Shalmalee Desai is an Indian television actress and writer. She is the ex-wife of popular television actor Avinash Sachdev. She is famous for playing the role of Sojal Agnihotri in the television series ‘Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir’ (2013), which aired on StarPlus.
Wiki/Biography
Shalmalee Desai was born on Friday, 17 March 1989 (age 34 years; in 2023) in Pune, Maharashtra. He attended St. Gregorios, Mumbai. He later attended Ramnivas Ruia Primary School. He pursued a BA majoring in Psychology at Ramnarain Ruia College in Mumbai in 2009. He then pursued an MBA in Marketing at the Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai. In 2020, he received another master’s degree in Digital Marketing from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Dublin, Ireland. He also attended a screenwriting course from Whistling Woods International Institute, Mumbai.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 6″
Weight (approx): 55 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Family
Parents & Siblings
There is not much information about his parents and siblings.
Shalmalee Desai with her father
Shalmalee Desai with her mother
Husband
She married TV actor Avinash Sachdev on 12 June 2015. Avinash and Shalmalee first met on the sets of the TV show ‘Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir’ (2013) and started dating after a while. They divorced in 2017.
Avinash Sachdev and Shalmeeli Desai wedding pictures
Career
Corporate Jobs
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited
Shalmalee Desai started her career in June 2011 as a Marketing Management Trainee at Zee Networks. After completing his six months of training, he left the firm in November 2011. He rejoined the firm in September 2021 as an assistant brand manager and worked there for almost a year.
Digital DVI
In March 2021, he started working as a client partner at a digital agency called ‘DViO Digital’ in Mumbai. He worked there for almost seven months and left the firm in September 2021.
Vama Events Pvt. Ltd
In November 2017, he joined event services company ‘Vama Events Pvt. Ltd.’ as an account manager. After working there for a year and a half, he resigned from the company in April 2019. However, he rejoined the company in June 2023 as a project manager.
acting
Shalmalee Desai made her television debut with the reality show ‘Lux The Chosen One’ (2012), which aired on UTV Stars. In the show, he participated as a contestant and also became a winner.
Shalmalee Desai in a still of the show ‘Lux The Chosen One’
In 2013, he hosted the show ‘Just Khans,’ on UTV Stars. In the same year, he debuted as an actor in the TV show ‘Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir,’ which aired on StarPlus. She played the role of Sojal Agnihotri in the show.
Shalmalee Desai in a still from the TV show ‘Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir’
In 2014, she played Mrs. Bhagat Dave in the Indian crime television series ‘Encounter,’ on Sony TV. In the same year, she made a cameo appearance in the TV series ‘Ek Haseena Thi,’ on StarPlus. He made an episodic appearance in the television mini-series ‘Gulmohar Grand’ (2015). In 2017, he appeared in the short film ‘August 16.’
Shalmalee Desai in a still from the short film ‘August 16’
Script writing
In 2016, Shalmalee started working as a screenwriter with Shoonya Square Productions. He wrote the script for the TV show ‘Thapki Pyar Ki’ (2016), on Colors TV. In 2017, he wrote the script for the TV show ‘Ek Aastha Aisi Bhee,’ which aired on StarPlus.
Facts/Trivia
- She is a trained Kathak dancer and underwent formal training for 15 years to learn it.
- He is also a golfer.
- He is often seen consuming alcohol on various occasions.
Shalmalee Desai takes alcohol
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
