Madhoo Bollywood Actress Movie List

Madhoo Shah is an Indian film actress known for her works predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada language films.

She is best remembered for her portrayals in Kuku Kohli’s Hindi hit Phool Aur Kaante (1991), Mani Ratnam’s Tamil hit Roja (1992), which won the National Film Award for Best Film on National Integration, nomination for Best Film at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival; K. Raghavendra Rao’s Telugu hit Allari Priyudu (1992), which was screened at the International Film Festival of India, in the mainstream section; Sangeeth Sivan’s Malayalam hit Yodha (1992), and S. Shankar’s Tamil hit Gentleman (1993).

She has been the host of the well known music television series Rangoli on DD National channel since August 2019. Madhoo is a Tamilian. Her birth name was Padma Malini but her father changed her name to Madhu Malini when she entered school. She was educated at St. Joseph’s High School, Juhu and at University of Mumbai. She is a niece of actress Hema Malini and therefore a cousin of Esha Deol. Madhoo was signed on by action director Veeru Devgan for his son Ajay Devgan’s debut in Phool Aur Kaante (1991), but her first release was K. Balachander’s Azhagan (1991), co-starring Mammooty, Bhanupriya and Geetha.

She made her debut in the Malayalam film Ottayal Pattalam, opposite Mukesh. She made her comeback in 2008, in the Hindi-language film, Kabhi Socha Bhi Na Tha, and has been appearing in supporting roles in films since then. She has acted in 5 films with her real name Madhu. She made a comeback to the Tamil screen with Balaji Mohan’s Tamil-Malayalam bilingual Vaayai Moodi Pesavum/Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram in 2014.

She has been hosting the DD National music television series Rangoli since August 2019. She married Anand Shah on 19 February 1999 whom she met during a photoshoot. They have two daughters Amaya and Keia. Madhoo’s husband is the cousin of Jay Mehta, who is married to actress Juhi Chawla.

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