Meghna Naidu is an India

India

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n actress and dancer. Her first major appearance was in the music video for UMI10's "Kaliyon Ka Chaman" (2000), an official remix of Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar

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's 1981 song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" (in turn, the 2002 song "Addictive

Addictive (song)

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" by Truth Hurts

Truth Hurts

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 was inspired by the remix). She also featured in Saru Maini's video Dil De Diya Tha (Sutta Mix), before eventually working in Indian films

Cinema of India

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. She is particularly known for her appearances in B-grade films

B movie

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 and item numbers.

Early life and career

Meghna Naidu was born on 19 September in Vijayawada

Vijayawada

Vijayawada is the third largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India, located on the banks of the Krishna River and bounded by the Indrakiladri Hills on the West and the Budameru River on the North. The city is located in the Krishna District, about from the state capital Hyderabad.Vijayawada literally...

, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

, India

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. Her father Ethiraj works for Air India

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 and was a tennis

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 coach and her mother Purnima, a half-Bengali

Bengali people

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, was a school teacher. She has one younger sister, Sona. She told that she requested her mother to quit her job and accompany her to shooting locations, after her sister who used to travel with her got a job abroad. She grew up in Mumbai

Mumbai

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, Maharashtra

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, and considers herself "more of a Mumbaiite". She studied at Bhavan's College, Andheri

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, Mumbai, and graduated with a B.Com degree. She has learnt classical bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam

Bharata Natyam or Chadhir Attam, is a classical dance form from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, practiced predominantly in modern times by women. The dance is usually accompanied by classical Carnatic music...

 dance for seven years. She stated that she also was coaching tennis in the US for 4 years.

At age 18, she met a model co-ordinator at the wedding of her cousin in Chennai

Chennai

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, who called her for a screen test for a feature film. She bagged a role in the Telugu film Prema Sakshi (1999), following which she appeared in one more Telugu and two Kannada films. She then appeared in UMI10's music video "Kaliyon Ka Chaman", directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, which she says happened by accident. She was accompanying her friend to the audition for the video, when she was approached by the team. She was asked to send in her photographs and within few days, she was selected for the video. "Kaliyon Ka Chaman" became a grand success and gained her recognition. She subsequently went on to do many stage performances in and outside of India.

She made her Bollywood

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...

 debut with the B-grade film

B movie

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 Hawas

Hawas (2004 film)

Hawas is a Hindi movie released in 2004. Like another Bollywood movie, Murder, it is an adaptation of the American film Unfaithful . Hawas was directed by Karan Razdan and stars Meghna Naidu, Shawar Ali and Tarun Arora....

(2004), which dealt with extramarital affair. It was followed by lead roles in Classic Dance of Love

Classic Dance of Love

Classic - Dance of Love is a 2005 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Babbar Subhash, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Vikas Bhardwaj and Meghna Naidu with Shashi Kiran, Navin Nischol and Rajesh Khanna feature in supporting roles. Mithun Chakraborty is the antagonist as well as the...

(2005), which featured her as a dancer, and Rain: The Terror Within...

Rain: The Terror Within...

Rain: The Terror Within... is 2005 Bollywood erotic thriller film starting Meghna Naidu and Himanshu Malik-Plot:A blind writer named Sandhya Bhatnagar lives alone and has a mysterious past and a serious rain phobia. One day she is visited by a reporter named Prakash who is a fan of her novels...

(2005), in which she played a blind author. In Mashooka, she essayed a character with negative shades.

She also participated in the telvision shows Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi

Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi

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and Dancing Queen

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.

Personal life

She got engaged with actor, Kushal Punjabi

Kushal Punjabi

Kushal Punjabi is an Indian film and television actor, who won the TV reality game show, Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout, the Indian version of internationally popular "Wipeout" in February 2011, taking home the prize of 5 million.-Early life and family:...

 in September 2009, though the couple parted ways in March 2010.

Music videos

• UMI10's Kaliyon Ka Chaman (2000)
• Saru Maini's Dil De Diya Tha (Sutta Mix)
• Hottt...

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Other notes
2002	Prudhvi Narayana		Telugu
	Vendi Mabbulu	Aditi	Telugu
2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...	Hawas Hawas (2004 film) Hawas is a Hindi movie released in 2004. Like another Bollywood movie, Murder, it is an adaptation of the American film Unfaithful . Hawas was directed by Karan Razdan and stars Meghna Naidu, Shawar Ali and Tarun Arora....	Sapna R. Mittal	Hindi
	AK 47		Hindi	Special appearance
	Coolie Coolie (2004 film) Coolie is a 2004 action Bengali-language film starring Mithun Chakraborty and Meghna Naidu.-Cast:*Mithun Chakraborty*Meghna Naidu*Abhishek Chatterjee*Dulal Lahiri*Kalyani Mondal*Subhasish Mukhopadhyay*Ramen Raychowdhury*Nishitha Mukherjee...		Bengali
	Satruvu	Club dancer in Dubai	Telugu
2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...	Jackpot - The Money Game	Gauri	Hindi
	Classic Dance of Love Classic Dance of Love Classic - Dance of Love is a 2005 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Babbar Subhash, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Vikas Bhardwaj and Meghna Naidu with Shashi Kiran, Navin Nischol and Rajesh Khanna feature in supporting roles. Mithun Chakraborty is the antagonist as well as the...	Doli	Hindi
	Mashooka	Sanjana	Hindi
	Bhama Kalapam	Anjali	Telugu
	Rain: The Terror Within... Rain: The Terror Within... Rain: The Terror Within... is 2005 Bollywood erotic thriller film starting Meghna Naidu and Himanshu Malik-Plot:A blind writer named Sandhya Bhatnagar lives alone and has a mysterious past and a serious rain phobia. One day she is visited by a reporter named Prakash who is a fan of her novels...	Sandhya Bhatnagar	Hindi
	Bad Friend	Sargam	Hindi
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Saravana Saravana Saravanaa is a 2006 Tamil language film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It is a love story set in the backdrop of a village war starring Silambarasan, Jyothika, Prakash Raj, Vivek, Radha Ravi, Devadarshini, Nagesh, and others. The film was a high-budget production and the soundtrack was composed by...	Saravana's cousin	Tamil
	Eight: The Power of Shani	Sapna	Hindi
	Vikramarkudu Vikramarkudu Vikramarkudu is a Tollywood film released on 23 June 2006 and was directed by S.S. Rajamouli. Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty play the main roles in this film. This film was a big success. Ravi Teja plays a double role, for the first time, in this film. He was praised by big stars for his commendable...	Dancer Chameli	Telugu	Special appearance
	Jambhavan Jambhavan Jambhavan is a Tamil movie starring Prashanth, Nila, Meghna Naidu, Vivek, FEFSI Vijayan and Vijayakumar and music composed by Bharadwaj. The film is directed by Nandakumar.-Plot:...		Tamil
	Bada Dosth		Malayalam	Special appearance
2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...	Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule is a 2007 Telugu language film, written and directed by Tamil film director Selvaraghavan, making his directorial debut in the Telugu film industry. The film stars Venkatesh and Trisha Krishnan in the lead and Kota Srinivasa Rao and Sriram) in supporting roles...		Telugu	Special appearance
	Veerasamy Veerasamy Veerasamy is a low-budget Tamil film released in 2007. It failed to make a big impact at the Kollywood box office. The film was fully made by veteran actor and producer T. Rajendar . Mumtaj and Meghana Naidu starred in the movie along side him....		Tamil
2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...	Vaitheeswaran Vaitheeswaran Vaitheeswaran is a Tamil language film released in 2008. It starred Sarath Kumar and Meghna Naidu in the lead roles. The film failed to make an impact at the box office.-Cast:- Plot :...	Roopa	Tamil
	Pandurangadu		Telugu	Special appearance
	Pandhayam Pandhayam Pandhayam is a Tamil film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar starring Nithin Sathya, Sindhu Tolani. Joseph Vijay did a guest role as himself.-Plot:...	Herself	Tamil	Cameo appearance
2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...	Kutty Kutty (2009 film) Kutty is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Mithran Jawahar, who with the project, recombines with the lead actor following the success of their previous venture. The film stars Dhanush, Shriya Saran and Sameer Dattani in the lead roles with Radha Ravi playing a pivotal...	Dancer on Train	Tamil	Special appearance
	Vaadaa Vaadaa Vaadaa is a 2010 Tamil action film directed by A. Venkatesh. The film featured Sundar C. in the lead role, and finally released after several postponements on October 15, 2010.-Plot:...		Tamil
2011 2011 in film The year 2011 is notable for containing the release of the most film sequels in a single year, at 27 sequels. The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released in the United States and Canada at some point in 2011.- Highest-grossing films :...	Siruthai		Tamil	Special appearance
	100% Love		Telugu	Special appearance
	Rivaaz	Chanda	Hindi
	Puli Vesham Puli Vesham Puli Vesham is a 2011 Tamil-language action film written and directed by P. Vasu, starring Karthik, R. K., Sadha and newcomer Divya Vishwanath in lead roles.. Puli Vesham released on the 26th of August, 2011 to moderate reviews.-Plot:...		Tamil	Special appearance
	Vellore Maavattam Vellore Maavattam Vellore Maavattam is a 2011 Tamil action film written and directed by R. N. R. Manohar, starring Nandha and Poorna. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film released on 5 October 2011 on the occasion of the festival of Ayudha Pooja.-Cast:...		Tamil	Special appearance
	Pilla Zamindar		Telugu	Special appearance
	Love at First Sight		Hindi	Under Production
	Ishq Deewana		Hindi	Under Production
	Sikkapatte Ishta Patte		Kannada	Filming

Television shows

• Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi
  Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi
  Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi is an Indian stunt/dare reality game show based on Fear Factor. It was originally created by Endemol and the first episode aired on July 21, 2008 on Colors...
  
  on Colors TV where she was partnered by Capt Purvesh Gada
• Dancing Queen
  Dancing Queen (TV series)
  Dancing Queen is an Indian dance reality series which premiered on Colors on December 12, 2008.-Concept:The series consists of 10 female celebrities who are paired with an aspirant who shall be her partner and protégé throughout the show and whom she will have to mentor...
  
  on Colors TV

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