Parul Yadav

Parul Yadav
File:Parul Yadav award.jpg
Born	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Film actress, television host, model
Years active	2000–present
Website	www.parulyadav.com

Parul Yadav is an Indian television and film actress and a model, who has appeared in various television shows and in South Indian films, primarily in Kannada. Post her modelling career, she made her acting debut in the Television series Bhagyavidhaatawhich will aired on colors tv in hindi language She rose to fame by acting in the Kannada film Govindaya Namaha (2011), which earned her the South Indian International Movie Award for Best Debutant and the Bangalore Times Best Newcomer Award, besides a nomination for Udaya Awards for Best Female Actor. For her performance in Bachchan, she won the South Indian International Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 61st Filmfare Awards South.

Career

Parul's career began as a model in Mumbai. She made her acting debut in the 2000 film Meri Aaghosh Mein starring Shakti Kapoor and then appeared in the 2004 Tamil film Dreams starring Dhanush and Diya. She switched over to television with the daily soap-opera Bhagyavidhaata which has aired on Colors since 2009. This was soon followed by the comedy reality show Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala on Star Plus where she was a participant representing the team Raveena Ke Mohre.

In 2011, she made her Kannada film debut in Govindaya Namaha which went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year. She played the role of Mumtaz, a Muslim girl falling in love with Govinda played by Komal Kumar. Her portrayal won her a SIIMA Best Debutant award (2013) and Bangalore Times Best Newcomer Award (2013) and a nomination in the Udaya Film Awards for the best actor category for that year. The song "Pyarge Aagbittaite" featuring her went viral on the internet sites and propelled her stardom. The same pairing in the 2012 film Nandeesha, however, could not continue the success at the box-office. Parul Yadav won the 'Glamour Icon of the Year' award given away by Suvarna TV channel.

Parul's next project was for the multi-starrer film Bachchan directed by Shashank and starring Sudeep. Yadav then starred in Shivajinagara, produced by Ramu Films. She was paired opposite Duniya Vijay. The movie was a blockbuster having completed 100 days of screening in theatres.

In 2014, Yadav signed for two movies that became landmark projects of her career, Vaastu Prakaara and Uppi 2. She played the role of an advocate in Vaastu Prakaara, which was directed by renowned film-maker Yogaraj Bhat. In Uppi 2 she is seen in a cameo opposite its director Upendra. Her latest release is K. M. Chaitanya's Aatagara featuring an ensemble cast. Upcoming films of Yadav include Seizer, Jessie and Vikramaditya.

Parul is presently shooting for the biggest movie of her career Killing Veerappan, which is being directed in multiple languages by the talented film-maker Ram Gopal Varma. The movie also marks Parul's official entry into Bollywood. Killing Veerappan is about the circumstances that led to the killing of dreaded forest brigand Veerappan. Kannada superstar Shiva Rajkumar plays the role of a police officer and Parul is paired with him. Killing Veerappan will also be dubbed and released in Tamil and Telugu.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2000	Meri Aaghosh Mein		Hindi
2003	Relax	Shanthi	Malayalam
2004	Dreams	Charu	Tamil
2005	Krithyam	Sandra Punnoose	Malayalam	Credited as Pavithra
2008	Bullet	Gayathri	Malayalam	Credited as Pavithra
2009	Black Dalia	Linda D'Souza	Malayalam	Credited as Pavithra
2012	Govindaya Namaha	Mumtaz	Kannada	SIIMA Award for Best Female Debutant Nominated, Udaya Award for Best Female actor
2012	Nandeesha	Sonia	Kannada
2013	Bachchan	Anjali	Kannada	SIIMA Award for Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Kannada
2013	Shravani Subramanya	Benne	Kannada	Special appearance
2013	Gobar Singh		Bhojpuri
2014	Shivajinagara	Pavithra	Kannada	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actress
2015	Pulan Visaranai 2		Tamil
2015	Vaastu Prakaara	Nirmala	Kannada
2015	Uppi 2	Sheela	Kannada	Extended cameo
2015	Aatagara	Mallika	Kannada
2016	Killing Veerappan	Shreya	Kannada
2016	Jessie	Nandini	Kannada
2016	Vijayaditya		Kannada	Filming
2016	Seizer		Kannada	Filming

File:Parul Yadav Award.JPG

Yadav after winning the Best Supporting Female Actor award for Bachchan

Television

• 2009 – Bhagyavidhaata – Colors
• 2011 – Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala – Star Plus
• 2015 - Darr Sabko Lagta Hai (episode nine) - &TV

Awards

• 2013: Suvarna Award for Lux Glamour Icon of the Year
• 2013: South Indian International Movie Award for Best Female Debutant – Govindaya Namaha (2012)
• 2013: Bangalore Times Best New Comer Award (Bangalore Times Films Awards) – Govindaya Namaha (2012)
• 2014: Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada - Bachchan (2013)
• 2014: South Indian International Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress – Bachchan (2013)

External links

• Official website
• Parul Yadav at the Internet Movie Database