Madhuurima

Nyra Banerjee (born 14 May 1987), is an Indian actress and an assistant director. Following appearances in various television serials, she made her feature film debut in director Srinivasa murthy Nidadavole's Telugu comedy film Aa Okkadu which was a moderate success, and then went on to act in several successful Telugu films including Vamsi's Saradaga Kasepu in 2010. She acted in Bollywood film One Night Stand.[2] She also assisted director Tony D'Souza for his film Azhar.[3]

Nyra Banerjee
Banerjee at a promotional event of Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal
Born14 May 1987 (1987-05-14) (age 33)[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other namesMadhurima
OccupationActress, model
Years active2009–present

Early life

Banerjee was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her father is a mechanical engineer who served in the Indian Navy, before he began working as the general manager of the largest private shipyard of India.[4] Her mother had been working as researcher in the field of virology and as a content writer for multinational companies and later became a novelist.[4] Madhurima has one brother who is four years younger. She completed her Bachelor of Laws with an LLB degree from pravin Gandhi College of Law Mumbai.[4]

Banerjee learned Hindustani classical music and ghazal from her mother and used to sing children's songs.[4][5] She also learned the classical dancing form Kathak but had to discontinue due to her father's transferable job.[6] While recording a song one day, she was spotted by noted director G. V. Iyer who signed her on for the Hindi television serial Kadambari.[4][5] She was supposed to play Sita's role in a film adaptation of Ramayana that G. V. Iyer was planning to shoot, but the director died and the project failed to materialise.[6] However, owing to her studies had to turn down some big banners, until Priyadarshan managed to convince her to play the lead in his movie.

Career

The same year she appeared in her first Telugu film. She went on to act in three Telugu projects within the next year, including the female lead role in Vamsy's Saradaga Kasepu and a cameo role in Orange, directed by Bhaskar. However, none of the Telugu films helped her career.[7] In 2012, her second Bollywood film, Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal, directed by Priyadarshan, released.[8]

In 2014 she was first seen in the Telugu film Veta,[9] which was followed by her first Kannada release, Savaari 2, and her first Malayalam release, Koothara. Savaari 2 saw her playing a bank manager,[10] while in Koothara she played the role of Shaista, an NRI.[11] She then starred in Maruthi's Kotha Janta starring Allu Sirish[12] and made a special appearance in Green Signal which was co-produced by Maruthi.

In early 2015, she was seen in Puri Jagannadh's Temper,[13] which very successful and for which she was critically acclaimed. She then appeared in two Tamil films, Serndhu Polama[14] helmed by Malayalam director Anil Kumar[15] and Sundar C.'s Aambala.[16] She is working on the Telugu film Close Friends, and has completed the Malayalam film Black Coffee, in which she plays a Malayali living in Mumbai.[17]

She also assisted director Tony D'Souza for his film Azhar.[3]

In 2019, she played the role of Divya in Star Plus's Divya Drishti opposite Sana Sayyad.

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2009Aa OkkaduDr. PavitraTeluguCreadit as Madhurima
2010Saradaga KasepuManimalaTelugu
2010Mouna RagamSandhyaTelugu
2010OrangeMadhuTeluguSpecial appearance
2012Kamaal Dhamaal MalamaalMariaHindi
2013ShadowBinduTelugu
2014VetaDevraj's sisterTelugu
2014Kotha JantaPentammaTelugu
2014Savaari 2Arjun's girlfriendKannada
2014Green SignalTeluguSpecial appearance
2014KootharaShaistaMalayalam
2015TemperLakshmiTelugu
2015AambalaNadu Ponnu's daughterTamil
2015Serndhu Polama Tamil
2015DohchayTeluguSpecial appearance
2015Best ActorsRed HotTelugu
2015Supari SuryaKannada
2015Ishq Ne Krazzy Kiya ReHindi
2016One Night StandSimranHindi
2016Azhar—HindiAssistant director
2017TigerGowriKannada
2019 Operation Cobra [18] Tahira Shaikh Hindi

Television
YearSerialRoleNotes
2019–2020Divya Drishti Divya Sharma ShergillLead Role
2020Excuse Me MaadamMithu MadamLead Role[19]

Web Series
Year Web Series Platform Ref.
2019 Zaban Sambhalke Alt Balaji [20]
Skyfire ZEE5
Operation Cobra

References
  1. "Birthday Special! These eye-grabbing PICS of Nyra Banerjee will surely make you go weak in the knees". The Times of India. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. Nayak, Elina Priyadarshini (11 May 2016). "The name is nyra, ok? I don't want to be called Madhuurima". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. Bhatnagar, Rohit (12 May 2016). "One Night Stand actress Nyra turns assistant director for Azhar". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  4. "EXclusive Chitchat with Madhurima (Saradaga Kasepu Heroine)News,Telugu movie news, latest news, political news, Updated Movie News:EXclusive Chitchat with". Myfirstshow.com. 13 September 2010. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. "Multi-pronged attack". Deccan Chronicle. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. "Metro Plus Visakhapatnam / Profiles : Balancing act". The Hindu. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  7. "Madhurima Banerjee Interview | Venkatesh Shadow | Priyadarshan Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal – Interviews – CineGoer.com" Archived 8 October 2013 at Archive.today. cinegoer.net.
  8. "I'm privileged to work in Bollywood: southern actress Madhurima – NDTV". Movies.ndtv.com. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. "Veta Telugu Movie Review – cinema preview stills gallery trailer video clips showtimes". Indiaglitz.com. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  10. "Madhuurima excited about her multiple releases – The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. "Madhuurima to romance Bharath – The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 9 November 2013. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  12. "Allu Sirish grooves to Chiranjeevi's song – The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  13. Hemanth Kumar (2 November 2014) Madhuurima to share screen with NTR Jr Archived 7 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Times of India
  14. "Vinay, Madhurima to go to New Zealand – The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 24 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  15. "Madhurima wants performance-oriented roles". Deccan Chronicle. 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  16. "Madhuurima and Madhavi Latha join Aambala team" Archived 26 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. The Times of India.
  17. "Good girl roles? No way!: Madhurima Banerjee – The Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 7 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  18. "ErosNow presents first trailer of new web series Operation Cobra". The Digital Hash. 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  19. "Rajesh Kumar and Nyra Banerjee starrer 'Excuse Me Madam' promo is out and looks like a fun watch". 27 August 2020. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  20. "I am happy that Indian television is getting modernized says Nyra Banerjee". Archived from the original on 12 October 2020.
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