Umang Jain

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Umang Jain
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Jain at her film launch Love Breakups Zindagi promotional event
Born
Tumkur, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Occupation(s)Model, Actress
AwardsAIAC - All India Achievers Award for best actor [1]
Website www.umangjain.com

Umang Jain is an Indian model and actress worked in national and international circuits. She is officially the youngest actor to have worked across all AV mediums and is awarded for the same. She is also popularly known as the 'Cadbury Girl' in India and 'Miss Masala Girl' in Pakistan from where she rose to fame. She has worked in Films, Series and has shot for more than 500TVCs.

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Career

She began in the Hindi film industry with Love Breakups Zindagi [2] and later appeared in Ek Tha Chander Ek Thi Sudha . [3] In 2015, she portrayed Gauri, an incarnation of Devi/Durga in the three month television series, Maharakshak: Devi . She was cast in the role partly due to her background as a dancer and a brown belt in the martial arts. [4] Jain states that she was drawn to the role because it was a challenging one. [5] [6]

Jain also portrayed Tara in the long-running show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai on Star Plus.[ citation needed ] About her character, Umang said, "I play Tara in the show. She is a hockey player, who is slightly rough on the edges as she has been raised in a family of men but she is a soft and sweet person inside. She always stands up for what is right." [7]

Television

YearSerialRole
2002 Justujoo Rima Sharma
2002Yeh Hai Mere Apne
2004 Karishma kaa Karishma
2004 Gharwali Uparwali
2006 Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai - Do Gaz Zameen Ke NeecheKanchan Goel (Episode 72 & 73)
2007 Break Time Masti Time Mahua
2008 Sunaina Nina Kutty
2009Chua Mantar
2012 Teri Meri Love Stories Kareena Sood
2015 Maharakshak: Devi [8] Devi / Gauri
2015 Ek Tha Chander Ek Thi Sudha Sudha Shukla
2015-2016 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai [9] Nayantara "Tara" Singh Shekhawat
2016 Khatmal E Ishq [10] Lovina D' Mello
2018 Laal Ishq Siddhi
2019Sona
Khushi

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguage
2011 Love Breakups Zindagi RituHindi
2011 Shakal Pe Mat Ja Prachi
2013 Aaru Sundarimaarude Katha Anju MoothedanMalayalam

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References

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  3. ↑ "A story that redefined love for an entire generation". The Times of India. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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  6. ↑ Indo-Asian News Service (11 March 2019). "'Maharakshak Devi' – superheroine lands on Indian TV". The Indian Express . Retrieved 21 September 2019.
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  9. ↑ "Umang Jain quits Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai". Times Of India. 14 May 2016.
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