Flora Saini, also known by her screen name Asha Saini or Mayuri, is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Telugu cinema and Hindi cinema films, and has also appeared in a number of Kannada cinema and Tamil cinema films.
She has done more than 80 projects as an actress. Since her debut in Prema Kosam (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors like Venkatesh, Balakrishna, Sudeep, Shivarajkumar, Vijayakanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar.
The actress subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu-language films, such as Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001), in the next three years.
She appeared in the film Narasimha Naidu (2002), It was for some time the most notable film in her filmography, and it led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter.
In 2002, Flora made her first Hindi-language film, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced Bharat Bhagya Vidhata. Her second Hindi film, Love in Nepal (2004), also produced by Agarwal, saw her paired with Sonu Nigam.
Flora has appeared in several Kannada-language films, too, including Giri, starring Srinagara Kitty, and Nammannna, starring Sudeep.
In March 2008, she was arrested in Chennai for supposedly having forged visa documents, and was subsequently banned from the Tamil cinema. She claimed innocence, and the ban was lifted a couple of weeks later.
Three films in which Flora Saini stars – the Telugu-language Broker, and two Kannada-language films, Vismaya Pramaya and Vah Re Vah – were released on 31 December 2010.
She received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for her anti-poverty work there in 2010.
She was then seen in season 2 of web-series Gandii Baat with Anveshi Jain, where she played a lead role. Recently, Saini was seen in many web series and notably worked in Mayanagari-City of Dreams of Hotstar.
In 2015, Flora Saini appeared in starring Gurmeet Ram Rahim. She played the role of a daughter, Muskan, with Jayshree Soni as Kasam and Olexandra Semen as Alice.
In October 2019 Flora Saini made her debut in Bengali web series Dupur Thakurpo on hoichoi. In the 3rd season of the series, she played the iconic role of Phulwa Boudi.
In 2023, she appeared as Rani Gulkanda in .
In 2025, Flora would make an appearance on Star Maa, with her participation in Bigg Boss Telugu 9. However, she would be evicted on Day 35, after completing a month in the show.
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| 2020 | Bahut Hua Samman | Sapna Rani | |
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| 2025 | Bigg Boss Telugu 9 | Contestant | Telugu |
| 2016 | Maid in India | Maid | Webtalkies | ||
| 2016 | A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend | Mariyam James | Arre OTT | ||
| Sajelli | ALTBalaji | ||||
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| 2018- 2019 | Inside Edge | Ayesha Dewan | Amazon Prime | Season 1 Recurring; Season 2 Main | |
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| Bombers | Minister's Wife | ||||
| Dupur Thakurpo | Phulwa Boudi | ||||
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| 2021 | Akkad Bakkad Rafu Chakkar | ||||
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| 2023 | The Trial (Indian TV series) |
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