Nauheed Cyrusi

Nauheed Cyrusi is an Indian actress, model, and VJ.^[2]

Nauheed Cyrusi
Cyrusi at the Blackberrys Spring/Summer 2013 collection unveiling
Born	(1982-10-19) 19 October 1982 (age 42) [1] Belfast, United Kingdom
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actress model VJ
Years active	1999–2015 2021
Spouse	Rustom Contractor ​ (m. 2017)​

Early life

Cyrusi was born into a Parsi Zoroastrian family. She was born and raised in Mumbai and did her schooling from The J.B. Vachha Girls High School and graduated from the Jai Hind College with a degree in Business Management.^[3][2]

Career

Nauheed first appeared in an advertisement for Dhara Refined Oil, while she was in school. Subsequently, she went on to appear in advertisements for Head & Shoulders, Britannia Little Hearts Biscuits, and Ayurvedic Concepts (now Himalaya).^[2]

She also appeared in several music videos, most notably for the song "Piya Basanti".^[1]

She made her debut in 2003 with Padam Kumar's Hindi film, Supari, starring Uday Chopra. Subsequently, Vikram Bhatt chose her for Inteha opposite Ashmit Patel. She then appeared in youth-oriented tele-series Hip Hip Hurray.^[2] In 2004, Cyrusi starred in the Telugu film Sakhiya with Tarun Kumar.

She attended the India Fashion Week and the Allen Solly Fashion Show, along with fellow actress Koel Purie. In 2007, she appeared in Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee, ADA...A Way of Life, and Anwar, which was directed by Manish Jha, and also Lakeer.

She featured in Kisaan and Kurbaan in 2009 and Kuch Spice To Make It Meetha in 2012 with Purab Kohli and Kavish Mishra.

Personal life

She married Rustom Contractor on 5 January 2017.^[4]

Albums

Year	Album	Song	Co-stars	Singers
1999	Chahat	Teri Chahat Mein	Aarti Chabria	Harry Anand
2000	Piya Basanti	Piya Basanti Re	Donovan Wodehouse	Sultan Khan, K. S. Chithra
2000	Kehna To Hai		Shahid Kapoor	Kumar Sanu
2002	Muskaan	"Wo Ban Sawar Ke"		Pankaj Udhas

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language
2003	Supari	Dilnawaaz 'Dillu'	Hindi
	Inteha	Tina Saxena	Hindi
2004	Lakeer	Bindiya	Hindi
	Sakhiya	Chandana	Telugu
2006	Holiday	Samara	Hindi
	Rockin' Meera	Meera	English
2007	Anwar	Mehreen "Mehru"	Hindi
	Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee	Monica Seth	Hindi
	Aggar	Ritu Chaudhary	Hindi
2008	Sirf	Shalu	Hindi
	Bhootnath	Tina	Hindi
	Rafoo Chakkar: Fun on the Run	Juli Vipun Patel	Hindi
2009	42 km	Divya	Hindi
	Aasma: The Sky Is the Limit	Diya	Hindi
	Love Ka Tadka		Hindi
	Meeting Se Meeting Tak		Hindi
	Betchalor Party	Tanu	Hindi
	Kisaan	Titli Kaur	Hindi
	Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	Nina	Hindi
	Kurbaan	Salma	Hindi
2010	Ada... A Way of Life	Gul	Hindi
2012	Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi	Anahita	Hindi
	Kuch Spice To Make It Meetha	Tarana	Hindi
2014	Jai Ho	Simran Choudhry	Hindi
2015	Jaan Ki Baazi		Hindi

Television

Year	Title	Role
1999–2001	Hip Hip Hurray	Meera
2000	Just Mohabbat	Guest appearance
2009	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (season 2)	Herself
2013	Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan-Nawaazi Ki	Herself

Web series

Year	Title	Role
2021	Dev DD 2	Aditi Kapadia
	Bombay Begums	Piya Punwani
	Six	Orvana Joseph