Saloni Daini
Daini in 2020
Born2000 or 2001 (age 22–23)[1]
Sangli, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • stand up comedian
Years active2007 – present

Saloni Daini is an Indian television actress and stand-up comedian, having started her career as a child actress. She is best known for playing the character Gangubai in various comedy TV shows.[1] She is claimed to be one of the youngest comic stars on TV.[2] She has faced the camera from the age of three, acting in Marathi serials and Marathi and Hindi films, and has released a music album for Disney.[2] She also mimics film stars and politicians, and was seen in the promos of Shah Rukh Khan's Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain.[2] In 2010, she appeared on Comedy Circus Mahasangram.[3] She also featured in video series called Main 13 Hoon in June 2015 where among others, Saloni mimes Arnab Goswami pretty well along with Kajol and Sonam Kapoor.

Career

Daini appeared in various Indian stand-up comedy TV shows as child comedian. She played a fictional maid, Gangubai, in many of her stand-up comedy shows and people recognize her as Gangubai.[4]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Dum Kaata Gauri Debut film —
2010 No Problem Tuk Tuk —
2023 Thank You for Coming Rabeya Das —

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009–2010 Comedy Circus Contestant
2013 Raavi Cameo
2015 Tedi Medi Family Suhani Khurana
2016 Bade Bhaiyya Ki Dulhania Mona Pant
2018 Namune Kavya Agnihotri
2019–2020 Yehh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka! Farah Khan

References

  1. 1 2 "'Bhains lag rahi hai': Comedy Circus' Gangubai, Saloni Daini on being fat shamed, dramatic transformation post 22kg weight loss during coronavirus lockdown". 6 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Meet the youngest comic star on TV". Rediff. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Comedy Circus Mahasangram begins". The Times of India. 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "'Bhains lag rahi hai': Comedy Circus' Gangubai, Saloni Daini on being fat shamed, dramatic transformation post 22kg weight loss during coronavirus lockdown". 6 November 2020.


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