Gowri Munjal

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{{short description|Indian film actress and model (born 1985)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|08|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| other_names = Gouri Munjal, Gauri Munjal, Sonali Munjal
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2005–2011
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'''Gowri Munjal''' (born 9 August 1985) is an [[India]]n [[film actress]] and [[model (person)|model]]. She has frequently appeared in South Indian films and is probably best known for her performance as Mahalakshmi Somaraju in her debut film ''[[Bunny (2005 film)|Bunny]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOIYsv-hdbM |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219041930/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOIYsv-hdbM&app=desktop |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
When she moved to [[Mumbai]] to pursue a career in acting, she got to know, that the producers of the Telugu film ''[[Bunny (2005 film)|Bunny]]'' were looking for a new face to play the leading female role opposite [[Allu Arjun]]. She met the producers and immediately got the role of Mahalakshmi Somaraju, eventually becoming an actress. The film went to become a box office hit, after which she received acting offers from other South Indian film industries as well. She debuted in [[Kannada]] in the same year with the film ''Namma Basava'', whilst in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] she played leading roles in ''Sri Krishna 2006'' and ''[[Gopi - Goda Meedha Pilli]]''.

Gowri Munjal then got the offer to essay the female leading role in a Tamil film, directed by [[P. Vasu]], starring his son [[Sakthi Vasu]] in the lead role, following which she starred in another Tamil film ''[[Singakutty]]'' opposite [[Sivaji Ganesan|Sivaji Ganesan's]] grandson, named Sivaji as well. Both the film were unsuccessful at the box office, failing to gain her popularity and fame in Kollywood. In Telugu, however, she got to play a vital role in ''[[Kausalya Supraja Rama]]'' as [[Charmy Kaur|Charmi's]] sibling, whilst in Kannada she enacted the female lead in ''Jaaji Mallige'', a remake of the Tamil film ''[[Devathayai Kanden]]''. In 2009 then, she got a role in a Malayalam film ''Paleri Manikkam'', a [[crime thriller]], based on the same-named novel by T. P. Rajeevan, which was directed by popular director [[Ranjith (director)|Ranjith]] and in which she appeared opposite Malayalam actor [[Mammootty]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language!! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''[[Bunny (2005 film)|Bunny]]'' || Mahalakshmi Somaraju || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Namma Basava]]'' || Gauri || [[Kannada language|Kannada]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || ''[[Sri Krishna 2006]]'' || Indu || Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Gopi - Goda Meedha Pilli]]'' || Lakshmi || Telugu ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2007 || ''[[Bhookailas (2007 film)|Bhookailas]]'' || || Telugu || Special appearance
|-
| ''[[Thottal Poo Malarum]]'' || Anjali || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| ''[[Gandana Mane]]'' || Gauri || Kannada ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008 || ''[[Singakutty]]'' || Anjali || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Kausalya Supraja Rama]]'' || Kausalya Ravi || Telugu ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2009 || ''[[Jaaji Mallige]]'' || Uma || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Mast Maja Maadi]]'' ||Herself || Kannada ||cameo in song
|-
| ''[[Bangaru Babu (2009 film)|Bangaru Babu]]'' || || Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (film)|Paleri Manikyam]]'' || Sarayu Sharma || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011 || ''[[Race (2011 film)|Race]]'' || Shwetha || Malayalam ||
|-
| ''Hori'' || || Kannada ||
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090928034520/http://www.gowrimunjal.com/biography-1.html Official website]
* {{IMDb name|id=2329982|name=Gowri Munjal}}
* [http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/gowrimumjal.html Gowri Munjal interview]
* [http://www.glamgalz.com/index.php/tolly-celebs/pretty-tolly-beauty-gowri-munjal.html Exclusive Photoshoot]

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[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]

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