Shyamoli Varma is a famous Indian supermodel and actress. Shyamoli is also remembered as the first Lakmé girl since she became the first face of the brand in India, she started her career in 1979 and has worked for many Indian and International fashion brands till date. Although he was only 24 years old when he started, he left an impression on everyone and that is why the brand offered him a job is Paris. He works with brands and designers such as Vogue, Maxim, Pierre Cardin etc. He has also worked in films such as Kamasutra: A Tale Of Love (1996), Everybody says I’m fine (2001) and Rog (2005).
Wiki/Biography
Shyamoli was born on 11 December 1957 (Age: 64, as of March 2022) in Pune. He is of Bengali, Punjabi and English descent.
She studied Educational psychology at Sophia College for Women. The model after passing out of college took up a job as a telephone operator in Pune and later worked at the Taj Hotel as a receptionist. After that he worked in a jeans retail store in Mumbai where he was met by Jeannie Naoroji.
Physical appearance
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Family
Varma belonged to a Bengali-Punjabi family.
Parents & Siblings
His father is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army, his mother is a housewife while his brother works as a financial advisor in Melbourne. Later, his father moved to Australia and his mother, the owner of the largest bauxite mine in Niwan, Madhya Pradesh is now heavily in debt.
Husband & Son
Shyamoli married in 1981 to Jeannie Naoroji’s son but it did not work out because of the long distance between Paris and Mumbai. After a few years she meets Abhijeet Chatterjee and falls in love again, they get married and have a daughter together and they name her Akiksha but as in every happy love story, there is trouble in paradise and the two get divorced. Shyamoli became a single mother after that and bought a new house in Pune.
Caste
Varma belongs to the Kshatriya caste group.
Address
Undri, Pune
Career
Modeling
While Shyamoli was working as a salesman in a jeans store in Mumbai, he was discovered by Jeannie Naoroji, a famous fashion choreographer. Later, she signed a 3-year contract with Lakmé as the face of the brand. Lakmé needed a beautiful face to make a name for itself in the Indian cosmetics market and fight its taboos. A year later he started commercials for NESCAFÉ and Doordarshan.
He was offered a job in Paris by Pierre Cardin in 1980. After being rejected by many agencies, Clit chose him, this is an agency that takes girls from all over the world. He worked with major brands and designers such as YSL, Chanel, Vogue, Maxim, Karl Lagerfield, Max Mara, Comme des Garçons etc. Shaymoli is friends with fellow Indian model Anjali Mendes, photographer Rohit Khosla and Tunisian Azzedine Alai.
She returned to Pune in 1989 and started her career as a fashion choreographer, she traveled across India, France and Germany for the next 5 years for her job until her daughter was born.
Movie
The beautiful model starred in 3 films, one of which was ‘Rog’ which was released in 2005, In this film Shyamoli’s character is called Shyamoli and she starred alongside Ilene Hamann and Irrfan Khan, it was directed by Himanshu Bhrambhatt. The other two films are Kamasutra: A Tale Of Love which was released in 1996 and she played the role of Rasa Devi’s Courtesan and Everybody says I’m fine which was released in 2001 and she played the role of Mrs. Mittal.
Achievement
- Shyamoli was India’s first supermodel
- Shyamoli is called the Lakmé girl because she bagged the role of the first face of Lakmé in India
Favourite
Facts/Trivia
- Shyamoli is called Shy by his fans
- Despite her glamorous life, she checked herself into a nursing home when she was 49 because she felt so depressed
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
