Meet Mandana Karimi worked with SRK Salman Ranbir quit acting after 4 flops
Meet Mandana Karimi worked with SRK Salman Ranbir quit acting after 4 flops
Nora Fatehi, Jacqueline Fernandes, and Katrina Kaif among others, came to India with the dream to become an actress and are now a well-known name in Bollywood.
But another actress, who came to India to become an actress, failed to make a mark in the industry is Mandana Karimi
air-hostess-turned actress.
She made her debut with Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor and regardless working with top actors like Salman Khan, and Shah Rukh Khan, the actress failed to make a mark and is now away from the glamour world.
Mandana Karimi born in Tehran, Iran, into a Muslim family. Her father has Iranian and Indian ancestry and her mother is Persian. The actress was raised in Tehran. She started her career as an air hostess, but later quit that job to pursue a career in modeling.
In 2010, after having worked on various international modeling projects, she came to Mumbai for three months on a modeling contract and three years later, she decided to try her luck in acting and stayed put in Mumbai.
Prior to entering films, Mandana worked in several TV commercials with Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, and Arjun Kapoor.
And finally made her Bollywood debut with a guest appearance in Arjun Rampal and Ranbir Kapoor in ‘Roy’ which failed to impress the audience. Her next film Bhaag Johnny was also a flop. She also appeared in film, Main Aur Charles, and played the role of Charles Sobraj’s assistant. Next featured in a sex comedy film Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3. Ironically, all of her films tanked at the box office. After this, the actress never had a theatrical release.
She turned to television and worked in Salman Khan’s reality television show Bigg Boss 9, but failed to win the trophy.
She also worked in the hit television show Ishqbaaz and Kangana Ranaut’s reality TV show Lock Upp. After this, the actress decided to quit films.
Now, Mandana works as an interior stylist and shares her work with her fans on Instagram.
News Edit K.V.Raman
