Maryam Zakaria

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Zakaria in 2012.

Maryam Zakaria (Persian: مریم زکریا; born on 27 September 1985 in Tehran) Swedish-Iranian actress. She has worked in Bollywood and the South Indian Cinema.[1][2] She is best known for her work in the 2012 film Agent Vinod.

Career[change | change source]

In Sweden, Zakaria worked as model, dance teacher, choreographer and established a Bollywood Dance School called the Indisk Dans Studio.[3] She moved to Mumbai in 2009 and began to model in ads for Set Wet, Layz and Coke.[3][4] She performed an item number in the film Nagaram (2010), after the director saw a video of her dancing on YouTube.[5][6] The film was a big breakthrough for Zakaria.[7]

Filmography[change | change source]

Films
Year Film Role Language Notes
2009 Paying Guests Hindi Special appearance
2010 Nagaram Tamil Special appearance
2011 100% Love Telugu Special appearance
Brahmigadi Katha Telugu Special appearance
Madatha Kaja Priya Telugu
2012 Sadda Adda Hindi Special appearance
Agent Vinod Farah Faqesh Hindi
Naa Ishtam Telugu Special appearance
Dammu Telugu Special appearance
Chakradhaar Hindi Special appearance
Rowdy Rathore Hindi Special appearance
2013 D-Day Hindi Special appearance
Bajatey Raho Hindi Special appearance
Grand Masti Rose Hindi
Arjuna Shruti Telugu Filming
2014 Anjaan (2014 film) Tamil Special appearance
Music videos
Year Title Artist Notes
2007 "Goli" Saeed Shayesteh
2007 "Man Sazegaram" Saeed Shayesteh
2007 "Akharin Ghasam" Saeed Shayesteh
2008 "Ghorboni" Saeed Shayesteh
2009 "Jatt Di Zameen" Preet Harpal
2009 "Doset Daram" Saeed Shayesteh
2009 "Aakh Ladhde" Jaswinder Daghima
2009 "Mast Malanga" Sanoj Kumar
2010 "Khoshgeleh" Saeed Shayesteh
2010 "Azaaram Bedi" Saeed Shayesteh
2011 "Ja Ja Ve Ve" Rishi Singh & Rajveer Dhillon

References[change | change source]

  1. "Swedish Sizzle". India Today. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  2. "Maryam Zakaria". Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Set Wet commercial girl Mushtaq Ahmed in Tollywood". Deccan Chronicle. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  4. Itsy bitsy – Balancing act Archived 2012-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. The Hindu. 11 February 2012
  5. Sizzling item number in Nagaram. Sify.com (2010-11-17). Retrieved on 2012-03-30.
  6. Where are all the item girls? – Times Of India Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2010-12-19). Retrieved on 2012-03-30.
  7. The girl who follows her dreams Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. Postnoon. Retrieved on 2012-03-30.

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