Parul Yadav

Parul Yadav
Parul Yadav
	Yadav 61st Idea Filmfare Awards South
Born	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actress; producer;
Years active	2004 - 2018
Website	www.parulyadav.com

Parul Yadav is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada films along with a few Tamil and Malayalam films to her credits, in addition to Hindi language TV shows. Parul turned Producer with the highly awaited simultaneous multiple language remakes (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam) of the Kangana Ranaut starrer Queen. In addition to producing she also essays the lead role in Butterfly (Kannada).

Early life and career

She made her acting debut in the Tamil film Dreams, starring Dhanush. Her next movie was Krithyam in Malayalam opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran. She, then switched over to television with the daily soap-opera Bhagyavidhaata, which has aired on Colors since 2009. This was soon followed by the comedy reality show Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala on Star Plus, where she was a participant representing the team Raveena Ke Mohre.

In 2011, she made her Kannada film debut in Shivarajkumar's movie Bandhu Balaga as his sister-in-law. Later, she acted in Govindaya Namaha, which went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of that year. She played Mumtaz, a Muslim girl falling in love with Govinda, played by Komal Kumar. Her portrayal won her a SIIMA Best Debutant award (2013) and Bangalore Times Best Newcomer Award (2013) and a nomination in the Udaya Film Awards for the best actor category for that year.^[2] The song "Pyarge Aagbittaite", which featured Yadav, earned her more attention.^[3] The same pairing in the 2012 film Nandeesha, however, could not continue the success at the box office.

Yadav's next project was for the multi-starrer film Bachchan, directed by Shashank and starring Sudeep.^[4] Yadav then starred in Shivajinagara, produced by Ramu Films. She was paired opposite Duniya Vijay.^[5] The movie was a blockbuster having completed 100 days of screening in theatres.

In 2014, Yadav signed for two movies that became landmark projects of her career, Vaastu Prakaara and Uppi 2. She played an advocate in Vaastu Prakaara, which was directed by renowned film-maker Yogaraj Bhat. In Uppi 2, she is seen in a cameo opposite its director Upendra. Her latest release is K. M. Chaitanya's Aatagara, featuring an ensemble cast and Jessie. Her performance in Jessie won her widespread appreciation. Upcoming films of Yadav include Seizer and Vijayaditya.^[6]

Yadav's biggest movie of her career is Killing Veerappan, directed in multiple languages by Ram Gopal Varma. Kannada actor Shiva Rajkumar plays a police officer and Yadav is paired with him. Killing Veerappan was also dubbed and released in Tamil and Telugu.

From 2017 to 2022, Yadav produced the simultaneous production of the 4 South Indian language remakes of the Hindi superhit Queen. She also played the lead in the Kannada version Butterfly, directed by Ramesh Aravind

.^[7]^[8] Besides the lead role, Yadav is also the co-producer.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2004	Dreams	Charu	Tamil
2005	Krithyam	Sandra Punnoose	Malayalam
2008	Bullet	Gayathri	Malayalam
2008	Bandhu Balaga	Chamundeshwari	Kannada
2009	Black Dalia	Linda D'Souza	Malayalam
2012	Govindaya Namaha	Mumtaz	Kannada
2012	Nandeesha	Sonia
2013	Bachchan	Anjali
2013	Shravani Subramanya	Benne		Special appearance^[10]
2014	Shivajinagara	Pavithra
2015	Pulan Visaranai 2	Sonya Varma	Tamil
2015	Vaastu Prakaara	Nirmala	Kannada
2015	Uppi 2	Sheela		Extended cameo
2015	Aatagara	Mallika
2016	Killing Veerappan	Shreya
2016	Jessie	Nandini
2018	Seizer	Divya
2024	Butterfly	Parvati

Television

2007 – Yes Boss – SAB TV
2007 – Sautela – DD National
2009 – Bhagyavidhaata – Colors
2011 – Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala – Star Plus
2015 – Darr Sabko Lagta Hai (episode nine) – &TV

Awards

Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
Bachchan	61st Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actress – Kannada	Nominated	^[11]
	3rd SIIMA Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	^[12]
	Santosham Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Won	^[13]
Shivajinagar	4th SIIMA Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	^[14]
Aatagara	63rd Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress – Kannada	Won	^[15]
Aatagara	South Scope Awards	Rising Sensation of the Year	Won	^[16]
Vaastu Prakaara	5th SIIMA Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	^[17]
Killing Veerappan	6th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actress – Kannada	Nominated	^[18]
	6th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actress (Critics)	Won	^[18]
	2nd IIFA Utsavam	Best Actress	Won	^{[citation needed]}
	64th Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress – Kannada	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "I was sulking after watching Kangana Ranaut in Queen: Parul Yadav". The Indian Express. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ Parul nominated for Best Actress award. The Times of India. (21 January 2013).
^ "Parul Yadav's career is booming". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
^ I had to forego four films for Bachchan says Parul Yadav. CNN-IBN
^ Parul Yadav opposite Duniya Vijay in 'Shivajinagara'!. Sify.com (21 May 2013).
^ "Parul Yadav's smartphone app in the making". Sify. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015.
^ "Parul Yadav on women in cinema: Female characters seem to exist purely to satiate the male gaze". Hindustan Times. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ "Actor Parul Yadav turns Script Writer". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ Besides the lead role, Parul Yadav is also the co-producer of 'Butterfly'. Pinkvilla. (6 December 2017).
^ Exclusive Shravani Subramanya Archived 18 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Sify.com (26 September 2013).
^ "Best Actor Supporting Role Female". awards.filmfare.com.
^ "SIIMA nominees Kannada". siima.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
^ [1] Archived 13 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine (4 September 2014).
^ Ujala Ali Khan (8 August 2015). "Dubai hosts fourth South Indian International Movie Awards". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)".
^ [2]. southscope.in (11 January 2017).
^ "5th SIIMA WINNERS LIST". Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "SIIMA awards 2017 nominations announced". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017.

External links

Official website
Parul Yadav at IMDb
Parul Yadav at Bollywood Hungama

[1] "I was sulking after watching Kangana Ranaut in Queen: Parul Yadav". The Indian Express. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[times-2] Parul nominated for Best Actress award. The Times of India. (21 January 2013).

[3] "Parul Yadav's career is booming". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.

[ibnlive-4] I had to forego four films for Bachchan says Parul Yadav. CNN-IBN

[sify1-5] Parul Yadav opposite Duniya Vijay in 'Shivajinagara'!. Sify.com (21 May 2013).

[6] "Parul Yadav's smartphone app in the making". Sify. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015.

[7] "Parul Yadav on women in cinema: Female characters seem to exist purely to satiate the male gaze". Hindustan Times. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[8] "Actor Parul Yadav turns Script Writer". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[Pinkvilla-9] Besides the lead role, Parul Yadav is also the co-producer of 'Butterfly'. Pinkvilla. (6 December 2017).

[10] Exclusive Shravani Subramanya Archived 18 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Sify.com (26 September 2013).

[11] "Best Actor Supporting Role Female". awards.filmfare.com.

[12] "SIIMA nominees Kannada". siima.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

[13] [1] Archived 13 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine (4 September 2014).

[14] Ujala Ali Khan (8 August 2015). "Dubai hosts fourth South Indian International Movie Awards". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[15] "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)".

[16] [2]. southscope.in (11 January 2017).

[17] "5th SIIMA WINNERS LIST". Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[18] "SIIMA awards 2017 nominations announced". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017.

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actress
1972–1989	Kalpana (1972) Jayanthi (1973) Aarathi (1974) Aarathi (1975) Jayanthi (1976) Manjula (1977) Shobha (1978) Aarathi (1979) Ashwini (1980) Aarathi (1981) Saritha (1982) Suhasini (1983) Suhasini (1984) Saritha (1985) Saritha (1986) Saritha (1989)
1990–2009	Suhasini (1990) Malashri (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Lakshmi (1993) Shruti (1995) Shilpa (1996) Suhasini (1997) Jayamala (1998) Tara (1999) Sudha Rani (2000) Prema (2001) Soundarya (2002) Meena (2003) Soundarya (2004) Vidhya Venkatesh (2005) Ramya (2006) Rashmi (2007) Radhika Pandit (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009)
2010–present	Radhika Pandit (2010) Ramya (2011) Priyamani (2012) Amulya (2013) Shwetha Srivatsav (2014) Parul Yadav (2015) Shraddha Srinath (2016) Sruthi Hariharan (2017) Manvitha Kamath (2018) Yagna Shetty (2020/2021) Chaithra J. Achar (2022) Siri Ravikumar (2023)

v t e SIIMA Award for Best Female Débutante
Kannada	Aakanksha Mansukhani (2012) Parul Yadav (2013) Parvatii Nair (2014) Shilpi Sharma (2015) Manvitha Harish (2016) Rashmika Mandanna (2017) Ekta Rathod (2018) Anupama Gowda (2019)
Malayalam	Karthika Nair (2012) Isha Talwar (2013) Keerthy Suresh (2014) Nikki Galrani (2015) Sai Pallavi (2016) Rajisha Vijayan (2017) Nimisha Sajayan (2018) Saniya Iyappan (2019) Kalyani Priyadarshan (2020)
Tamil	Hansika Motwani (2012) Lakshmi Menon (2013) Sri Divya (2014) Catherine Tresa (2015) Keerthy Suresh (2016) Ritika Singh (2017) Aditi Rao Hydari (2018) Raiza Wilson (2019)
Telugu	Shruti Haasan (2012) Regina Cassandra (2013) Avika Gor (2014) Raashi Khanna (2015) Pragya Jaiswal (2016) Nivetha Thomas (2017) Kalyani Priyadarshan (2018) Payal Rajput (2019)