Ankita Makwana Explained

Ankita Makwana
Birth Place:Zürich, Switzerland
Nationality:Swiss
Occupation:Actress, model, producer, writer, speaker
Alma Mater:University of St. Gallen
Known For:Bollywood actress, TEDx conference speaker

Ankita Makwana is a Swiss actress and model. She made her acting debut with the Bollywood thriller film Fever.[1] [2] [3] She is founder of two film production companies, Rebelmango and Am films.[4]

Early life

Makwana is daughter of the Honorary Consul-General of India to Zurich and State of the Vatican City J.H. Makwana.[5] She grew up in Zurich and lived in Geneva, Paris and Mumbai.[6] She studied Bachelor of Arts in Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.[6] [7]

Career

In her childhood Makwana hosted one episode of TV Show Euro Zindagi on Zee TV UK. Before acting in movies, she took formal training at the Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Lab in Mumbai in 2010. After that she started with small movies and ad films for companies like Ford Ikon or Universal Mobile where she shared screen space with renowned Bollywood actor R. Madhavan. She appeared in a friendly appearance in Sanjay Gadhvi's film Kidnap as Tisha. She has been a cover model for the Swiss women's magazine Annabelle. She has also modelled for 495dm and other brands. She was featured in the WW Who is Who Zurich 2014 magazine, and several other Swiss-German papers as such 20 Minuten and Schweizer Illustrierte. According to the media Makwana is also writing a script for a Bollywood movie which will be produced in Switzerland.[8] In October 2013 Makwana was invited as a motivational speaker at the TEDx conference in Zurich[6] Makwana is also producing, writing, directing and acting in the sitcom Zurich 8001. Zurich 8001 is the first international and English speaking sitcom to be shot entirely in Zurich, Switzerland.[9] [10]

Filmography

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YearFilmRoleNotes
2008KidnapTishaFriendly appearance
2015FeverGrace SoniLead Debut
2016The WriterGrace Soni
Zurich8001Amisha ShroffMain lead,[11] Sitcom
2018Lamia Davis[12]
2023Fast ForwardPadmeTV series[13]

Notes and References

  1. Isabelle Riederer, "Schweizerin dreht mit Ronaldo's Ex", 20 Minuten, p. 21, 15 May 2013
  2. Angelika Meier, "Zürcher Filmstar Ankita Makwana: Bollywood-Fieber an der ETH", Blick, 26 March 2014
  3. Web site: Fournier . Herve . Herve Fournier IDC Switzerland: Bollywood Fever Party at Thermes Parc Val d'Illiez . Hfidc.blogspot.ch . 27 February 2004 . 18 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Order of certified commercial register extracts . https://archive.today/20140218114337/http://zh.powernet.ch/webservices/net/HRG/HRG.asmx/getHRGHTML?chnr=CH-020.1.062.746-1&amt=020&toBeModified=0&validOnly=0&lang=1&sort= . dead . 18 February 2014 . 18 February 2014.
  5. Angelika Meier, "Zürcherin erobert Bollywood", Blick am Abend, p. 17, 26 March 2014
  6. Web site: Ankita Makwana . 18 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140301051146/http://www.tedxzurich.com/speaker/ankita-makwana/ . 1 March 2014.
  7. Web site: Bollywood fever at the ETH . 27 March 2014.
  8. Silvan Grütter, "Von der Uni nach Bollywood", Schweizer Illustrierte, p. 9, 7 January 2013
  9. Angelika Meier, "Für Bollywood: Zürich kriegt seine erste Sitcom", Blick, 9 July 2015
  10. meg, "Zurich 8001" - Zürich kriegt seine erste Sitcom", Blick am Abend, p. 14, 9 July 2015
  11. News: Schweiz-Indische TV-Produktion 'Zurich8001' Zürich ist der nächste Bollywood Star . Blick . 17 November 2015 . 17 November 2015.
  12. News: Saat des Terrors . ARD . 23 October 2018 . 24 October 2018.
  13. News: Fast Forward . imdb . 23 March 2023 . 5 November 2023.

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