Disha Patani

Disha Patani (born 13 June 1992) is an Indian actress who primarily work in Hindi films.

Disha Patani was born on 13 June 1992 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.

She is from a Rajput Hindu background.

Her father, Jagadish Singh Patani is a police officer and her mother is a health inspector.

Her elder sister, Khushboo Patani is a lieutenant in Indian Army.

She also has a younger brother, Suryansh Patani.

She studied engineering at Amity University, Lucknow.

She was the first runner up of Pond's Femina Miss India Indore 2013.

Patani began her acting career with the Telugu film Loafer (2015), and had her first Hindi film release with the biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), for which she won the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female.

Patani debuted with a Telugu film, Loafer alongside Varun Tej in 2015.

She played the role of Mouni, a girl who runs from home to escape a forced marriage.

Directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by C. Kalyan under C.K. Entertainment, the film was made on a budget of ₹200 million and performed poorly at the box office with a lifetime collection of ₹106 million.

In the following year, Disha appeared in a music video, Befikra along with Tiger Shroff which was produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under T-Series and composed by Meet Bros.

Written and directed by Meet Bros, the singer, Aditi Singh Sharma lent her voice.

Patani found her commercial break with Neeraj Pandey's M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, a biographical sports film based on the life story of MS Dhoni, the former captain of the Indian Cricket Team along with Sushant Singh Rajput and Kiara Advani.

She played the role of Priyanka Jha, the girlfriend of MS Dhoni's character who dies in a car accident.

Directed by Neeraj Pandey and produced by Fox Star Studios, the film was released on 30 September 2016 and was a massive hit with an estimated collections of inr 2160000000.

Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama and Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express both opined, "That Patani "sparkle" in her debut film".

Patani then acted in Baaghi 2 along with Tiger Shroff, a sequel to the 2016 film Baaghi starring Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor and the second instalment of the Baaghi franchise.

After appearing in the Chinese action comedy Kung Fu Yoga (2017), Patani has played the leading lady in the films Baaghi 2 (2018), Malang (2020), and Ek Villain Returns (2022).

At the 18th IIFA Awards, she won the Star Debut of the Year Female.

In addition, she also starred in Jackie Chan's Kung Fu Yoga, along with Sonu Sood.

Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and directed by Ahmed Khan, Baaghi 2 was released on 30 March 2018 to mixed reviews from critics with praise for its action sequences.

Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV wrote, "Patani is a pretty sight all right but is only required to sleepwalk through her role".

The film grossed approximately inr 2580000000 worldwide

to become one of the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2018.

She has appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list of 2019.

In June 2019, she briefly appeared in the action drama film Bharat starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif.

Bharat received positive reviews from critics on release and grossed ₹325.58 crore in its lifetime theatrical run, becoming a commercial success.

She started 2020 with the action thriller release Malang opposite Aditya Roy Kapur also starring Anil Kapoor and Kunal Khemu.

The film was praised from critics for its music, action sequences, direction and cast performances, Writing for Bollywood Hungama opined, "Patani probably gets the most screen time ever she looks gorgeous and delivers a "heartwarming performance". Malang has earned inr 845000000 worldwide thus becoming a commercial success. In March 2020, she appeared in a song in the film Baaghi 3 starring Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor, the third instalment of the Baaghi franchise.

Patani next appeared in Prabhu Deva's action film Radhe, in which she reunited with Salman Khan this time as his leading ladies.

The film was released coinciding with Eid al-Fitr, as premium video on demand on Zee Plex through ZEE5, Though Radhe received highly negative reviews from critics and audiences alike, who criticised the story, screenplay, direction and VFX.

It became a huge OTT success.

With 4.2 Million views, it became the most watched OTT film on the day of release.

In 2022, she starred in Mohit Suri's psychological thriller Ek Villain Returns alongside John Abraham, Tara Sutaria and Arjun Kapoor.

The film opened to mixed reviews from critics and performed moderately at the box office.

Sukanya Vema of Rediff wrote "Ek Villain Returns falls back on the popularity of the Galliyan track to boost its appeal".

Patani finished shooting for Karan Johar's Yodha opposite Sidharth Malhotra.

In mid 2022, she has signed her Tamil debut film Kanguva alongside Suriya.