Hazel Crowney, often written Hazel Croney, is a British model and actress who has starred in a number of Bollywood films and advertising commercials.
Hazel Crowney Early Life
English parents Karin and Phil Crowney welcomed their son into the world when he was born in London, United Kingdom. Her two younger sisters are named Zoë and Robyn. Growing up in Grosvenor Park, Chester, England, Crowney attended Bennett Memorial School in Tunbridge Wells for her formal education. Hazel Crowney then attended West Kent College to study fashion and textiles.
Hazel Crowney Career
When Crowney happened upon an Indian movie being filmed in Thailand in 2004 while on a backpacking trip, it was by happenstance that she made her way into Bollywood. The item song “Leke Pehla Pehla Pyaar” ended up being her first appearance in a Bollywood movie. Hazel Crowney appeared in the movie Janasheen as an extra. Hazel Crowney chose to try her luck in Mumbai after being drawn to the music and dance despite having no prior experience of the subcontinent.
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After doing commercials for Pond’s, Nokia, HSBC, and Samsung, she was cast in her debut feature film, MP3: Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar, in 2007. Hazel Crowney also performed in plays, for which she received a large salary.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a political organisation based in Mumbai, demanded Crowney and other non-Indian actresses, including Alice Patten, to quit Bollywood in 2010. They waged a campaign to outlaw Bollywood films using the roughly 1,000 British and other foreign actors who are frequently accused of robbing local girls of their careers. ‘Reshma Ki Jawani’ is an item song that Crowney sang for the 2014 release of Kaash Tum Hote. In the 2016 Telugu action drama Shankara, she also made an appearance in an item song.
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