Ekavali Khanna Explained

Ekavali Khanna
Birth Name:Ekavali
Birth Place:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma Mater:Modern High School Kolkata,
Delhi University
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2009 – Present
Parents:Arun Chopra

Ekavali Khanna is an actress who stars in Bollywood, Hollywood and Bengali films.

Early life

Born in Kolkata, Khanna attended Modern High School and is a graduate of Delhi University.She is of mixed Punjabi and Goan heritage. Khanna divides her time between both Mumbai and Kolkata depending on her work, and culturally identifies as a Bengali.

Career

Ekavali Khanna made her debut with Kaun Kitne Pani Main, directed by national award winner Nila Madhab Panda in the year 2014. The same year she worked with another national award-winning director Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi in the film Zed Plus as the parallel lead opposite Adil Hussein. In 2014 and 2015 she did two more films: Daasdev by Sudhir Mishra and Satra Ko Shaadi Hai, directed by Arshad Sayed. She also did a guest appearance in Bollywood Diaries directed by K.D Satyam. Her next release in 2015 was Dear Dad, opposite Arvind Swamy, directed by Tanuj Brahmar. In 2017 she acted in Bioscopewallah, directed by Deb Medhkar and Angrezi mein kehte Hain , directed by Harish Vyas for which she won best actor at Oiffa 2018. In 2017 she acted in the Norwegian film What will people say, as Najma she got critically acclaimed globally, the movie directed by Iram Haq was the official entry to the Oscars in 2019.

In 2018 she acted in the Hollywood film 'Line of Descent', directed by Rohit Karn Batra. She also played a pivotal role in Veere Di Wedding, directed by Shashank Ghosh where she stole hearts with her lively Paromita. In the same year she played a role in Chotte Nawab' directed by Kumud Chaudhary, Dark light directed by Mayur Hardas, Yaarjigri directed Amit Joshi, Anaam directed by Ganesh Shetty and Aadhar directed by Suman Ghosh.

She has also appeared in Bangla films like Katmandu, directed by Raj Chakroborty, Dwando directed by Suman Ghosh, and 'Nirontor', directed by Chandrashish Ray.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Source
2010 Memories in March Ekavali Khanna
2013 Ganesh Talkies Dolly
2014 Zed Plus Saeeda
2014 Khola Hawa Mona Lisa
2015 Katmundu Bhanupriya [1]
2015 Kaun Kitne Paani Mein Gulabi
2016 Bollywood Diaries Raveena
2016 Dear Dad Nupur Hindi film
2017What Will People SayNajma Norwegian[2] [3] [4]
2017Line of DescentNaimaEnglish/Hindi film[5]
2018BioscopewalaShobhitaHindi film
2018Veere Di WeddingParomitaHindi film
2018Angrezi Mein Kehte HainKiran BatraHindi film[6]
2020The PrologueNandiniBengali film
2023The Lady KillerMadhuriHindi film
2024 Chote Nawab MariamHindi film
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Notes and References

  1. News: Kath Mundu . All News View . 1 February 2015 .
  2. Web site: The Times Group . https://web.archive.org/web/20180728132959/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=Ekavali-wraps-up-shoot-for-Norwegian-film-06022017106038 . dead . 28 July 2018 . The Times of India . en . 28 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Ekavali Khanna on an ascent . 20 July 2023 . The New Indian Express.
  4. News: 4 September 2017 . Asking for work makes me uncomfortable, says Ekavali Khanna . The Times of India . 20 July 2023 . 0971-8257.
  5. Web site: The Times Group . The Times of India . en . 28 July 2018.
  6. News: 4 September 2017 . Asking for work makes me uncomfortable, says Ekavali Khanna . The Times of India . 20 July 2023 . 0971-8257.
  7. News: 1 May 2021 . Ekavali Khanna on ‘Bombay Begums’ getting her global recognition . en-IN . The Hindu . 20 July 2023 . 0971-751X.