Piaa Bajpai

Piaa Bajpai

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Piaa Bajpai Profile

  • Name:
  • Piaa Bajpai
  • Born:
  • January 4, 1986
  • Education:
  • Diploma in Computer Science

  • Awards:
  • Piaa Bajpai is an Indian film actress and model concentrating in the films of Tamil and Telugu languages. She was initially a model and later evolved to be an actress and noted for her performance in the comedy film Goa and the thriller film Ko.

     

    Piaa was born on 4th January 1986 in Etawah in Uttar Pradesh. To pursue her studies related to computer, she settled down in Delhi. Her parents did not like her settling down at Delhi but she was working as a part time receptionist to earn for her living while doing her diploma in computer science. However she did not like that office job and went to Mumbai and started working there as a dubbing artist for television series.

     

    She got some opportunities in modeling industry and was appearing in print advertisements and commercials as well as in music videos. She worked with Amitabh Bachchan in the Cadbury advertisement and with Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the Sonata ad.

     

    She was spotted by the film producer Priyadarshan in one of the commercials and picked her up and gave her chance to act in the Tamil film which turned out to be her debut movie named Poi Solla Porom. Her performance was welcomed with good reviews opening her career in the film industry.

     

    Some of the films that she has acted includePoi Solla Porom, Aegan, Ninnu Kalisaka, Goa, Bale Pandiya, Ko, Masters, Thozhan, Dalam, etc. 

Piaa Bajpai Biography

Piaa Bajpai is a south Indian film actress and successful model. Her most noted movies are Ko and Goa, both are Tamil movies. She has also appeared in several television commercials. She debut big screen in the year 2008 with the Tamil movie, Poi Solla Porom. Later she worked in Malayalam and Telugu films also. She appeared aside Prithviraj and Ananya in Malayalam thriller, Masters.

 
Piaa Bajpai was born in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. At the age of 16, she resettled at Delhi. She joined a computer science course in Delhi in hope to get a break in Bollywood, though her parents were against her decision. While doing diploma course at Delhi, she did part-time jobs of a receptionist and tution teacher to earn money to make her portfolio. After a year, she felt restless with her job and relocated to Mumbai. Piaa then began to work as a dubbing artiste for serials though she was not at all happy. Later she moved to television commercials and worked as a model. She was eventually signed on by film-maker Priyadarshan to appear in a commercial directed by him. It provided her big break to enter movies.

 
After appearing in Priyadarshan's commercial, she was invited for an audition for a Tamil movie that she accepted. The comedy film, Poi Solla Porom, was directed by A. L. Vijay and her role as bubbly and cheerful girl was appreciated. The success of the movie gave her more film offers as well. She appeared in Raju Sundaram's Aegan (remake of Mein hoon naa) where she reprised the role played by Amrita Rao. In 2009, she appeared in a low-budget Telugu film, Ninnu Kalisaka for which she got positive reviews.

 
It was during the final day shooting of the movie Aegan that Ajith Kumar introduced her to director Venkat Prabhu. She got the role in Goa after 6 months, which established her as a successful actress of Tamil cinema. For her supporting role in Ko, she received Vijay Award. She has also acted in Telugu movies like - Ninnu Kalisaka, Dalam, and Back bench student. 

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Updated: July 01, 2018

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