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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 break through 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.〔(An Interview with Vaishnavi Mahant. ) 12 October 2001. Accessed 1 February 2011.〕 She went on to play leading roles in several Tollywood movies. Recently, she was seen playing 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vaishnavi Mahant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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