Urvashi Rautela

Urvashi Rautela (born 25 February 1994) is an Indian actress and model. She appears in Bollywood movies. She was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2015 and represented India at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.
She made her Bollywood debut with Singh Saab the Great (2013). She also appeared in movies like Sanam Re (2016), Great Grand Masti (2016), Hate Story 4 (2018) and Pagalpanti (2019).
Early life and education
Rautela was born in Haridwar on 25 February 1994 to Meera Rautela and Manwar Singh Rautela in a Rajput family.
Her hometown is Kotdwar. Rautela is an alumna of Gargi College, University of Delhi.
Early career
Rautela got her first major break at age 15 in Wills lifestyle India Fashion Week. She also won the title of Miss Teen India 2009. She was the show stopper as a teen model for Lakme Fashion Week and walked the ramp at Amazon Fashion Week, Bombay Fashion Week and Dubai Fashion Week.
Awards in 2011
In 2011, Rautela won Indian Princess 2011, Miss Tourism World 2011, and Miss Asian Supermodel 2011. She also won the title of Miss Tourism Queen of the Year 2011 that was held in China and became the first Indian woman to win the pageant.She was also offered Ishaqzaade but turned it down as she wanted to focus on the Miss Universe pageant.
I AM She - Miss Universe India
In 2012, she won the I AM She - Miss Universe India as well as the special award for Miss Photogenic. However, she had to return her crown as she was underage at that time. In 2015, Rautela joined again and won the title. She represented India in Miss Universe 2015, but did not place.
Movie debut
Rautela made her debut at Bollywood with the movie Singh Saab The Great. Her role was the female lead opposite Sunny Deol. After that, she appeared in Yo Yo Honey Singh's international music video album Love Dose. The music video was released in October 2014.
Later movie career
Soon after, she started working in the South Indian movie industry. Her first movie was the Kannada movie Mr. Airavata. The movie got negative reviews from the critics. But her dance sequence was praised. Sunayana Suresh writing for the Times of India noted, "Urvashi is expressive and leaves her mark in the few scenes and songs she appears in, especially with her dancing."
Later, she appeared in two other Hindi movies, Sanam Re and Great Grand Masti. She also took part in two music videos in 2016. The first was Laal Dupatta with Mika Singh and Anupama Raag and the other was Gal Bann Gayi along with Vidyut Jammwal.
In 2017, Rautela starred in a special dance sequence Haseeno Ka Deewana in the movie Kaabil. She was complimented on her performance by Amitabh Bachchan. She also made a special appearance in a Bangladeshi film Porobashinee.
Hate Story 4
In 2018, she appeared in the revenge drama Hate Story 4. Rachit Gupta of the Times of India stated about her performance, "Urvashi Rautela has the main role and her character has plenty to offer. She starts off as a girl dancing in a strip club, but as the story unfolds, her character gets plenty of twists, turns and reveals. There's a lot on her table and the pretty actress handles the myriad emotions and shades with ease."
Pagalpanti
In February 2019, Rautela appeared for Anees Bazmee's comedy movie Pagalpanti which was a box-office flop and got unfavourable reviews.
Virgin Bhanupriya
In 2020, she starred in Virgin Bhanupriya a comedy-drama directed by Ajay Lohan and produced by Shreyans Mahendra Dhariwal. The movie was released through ZEE5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.