Kalki Koechlin

Kalki Koechlin

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Kalki Koechlin Profile

  • Name:
  • Kalki Koechlin
  • Born:
  • January 10, 1984
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Ooty
  • Father:
  • Joel Koechlin
  • Mother:
  • Francoise Armandie
  • Spouse:
  • Anurag Kashyap

Kalki Koechlin Biography

Kalki Koechlin is a Bollywood actress of modern times, most popular role for her performance in Dev D as Chandramukhi. Dev D is a modern version of ancient Devdas and she won Filmfare est actress supporting role for this movie. Most recently she has married director Anuraj Kasyap. Her role in Zindagi na milegaa dobara of 2011 was also well appreciated and won Filmfare nomination for supporting actress. Nowadays she assists her husband to write screenplay for his movies.

 

Kalki Koechlin’s father is French who came to India. Her mother belongs to Tamil Nadu. That may be the reason why she looks entirely different from Indian heroines and such special traits placed her at a distinct position in Bollywood. She gets quick attention everywhere duo to her special features. Kalki Koechlin was born in the year 1984 in Kallatty Tamil Nadu and she studied at Hebron school, Ooty. Kalki Koechlin has studied theatre and drama in University of London and returned back to India after 2 years. She is proficient in speaking English, Tamil and French.

 

She did ads before joining movies. Dev D was her debut movie and due to her distinct looks and body language, she was well noticed with this movie itself. She began to get fresh new assignments quickly. Her works till now include Dev D, Shaitan, Shangai, Zindagi na milega dobara, Emotional athyachar, Thrishna, That girl in yellow boots, Yeh jawani hai diwani, My friend Pinto and Ek thi daayan. Her two movies are under production stage – Prague and Margarita with a straw.

 

Shangai was a critically well acclaimed movie of 2012 with Abhay Deol and Imraan Hashmi in the lead. Kalki Koechlin did the role of Salini sahey in this movie. In the movie My friend Pinto, she played the love interest of Prateik Babbar. But the movie was a big flop at box office. Her most recent released movie is ‘Yeh jawani hai diwani’. Kalki Koechlin plays the role of old classmate of Deepika Padukone in this movie – a supporting role. The movie ‘The girl in yellow boots’ of the year 2011 need special mention. This movie, directed by her husband was shown in many international shows and her role as a British woman was well appreciated too.

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Updated: May 29, 2018

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