# Gayatri Bhardwaj

Gayatri Bhardwaj (born 17 June 1995) is an Indian model, actress and beauty pageant title holder who predominantly works in Hindi and Telugu films. She represented the state of New Delhi at the Femina Miss India 2018 pageant, where was crowned Femina Miss India Miss United Continents 2018 and represented India at Miss United Continents pageant. In 2021, she acted in an Indian YouTube comedy web-series named Dhindora which marked her acting debut.

## Early life

Gayatri Bhardwaj was born on 17 June 1995 in Delhi, India. She did her primary education from Modern School. She began her modelling career with Campus Princess 2018, while pursuing her graduation in Dentistry from Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College, Pune. Later, she participated in Femina Miss India Delhi 2018 and Femina Miss India 2018. She is a bharatanatyam dancer and played football.

## Career

In 2018, she was chosen as the female lead for Telugu romantic drama Romantic starring alongside Akash Puri. The makers were looking for a fresh face alongside the male lead and they chose Bhardwaj because of her modelling career and her being comfortable in front of a camera. Later, she was replaced with Ketika Sharma.
In 2021, Bharadwaj made her acting debut with Dhindora portraying Dr. Tara Rumpum opposite Bhuvan Bam. Her name in the web series is a word play on the 2007 Hindi film titled Ta Ra Rum Pum.
In 2022, Bhardwaj also made her Hindi film debut with Laxman Utekar's Ittu Si Baat, which co-starred Bhupendra Jadawat and featured her as Sapna.
Bhardwaj next paired opposite Ritvik Sahore in Ishq Express as Tanya and in Highway Love as Inaya.
She appeared in the Telugu film Tiger Nageswara Rao opposite Ravi Teja and Nupur Sanon thereby making her Tollywood debut. She played the role of Mani who is Tiger's wife. In an interview on 17 October, she revealed that the director Vamsee had seen her performance in Dhindora and according to him, right from when he saw her first scene in the series, she matched the description of Mani's image he had in mind and after he met her to discuss about her role in the film, she was selected for it. The film released on 20 October 2023 and it was a box-office success but received mixed reviews.
In 2024, she acted in another Telugu film named Buddy where she was paired opposite Allu Sirish. The film is a remake of a Tamil film Teddy. The film released on 2 August and it received mixed reviews. She also acted in a Hindi-language web series called Mohrey where she plays a lawyer named Rachel Pinto. The web series was released on MX Player and Prime Video on 6 December.

## Media

Bharadwaj was ranked 5th in Times of India's 50 Most Desirable Women 2018.

## Filmography
### Films

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Language |
| 2022 | Ittu Si Baat | Sapna | Hindi |
| 2023 | Tiger Nageswara Rao | Mani | Telugu |
| 2024 | Buddy | Pallavi | Telugu |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Language |
| 2021 | Dhindora | Dr. Tara Rumpum | Hindi |
| 2022 | Ishq Express | Tanya | Hindi |
| 2023–2024 | Highway Love | Inaya | Hindi |
| 2024 | Mohrey | Rachel Pinto | Hindi |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Singer(s) |
| 2019 | Call | D Soldierz |
| 2019 | Level | D Soldierz |
| 2019 | Patola | Brijesh Shandilya |
| 2023 | Jawaab | Badshah |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2023 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Debut Actress | Tiger Nageswara Rao | Nominated | |