You would remember the gorgeous Bhavana paani as the lead heroine of the Hindi films:-‘Tere Liye’,(2001)directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and for guest appearance in the film “Dil Vil Pyar Vyar†2002)by Annant Mahadevan. Currently awaiting the release of Fast Forward (Anjum Rizvi films) to be released in 2009.
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She has some amazing South Indian films to her credit like Malyalam film ‘Vettam’, directed by Priyadarshan, Kanada film ‘Yuvaraja’,directed by Puri Jagganath, Telegu film ‘Ninu chudaka nenu undalenu’, directed by Srinivas
It was not just south films which kept Bhavana busy but also dozens and dozens of advertisements which has exceeded over 75 ad campaigns for major brands.
Some prominent ones are –
1. Videocon. Dir: Santosh Sivan(Red Chilles) (with Shahruh Khan)
2. Lux soap Dir: Sujit Sarkar(Red Ice Prod.) (with Aishwarya Rai & Amisha Patel)
3. Rasna Dir: Prahalad Kakkar (with Hritik Roshan)
4. Clinic All Clear Dir: Rajesh Krishnan ( Footcandels)
5. abur Chavanprash. Dir: Arjun Sablok (Yashraj films)
6. Pepsi (with Saif Ali Khan(Hindi) & Madhavan(Tamil) ) (Highlight films)
7. Mastercard Dir: Ram Madhvani(Equinox)
8. Dabur Amla Hair oil Dir: Sujit Sarkar (Red Ice films)
9. Gilette Dir: Namita & Shubir (Whiltelight)
Chevorlet Optra Dir: Ravi Udyawar ( Ravi Udyawar films)
10. Samsung Mobiles Dir: Rikki Kapoor (Picture Perfect)
11. Nirma. Dir: Raj Kaushal (Fuel films)
12.Himalay Throat Drops (Mad films)
13.Hero Honda (with Hritik Roshan & Saurav Ganguly) Dir: Raj Kaushal (Percept)
14.7 UP (Filmfarm films) dir: Shashank Ghosh
15 Chloromint (Blackmagic films) dir: Dadu
But very few people know that Bhvana has been an agile and brilliant Dancer from the age of 6 ,and she is currently performing the title role in an international stage musical “BHARATI†travelling for the last 3 years all over Europe (primarily Paris,London, Berlin, Cannes, Brussels, Zurich, Vienna, Prague etc) to housefull audiences of minimum 5000 people per performance.
Trained in Odissi & Kathak classical dance from the age of 6.
Trained under the able guidance of gurus like Late Padmashri Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra, Guru Ravindra Attibudhi and Smt Guru Jhelum Parajpee and Pt. Birju Maharaj Won prestigious scholarships from the Ministry of Culture(Delhi) & Centre of Cultural Resourse Training (CCRT-Delhi)Won the Sringar Mani title at the national classical dance contest organized by Sur Srigar Samsad in the year 2002
Also learnt Contemporary Modern dance at the Terrence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company and performed extensively all over the country for 6years Trained in Jazz and Ballet also with Jaan Freeman and Yana Tracy from London.
