Piaa Bajpai (born in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She is probably best known for her performance as Roshini in Venkat Prabhu's comedy Goa.Recently she has given a brilliant performance in KO starring Jeeva and Karthika Nair. Piaa, with the motive of acting in films, earlier had been a model in commercials.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Filmography
4 References
Early life
Pia Bajpai was born in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India and resettled in Delhi at 18 to attend a computer course and hope to gain a break in films.[1][2] Though her parents opposed her decision, she enrolled for a diploma in computer science, whilst undertak
Career
After appearing in Priyadarshan's commercial, he offered her a chance to play a part in his Tamil film production, and Piaa accepted the offer after an audition.[3] The comedy film, Poi Solla Porom, was directed by A. L. Vijay and featured Karthik Kumar and Nassar in pivotal roles. Upon release the film won critical acclaim and favourable reviews, with Piaa's performance labelled as "bubbly and cheery".[4][5] She went on to feature in Raju Sundaram's Aegan as a college student, with the film featuring her alongside Ajith Kumar, Nayantara and Navdeep. The film, a remake of 2004 Hindi film Main Hoon Na, received average reviews whilst Piaa's portrayal of Amrita Rao's character from the original also garnered a mixed response with a critic citing "she hams it", whilst other cited "she was promising" in her role.[6][7] In 2009, she appeared in a low-budget Telugu film, Ninnu Kalisaka and won positive acclaim for her portrayal of her character.[8]
On the final day of sets for Aegan, Ajith Kumar introduced her to director Venkat Prabhu, who signed her for Goa sixth months later, to appear as the love interest of Jai in the film.[9] During the making of the film in Langkawi, the crew cited that the hotel was haunted and Piaa came out with an account of an eerie experience in her hotel room.[10] Goa became her big break and Piaa won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Goan girl Roshini with critics citing that she looked "promising" and "endearing".[11][12] With the help of director Vijay, she was selected to portray the lead role in Siddharth Chandrasekhar's comedy Bale Pandiya alongside Vishnu, becoming her first major release as a lead heroine.[13][14] The film won mixed reviews, though Piaa's role was praised with a critic from Sify citing that "Piaa is improving with every film and looks cute".[15]
Piaa's next release will be K. V. Anand's political thriller Ko, in which she portrays a journalist alongside Jiiva, Karthika Nair and Ajmal. Prior to release Piaa has revealed that the film will be a milestone in her career, citing that she is waiting for the release of the film adamantly.[16][17]
FilmographyYear Film Role Language Notes
2008 Poi Solla Porom Amritha Tamil
Aegan Pooja Tamil
2009 Ninnu Kalisaka Bindu Telugu
2010 Goa Roshini Tamil
Bale Pandiya Vaishnavi Tamil
2011 Ko Saro Tamil
References
^ http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_meet-the-real-babli-piaa-bajpai_1475395
^ http://www.sify.com/movies/piaa-goes-on-a-promotional-tour-news-tamil-kkfqSgjcggj.html
^ http://www.videos.behindwoods.com/videos-q1-09/actor-actress-interview/piaa.html
^ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/12ssp.htm
^ http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=14756423&ctid=5&cid=2429
^ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/oct/25aegan.htm
^ http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?cid=2429&ctid=5&id=14784482
^ http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-ninnukalisaka.html
^ http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jan/28/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-piaa.htm
^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/It-wasnt-a-dream-Piaa-Bajpai/articleshow/5437069.cms
^ http://www.sify.com/movies/piaas-hard-work-pays-off-news-tamil-kkfqV7ahjij.html
^ http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=14929420&ctid=5&cid=2429
^ http://www.sify.com/movies/piaa-is-pleased-about-bale-pandiya-news-tamil-kkfqEbjefbf.html
^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Regional-Stars/I-play-a-very-bubbly-cheerful-girl-Piaa/articleshow/4648673.cms
^ http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=14955781&ctid=5&cid=2429
^ http://expressbuzz.com/entertainment/news/piaa-bajpai-to-take-viewers-by-storm-in-ko/239092.html
^ http://www.indiaglitz.com//channels/tamil/article.asp?aid=63003
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