Abir Abrar

Abir Abrar
Born 1985 (age 30–31)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation actress
Years active 2008–present

Abir Abrar (born 1985) is an Indian stage, film,[1][2] and television actress. She is active in theater and television and recently made her film debut in the Ashutosh Gowarikar film Jodhaa Akbar.[3][4][5]

Background

She trained under Daisy Irani at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute, and through a theater workshop at Ek Jute. She is also well versed in Kathak and Hindustani classical music. She is the niece of Kumkum, a popular film actor of the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Theater

She played Juliet in the Nadira Babbar production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Atul Tiwari, and the lead Razaia Sajjad Zaheer in the play Roshnai ka Safar under direction of Nadira Babbar. She was also in Sone ki Machli,[6][7] and another Babbar directed play, Pencil se Brush Tak, based on the life of artist M. F. Hussain.[1] She remains actively associated with the Ek Jut theater company.

Television

She played the central character in the 2006 television documentary Reflections in a Mirror. The experimental film is based on the turmoil of human emotions and revolves around the trials and tribulations of a person seeking her own true identity.

Film

Her first behind the scenes endeavor as an Assistant Director was Ramaa: The Saviour (2008).[8] She made her screen debut as the character Bakshi Banu Begam, the sister of Akbar (Hritik Roshan), in the Ashutosh Gowarikar film Jodhaa Akbar.[1][2][9][10][11][12]

Filmography

See also

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Super talented Abir". deccanherald.com. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  2. 1 2 "Age no bar". indiatoday. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  3. 1 2 "I’m not worried about getting stereotyped". timesofindia. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  4. ↑ "Hindi film Jodhaa Akbar". cinechance.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Abir Abrar — Filmography". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  6. ↑ "Sone Ki Machhali Darpan Mishra, Kajli Sharma, Abir Abrar, Bharat Jha, Vijay Singh, Sonu Anand, Amit Rosha, Mithilesh". 4to40.com. 7/11/2008. Retrieved 2009-01-21. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ "Sone Ke Machhali.". mumbaitheatreguide.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  8. ↑ "Abir Abrar". IMDB :Filmography. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  9. ↑ "Abir Abrar Celebrity". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  10. ↑ "Controversial ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ in Colombo". sundaytimes.lk. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  11. ↑ "Aishwarya, Hrithik film Jodhaa Akbar a hit in Poland". khabrein.info. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  12. ↑ "Jodhaa Akbar to release on Oct 12:Ashutosh Gowariker". indicine.com. 29 July 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  13. ↑ "A dose of Baroda in Mumbai!". timesofindia. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-21.

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