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Panchi Bora is an Indian television actress and model from Assam.[1] She played lead roles in the series Kayamath and Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi before working in the Telugu film industry.

Panchi Bora
Born
Guwahati, Assam, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Model, actress
Years active2004–2016; 2019

Life and career

Panchi Bora is a native of Assam. Her father is a retired army officer who relocated to Pune after his service.[2] In her young adulthood, Bora enrolled at the ILS Law College in Pune. During her first year of college, she appeared in commercials and television advertisements. She worked alongside her mother in a Tata Indicom commercial,[3][unreliable source] and then appeared in a Cadbury advertisement.[4]

Bora was discovered by Ekta Kapoor, the head of Balaji Telefilms. After seeing her in an advertisement, Kapoor offered her a role in the first-ever soap to be aired on MTV. Bora played the character of Ananya Puri, a radio jockey in the soap opera, called Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi.[4][2] After the show, Bora decided to complete her college degree. She enrolled at Fergusson College, Pune, to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree.[2] Ekta Kapoor then approached her again for a role in Balaji Telefilms‘ series Kayamath. Bora said that initially she was not interested in the role but that after Ekta Kapoor presented her with the script, she was interested and took it up.[5] She played the central role of Prachi in Kayamath, who according to Bora was “a simple girl, very shy and attached to her family” and “unlike me in real life”.[2]

In 2009, Kayamath took a three year break from acting before coming back in 2012. She came back with Bid Aai on STAR Plus. In 2010, while in Russia, she was selected to play the female lead in an English-language Russian TV production titled The Hindu – The Indian.[6] She played Maya, an Indian girl, who she described as “extremely spiritual”. The production was shot in parts of North India and Moscow.[6] In 2013, she made an appearance in Gumrah: End of Innocence in which she played a fun loving girl, named Neelam, who aspires to be a designer.[7]

She made her feature film debut in the 2011 Telugu film, Aakasame Haddu. The Hindu wrote, “Panchi Bora is gorgeous and slips easily into the role of a two-timer”.[8] Her second film was Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?, in which she was paired with Nandamuri Balakrishna.[9] In the unreleased film Yamini Chandrasekhar, she played the titular character, Yamini, an archaeology student.[10]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2011Aakasame HadduKirtiTelugu
2012Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?VisalakshiTelugu
2012DhamarukamKavitaTelugu
2013It’s My LifeKajalHindi
2014Yamini ChandrasekharYaminiTeluguUnreleased film
2014PrabhanjanamPranitaTelugu
201922 YardsShonaliHindi

Television

YearShowRoleNotes
2004–2005Kitni Mast Hai ZindagiAnanya Puri
2007Kahiin To HogaGuest (as Prachi)Special appearance
Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
Kasautii Zindagii Kay
2007–2009KayamathPrachi Milind Mishra
2008Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa BandhanGuest (as Prachi)Special appearance
Karam Apnaa Apnaa
Kasturi
CIDNeelima
Kaun Jeetega Bollywood Ka TicketContestant
2009Bigg Boss 3GuestSpent 3 days
2010The HinduMayaRussian series
Nominated, Best Actress of Drama Series at Monte-Carlo Television Festival[11]
Keshav PanditSonu Juneja
2012Gumrah: End of InnocenceNeelamEpisodic appearance
2015–2016GangaaJhanvi Sagar Chaturvedi

See also

References

  1. ^ Nishant (8 August 2007). “Panchi, no time for love”. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d “Metro Plus Visakhapatnam / Television : Twice lucky!”. The Hindu. 17 February 2007. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. ^ “Panchi Bora is on cloud nine”. www.filmibeat.com. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b “rediff.com: When Ekta Kapoor tracked down Panchi Bora!”. Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  5. ^ “rediff.com: When Ekta Kapoor tracked down Panchi Bora!”. Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  6. ^ a b “Panchi flies to Moscow”. Hindustan Times. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  7. ^ “Panchi Bora back with Gumrah”. The Times of India. 28 May 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  8. ^ Y. Sunita Chowdhary (10 September 2011). “Aakasame Haddu – Love guru weaves the magic”. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  9. ^ “Actress Panchi Bora | Lakshmi Manchu”. CineGoer.com. 4 December 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  10. ^ M. L. Narasimham (8 February 2014). “Yamini Chandrasekhar: The mystery deepens”. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  11. ^ “Russian World Studios”. Rwstudio.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.