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Nauheed Cyrusi

Indian actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ6981172 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nauheed Cyrusi is an Indian actress, model, and VJ.

Early life

Cyrusi was born into a Parsi Zoroastrian family. She was born and raised in Mumbai and did her schooling from The J.B. Vachha Girls High School and graduated from the Jai Hind College with a degree in Business Management.

Career

Nauheed first appeared in an advertisement for Dhara Refined Oil, while she was in school. Subsequently, she went on to appear in advertisements for Head & Shoulders, Britannia Little Hearts Biscuits, and Ayurvedic Concepts (now Himalaya).

She also appeared in several music videos, most notably for the song "Piya Basanti".

She made her debut in 2003 with Padam Kumar's Hindi film, Supari, starring Uday Chopra. Subsequently, Vikram Bhatt chose her for Inteha opposite Ashmit Patel. She then appeared in youth-oriented tele-series Hip Hip Hurray. In 2004, Cyrusi starred in the Telugu film Sakhiya with Tarun Kumar.

She attended the India Fashion Week and the Allen Solly Fashion Show, along with fellow actress Koel Purie.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Nauheed Cyrusi” is indian actress. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Nauheed, Cyrusi and Indian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-10-19. For this dossier, Nauheed, Cyrusi and Indian is the immediate research focus.
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Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6981172. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nauheed Cyrusi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.