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Vaishnavi Mahant
Vaishnavi Mahant at Gold Awards 2013
Born	(1974-09-09) 9 September 1974 Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Known for	Shaktimaan, Miley Jab Hum Tum, Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke

Vaishnavi Mahant is an Indian actress who is best known for playing Geeta Vishwas in Mukesh Khanna's television series Shaktimaan telecast on Doordarshan. She is also known for playing Shilpa Sharma in Miley Jab Hum Tum. She has acted in various Bollywood films such as Bambai Ka Babu opposite Saif Ali Khan, Laadla, and Baabul. She was known as Shail in the Zee TV show Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke. She is now currently enacting the role of Leela Taneja in the television series Tashan e Ishq.

Early life and career

Mahant was born in Mumbai. Her father is a Vaishnav Hindu (the reason she took the screen name Vaishnavi), while her mother is Christian. Raised as a Hindu, she converted to Christianity in the early 1990s. She is currently a born again Christian believer who is more into a relationship with God not religion.

As a child she moved to Hyderabad where she decided to become a scientist. However, while vacationing in Mumbai, she had the opportunity to appear in the Ramsay Brothers' horror film Veerana and decided to pursue acting as a profession. She subsequently appeared in Barsaat Ki Raat, Ladlaa, Daanveer and Oru Mutham Mani Mutham (a 1997 Malayalam film with actor Mukesh).

From 1998 to 2005, she played the female lead Geeta Vishwas in the superhero series Shaktimaan on Doordarshan. The show, as well as her character, got high acclaim and was considered her breakthrough role. When her journalist character Geeta Vishwas was written out of the series, fan protests prompted the producers to bring her back. In 2000, she played the role of ACP Ratna, a daring police officer in a comedy serial Raju Raja Rajasaab on Sahara TV.

She went on to play leading roles in several Tollywood movies. She played the role of Bhaskar's mother in the Sony Entertainment Television serial Bhaskar Bharti and Mayank's mother Shilpa in Miley Jab Hum Tum. She appears in Karmyudh on Doordarshan in the role of Inspector Shivangi Chauhan.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Veerana	Jasmin
1994	Laadla
1996	Bambai Ka Babu	Anita
1996	Daanveer
1998	Barsaat Ki Raat
1998	Saturday Suspense
1998	Awaz Ki Duniya	Herself (co-anchor)
1998–2005	Shaktimaan	Geeta Vishwas
2001	Choti Maa - Ek Anokha Bandhan	Sharda
2001	Suraag – The Clue
2004	K. Street Pali Hill	Ishita Khandelwal
2005	Ek Ladki Anjaani Si
2006	Naqaab
2006	Mamta	Vasundhara
2007–08	Chhoona Hai Aasmaan	Sapna Singh
2008	Saas v/s Bahu	Herself (contestant)
2008-10	Miley Jab Hum Tum	Shilpa Sharma
2009	Bhaskar Bharti	Bhaskar's mother
2009	Bairi Piya	Sunanda Devi Pundir
2010	Karmyudh	Shivangi Chauhan
2010	Sapnon Se Bhare Nena	Anjali
2010–12	Sasural Genda Phool	Suhana's Mother
2012–15	Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke	Shail Garg
2015	Tashan-E-Ishq	Leela Taneja
2016	Meri Saasu Maa	Pari's late-mother (in photoframe)
2016	KaramYudh	DCP Shivangi	Doordarshan

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Serial	Outcome
2014	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jury Award)	Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke	Nominated

External links

• Vaishnavi Mahant at IMDb