Avani Modi

Avani Modi

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Avani Modi Profile

  • Name:
  • Avani Modi
  • Father:
  • Vinod Modi

Avani Modi Biography

Avani Modi is an Indian actress, associated with movies and theatre. Associated with Gujarati Theater, she has also worked in Bollywood and south Indian films. She made her film debut with Madhur Bhandarkar's drama film Calendar Girls in 2015. She is active in south Indian film scene since 2013 and has appeared in a couple of Tamil and Telugu films each. She has also worked as a model and TV anchor before her foray to south Indian films.

 

Avani – a Gujarati girl belongs to Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Her father’s name is Vinod Modi, who has worked as an assistant director of Shomu Mukherjee years back. She completed her graduation from HL college of Ahmedabad. Since her college days she was active in cultural events and has showed interests towards acting. She got support from her father to pursue a career in entertainment industry. She got chance to work as an anchor in ETV and she also did modelling during this time. She has appeared in many TV commercials including Airtel.

 

In 2013 she made her film debut through Tamil film - Naan Rajavaga Pogiren where she played parallel lead aside Nakul and Chandini. The film opened average reviews and was an average grosser at the box office. In 2014, she made her Telugu film debut with Gulabi and also acted in Sarweshwar the following year. In 2015, her second Tamil film was released –Strawberry, a horror film where she played female lead opposite P. Vijay, who scripted, produced and directed the movie as well. The movie also starred Samuthirakani and Yuvina Parthavi in pivot roles. But the movie was panned by the critics.

 

Same year she made her Bollywood entry with the much anticipated film of with Madhur Bhandarkar’s fashion oriented film -Calendar Girls, which received high positive reviews from critics. She played one among the 5 leading ladies of the film, who were portrayed as models for a prestigious annual calendar.

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Updated: February 05, 2016

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