Swapna (actress)

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Swapna and Raman Khanna

Swapna Khanna is an Indian actress who worked in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films from the 1980s and early 1990s. She was named Swapna, formerly Manjari Dhody, by Anil Sharma.

Swapna began her career with the Bharathi Raja-directed Kamal Haasan-starring Tik Tik Tik(1981) and thereafter acted in several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language movies.[1] She also appeared occasionally in Bollywood films like Teri Meherbaaniyan, Dak Bangla, Hukumat, Izzatdar, Janam Se Pehle and others. She guest starred in the Aditya Pancholi-starrer Qatil (1988). She quit the film industry after her marriage in 1993 and is now actively involved with her husband, Raman Khanna in an event management company called Sangini Entertainment that organises and manages Bollywood and Indian classical dance events abroad. Some of their shows include Shaam-E-Rangeen and DreamGirls Of Bollywood, which have been performed worldwide. Along with this she also runs a resort called "The Brook at Khanna's", which is located in Karjat, Mumbai.

Filmography[edit]

Kannada[edit]

Tamil[edit]

Telugu[edit]

  • Swapna (1981) as Swapna
  • Priya (1981)
  • Parvati Parameshwarulu (1981)
  • Billa Ranga (1982)
  • Kokilamma (1983)
  • Kanchana Ganga (1984) as Ganga
  • Samsaram O Sangeetam (1984)
  • Kathanayakudu (1984)
  • Pothe Ponni (2006)

Hindi[edit]

Malayalam[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[edit]

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