Avani Modi

{{short description|Indian actress}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Avani Modi

| image =Avani Modi attends the 17th Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards in Mumbai (15) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Avani at the 17th Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards in 2018

| birth_place = Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Actress, Model

| years_active = 2013–present

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Avani Modi is an Indian model and actress.{{cite web |title=Avani Modi Info |url=http://www.avanimodi.com/ |publisher=Avani Modi |accessdate=25 August 2015 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925134607/http://www.avanimodi.com/ |url-status=live}}. She made her Bollywood debut in Madhur Bhandarkar's drama film Calendar Girls.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Avani-Modi-goes-from-bold-to-conventional-in-Calendar-Girls/articleshow/48958306.cms |title=Avani Modi goes from bold to conventional in 'Calendar Girls' |website=The Times of India |access-date=24 September 2015 |archive-date=17 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917025516/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Avani-Modi-goes-from-bold-to-conventional-in-Calendar-Girls/articleshow/48958306.cms |url-status=live |last1=Dedhia |first1=Sonil}}{{cite web |title=Calendar Girls movie. Her upcoming movie is 2.0 . |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/745743 |work=BollywoodHungama |accessdate=15 August 2015 |archive-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905052623/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/745743 |url-status=dead}}

Early life

Avani Modi was born and raised in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and educated at the HL college of Ahmedabad, where she became interested in acting.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}

Career

Modi's initial exposure was as an anchor on the local television channel ETV. She also began modelling and appearing in commercials for Airtel and other brands, appeared in TV serials on Sony TV and Zee TV, and featured in a video by Altaf Raja. Her Tamil movie debut was in Naan Rajavaga Pogiren, opposite Nakul. As well as Indian movies, she has also appeared in an international short movie, Gulab, which won the Best Film Award at the Canada International Film Festival.

She played role of Nazneen Malik in Madhur Bhandarkar's 2015 film Calendar Girls, about five girls from different regions of India who are selected to pose for the country's most prestigious annual calendar.{{cite news |title='Calendar Girls' teaser: Reminds you of 'Fashion' and 'Heroine' |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/CalendarGirls-teaser-Reminds-you-of-Fashion-and-Heroine/articleshow/47926043.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=2 September 2015 |archive-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706045841/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/CalendarGirls-teaser-Reminds-you-of-Fashion-and-Heroine/articleshow/47926043.cms |url-status=live |last1=Khuranaa |first1=Amann}}

Filmography

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!Year

!Film

!Role

!Language

2013Naan Rajavaga PogirenReemaTamil
2014GulabeeGulabeeTelugu
2015SarweshwarTelugu
2015StrawberryMilovinaTamil
2015Calendar GirlsNazneen MalikHindi
2016Carry On KesarAnnieGujarati
2022Modiji Ki BetiAvaniHindi
Director Eddy Singh

References

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