Disha Patani

Disha Patani (pronounced [d̪ɪˈʃaː pəˈʈaːni]) is an Indian actress. She mainly works in Hindi movies. She made her acting debut in the Telugu movie Loafer (2015) with Varun Tej. She later made her Hindi debut in the sports biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016). She starred in the Chinese action comedy Kung Fu Yoga (2017), which is one of the highest earning Chinese movies. She played the lady-love of the main male character in the profit-making Hindi action movies Baaghi 2 (2018) and Bharat (2019).

Disha Patani
Patani in 2019
Born	(1992-06-13) 13 June 1992 (age 33)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2015–present

Early life

Patani is a Kumaoni^[1] from Uttarakhand.^[2][3] Her hometown is Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.^[4] She has studied engineering.^[5] She is from the Rajput community.^[6] Her father Jagdish Singh Patani is a policeman and her mother is a health inspector. Her elder sister Khushboo Patani is a retired Major from the Indian Armed Forces. She also has a younger brother Suryansh Patani.^[7][8]

Career

Patani made her debut in 2015 with Varun Tej in the Telugu movie Loafer.^[9] She played the role of Mouni, a girl who runs away from home to escape from a forced marriage.^[10] The movie was directed by Puri Jagannath and produced by C. Kalyan. It was produced under C.K. Entertainment. The movie was made on a budget of ₹200 million. It performed poorly at the box office with a total collection of ₹106 million.^[11] Next year, Disha appeared in a music video Befikra with Tiger Shroff. It was produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar. It was produced under T-Series and was composed by Meet Bros. The song was written and directed by Meet Bros. Singer Aditi Singh Sharma gave her voice in the song.^[12]

Patani got her successful role with Neeraj Pandey's biographical sports movie M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. It was based on the life of former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The movie also stars Sushant Singh Rajput and Kiara Advani.^[13]