Meghana Gaonkar

Meghana Gaonkar Biography

Meghana Gaonkar is a Kannada film actress who debut in the year 2010 with the movie, Nam Areali Ondina. Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga (2011), Thuglak (2011) and Charminar (2012) are her other released movies. Her upcoming movies are Bhakta Shankara and Meghana the. Gaonkar began her career as a television actress and big screen appearance with team of debut actors with the movie Nam Areali Ondina. But her movies have failed commercially at box office till now.

Meghana Goankar was born in Gulbarga, Belgaum in Karnataka. She did her schooling from Sharanbasaveshwara residential school in Gulbarga. She took graduation in commerce from Mahaveer Jain College from Bangalore. She did her masters in English Literature from Bangalore University and later did a Diploma course in Film Acting and Making from Adarsha film institute. She is equally verse in bharatnatyam, kathak and western forms of dances. She was crowned as Miss Garden City Bangalore and Miss Beautiful Smile in 2003. Thus began her career through modelling and television anchoring. Television shows like Kuniyona Baara, Star Dish Dishum and Preethiya Kannadiga made her a popular television anchor of Kannada television. Goankar also plays the veena, piano and violin.

She has the experience of 7 years in Shiamak Davar’s Dance Company as an assistant dance instructor. She has trained hundreds of dancers and has also performed in many shows India and abroad. Closing ceremony of commonwealth games in Melbourne, Australia in 2006 is one of the memorable stage performances where she performed live. Apart from it, she is a theatre artist also. Thus a lady with good educational background and multi skills in performance entered film world as well. Though her debut movie earned her nomination at several award functions for best debutant the movie was a failure. Meghana is also a short story writer.

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Updated: July 04, 2018