Asha Saini

Flora Saini
Saini at the press conference of the film 'Ya Rab'
Born	Flora Saini Chandigarh, UT, India
Other names	Mayuri
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1999–present

Flora Saini (also known as Asha Saini) is an Indian film actress and model. She predominantly works in Tollywood, and also appeared in a number of Kannada, Tamil and Hindi films as well. Since her debut in Prema Kosam (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors including Rajinikanth, Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Balakrishna, Venkatesh, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar.

Career

Born in Chandigarh, UT to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir and continued her education in The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan Delhi. She was the favorite student of Accounts teacher Lala. Her family moved to Kolkata then, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated at the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant contest. Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film Prema Kosam in which she enacted the lead female role. The film producer of her first film rechristened her as Asha Saini, while years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayuri, as per an astrologer’s advice, before eventually reverting to her original name.

Flora subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu films in the next three years, with her appearance in the film Narasimha Naidu (2002), which went on to become highly successful,being the most notable, which led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter. In 2002, she debuted in Hindi, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced Bharat Bhagya Vidhata. Her second Hindi film Love in Nepal (2004) saw her pairing with popular playback singer Sonu Nigam, which too was produced by T. P. Aggarwal.Flora starred in several Kannada films, too, including Giri starring Srinagar Kitty and Nammannna starring Sudeep.

In March 2008, she was arrested in Chennai for supposedly having forged visa documents, and was subsequently banned from the Tamil film industry. She claimed innocence, and the ban was lifted a couple of weeks later.

Flora had three of her films, Broker (Telugu), Vismaya Pramaya and Vah Re Vah (both Kannada) releasing on 31 December 2010, a rare occurrence that secured her an entry in the Limca Book of Records for the most number of film releases on one day. In 2010, Flora Saini was honoured with the Uttarakhand Ratan Award.She has also received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for her work towards the poor and helpless.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1999	Prema Kosam	Aishwarya	Telugu
2000	Antha Mana Manchike		Telugu
2000	Yeh Hai Green Signal		Hindi
2000	Manasunna Maraju		Telugu
2000	Chala Bagundi		Telugu
2001	Cheppalani Vundi		Telugu
2001	Sardukupodaam Randi	Nisha	Telugu
2001	Timepass		Telugu
2001	Akka Bavekkada	Shilpa	Telugu
2001	Navvuthu Bathakalira		Telugu
2001	Narasimha Naidu		Telugu
2001	Prematho Raa		Telugu
2001	Rowdysheeter		Telugu
2001	Subhakaryam		Telugu
2001	Nuvvu Naaku Nachav	Asha	Telugu
2002	O Chinnadana	Asha	Telugu
2002	Adrustam		Telugu
2002	Kodanda Rama	Sangeetha	Kannada
2002	Sontham		Telugu
2002	Bharat Bhagya Vidhata	Shabnam	Hindi
2003	Ottesi Chebuthunna		Telugu
2004	Love in Nepal	Maxi	Hindi
2004	143		Telugu
2004	Swamy		Telugu	Special appearance
2004	Gajendra	Kausalya	Tamil
2005	Giri		Kannada
2005	Mr. Errababu		Telugu	Special appearance
2005	Nammanna		Kannada
2005	Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu	Manju	Tamil
2005	Kusthi	Abhi	Tamil
2008	Michael Madana Kamaraju	Mandira	Telugu
2008	Swagatham		Telugu
2008	Kuselan		Tamil	Special appearance
2008	Dheemaku	Indira Devi	Kannada
2008	Chedugudu		Telugu
2008	Dindigul Sarathy		Tamil	Special appearance
2009	Aa Intlo	Pallavi	Telugu
2009	Junction		Telugu	Special appearance
2010	Comedy Express		Telugu
2010	Naane Ennul Illai		Tamil
2010	Kanagavel Kakka		Tamil	Special appearance
2010	Broker		Telugu
2010	Vismaya Pramaya	Meera	Kannada
2010	Vah Re Vah		Kannada
2011	Chattam		Telugu	Special appearance
2011	Money Money, More Money		Telugu
2012	Dabangg 2		Hindi	Cameo appearance
2013	CID Eesha		Kannada
2013	Aakasamlo Sagam	Vasu	Telugu
2013	Sahasra		Telugu	Special appearance
2013	Uchakattam		Tamil	Filming
2013	Dr. Paramanandayya's Students Gang		Telugu	Filming
2013	Nijam Nizhalagirathu		Tamil	Filming
2014	Ya Rab		Hindi
2014	Lakshmi	Swarna	Hindi
2014	Paisa Yaar N Panga	Meera	Punjabi
2015	MSG:The Messenger	Muskan	Hindi
2015	Dhanak		Hindi
2015	Guddu Ki Gun	Nurse	Hindi