Every aspiring actor dreams of making a blockbuster debut in Bollywood, which will get them a lot of attention. Famous star Salman Khan has introduced Bhagyashree, Sneha Ullal, Zarine Khan, Sonakshi Sinha and many others to the industry in the last few years. Today we are talking about one such actress, who made her Bollywood debut with the Sikandar actor and now does selective work.
Without surprising you, we are talking about Daisy Shah. The actress became an overnight success with her debut film Jai Ho opposite Salman Khan in 2014. Apart from Hindi films, she has also worked in Kannada and Gujarati films. Let’s find out more about her career graph.
Daisy, who grew up in Mumbai, was passionate about dance since her school days. Her love for dance led her to work as an extra on Bollywood film sets. In an interview with Hindustan Times earlier this year, the actress revealed that her coordinator knew she was a trained dancer and she was included in the troupe.
She then assisted Acharya in films like Zameen and Khakee. In fact, she also appeared as a background dancer in Tere Naam. Apart from this, she did modelling, photo shoots and several print ads. Earlier, she was supposed to make her acting debut with the Kannada film Chingaari in 2010, but was later replaced by Deepika Kamaiya.
Meanwhile, she appeared in a special dance number, Neeli Lugadi, for the film Khuda Kasam starring Sunny Deol and Tabu in the same year. Later in 2011; Daisy acted in her first Kannada film, Bhadra, opposite Prajwal Devaraj, after which she did several other films.
However, the actress garnered critical acclaim with her Bollywood acting debut, Jai Ho in 2014. She then appeared in Hate Story 3 alongside Karan Singh Grover in 2015 followed by Race 3 in 2018. Additionally, she ventured into television by participating in a stunt-based reality show, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13 in 2023.
Apart from her acting, Shah is also quite popular on social media, with over 8 million followers on Instagram. Playing featured roles, she was last seen in Anurag Haider’s music video, Khuda Ke Bande opposite Siddharth Gupta.
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