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Saloni Aswani was born in Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra into a Sindhi-speaking family as Vandana. Her father was an assistant commissioner of narcotics. The family moved to CGS quarters at Wadala, Mumbai, when she was around 5 years old. After completing school, she enrolled at Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University (SNDT) near New Marine Lines/Churchgate, Mumbai, and graduated in Psychology.
Saloni Aswani was always interested in acting and was supported by her mother, while her father wanted her to "do a respectable job". Without her father's knowledge, she created a portfolio and sent it to modeling agencies. She appeared in several television advertisements like Vaseline, Lifebuoy, Parachute Oil, Moove, Chic Shampoo, Three Roses tea and Meera soaps. Throughout her academic career, she had always participated in dramas, especially mimicking Sridevi. She also participated with a theater group Kala Sansad and took acting lessons in Ashok Kumar's Academy of Dramatic Arts, run by his daughter, Preeti Ganguly.
Career
Saloni Aswani made her acting debut in the 2003 Hindi film Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya, directed by Sawaan Kumar Tak, who rechristened her as Saloni. She then got to appear in her first Telugu film Dhana 51 (2005) and followed it up with Oka Oorillo, both of them ending up as commercial failures. In 2006 she starred in 5 films, performing lead roles in Chukkallo Chandrudu and Kokila in Telugu and Rehguzar and Saawan: The Love Season in Hindi, while doing a special appearance in the song "Nachindey Chesey" for the film Boss, I Love You. She debuted in the Tamil film industry with a starring role in Madurai Veeran (2007), and in the Kannada cinema the following year, playing one of the five lead actresses in Budhivanta, both being her only releases in 2007 and 2008, respectively, with the latter going on to become a blockbuster.
Her first release in 2009 was the Kannada film Dubai Babu, in which she essayed a minor supporting role, with her performance being appreciated by critics. Later that year, she appeared in a cameo role in the high-budget fantasy adventure Magadheera by S. S. Rajamouli, which garnered attention and prompted Rajamouli to cast her as the lead female character in his subsequent project Maryada Ramanna, with Sunil as the protagonist. Described as a "musical comedy", the film received positive reviews, while also emerging commercially successful. Saloni Aswani garnered positive feedback as well, with Jeevi from Idlebrain noting that she was "refreshing" and looked "pretty good". Her other 2010 release was Mr. Theertha in Kannada language, with Saloni Aswani citing that she was upset with the attitude of the makers, resulting in her declining further Kannada projects. She has finished shooting for the film Telugu Ammayi, which she terms as a "female-oriented film", revolving around her character, Balatripura Sundari, a "typical traditional innocent Telugu girl" who "turns ferocious to save her struggling family". For the film, she had to ride a horse in one particular scene and speak the Godavari slang throughout.
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Filmography
2003 Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa
2005 Dhana 51
2005 Oka Voorilo
2006 Chukkallo Chandrudu
2006 Reguzar
2006 Kokila
2006 Saawan: The Love Season
2006 Boss, I Love You
2007 Madurai Veeran
2008 Budhivanta
2009 Dubai Babu
2009 Magadheera
2010 Mr. Theertha
2010 Maryada Ramanna
2011 Telugu Ammayi
2011 Rajapattai
2012 Adhinayakudu
2012 Bodyguard
2012 Benki Birugalle Catalogues>> Saloni Aswani Biography
