Rajeev Masand bemoaned that her passive character 'offers the actress little to work with'. The film had a worldwide gross of over ₹378 crore (US$47 million) becoming her highest-grossing release, but critics panned it due to its depiction of misogyny and toxic masculinity. Rise to prominence (2019–present) Advani at an event for Shershaah in 2021Īdvani received wider attention later in 2019 for Sandeep Reddy Vanga's romantic drama Kabir Singh, starring Shahid Kapoor. In a scathing review for The Hindu, Sangeetha Devi Dundoo wrote, 'It isn't Kiara Advani's fault that she looks lost in the melee.' In the same year, she had a guest appearance in Abhishek Varman's ensemble period film Kalank, produced by Johar. She, however, failed to replicate this success with her second Telugu film, Vinaya Vidheya Rama, co-starring Ram Charan. The film grossed ₹225 crore (US$28 million) worldwide, making it one of Telugu cinema's highest grossers. Janani K of India Today opined that she 'shines in her brief role' but added that her character was 'more of an eye-candy who doesn't add any purpose to the story'.

Īdvani expanded to Telugu cinema in 2018, appearing with Mahesh Babu in the action film Bharat Ane Nenu from Koratala Siva, about a student who unexpectedly becomes the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. She also featured with Shahid Kapoor in the music video 'Urvashi', sung by Yo Yo Honey Singh. Writing for NDTV, Raja Sen found her to be 'positively lovely' in it. She next collaborated with filmmaker Karan Johar, for their first of many films, in the Netflix anthological film Lust Stories (2018), where she starred opposite Vicky Kaushal as his sexually dissatisfied wife. Īdvani then starred in Abbas–Mustan's action thriller Machine (2017). Dhoni: The Untold Story was a major commercial success with global revenues of over ₹216 crore (US$27 million). She had a supporting role opposite Sushant Singh Rajput (who essayed Dhoni), as the real-life character of his wife, hotel manager Sakshi Rawat. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), a biopic of cricketer MS Dhoni who served as the former captain of Indian cricket team. Two years later, Advani appeared in the sports drama M.S. Mehul S Thakkar of Deccan Chronicle found her 'very striking' and said that she 'shows a lot of promise'. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote, 'Kiara Advani catches you completely unaware' and has the 'combination of looks and talent'. Dhoni:The Untold Story in 2016Īdvani began her acting career with the Hindi ensemble comedy film Fugly (2014). Career Early work (2014–2019) Advani promoting M.S. She stated that it was Salman Khan's suggestion to change her name, as Alia Bhatt was already an established actress. Her choice of name was inspired by Priyanka Chopra's character Kiara in the film Anjaana Anjaani (2010). īorn as Alia Advani, she changed her first name to Kiara prior to the release of her first film, Fugly, in 2014. Īdvani attended the Cathedral and John Connon School, and later attended Jai Hind College where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications. Actors Ashok Kumar and Saeed Jaffrey are her step-great-grandfather and great-uncle, respectively. She is related to several celebrities through her maternal family. Advani had further commercial success in the 2022 films Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Jugjugg Jeeyo, and gained praise for playing a troubled married woman in the romantic drama Satyaprem Ki Katha (2023).Īdvani was born 31 July 1991, to Jagdeep Advani, a Sindhi Hindu businessman and Genevieve Jaffrey, a teacher whose father was originally from Lucknow and whose mother was of Scottish, Irish, Portuguese, and Spanish ancestry. She later married her co-star in the film, Sidharth Malhotra.

For playing Vikram Batra's girlfriend in the war film Shershaah (2021), she was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She won the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. She gained appreciation for playing a sexually unsatisfied wife in the Netflix anthology film Lust Stories (2018) and played the leading lady in the political thriller Bharat Ane Nenu (2018).Īdvani received wider attention for starring in the romantic drama Kabir Singh and the comedy drama Good Newwz, two of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2019. After making her acting debut in the comedy film Fugly (2014), she played MS Dhoni's wife in the sports biopic M.S. Alia Advani (born 31 July 1991), known professionally as Kiara Advani ( ), is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu language films.

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