Shilpa Shirodkar

Shilpa Shirodkar

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  • Name:
  • Shilpa Shirodkar
  • Born:
  • November 20, 1969
  • Spouse:
  • Apresh Ranjit

Shilpa Shirodkar Biography

Shilpa Shirodkar is a former actress of Bollywood screen who has done leading roles in movies like Pehchaan, Gopi kishan and Akhein. Though she has added only a few movies in her name, she was a known face of Bollywood screen during 90’s. Her younger sister Namratha Shirodkar is Miss. India 1993 and a Bollywood actress too, who has made appearance along with Anil Kapoor in movie Pukar. When she became active in the industry, Shilpa was then married and settled abroad with her husband Apresh Ranjit. Apresh Ranjit is a banker and they got married in the year 2001. Now she is residing in UK along with her husband and daughter Anushka.

Shilpa Shirodkar is the granddaughter of great actress of Marathi of yesterdays – Meenakshi Shirodkar who shocked the whole world in 1937 by wearing swimming suit for the Marathi movie ‘Brahmachari’. Her granddaughters also took the path of acting and the younger sister of Shilpa is a very successful model too.

Shilpa Shirodkar debut Bollywood with Brashtachar in 1989 with a supporting character role. She played the role of a blind girl in this movie. In 1990, she played one among the two heroines of Anil Kapoor movie ‘Kishen Kanhaya’. Madhuri Dixit was the other heroine and Anil Kapoor played double role. This movie was inspired from the story of Seeta aur Geeta of Hema Malini. In most movies she was casted as a traditional girl than a modern girl. Movies like Brahtachar, Gopi Kishen and Kishen Kanhaya are best instances to prove that she was most accepted as a village girl by audience.

She was casted opposite Govinda in the mega bluster movie ‘Aankhein’, the most successful movie of her career. She played supporting roles in movies like Khuda Gawah, Hum and Mrityudund for which she was well appreciated. She played supporting actress role in a few Madhuri Dixit movies like Mrityudund, Kishen Kanhaya and Gaja Gamini. Gaja Gamini was her last movie before married and was released in the year 2000. Her other movies include Dil hi to hai, Trinetra and Bewafa sanam. She has been nominated for best actress in supporting role for the movie – Khuda gawah.   

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