Amyra Dastur

Amyra Dastur (/əˈmaɪrə dəsˈtʊər/; born 7 May 1993^[1][2]) is an Indian actress who prominently works in Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, and Tamil films. Dastur is known for her work in Anegan (2015), Mr. X (2015), Kaalakaandi (2018), Prassthanam (2019), Jogi (2022) and Bagheera (2023)^[3] She has also been part of streaming series Tandav (2021) and Bambai Meri Jaan (2023).^[4]

Amyra Dastur
Dastur in 2023
Born	(1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 (age 32) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater	HR College, Mumbai
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2013–present

Early life

Dastur was born on 7 May 1993 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to a Parsi family. Her mother tongue is Gujarati and she also speaks Hindi and English.^[5] She holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from Mumbai's HR College.^[6]

Career

Dastur started her career as a model in commercials. She made her Hindi cinema-acting debut in Manish Tiwary's romantic drama^[7] Issaq, alongside Prateik Babbar.^[8][9] Amyra Dastur made her Tamil cinema debut through Anegan directed by K. V. Anand, and co-starring herself with actor Dhanush.

In her first international project, Kung Fu Yoga, Amyra acted alongside Jackie Chan and it released in India on 3 February 2017.^[10]

Amyra Dastur was seen in director Akshat Verma's next, titled Kaalakaandi, starring Saif Ali Khan. Amyra shot for a song in the film which is an upbeat dance number and has some fun lyrics. The track has been choreographed by Adil Malik of Kar Gayi Chul fame.^[11]

She debuted in Telugu cinema with Mahesh Babu's sister's first directorial venture, Manasuku Nachindi. Also in 2018, Amyra had her second Telugu release with Rajugadu opposite Raj Tarun.^[12]

Controversy

In February 2016, while filming the Hindi movie Ticket to Bollywood,^[13] Amyra Dastur was involved in an on-set accident that resulted in serious injury to co-actor Diganth. The scene required Dastur to throw items during a scripted argument, originally involving clothes. However, she reportedly threw a stiletto instead, which hit Diganth in the eye. The impact caused significant damage, requiring him to undergo eye surgery in London and a subsequent operation in Scotland to repair his retina and lens.^[14] He was advised several months of rest following the procedures. Following the incident, the film was shelved and did not see a commercial release.^[15]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2013	Issaq	Bachchi Kashyap	Hindi		[16]
2015	Anegan	Madhumitha, Samudhra, Shenbagavalli and Kalyani[a]	Tamil	quadruple roles	[17]
	Mr. X	Siya Verma	Hindi
2017	Kung Fu Yoga	Kyra	Mandarin	Trilingual film	[18]
			Hindi
			English
2018	Manasuku Nachindi	Nithya "Nitu"	Telugu		[19]
	Kaalakaandi	Neha	Hindi		[20]
	Raju Gadu	Tanvi	Telugu
	Rajma Chawal	Tara "Seher" Chaudhary	Hindi
2019	Judgementall Hai Kya	Reema Agnihotri Kumar			[21]
	Prassthanam	Shivi
	Made in China	Rupali "Rupa" Bansal
2021	Koi Jaane Na	Suhana			[22]
2022	Jogi	Kammo
2023	Influencer Life	Kareena		Short film	[23]
	Bagheera	Ramya "Rabbit"	Tamil		[24]
	Any How Mitti Pao	Nimmi	Punjabi
	Chidiyan Da Chamba	Candy Dhillon
2024	Furteela	Noor			[25]

Television

• All series are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	The Trip	Ira	Season 2	[26][27]
2021	Tandav	Ada Mir		[28]
2023	Bambai Meri Jaan	Pari Patel		[29]

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Ref.
2022	Kaali Car	Asees Kaur, Raftaar	[30]
2023	Kya Loge Tum	B Praak	[31]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2014	Zee Cine Awards	Best Female Debut	Issaq	Nominated	[32]
2016	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Female Debut – Tamil	Anegan	Nominated	[33]

Notes

1. Dastur played quadruple roles in the film.