Meghna Patel is an Indian Actor, model, singer, writer, and film producer who works in

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films and TV series. She has received awards for her regional films, including the Aap Ki Awaz Award, Nehru Award, Aiwaa Award, Gauravvanta Gujarati Award, Global Cinema Award, and the Roshan Sitare

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Award. Meghna Patel made her debut the Hindi film ''Welcome'' in 2007. She has worked on several Bhojpuri films such as ''

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'' in 2007, Hamaar Gaon ''Hamaar Desh'' (2009), '' Ghar Aaja Pardeshi'' (2010), and Hindi films '' Aishwarya'' and ''

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'' and

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n film ''Solar Swapnam''. She made TV serial

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for channel

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Early life

Patel was born on 26 June in the

Nadiad Nadiad is a city in the state of Gujarat, India and the administrative centre of the Kheda district. It is known for the Santram Mandir, the Mai Mandir,

town of

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. She attended the Vidhya Vikas school and M.S. University Vadodara and studied to be a graduate in commerce (B.COM). She has said she started to dance at age three. She also used to run Kalamegh Dance Academy for kids in

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before coming to

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

Career

Patel made her debut in Hindi film in 2007 ''Welcome'' and her first Bhojpuri film ''Raja Thakur''. She made and sang in the music video '''Golden Babe in 2008. Other Bhojpuri films followed, such as ''Hamaar Gaon Hamar Desh'' in 2009 and ''Ghar Aaja pardeshi'' in 2010. Her first Hindi film was as a lead actress ''Aishwarya'' in 2009, then in ''Faraar'' in 2011. She had a supporting role in the Hindi film

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with

Javed Jaffrey Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaffrey (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is the son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and cont ...

. released on 27 August 2010 by Mukta Arts Films. She also made ''Dekho Yeh hai'' Mumbai real life in 2012 and ''Don Ka Filmy Andaz'' in 2013 (in

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). Patel played the lead role, Nagin Jwala, in TV serial ''

'' in 2011/12 for Sahara one TV channel. In 2014, she made the

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movie ''Solar Swapnam''. In 2019, she made the Hindi web series ''Andheri west film city'' and ''Perfect Stranger'' in 2020. She made the music video ''Baby Angel'' in 2020 and ''Rab Tu'' music video in 2021 on

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. Patel has performed as a dancer in more than 1000 shows in India and abroad.

Political career

Patel supported

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's Prime Minister candidate

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during the

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election 2014. She was featured semi-nude in " American Beauty-style adverts" with Bhartiya Janta Party's

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symbol and the phrase, "vote for Narendra Modi" which was disavowed by Modi and condemned by BJP leaders. In 2016, Patel joined the

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(NCP).

Filmography

References

External links

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