Akanksha Puri

Akanksha Puri Biography :

Age : 23 Years
Height : 5.5
Birthplace : Mumbai

For those who have been the fan of Madhur Bhandarkar films would certain recognize this name. Yes she is one of the lead actress in his upcoming film called Calendar Girls. She hails from Mumbai, wherein she was born and brought up in a family of non filmy background originally from North India. After her school, she joined her college to do her graduation, however, during her studies only, she got the opportunity to work as a model. She then was seen walking a number of ramps and even later found doing a couple of commercials as well.

Amidst all this when she was busy with her modeling career, she got an offer from a south Indian film, which she readily accepted to tread the South Indian Film career. Her first South Indian Film was Praise The Lord, which was directed by the man called Shibu Gangadharan, which she did along with slew of stars, which included the Salt N Pepper film called Ahmed. The film was an average over the box office, yet it helped Akanksha to tread a safe and sound path over her career. This gave another film in the south called Alex Pandian, which suffered again low box office report, yet giving all rounds of applauds for her good acting skills.

Her entry into Madhur Bhandarkar upcoming film Calendar Girls was accidental as she was not the first choice of this reality issue based film-maker. It was Meghana Raj who was roped in for the star cast along with four other girls, however, due to some issue she opted out, which made the director to have another choice that finally came in the form of Akanksha Puri. Recently, the poster of the movie was released in the media, which comprised this lady as well. Though not much is known about the film, but if you believe the rumors, in the list of five actresses in this film, only two names were released, which include one of Akanksha Puri and the other is of Kyra Dutt.