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Urvashi Rautela
Rautela in 2018
Born (1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 (age 30)
Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Beauty pageant titleholder
Years active2013–present
Major
competition(s)		Miss Diva 2015
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2015
(Unplaced)

Urvashi Rautela (born 25 February 1994) is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly appears in Hindi films.[1] She was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2015 and represented India at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.

She made her debut in 2013 in Singh Saab the Great (2013) and has appeared in films like Sanam Re (2016), Great Grand Masti (2016), Hate Story 4 (2018) and Pagalpanti (2019).

She made her Kannada and Tamil debut with films Mr. Airavata (2014) and The Legend (2022) respectively.

Early life and education

Rautela was born in Haridwar[2] on 25 February 1994[3] to Meera Rautela and Manwar Singh Rautela[4] in a Garhwali[5] Rajput family.[6]

Her hometown is Kotdwar.[7] Rautela is an alumna of Gargi College, University of Delhi.[8]

Pageantry career

Various pageants and fame (2009–2015)

Rautela got her first major break at age 15 in Wills lifestyle India Fashion Week. She also won the title of Miss Teen India 2009. She was the show stopper as a teen model for Lakme Fashion Week and walked the ramp at Amazon Fashion Week, Bombay Fashion Week and Dubai Fashion Week.[4]

In 2011, Rautela won Indian Princess 2011, Miss Tourism World 2011, and Miss Asian Supermodel 2011. She also won the title of Miss Tourism Queen of the Year 2011 that was held in China and became the first Indian woman to win the pageant.[9][10] She was also offered Ishaqzaade but turned it down as she wanted to focus on the Miss Universe pageant.[11]

In 2012, she won the coveted crown of I AM She – Miss Universe India as well as the special award for Miss Photogenic. However, she had to relinquish her crown as she was underage at that time.[12] In 2015, Rautela joined the Indian pageantry again and won the title.[13] She represented India in Miss Universe 2015, but did not place.[14][15]

Acting career

Debut and early career (2013-2017)

Rautela in 2016

Rautela made her debut at Bollywood with the film Singh Saab The Great as the female lead opposite Sunny Deol. After Singh Saab The Great, Urvashi appeared in Yo Yo Honey Singh's international video album Love Dose, which released in October 2014.[16]

Soon after, she started working in the South Indian film industry and made her debut with the Kannada film Mr. Airavata.[17] Though the film got negative reviews from the critics, her dance sequence was praised. Sunayana Suresh writing for the Times of India noted, "Urvashi is expressive and leaves her mark in the few scenes and songs she appears in, especially with her dancing."[18]

Later, she appeared in two other Hindi films, Sanam Re and Great Grand Masti, both were average grosser at the box office. She also did two music videos in 2016. The first was Laal Dupatta with Mika Singh and Anupama Raag and the other was Gal Bann Gayi along with Vidyut Jammwal.[19]

In 2017, Rautela starred in a special dance sequence Haseeno Ka Deewana in the film Kaabil.[20] She was complimented on her performance by Amitabh Bachchan.[21] Apart from that, she made a special appearance in a Bangladeshi film Porobashinee.

Various roles and further career (2018-present)

Rautela with Anil Kapoor, Kriti Kharbanda and Ileana D'Cruz during trailer event of film Pagalpanti (2019)

In 2018, she appeared in the revenge drama Hate Story 4. Rachit Gupta of the Times of India stated about her performance, "Urvashi Rautela has the main role and her character has plenty to offer. She starts off as a girl dancing in a strip club, but as the story unfolds, her character gets plenty of twists, turns and reveals. There’s a lot on her table and the pretty actress handles the myriad emotions and shades with ease."[22]

In February 2019, Rautela appeared for Anees Bazmee's comedy film Pagalpanti which was a box-office flop and generally got unfavourable reviews.[3][23]

In 2020, she starred in Virgin Bhanupriya a comedy-drama directed by Ajay Lohan and produced by Shreyans Mahendra Dhariwal. The film was released through ZEE5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24]

Upcoming films

Rautela completed her film Dil Hai Gray shoot, which is the remake of Tamil film Thiruttu Payale 2. She is all set to make her Telugu film debut with Black Rose. She will make her Tamil debut with The Legend alongside Saravanan Arul. It will be made on a high budget.[25]

Rautela will make her debut in Hollywood with the Netflix film. tentatively titled. Renata Fonte alongwith Michele Morrone. It will be directed by Barbara Bialowas and produced by Netflix and Tomasz Mandes.[26]

In end of 2022, she was roped for a item number in the anticipated Telugu film Waltair Veerayya starring popular actors Chiranjeevi and Ravi Teja marking her debut to Telugu films.[27]

She has announced her another Telugu film alongside Ram Pothineni under Boyapati Srinu direction though Instagram and Twitter.[28]

In the media

Urvashi launched her app which gave fans information about her.[29] She was named as the Youngest Most Beautiful Woman in the Universe 2018 by the government and tourism of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and won the Uttrakhand Maharatna Award from the chief minister of Uttrakhand.[30]

On 24 October 2020, Urvashi became the first Indian woman to walk the runway of the Emirati label Amato which showcased on the official calendar of the Arab Fashion Week, an event endorsed by the Dubai based Arab Fashion Council.[31][32][33]

Filmography

Films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
2013 Singh Saab the Great Minnie Hindi
2015 Mr. Airavata Priya Kannada Kannada debut
Bhaag Johnny Hindi Special appearance in the song "Daddy Mummy".
2016 Sanam Re Akanksha / Mrs. Pablo
Great Grand Masti Ragini
2017 Kaabil Special appearance in the song "Haseeno Ka Deewana"
Porobashinee Bengali Special appearance in the song "Challobay"
2018 Hate Story 4 Tasha Hindi [34]
2019 Pagalpanti Kavya [35]
2020 Virgin Bhanupriya Bhanupriya Awasthi [36]
2022 The Legend Madhumitha Tamil Tamil debut [37]
Dil Hai Gray † TBA Hindi Completed [38]
2023 Waltair Veerayya † TBA Telugu Telugu debut;
Special appearance in the song "Boss Party" 		[39]
Untitled Ram Pothineni-Boyapati Srinu film † TBA Telugu Filming
TBA Black Rose † TBA Telugu Delayed [40]

Music videos

Year Title Singer(s) Ref.
2014 Love Dose Yo Yo Honey Singh [41]
2016 Laal Dupatta Mika Singh and Anupama Raag [42]
Gal Ban Gayi Yo Yo Honey Singh, Meet Bros and Neha Kakkar. [43]
2019 Bijli Ki Taar Tony Kakkar [44]
2020 Ek Diamond Da Haar Meet Bros [45]
Woh Chaand Kaha Se Laogi Vishal Mishra [46]
2021 Teri Load Ve Singga [47]
Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si Ajay Keswani [48]
Doob Gaye Guru Randhawa [49]
Versace Baby Mohamed Ramadan [50]
2022 Untitled† Jason Derulo Filming[51]

Web series

Year Title Role Ref.
2016 Sex Chat with Pappu & Papa Cameo in Episode 3
2018-2019 The Dance Project Dancer in Episode 2 and 7 [52]
2021 Inspector Avinash Poonam Mishra [37]

Awards and nominations

Rautela in 2017
Year Award Film Category Result Ref.
2013 Screen Awards Singh Saab The Great Best Female Debut Nominated [53]
2016 5th South Indian International Movie Awards Mr. Airavata Best Debut Actress (Kannada) Nominated

References

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