Shweta Tiwari

p;worked at Travel agency and simultaneously studied at St. Isabel High School at Mazagaon in Mumbai. Due to financial crises in family Shweta Tiwari had to work. Her first salary was Rs 500/- She had to make telephone calls to a list of customers. To make a living she even had started giving Hindi Tuitions. At the age of tender age of 13, she stopped taking money from parents and was fending for herself. From her meager salary she managed to complete her studies and completed her graduation in Commerce from Mumbai's Burhani College of Arts and Commerce.

Ekta Kapoor spotted Shweta Tiwari in her Doordarshan TV serial Shweta Tiwari was first seen in a play ‘Khoobsurat Bahu' a satire on the pathetic plight of daughter –in- laws of the society. This play helped her seek her first TV soap opera Kaleerein (1999). Later she was seen in a popular serial Aane Wala Pal (2001) telecasted on Doordarshan’s Metro channel. Incidentally Ekta Kapoor happened to watch this serial and invited Shweta to do Balaji Telefilms’s TV serials Karam and Kaahin Kissi Roz. Impressed by Shweta’s excellent performance and her sincerity as an actress Ekta Kapoor offered her the lead role in most popular TV show Kasauti Zindagi Kay telecasted on Star Plus Channel. The serial became a bumper hit and flooded Shweta Tiwari with many awards. For six consecutive years from 2003 to 2008 she won Star Parivar award for her brilliant role. She also won ITA Best Actress Award in 2003. The serial made her the Queen of TV world! She played the lead role of Prerna in the serial. The serial was such a mega hit that it run for consecutive eight years and became the third longest running soap in India. Shweta Tiwari became a Star on TV After Kasauti Zindagi Kya, Shweta Tiwari became a Star on TV. She was regarded as the favorite daughter-in-law of Indian television after the success of Kasauti Zindagi Kya soap. She did many TV serials like TV shows Big Boss, Jhalak Dikhla Ja 6, Nach Baliye, Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao, soaps Parvarish- Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi, Kaahin Kissi Roz, Kya Hadsa Kya Haqeeqat. Her negative role as Mahabhasma Pari in serial Baal Veer on SAB TV also fetched her good response. Tiwari has also judged reality dance programmes – Aajaa Mahi Vay and the Bhojpuri show Dance Sangram. Shweta Tiwari and her tryst with Indian Cinema While Television bestowed flowers on Shweta Tiwari in contrast Films became a thorny path and despite stunning looks, talent and name in TV serials, Shweta Tiwari was not able to make a dint in Indian cinema. In Bolywood she did films like Madhoshi (2004) with John Abraham, Aabra Ka Daabra (2004) with Anupam Kher, Benny and Babloo (2010) with Kay Kay Menon, Bin Bulaye Baarati (2011) with Om Puri, Married 2 America (2012) opposite Jackie Shroff. After failing in Bollywood she did Bhojuri films like Hamar Sayian Hindustani, Kab Aibu Anganwa Hamar , Ae Bhouji Ke Sister. She also did regional cinema like Apni Boli Apna Des (Punjabi), Trinetra (Nepali). In fact she even did a Pakistani film Saltanat. To win fame she even attempted sexy item songs in films like Devru (Kannada) and Yedyanchi Jatra (Marathi) etc But nothing could give her success that TV provided.