Suhani Gandhi is a

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actress, and beauty pageant titleholder of

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descent. She was crowned Miss India UK in January 2014, and had finished as 2nd runner-up at Miss India Europe 2014. She placed in the top 5 at Miss India Worldwide 2014.

Early life and education

Suhani was born and brought up in

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, England. Her parents, Mukul Gandhi and Asmita Gandhi, are both Chartered Accountants. Suhani completed her schooling at

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and graduated with a law degree from the

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and a Masters from

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Career

Although naturally inclined towards her studies, Suhani modelled as a child and young teenager in the UK. She trained part-time for five years at

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(London Academy of Music Drama and Arts), receiving a distinction in the gold medal for acting. Thereafter, she undertook theatre workshops and performed in theatre productions in England and Mumbai. Suhani was nominated by

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for the NRI of the Year Award. She starred in a film based in Rajasthan as the protagonist, in which she received the Best Debut Award at the Rajasthan Cine Awards and Best Actress at the Rajasthan Film Festival. The film is based on women empowerment and education which released on 21 November 2014. She has starred in various TV Commercials, including Margo, Dubai Tourism, Tanishq, Vivo, Xolo, Ease My Trip, Britannia, Heineken. She has acted in ''Aparichit'' which was selected as the Top 5 short films in the Best of India Film Festivals in LA and made it to the

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Longlist. Her short film ''Seasons'', won 4 awards at the 7th Darbhanga International Film Festival. Suhani was also seen in ''

Jab Harry Met Sejal ''Jab Harry Met Sejal'' (), abbreviated as ''JHMS'', is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali. It stars Anushka Sharma and Shah Rukh Khan in their third collaboration after '' Rab Ne Bana Di Jo ...

'', ''

Arjun Patiala ''Arjun Patiala'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action spoof comedy film directed by Rohit Jugraj. Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Dinesh Vijan and Sandeep Leyzell under T-Series, Maddock Films and Bake My Cake Films, it stars Dil ...

'' and the television film ''Love''. Suhani is starring as 'Adilah Farhani' in the Portuguese series ''Fernao Lopes'' premiering in 2021 on

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and

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where she has been paired opposite

Diogo Morgado Diogo Miguel Morgado Soares (born 17 January 1981) is a Portuguese actor who may be best known for his portrayal of Jesus in the History Channel epic mini-series '' The Bible'' and in the film ''Son of God''. Early life Morgado was born in Ca ...

. In 2022, she acted in her first Gujarati film titled ''Dayro'', directed by Dhwani Gautam

Filmography

References

External links

Miss India UKCV at the Alan Sharman Agency
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