Bhumi Pednekar

Bhumi Pednekar
Pednekar in 2017
Born (1989-07-18) 18 July 1989[1][2]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[2]
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active 2015–present

Bhumi Pednekar (born 18 July 1989) is an Indian film actress. After working as an assistant casting director at Yash Raj Films for six years, Pednekar made her acting debut with the starring role of an overweight bride in the company's 2015 romantic comedy Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Her performance was acclaimed and she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

Pednekar rose to prominence in 2017 by playing headstrong women in two commercially successful comedy-dramas, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan. The latter earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[3]

Early life

Pednekar did her schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir in Juhu Mumbai.[4] She was an assistant casting director for six years[5] with Shanoo Sharma of Yash Raj Films before venturing into acting.[4]

Career

Pednekar at the 2017 Screen Awards

Pednekar played the role of Sandhya Varma, an obese girl in her debut film Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), opposite Ayushmann Khurrana. To play the part of an overweight woman, she gained close to 12 kg, despite being slightly overweight before the shooting had commenced.[6] Rajeev Masand wrote in his reviews: "Pednekar steals the film with an assured turn, effortlessly making you care for Sandhya, without ever reducing her to a slobbering, self-pitying caricature."[7] After filming, she began losing weight and shared methods and tips of the process through her social media.[5] She lost significant weight before the release of the film.[8] The film proved to be a sleeper hit and Pednekar won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for the film.[9][10]

That same year, Pednekar appeared in Y-Films's mini web-series Man's World.[11] The four-part series about gender inequality premiered on YouTube on 29 September 2015.[12] It also featured the actresses Parineeti Chopra, Kalki Koechlin and Richa Chadda.[13]

After a year of absence from the screen, Pednekar appeared in Shree Narayan Singh's directorial debut Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017), alongside Akshay Kumar, which tells the story of a young woman in rural India who insists on the eradication of open defecation.[14] Despite disliking the picture, Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV praised Pednekar for "flesh[ing] out a refreshingly relatable college topper who becomes the principal catalyst for a mini-revolution".[15] The film proved to be a major commercial success with worldwide earnings of over ₹3.11 billion (US$43 million).[16][17]

Pednekar followed the success of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha with the comedy-drama Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017), a satire about erectile dysfunction. Directed by R.S. Prasanna, it marked her second collaboration with Ayushmann Khurrana.[18] Reviewing the film for The Indian Express, Shubhra Gupta wrote that Pednekar "once again reminds us just how convincing she can be as a real honest-to-goodness young woman in search of love", but bemoaned that she was being typecast in such roles.[19] It earned ₹640 million (US$8.9 million) against its ₹250 million (US$3.5 million) budget and earned Pednekar a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[20][21]

In 2018, Pednekar was featured by Forbes India in their 30 Under 30 list.[22] Her first screen appearance that year was in Zoya Akhtar's segment in the Netflix anthology film Lust Stories (2018), in which she played a maid who has an affair with her employer.[23] Writing for NDTV, Raja Sen considered Akhtar's segment to be the best among the four films in the anthology, and found Pednekar "hauntingly good" in it.[24] Pednekar will next star opposite Sushant Singh Rajput in Abhishek Chaubey's crime film Sonchiriya, in which she plays a dacoit.[25][26] She has also committed to feature in Takht, a historical drama directed by Karan Johar, which features an ensemble cast including Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Janhvi Kapoor, and Anil Kapoor.[27]

Filmography

Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Dum Laga Ke Haisha Sandhya Varma
Man's World Unnamed Web series
2017 Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Jaya Sharma (née Joshi)
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan Sugandha
2018 Lust Stories Sudha Zoya Akhtar's segment
2019 Sonchiriya Film yet to release TBA Post-production[26]

Awards and nominations

Year Film Award Category Result Ref.
2016 Dum Laga Ke Haisha Filmfare Awards Best Female Debut Won [28]
Producers Guild Film Awards Best Female Debut Won
Screen Awards Best Female Debut Won
Zee Cine Awards Best Female Debut Won
Stardust Awards Superstar of Tomorrow – Female Won
BIG Star Entertainment Awards Most Entertaining Actor in a Social Role - Female Won
International Indian Film Academy Awards Best Female Debut Won
2018 Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Zee Cine Awards Best Actor – Female (Viewer's Choice) Nominated [29]
Best Actor – Female (Jury's Choice) Nominated
Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards Best Actress Won [30]
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan Screen Awards Best Actor – Female (Popular) Nominated
Films of India Online Awards Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast Nominated [31]
Filmfare Awards Best Actress Nominated [32]
News18 Reel Movie Awards Best Actress Nominated [33]
International Indian Film Academy Awards Best Actress Nominated [34]

References

  1. ↑ Sangghvi, Bhavikk. "Movie prediction for ´Dum Laga Ke Haisha'". Planet Bollywood. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "15 women of courage share their inspiring stories". India Today. 11 June 2015. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bhumi Pednekar: I love vanity as a woman". Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  4. 1 2 Presenting Dum Laga Ke Haisha’s leading lady Bhumi Pednekar, the slim-fit version Archived 2016-02-07 at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 ‛Lose it’ like Bhumi Pednekar! Archived 2015-11-26 at the Wayback Machine., Bhumi Pednekar has shared "the fun little things" she did to lose weight.
  6. ↑ My Cinderella Story: Bhumi Pednekar Archived 2015-07-18 at the Wayback Machine., DNAIndia 7 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Think Big!". RajeevMasand.com. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  8. ↑ 7 things you don't know about Bhumi Pednekar. 6th is shocking Archived 2015-11-30 at the Wayback Machine., India Today.
  9. ↑ "Filmfare Awards 2016: Ranveer Singh bags Best Actor in leading role for Bajirao Mastani". ibtimes. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Singh, Prashant (17 March 2015). "NH10 and more: Sleeper hits, a new trend in Bollywood". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Man's World". www.yashrajfilms.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  12. ↑ Basu, Nilanjana (27 September 2015). "Parineeti, Kalki, Richa Show it is So Not a Man's World in Trailer". NDTV. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Bollywood celebs bat for gender equality with 'Man's World'". The Indian Express. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ↑ Iyer, Meena (11 August 2017). "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Movie Review". Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  15. ↑ Saibal, Chaterjee (11 August 2017). "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Movie Review - Akshay Kumar's Film Stinks To High Heaven". NDTV. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Toilet Ek Prem Katha Emerges a Blockbuster". Box Office India. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  17. ↑ MK, Surendhar (18 June 2018). "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha trumps Baahubali 2 in China; becomes Akshay Kumar's first film to cross Rs 300 cr mark worldwide". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar in Anand L Rai's Next Film". NDTV. October 22, 2015. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  19. ↑ Gupta, Shubhra (1 September 2017). "Shubh Mangal Saavdhan movie review: The Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar film suffers from a sagging climax". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  20. ↑ "Shubh Mangal Saavdhan". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  21. ↑ "Nominations for the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018". Filmfare. 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  22. ↑ "30 Under 30 2018". Forbes India. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  23. ↑ "Bhumi Pednekar on 'Lust Stories': 'I was wiping floors at home for weeks. My mom loved it'". Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  24. ↑ "Lust Stories Movie Review: 4 Directors Explore The Idea Of Lust, Without Caution". NDTV. 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  25. ↑ "Love, Sex, & Modern Relationships: Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, and Dibakar Banerjee Discuss Netflix's Lust Stories". News18. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  26. 1 2 "Bhumi Pednekar Shares Her Look From Sonchiriya, Also Starring Sushant Singh Rajput". NDTV. 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  27. ↑ "Takht: Karan Johar ropes in Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Janhvi Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and others for his next directorial". The Indian Express. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  28. ↑ "Filmfare Awards 2016: Ranveer Singh bags Best Actor in leading role for Bajirao Mastani". ibtimes. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  29. ↑ "2018 Archives - Zee Cine Awards". Zee Cine Awards. Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  30. ↑ "DadaSaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018: Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor Bags Best Actor Awards - SKJ Bollywood News". SKJ Bollywood News. 25 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  31. ↑ "FOI Online Awards". FOI Online Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  32. ↑ "Nominations for the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  33. ↑ "Reel Movie On Screen Awards 2018 | Best Film, Actor, Actress, Director and More". News18. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  34. ↑ "IIFA Nominations 2018: Tumhari Sulu Leads With 7 Nods, Newton Follows". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
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