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Panchi Bora | |
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 Photo of Panchi Bora From The 3rd Boroplus Gold Awards | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Model, actress |
| Years active | 2004–2016; 2019 |
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 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 commercial and television advertisements. She worked alongside her mother in a Tata Indicom commercial[ citation needed ] and then appeared in a Cadbury advertisement. [3]
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 . [3] [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. [4] 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. [5] She played Maya, an Indian girl, who she described as "extremely spiritual". The production was shot in parts of North India and Moscow. [5] 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. [6]
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". [7] Her second film was Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? , in which she was paired with Nandamuri Balakrishna. [8] In the unreleased film Yamini Chandrasekhar, she played the titular character, Yamini, an archaeology student. [9]
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 2011 | Aakasame Haddu | Kirti | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? | Visalakshi | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Dhamarukam | Kavita | Telugu | |
| 2013 | It's My Life | Kajal | Hindi | |
| 2014 | Prabhanjanam | Pranita | Telugu | |
| 2019 | 22 Yards | Shonali | Hindi |
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2005 | Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi | Ananya Puri | |
| 2007 | Kahiin To Hoga | Guest (as Prachi) | Special appearance |
| Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii | |||
| Kasautii Zindagii Kay | |||
| 2007–2009 | Kayamath | Prachi Milind Mishra | |
| 2008 | Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan | Guest (as Prachi) | Special appearance |
| Karam Apnaa Apnaa | |||
| Kasturi | |||
| CID | Neelima | ||
| Kaun Jeetega Bollywood Ka Ticket | Contestant | ||
| 2009 | Bigg Boss 3 | Guest | Spent 3 days |
| 2010 | The Hindu | Maya | Russian series Nominated, Best Actress of Drama Series at Monte-Carlo Television Festival |
| Keshav Pandit | Sonu Juneja | ||
| 2012 | Gumrah: End of Innocence | Neelam | Episodic appearance |
| 2015–2016 | Gangaa | Jhanvi Sagar Chaturvedi |
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