Kiara Advani

Kiara Advani
Advani in 2018
Born
Alia Advani[1]

(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33)[2]
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

Kiara Advani (/ˈkɪərə ədˈvɑːni/; Hindi: कियारा आडवाणी, IAST: Kiyāra Ādvāni, [kɪˈjaːraˑ aːɖˈʋaːɳi]; born Alia Advani on 31 July 1991) is an Indian actress. She mainly appears in Hindi movies. She first appeared in the 2014 comedy movie Fugly, which performed poorly in the box office. She got her first successful role in the 2016 sports biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, even though she just played a minor role in that movie. She later went to act in the 2018 Telugu political drama Bharat Ane Nenu. In 2019, Advani starred in the Hindi romantic drama Kabir Singh and the comedy movie Good Newwz.

Early life and background

Advani in 2014

Advani was born on 31 July 1991 in Bombay, Maharashtra. Her father Jagdeep Advani is a Sindhi Hindu businessman. Her mother Genevieve Jaffrey is a teacher. Her maternal father was a Muslim from Lucknow. Her maternal grandmother was a Christian of Scottish, Irish, Portuguese, and Spanish ancestry.[3][4][5] She was born as Alia Advani. She changed her first name to Kiara before the release of her first movie Fugly in 2014.[1] She has said that Salman Khan suggested her to change the name from Alia to Kiara.[6]

She changed her name because Alia Bhatt had the same name, and was already an established actress. In an interview to Filmfare in 2019, she said that the name was inspired from Priyanka Chopra's character Kiara in the movie Anjaana Anjaani.[7][8]She is the eldest child of Jagdeep Advani and Genevieve Advani. Advani has a younger brother, Mishaal Advani. She is also related to many celebrities through her maternal family. Actors Ashok Kumar and Saeed Jaffrey are her step-great-grandfather and great-uncle respectively. The Model, Shaheen Jaffrey is her aunt.[9][10]

Career

Advani made her acting debut with the 2014 comedy-drama Fugly.[11] It was directed by Kabir Sadanand. She acted alongside an ensemble. The cast includes Mohit Marwah, Arfi Lamba, Vijender Singh, and Jimmy Sheirgill. The movie was a flop at the box office.[12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Salman Khan renamed Fugly actress as Kiara Advani". India Today. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kiara Advani's post for her 25th birthday in 2016". Instagram. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kiara Advani's post for her 24th birthday in 2015". Instagram. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Agrawal, Stuti (26 May 2014). "Having a film background can only get you to meet the right people: Kiara Advani". Times of India. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gene Junction: Kiara Alia Advani". Verve Magazine. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Salman Khan renamed Fugly actress as Kiara Advani". India Today. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Kiara Advani says her name is inspired by Priyanka Chopra's character in Anjana Anjani". Hindustan Times. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  8. ↑ Deshmukh, Ashwini (23 July 2019). "Kiara Advani on rejection, love and upcoming films". Filmfare. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  9. ↑ Gupta, Priya (5 May 2014). "My father saw '3 Idiots' and decided to let me do what I wanted to: Kiara Advani". Times of India. Retrieved 11 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Kiara Advani: Here are lesser known facts about the actor's parents". Republic World. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  11. ↑ Soumitra, Das (4 June 2014). "I have worked very hard for Fugly: Kiara Advani - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Box Office: Fugly gets a poor opening". Rediff. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

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