Dehradun girl Mahi Khanduri has appreciated all the people of her native State for their positive response to her recently released film — Dee Saturday Night.
Addressing the media here on Sunday, she said that youth aspiring for a career in the film industry should first complete their higher education. Stating that she was not here to promote her yet to release film — MAD, she said, “It feels great when your work gets appreciated at home. My movie Dee Saturday Night which was released on February 21 received good response here.”
MAD is a suspense thriller that revolves around the lead actress Mahi and her love life with two characters played by Aseem Ali Khan and Karron Malik. An incident affects her married life but she manages to overcome the situation.
Addressing youth interested in the film industry she said, “I would advise the youth aspiring for a career in the film industry to first complete their education because it takes time for one to get steady in the film industry,” while adding that there was lot of talent in Dehradun but what was needed was the right opportunity and some other conducive factors. Referring to the havoc wreaked by the June 2013 disaster in many parts of Uttarakhand, she said that life in the disaster affected areas was very tough.
The daughter of Girish and Kiran Khanduri, Shweta Khanduri popularly known as Mahi Khanduri was born in Chakrata and completed her schooling from Dehradun before graduating from Bharatiya Vidyapeeth, Pune and specialising in office management and marketing.
She was crowned Miss Uttaranchal in 2004-05. During her academic life she was an active sportsperson competing at the district level in cricket, basketball and hockey. later she also modelled in ramp shows and advertisements. Her parents, her uncle and Congress leader Vivekanand Khanduri were also present at the Press conference.