Maryam Zakaria

Actress
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IntroActress
PlacesIndia
isActor Model
Work fieldFashion Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Female
Religion:Islam
Birth27 September 1985, Tehran
Age39 years
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Biography

Maryam Zakaria is a Swedish-Iranian actress with Swedish nationality, working in Bollywood and South Indian Cinema. She is best known for her work in Bollywood films such as Agent Vinod (2012 film), and the adult comedy Grand Masti.

Career

In Sweden, Zakaria worked as model, dance teacher, choreographer and established a Bollywood Dance School. The Indisk Dans Studio was the first dance school in Sweden to teach "jhatkas and matkas of Bollywood cinema". She moved to Mumbai, India by 2009 to work in Bollywood and began working as a model, appearing in various television adverts, the most notable being the adverts of Set Wet, Layz and Coke. She also appeared in Coca Cola Advertisement with Imran Khan.

Tamil film director Sundar C. signed her on to perform an item number in his directorial venture Nagaram (2010), after watching her dance number on YouTube. Her performance in the hit number "Diyalo Diyala" from 100% Love was her big breakthrough. She went on to play one of the female lead characters in another Telugu film Madatha Kaja (2011) alongside Allari Naresh. and signed another Telugu movie as leading actress in Arjuna. In 2012, she appeared in the item numbers "Dilli Ki Billi" in Muazzam Beg's film Sadda Adda. In the Saif Ali Khan film Agent Vinod she acted as Farah and performed a mujra in the song "Dil Mera Muft Ka" alongside Kareena Kapoor which gave her a fame in Bollywood. In 2012 she signed for Indra Kumar's movie Grand Masti as lead Actress opposite to Aftab Shivdasani which released on 13sep 2013. Grand Masti is the highest grossing Bollywood film with an A (Adults Only) certificate in India to be big hit subsequently entering Bollywood's 100 crore club in India. The film was declared a Super Hit in India by Box Office India.

Filmography

Films
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2009Paying GuestsHindiSpecial appearance
2010NagaramTamilSpecial appearance
2011100% LoveTeluguSpecial appearance
Brahmigadi KathaTeluguSpecial appearance
Madatha KajaPriyaTelugu
2012Sadda AddaHindiSpecial appearance
Agent VinodFarah FaqeshHindi
Naa IshtamTeluguSpecial appearance
DammuTeluguSpecial appearance
ChakradhaarHindiSpecial appearance
Rowdy RathoreHindiSpecial appearance
2013D-DayHindiSpecial appearance
Bajatey RahoHindiSpecial appearance
Grand MastiRoseHindi
ArjunaShrutiTeluguFilming
2014Anjaan (2014 film)TamilSpecial appearance
Music videos
YearTitleArtistNotes
2007"Goli"Saeed Shayesteh
2007"Man Sazegaram"Saeed Shayesteh
2007"Akharin Ghasam"Saeed Shayesteh
2008"Ghorboni"Saeed Shayesteh
2009"Jatt Di Zameen"Preet Harpal
2009"Doset Daram"Saeed Shayesteh
2009"Aakh Ladhde"Jaswinder Daghima
2009"Mast Malanga"Sanoj Kumar
2010"Khoshgeleh"Saeed Shayesteh
2010"Azaaram Bedi"Saeed Shayesteh
2011"Ja Ja Ve Ve"Rishi Singh & Rajveer Dhillon

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