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Alankrita Sahai

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Alankrita Sahai
Sahai in 2016
Born (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30)
New Delhi, India
EducationGargi College
University of Southern California
OccupationActress
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Alankrita Sahai, crowned Miss India in 2014-2015,[1] was the first Indian to win seven titles at the Miss Earth competition. Her career began with a music album featuring three songs, produced by Himesh Reshammiya and launched by Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, and T-Series. One of her notable tracks, "Kehta Hai Pal Pal Tumse," became a hit song.

Transitioning to film, Alankrita starred in "Love Per Square Foot," produced by Ronnie Screwvala. She also appeared in "Namaste England" with Arjun Kapoor, directed by Vipul Shah. Additionally, she collaborated with Jio on a project titled "Dangerous Affairs."

Alankrita has participated in over 250 campaigns, featuring in numerous television commercials for prominent brands such as White Tone, Wild Stone, BKT Tyres (with Sunny Deol), Samsung, Axis Bank, Pantene, RMKV Sarees, L'Oréal Matrix, Fab India, Soch, and Nissan. She is also a TEDx speaker and has received multiple awards for her contributions, including recognition from Rotary and the World Health Organization (WHO). For five consecutive years, she has been featured in India’s Most Desirable list.

Her song "Coka" has garnered over 554 million views, while another collaboration with Jassi Gill, titled "Allah Ve," has also gained significant attention.

Early life and career

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Alankrita Sahai was born in New Delhi, India. She did her schooling from the American Embassy School in Delhi and from Khaitan Public School, Noida. For her higher studies she was enrolled in Gargi College, University of Delhi and University of Southern California.[2]

Her first project was with Himesh Reshammiya in a music album launched by Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and T-Series.[citation needed] She worked in a psychological thriller 'The Incomplete Man' in 2022.[3]

She is the first Indian to win 7 titles at the Miss Earth pageant held in the Philippines. In 2018, she made her acting debut with the Netflix romantic comedy film called Love per Square Foot. In the same year, she played a role of Alisha in the film Namaste England. Alankrita completed two films a comedy thriller TIPPPSY and A South Film (unnamed).[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Director Notes
2018 Love per Square Foot Raashi Khurrana Anand Tiwari Netflix movie
Debut film
Namaste England Alisha Sharma Vipul Shah

Tipppsy 2023

Incomplete man 2023

Music videos

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Year Album Song Co-Star
2016 Aap Se Mausiiquii "Menu Kehn De"

So much in love Tonight

Himesh Reshammiya

Coka - Sukh E Musical Doctorz

Allah Ve - Jassi Gill

Lalala- Kulwinder Billa

Raaz Apne Dil Ke - Rekha Bhardwaj

Funk Billo - Sukh E ft Musahib

P Paa K - Denny And Nikita Gandhi Attention -Denny And Mandy Gill

Philanthropy

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Sahai assisted people during Covid-19 by providing oxygen cylinders and food supplies. [5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Alankrita Sahai to represent India at Miss Earth 2014 - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes". Femina Miss India.
  2. ^ "Alankrita Sahai - Contestants 2014". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Alankrita Sahai to star in psychological thriller 'The Incomplete Man' with Warina Hussain and Sharib Hashmi". Free Press Journal.
  4. ^ Bhatnagar, Rohit (12 February 2018). "Alankrita Sahai on her debut film Love Per Square Foot: I love the camera". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "I plan to take social work to other cities as well: Alankrita Sahai". Hindustan Times. 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Alankrita Sahai on #oxygenshortage: It is infuriating to see people charging exorbitant price for oxygen, they should be ashamed". Hindustan Times. 4 May 2021.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Earth India
2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Miss Diva
1st Runner Up

2014
Succeeded by
Natasha Assadi