Akanksha Puri

Akanksha Puri is an Indian actress and model, who prominently works in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films. Along with few television shows. She is best known for her role as Goddess Parvati in Vighnaharta Ganesh.^[1] Puri was a contestant on the reality TV show Bigg Boss OTT Hindi - Season 2 and entered the show in June 2023 with 12 other contestants^[2]

Akanksha Puri
Puri in 2022
Occupations	Actress model dancer
Years active	2013–present

Career

Puri took up modelling projects during her short stint as an international cabin crew member in Kingfisher Airlines, when she even got a role in one of Vasan Eye Care 2011 advertisements. She was then spotted by Studio Green who bagged her for a role in the 2013 Tamil action comedy Alex Pandian through which she made her first film debut.^[3][4]

She later made her Hindi film debut with Madhur Bhandarkar's 2015 drama film Calendar Girls.^[5][6] In 2017, she was cast as Mata AdiParashakti in Vighnaharta Ganesh TV series.^[7]

She is the winner of the show Swayamvar – Mika Di Vohti.^[8]

Controversies

In 2023, Akanksha participated in Bigg Boss OTT (Hindi season 2) where she kissed Jad Hadid,^[9][10] which caused a controversy.^[11][12][13]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2013	Alex Pandian		Tamil
2014	Praise the Lord	Annie	Malayalam		[14]
2015	Lodde	Akanksha	Kannada		[15]
	Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander	Saira	Malayalam		[16]
	Calendar Girls	Nandita Menon	Hindi		[17]
	Amar Akbar Anthony	Gouri	Malayalam	Cameo	[18]
2019	Action	Kaira	Tamil		[19]
2024	Rajaram		Bhojpuri	filming

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2023	Inspector Avinash	Meetu Punjaban	Hindi
2023	Honey Trap Squad	Riya Roy	Hindi
2024	Dons & Darlings	Naaz	Hindi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	CID	Herself	Guest
2017–2020	Vighnaharta Ganesh	Parvati		[20]
2019	Bigg Boss 13	Herself	Guest
2022	Bigg Boss 15		Challenger	[21]
	Swayamavar - Mika Di Vohti	Contestant	Winner	[22]
2023	Bigg Boss OTT 2		12th place	[23]

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Ref(s)
2017	Jahaan Tum Ho	Shrey Singhal	[24][25][26]
2019	Dancing Doll	Jyotica Tangri	[27]
	Chitthi	Jubin Nautiyal	[citation needed]
2020	Main Balak Tu Mata	Jubin Nautiyal
2021	Main Jis Din Bhula Doon	Jubin Nautiyal, Tulsi Kumar	[28]
	Hare Krishna Hare	Palak Muchhal	[citation needed]
	Dangerous	Shrey Singhal	[29]
	Bewafa Tera Muskurana	Jubin Nautiyal	[30]
	Mere Warga	Kaka Ji
2022	Jaa Rahe Ho	Yasser Desai	[31]
	Ishq Hi Hai	Saman
2023	Don't You Know	Amrit Maan
	Dua Karo	Ninja
	Video Viral Hogaya	Akasa Singh
	Baarishon	Udit Narayan, Payal Dev
2024	Latak Jaiba	Khesari Lal Yadav, Shilpi Raj