Aparnaa Bajpai

Aparna Bajpai
Aparna Bajpai at a public relations event
Born	Aparna Bajpai (1986-09-04) 4 September 1986 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actress, Model
Years active	2010–present

Aparna Bajpai is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam language films. She is best known for her role in the 2010 film, Easan, directed by Sasikumar.

Early life

Aparnaa Bajpai was born to Ramesh and Sushma Bajpai, and has two brothers: Ashish and Arpit.^[1] Aparnaa attended St. Xaviers Senior Secondary School in Chandigarh before going on to attend college in Delhi. She interrupted her college studies to pursue professional assignments. She is based in Chennai while acting in Tamil films.

Career

Aparnaa began her career doing modelling and appearing in various commercials, including one for a soft drink with Aamir Khan.^[2] Noted director Sasikumar selected Aparnaa for a role in Easan after spotting her in such an advertisement. The film featured her opposite Vaibhav Reddy, as Reshma Shivaraj, a rich Kannada language college girl and unlike other actresses, Aparnaa dubbed for her role herself.^[3] The film opened in December 2010 to critical acclaim, with the ensemble cast being praised as "near-perfect", with Aparnaa's performance being described as "fabulous" by critics.^[4][5]

She later played a dual role in Karuppampatti, opposite Ajmal. She also signed to be a part of Sasikumar's production venture, Thiru Nagar, which did not develop. She made her Bollywood debut with the horror film Horror Story. She is also playing a lead role in Ekta Kapoor and Ken Ghosh's directed web series XXX in an episode. She is making her debut in Malayalam Cinema through the film Shyam, opposite Rahul Madhav.

Filmography

References

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