
^ "Salman Khan renamed Fugly actress as Kiara Advani". Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) Most Entertaining Actor (film) Debut – Female Guest appearance in the song "Kudi Nu Nachne De" All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted. Filmography Films Keyĭenotes films that have not yet been released Kiara will be a part of Anniyan's hindi adaptation opposite Ranveer Singh. Kiara is also going to appear in Ashutosh Gowariker's next Karram Kurram, which will be based on the success of the Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad. She has also committed to recollaborate with Kartik Aaryan in Sajid Nadiadwala's epic musical saga, directed by Sameer Vidhwans. In July 2021, she was announced as the leading lady in an untitled trilingual film in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi directed by S. She has also signed to play one of the lead opposite Vicky Kaushal and Bhumi Pednekar in Dharma Productions action comedy film Govinda Naam Mera, directed by Shashank Khaitan. Additionally, Advani is reuniting with Dharma Productions and Mehta for the romantic comedy film Jug Jugg Jeeyo, where she is paired opposite Varun Dhawan. She has also committed to essay the female lead opposite Kartik Aaryan in Anees Bazmee's standalone sequel of the 2007 supernatural comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa. The film released on 12 August on Amazon Prime Video. She next featured in Dharma Productions's next production, the 2021 action war film Shershaah, which is based on the life of army officer Vikram Batra (played by Sidharth Malhotra) as his fiancee. Abir Sengupta's directorial debut Indoo Ki Jawani (2020), one of the first Bollywood films to release in theatres post reopening and amid the 50% occupancy guideline due to the pandemic, featured Advani as a girl based in Ghaziabad, who finds love in dating apps. Instead of theatres, Laxmii was directly released online owing to COVID-19 pandemic. Ektaa Malik of The Indian Express considered the film to be a "lost opportunity" and added that Advani's character had been "reduced to the 'tortured-artistic-creative' types" while Rohan Naahar of Hindustan Times wrote, "Kiara delivers an absolutely electric performance as the unreliable Nanki, a fiery college student with a fondness for Faiz." During the same year, she was seen as the wife of Akshay Kumar in the horror comedy Laxmii, a remake of the Tamil film Kanchana.
In 2020, Advani starred in Guilty, a Netflix thriller film about sexual assault. In that respect, actress Anuradha Patel, Bharti's daughter from her first marriage, is her step-aunt.Ĭareer Hindi and Telugu career beginnings (2014–2018)Īdvani at the screening of Guilty in 2020 Her mother Genevieve Advani's step-mother is Bharti Ganguly who is the daughter of Ashok Kumar. Actors Ashok Kumar and Saeed Jaffrey are her step-great-grandfather and great-uncle, respectively, whereas model Shaheen Jaffrey is her aunt. She is also related to several celebrities through her maternal family.
The elder of two siblings, Advani has a younger brother, Mishaal. She has stated that it was Salman Khan's suggestion to change her name, as Alia Bhatt was already an established actress. Her choice of the name was inspired from Priyanka Chopra's character Kiara in the film Anjaana Anjaani. īorn as Alia Advani, she changed her first name to Kiara prior to the release of her first film, Fugly, in 2014. Kiara Advani was born to Jagdeep Advani, a Sindhi Hindu businessman and Genevieve Jaffrey, a teacher whose father was a Muslim from Lucknow and whose mother was a British Christian. 2.1 Hindi and Telugu career beginnings (2014–2018).