Isha Sharvani

Isha was born in Gujarat, India as the eldest daughter of acclaimed danseuse Daksha Sheth and Australian musician father Dev Issaro from Perth.{{cite web |title=Dance beyond boundaries |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Dance-beyond-boundaries/article11643145.ece |website=The Hindu |last=Swaminathan |first=Chitra |date=8 February 2010}} She lived in Ahmedabad, from where she moved to Delhi, Vrindavan{{cite news |author=Swati R Chaudhary |url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/060802/128/66cwr.html |title=Isha Sharvani |website=GlamSham |agency=TNN |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=9 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313232821/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/060802/128/66cwr.html |archive-date=13 March 2007 |url-status=dead}} and Bangalore, before settling down in Thiruvananthapuram. She has a younger brother named Tao Issaro, who is a noted percussionist.

Isha's parents founded an arts school called Academy for Art Research, Training and Innovation (AARTI) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala,{{cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000820/spectrum/main4.htm |title=Inspiring life |work=Spectrum |date=20 August 2000 |access-date=15 July 2018 |archive-date=18 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618042450/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000820/spectrum/main4.htm |url-status=live}} where she lived for 13 or 14 years. At the age of thirteen, she began formal learning in dance from her mother Daksha Sheth at her dance school and learned Kalaripayattu, Kathak and Chhau dance as well as giving performances in 22 countries over last seven years.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}

According to an interview with India Daily, Isha stated she "lived a different life poles apart from the film industry. For 11 years I have been training eight to 10 hours a day in a very disciplined atmosphere where there is no distinction between boys and girls. I was not supposed to cry over a clipped nail. Beyond stage even my wardrobe has mostly unisexual dresses, jeans and T-shirts". She is a trained Malkam dancer, a type of folk dance.{{cite news |url=http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12-15-04.asp |work=India Daily |title=Subhash Ghai's new discovery Isha Sharvani - better than Madhuri and Ashwariya - ready for bold Bollywood |date=15 December 2004 |access-date=9 August 2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050112214900/http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12-15-04.asp |archive-date=12 January 2005 |via=archive.is |url-status=dead}}

File:Isha Sharwani, Salman Khan on the sets of 'Jhalak Dikhhlaa Jaa 5'(8).jpg]]

Isha never gave acting in films much priority, until she was spotted by filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who required someone with dancing skills to perform in his movie Kisna (2005). He offered her the female lead in the film opposite Vivek Oberoi.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} The film did not do well. She was also the dancer opposite Hritik Roshan in the Parle Hide & Seek commercial, performing a much appreciated dance duet with Hrithik Roshan. Since then she has continued her dance performances on stage, as well as signing for several movies which were released in 2006 and 2007. She appeared as the female lead in the Hindi comedy Darwaza Bandh Rakho in 2006.

She is currently the lead dancer in the Daksha Sheth Dance Company, and has performed in front of live audiences throughout the world, including Mumbai, London, Perth and Muscat.{{cite web |url=http://www.dakshasheth.com/latest-at-dsdc-1 |title=Daksha Sheth Dance Company |access-date=15 July 2018 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715093643/http://www.dakshasheth.com/latest-at-dsdc-1 |url-status=dead}} In 2012, Isha was a participant in the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 5, which was aired on Colors TV and earned acclaim for her dance performances in the show.{{cite web |url=http://www.invectura.com/contestants-list-of-jhalak-dikhhla-jaa-5/ |title=Contestants List of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 |date=16 June 2012 |access-date=23 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619043443/http://www.invectura.com/contestants-list-of-jhalak-dikhhla-jaa-5/ |archive-date=19 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}

In 2013, she played the title role as a housebreaker in the Malayalam short film Esha, a part of the anthology 5 Sundarikal.{{Cite news |last=George |first=Vijay |date=20 June 2013 |title=Five star experiment |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/five-star-experiment/article4833628.ece |access-date=23 February 2022 |issn=0971-751X}} In 2014, Sharvani played the lead role in the Malayalam film Iyobinte Pustakam, as an Anglo-Indian illegitimate child of a British landlord and an ethnic tribal Indian mother.{{Cite news |title=It felt like we had disappeared into a bygone era: Isha Sharvani |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/it-felt-like-we-had-disappeared-into-a-bygone-era-isha-sharvani/articleshow/38552065.cms |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=18 July 2014 |language=en}} In 2015, Sharvani played the title role in the Malayalam movie Double Barrel.{{Cite web |title=Watch Double Barrel Full Movie Online, Release Date, Trailer, Cast and Songs {{!}} Comedy Film |url=https://www.digit.in/digit-binge/movies/double-barrel-67625.html |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=www.digit.in |language=en |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108044959/https://www.digit.in/digit-binge/movies/double-barrel-67625.html |url-status=dead }}

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