Aahana Kumra

Aahana Kumra is an Indian actress. Kumra is known for her television debut in Sony Entertainment Television's Yudh with Amitabh Bachchan and also for her lead role in the TV series Agent Raghav - Crime Branch with Sharad Kelkar, followed by leading roles in a number of feature films.

Aahana Kumra
Kumra in 2022
Born	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009-present

Early life

Kumra was born and brought up in Lucknow.^[1] She had an inclination towards acting since childhood when she began theatre roles.

Career

In 2013, Kumra was cast in the television series Yudh - a 20-episode show starring Amitabh Bachchan in which Kumra plays the pivotal role of Bachchan's daughter. Later, she starred in Agent Raghav – Crime Branch, a biweekly television crime thriller show, as the female lead Agent Trisha Dewan opposite Sharad Kelkar. Kumra won Best Actress Award at the Third Moida International Awards for her short film Siberia. She made her Hindi feature film debut in Sona Spa in 2013, and her Tulu feature film debut in 2015 in Kudla Cafe. She hosted the Pro Kabbadi 2016 series.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} In 2017, Kumra had a leading role in the black comedy film Lipstick Under My Burkha as Leela.^[9] The following year she portrayed the role of Priyanka Gandhi in the political biography film The Accidental Prime Minister.^[10]

Filmography

Films

List of film credits

Year	Title	Rol	Notes	Ref.
2009	Mai	Tisha	Short film
2010	Cardboard Thoughts	Unknown
2013	Sona Spa	Ritu		[11]
	Ansuni	Meera	Short film
2015	Kudla Cafe	Sanjana	Tulu film	[12]
	Siberia	Reena	Short film
	Dreaming Awake	Esha
	Ek Tha Main	Afreen
2016	The Blueberry Hunt	Jaya
	Queen of Hearts	Lead Role	Short film
2017	Lipstick Under My Burkha	Leela
2019	The Accidental Prime Minister	Priyanka Gandhi
2020	Khuda Haafiz	Tamena Hamid		[13]
2021	Bawri Chhori	Radhika		[14]
	Happy Birthday	Beth Rose	Short film	[15]
2022	India Lockdown	Moon Alves
	Salaam Venky	Sanjana

Television

List of television credits

Year	Title	Role
2009	Bollywood Hero	Clapper Girl
2014	Yudh	Taruni Sikarwar
2015	Agent Raghav	Agent Trisha Dewan
2016	Pro Kabaddi	Host

Web series

List of web series credits

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	Official Chukyagiri	Rati
2016	A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend	Shivi Malhotra
2017	Inside Edge	Shahana Vasishtha	[16][17]
	It Happened In Hong Kong	Aahana	[18][19][20]
2018	Official CEOgiri	Rati	[21]
	Rangbaaz	Babita Sharma	[22]
	Yours Truly	Lali Kumar	[23]
2019	Bombers	Sanjana	[24][25]
2020	Marzi	Sameera Chauhan	[26]
	Betaal	DC "Ahlu" Ahluwalia
	Sandwiched Forever	Naina Sarnaik Shastry	[27]
	Forbidden Love	Priya
2022	Call My Agent: Bollywood	Amal	[28]
	Avrodh Season 2	Saman/Karishma Sahay/Parveena Shehnaz

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by Aahana Kumra

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2018	Star Screen Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female	Lipstick Under My Burkha	Nominated	[citation needed]
2022	22nd Indian Television Academy Awards	Popular Actor - OTT	Call My Agent: Bollywood	Nominated	[29]
			Avrodh (Season 2)	Nominated	[29]

References

1. "Me - Aahana Kumra". aahanakumra.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
2. "Amitabh Bachchan made 'Yudh' so much easier: Aahana Kumra". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
3. "Aahana Kumra". NDTV Movies. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
4. "Aahana Kumra: Was not nervous to work with Amitabh Bachchan". CNN-IBN. Press Trust of India. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
5. Shukla, Richa (15 December 2014). "Aahana Kumra: Gorging on dal baati churma was a great experience". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
6. "Amitabh Bachchan's Yudh: Actress Aahana Kumra feels fortunate to be working with Big B". India TV. Press Trust of India. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
7. "Aahana Kumra's dream to work with Big B comes true". Mid-Day. Indo-Asian News Service. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
8. Singh, Suhani (11 July 2014). "She's a Scream: Newbie Aahana Kumra to make debut opposite Amitabh Bachchan in TV series Yudh". India Today. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
9. "Movie Review: 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' Could Start A Revolution". thequint.com. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
10. "Anupam Kher starts shooting for Manmohan Singh movie The Accidental Prime Minister, see photos". The Indian Express. 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
11. "WATCH: Trailer of Naseeruddin Shah's new concept thriller film 'Sona Spa'". india.com. 23 February 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
12. Prabhu, Ganesh (18 February 2016). "'Kudla Cafe' to hit Udupi cinemas tomorrow". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
13. "Vidyut Jammwal glad his upcoming film 'Khuda Haafiz' will launch on OTT". India TV News. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
14. "Aahana Kumra's Bawri Chhori gets a release date". Mid-Day. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
15. Suri, Ridhi (6 May 2021). "Aahana Kumra, Anupam Kher's short film 'Happy Birthday' bags nominations at NY film fest". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
16. "'Inside Edge' Review: It promises to be a gritty, thrilling watch". mid-day. 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
17. "I have never been calculative about my work: Aahana Kumra". The Indian Express. 15 October 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
18. Lazarus, Susanna Myrtle (9 March 2018). "Aahana Kumra and Amol Parashar on their new show and how travel defines them". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
19. "It Happened In Hong Kong review: This Amol Parashar and Aahana Kumra web series is ideal for those short breaks at work". The Indian Express. 10 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
20. "Aahana, Amol's 'It Happened in Hong Kong' to stream in March". The Statesman. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
21. "Official CEOgiri first impression: Sumeet Vyas' act is starting to get repetitive now". The Indian Express. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
22. "Ranvir Shorey and Aahana Kumra join Saqib Saleem on ZEE5's 'Rangbaaz'". DNA India. 30 October 2018. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
23. "Yours Truly". ZEE5.
24. "ZEE5 globally debut its first Sports Drama 'Bombers and its first Stand Up Comedy Series 'Comedy Shots' this June". DNA India. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
25. Ghosh, Devarsi (20 June 2019). "Web series 'Bombers' explores the story of a Bengali football team fighting death and oblivion". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
26. "Marzi first impression: An engaging thriller owned by Rajeev Khandelwal and Aahana Kumra". The Indian Express. 7 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
27. "Sandwiched Forever Review: Kunaal and Aahana show is a feel-good Christmas watch". India Today. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
28. "Call My Agent: Bollywood's Aahana Kumra says she lost a big project via a talent agency due to THIS reason". PINKVILLA. 29 October 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
29. "The 22nd ITA Awards". Indian Television Academy. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

External links

• Aahana Kumra at IMDb