Kirat Bhattal
Actress Raima Sen (left) with Kirat Bhattal at a press conference for Lakme
Born	Kirat Bhattal Monrovia, Liberia
Other name(s)	Kiki
Occupation	actress
Years active	2005 - present

Kirat Bhattal professionally known as Kirat (born 26 January in Monrovia, Liberia) is a Jat-Sikh Indian film actress. She debuted in modelling roles and then made a breakthrough in the Tamil film industry.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Acting career 3 Filmography 4 External links

[edit] Personal life

Kirat was born in Monrovia, Liberia in West Africa. She did her scholling at the elite boarding school The Lawrence School, Sanawar, Some of whose famous alumni are Omar Abdullah , Maneka Gandhi , sanjay dutt , Apoorva Lakhia , Saif Ali Khan , and former punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh .

[edit] Acting career

Kirat debuted in the Safi ad and then went onto to various other campaigns like Fair and Lovely, Siyaram and the Lakme adverts with a fellow Indian, Raima Sen, who has since gone on to make it big in the Bollywood film industry. Then Kirat modelled for Sri Kumaran Silks in Chennai to stake her claims in South India.

Kirat debuted in Dongodi Pelli,Telugu film. She was then signed by Saran for her first major film, Vattaram after Anushka Shetty had pulled out of the project. Vattaram also features Arya and Napolean. Vattaram tells the story of a gun seller's love. Arya expressed his desirity to work with Kirat again in the future after Vattaram.

She signed up to do the prestigious project Desiya Nedunchalai 47 with Dhanush but however, the project was delayed and later cancelled. As the film had remained inactive for about three months, Bhattal had signed a Kannada language movie titled, Geleya opposite Prajwal Devaraj which was declared a hit. Most recently, she accepted a guest role in the film Santosh Subramaniam, which is a remake of the Telugu language film, Bommarillu which stars Genelia and Jayam Ravi.She has got rave reviews or her role in the film even though it is a short one. A few reviews have said that she outshine the heroine Genilia. She was also confirmed for the lead role in the telugu film "Yamadonga" starring "N. T. Rama Rao Jr." but turned it down at the last minute citing other commitments, the film went on to become a huge hit, grossing 30 crores in the first month of its release. She has also signed a Tamil film with director Krishna of Sillunu Oru Kadhal and Dorai with Arjun Sarja in the lead role.

Kirat has also been brand ambassador for various products including Lakme, Claeres, Fair and Lovely, Motorola and Macleans.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Role	Other Notes
2006	Dongodi Pelli	Telugu	Ratna
	Vattaram	Tamil	Sangeetha Gurupadam
2007	Geleya	Kannada	Nandini
2008	Santhosh Subramaniam	Tamil	Rajeshwari
	Durai	Tamil	Anjali
2009	Naa Style Veru	Telugu		Filming

[edit] External links

• Kirat Bhattal at the Internet Movie Database