Kiara Advani - The Golden Girl

Delivering back-to-back successes is no easy feat, given today's climes. But kiara advani has established herself as hindi cinema's 'golden girl'.

- Priya Kumari Rana

UTTERLY RELATABLE AND DIPLOMATIC, SHE'S STEERING HER WAY THROUGH CHALLENGING ROLES, WITH LASER-SHARP FOCUS AND HER EYES ON THE PRIZE. AS HELLO! DELVES DEEP INTO HER BEING, KIARA SHINES IN ANAMIKA KHANNA COUTURE, WITH THE DESIGNER, TOO, SHEDDING LIGHT ON HER WORK, RESPLENDENT WITH THE CORNUCOPIA OF INDIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP AND A GAME OF CONSTANT REINVENTION

It’s one of those lovely monsoon evenings in Mumbai, when the reflection of the street lights glistens on the busy city roads, against the starkness of the cloudy skies. Kiara Advani is winding her way back home from a script reading session of her newest film, Satyaprem Ki Katha with Kartik Aaryan, to be directed by National Award-winner Sameer Vidwans.

“Fortunately, our pairing really worked well in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2,” says Kiara. “We started off on such a great note. We’ve begun to prep for the film and will be shooting later this month together. I’m excited to be working with him once again! It’s a love story, my favourite genre, where I play Katha, and he plays Satya. My last was Kabir Singh, which everyone loved!”

The Mumbai-born actor is really soaking up the sun (monsoon notwithstanding!) with the success of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, the highest grossing film of the year, and is now enjoying the success of Jugjugg Jeeyo, co-starring Varun Dhawan — literally backto-back successes that have established Kiara as the new ‘golden girl’ of Hindi cinema. While she admits expectations of a sequel are always high, she says it was imperative that Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 have its own identity.