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Asha Bhat (born 5 September 1992) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2014 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the title.[1] Bhat made her acting debut with the 2019 Hindi film Junglee.[2] She has since appeared in the Kannada action thriller Roberrt (2021) and the Telugu romantic comedy Ori Devuda (2022).[3]

Asha Bhat
Born (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 31)

Bhadravati, Karnataka, India
Alma materR.V. College of Engineering
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Years active2014–Present
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorDark Brown
Major
competition(s)
  • Miss Supranational 2014
    (Winner)
    (Best in Talent)
    (Best National Costume* runner-up)
    (*designed by Melvyn Noronha)
  • Miss Diva – 2014
    (Winner – Miss Diva Supranational 2014)
    (Miss Congeniality)
    (Miss Beautiful Smile)
    (Miss Fascinating)

Early life and education

Bhat was born in Bhadravati, an industrial city in the Shimoga district of Indian state of Karnataka on 5 September 1992 to parents Subrahmanya and Shyamala Bhat. Both her parents are medical laboratory technicians and have been serving the Bhadravati city clinical laboratories. She has one elder sister, Dr. Akshatha, who is a paediatrician.[4]

Bhat attended St. Charles School in Bhadravathi and pursued her pre-university education at Alva’s Pre-University College in Moodbidri.[5] She enrolled for National Cadet Corps (NCC) while studying at the Alvas College and was selected to participate in the Republic Day Camp. She was a member of NCC delegation from SAARC nations and visited Sri Lanka Military Academy and won all rounder award in the year 2009, awarded by the president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa.[6] She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic engineering from R.V. College of Engineering.[7]

Pageantry

In 2014, Bhat participated in Miss Diva pageant organized by The Times Group.[8] She was crowned Miss India Supranational 2014, next to Alankrita Sahai who was crowned Miss India Earth 2014 and Noyonita Lodh, the eventual winner of the contest and was crowned Miss India Universe, at the grand finale of the pageant held on 14 October 2014 at Westin Mumbai Garden City in Mumbai.[9] Bhat also won three special awards at Miss Diva 2014 namely, Miss Congeniality, Miss Beautiful Smile and Miss Fascinating.[10]

Bhat represented India at Miss Supranational 2014 held in Krynica-Zdrój in Poland and was the winner of the pageant held on 5 December 2014. She also won the special award for “Best in Talent” and 2nd runner up for “Best National Costume” at the pageant. Her national costume was designed by internationally acclaimed fashion designer and beauty pageant mentor Melvyn Noronha. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder Miss Supranational 2013, Mutya Johanna Datul from Philippines.[11]

During her one-year tenure with Miss Supranational she visited Thailand, Myanmar, Hungary, Mauritius, China and numerous countries around Poland and India.[12] In May 2015, she travelled to Thailand and judged the grand finale of Miss Grand Thailand. Along with Miss Supranational 2014 first runner up and the winner of Miss Grand Thailand 2014, Parapadsorn Disdamrong she crowned Tharathip Sukdarunpat as Miss Supranational Thailand[13] at the conclusion of the event held on 12 May 2015 at Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.[12]

Career

Bhat made her acting debut in 2019 with the Hindi action adventure film Junglee. She played Meera, an animal activist alongside Vidyut Jamwal.[14][15] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare praised her role for not being an “arm-candy”,[16] Priyanka Sinha Jha of News18 noted that despite the screen scape her role doesn’t “add value”.[17] The film became a box office average.[18]

In 2021, Bhat made her Kannada film debut with Roberrt, playing Amrutha opposite Darshan.[19] A Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express stated that she “shines” in her scenes.[20] The film eventually became the highest-grossing Kannada film of the year.[21]

Bhatt next played Meera, an assistant director opposite Vishwak Sen, in the 2022 fil Ori Devuda, which marked her Telugu debut.[22] The film was a commercial success[23] with Murali Krishna CH of Cinema Express being appreciative of her “expressive eyes”.[24]

Media image

In the Bangalore Times’ 30 Most Desirable Women list, Bhat was placed 14th in 2019 and 7th in 2020.[25][26] Apart from her acting career, Bhat is a social activist and runs her own NGO named the Astra Foundation.[27]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleLanguageRef.
2019JungleeMeeraHindi[28]
2021RoberrtAmrutha “Amu”Kannada[29]
2022Ori DevudaMeeraTelugu[30]

References

  1. ^ “India’s Asha Bhat is the first Indian to win Miss Supranational 2014 title”. ibnlive.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ “Ahead of ‘Junglee’ trailer launch, Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Sawant and Asha Bhat visit Siddhivinayak temple”. The Times of India. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ Suresh, Sunayana (5 September 2019). “Asha Bhat to make her sandalwood debut opposite Darshan”. Times of India. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  4. ^ “Asha Bhat attributes her success to parents’ encouragement”. The Hindu.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ^ “‘Miss Supra’ Asha Bhat gets felicitated by Alvas foundation”. newskarnataka.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ VEERENDRA P.M. (27 October 2014). “Asha Bhat felicitated”. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  7. ^ Divya Nair (9 December 2014). “How an Indian cadet became Miss Supranational”. rediff.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  8. ^ “Miss Diva 2014 – Contestants”. Indiatimes. 1 September 2014.
  9. ^ “Winning moment: Noyonita Lodh to represent India at Miss Universe”. Indian Express. 20 October 2014.
  10. ^ “Crowning moments of Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2014”. Indiatimes. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  11. ^ Verma, Gunjan (27 October 2014). “Asha Bhat all set to get India’s first Miss Supranational crown”. ETimes. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  12. ^ a b “Venezuela ganó el Miss Supranational 2014”. Diario lo Qué Pasa (in Spanish). 18 November 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  13. ^ “Beauty queen Asha Bhat crowns Miss Supranational Thailand 2015”. IndiaTimes. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  14. ^ “Shooting for Junglee begins, to release on October 19”. The Indian Express. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  15. ^ “Junglee”. April 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  16. ^ Sharma, Devesh (29 March 2019). “Movie Review: Junglee”. Filmfare. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  17. ^ Sinha Jha, Priyanka (29 March 2019). “Junglee Movie Review: Vidyut Jammwal’s Film Is A Jumbo Disappointment”. News18. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  18. ^ “Junglee Box Office Collection – India – Day Wise – Box Office”. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  19. ^ “Roberrt makers kick start the shooting schedule in Bengaluru”. Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  20. ^ A, Sharadhaa (11 March 2021). “Darshan strikes a fine balance between class and mass in this revenge drama”. The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  21. ^ “Year Ender 2021: Highest-grossing Kannada Movies of the Year”. 29 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  22. ^ “Oh My Kadavule Telugu remake titled Ori Devuda”. Cinema Express. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  23. ^ “Ori Devuda box office collection worldwide”. Sacnilk (in Telugu). Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  24. ^ “Ori Devuda Movie Review: A faithful remake that’s less fun”. Cinema Express. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  25. ^ “Bangalore Times’ 30 Most Desirable Women of 2019”. Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  26. ^ “Meet the beautiful ladies who make up Bangalore Times’ 30 Most Desirable Women of 2020”. Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  27. ^ “Asha Bhat: Tribute to a Girl with Golden Heart”. thegreatpageantcommunity.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  28. ^ “Junglee gets preponed by a week, Romeo Akbar Walter to get solo release”. Bollywood Hungama. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  29. ^ “Glad to start my journey down south with a Kannada film: Asha Bhat”. Indian Express. 5 September 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  30. ^ “First Look: Ori Devuda deals with new age romance”. Greatandhra. 9 November 2021.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by

 Miss Supranational
2014		Succeeded by

Stephania Stegman
Preceded by

Vijaya Sharma
 India’s Representative to Miss Supranational
2014		Succeeded by

Preceded by

First Winner
 Miss Diva Supranational
2014		Succeeded by

Title was Awarded in Femina Miss India Pageant