Bhagyashree

Bhagyashree Patwardhan was born on 23 February 1969 is an Indian film and television actress. Her full name is Shrimant Rajkumari Bhagyashree Raje Patwardhan. The actress is the daughter of H.H. Meherban Shrimant Raja Vijaysinhrao Madhavrao Patwardhan.

This Bollywood star later married her childhood friend Himalay Dassani. Now she is a mother of three growing children. The actress started her acting career with "Kachhi Dhoop" - a t.v. serial by Amol Palekar. The serial was based on Lousia Mary Alcott's "Little Women".

Her acting happened by chance when Amol Palekar, a renowned actor director, requested Bhagyashree to step in and act in his serial Kacchi Dhup as the actress who had been signed on had abandoned the serial abruptly. The serial did well and later on she had roles in Honi Anhoni and Kisse Miya Biwi Ke.

The actress shot in fame with the super hit film Maine Pyaar Kiya opposite Salman Khan. After marriage she acted in three movies- Peepat's Qaid Main Hai Bulbul, K.C. Bokadia's Tyagi and Mahendra Shah's Payal all opposite her husband Himalaya. But after a gap of many years, Bhagyashree did made a comeback with 'Aandhi Jasbaton Ki', small screen serial where she played the character of a politician.

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