Kimi Verma (born 20 November 1977) is an Indian-American actress and fashion designer who predominantly works in Punjabi films.

Early life

Kimi was born in

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

on November 20, 1977, then later moved to the city of

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in India. Whilst working on her MBA at

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, Kimi moved to Los Angeles and currently resides there. Kimi owns a small women's fashion house and is the Lead Designer and CEO of the company. Kimi won the title of ''Miss Bombay'' and the ''Femina Miss India Beautiful Hair'' title in 1994. She has appeared in approximately nine movies, mainly Punjabi, in her near 30 year career. At present, she works as a clothing designer and lives in

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Career

Kimi's film career started with a small role in the film, ''Naseebo'' (1994) and was followed by a few Punjabi-language films, such as, ''

Jee Aayan Nu ''Jee Ayan Nu'' () is an Indian Punjabi-language drama film, released on 8 November 2002. It stars Harbhajan Mann and Priya Gill. It was directed by Manmohan Singh. Plot Grewal, a business tycoon of the media industry, is a Punjabi settle ...

'', ''

Asa Nu Maan Watna Da ''Asa Nu Maan Watna Da'' is an Indian Punjabi-language film directed by Manmohan Singh, released on 7 May 2004 and starring Harbhajan Mann. Plot Calgary-based businessman Kanwaljit Singh Dhillon sends money home to his brother, Deep, to inves ...

'' and ''Mera Pind - My Home''.

Filmography

*1994

Naseebo ''Nasibo'' (also spelled as ''Naseebo'') is a 1994 Indian Punjabi language, Punjabi-language film, directed by Manmohan Singh (film director), Manmohan Singh, starring Raj Babbar, Kavita Kamal (Kimi Verma), Preeti Sapru, Amitoj Maan and others. ...

*2000 Shaheed Udham Singh *2002

*2004

*2008 Mera Pind-My home *2009 Sat Shri Akal *2010

Ik Kudi Punjab Di ''Ik Kudi Punjab Di'' is a 2010 Punjabi film directed by Manmohan Singh with story and screenplay by Singh and dialogues by Rana Ranbir. The film is produced by Singh and Ratan Bhatia and stars Amrinder Gill, Jaspinder Cheema, Aman Dhaliwal, ...

*2012

Ajj De Ranjhe ''Ajj De Ranjhe'' is a 2012 Punjabi film starring Aman Dhaliwal, Gurleen Chopra, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Kimi Verma, Kul Sidhu, and Rana Ranbir. The movie is directed by Manmohan Singh and was released on 7 September 2012. Plot ''Ajj De Ranjhe'' is ...

*2021 Parvaaz: The Journey *2023 LehmberGinni

References

External links

*http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=4993 * Punjwood *https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173651/http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=s103108125610 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Verma, Kimi 1977 births Living people Actresses from Punjab, India Indian emigrants to the United States American actresses of Indian descent American female models of Indian descent American people of Punjabi descent American film actresses Actresses in Punjabi cinema American expatriate actresses in India 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses