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Daisy Bopanna ಡೈಸಿ ಬೋಪಣ್ಣ Born Daisy Bopanna
December 4, 1980
Coorg, Karnataka, IndiaOccupation Actress Years active 2005–present Spouse Amit Jaju
(2011–present)Daisy Bopanna (Kodava:ಡೈಸಿ ಬೋಪಣ್ಣ) is an Indian actress in Bollywood and Kannada films. She also had acted in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. She has worked with actors like Kamal Hassan in Rama Shama Bama, Upendra in Aishwarya, Mammootty in Prajapathi and Akshay Kumar in Garam Masala.[1]
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Personal
Bopanna's family hails from Kodagu (also known by its Anglicised former name of Coorg). Born on 4 December 1980, Daisy did her schooling from Aurobindo School,[2] pre-university at Kumarans College and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Chitrakala Parishat in Bangalore, Karnataka.
On 28 May 2011, she married Amit Jaju (son of Priyanka Chopra's secretary Prakash Jaju) in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Her husband is a senior manager in the fraud and investigations department of an advisory firm.[3]
Career
Being academically proficient and coming from an intellectual and highly educated family, Daisy was interested in pursuing a career in advertising as a copywriter. But the call of the entertainment industry proved too strong and she put on hold her intellectual ambitions and opted to work in front of the camera.
She started with theater, working for a short time with B. Jayasri’s Spandana theatre camp and also contemporary English theatre[2] with Preetam Koilpillai, and never looked back. Her first movie Bimba (The Image) was sent to the prestigious Berlin & Frankfurt Film Festival, winning international awards. The movie, directed by Kavitha Lankesh, explored the exploitation of child artistes in the film industry. Her later work in Bhagavan with Darshan earned her the tag of "Spicy Daisy".[4]
She starred in more than 150 regional ads before being cast in the Priyadarshan movie Garam Masala. She has also starred in several Tamil and Telugu films, opposite leading stars like Kamal Hassan, Ravi Teja, Ganesh, etc. Her first ad film was with veteran add film maker Rajiv Menon.
Filmography
Year Film Role Language Notes 2004 Bimba Saroja Kannada Debut Kannada film Bhagavan Kannada 2005 Garam Masala Deepti Hindi Debut Hindi film Rama Shama Bhama Priya Kannada 2006 Jackpot Special appearance Kannada Aishwarya Kannada Thavarina Siri Kannada 2007 Satyavan Savitri Kannada 2008 Gaalipata Sowmya Kannada Chakkara Viyugam Tamil Debut Tamil film 2009 Sweet Heart Telugu Debut Telugu film Volave Jeevana Lekkachara! Special appearance Kannada 2010 Kantri Mogudu Telugu 2011 United Six Jia Hindi Mass Kannada Under production Maaya Kannada Under production References
- ^ "Daisy Bopanna biography". apunkachoice.com. http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/daisy_bopanna. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Daisy Bopanna interview". sify.com. http://www.sify.com/movies/kannada/interview.php?id=13916749&cid=2404. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ "Garam Masala girl gets hitched". The Times of India. 31 May 2011. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Garam-Masala-girl-gets-hitched/articleshow/8648536.cms. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "Daisy Bopanna interview". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 14 July 2008. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/07/14/stories/2008071450500100.htm. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
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Categories:- Living people
- Indian actors
- Kodava people
- People from Kodagu
- 1980 births
- Indian Christians
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