Girija Shettar

Girija Shettar (Kannada: ಗಿರಿಜಾ ಶೆಟ್ಟರ್) was a Caucasian/Indian film actress of South Indian Cinema.

Personal life

Girija Shettar was born on July 20, 1969 in Orsett, Essex to a Kannada doctor father and a British mother. From the age of 18, Girija got trained in Bharatanatyam. She has completed a doctoral thesis in Integral Yoga Philosophy & Indian spiritual psychology from Cardiff University in 2003. She spends as much time as possible at Sri Aurobindo Ashram of Pondicherry. A booklet of haiku poetry entitled "This Year, Daffodils" was published by Survivors' Poetry and the Esmee Fairburn Foundation, 2011.After the release of film Geethanjali , she has appeared on the front page of Screen , India June 30, 1989 issue.In 2002, "Gitanjali" was one of five films shown at the British Film Institute during a retrospective of Mani Ratnam's work. The films were chosen as...
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