Kirat Bhattal
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| Kirat Bhattal | |
 Kirat Bhattal at a photo shoot |
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| Birth name | Kirat Bhattal |
| Born | January 26, 1985 |
| Other name(s) | Kiki |
| Official site | www.kiratbhattal.com |
| Notable roles | Sangeetha Gurupadam in Vattaram (2006) |
Kirat Bhattal profesionaly known as Kirat (born 26th January, 1985) in Monrovia, Liberia, is a popular Sikh Indian film actress. She debuted in modelling roles and then made a breakthrough in the Tamil film industry.
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[edit] Career
Kirat Bhattal debuted in the Lakme adverts with a fellow Indian, Raima Sen, who has since gone on to make it big in the Bollywood film industry. Then Kirat modelled for Sri Kumaran Silks in Chennai to stake her claims in South India.
Kirat debuted in Dongodi Pelli which flopped at the box-office. She was then signed by Saran for her first major film, Vattaram after Anushka Shetty had pulled out of the project. Vattaram also features Arya and Napolean. Vattaram tells the story of a gun seller's love. Arya expressed his desirity to work with Kirat again in the future after Vattaram.
She has recently signed up to Desiya Nedunchalai 47 previously named NH47 with Dhanush, which is set to be released in 2007. However, the project has been currently stalled, but might start following the finish of Dhanush's Polladhavan. As the film has remained inactive for about three months, Kirat has signed a Kannada language movie titled, Jelaya
Kirat is also brand ambassador for various products including Lakme, Claeres, Fair and Lovely, Motorola and Macleans.
[edit] Filmography
| Acting Filmography | |
| Desiya Nedunchalai 47 (2007) | |
| Jelaya (2007) | " Nandini" |
| Vattaram (2006) | Sangeetha Gurupadam |
| Dongodi Pelli (2006) | Ratna |
[edit] Trivia
- Anushka Shetty walked out of the Vattaram project before Kirat was called up. Anushka Shetty nonetheless wished her good luck.
- Kirat did her schooling at the elite boarding The Lawrence School, Sanawar. Actors Sanjay Dutt, Pooja Bedi, model Feroze Gujral, Omar Abdullah, Maneka Gandhi, and director Apoorvia Lakhia are some of their famous alumni.
- Kirat also opted out of S.S. Rajamouli's Yamadonga co-starring Jr. NTR due to date problems she had with Vattaram.
- She has a younger brother called Sidak and two sisters, one of whom is called Daman. Her mother, Anita Bhattal, is a well known candle designer in Delhi.
