Komal Sharma is an Indian actress, model, National Squash Player. She won the title ''Miss Metropolis 2011''. She won the best actor award from

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2018. She Acted with

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in Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea. She also acted in Bollywood

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which is directed by

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and "Public " with

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which is directed by Raa Paraman.

Early life

Komal Sharma was born in

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India to North Indian parents. She is the youngest of four siblings. Graduated in Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) from Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Arts and Science College for Women,

. She earned her Honorary

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in 2018.

Career

Beauty pageants

She won the title Miss Metropolis 2011 and continued winning pageants like Miss Tamil Nadu, Miss Beautiful Skin of Tamil Nadu, Miss Beautiful Skin of South India, Fresh Face of South India, twice crowned as Miss Tamil Nadu in two different event.

Sports

Komal got interest on Squash from her school days. She joined the Squash Racquets Federation of India (SRFI) and won several junior and senior National

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championships. She represented Tamil Nadu several times in national level tournaments and won the medals.

Acting career

In 2013, she was offered a role in

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's ''

Sattapadi Kutram ''Sattapadi Kutram'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil action drama film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar starring Sathyaraj, Vikranth, Harish Kalyan. Bhanu, Komal Sharma, and Aishwarya Rajesh are the female leads, and A. Venkatesh, Suresh, and Radh ...

''. Before its release, she completed ''Oothari'', directed by Shakti Krishna. After the release of her debut film

, she taken the films seriously and carefully chosen the roles. Komal acted in '' Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA'', the sequel to ''

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''. directed by

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. Sharma played the titular role in Telugu film ''

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'', directed and produced by Sunil Kumar. It is Komal's Telugu debut. Later appeared in Tamil film ''

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'' directed by director Shaji Kailash. '' Natrinai'' is a Tamil movie directed and produced by director Gautham Elangovan. She debuted to Malayalam film in '' Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea'', directed by director Priyadarshan. In Marakkar she is paired opposite to actor

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. Her second Malayalam film Ittymaani: Made in China released before Marakkar and movie went was commercially successful. She won best actress award at chilli International film festival for her movie ''Security'' short film directed by director Udhaya Alagappan. Komal's next in Tamil film is ''Shot Boot 3'' directed by Director Arunachalam Vaidhyanathan. She has finished another untitled Tamil movie Director Samuthirakani is doing a titular role in this.

Komal featured in more than 150 print and television commercials nationally and Internationally. Komal appeared in various dance shows internationally.

Filmography

References

Mohanlal sir explained the meaning of Jimikki Kammal to me: Komal Sharma , Tamil Movie News - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/mohanlal-sir-explained-the-meaning-of-jimikki-kammal-to-me-komal-sharma/articleshow/74813396.cms

External links

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