Shivani Tanksale

Shivani Tanksale is a Mumbai-based theatre actress[3] who appears in Bollywood films and advertisements.

Shivani Tanksale
Born	29 October 1984
Education	Green Lawns High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003-present
Spouse(s)	Sumeet Vyas ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2017)​ [1]
Relatives	Vasant Sathe[2]

Personal life

She has been acting in plays since her school days at Green Lawns High School in Mumbai. She won several state and national level competitions. She is the granddaughter of politician Vasant Sathe.[2] She was married to actor Sumeet Vyas the couple later got divorced in 2017[4][1]

Career

Theatre

She was noticed by a theatre group called 'Ekjute' while acting in a college play. She then formally started working with this Nadira Zaheer Babbar's group. Then 'Q Theatre Productions' called her and she did her first professional play,"The Lucky Ones".Some of her major plays are The President is Coming, "Love on the Brink", The Vagina Monologues, Ji Jaisi Aapki Marzi, Aisa Kehte Hain, All About Women, Bade Miyan Deewane, Abhi Na Jaao Chhod Kar and A Funny Thing Called Love.[2] Apart from acting, she even directs plays and wants to be a full-time director one day.[5] She has directed Namak Mirch and The Shehenshah of Azeemo with Sumeet Vyas, both produced by Akarsh Khurana's Akvarious. Namak Mirch was based on stories by Pakistani satirist Shaukat Thanvi, while the other one is an adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. She also co-wrote Abhi Na Jaao Chhod Kar with Amal Uppal, which was adapted from It Had to Be You.[6][7]

Film career

After working in various plays and advertisements, she acted in many Bollywood films. Her debut film was Escape From Taliban in 2003. Later on, she appeared in successful films, including Dil Kabaddi (2008), The President Is Coming (2009), The Dirty Picture (2011) and Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012). She was critically acclaimed for films like Inkaar (2013), Happy Ending (2014) and Zed Plus (2014). She was last seen in Ek Paheli Leela, which was released in April 2015.

Advertisements

She had a fascination for advertising and had even majored in the vocational subject at college. She has featured in over 40 commercials. Her first ad was with White Light Films for Annapurna Aromax in 2003. This was followed by an ad for Airtel Blackberry. Her big break arrived when White Light called her to audition for Cipla's emergency contraceptive 'i-pill' commercial, which was a huge success. This 2007 television advertisement of 38 seconds was part of a campaign that created awareness about the morning-after pills. It also made her a popular face in television commercials (TVCs).[8] Max New York Life 'Sanju' advertisement is another noted work. She has worked with most of the leading production houses across brands.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role[9][10]
2008	The Other End of the Line	Priya's Colleague
2008	Dil Kabaddi	Sush
2009	The President Is Coming	Ritu Johnson
2011	Shaitaan	Amy's Mother[11]
2011	The Dirty Picture	Raadhika
2012	Talaash: The Answer Lies Within	Mira
2012	Rush
2013	Inkaar	Nimmi
2013	Shree	Sheena
2014	Happy Ending	Gauri
2014	Zed Plus	Fauziya (Habib's Wife)
2015	Ek Paheli Leela	Radhika
2017	Manjha

Short movies

Year	Short Movie	Director	Co-actor(s)
2009	Signalwaala Ladka	Pramod Pathak
2012	Neighbours	Anand Tiwari	Ratnabali Bhattacharjee, Imraan Rasheed, Sumeet Vyas
2013	Neighbours: Part 1	Anand Tiwari	Sumeet Vyas
2013	Neighbours: Part 2	Kapil Chandela	Sumeet Vyas
2013	Oye Teri	Anand Tiwari	Sumeet Vyas[12]
2014	Haircut	Anand Tiwari and Sumeet Vyas	Imran Rasheed

Television

Year	TV Serial	Role	Channel
1999-2000	Gubbare		Zee TV
2005	Time Bomb 9/11		Zee TV
	Sansani		Sahara Manoranjan[12]
2013	24 (Indian TV series)	Divya Singhania Maurya	Colors TV

Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2020	Marzi	Isha Chauhan	Voot	[13]

References

1. "Splitsville! 'Permanent Roommates' actor Sumeet Vyas heads for DIVORCE". ABP News Web Desk. ABP Live. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
2. "Who's That: For Shivani Tanksale, the world's a stage". www.afaqs.com. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
3. "A dramatic escape". The Hindu. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
4. Mulla, Zainab (5 June 2017). "Actor Sumeet Vyas and his wife Shivani Tanksale headed for divorce; here's why!". India.com. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
5. "Doing films is the only way to get noticed: Shivani Tanksale". Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
6. "Profile: Trishla Patel & Shivani Tanksale – Queen of Transformations". filmimpressions. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
7. "A perfect balance". dnaindia. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
8. "Stage to Small Screen". indianexpress. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
9. "Shivani Tanksale Films". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
10. Malini, Navya (9 May 2013). "Doing films is the only way to get noticed: Shivani Tanksale - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
11. "Shaitan movie review". indiatoday. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
12. "Oye Teri=Comedy Short Film=By Anand Tiwari". indianshortmovies. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
13. [Marzi review: Aahana Kumra, Rajeev Khandelwal's Voot Select show favours forced twists over a nuanced take on consent "Firstpost : Web Series Review"] Check |url= value (help). Firstpost. 8 April 2020.

External links

• Shivani Tanksale at IMDb