (father)

Aishwariya Bhaskar (born May 23, 1971) is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu movies and later in several Malayalam television soap operas.^[1] She is the daughter of actress Lakshmi.^[2]

Career

Aishwarya's first film was Oliyampukal (1991), followed by Mamagaru (1991), Rasukutty (1992) and Meera (1992). She played a double role in Butterflies (1993) and also in Gardish (1993), which was a remake of the Malayalam movie Kireedam. Early in her career, she turned down opportunity to work with Mani Ratnam in Thiruda Thiruda (1993).^[3]

Following her marriage in 1994, Aishwarya quit the film industry and chose to prioritise bringing up a family. However her marriage fell apart and she became addicted to taking drugs as a result of her husband's addiction, which made it difficult for her to re-enter the film industry after her divorce in 1996. After undergoing a rehabilitation process, she chose to continue her education in computer science and joined to work with the NIIT in 1997 and prioritised her work as a software engineer.^[3] She then accepted an offer to be a part of a television show produced by Suresh Chandra Menon, after being convinced by her friend, actress Revathi. After a four-year sabbatical from films as a result of her marriage, childbirth and divorce, Aishwarya made a comeback in Parthiban's Housefull (1999) portraying an inspector in charge of the bomb disposal squad.^[4] She continued to portray supporting roles in films such as Suyamvaram (1999), Sathyameva Jayathe (2000) and Narasimham (2000) during the turn of the century.^[3]

Personal life

Born as Shanta Meena Bhaskar, to father K Bhaskaran and half Tamil and Telugu actress Lakshmi, she has a stepsister from her mother's third marriage with Sivachandran. She was married to Tanveer Ahmed in 1994 and they were divorced in 1996. The couple have a daughter, Anaina, born in 1995.^[3]^[5]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1989	Adavilo Abhimanyudu	Shanti	Telugu	Telugu debut
1990	Oliyambukal	Kunjumol	Malayalam	Malayalam debut
	Seetapathi Chalo Tirupathi	Seeta	Telugu
	Prema Zindabad	Bharathi	Telugu
	Nyayangal Jayikkattum	Saraswati's daughter	Tamil	Tamil debut
	Hosa Kavya		Kannada	Kannada debut
1991	Mill Thozhilali	Geetha	Tamil
	Thaiyalkaran	Kaveri	Tamil
	Marikozhundhu	Marikozhundhu, Chithra	Tamil
	Naan Pudicha Mappillai	Rasathi	Tamil
	Mamagaru	Rani	Telugu
	Oorellam Un Pattu	Shanthi	Tamil
	Ponnukku Sethi Vandhachu	Uma	Tamil
	Anbulla Thangachikku		Tamil
1992	Rasukutty	Raasukutti's lover	Tamil
	Meera	Meera	Tamil
	Subba Rayudi Pelli	Lalitha	Telugu
	Ahankari	Neeli/Neelu	Telugu
	Pellante Noorella Panta	Roja	Telugu
	Brahma	Saraswathi	Telugu
	Kizhaku Veluthachu	Meenakshi	Tamil
1993	Poranthaalum Aambalayaa Porakkakoodaathu	Meenatchi	Tamil
	Jackpot	Sindhu Gautham Krishna	Malayalam
	Butterflies	Anju Nambyar, Manju Nambyar	Malayalam
	Gardish	Vidya P. Bhalla	Hindi	Hindi debut
	Thanga Pappa	Gowri	Tamil
	Ulle Veliye	Meena	Tamil
	Ejamaan	Ponni	Tamil
1995	Makkal Aatchi	Manjula	Tamil
1999	Housefull	Christine	Tamil
1999	Suyamvaram	Savithri	Tamil
2000	Pennin Manathai Thottu	Sunitha's sister	Tamil
	Narashimham	Anuradha	Malayalam
	Sathyameva Jayathe	Nancy	Malayalam
2001	Kasi	Radhika	Tamil
	Sharja To Sharja	Kalyani	Malayalam
	Praja	Maya Mary Kurien	Malayalam
2002	Panchathantiram	Mrs Vedhantham	Tamil
2003	The King Maker Leader	Vasanthy Nambiar	Malayalam
	Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi	Pinni(step mother)	Telugu
	The Fire	Neena Cheriyan	Malayalam
2004	Agninakshathram	Aswathi Warrier	Malayalam
	M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi	Shalini	Tamil
	New	Seema	Tamil
	Naani	Priya's friend	Telugu
	Jana		Tamil
	Kuththu	Anjali's mother	Tamil
2005	Dhairyam	Mallika's Mother	Telugu
	Priyasakhi	Priya's Mother	Tamil
	Aaru	Sound Saroja Akka	Tamil
	Englishkaran	Padma	Tamil
2006	Notebook	Elizabeth	Malayalam
	Thanthra	Vedavadhi	Malayalam
	Paramasivan	Malar's stepmother	Tamil
	Pandavaru	Nagamani	Kannada
2007	Inspector Garud	Maya Gopinath	Malayalam
	Sringaram: Dance of Love	Mirasu's wife	Tamil
	Vel	Sakkara Pandi's Wife	Tamil
	Sabari	Vajravelu's Wife	Tamil
	Sri Mahalakshmi		Telugu
2008	Pazhani	Durga	Tamil
2008	Abhiyum Naanum	Anu (Abhi's mother)	Tamil
2009	Adada Enna Azhagu	Diana	Tamil
2010	Abhishapt	Nurse	Hindi
	Jhummandi Naadam		Telugu
	Buridi		Telugu
2011	Manushya Mrugam	Mary	Malayalam
2012	Madirasi	Ragini	Malayalam
	Theni Maavattam		Tamil
	Uchithanai Muharnthaal	Security Guard	Tamil
	Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?	Amrutha Valli's mother	Telugu
2013	For Sale	Achamma	Malayalam
	Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla	Lakshmi/Sainuthatha	Malayalam
	Maad Dad	Sosamma	Malayalam
	Philips and the Monkey Pen	Uncredited Archive footage	Malayalam	From Narasimham
2014	Poojai	Mrs. Sivakkozhnthu	Tamil
2014	Un Samayal Arayil / Oggarane / Ulavucharu Biriyani	Asha	Tamil / Kannada / Telugu
2015	Aambala	Nadu Ponnu	Tamil
	MGR Sivaji Rajini Kamal	Aishwarya	Tamil
	Savaale Samaali	Special appearance	Tamil	in song sequence
2016	Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru	Manimaaran's wife	Tamil
2016	Kalyana Vaibhogame	Nagamani	Telugu
2017	Kuttram 23		Tamil
2017	Ticket	Sona	Tamil
2018	Devadas	Fishfry Lakshmi	Telugu
2018	Saamy 2	Shanthi	Tamil
2019	Oh! Baby	Vikram's Mother	Telugu
2021	IchataVahanamuluNiluparadu		Telugu

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Language	Notes
	Theadathey Thulainthu Povai	Stella		Tamil
2000	Devatha		Asianet	Malayalam
2002	Kathiravan	Senchulakshmi		Tamil
2003	Olangal	Aishwarya	Asianet	Malayalam
2004	Mizhi Thurakkumbol	Varada	Surya TV	Malayalam
2004–2005	Kadamattath Kathanaar	Yakshi	Asianet	Malayalam
2004–2006	Muhurtham	Aishwarya	Sun TV	Tamil
2005–2006	Raja Rajeswari	Padmalakshmi	Sun TV	Tamil
2005	Kavyaanjali		Surya TV	Malayalam
2005	Mandrake		Asianet	Malayalam
2006	Kadhaparayum Kavyaanjali		Surya TV	Malayalam	Cameo appearance
2006	Sathyam	Ancy	Amrita TV	Malayalam
2006–2007	Swami Ayyappan	Maheeshi	Asianet	Malayalam
2008–2011	Paarijatham	Lalitha Bhai	Asianet	Malayalam	Won, Asianet Television award 2011 - Best actress in a negative role
2010–2012	Thendral	Bhuvana Laxman	Sun TV	Tamil	(Replaced by Sudha Chandran)
2013–2014	Mama Mapillai	Aishwarya	Sun TV	Tamil
2013	Manathil Uruthi Vendum		Jaya TV	Tamil
2013–2014	Kurinji Malar	Kalbana	Kalaingar TV	Tamil
2015–2016	4 the People	Prof Vasundara Das	Asianet	Malayalam
2015–2017	Nandini vs Nandini	Baby	ETV Plus	Telugu
2017–2019	Azhagu	Vasantha	Sun TV	Tamil
2018–2020	Chembarathi	Thrichambarath Akhilandeswari	Zee Keralam	Malayalam	Left the show due to COVID-19 regulations Replaced by Thara Kalyan
2020	Dear u brother u	Amma	YouTube	Tamil	Web series

External links

References

^ "കണ്ണീരൊഴുക്കാന്‍ ഞാനില്ല , Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies". Mathrubhumi.com. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.
^ "Star Talk – Aishwarya". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "I don't want to act with half-baked idiots any longer". rediff.com. March 2000.
^ http://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/16ss.htm
^ "കണ്ണീരൊഴുക്കാന്‍ ഞാനില്ല – articles,infocus_interview – Mathrubhumi Eves". Mathrubhumi.com. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011.

[1] "കണ്ണീരൊഴുക്കാന്‍ ഞാനില്ല , Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies". Mathrubhumi.com. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.

[2] "Star Talk – Aishwarya". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

[rediff-3] "I don't want to act with half-baked idiots any longer". rediff.com. March 2000.

[4] ttp://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/16ss.htm

[5] "കണ്ണീരൊഴുക്കാന്‍ ഞാനില്ല – articles,infocus_interview – Mathrubhumi Eves". Mathrubhumi.com. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011.

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