indian celebrities: Vaishnavi Mahant

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Vaishnavi Mahant

Vaishnavi or Vaishnavi Mahant is an Indian actress who is best known for playing Geeta Vishwas in Mukesh Khanna's television series Shaktiman telecasted on Doordarshan. She also acted in various Bollywood films such as Bambai Ka Babu opposite Saif Ali Khan,Laadla, and Baabul.Vaishvani was born in Madhya Pradesh, India.^[1] Her father is a Vaishnav Brahmin (the reason she took the screen name Vaishnavi), while her mother is Christian. As a child she moved to Hyderabad where she decided to become a scientist. However, while vacationing in Mumbai she had the opportunity to appear in the Ramsay Brothers' horror film Veerana and decided to pursue acting as a profession. She subsequently appeared in Barsaat Ki Raat, Bambai Ka Babu, Ladlaa,Daanveer and Oru Mutham Mani Mutham (a 1997 Malayalam film with actor Mukesh). In 1998 she replaced Kitu Gidwani as the main female lead in the superhero series Shaktiman on Doordarshan. When her journalist character Geeta Vishwas was written out of the series fan protests prompted the producers to bring her back