Parul Yadav is an Indian actress who primarily appears in

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films. She made her acting debut with the Tamil film Dreams (2002). Her performance in '' Aatagara'' (2015) earned her the

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. Yadav also won praises for her films, '' Bachchan'' (2013), '' Shivajinagara'' (2014), ''

Vaastu Prakaara ''Vaastu Prakaara'' () is a 2015 Indian Kannada language satirical comedy film directed by Yogaraj Bhat starring Rakshit Shetty, Jaggesh, Aishani Shetty and Parul Yadav. The supporting cast features Anant Nag, Sudha Rani, T. N. Seetharam an ...

'' (2015) and ''

Killing Veerappan ''Killing Veerappan'' is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language biographical Crime film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, who co-wrote the film with K. Balaji. The film is based on the events leading to Operation Cocoon to capture or kill Indian bandit Veer ...

'' (2016).

Early life and career

She made her acting debut in the

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film ''

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'', starring

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. Her next movie was Krithyam in Malayalam opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran. She, then switched over to television with the daily soap-opera ''Bhagyavidhaata'', which has aired on

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since 2009. This was soon followed by the comedy reality show ''

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'' on

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, where she was a participant representing the team Raveena Ke Mohre. In 2011, she made her Kannada film debut in Shivarajkumar's movie ''

Bandhu Balaga ''Bandhu Balaga'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Naganna and written by Janardhana Maharshi. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar and Poonam Kaur, Hema Chaudhary along with Tejaswini Prakash, Shashi Kumar and Harish Raj ...

'' as his sister-in-law. Later, she acted in ''Govindaya Namaha'', which went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of that year. She played Mumtaz, a Muslim girl falling in love with Govinda, played by

Komal Kumar Komal Kumar (born 4 July 1973), known mononymously as Komal, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut with ''Super Nan Maga'' in 1992. Since his debut, Komal has acted in over 100 films ...

. Her portrayal won her a

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Best Debutant award (2013) and Bangalore Times Best Newcomer Award (2013) and a nomination in the

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for the best actor category for that year.Parul nominated for Best Actress award
''The Times of India''. (21 January 2013). The song "

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", which featured Yadav, earned her more attention. The same pairing in the 2012 film ''Nandeesha'', however, could not continue the success at the box office. Yadav's next project was for the multi-starrer film '' Bachchan'', directed by Shashank and starring

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.I had to forego four films for Bachchan says Parul Yadav
CNN-IBN Yadav then starred in ''Shivajinagara'', produced by Ramu Films. She was paired opposite

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.Parul Yadav opposite Duniya Vijay in 'Shivajinagara'!
Sify.com (21 May 2013). The movie was a blockbuster having completed 100 days of screening in theatres. In 2014, Yadav signed for two movies that became landmark projects of her career, ''

'' and '' Uppi 2''. She played an advocate in ''Vaastu Prakaara'', which was directed by renowned film-maker

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. In ''Uppi 2'', she is seen in a cameo opposite its director

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. Her latest release is

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's ''Aatagara'', featuring an

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and '' Jessie''. Her performance in ''Jessie'' won her widespread appreciation. Upcoming films of Yadav include ''Seizer'' and ''Vijayaditya''. Yadav's biggest movie of her career is ''

'', directed in multiple languages by

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. Kannada actor

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plays a police officer and Yadav is paired with him. ''

'' was also dubbed and released in

and

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. From 2017 to 2022, Yadav produced the simultaneous production of the 4 South Indian language remakes of the Hindi superhit Queen. She also played the lead in the Kannada version ''

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'', directed by

Ramesh Aravind Ramesh Aravind (born 10 September 1964), known mononymously as Ramesh, is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter. Ramesh has predominantly worked in Kannada and Tamil films along with a few Telugu and Hindi films. He ...

. Besides the lead role, Yadav is also the co-producer.Besides the lead role, Parul Yadav is also the co-producer of 'Butterfly'
''Pinkvilla''. (6 December 2017).

Filmography

Film

Television

* 2007 – '' Yes Boss'' –

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* 2007 – ''Sautela'' –

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* 2009 – ''Bhagyavidhaata'' –

* 2011 – ''

'' –

* 2015 – ''

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'' (episode nine) – &TV

Awards

References

External links

Official website
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