Ekavali Khanna is an actress who stars in
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
,
Hollywood and
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
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films.
Early life
Born in
Kolkata
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, Khanna attended Modern High School and is a graduate of
Delhi University
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.
She is of mixed
Punjabi and
Goan
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heritage. Khanna divides her time between both
Mumbai
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and
Kolkata
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depending on her work, and culturally identifies as a
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
.
Career
Ekavali Khanna made her debut with ''Kaun Kitne Pani Main'', directed by national award winner Nila Madhab Panda in the year 2014. The same year she worked with another national award-winning director Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi in the film ''Zed Plus'' as the parallel lead opposite Adil Hussein. In 2014 and 2015 she did two more films: ''Daasdev'' by Sudhir Mishra and ''Satra Ko Shaadi Hai'', directed by Arshad Sayed. She also did a guest appearance in ''Bollywood Diaries'' directed by K.D Satyam. Her next release in 2015 was ''Dear Dad'', opposite Arvind Swamy, directed by Tanuj Brahmar. In 2017 she acted in ''Bioscopewallah'', directed by Deb Medhkar and ''Angrezi mein kehte Hain '', directed by Harish Vyas for which she won best actor at Oiffa 2018. In 2017 she acted in the Norwegian film ''What will people say'', as Najma she got critically acclaimed globally, the movie directed by Iram Haq was the official entry to the Oscars in 2019.
In 2018 she acted in the Hollywood film 'Line of Descent', directed by Rohit Karn Batra. She also played a pivotal role in ''Veere Di Wedding'', directed by Shashank Ghosh where she stole hearts with her lively Paromita. In the same year she played a role in Chotte Nawab' directed by Kumud Chaudhary, Dark light directed by Mayur Hardas, Yaarjigri directed Amit Joshi, Anaam directed by Ganesh Shetty and Aadhar directed by Suman Ghosh.
She has also appeared in Bangla films like ''Katmandu'', directed by Raj Chakroborty, ''Dwando'' directed by Suman Ghosh, and 'Nirontor', directed by Chandrashish Ray.
Filmography
See also
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Cinema of India
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Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
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Cinema of West Bengal
Tollywood, also known as Cinema of West Bengal, is an Cinema of India, Indian film industry of Bengali language, Bengali-language motion pictures. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nicknam ...
Other works
She also stars in web shows, 'Out of Love, directed by Tigmanshu Dhuliya and Aijaz Khan which is quite popular on Hotstar. Bombay Begums directed by Alankrita Srivastava and Birnila Chatterjee, which is a Netflix series portraying strong women of the society. She has also worked with Apoorva Lakhia for the series Raftaar.
References
Actresses in Bengali cinema
Living people
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Bengali actresses
Actresses from Kolkata
Year of birth missing (living people)
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