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Dolly Minhas
Born
Dolly Minhas

(1968-02-08) 8 February 1968 (age 58)
OccupationModel, actress
Years active1991–present
Spouse(s)
Anil Mattoo
(
m. 1997)

Dolly Mattoo (née Minhas) (born 8 February 1968) is an Indian actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss India Universe 1988 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1989.[1] She has acted in Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu and Kannada films. She has also worked in Hindi TV shows such as Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir and Choti Sarrdaarni. During the 1990s, she worked in negative shades in Mukesh Khanna's popular serial Mahayoddha as Rajkumari Bijli and in Shaktimaan as Shaliyaa - Catwoman; considered as India's first actress to play Catwoman (including Ashwini Kalsekar, whom with she shared the screen as her elder sister).

Biography[edit | edit source]

She belongs to[clarification needed] Punjab and was raised in Chandigarh. She fell in love with the director of her first film, Anil Mattoo, whom she eventually married.[2] She later acted in some Punjabi and Kannada films and Hindi TV serials.

Television[edit | edit source]

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Filmography[edit | edit source]

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Hindi films[edit | edit source]

Telugu film[edit | edit source]

Swedish films[edit | edit source]

Punjabi films[edit | edit source]

Kannada films[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Priyadarshini Pradhan won the best national costume award at the Miss Universe pageant". The Times of India.
  2. "Catch-Up With The Past Miss Indias". Femina. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  3. "Mr. Vasu (1995) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com. Retrieved 28 June 2025.

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