Isha Sharvani
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Isha Sharvani is an Indian dancer and actress. She is known for her stylistic and difficult dance performances. She has also starred in some Bollywood
films.
, Delhi
, Orissa
, Vrindavan
and Bangalore
, before settling down in Thiruvananthapuram
.
Isha's parents reside at Vellayani Lake
near Trivandrum (in the state of Kerala
, India
). They founded an arts school called Academy for Art Research, Training and Innovation (AARTI) where she lived for 13–14 years. At the age of seven, she began formal learning of dance from her mother and learned Kalaripayattu, Kathak
and Chhau dance
as well as giving performances in twenty-two countries over last seven years.
According to an interview with India Daily, Isha stated she "lived a different life poles apart from the film industry. For 11 years I have been training eight to 10 hours a day in a very disciplined atmosphere where there is no distinction between boys and girls. I was not supposed to cry over a clipped nail. Beyond stage even my wardrobe has mostly unisexual dresses, jeans and T-shirts".
who required someone with talented dancing skills to perform in his movie Kisna (2005). He offered her a main role in the film opposite Vivek Oberoi
. The film did not do well but her dance performances were appreciated. She was also the dancer opposite Hritik Roshan in the Parle Hide & Seek commercial, performing a much appreciated dance duet with Hritik.
Since then she has continued her dance performances on stage, as well as signing for several additional movies which were released in 2006 and 2007. She appeared as a female lead in the Hindi comedy Darwaza Bandh Rakho in 2006. She has mentioned she would be open to acting in Bengali
films, provided that the roles are of her interest. And though she has shown that she has tremendous dance skills, still she has not been offered a demanding role which requires her to show her dancing skills in any other movie.
Isha is currently the lead dancer in the Daksha Sheth Dance Company.
Isha is currently connected to a new upcoming project in the city of Gurgaon
named Kingdom of Dreams
where she is scheduled to be part of live performances in a theater like settings. Other artists involved in the project are Hussain Kuwajerwala
and Gauhar Khan
.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
films.
Early life
She has lived in AhmedabadAhmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
, Vrindavan
Vrindavan
Vrindavan also known as Vraj is a town in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India...
and Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, before settling down in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...
.
Isha's parents reside at Vellayani Lake
Vellayani Lake
Vellayani Lake, or Vellayani Kayal as known in local language, is the largest fresh water lake in Thiruvananthapuram district, of Kerala, India.-Location:...
near Trivandrum (in the state of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
). They founded an arts school called Academy for Art Research, Training and Innovation (AARTI) where she lived for 13–14 years. At the age of seven, she began formal learning of dance from her mother and learned Kalaripayattu, Kathak
Kathak
Kathak is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances, originated from Uttar Pradesh, India. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathaks, or storytellers...
and Chhau dance
Chhau dance
thumb|A video of Chau dance in PuruliaChhau dance is a genre of Indian tribal martial dance which is popular in the Indian states of Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal...
as well as giving performances in twenty-two countries over last seven years.
According to an interview with India Daily, Isha stated she "lived a different life poles apart from the film industry. For 11 years I have been training eight to 10 hours a day in a very disciplined atmosphere where there is no distinction between boys and girls. I was not supposed to cry over a clipped nail. Beyond stage even my wardrobe has mostly unisexual dresses, jeans and T-shirts".
Career
Isha never gave acting in Bollywood a priority, until she was spotted by Subhash GhaiSubhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. His most notable films include Kalicharan ,Karz , Hero , Meri Jung , Karma ,Ram Lakhan ,Saudagar , Khalnayak , Pardes and Taal...
who required someone with talented dancing skills to perform in his movie Kisna (2005). He offered her a main role in the film opposite Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Oberoi is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi and Yashodhara Oberoi.- Early life :Vivek attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of New York University who took Vivek off to New York, where he completed his...
. The film did not do well but her dance performances were appreciated. She was also the dancer opposite Hritik Roshan in the Parle Hide & Seek commercial, performing a much appreciated dance duet with Hritik.
Since then she has continued her dance performances on stage, as well as signing for several additional movies which were released in 2006 and 2007. She appeared as a female lead in the Hindi comedy Darwaza Bandh Rakho in 2006. She has mentioned she would be open to acting in Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
films, provided that the roles are of her interest. And though she has shown that she has tremendous dance skills, still she has not been offered a demanding role which requires her to show her dancing skills in any other movie.
Isha is currently the lead dancer in the Daksha Sheth Dance Company.
Isha is currently connected to a new upcoming project in the city of Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...
named Kingdom of Dreams
Kingdom of Dreams
Kingdom of Dreams is India's first live entertainment, theatre and leisure destination , and is located in Sector 29, Gurgaon in NCR Delhi, near the Leisure Valley Park...
where she is scheduled to be part of live performances in a theater like settings. Other artists involved in the project are Hussain Kuwajerwala
Hussain Kuwajerwala
Hussain Kuwajerwala is an Indian actor, anchor and dancer. His most prominent roles to date have been Sumit Wadhwa in the soap Kumkum and Chirag Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi...
and Gauhar Khan
Gauhar Khan
Gauhar Khan is an Indian model, VJ and actress, most known for her prominent role in Ranbir Kapoor starrer, Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year . She is the sister of television actress Nigaar Z Khan...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Kisna: The Warrior Poet Kisna: The Warrior Poet Kisna: The Warrior Poet is a Hindi film that was released in 2005, starring Vivek Oberoi , Antonia Bernath, and Isha Sharvani. The musical film is set in the British India of the tumultuous 1940s when Indian nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British Raj... |
Lakshmi | Hindi Hindi Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi... |
|
| 2006 | Darwaza Bandh Rakho | Isha Taneja | Hindi | |
| Rocky: The Rebel Rocky: The Rebel Rocky – The Rebel is an Bollywood action film, directed by Suresh Krisna. The film stars Zayed Khan, Isha Sharvani and Minissha Lamba in the lead roles. It is a remake of Telugu film Raghavendra.-Plot:... |
Neha Mathur | Hindi | ||
| Good Boy, Bad Boy Good Boy, Bad Boy Good Boy Bad Boy is a Bollywood romance comedy film directed by Ashwini Chaudhary, starring Emraan Hashmi, Isha Sharvani, Tusshar Kapoor, Tanushree Dutta and Paresh Rawal... |
Rashmi D. Awasthi | Hindi | ||
| 2008 | U, Me aur Hum | Natasha 'Nutty' | Hindi | |
| 2009 | Luck by Chance Luck by Chance Luck By Chance is a 2009 Indian drama film written and directed by Zoya Akhtar. Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, the film stars Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen Sharma in the lead roles... |
Nikki Walia | Hindi | |
| 2011 | Viswaroopam | Tamil | Directed by Kamalhassan |