Avani Modi

Avani Modi is an Indian model and film actress, a well-known face in Indian movies and theatre plays in Gujarati theatre[1] She made her Bollywood debut in Madhur Bhandarkar's drama film Calendar Girls,[2] released on 25 September 2015. The movie is based upon the story of five girls and their journey as an annual calendar girl. It shows the hardships that women are subjected to. This is a Rom-Com movie. [3]

Avani Modi
Avani attends the 17th Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards in 2018
Born
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress, Model
Years active2013–present
Parents
  • Vinod Modi (father)
  • Alka Modi (mother)
Websitewww.avanimodi.com

Early life and background

Avani Modi was born in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. She was also brought up at her birthplace. She completed her graduation from HL college of Ahmedabad. While doing graduation, she participated in cultural programs at her college. As doing various events like this she got more & more interest towards acting. She considers her father, Vinod Modi as her strongest support and inspiration as he had worked with Shomu Mukherjee long back as an assistant.

Career

Avani Modi initially got a chance to work on local channel of ETV (Git Gunjan & Yuva Sangram) as an anchor. She was also doing modelling side by side and did commercials like Airtel & other brands. She played roles in TV serials on Sony TV and Zee TV and featured in one of the video by Altaf Raja. She debuted in her first Tamil movie called Naan Rajavaga Pogiren in which she was cast opposite Nakul Kumar. Apart from few Indian movies she has also did an international short movie named Gulab, which won the Best Film Award at Canada International Film Festival.

She played role of Nazneen Malik in Madhur Bhandarkar's 2015 film Calendar Girls. The film focuses on five girls from different regions of India, who have been selected to pose for the country's most prestigious annual calendar which is a joint effort between business tycoon Rishabh Kukreja and his photographer friend Timmy Sen.[4]

Filmography
Year Film Role Language
2013Naan Rajavaga PogirenReemaTamil
2014GulabeeGulabeeTelugu
2015SarweshwarTelugu
2015Strawberry (film)MilovinaTamil
2015Calendar GirlsNazneen MalikHindi
2016Carry On KesarAnnieGujarati

References

અવની મોદીએ કહ્યું, કાસ્ટીંગ કાઉચને વધુ પડતું ચગાવવામાં આવ્યું છે, મને પણ તેનો ઘણી વખત અનુભવ થયો છે divyabhaskar.com Sep 27, 2019

  1. "Avani Modi Info". Avani Modi. Retrieved 25 August 2015..
  2. "Avani Modi goes from bold to conventional in 'Calendar Girls'".
  3. "Calendar Girls movie. Her upcoming movie is 2.0 ". BollywoodHungama. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. "'Calendar Girls' teaser: Reminds you of 'Fashion' and 'Heroine'". TimesofIndia.
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