Daisy Shah


Daisy Shah is an Indian film actress, model and dancer She has worked as an assistant to choreographer Ganesh Acharya. She made her debut as a special appearance guest in the 2010 bilingual action thriller Vandae Maatharam, but her first breakthrough came when she was selected to play the lead role in the 2011 Kannada film Bodyguard. She then appeared opposite Salman Khan in the 2014 Bollywood film Jai Ho. In 2015, she was a part of Hate Story 3.

Career

Shah belongs to a Gujarati family, but was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She worked as an assistant to choreographer Ganesh Acharya in films like Zameen and Khakee and later started modelling, doing photo shoots and print ads. Kannada director Harsha approached her for the film Chingari. She played Ammu in the Kannada version of Bodyguard. She then shot for two item songs in the Kannada film Bachchan and the Hindi film Bloody Isshq. She also did an item song in the Hindi film Khuda Kasam, starring Sunny Deol and Tabbu.
Shah won the Miss Photogenic award in the MS Dombivli contest at a local mall when she was in 10th class. She studied arts at Mumbai's Khalsa College. She later went on to become a model and worked under Ganesh Acharya for three years before getting roles in Kannada films. Her latest film release is Race 3.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2007PoriSpecial appearance in SongTamilHindi dub Naya Zalzala, appearance in song "Nagina Bemisal Hoon"
2010Vandae MaatharamHerselfMalayalam/TamilSpecial appearance
2010Khuda KasamHerselfHindiSpecial appearance in song "Neeli Lomdi"
2011BhadraKavyaKannadaLead actress
2011BodyguardAmmuKannadaLead actress
2013GajendraKannada
2013Bloody IsshqHerselfHindiSpecial appearance
2013BachchanHerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in song "Mysore Pakalli"
2014Jai HoRinky ShahHindi
2014SparkHerselfHindiSpecial appearance in song "Meri Jawani Sode Ki Botal"
2014AakramanaNireekshaKannada
2015Hate Story 3Kaya SharmaHindi
2017RamratanRatanHindi
2018Race 3Sanjana SinghHindi
2019Gujarat 11Divya ChauhanGujaratiDebut in a Gujarati Film

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