Pragya Jaiswal

Pragya Jaiswal (born 24 June 1988) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu films. Jaiswal has won several awards including a Filmfare Awards South and a South Indian International Movie Award.

Jaiswal made her acting debut in 2014 with the Tamil-language film Virattu in 2014. She had her breakthrough with the Telugu period drama Kanche (2015), for which she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. Jaiswal made her Hindi film debut with Titoo MBA. She went onto appeared in films such as Nakshatram (2017), Achari America Yatra (2018) and Akhanda (2021), which is her highest-grossing release.

Early life
Pragya Jaiswal is an Indian actress & model, born on 24 June 1988 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Pragya Jaiswal completed her education from Symbiosis Law School at Pune.

During her initial days at Symbiosis University, she participated in various beauty pageants and became a successful model. In 2014, she received the Symbiosis Sanskritik Puraskar for her achievement in the field of art and culture.

Career
Jaiswal made her acting debut in the Indian Tamil film named Virattu, which released in 2014. In 2015, she starred in the Telugu film Mirchi Lanti Kurradu and later in the period drama Kanche directed by Krish. Jaiswal had previously auditioned for a role in Krish's Gabbar Is Back. She did not land that role but Krish later offered her the role in Kanche. She played a cameo in Jaya Janaki Nayaka starring Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Rakul Preet Singh and Jagapathi Babu.

She made a cameo appearance for the song "Anandam" in the devotional Biographical film of Hathiram Bhavaji, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao for Nagarjuna's Om Namo Venkatesaya in 2017. Akhanda was her recent movie as a main female lead opposite to Nandamuri Balakrishna which collected around 133 Crores gross Worldwide.

Films

 * All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted