Pallavi Batra is an Indian film, ad-film & theatre actor, TV host and voice-over artist. With a strong theatre background, Pallavi has established herself as a promising Bollywood actress and a fresh, young face for brands.
Film and TV career
Pallavi has starred in prominent Bollywood films and exciting Web Films with leading production houses and made a mark in the advertising and TV world.
Filmography
Advertisements
*Croma: Pallavi was the face of the Back to School Campaign 2022 playing all through Wimbledon
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Dream 11
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Jasprit Bumrah
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for the 2020 IPL
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Flipkart
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: An inspirational ad for the Flipkart sellers starring Pallavi Batra
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Vodafone
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: Acted in the popular TV commercial for Vodafone as a part of the 'Made for you' series directed by Rajiv Rao
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Bisleri
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: Was the face of the Bisleri 500 launch TVC targeting college students in the commercial directed by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy
* Philips Avent : Pallavi plays a mother in this digital ad with more than 1 million views
* Aman ki Asha: Pallavi played the leading role in the commercial promoting Indo-Pak friendship directed by Gajraj Rao
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Big Bazaar
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: Pallavi was a part of their campaign celebrating 10 years in India directed by Bollywood director Rajkumar Gupta
*PSA for personal health
*SBI Home Loans
*SRS Grocery Bazaar
*PSA for Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
TV and online anchoring
* Lead anchor for "Rasoi Project" on EatTreat's YouTube channel
*Lead anchor for entertainment news show "Unscripted" on International News Channel- WION
* Pallavi was the lead anchor for Unicorn: Chasing the start-up dream Season 1 on NDTV Prime
*She worked as a freelance anchor for NDTV Goodtimes for shows such as:
** Magnetic Mizoram Investors Summit
** Britannia diabetic food trail
** Atosa Launch Ahmedabad
** Swarovski Sparkling Inspirations
** GeoSpa asiaSpa Awards
** Jabong Online Fashion Week
** BMW India Bridal Fashion Week
** FnP Wedding Fraternity Meet
** Jaguar Trousseau Week
* Anchored the launch of the Amazon India Fashion Week in Delhi
* She has hosted Live Hangouts for the
Fashion Design Council of India
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FDCI is a non-profit independent association of fashion designers formed to propagate the Busi ...
during
Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week
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AW'14 with leading Indian fashion designers
Early years
She started her acting career at the age of 13 where she played the role of an aspiring pilot in ‘9/11: The Last Fall’ the directorial debut of Abhishek Sharma (of
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fame). She was, then, selected for a workshop conducted by the prestigious
National School of Drama
National School of Drama (NSD) is a drama school situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an independent school ...
at the age of 14 where she played the lead role in the finale show.
Theatre experience
*‘ Zangoora’ (performed over 500 shows): Pallavi played two main roles for over 3 years in India's first and biggest Bollywood musical being staged at
Kingdom of Dreams
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, Gurgaon
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Darshan Zariwala
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, Mr. Dilip Shankar and Vikranth Pawar. She received extensive dance training from
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Isha Sharvani
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, Yuri, and
Hussain Kuwajerwala
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*‘Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi’s Journey’: Pallavi played a leading role, and the role of Waheeda Rehman in the play staged at NCPA theatre Mumbai (2013)and various theatres in New Delhi
*'Myth, Mystery and Magic' : A Tribute to Girish Karnad with Sohaila Kapur
*‘Walking the Path’: Pallavi played the female lead in the play directed by Dilip Shankar, and performed at the India Habitat Centre, Delhi on 2 October 2011 (
Gandhi Jayanti
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*‘Krishna Sudama’: Batra assisted veteran theatre person Sushma Seth in directing a play for rehabilitated children in association with the NGO Arpana
*‘Pride and Prejudice in 10 minutes’: Pallavi played the lead role of Elizabeth in the play written by Tim Hehir, as part of the Short & Sweet theatre festival finale in Delhi. (nominated for Best Actress)
*‘Infinite Stupidity’: She experimented with
clowning
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in the play directed by LAMDA graduate Ashwath Bhatt
*'Strictly Dandia': She acted in the play titled directed by senior theatre director and the Director, Arts at the British Council, India, Vivek Mansukhani. Performed at Taj Palace, Delhi (October 2009)
*Trained the children of Lotus Valley International School and put up a play- ''Sound of Music'' for their annual day