HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Meet Shannon Esra, the South African beauty in 'Salaam-e-Ishq'23rd Jan 2007 22.05 IST By Aparajita Ghosh She is a well-known face on South African television. Shannon Esrechowitz (also known as Shannon Esra) is one of the six heroines in Nikhil Advani's movie Salaam-e-Ishq . At the age of 24, Shannon has come a long way since she began her acting career at 16. Shannon's very first acting assignment was in the movie 'I Dreamed of Africa' (2000) that starred Kim Basinger and Vincent Perez in lead roles. In the movie, Shannon played a young girl named Siri. 
Having already begun her acting career at a young age, Shannon then went on to study Dramatic Arts at the University of Witwatersrand where she received a special commendation for being the most outstanding student. After taking her honorary degree, Shannon dabbled in theatre productions. She gave an award winning performance in Dorothy Ann Gould's production 'Japes'. From year 2005, Shannon's acting career began to pick up. She played a small but important role opposite actor Eric Stoltz in the Sci Fi Channel's miniseries 'The Triangle'. But what brought her to everyone's notice was her role as an undercover cop in the gritty psychological thriller 'Snitch'. In 2006, she played the romantic lead in Darrell Roodt's film 'Number 10'. It was around this time Shannon got an offer to play one of the leading ladies in Nikhil Advani 's movie 'Salaam-e-Ishq'. In the film she plays a New Yorker who comes to India to prevent her boyfriend from an arranged marriage. Her co-star in the film is Govinda , who plays a taxi driver and falls in love with her. Although Shannon has no ambition to move to Bollywood, she is quoted as saying that she might consider more film offers in future, if the roles are good. She is also eager to make her mark in Hollywood. 'Salaam-e-Ishq' releases on January 25. Related Shannon Esrechowitz Salaam-e-Ishq Nikhil Advani Govinda |
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