Rashaana Shah

Rashaana Shah is an Indian actress and producer known for her works in the parallel cinema world. According to www.variety.com, Rashaana happens to be executive producer of Mulberry Films. She has chipped in films like Rang Rasiya Click to look into! >> Read More... , The Last Monk, Maanjhi: The Mountain Man, and Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities. In 2002, she featured in an Odia feature Dharini under the direction of SusantMisra.

Dharini is a female-oriented motion picture about four women who look to defy the male chauvinistic mindset in the society. She worked in MaqboolFida Hussain’s Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities which focused on the story of Nawab who struggles with the problem of writer’s block. Shah enacted the role of an Andhra danseuse in this Hussain’s pet project. In Sudipto Sen’s English drama “The Last Monk,” she performs the part of Swapna who develops feelings for Sonic, a guide who accompanies her while she is in Ladakh to finish her thesis on Buddhist philosophy. The Last Monk got selected for the screening at the prestigious Cannes film festival. Rashaana came to the prominence when the veteran director Ketan Mehta He was born in 1952 and is a director by professio >> Read More... cast her for the character of Kamini in his controversial outing Rang Rasiya (Hindi) which also goes under the name of “Colors of Passion” for its English version.

Rang Rasiya is a cinematic adaptation of the life of Raja Ravi Varma, one of the India’s finest painters during the freedom struggle era. Rang Rasiya drew the ire of censor board for its nude scenes. While RandeepHoodaplayed the character of Raja Ravi Varma, Rashaana showed up as her wife, Kamini. During the filming of the song ‘O Kamini,’ Randeep and Rashaana had an intimate scene on the rocks in the region of Alupuzzha waterfalls. Producer Deepa Sahi recalled that they somehow recorded the song sequence when the unit came to know about the problem of rising water level of the waterfall. Rang Rasiya was slated to release in 2008, the board gave the nod for the screening of the film after a long tussle over the explicit content. Although Randeep and Nandana Sen Nandana Sen is an Indian Film actress, who is endo >> Read More... remained in the limelight, critics loved Rashaana’s brief but powerful contribution to the biographical drama. Later, she acted in JackkyBhagnani’s first film KalKissneDekha as Yana. Eventually, KalKissneDekha flopped after its weak performance in the theaters.

Between 2009 and 2015, she worked in Bollywood Hero (TV show), Ammar Maa (A Bengali short video), The Mumbai Trilogy. She teamed up with Ketan Mehta for the biopic on DasharathManjhi, who was in the news for carving a path through a hillock in Bihar. With Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte Radhika Apte, an Indian actress was born on Sept 7 >> Read More... in Manjhi: The Mountain Main, her role was of Bhanwari. Produced by Viacom 18, Manjhi impressed the viewers by highlighting the need for determination to achieve success. Recently, she co-produced Himanshu Malik’s Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

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