Bhairavi Goswami
Quick Facts
Biography
Bhairavi Goswami, (born 12 November 1984) is an Indian-born actress, television host. She is passionate about animals and is an animal rights activist. Horse riding is her passion and she has seventeen horses.
Early life
Bhairavi was born in South India to parents of mixed heritage. Her father is part Bengali and part South Indian while her mother is Creole. Bhairavi left India at the age of 6 and returned as a teenager to pursue a career in modelling and acting, spending most of her adolescence in the United Kingdom.
Career
Modelling
Bhairavi won the "Pantaloons Model Quest" and was runner up at the "AXN Hot & Wild" contest. The Times of India described her as "the Paris Hilton of India, who loves to socialise".
Movies and theatre
After her first movie role in Sagar Bellary's Bheja Fry, she acted in the children's hit composite animation film My Friend Ganesha 2. In her next film, Mr. Bhatti on Chutti, starring Anupam Kher with Amitabh Bachchan in a cameo appearance, she played a glamorous girl. Bhairavi shed her glamorous image to play a simple school teacher in Kachcha Limboo.She has ten plays to her credit, including Liar Liar, Tea Coffee or Me, Mad House and See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil
Music videos
- "Samundar Mein Nahake" remix directed by Samir Malkan
- Raaghav Sachar's first album directed by Indrajit Nattoji for HMV
- "Raat Taakli"", Marathi music video directed by Deepali Vichare
Television credits
- JBC with Javed Jaffery
- Bollywood Live (Indonesia)
- Guest VJ on B4U
- Appeared on Movers & Shakers (Shekhar Suman Show)
- "AXN announces eight 'Hot 'n Wild' finalists". 19 August 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- Sharma, Kalpana (8 September 2007). "THE NYMPH WHO DARED!". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- "Bhairavi Goswami's colorful Bheja Fry". 26 December 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- "Bhairavi Goswami slaps Rajat Kapoor". Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- "English-speaking 'Ganesha' to hit big screens on August 22". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- "Bhairavi Goswami Pleased with My Ganesha 2". 15 September 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- "Amitabh Bachchan in Mr Bhatti on Chutti?". The Times of India. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- "Bhairavi goes for a new look in Kachcha Limboo". 26 December 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- "Bhairavi returns with BHEJA FRY director". 19 August 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- "Not everyone's cup of tea". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- "See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil - Plot 2". Mumbai Theatre Guide. Mumbai, India. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role |
---|---|---|
2012 | Mr.Bhatti on Chutti | Katy |
2012 | Hate Story | Sheila |
2011 | Kachha Limboo | Lily Fernandes |
2008 | My Friend Ganesha – 2 | Anita |
2007 | Bheja Fry | Suman Rao |
2014 | Kamasutra - The Poetry of Sex |
Theatre
Genre | Play | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
English comedy | Liar Liar | Dinyar Contractor | 150 shows worldwide |
English comedy | Madhouse | Dinyar Contractor | 140 shows worldwide |
English comedy | P Dialogues | Alyque Padamsee | 10 shows in Mumbai |
English comedy | Mad Horses of Matheran | Gary Richardson | 195 shows |
English comedy | Unspoken Dialogues | Alyque Padamsee | 8 shows in Mumbai |
Hindi comedy | Tea, Coffee Or Me | 85 shows | |
English comedy | See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil | Paritossh Painter | 50 shows worldwide |
Hindi comedy | Shree, Adi, Manav | Paritossh Painter | 5 shows in Mumbai |
English comedy | Dil Maange More | Paritossh Painter | 5 shows |