Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian politician, former model, television actress, and producer. She is a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing Amethi. Irani holds the record of winning five consecutive Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actress – Popular.
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Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian politician, former model, television actress, and producer. She is a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing Amethi. Irani holds the record of winning five consecutive Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actress – Popular, four Indian Telly Awards. In April 2019, in a poll affidavit, Irani said she is not a graduate. She revealed that she undertook her exams for Bachelor of Commerce first year from Delhi University’s School of Open Learning, but did not complete the three-year degree course. She was one of the participants of the beauty pageant Miss India 1998 who couldn’t reach the top 9, along with Gauri Pradhan Tejwani. In mid-2000, she won the lead role of Tulsi Virani in Ekta Kapoor’s production Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on Star Plus. In 2007, she produced the TV serial Virrudh for Sony TV and also portrayed the lead character of Vasudha in it. She also produced Mere Apne for 9X and portrayed the protagonist alongside Vinod Khanna. In 2012, she worked in Bengali movie AmaIrani. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2003 and became the vice-president of the Maharashtra Youth Wing in 2004. In 2004, she contested unsuccessfully against Sibal Kapil for the 14th Lok Sabha from Chandni Chowk in Delhi.
She won the seat by defeating Congress President Rahul Gandhi in 2019 by defeating him in the general elections. In the 2nd Modi Ministry she was again sworn in as a Cabinet Minister on 30 May 2019. She retained her post as the Minister of Textiles and was also given an additional charge as Minister of Women and Child Development succeeding Maneka Gandhi. She has been a part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from childhood as her grandfather was an RSS swayamseVak and her mother was a member of Jana Sangh. She appeared in a number of TV shows, including Zee TV’s Ramayan and Teen Bahuraaniyaan. In 2008, she along with Sakshi Tanwar hosted the show Yeh Jalwa, a reality show featuring celebrities along with their troops on 9X. In 2009, she also produced a comedy show on SABB called Maniben. In 2011, she co-produced the show Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasmaan under her banner Ugraya Entertainment and co- produced by Balaji Telefilms. In 2013, she appeared in the comedy show Manaben, which aired in collaboration with Contiloe Entertainment. In 2014, she starred in the movie Manibeni.
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