Actor · Telugu cinema
Asha Saini
Asha Saini movies: 17 Telugu films on file, 2000–2013. Earliest on file: Chala Bagundi (2000). Latest release: Operation Duryodhana 2 (5 July 2013).
- Films on file
- 17 (17 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2000–2013
- Born
- 29 September 1978 · September birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- 143 (and I miss you), Money Money, More Money, Narasimha Naidu
- Record
- Q4804518 on Wikidata
Flora Saini, known on screen as Asha Saini and for a time as Mayuri, is an Indian actress and model who works mainly in Telugu and Hindi films, with some Kannada and Tamil films. She began in Telugu with Prema Kosam (1999) and is best remembered in Telugu for Narasimha Naidu (2001), after which she was nicknamed “Lux Papa”.
Wikipedia says she was born in Chandigarh to an army officer, but gives no birth date; Wikidata lists 29 September 1978, citing IMDb. She went to school in Udhampur and at the Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi, then began modelling in Kolkata, where she took part in the Miss Kolkata pageant.
Career
The producer of her first film, Prema Kosam, renamed her Asha Saini; she later used the name Mayuri on an astrologer’s advice before returning to her own name. Over the next three years she played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu films, including Chala Bagundi, Sardukupodaam Randi and Antha Mana Manchike (2000), Nuvvu Naaku Nachav, Prematho Raa and Navvuthu Bathakalira (2001), and O Chinadana, Adrustam and Sontham (2002). Her role in Narasimha Naidu, with Nandamuri Balakrishna, was for a time the best known of her career.
Wikipedia says she has acted in more than 50 films and over 80 projects in all, with co-stars including Venkatesh, Balakrishna, Sudeep, Shivarajkumar, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar. Her first Hindi film was Bharat Bhagya Vidhata (2002), followed by Love in Nepal (2004) with Sonu Nigam. In Kannada she appeared in films such as Giri and Nammannna. Later Telugu films on our records include Puri Jagannadh’s 143 (2004), Swagatam and Michael Madana Kamaraju (2008), Broker (2010), Money Money, More Money and Chattam (2011), and Operation Duryodhana 2 (2013).
In recent years she has worked mainly in web series, including Gandii Baat, Mayanagari – City of Dreams and the Bengali series Dupur Thakurpo (2019), and appeared as Rani Gulkanda in Khichdi 2 (2023). In 2025 she took part in Bigg Boss Telugu 9.
Awards
- The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for anti-poverty work there in 2010, per Wikipedia.
Where to watch her films
- Prematho Raa: Aha, per the platform listing
Catalogues change; check the platform before you plan to watch.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film and OTT records.
Career on file
Asha Saini appears in 17 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2000 to 2013. The earliest of them is Chala Bagundi (2000), and the most recent release is Operation Duryodhana 2 (2013). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are 143 (and I miss you) (2004), Money Money, More Money (2011) and Narasimha Naidu (2001). Other recent releases on file are Chattam (2011), Broker (2010) and Michael Madana Kamaraju (2008).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing nine films with Asha Saini, followed by Jagapati Babu (4) and Kota Srinivasa Rao (4). Across these films the credits on file name 17 different directors, 11 music directors and 46 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 14 of them; they average 140 minutes, and the longest is Nuvvu Naaku Nachav at 180 minutes. By decade the list splits into 2000s (13) and 2010s (4). 2001 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.