Kiara Advani

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 a good relationship 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 already 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. 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 develop her character more realistically. Also, the pictures helped Neeraj Pandey, the film director to style her hair and her dressing sense which gave authenticity to the character. Kiara Advani did Abbas Mastan’s Machine without audition Popular filmmakers 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 in the car racing scenes. The climax where she has an emotional outburst was quite challenging and she won wide acclaim from both 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 that Koratala Siva is the same director who gave recently the record-breaking blockbuster Srimanthudu.