Monal Gajjar

Monal Gajjar is an Indian actress and model who mainly appears in Gujarati and Telugu films, and a few Tamil films. She debuted with 2012 Telugu film Sudigadu. She has also acted in Satish Kaushik directed Hindi film Kaagaz in 2021 which is a satire on governmental system in India.

Monal Gajjar
Gajjar in 2020
Born	(1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 34)
Occupations	Film actress model
Years active	2012–present

Life and career

Gajjar was born on 13 May^[1] in a Gujarati family and hails from Ahmedabad in Gujarat.^[2][3] While graduating in commerce, she started working in ING Vysya Bank.^[4] At the suggestion of her yoga teacher, Gajjar participated at the Mirchi Queen Bee beauty pageant contest organised by Radio Mirchi in 2011,^[4] which she went on to win.^[5] She later won the Miss Gujarat title as well.^[6]

Even before the release of her first film, Gajjar signed five films, including a film in Tamil and Telugu.^{[citation needed]} She made début in Malayalam with Dracula 2012.^[7] She has done a special appearance in Asha Bhonsle's film.^{[citation needed]} Her first two Tamil films Vanavarayan Vallavarayan^[8] and Sigaram Thodu released on the same day.

Gajjar received good reviews for her performance in Sigaram Thodu. IndiaGlitz.com review says - Monal looking clean and sweet in looks and acting wise.^[9] Gajjar also received good reviews for Vanavarayan Vallavarayan. Behindwoods.com review said - The tall Monal Gajjar looks totally gorgeous with sparkling eyes, and has all that it takes to be the next big glam sensation in Tamil Nadu. Though her role loses scope in the second half, she performs capably and also gets the lip-sync right.^[10]

In September 2020, Gajjar entered the Telugu reality TV show Bigg Boss 4 as one of the first contestants.^[11] She was evicted in December, before the final week.^[12]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2012	Sudigadu	Priya	Telugu	Nominated – SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu
	Vennela 1 1/2	Vennela
2013	Mai	Herself	Hindi	Special appearance	[13]
	Dracula 2012	Meena	Malayalam
	Oka College Story	Sindhu	Telugu		[14]
2014	Sigaram Thodu	Ambujam	Tamil
	Vanavarayan Vallavarayan	Anjali
	Brother of Bommali	Sruthi	Telugu
2016	Thai Jashe!	Kajal Bhatt	Gujarati
2017	Aav Taru Kari Nakhu	Meena			[15]
	Devdasi	Un­known	Telugu		[16]
2018	Reva	Supriya	Gujarati
	Family Circus	Riya
2019	Man Udhaan Vara	Sarita	Marathi		[17]
2021	Kaagaz	Rukmini	Hindi	Released on Zee5
	Alludu Adhurs	Herself	Telugu	Special appearance in the song "Ramba Oorvasi"	[18]
2022	Petipack	Kavya	Gujarati
2022	Vickida No Varghodo	Anushree			[19]
2023	Shubh Yatra	Saraswati			[20]
	I Wish	Isha Patel			[21]
2024	Kasoombo	Roshan
	Vaar Tahevaar	Preetal
2025	Malik Ni Varta	Saheli
	Vash Level 2

Television

Year	Show	Language	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Bigg Boss Telugu 4	Telugu	Contestant	Evicted on day 98	[22]
2020–2021	Dancee Plus		Judge		[23]
2022	Dance IKON		Mentor	Aha original	[24]

Web series

Year	Show	Language	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019-20	Aavuy Thay	Gujarati	Dhvani		-
2020	Bas Cha Sudhi 3		Monal		-
2021	Telugu Abbai .. Gujarati Ammayi	Telugu	Gujarati Ammayi	Project Withheld for unknown reasons	[25]

See also

• List of Gujarati film actresses