Ekavali Khanna | |
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 Khanna in 2014 | |
| Born | Ekavali Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | Delhi University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Ekavali Khanna is an actress who stars inBollywood,Hollywood andBengali films.
Born inKolkata, Khanna attended Modern High School and is a graduate ofDelhi University.She is of mixedPunjabi andGoan heritage. Khanna divides her time between bothMumbai andKolkata depending on her work, and culturally identifies as aBengali.
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Ekavali Khanna made her debut withKaun Kitne Pani Main, directed by national award winner Nila Madhab Panda in the year 2014. The same year she worked with another national award-winning director Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi in the filmZed Plus as the parallel lead opposite Adil Hussein. In 2014 and 2015 she did two more films:Daasdev by Sudhir Mishra andSatra Ko Shaadi Hai, directed by Arshad Sayed. She also did a guest appearance inBollywood Diaries directed by K.D Satyam. Her next release in 2015 wasDear Dad, opposite Arvind Swamy, directed by Tanuj Brahmar. In 2017 she acted inBioscopewallah, directed by Deb Medhkar andAngrezi mein kehte Hain, directed by Harish Vyas for which she won best actor at Oiffa 2018. In 2017 she acted in the Norwegian filmWhat will people say, as Najma she got critically acclaimed globally, the movie directed by Iram Haq was the official entry to the Oscars in 2019.
In 2018 she acted in the Hollywood film 'Line of Descent', directed by Rohit Karn Batra. She also played a pivotal role inVeere Di Wedding, directed by Shashank Ghosh where she stole hearts with her lively Paromita. In the same year she played a role in Chotte Nawab' directed by Kumud Chaudhary, Dark light directed by Mayur Hardas, Yaarjigri directed Amit Joshi, Anaam directed by Ganesh Shetty and Aadhar directed by Suman Ghosh.
She has also appeared in Bangla films likeKatmandu, directed by Raj Chakroborty,Dwando directed by Suman Ghosh, and 'Nirontor', directed by Chandrashish Ray.
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Source |
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| 2010 | Memories in March | Ekavali Khanna | English | |
| 2013 | Ganesh Talkies | Dolly | Bengali | |
| 2014 | Zed Plus | Saeeda | Hindi | |
| Khola Hawa | Mona Lisa | Bengali | ||
| 2015 | Katmundu | Bhanupriya | [1] | |
| Kaun Kitne Paani Mein | Gulabi | Hindi | ||
| 2016 | Bollywood Diaries | Raveena | ||
| Dear Dad | Nupur | |||
| 2017 | What Will People Say | Najma | Norwegian | [2][3][4] |
| Line of Descent | Naima | English/Hindi | [5] | |
| 2018 | Bioscopewala | Shobhita | Hindi | |
| Veere Di Wedding | Paromita | |||
| Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain | Kiran Batra | [6] | ||
| 2020 | The Prologue | Nandini | Bengali | |
| 2023 | The Lady Killer | Madhuri | Hindi | |
| 2024 | Chote Nawab | Mariam | ||
| Vijay 69 | Anna Matthews | |||
| 2025 | Durgapur Junction | Bengali | ||
| Match Fixing | Rubia | Hindi | ||
| De De Pyaar De 2 | Anita | |||
| Ikkis | Maryam Nisar |
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