Shantipriya (actress)
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ShantiPriya is an Indian actress. She had done Telugu, Tamil and 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...

 films in the 1990s. She is the sister of the popular actress Bhanupriya
Bhanupriya
Bhanu Priya is an Indian actress. She was a former leading actress of the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries from 1980 to 1993...

.

Career

Nishanthi, known as Shantipriya, acted in several films, including the biggest hit, Enga ooru paatukran (1988). She was also seen on national small screen TV sci-fi epic Aaryamaan - Brahmaand Ka Yoddha opposite Mukesh Khanna
Mukesh Khanna
Mukesh Khanna is an Indian television and film actor, best known for portraying strong, dynamic characters. He was born on 22 July 1951, in Mumbai, India. He came into the film industry in 1982 after graduating from Film and Television Institute of India. He rose to fame and is still best known for...

, in 2002 and one more her sister JyothiPriya also acted as herohin in few of TV serieals and films.

Hit films

Shantipriya made her debut with Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...

 starrer Saugandh
Saugandh
Saugandh is an Indian film directed by Raj Sippy and released in 1991. It stars Akshay Kumar in his film debut alongside Raakhee Gulzar and Shantipriya.-Plot:...

. She has acted with Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....

 in many hit movies like Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana
Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana
Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana is a 1992 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Rajesh Vakil, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Juhi Chawla, Shantipriya and Prem Chopra-Plot:...

, Phool Aur Angaar
Phool Aur Angaar
Phool Aur Angaar is a 1993 Hindi action film, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Shantipriya and Prem Chopra.-Cast:*Mithun Chakraborty ... Prof. Vijay Omkarnath Saxena*Shanti Priya ... Sudha C. Verma*Prem Chopra ... Natwarlal...

and Meherbaan
Meherbaan
Meherbaan is a 1993 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by K.Ravishankar, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka, Shantipriya, Anupam Kher and Sadashiv Amrapurkar-Plot:...

. Now she is making a comeback in Hamilton Palace
Hamilton Palace (film)
Hamilton Palace is an upcoming suspense-thriller film directed by Raj Sippy and produced by Salim. The Film stars Mimoh Chakraborty, Ashutosh Rana, Vishwajeet Pradhan and Shantipriya.-Cast:* Mahakshay Chakraborty* Monalisa* Shakti Kapoor* Raza Murad...

along with Mahakshay Chakraborty, son of Mithunda.

Family

Shantipriya married actor Siddharth Ray
Siddharth Ray
Siddharth Ray is a Bollywood film actor. In 1992, he debuted with Vansh, the remake of Mani Ratnam' s Agni Natchathiram. His other major films are Ganga Ka Vachan, Tilak, Baazigar and Military Raaj. He married actress Shantipriya and was doing more films, but Siddharth died of a massive heart...

, who has acted in films like Baazigar and Vansh. Unfortunately, Siddharth died of a massive heart attack, leaving behind his two kids Shubham and Shishya. Siddharth Ray is the Grandson of V. Shantaram
V. Shantaram
V. Shantaram is a renowned Indian filmmaker, film producer and actor. He is most known for his films like Dr...

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Television

  • Vishwamitra - Telecasted on Doordarshan - Directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
    Dasari Narayana Rao
    Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao B.A. is a politician, film director, and film producer. Narayana Rao directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions...

  • Aaryamaan - Brahmaand Ka Yoddha
  • Durga Maa - Mata ki Chowki

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