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  Smriti Irani
An Indian actress and politician by profession, Smriti Zubin Irani is popularly acknowledged for the famous Hindi soap opera, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, in which she plays the principal character of Tulsi Mihir Virani.
Smriti Z Irani who has immortalized Tulsi Virani in Ekta Kapoor`s Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on the small screen symbolizes the modern day Indian woman who has realized her identity in spite of performing so many roles simultaneously.
Smriti married her childhood friend Zubin Irani, a divorcee ten years elder to her and has a daughter Chanelle.
www.indianetzone.com /2/smriti_irani.htm   (657 words)

  
  In conversation with Smriti Irani : being, smriti irani, anuradha sengupta : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
Smriti Irani: It is all choice, but at the same time one should not presume that there has been no struggle or there is no hardship after one gets that tag of being successful.
Smriti Irani: But Anuradha today, in my industry a person who is not a very party kind of a person, who is not a very disco kind of person, I am myself known as a very traditional behenji kind of a character.
Smriti Irani: I have spoken to him and I think he was extremely gracious and I continue to be in touch with him.
www.ibnlive.com /news/in-conversation-with-smriti-irani/6314-8-single.html   (4470 words)

  
 The Hindu : New Delhi News : Smriti Irani, Harsh Vardhan court arrest
The Hindu : New Delhi News : Smriti Irani, Harsh Vardhan court arrest
FOR A CAUSE: Filmstar and BJP leader Smriti Irani during Satyagraha and Jail Bharo Andolan at Town Hall in Delhi on Monday protesting against sealing of commercial properties in residential areas.
Irani -- who had fought and lost the last Lok Sabha election from Chandni Chowk -- said an atmosphere of terror was prevailing in the Capital due to the policies of the Congress party and so the BJP had decided to express its solidarity with the people through the movement.
www.hindu.com /2006/04/18/stories/2006041815490400.htm   (371 words)

  
 Smriti Irani Hip Hips for her character | Tellyvision Point   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Smriti Irani, the Tulsi of Kyunki Saas Kabhi Bahu Thi, the serial which has been on air for the last six years, admits that she is yet to get bored with Tulsi's character.
Smriti took her time to get into movies because her children were very small.
Smriti says she is able to juggle various roles because she has a very supportive husband.
www.televisionpoint.com /tvgrapevine/view.php?id=1137135201   (321 words)

  
 Apara Mehta, Smriti Irani at a War | Tellyvision Point
Smriti better do a rethink or she may have no friends left in the industry.
Smriti apparently gets insecure if a particular actor is praised by the unit for her performance.
While Apara agreed immediately, Smriti said appearing with Apara on the show was impossible as she did not even know her birthday.” Some claim that their re lationship ran into rough weather when Smriti ventured into Gujarati theatre without even informing Apara, who had introduced Smriti on stage.
www.televisionpoint.com /tvgrapevine/view.php?id=1145295500   (497 words)

  
 Political career too dear for me: Smriti Irani   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS): Smriti Malhotra Irani has a huge fan club thanks to her role in "Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi", but the actress says she has set her sight firmly on a career in politics.
Smriti says that coming to be known and called as Tulsi - the character she plays in the Balaji Telefilms soap - over the last five years is no mean feat, but there is certainly more to her.
Smriti was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in Delhi's Chandni Chowk constituency but lost badly to Kapil Sibal of the Congress.
www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?id=3397   (495 words)

  
 The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Article
Smriti’s present sure-of-herself avatar, according to her, is new.
Smriti married her childhood friend Zubin Irani in the midst of the serial and soon after, had a baby boy in October 2001.
Smriti was recently asked to audition for the role of Sita in Ravi Chopra’s Ramayana for Zee TV.
www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020310/spectrum/main8.htm   (1321 words)

  
 WELCOME TO THE HOME OF SMRITI IRANI ~ Welcome to the goddess of Indian televison
Smriti's husband Zubin Irani, who was at the hospital, told this paper: "Smriti was unwell but is on her road to recovery now.
Smriti said she has shot five episodes so far and the story has the capacity to take the serial to 52 episodes.
But Smriti prefers to let Ekta do all the talking, calling her a “senior partner.” Apparently the two friends have been planning this show for a long time now but given their hectic schedules, it took a while for things to fall into place.
www.freewebs.com /tulsivirani/2006.htm   (14121 words)

  
 Smriti Irani Profile
Smriti Malhotra-Irani is a Indian actress and politician popularly known from the famous Hindi soap opera, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
In 2003, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party which was quick to give her a ticket to fight the Lok Sabha elections from Delhi's Chandni Chowk constituency.
The fact that Vasudha is Dhirendra Raisinghaniya's illegitimate daughter whom he acknowledged and accepted, has won him immense respect in her eyes and for Vasudha, he is larger than life.
www.india-forums.com /tv_actor.asp?id=11   (471 words)

  
 Smriti Irani: I don't watch Kyunki
Smriti Irani : I personally think that the fact that it is still the number one show on Indian television just goes to prove that it still has a lot of people watching who appreciate the acting and the story.
Smriti Irani : I love it enough to vote; love it enough to pay my taxes; I love it enough to put it before family and self.
Smriti Irani : I think it must be extremely difficult as a woman to raise two children in the absence of your husband.
in.rediff.com /movies/2005/aug/29smriti.htm   (1418 words)

  
 The Hindu : Front Page : TV ratings behind Smriti Irani's outburst, feels BJP
The outburst of "bahu" Tulsi, Smriti Irani, against the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, has less to do with politics and was more about Television Rating Points (TRPs), many Bharatiya Janata Party leaders believe.
Two days after the "Tulsi" episode in real life when television viewers hooked on to the popular serial Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi were looking ahead to the reel episode in which she is to kill her natural son, Ansh, many BJP leaders are clueless about why Ms.
Irani's conscience suddenly started pricking her on the Gujarat riots provoking her to demand Mr.
www.hindu.com /2004/12/15/stories/2004121506691100.htm   (348 words)

  
 Smriti Irani defies doctors after dengue-typhoid
Smriti Irani has recently returned to work after a long and serious illness - typhoid and dengue combined - because she just "couldn't afford a longer holiday".
Smriti, one of Indian television's biggest women icons, says she started getting high fever in the last week of October but she didn't take it seriously.
The one thing that Smriti realised during her illness was that she should spent quality time with her husband.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20061202/525446.html   (384 words)

  
 Cricket is depressing: Smriti Irani
Smriti Irani : I always thought of Jeetuji as a producer, and didn't know how to react when I heard that he would also be my co-star.
Smriti Irani : Sanjay ji, maine khud maang ki thi ki mere baal safed ho, lekin jab meri saas ne mana kara ki woh apne baal nahin safed karengi, to producer ne meri safedi se saaf inkaar kar diya.
Ajaz : Salam smriti you are very good bahu of India then why do you want to become politician which is not our bread.
www.rediff.com /movies/2005/aug/30smriti.htm   (1131 words)

  
 Smriti Irani's flop show annoys BJP - Sify.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In a surprise attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the post-Godhra riots, the BJP leader and TV actress asked him to step down, failing which she threatened to go on fast on to death from December 25, the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Leader of BJP legislature party Gopinath Munde was told to convey to 'Tulsi' the party's displeasure and that she should either retract her statement or face expulsion by Monday.
By this time, Smriti had already contacted a few, younger leaders of the party canvassing their support and their presence for her proposed fast unto death.
sify.com /news/politics/fullstory.php?id=13627958   (344 words)

  
 Theatre more challenging than TV: Smriti Irani   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Smriti, who acts as the iconic daughter-in-law in the TV serial "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi", said: "You can go for retakes when you are acting in a tele-serial, but that's not possible in drama."
Smriti plays Tusli Virani in "Kyunki..", which is centred on a Gujarati family.
Smriti contested the general election last year from Delhi as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.
www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?id=3458   (390 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
First it was Uma Bharti, and now it is Smriti Z. Irani?s turn to proved that the party with a difference is indeed a party with differences (?TV bahu ties Modi in soap opera?, Dec 13).
Smriti Z. Irani?s recent outburst ought to teach a lesson to political parties in general, and the BJP in particular.
Surely Smriti Z. Irani is not such a treasure for the BJP that she cannot be expelled.
www.telegraphindia.com /1041217/asp/opinion/story_4132030.asp   (834 words)

  
 indya.com - It happens only in Indya - News & More
A cool chat with 'a cool Leo' on Raksha Bandhan Special on your cool site indya.com.
Wishing you a Happy Raksha Bandhan is Tulsi a.k.a Smriti Irani, who is soon to be in your homes as Uma Didi!
Here is what indya.com's astrologer - Pandit Vasant Kumar predicted for indyans, India, Indian cricket team and more!
www.indya.com /news/chat_transcript.html   (1485 words)

  
 Smriti Iraani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smriti Iraani is an actress and aspiring politician in India.
She is most known for her role of Tulsi in the popular television soap opera, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (Translated literally as: Because the mother-in-law was also a daughter-in-law once).
The huge initial success and the subsequent continued patronage of the largely female audience of the show has been instrumental in changing the fortunes of the production house Balaji Telefilms and in creating a successful genre of tearjerker family dramas, which still continues in the Indian TV industry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smriti_Iraani   (211 words)

  
 DNA - Mumbai - Smriti Irani pulled up for false complaint - Daily News & Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A year ago, Irani, a BJP leader and TV star of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi fame, had lodged a complaint against Modi, scriptwriter of the serial.
The reel heroine had convinced police and the press that Modi was a vamp and charged her with masterminding threatening calls that Irani had received from a man identified only as Kapadia.
It also found the police guilty of arresting Modi without preparing a proper arrest memo, of not taking signatures of local witnesses, of denying bail to the victim and beating her up as if she were a criminal.
www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1022440   (466 words)

  
 Kabhi Tulsi Virani, kabhi Smriti Irani-<a href="/bydate/516450.cms">Glam Gang</a>-<a ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Smriti Malhotra Irani is married to Zubin, scion of one of the oldest Irani families which coaxed orchards out of this tribal wilderness a century ago.
Down-to-earth, it's as culturally far away from the world of a TV soap where heroes die only if their contract expires.
Reality begins to resemble a TV serial since Mona was a model coordinator, had wanted to offer the beauty contestant a job and ended up handing Smriti her own husband on a platter.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/631928.cms   (205 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com > News Releases > Smriti Z Irani on CNN-IBN's 'Being's at 8 p.m. on 25 February
Launched on the same day as Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) in 2000, the show outlived KBC and was the center of attention for millions of viewers.
The epicenter of this familiar, familial melodrama, Smriti Irani hooked a generation of housewives to television.
From working at McDonald's, to getting rejected because she didn't look like the typical Indian housewife, everybody's favorite agony aunt tells us what it's like BEING Smriti Irani Only on CNN IBN, Saturday 25th February 20:30pm and Sunday 26th February 15:30pm.
www.indiantelevision.com /release/y2k6/feb/febrel71.htm   (709 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Irani’s production house Ugraya (another name of Lord Shiva) Entertainment will produce the soap in collaboration with Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms, which made Irani a household name as Tulsi Virani in the serial Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
Irani, who has in the past produced news features for Goa and Gujarat during the elections, has worked on the casting and script with Kapoor.
Irani, who as Tulsi has been television’s favourite bahu and saas for five years and now has a new track as ba, is also a brand ambassador for WHO and US Aid in India.
www.telegraphindia.com /1060718/asp/nation/story_6492528.asp   (309 words)

  
 Serial bahu adds Modi-twist to BJP soap opera
Ms Irani's threat of a death unto-fast at her Dahanu residence from December 25 (Christmas: is that symbolic too?), demanding Mr.
Some BJP leaders in Gujarat point out, and not wrongly, that Smriti Irani is too inconsequential a BJP leader to even speak out against Narendrabhai and that she is a political novice.
Ms Irani's real life fight against Modi is going to stretch endlessly like her serial and by the time it nears the end, nobody will be watching her.
www.ahmedabad.com /index/viewarticle/article/15101/section/14   (538 words)

  
 DNA - After Hrs - Smriti’s mercy killing controversy continues - Daily News & Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
While this was happening in Mumbai, Smriti Irani, who essays the role of Tulsi and is at the centre of the controversy, was busy shooting in the Ganges at Haridwar.
Confined to bed rest, the actor is deeply concerned about her husband’s grandmother who was admitted to hospital after a stroke.
Smriti is however quite at ease with her feigned on-screen death to occur soon.
www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1031452   (375 words)

  
 Nagaland celebrates peace, Army nurses relent on uniform, Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus plan, 80 pc polling in Nagaland; ...
The phenomenal 75 to 80 percent polling that took place was even higher than the average of the country, and was a clear indication of the fact that the people want peace.
Irani, who became a household name with her portrayal of the ideal daughter-in-law in the family saga, is hugely popular with housewives.
Irani has campaigned aggressively in the walled city, still known for its old world charm, and is seeking votes on her image of a dutiful family woman.
www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/news2004/may04/may0804_poll.html   (1165 words)

  
 The Bollywood Blog: Celebrity Interview: Smriti Irani ...
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) Smriti Irani, who plays the character of Tulsi in the popular soap "Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi", is angry and hurt by rumours that she is quitting.
Smriti, whose character in the serial produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balajee Telefilms has aged from a newly-married woman to that of the grand old matriarch, also denied that she had any problem playing an aged woman.
On the reported opposition by Irani to portray an aged woman, Kapoor said: "'Kyunkii..' already features Smriti as the aged Baa.
www.bollywood.com /archives/2006/07/celebrity_inter_53.html   (777 words)

  
 Tehelka - The People's Paper
They told me I was one of the people Smriti suspected, so I sent her a text-message saying, “Smriti I’m not the culprit, please help me.” She showed that to the police who then interrogated me for hours.
Smriti isn’t a Hollywood actress, she had no aura for me. She is just an ordinary woman who was a friend once.
No, Smriti once said I had spoilt her because no scriptwriter acquises to changes.
www.tehelka.com /story_main11.asp?filename=hub041605I_wont_give.asp   (414 words)

  
 Smriti Irani to promote Kerala tourism - BJP campaigner for kerala
This is exactly what Smriti Irani is expected to do: Rope in people to Kerala through the kitchen.
The Kerala tourism honchos are of the view that the house wife’s are the decision makers in majority of the upper middle class households.
The BJP had roped in Smriti Irani as a candidate for the Lok Sabha polls, but the electorate had given her a snub.
www.dancewithshadows.com /pub/kerala-tourism-smruti-irani.asp   (412 words)

  
 rediff.com: A day with Smriti Irani
mriti Irani, star of Ekta Kapoor's most popular television serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, is having her lunch when we arrive.
A co-star is expecting a baby and the duo are discussing possible names for the child.
Smriti likes the name Aditya, but makes a face at the name Ansh.
specials.rediff.com /movies/2005/may/11smriti1.htm   (81 words)

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