Rashami Desai

**Shivani Desai** (born 13 February 1986), known by her stage name **Rashami Desai**, is an Indian actress who works in television and movies. She has won several awards, including two Indian Television Academy Awards and Gold Awards.

Rashami started her acting career with regional language movies. She made her Hindi TV debut with the show _Raavan_ in 2006, and later played two roles in _Pari Hoon Main_ in 2008. She became very popular for her role as Tapasya Thakur in the long-running TV show _Uttaran_ (2009–2014), which won her many awards. She also appeared in reality shows like _Zara Nachke Dikha 2_ (2010), _Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5_ (2012), _Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6_ (2015), and _Nach Baliye 7_ (2015). She had a short role in the 2012 movie _Dabangg 2_. Rashami also tried stand-up comedy on shows like _Comedy Circus_ _Mahasangram_ (2010), _Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala_ (2011), _Kahaani Comedy Circus Ki_ (2012), and _Comedy Nights Live_ (2016).

Rashami came back to fiction TV with the show _Dil Se Dil Tak_ (2017–2018), where she played the role of Shorvori in a love triangle story. After that, she took part in the reality shows _Bigg Boss 13_ (2019–2020) and _Bigg Boss 15_ (2021–2022). She also appeared in short roles in the shows _Naagin 4_ and _Naagin 6_. Rashami made her online (OTT) debut with the short film _Tamas_ and acted in a web series called _Tandoor_.

## Early life

Rashami Desai was born as Shivani Desai on 13 February 1986 in Nagaon, a town in Assam. Her family is originally from Gujarat. She has a brother named Gaurav Desai. Rashami grew up in Mumbai, where she completed her school and college studies. She also did a diploma in Tours and Travels from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai.

## Filmography

- Key

### Movies

|Year||Title||Role||Language||Notes|Ref(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|_Kanyadaan_||Assamese|Cameo||||||
|rowspan="3"|2003|_Balma Bada Nadaan_|Gauri/Jugni|rowspan="3"|Bhojpuri|||||
|_Maai Re Karde Bidaai Hamaar_|Kiran|||||||||
|_Kab Hoi Gawna Hamar_|Gauri|National Award for Best Feature Film in Bhojpuri||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2004|_Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke_|Sheetal|Hindi|Credited as Divya Desai|||||
|_Tulsi_||rowspan="6"|Bhojpuri|Award Winning Film||||||
|_Sohagan Bana Da Sajana Hamaar_|Gauri|||||||||
|rowspan="5"|2005|_Gazab Bhail Rama_|Gauri/Jyoti|||||||
|_Nadiya Ke Teer_|Radha|||||||||
|_Dulha Babu_|Jyoti|||||||||
|_Bandan Toote Na_||||||||||
|_Shabnam Mausi_|Naina|Hindi||||||||
|rowspan="7"|2006|_Hum Balbrahma Chaari Tu Kanya Kumari_|Jamuna|rowspan="7"|Bhojpuri|||||
|_Bambai Ki Laila Chapra Ka Chaila_||||||||||
|_Kable Aayee Bahaar_|Anu|||||||||
|_Kangna Khanke Piya Ke Angna_|Maya|||||||||
|_Pappu Ke Pyar Ho Gail_|Priya|||||||||
|_Sathi Sanghati_|Radha|||||||||
|_Tohse Pyar Ba_|Shefali|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2007|_Sambar Salsa_||English||||||
|_Hum Hai Gawaar_|Preeti|rowspan=7|Bhojpuri|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2008|_Gabbar Singh_||Special appearance in holi song||||||
|_Pyar Jab Kehu Se Hoi Jala_|Sangeeta|||||||||
|_Shahar Wali Jaan Mareli_|Pammi|||||||||
|_Umariya Kaili Tohre Naam_|Radha|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2010|_Laakhon Mein Ek Hamaar Bhauji_|Gauri|||||||
|_Kanoon Hamra Mutthi Mein_|Pooja|||||||||
|2012|_Dabangg 2_|Bride|Hindi|Cameo appearance in the song "Dagabaaz Re"||||||
|2017|_Superstar_|Anjali Kapadia|Gujarati|||||||
|2020|_Tamas_|Saina/Sania|Hindi Urdu|Short film||||||
|2024|_JNU: Jahangir National University_|Yuvedita Menon|Hindi|||||||
|rowspan="1"|2025|_Mom Tane Nai Samjay_|Aashka|Gujarati||||||
|rowspan="3"|TBA||TBA|Hindi||||||
||TBA|Hindi||||||||
||TBA|Punjabi||||||||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006–2008|_Raavan_|Mandodari|||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Pari Hoon Main_|Pari Rai Choudhary / Nikki Shrivastav||
|_Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai_|Priya||||
|2009|_Meet Mila De Rabba_|Dr. Meher Datta|||
|2009–2014|_Uttaran_|Tapasya Thakur Rathore|||
|rowspan="4"|2010|_Comedy Circus 3 Ka Tadka_|Contestant||
|_Meethi Choori No 1_|Contestant||||
|_Zara Nachke Dikha 2_|Contestant|Winner|||
|_Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars_|Host||||
|2011|_Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala_|Arshad Ke Punters Member|Runner-up||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_Haunted Nights_|Shivani||
|_Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5_|Contestant|1st runner-up|||
|2013|_Nautanki: The Comedy Theatre_|Natkhat Sali|||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_CID_|Sakshi||
|_Savdhaan India_|Aanchal/Mata||||
|rowspan="3"|2015|_Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6_|Contestant|9th place|
|_Nach Baliye 7_|Contestant|1st runner-up|||
|_Ishq Ka Rang Safed_|Tulsi||||
|rowspan="3"|2016|_Adhuri Kahaani Hamari_|Preeti||
|_Box Cricket League 2_|rowspan="2"|Contestant|||
|_Mazaak Mazaak Mein_|||||
|2017–2018|_Dil Se Dil Tak_|Shorvori Bhattacharya|||
|2017|_Rasoi Ki Jung Mummyon Ke Sung_|Contestant|||
|2018|_Tennis Premier League_|Player|||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_Chalo Saaf Karein_|Palak||
|_Khatra Khatra Khatra_|Contestant||||
|2019–2020|_Bigg Boss 13_|Contestant|3rd runner-up||
|rowspan="2"|2020|_Naagin 4_|Nayantara/Shalaka||
|_Ladies vs Gentlemen_|Panelist||||
|2021–2022|_Bigg Boss 15_|Contestant|5th runner-up||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Naagin 6_|Shanglira/Shalaka||
|_The Khatra Khatra Show_|Contestant||||
|2023|_Entertainment Ki Raat Housefull_|Contestant|||
|2025|_Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey_|Advocate Meenakshi Kapoor|Cameo Appearance||

#### Special appearances

|Year|Title|Role|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2009|_Vicky Ki Taxi_|rowspan="23"|Herself||
|rowspan="6"|2011|_Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4_|||
|_Dance India Dance 3_|||||
|_Ratan Ka Rishta_|||||
|_Stars Ka Tadka_|||||
|_India's Got Talent season 3_|||||
|Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan|||||
|rowspan="3"|2012|_Bigg Boss 5_|||
|_Movers & Shakers_|||||
|Comedy Ka Jashn|||||
|rowspan="3"|2013|_Bigg Boss 6_|||
|_Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6_|||||
|_Comedy Nights with Kapil_|||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_Nach Baliye 6_|||
|_Comedy Nights with Kapil_|||||
|rowspan="5"|2015|_Jamai Raja_|||
|_Farah Ki Daawat_|||||
|_Pesbukers_|||||
|_Comedy Nights with Kapil_|||||
|_Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi_|||||
|rowspan="2"|2016|_Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani_|||
|_Comedy Nights Live_|||||
|rowspan="5"|2017|_Bigg Boss 10_|||
|_Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman_|rowspan="2"|Shorvari|||
|_Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki_|||||
|_Bigg Boss 11_|rowspan="2"|Herself|||
|_Entertainment Ki Raat_|||||
|rowspan="4"|2018|_Tu Aashiqui_|rowspan="2"|Shorvori|
|_Belan Wali Bahu_|||||
|_MTV Ace of Space 1_|rowspan="4"|Herself|||
|_Naagin 3_|||||
|2019|_Kitchen Champion 5_||||
|rowspan="2"|2020|_Mujhse Shaadi Karoge_|||
|_Naagin 5_|Shalaka||||
|rowspan="3"|2021|_Bigg Boss 14_|rowspan="5"|Herself|
|_Bigg Boss OTT_|||||
|_Bigg Boss 15_|||||
|2024|_Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment_||||
|2025|_United State Of Gujarat_||||

### Music videos

|Year|Title|Singer(s)|Ref.||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2004|_Doliya Kahaar_|Anuradha Paudwal and Sunil Chhaila Bihari|||
|2015|_Teri Ek Hassi_|Jubin Nautiyal|||
|2016|_Sajna Ve_|Monali Thakur and Dilip Soni|||
|2020|_Ab Kya Jaan Legi Meri_|Palash Muchhal and Amit Mishra|||
|rowspan="3"|2021|_Kinna Sona_|Rahul Vaidya||
|_Subhan Allah_|Altamash Faridi||||
|_Zindagi Khafa Khafa_|Rahul Vaidya||||
|rowspan = "5"|2022|_Qatilana_|Ajay Keswani and Aakansha Sharma||
|_Biraj Mein Jhoom_|Anuradha Palakurthi Juju||||
|_Tere Pind_|Gurlez Akhtar and Fateh Shergill||||
|_Parwah_|Neha Bhasin||||
|_Khayalat_|Faisla Khan||||
|2023|_Pyar Eda Da_|Jyoti Nooran|||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Film/Show|Result|Ref(s)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2009|Indian Telly Awards|Popular Actor in Negative Role (Female)|rowspan="12"|_Uttaran_|||
|rowspan="2"|Indian Television Academy Awards|GR8! Ensemble Cast||||||
|rowspan="4"|2010|Best Actress (Popular)||||||
|Indian Telly Awards|Most Popular Actor in a Negative Role (Female)|||||||
|BIG Star Entertainment Awards|Most Entertaining Actor Female|||||||
|Gold Awards|Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female)|||||||
|rowspan="5"|2011|Star Guild Awards|Best Actor-Female in a Drama Series|||||
|FICCI Frames Excellence Awards|Best TV Actor (Female)|||||||
|Apsara Awards|Best Ensemble Cast|||||||
|rowspan="2"|Gold Awards|Best Actor Female (Popular)||||||
|Best Actress (Critics)||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|Apsara Awards|Best Actress in Drama Series|||||
|Colors Golden Petal Awards|Most Favourite Dancing Diva|_Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 5_||||||
|rowspan="4"|2017|Gold Awards|Best Actress|rowspan="3"|_Dil Se Dil Tak_|||
|Colors Golden Petal Awards|Favourite Jodi Siddharth Shukla, Rashami Desai|||||||
|Colors Golden Petal Awards|Best Actress|||||||
|Gujarati Iconic Film Awards (GIFA)|Best Actress|rowspan="2"|_Superstar_|||||
|2018|Gujarati Transmedia Awards|Best Debut Actress||||||
|2022|Midday IIIA Awards|Best Debut Actress In A Web Series|rowspan="2"|_Tandoor_||||
|2023|IIFTA Awards|Stellar Performer of the Year||||||
|2025|Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards|Best Actress of Film & Television|_Mom Tane Nai Samjay_|||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Rashami Desai
- **image**: Rashami Desai at Lokmat Most Stylish Awards 2022 (1) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Desai in 2022 at Lokmat Stylish Awards
- **birth name**: Shivani Desai
- **othername**: Divya Desai
Rashmi Desai
- **birth place**: Nagaon, Assam, India
- **years active**: 2002–present
- **occupation**: Actress