Monal Gajjar (born 13 May) is an Indian actress and model who mainly appears in

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and

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films. She debuted with 2012 Telugu film '' Sudigadu''. She has also acted in Satish Kaushik directed Hindi film ''

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'' in 2021 which is a satire on governmental system in Bharat.

Life and career

Gajjar was born on 13 May in a

family and hails from

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. While graduating in commerce, she started working in ING Vysya Bank. At the suggestion of her yoga teacher, Gajjar participated at the Mirchi Queen Bee beauty pageant contest organised by

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in 2011, which she went on to win. She later won the Miss Gujarat title as well. Even before the release of her first film, Gajjar signed five films, including a film in Tamil and Telugu. She made début in Malayalam with ''

Dracula 2012 ''Dracula 2012'' is a 2013 Indian supernatural horror romantic film directed by Vinayan, starring Sudheer Sukumaran, Prabhu, Monal Gajjar, Nassar, Shraddha Das and Thilakan. The film was partially re-shot in Tamil and Telugu as ''Naangam Pira ...

''. She has done a special appearance in

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's film. Her first two Tamil films '' Vanavarayan Vallavarayan'' and ''

Sigaram Thodu ''Sigaram Thodu'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Gaurav Narayanan, which was also produced by UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars Vikram Prabhu, Sathyaraj, and Monal Gajjar while Sathish, Gaura ...

'' released on the same day. Gajjar received good reviews for her performance in

. IndiaGlitz.com review says - Monal looking clean and sweet in looks and acting wise. Gajjar also received good reviews for ''Vanavarayan Vallavarayan''. Behindwoods.com review said - The tall Monal Gajjar looks totally gorgeous with sparkling eyes, and has all that it takes to be the next big glam sensation in Tamil Nadu. Though her role loses scope in the second half, she performs capably and also gets the lip-sync right. In September 2020, Gajjar entered the Telugu reality TV show '' Bigg Boss 4'' as one of the first contestants. She was evicted in December, before the final week.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

References

External links

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