Nora Fatehi (born 6 February 1992) is a Canadian actress, model, dancer, singer, and producer who is predominantly known for her work in the Indian film industry. She has appeared in

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films. She made her debut in the Hindi film '' Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans''. She gained popularity in Telugu films by doing item songs in films like '' Temper'', '' Baahubali: The Beginning'' and '' Kick 2'' and has also starred in two Malayalam films, ''

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''. In 2015, she was a contestant on the reality television show ''

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'' and was evicted on Day 84. In 2016, she was a participant in the reality television dance show ''

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''. She appeared in the Bollywood film ''

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'' in which she was seen in the recreated version of the song " Dilbar" which crossed 20 million views on YouTube in the first 24 hours of its release, making it the first Hindi song to have garnered such numbers in India. She also collaborated with the Moroccan hip-hop group Fnaïre to release an

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version of the '' Dilbar'' song. In 2019, she collaborated with Tanzanian musician and songwriter

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to release her first international English debut song ''Pepeta''. In October 2022, she was chosen to feature in ''Light The Sky'', a song for the

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in Qatar, collaborating with artists,

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Early life

Fatehi belongs to a Moroccan family. She was born and raised in Canada. She studied political science and international studies. She graduated from

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. She has stated in interviews that she considers herself "an Indian at heart."

Career

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Fatehi began her career by appearing in

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'' Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans''. After that she debuted in

films with an item number, "Ittage Recchipodham", in Puri Jagannadh's film '' Temper''. She has also done a special appearance with

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and

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in the film '' Mr. X'' directed by

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and produced by

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. Later, Fatehi appeared in item numbers for films such as '' Baahubali: The Beginning''s song " Manohari" and in '' Kick 2''s song "Kukkurukuru". In late June 2015, she signed a Telugu film '' Sher''. In late August 2015, she signed a Telugu film '' Loafer'' which is directed by Puri Jagannadh starring opposite Varun Tej. In late November 2015 she signed a film ''

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''. In December 2015, Fatehi entered the

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house which was in its ninth season as a wild card entrant. She spent 3 weeks inside the house until she got evicted in the 12th week (Day 83). She was also contestant on ''

'' in 2016. She starred in '' My Birthday Song''. in which she is playing lead actress opposite

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Nora Fatehi at the trailer launch of Batla House

In February 2019, she signed a contract with the record label T-Series as an exclusive artist, and will feature on their upcoming films, music videos, web series, and web films. She then appeared in the 2020 dance film ''

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'' which became her first film with a supporting role. On 6 March 2021, Fatehi became the first African-Arab female artiste whose song " Dilbar" crossed one billion views on YouTube. In 2022, Nora gave a performance in

final closing ceremony.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Music videos

Discography

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fatehi, Nora 1992 births Living people Canadian female models Canadian film actresses Canadian people of Moroccan descent Canadian expatriate actresses in India Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants 21st-century Canadian actresses