1. Kriti Sanon has received a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards, and was featured in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list of 2019.
32 Facts About Kriti Sanon
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Kriti Sanon began her acting career by playing the leading lady in the 2014 action films 1: Nenokkadine and Heropanti.
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Kriti Sanon's career progressed with starring roles in the commercially successful romantic comedies Bareilly Ki Barfi and Luka Chuppi, and her highest-grossing releases came with the ensemble comedies Dilwale and Housefull 4.
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Kriti Sanon won the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the title role of a surrogate mother in the comedy-drama Mimi.
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Kriti Sanon has since achieved commercial successes with the 2024 comedies Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya and Crew.
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Kriti Sanon's mother Geeta Sanon is a physics professor at the University of Delhi while her father Rahul Sanon is a chartered accountant.
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Kriti Sanon briefly worked as a model before becoming an actress.
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Kriti Sanon made her acting debut in 2014 with the Telugu psychological action thriller 1: Nenokkadine, playing the love interest of Mahesh Babu's character.
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Trade journalist Taran Adarsh opined that Kriti Sanon "has the trappings of a star", but critic Srijana Das of The Times of India criticised her emoting, calling it "more cheesy than sharp".
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Kriti Sanon was next cast in Rohit Shetty's action comedy Dilwale with Varun Dhawan, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films at that time, grossing more than 3.72 billion worldwide.
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Kriti Sanon's starring role as a headstrong small-town woman aspiring to a better life in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's romantic comedy-drama Bareilly Ki Barfi was better received.
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Kriti Sanon starred in cinematographer Laxman Utekar's Hindi directorial debut, Luka Chuppi, a satire on live-in relationships, which paired her opposite Kartik Aaryan.
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Critics were generally unimpressed with the film, but Kriti Sanon's performance received praise, with Mashable India deeming it a career-best.
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Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of WION wrote that Kriti Sanon had succeeded in her "attempt to establish herself as a standalone actor, not just a pretty heroine" and took particular note of the subtlety in her performance.
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Kriti Sanon received several awards for her performance, including the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and the National Film Award for Best Actress.
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Kriti Sanon starred with Varun Dhawan in Bhediya, the third instalment in Dinesh Vijan's horror-comedy universe.
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In 2023, Kriti Sanon played the leading lady opposite Kartik Aaryan in Shehzada, a remake of the Telugu film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.
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Kriti Sanon agreed to the project as she deemed such films "educational for kids".
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Kriti Sanon then reunited with Tiger Shroff in Vikas Bahl's science fiction action film Ganapath.
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In 2024, Kriti Sanon starred with Shahid Kapoor in Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, a science fiction romantic comedy between a man and a robot, in which she played SIFRA, a humanoid robot.
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Kriti Sanon next starred with Tabu and Kareena Kapoor Khan in the female-led heist comedy Crew, in which the trio played flight attendants.
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WIONs Shomini Sen was appreciative of Kriti Sanon for holding her own in the presence of Tabu and Kapoor Khan.
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Kriti Sanon launched her own production company, named Blue Butterfly Films, under which she produced Do Patti, a mystery film for Netflix co-starring Kajol and Shaheer Sheikh.
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Kriti Sanon expressed that her role in Mimi inspired her to seek out more well-written roles and pursue greater creative freedom in her career.
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Kriti Sanon played dual roles of Saumya and Shailee, twin sisters with contrasting personalities.
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Kriti Sanon has often gained attention for her sense of style.
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Kriti Sanon has a large social media footprint, with over 54 million followers on Instagram.
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Kriti Sanon later collected funds for Kailash Sathyarthi Children's Foundation.
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Kriti Sanon has performed at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Indian Premier League and the 2023 Women's Premier League.
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Kriti Sanon is an endorser for several brands and products including Coca-Cola, Titan's Raga, Parachute and Tissot.
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Kriti Sanon has been vocal on various topics, including pay disparity in Hindi cinema and the "patriarchal mindset" prevalent in the industry.
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In 2016, Kriti Sanon launched her own clothing line, named Ms.