Veena Dhandhia

>ACTOR - TELEVISION:
• ‘Disney Show‘ , ‘Best of luck Nikki‘ and ‘The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir‘
• Hindi serials - ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi‘, ’Kahani ghar ghar ki’, ‘Astitva- Ek Prem Kahani’, ‘Shaka-Laka-Boom-Boom’, ‘Magic Make-Up Box’, ‘Mansha’, ‘Kkusum’, ‘Tum Bin Jaun Kahan’, ‘Sanjeevni’, ‘Devi’, ‘K.Street Pali Hill’, Rishta.com… and the like
• Continuity roles in ‘Aakroshh’, ‘Kehani Shuru with Love Guru’, ‘Kittu Sab Janti Hai, ‘Roomies’, ’Naviya’
• Hindi skits for ‘Johnny Ala Re’

>ACTOR - FILMS, THEATRE:
• Hindi film ‘Jolly LLB‘ - Fox star productions - director ‘Subhash Kapoor‘
• Hinglish film-producer Kartikeya and director Manish Acharya- ‘The Loins of Punjab’, – under the banner of ‘Yash Raj Films.
• English short film-director Amit Khanna - Rahul Dagli – ‘Squall’- for film festivals (Equus Prod)
• English corporate film – for Welingkar Institute of Management
• English corporate film – for Godrej cow feed.
• Hindi stage play – ‘Teen Haseena’ – several shows
• Hindi stage play – ‘Operation Karodpati’

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Nokia, Wam drink (for Sri Lanka), Reynolds pen, Maruti Omni Van, Real namkeen (for Gujarat) Zapak, Kurkure, Horlicks biscuit, Apna Bazar (for USA) etc…

>COMPERE:
• Anup Jalota's Bhajan Sandhya at Shanmukhananda Hall
• Terence Lewis’s Dance Shows in Goa and Mumbai
• The Army Equestrian Display programme for the Mumbai Festival
• Professional stage programmes for marriages and other cultural events etc
in Mumbai, Agra, Jaipur and USA.
• ‘Arangetram’ performance of Ruchi Lodha.
• Sangit Kala Kendra’s (Birla group) variety programmes .
• The Children’s Day celebration at the Oberoi Hotel.
• Charity shows for social welfare organizations
• The Supermodel of India conferences.

>VOICE/DUBBING ARTIST:
• Voice for adfilms ‘Nokia’
• ‘Narration of childrens’ plays with different characters…e.g. Snow White
• Voice-overs for audio-visuals for various programmes…cultural, business
• Dubbed for my voice for my films that I acted in.

DIRECTOR - THEATRE:
• Co-directed (with Raell Padamsee) –“Alibaba and Baablu the Bear” (a children’s play)
• Co-directed (with Raell Padamsee) –“The Magic of Christmas” (a childrens’ play)
• Short plays of educational value and skits of entertainment value, for USIS and Akanksha – in English and in Hindi.

CHOREOGRAPHER:
• Cultural programmes in Mumbai, Agra and Jaipur.
• Musical play for children –“The Aladdin Extravaganza.”– Numerous public shows
• G.D. Somani’s annual play “The Singular Sensation” with a cast of approx. 250 children

DANCER:
• Performed in various stage shows: semi-classical, folk, modern, filmy, western.
• Show with Ruchita Mehta
• Shows with Shiamak Davar.
• “The French Festival” held at Chowpatty – on the dance team.
• Won individual and group prizes held at competitions during college
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