Parvati Melton is an American model and actress known for her works in Indian Telugu and Malayalam-language films. She was a 2004 Miss Teen India Bay Area winner and is a trained ballet and classical Indian dancer.
She debuted in the film industry with the Telugu film Vennela (2005) starring Raja, which turned out to be a success. She acted in the blockbuster Malayalam film Hallo (2007) with Mohanlal.[1] She again shot to fame with the item song "Poovai Poovai" in Telugu film Dookudu (2011) opposite Mahesh Babu.[2]
Biography
Parvati was born in San Francisco, California to a German/Scottish father Sam Melton and an IndianPunjabi mother Preity Singh.[3] She has one younger sister Ariana Sitara Melton.[4] She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and was a professional figure skater. She graduated from Emeryville High School and attended Vista Community College in Berkeley, California. She won several beauty pageants like the Miss Teen India Bay Area pageant in 2004 and the Miss India Le Visage USA pageant in 2005.[5] While still studying in Vista College, she was offered the lead role in the Telugu film Vennela. Although she intended to go back to school after the project, the film's success kept her away.[citation needed]
She married Shamsu Lalani, a real estate businessman, in 2012 and subsequently retired from films.[6]
