Gracy Singh
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 Singh in 2011 |
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| Born | 20 July 1980 New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Actress, NGO director |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Gracy Singh (born on 20 July 1980 in Delhi, India), is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role as Gauri in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. She began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets" and her first acting role was in the television soap, Amanat. She then got an acting role in the film Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (as Kajol's younger sister) and also in Hu Tu Tu. This finally led her to her role opposite Aamir Khan in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India where she played a village belle. She was nominated in this role for the Filmfare best debut actress award, losing it to Bipasha Basu.
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[edit] Career
Singh started her career with the television serial Intazar Aur Sahii, which was telecast on Doordarshan. Despite her well received performance in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, Singh's career never took off. Her reluctance for doing glamorous roles did not help her course either, although she did get a few hit films to her credit in Hindi and Telugu including Munnabhai M.B.B.S. and Santosham. She has starred in Punjabi films such as Lakh Pardesi Hoye. She has also starred in a Malayalam film Loud Speaker directed by Jayaraj.
She is director of the NGO Save our Souls for abolishing dowry. Singh is also a trained classical dancer having studied Bharatanatyam with Deepak Mazumdar.[1]
[edit] Awards
- 2002: Won - IIFA Awards - Special Award, "Face of the Year"
- 2002: Nominated - Popular Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Lagaan
- 2002: Won - Screen Weekly Award for Most Promising Newcomer for Lagaan
- 2002: Won - Zee Awards Best Debut - Female for Lagaan
[edit] Filmography
- Hu Tu Tu (1999) ... Shanti
- Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999) (as Gracy) ... Maya
- Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) ... Gauri
- Santosham (2002) ... Padmavathi
- Armaan (2003) ... Dr. Neha Mathur
- Gangaajal (2003) ... Anuradha
- Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003) ... Dr. Suman "Chinki" Asthana
- Muskaan (2004) ... Muskaan
- Shart: The Challenge (2004) ... Sonam
- Wajahh: A Reason to Kill (2004) ... Trishna Bhargava
- The White Land (2006) ... Sudha Patel
- Lakh Pardesi Hoiye (2008) ... Neha
- Deshdrohi (2008)
- Chanchal (2008) ... Chanchal
- Meghave Meghave (2009), Kannada
- Dekh Bhai Dekh (2009)
- Aseema (2009)
- Ramdev (2009)
- Loudspeaker (2009), Malayalam
- Rama Rama Krishna Krishna (2010), Telugu
- Milta Hai Chance By Chance (2011) Hindi
[edit] References
- ^ "Gracy's Foot Forward". Indian Express. 31 March 2001. http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20010331/ien31046.html. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
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