Kiara Advani

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Wanted to be a film actress since the age of two Though Kiara Advani’s father is a businessman and her mother a teacher but she has inherent acting genes from her great grandfather, who happens to be Indian Cinema’s First Superstar of the 30’s and 40’s Ashok Kumar. Besides she is also the grand-niece of another great acting stalwart Saeed Jaffrey, who played the superlative role the adorable paanwala in Chashme Baddoor (1981). From the tender age of two years young Kiara adored mirror and would love to get herself clicked and dreamt of becoming an actress like her idol Madhubala. Despite scoring 92% in class XII, Kiara did not go aboard as her other friends Kiara did her education from Mumbai’s most renowned Cathedral and John Connon School, where generally the children of the rich and famous study. Hence after class XII when most of her friends went aboard for further studies, Kiara stunned all her friends by joining Mumbai’s humble Jai Hind College and did her graduation in Mass Communications because she had made up her mind to become a actress. The degree in Mass Communication escalated her personality and improved her speaking skills, particularly in public. Later she took proper training in acting from Mumbai’s prominent acting institutes like Anupam Kher’s School of Acting Actor’s Prepares and Roshan Taneja’s Institute. This training in acting boosted her confidence and polished her skills in acting. Kiara Advani is indebted to Aamir Khan’s film 3 Idiot It may sound strange but it’s true that Kiara is indebted to Aamir Khan’s film 3 idiots because Kiara’s father was dead against her daughter joining films but Kiara was adamant to join films. Hence there was strain between father and daughter, until one day her father happened see Aamir Khan’s film 3 Idiots. The movie had an amazing transformation to his outlook towards films . Thereafter her father gave her and her brother Kariya permission to do whatever they were passionate about!

Kiara Advani was linked with her co-stars Though Kiara Advani has been linked with her co-stars she is not seriously involved in any relationship. First when she was doing Fugly she was linked with her-co star Mohit Marwah and later when she began her film Machine she was accused of dating director Mustan’s (of Abbas-Mustan fame) son, Mustafa Burmawalla. But she has denied all relations. She is just 24 years and aspires to just focus on her career rather than wasting time in romancing!

Salman Khan played a pivotal role in giving Kiara her first break Kiara Advani’s mother Genevieve Jaffrey and Salman Khan were close friends from the days when Salman Khan was not even a film star. They used to cycle together and had a lot of fun. Incidentally Kiara’s father Jadeep Advani too has good relation with Salman Khan and his family. Hence after completing her training in acting when Kiara was ready to be launched Salman Khan recommended actor Akshay Kumar, who was producing Fugly, with newcomers, to cast Kiara in the lead role. Akshay agreed. Fugly was a semi-hit and it marked the entry of Kiara in Bollywood. It may be noted that Salman Khan rechristened Kiara from Aliya as the film industry all ready has one Alia Bhatt! Kiara Advani met Sakshi Dhooni to learn the nuances of the role After being selected for the role of Sakshi, Kiara read a lot about Dhooni and Sakshi’s love story. In fact she even met Sakshi personally. Kiara in an interview said that like any other ordinary girl, Sakshi has no starry tantrums. She is simple and grounded. She gave her pictures of her younger days when she first met Dhooni and shared a lot of details that helped Kiara to develop her character more realistically. Also the pictures helped Neeraj Pandey, the film director to style her hairs and her dressing sense that gave authenticity to the character. Kiara Advani did Abbas Mastan’s Machine without audition Popular filmmaker Abbas and Mustan who made ShahRukh Khan, Kajol and Shilpa Shetty star with their film Bazigar (1993) were impressed by Kiara’s performance in the film MS Dhoni- The Untold Story and offered her the role without even taking any audition. The best thing that Kira loved about her role was that it gave her ample scope to display her histrionics and her physical ability, particularly the car racing scenes. The climax where she has an emotional outburst was quite challenging and she won wide acclaim from both the critics’ and film buffs. Kiara Advani set to storm South Cinema; Signed opposite Mahesh Babu After creating sensation in Bollywood by giving hit films like Fugly and MS Dhoni- The Untold Story, Kiara Advani, the new Bollywood sensation is set to storm down South Film Industry as she has been signed opposite South Superstar Mahesh Babu. According to reports director Koratala Siva has signed Kiara Advani, the sex serine from Bollywood in his Telugu film ‘Bharath Ane Nenu' (BAN). It may be noted Koratala Siva is the same director who gave recently record-breaking blockbuster Srimanthudu.