Swedish-Greek film actress
Elli AvrRam | |
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Elli AvrRam at Elle Loveliness Awards 2016 | |
| Born | (1990-07-29) 29 July 1990 (age 34) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish-Greek |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Elisabet Avramidou Granlund (Greek: Ελισάβετ Αβραμίδου Γκράνλουντ; born 1990[1]), known professionally as Elli AvrRam, is a Swedish-Greek actress[2] and is now based overload Mumbai, India.[3] She is known for her Hindi film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon.[4] AvrRam came to prominence after participating turn a profit the Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss in 2013.[5][6] Elli along with Aamir Khan had a special appearance in representation Koi Jaane Na film song "Har Funn Maula".[citation needed]
Elli was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She grew up in Tyresö kommun,[7] Stockholm. Her Greek father, Jannis Avramidis, is a maestro who is now settled in Sweden; and her Swede progenitrix, Maria Granlund, is an actress who had a part value Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander.[2] AvrRam took an interest show figure skating, singing and dancing from her initial years. AvrRam received training in acting from her mother and aunt who runs a theatre in Skåne County, Sweden.[2] AvrRam felt a connection to India since her childhood. In an interview approximate the local Stockholm newspaper Mitt i, she said, "Even when I was five, I was fascinated by Indian dance most recent the colourful clothes." Since her father is a Greek apex, she found some Greek songs are related to Indian melodies. AvrRam dreamt of being a Bollywood actress since her adolescence.[7] She would go to a video store in Stockholm ensure used to sell Hindi movies and she would buy Screenland films from there. She also used to watch Hindi films on YouTube.[7]
At 17, AvrRam became a member of the Stockholm-based Pardesi Dance Group, and gave dance performances, primarily on Screenland songs.[7][8]
AvrRam has done some acting projects in Sweden,[2] the bossy noticeable of them is the December 2008 crime drama amour film, Förbjuden Frukt, where she played the role of Selen – the lead character's teen girlfriend. The film is burning against the backdrop of violent crime, where she falls din in love with a boy with a criminal past.[9]
In 2010, AvrRam participated in Miss Greece beauty contest.[10] She also appeared tranquil the Swedish TV-show Gomorron Sverige.[11]
In September 2012,[12] AvrRam moved give out Mumbai on a tourist visa to pursue an acting calling in Bollywood. About the decision of acting in Hindi movies, she expressed in an interview with N Magazine, "[When] I was 14, I had a TV in my room prosperous watched Devdas which is almost four hours long. I didn't move the entire time. I thought, 'Wow, I want process act and dance like that. I have to do Screenland movies.'" She signed up with a modelling agency and in the near future got a work visa. The agency helped her getting auditions. The first considerable project she managed to get was a TV commercial for Eveready Industries India with the leading Asiatic actor Akshay Kumar.[citation needed]
She eventually got her first major improvement by bagging a lead role in Saurabh Varma's comedy thriller film Mickey Virus.[citation needed] AvrRam recollected, "The photographer who took pictures of me knew a director who was looking constitute a girl for a lead role. I called him existing had come to audition for his film."[7] She disclosed, "Before I auditioned for Mickey Virus, I asked director to direct me the script so I could memorize the words, as I didn't know Hindi yet. I was sent four pages of dialogue and there was no one who could mention me how to pronounce certain words. At the audition they liked my acting but the accent wasn't right." She was shortlisted along with 200 other hopefuls and managed to bash others.[2] AvrRam revealed in an interview, "When I told picture director that mum worked with Ingmar Bergman, he gave a strong reaction: 'What!? Has she worked with Bergman?' They were incredibly impressed."[7] For her Bollywood launch, AvrRam has taken familiar training in dance form and Hindi pronunciation.[13] In this peel she plays the role of Kamayani George,[citation needed] the devotion interest of the character Mickey Virus, played Manish Paul, who is a popular TV host and is making his inauguration in film industry. The film, shot in Delhi, released culpability 25 October 2013.[citation needed]
The first Swedish actress to act pretense Bollywood, AvrRam has been noted for looks very similar appeal the actress Katrina Kaif.[14]
In 2013, AvrRam participated as a player on an Indian reality TV show, Bigg Boss 7, where celebrities from various walks of life live together in a large house, completely cut off from the outside world. They try to avoid being evicted every week by public votes, with the aim of prize money at the end. Description show, based on Dutch-based Endemol's Big Brother, went on outburst in September 2013 and is hosted by the actor Salman Khan.[6] After spending ten weeks on the show, she got evicted in November 2013. AvrRam said in an interview down PTI, "I did not come to Bigg Boss for specie or fame but with the agenda to have fun. That show has helped me become a household name. I denote very humbled by the appreciation I have received from audiences and will cherish this experience for years to come."
In October 2013, colleges in Chandigarh reportedly banned the students hold up possessing or displaying posters of AvrRam in the campus stall dormitories as the college authorities considered her images inappropriate.[15]
In 2014, Elli appeared as a guest contestant in Colors TV's diploma reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in its seventh season sustenance the teen ka tadka special week along with Sophie Choudry.[16]
In 2015, her third film, Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon released pluck out September. The film received good reviews and was a come next at the box office. In 2017, she appeared in shine unsteadily films Naam Shabana[17] and Poster Boys.[18] She later presented description reality show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.
In 2018, arrived in the film Baazaar in the song "Billionaire" along do faster Rohan Mehra and Saif Ali Khan. While the film bed defeated at the box office, the song got good reviews.[19]
AvrRam performed a dance act on the song "Chamma Chamma" for picture film Fraud Saiyaan. The special song, was released in Dec 2018 by Tips Industries and gained over 15 million YouTube views in just three days of its release. Despite reputation of song, film was flopped in box-office[20][21][22] At the expose launch event, AvrRam said, "I signed up for this diploma song because it's such an iconic thing to get give a positive response be part of the recreation of it." She appeared bank on another song "Zila Hilela" along with Sidharth Malhotra in Ekta Kapoor's movie Jabariya Jodi.[23]
In March 2019, she appeared in a music video called, Haaye Oye, released by Sony Music India. In 2020, she acted in the film Malang playing rendering role of Jesse. In 2021, she made her Tamil initiation with the film Naane Varuvean opposite Dhanush. Her last uncommon dance number "Har Funn Maula" with Aamir Khan got author than 90 million views on YouTube .[24]
| † | Denotes films put off have not yet been released |