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Bhagyashree Patwardhan (born 23 February 1969)[1] is an Indian actress and social worker. She is known for her roles in Hindi language film and television.

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Bhagyashree
Bhagyashree in 2012
Born	Bhagyashree Patwardhan (1969-02-23) 23 February 1969 (age 53) Sangli, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress philanthropist
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Himalaya Dasani ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	2, including Abhimanyu Dassani
Website	www.bhagyashreeonline.com

Bhagyashree had her breakthrough starring as Suman in the film Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), for which she received critical acclaim, and it has since become her signature work; for her performance, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. In the 1990s, she took on roles less frequently in films, only starring in Tyagi (1992) and Rana (1998), to focus on her marriage with Himalaya Dasani.

Bhagyashree's career had a resurgence starting from the 2000s, where she appeared in various independent films such as Shotru Dhongsho (2002) and Uthaile Ghoonghta Chand Dekhle (2006), before taking on roles in films such as Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006), Red Alert: The War Within (2010) and Seetharama Kalyana (2019).

Aside from her film roles, Bhagyashree also directed the television series Studio One (2005), and had a starring role in Laut Aao Trisha (2014–2015), for which she was nominated for an Indian Television Academy Award. She is also a social worker.

Early life

Bhagyashree is from the Marathi royal family of Sangli in Maharashtra.[2] Her father, Vijay Singhrao Madhavrao Patwardhan, was the Raja of Sangli.[3] She is the eldest of three daughters, the other two being Madhuvanti and Purnima.[4]

Career

She started her acting career with the 1987 television serial Kachchi Dhoop, which was based on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. She was approached to act in the serial by Amol Palekar, a renowned actor-director who offered her the role as the original actress had abandoned the project abruptly.

She made her film debut in the 1989 commercially successful Hindi film Maine Pyar Kiya, starring alongside Salman Khan where she played Suman. This remains her most successful and best known film to date, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.[5][6] After marriage to Himalaya Dassani in 1990, she acted in three films: Peepat's Qaid Main Hai Bulbul, K.C. Bokadia's Tyagi and Mahendra Shah's Paayal, all opposite her husband in 1992.[7] She also acted with Avinash Wadhawan in Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi in 1993.[8] This was her last Hindi film in the 1990s and she went on to appear in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her Telugu debut in the film Yuvaratna Rana (1998). She also appeared in episodes of the television series CID and Kabhie Kabhie. ^{[citation needed]}

She returned to Hindi films in the mid 2000s appearing in Maa Santoshi Maa (2003), Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006)[9] and Red Alert: The War Within (2010). After a gap of several years, she made her comeback to television with the TV serial Laut Aao Trisha aired on Life OK from 2014 to 2015.[10] In 2019, she appeared in the Kannada film Seetharama Kalyana. She is set to return to Telugu films with the Telugu remake of the 2014 Hindi film 2 States.[11]

In 2021, she will be making a comeback to Hindi films with the upcoming releases Thalaivi and Radhe Shyam.[12]She will be seen playing Prabhas' mother in Radhe Shyam.[13]

In February 2022, she entered as a contestant in StarPlus's Smart Jodi with her husband, Himalaya Dasani.[14]

Other ventures

In March 2015, Bhagyashree became brand ambassador of the Bhagyashree Scheme, launched by the Government of Maharashtra.[15] Bhagyashree Scheme caters to girl child from below poverty line families.[16]

Personal life

Bhagyashree married Himalaya Dasani in 1990.[17][18][19] They have two children, a son[20] and a daughter.[21] Her son, Abhimanyu Dasani, won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the 2019 film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota.[22] Her daughter, Avantika Dassani, debuted with the web-series Mithya.[21]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Maine Pyar Kiya	Suman	Debut Film, Won 35th Filmfare Best Female Debut
1992	Qaid Mein Hai Bulbul	Pooja Choudhry
	Tyagi	Aarti Shakti Dayal
	Paayal	Paayal
1993	Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi	Roopa
1997	Ammavra Ganda	Rani	Kannada Film
	Sautan Ki Sautan
	Omkaram	Shashi
1998	Yuvaratna Rana	Dr. Kasthuri	Telugu film
2002	Shotru Dhongsho	Borsha/Urmi	Bengali film
2003	Avunaa!
	Maa Santoshi Maa
2006	Uthaile Ghoonghta Chand Dekhle		Bhojpuri
	Humko Deewana Kar Gaye	Simran Kohli	Special appearance
	Janani	Akanksha
	Gandugali Kumara Rama
2007	Janam Janam Ke Saath	Jyoti	Bhojpuri film
	Mumbai Aamchich		Marathi
2009	Zhak Marli Bayko Keli		Marathi
2010	Sati Behula		Bengali film
	Red Alert: The War Within	Uma
2013	Deva		Bhojpuri film
2019	Seetharama Kalyana	Meera	Kannada film
2021	Thalaivii	Sandhya	Bilingual film (Tamil and Hindi)
2022	Radhe Shyam	Girija Rani	Bilingual film (Telugu and Hindi)

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1987	Kachchi Dhoop	Alka
1996–1997	Aandhi Jazbaaton Ki		Lead role
1998–1999	Jaan	Radha	Lead role
2000	Smriti	Sandhya Raj Dhanrajgir	Lead role
2000–2001	Sambandh		Lead role
	Ujala	Anuradha Chopra	Lead role
2001	CID	Nupur	Episodic role
2002–2003	Kaagaz Ki Kashti[23]	Aarti	Lead role
2003	Kabhie Kabhie	Sanobar Kabir	Episodic role
2005	Studio One	-	Director
2009	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3	Contestant
2014–2015	Laut Aao Trisha	Amrita Swaika
2022	Smart Jodi	Contestant	With husband Himalay Dasani
2022	DID Super Moms	Judge

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result
1990	Maine Pyar Kiya	35th Filmfare Awards	Best Female Debut	Won
			Best Actress	Nominated
2014	Laut Aao Trisha	Indian Television Academy Awards	Performer of The Year – Female	Nominated

References

External links

• Bhagyashree at IMDb

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