Kadambari Jethwani

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{{Infobox person
| name =Kadambari Jethwani
| image = Kadambari Jethwani.jpg
|alt= Jethwani in 2018
|caption = Kadambari Jethwani
| birth_date = 20 April 1996
| nationality = [[people|Indian]]
| occupation = [[Physician|Medical Doctor]], [[Entrepreneurship|Entrepreneur]], [[Actor|Film Actress]], [[Model (person)|Model]]
| title = Femina Miss Gujarat<br>Femina Cover Girl
| height = 5 ft 6-inch (168 cm)
| alma_mater = [[Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College]] : [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] <br>[[Stanford University]]<br> [[Drexel University College of Medicine]]<br> [https://www.aaamed.org/ The American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine]
}}

'''Kadambari Jethwani''' (born 20 April 1996) is an UAE-based Indian [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]], US-qualified [[Physician|medical doctor]], [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|HSC]] [[Board examination|Board Exam]] Topper, internationally published medical [[author]], and former [[film actress]], [[Model (person)|model]] and beauty pageant title holder, who is known for her work in [[Hindi Cinema|Hindi]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]], [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]], [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] and [[Punjabi cinema (India)|Punjabi]] films, and her modeling campaigns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kadambari Jethwani Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7713614/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|work=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Hemanth|title=Kadambari Jethwani set for Tollywood debut|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Kadambari-Jethwani-set-for-Tollywood-debut/articleshow/45751097.cms|accessdate=4 August 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Desai|first1=Dhwani|title=I was apprehensive about working with two other girls|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/I-was-apprehensive-about-working-with-two-other-girls/articleshow/49600603.cms|accessdate=4 August 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=31 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Aikara|first1=Anita|title=Destiny's child|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/destiny-s-child/898930/|accessdate=4 August 2016|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=13 January 2012}}</ref>

== Early life and background ==
Jethwani was born into a [[Hindu]] [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] family. Her father, Narendrakumar Jethwani is a [[Merchant navy|Merchant navy officer]] and her mother, Asha Jethwani is a manager with The [[Reserve Bank of India]] and a [[Gold medal]]list in [[Economics]]. Her maternal grandfather was a prominent [[social work]]er.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kadambari Jethwani|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7713614/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|work=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=4 August 2016|date=2 January 2012}}</ref> She received her school education from [[Prakash Higher Secondary School]], [[Mount Carmel High School, Ahmedabad|Mount Carmel High School]] and [[Udgam School for Children|Udgam School]] in [[Ahmedabad]]. She started training in [[Bharatnatyam]] at the age of five and obtained '''Visharad''' ([[Bachelor of Arts]]) degree (on completion of seven years course) at twelve, from [[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi]]. She ranked fifth in the [[Gujarat]] [[Higher Secondary Examination]]. She played chess competitively during her school years and represented [[Gujarat]] at the [[Indian Chess Championship|National Chess Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|title=I was apprehensive about working with two other girls|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/I-was-apprehensive-about-working-with-two-other-girls/articleshow/49600603.cms|website=[[Indiatimes.com]]|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref> As a kid, she also modelled regionally for brands such as Nippo batteries, Gayatri dairy and Maruti bread for the [[Gujarat]] market.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kahkkashan Aryan to debut in Bollywood with Sadda Adda|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2011/kahkkashan-aryan-debut-bollywood-sadda-adda-051211.html|work=filmibeat.com|accessdate=4 August 2016|date=5 December 2011}}</ref>

== Career ==

===Films===
Jethwani relocated to [[Mumbai]] with her mother's job transfer to the city.<ref name="glamgold">{{cite web|last1=Nitesh|title=Acting is not a rocket science : Kahkkashan Aryan {{!}} Glamgold {{!}} Page 2|url=http://glamgold.com/acting-is-not-a-rocket-science-kahkkashan-aryan/2/|website=glamgold.com|accessdate=4 August 2016|date=2 January 2012}}</ref> There, a chance meeting with the director [[Muazzam Beg]] led to the lead role in Rajtaru Studios' [[Bollywood]] [[comedy-drama]] '[[Sadda Adda]]' (credited as Kahkkashan Aryan). The same year, she made her [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] debut with [[B. Unnikrishnan]]'s [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] set in [[Bangkok]], '[[I Love Me (film)|I Love Me]]', alongside [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] and [[Anoop Menon]]. 2013 saw her starting the shoot for her [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] debut as the heroine opposite [[Vinay Rai]] for '''Senthatti Kaalai Sevatha Kaalai''' directed by [[Saran (director)|Saran]],<ref name="indiaglitz">{{cite news|title=IndiaGlitz - Saran is Back - Bollywood Movie News|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/saran-is-back-hindi-news-91167.html|accessdate=4 August 2016|work=Indiaglitz.com}}</ref> and the lead in [[Dharmesh Darshan]]'s [[Punjabi film]] opposite [[Karan Kundra]], but both the projects were shelved then. Due to conflicting schedules, she had walked out of Girish Malik's [[Jal (film)|Jal]] opposite [[Purab Kohli]], and [[Rajesh Pillai|Rajesh Pillai's]] [[Traffic (2016 film)|Traffic]] opposite [[Parambrata Chatterjee]]. Next, she debuted in [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] with Rajkumar Reddy's SIIMA-nominated supernatural [[horror film]] '[[Ouija (2015 film)|Ouija]]' produced by Vega Entertainment,<ref>{{cite web|title=SIIMA awards on Udaya tv|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/Watch-SIIMA-awards-soon-on-Udaya-tv/articleshow/52466332.cms|accessdate=11 October 2020|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 May 2016}}</ref> and in [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] with '''Aata'''. Ouija ran successfully for more than 100 days in theaters.

===Modelling work===

Jethwani has won Femina Miss Gujarat, Femina Cover Girl, Miss [[Gujarat University]], and Miss Ahmedabad Times titles.<ref name="idlerelax"/>

She has been the face of nationwide [[Advertising campaign|advertisement campaigns]] for [[Videocon d2h]], Cygnus jewellery, [[Mahindra Xylo]], [[Shoppers Stop]], Rahna homes, [[Vespa]], [[Pond's]] White Beauty BB+ Fairness cream, Coloressence cosmetics, Integym and Jashn sarees among other brands, and featured on the cover pages of [[Femina (India)]] and LSF magazine, on [[Femina (India)|Femina]] calendar, and in [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan (India)]], [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue (India)]] and [[Filmfare]], among others. She has also had a stint on the [[Runway (fashion)|runway]], at India Runway Week, numerous [[Femina (India)|Femina]] Showcases, and for Indian fashion and jewellery designers like Babita Malkani, Varuna D Jani, etc. and featured in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] [[Music video]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kadambari Jethwani|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7713614/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|website=IMDb|accessdate=16 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kadambari Jethwani : Biography, Wiki, Age, Height, Filmography [sic] - Justbollywood|url=http://www.justbollywood.in/kadambari-jetwani-biography-wiki-age-height-filmogaphy/|website=www.justbollywood.in|publisher=justbollywood|accessdate=15 February 2017}}</ref>

===Publications===
Jethwani, in affiliation with [[Drexel University]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] has co-authored medical articles published in ''Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives'' and ''[[Cureus]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Anti-thrombotic therapy strategies with long-term anticoagulation after percutaneous coronary intervention - a systematic review and meta-analysis|journal= Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives|date=19 June 2019|pmc=6586086|last1=Siddiqui|first1=W. J.|last2=Khan|first2=M. Y.|last3=Rawala|first3=M. S.|last4=Jethwani|first4=K.|last5=Khan|first5=M. H.|last6=Alvarez|first6=C.|last7=Kashif|first7=R.|last8=Hasni|first8=S. F.|last9=Aggarwal|first9=S.|last10=Kohut|first10=A.|last11=Eisen|first11=H.|volume=9|issue=3|pages=203–210|pmid=31258858|doi=10.1080/20009666.2019.1611330}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Hydrocortisone Reduces 28-day Mortality in Septic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.|journal= Cureus|date=17 June 2019|pmid=31423390|last1= Siddiqui|first1= W. J.|last2= Iyer|first2= P.|last3= Aftab|first3= G.|last4= Zafrullah|first4= F.|last5= Zain|first5= M. A.|last6= Jethwani|first6= K.|last7= Mazhar|first7= R.|last8= Abdulsalam|first8= U.|last9= Raza|first9= A.|last10= Hanif|first10= M. O.|last11= Sharma|first11= E.|last12= Aggarwal|first12= S.|volume= 11|issue= 6|pages= e4914|doi= 10.7759/cureus.4914|pmc= 6692095}}</ref>

===As a physician===

After her first 2 movies, Jethwani pursued her medical degree and earned her [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|M.B.B.S.]] from [[Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College]] in [[Ahmedabad]], on full scholarship, and with distinction level marks throughout, and a [[Gold medal]] in [[Physiology]].
She has also done a summer management program from [[Stanford University]], on full scholarship, having scored a 730/800 (96 percentile) on the [[Graduate Management Admission Test|GMAT]]. She is
trained with a three-year residency in [[Internal medicine]] from [[St. Joseph Mercy Health System|At. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]], with a 96 percentile on the [[United States Medical Licensing Examination]].

Jethwani is also an [[Aesthetic Medicine|Aesthetic Doctor]], having completed courses from [https://www.aaamed.org/ The American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine].

==Entrepreneurship==
In the recent years, Jethwani has taken on the roles of the [[Director (business)|Director]] of [https://billionbricks.com BilLion Bricks Dubai] (BLB), a multiple-award winning [[Real estate]] firm, and [https://www.startupgali.com/company/tesoro-entertainment-llp/AAV-0338 Tesoro Entertainment LLP]([[Production company|media production company]]), Mumbai.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Sadda Adda]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Loving on the edge|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article1383742.ece|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref> || Riddhima || [[Hindi]] || Lead role - Debut film, credited as Kahkkashan Aryan
|-
| 2012 || ''[[I Love Me (film)|I Love Me]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=I Love Me (2012) - Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2631080/|work=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref> || Susan || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Ouija (2015 film)|Ouija]]''<ref name="dedicated">{{cite web|title="Ouija" Movie Director Raajkumar Reddy Interview – Movie Mint|url=http://www.moviemint.com/ouija-movie-director-raajkumar-reddy-interview/|website=www.moviemint.com|accessdate=4 August 2016|date=30 May 2016}}</ref> || Niharika || [[Kannada]] || Lead role
|-
| 2015 ||''[[Oh Yaara Ainvayi Ainvayi Lut Gaya]]''|| Jaspreet|| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || Cameo appearance alongside [[Jassi Gill]]
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Aata (2015 film)|Aata]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Aata Telugu Movie 2016|url=http://www.moviemint.com/aata-2015-latest-telugu-movie-posters/|website=moviemint.com|accessdate=4 August 2016|date=31 August 2015}}</ref>|| Niharika || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || Lead role
|-
|}

==Awards and achievements==
* Winner: Open [[Gujarat|Gujarat state]] under-14 Girls' Rapid [[Chess tournament]] - represented the state at the National tournament<ref>{{cite web|title=I was apprehensive about working with two other girls
|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/I-was-apprehensive-about-working-with-two-other-girls/articleshow/49600603.cms|website=[[Indiatimes.com]]|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>
* 5th rank in Gujarat state - 1st rank among girls - [[Higher Secondary Examination]]
* Winner: Miss Ahmedabad Times<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography - Kahkkashan Aryan|url=http://www.fridaymoviez.com/celebrity/biography/kahkkashan-aryan|website=Friday Moviez|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>
* Winner: Femina Miss Gujarat, Miss Gujarat University<ref name="idlerelax">{{cite web|title=Kahkkashan Aryan to debut in Bollywood|url=http://www.idlerelax.com/news/Kahkkashan-Aryan-to-debut-in-Bollywood_061211.html|website=Idlerelax.com|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>
* Winner: Ponds Femina cover girl contest (Face of Radiance), subtitles: Jashn Indian Beauty, Fresh Face, Best body

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|7713614|Kadambari Jethwani}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/iamkadambari Kadambari Jethwani] on [[Facebook]]

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