Feryna Wazheir
Feryna Wazheir is a British Asian actress. She was voted amongst most popular Bollywood actresses in 2010s. She began her acting career in amateur theatre and made her break in the industry after she was discovered by photographer Farock Chotia.Since then Feryna has been a part of several Bollywood films including Ketan Mehta's Rang Rasiya/Colours of Passion with Randeep Hooda, Raj Kanwar's Sadiyaan opposite Shatrugan Sinha's son Luv Sinha and veteran actors such as Rekha, Rishi Kapoor and Hema Malini. Wazheir was also the brand ambassador of Kolkata's biggest jewellery brand, P.C. Chandra Jewellers, for two years.Feryna caught the attention of prominent directors in India due to her leading roles in music videos by A.R. Rehman and Hariharan. Soon after in 2010 she made her Bollywood debut in 'Sadiyaan' a Raj Kanwar film about the partition in India, which also boasted a star cast of Bollywood veterans Rekha, Hema Malini and Rishi Kapoor and for which Feryna was nominated for 'Best Debut Performance' for her role at the FilmFare Awards 2011. She was also voted amongst most popular bollywood actresses for this film under 2010s. The late Yash Chopra, India's top filmmaker once said that she is 'beauty, innocence and vulnerability personified'. Feryna then acted in Ketan Mehta's yet to be released 'Rang Rasiya', which won the Audience Award at London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) in 2011. In the movie, which is based on 19th century Indian painter, Raja Ravi Varma's life, Feryna plays a journalist and the third woman in his life. Following her festival accolade, Feryna was appointed official Brand Ambassador for the London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) 2012. She reprised her role as the face of LIFF in 2013. In 2012, Feryna also did a short film 'Khaana' directed by LIFF's creative director Cary Sawhney. The film explores the boundaries between home and the outside world and Feryna plays a young orthodox Muslim woman who loves the British dish of fish and chips and confronts cultural barriers. Feryna's powerful performance earned her rave reviews and challenged the idea of British identity. The film, which has toured the festival circuit in the US, won the 'Future Filmmaker Award 2012' at the Palm Springs Short Film Festival 2012 and 'best short film' at The New York film festival 2013.
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