Pragya Jaiswal
- Actress
- model
Pragya Jaiswal (born 24 June 1988) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu films. Jaiswal has won several awards including a Filmfare Awards South and a South Indian International Movie Award.[1]
Jaiswal made her acting debut in 2014 with the Tamil-language film Virattu in 2014. She had her breakthrough with the Telugu period drama Kanche (2015), for which she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South.[2][3] Jaiswal made her Hindi film debut with Titoo MBA. She went onto appeared in films such as Nakshatram (2017), Achari America Yatra (2018) and Akhanda (2021), which is her highest-grossing release.
Early life
Pragya Jaiswal is an Indian actress & model, born on 24 June 1988[4] in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Pragya Jaiswal completed her education from Symbiosis Law School at Pune.[5][6]
During her initial days at Symbiosis University, she participated in various beauty pageants and became a successful model. In 2014, she received the Symbiosis Sanskritik Puraskar for her achievement in the field of art and culture.[7]
Career
Jaiswal made her acting debut in the Indian Tamil film named Virattu, which released in 2014. In 2015, she starred in the Telugu film Mirchi Lanti Kurradu and later in the period drama Kanche directed by Krish. Jaiswal had previously auditioned for a role in Krish's Gabbar Is Back. She did not land that role but Krish later offered her the role in Kanche.[8][9][10][11] She played a cameo in Jaya Janaki Nayaka starring Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Rakul Preet Singh and Jagapathi Babu.
She made a cameo appearance for the song "Anandam" in the devotional Biographical film of Hathiram Bhavaji, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao for Nagarjuna's Om Namo Venkatesaya in 2017. Akhanda was her recent movie as a main female lead opposite to Nandamuri Balakrishna which collected around 133 Crores gross Worldwide.[citation needed]
Filmography
Films
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
- All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | Virattu | Mavi | Tamil | [12] | |
Titoo MBA | Gulshan | Hindi | [13] | ||
2015 | Mirchi Lanti Kurradu | Vasundara | Telugu | [14] | |
Kanche | Sita Devi | [15] | |||
2017 | Om Namo Venkatesaya | Bhavani | [16] | ||
Gunturodu | Amrutha | [17] | |||
Nakshatram | Kiran Reddy IPS | [18][19] | |||
Jaya Janaki Nayaka | Falguni | Extended cameo | [20] | ||
2018 | Achari America Yatra | Renuka | [21] | ||
2021 | Akhanda | Saranya Bachupally IAS | [22] | ||
2022 | Son of India | Iravathi | |||
2024 | Khel Khel Mein | Naina | Hindi | [23] |
Music video
Year | Title | Singer(s) | Composer | Director | Producer | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | "Main Chala" | Guru Randhawa, Iulia Vantur | Shabbir Ahmed | Shabina Khan | Salman Khan or Salman Khan Films | [24] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Kanche | 63rd Filmfare Awards South | Best Female Debut – South | Won | [25] |
5th South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Female Debut - Telugu | Won | [26] | ||
CineMAA Awards | Best Female Debut | Won | [27] | ||
Zee Telugu Apsara Awards | Best Find of the Year | Won | [citation needed] | ||
TV9 National Film Awards | Best Debut Actress | Won | [citation needed] | ||
2021 | Akhanda | 10th South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Actress – Telugu | Nominated | [28] |
References
- ^ "Pragya Jaiswal interview". FHM India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Kavirayani, Suresh (12 September 2015). "I was scared to slap Varun: Pragya Jaiswal". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "Sai Pallavi, Pragya Jaiswal share Best Debut Actress award at 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards South 2016". The Times of India. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Pragya Jaiswal Biography". ragalahari.com.
- ^ Anjali Shetty (22 January 2014). "'I am pleasantly surprised' - City-Pune". DNA. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ Amit Kumar (22 January 2014). "Pragya Jaiswal Biography". infoknocks.com. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "Alumini Newsletter-2014" (PDF). symlaw.ac.in. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "'Kanche' transported me to a different era, says Telugu actress Pragya Jaiswal". The Indian Express. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (23 October 2015). "Kanche: Breaking the fence". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "Kanche Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "Movie review 'Kanche': Love reigns in war zone". Deccan Chronicle. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "Virattu Movie Review {1.5/5}: Critic Review of Virattu by Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Nishant Dahiya and Pragya Jaiswal - faces of Titoo MBA". The Times of India.
- ^ "Mirchi Lanti Kurradu Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Mirchi Lanti Kurradu by Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Pragya Jaiswal's "pinch me" moment". The Times of India.
- ^ "Pragya Jaiswal in Nagarjuna's Namo Venkatesa". Deccan Chronicle. 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Gunturodu Movie Review {2.5/5}: The movie is made for the mass audience and heads up to those who can't stand explicit dialogues". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Pragya Jaiswal to don the khaki". Deccan Chronicle. 18 August 2016.
- ^ "Kanche girl Pragya Jaiswal all set don Khaki". TheNewsMinute. 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Pragya Jaiswal is going places!". Deccan Chronicle. 9 December 2016.
- ^ "It's a mass film: Pragya Jaiswal". Deccan Chronicle. 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Pragya Jaiswal Replaces Sayyeshaa As The Leading Lady Of This Balakrishna Starrer". TheTeluguFilmnagar. 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Pragya Jaiswal joins Akshay Kumar starrer Khel Khel Mein". Bollywood Hungama. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Salman Khan and Pragya Jaiswal song "Main Chala" out". 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Sai Pallavi, Pragya Jaiswal share Best Debut Actress award at 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards South 2016". The Times of India. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "SIIMA 2016 winners". Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "CineMAA Awards 2016 Winners List". RITZ Magazine. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Allu Arjun's Pushpa: The Rise Leads SIIMA Nominations; Check Full List Here". News18. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
External links
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- Pragya Jaiswal on Instagram
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