human e she is an Indian actress who
mainly works in Hindi cinema she worked
as a theatre actor and model before
beginning her film career after starring
in several theatrical productions Keira
she moved to Mumbai and signed a
two-year contract with Hindustan
Unilever to appear in television
commercials during the shoot of a
samsung mobile commercial Anurag Kashyap
noticed her acting ability and signed
her for his films Kira she made her
feature film debut with a supporting
role in the 2012 critically acclaimed
crime drama gangs of wasseypur part 1
and part 2 Karachi's performance won
wide critical acclaim earning several
nominations in the Best Supporting
Actress and best female debut category
she further received critical acclaim
for her portrayal of a range of
characters including a witch in the
horror thriller ecthion a raw explosives
expert in the underworld dramedy day and
the promiscuous companion of a Begum in
the black comedy thriller dedh Ishqiya
she is regarded as one of the most
promising newcomers in India early life
and modeling career Kira she was born on
july 28 1986 into a Muslim family in
Delhi India her father Salim karashi is
a restaurateur who runs a chain of
restaurants her mother Amy n Akira she
is a housewife she has three brothers
nahum karashi haseen karashi and actor
saqib saleem she grew up in kalkaji
greater kailash south delhi cura she did
her history honors at the Gaggia college
later she joined act one theatre group
and performed in few theatre productions
karashi has worked with several NGOs and
assisted a documentary filmmaker in 2008
she moved to Mumbai to audition for film
roles auditioning for a film which was
never made I never thought of coming to
Mumbai or being an actress but when my
friend called me for an audition for a
movie called Junction it set me thinking
sadly the film never got made karashi
signed a two-year contract with
Hindustan Unilever to appear in there
television commercials she promoted a
range of products including samsung
mobile Nyroc vita marie safa loyal
mederma cream and pears soap during a
shoot for a samsung mobile commercial
director anurag kashyap was impressed
with her acting ability and promised to
use her in a film karashi recalled I
didn't believe him then you hear lots of
such stories in this industry so I
wasn't waiting with bated breath Kashyap
kept his promise though casting her in
the two-part crime drama gangs of
wasseypur acting career debut and
breakthrough cura she was initially
scheduled to make her film debut in
billa 2 after surviving an audition out
of 700 candidates although cast as the
female lead when the film was delayed
Kira she left the project to honor other
work commitments I have no regrets I
wish it had worked out but it didn't I
am NOT someone who sits and laments over
things I was approached for several
other South films too but the roles
weren't what I was looking for karashi
featured in the short film Sujata her
performance earned her a special mention
at the 2012 Indian Film Festival of Los
Angeles that year she made her feature
film debut with a supporting role in
Anurag Kashyap's crime drama gangs of
wasseypur apart one alongside manoj
bajpayee Tigmanshu Dhulia Richa Chadda
and nawazuddin siddiqui the plot tells a
story of power struggles politics and
vengeance among three crime families
Kira she played Mozena the love interest
of Faizal Khan she described her
character as a small-town airhead who
thinks she is the prettiest girl in the
village Mozena tries to copy everything
she sees on the big screen in her own
little ways she is heavily influenced by
Bollywood the film premiered at the 65th
cannes film festival and both the film
and actress received positive reviews
from critics Govind Nihalani noted her
screen presence comparing the actress to
smita patil an earthiness sincerity
intensity and warmth of personality
qualities that distinguished smita
apart from the fact that she was a very
fine and instinctive actress humor is a
good enough actress on her own someone
who can stand apart from the crowd and
hold her own Taran Adarsh of Bollywood
Hungama noted humor karashi who's
introduced much later in the film is
wonderful The Telegraph labeled her
appearance unconventional and noted
Bollywood is largely about X beauty
queens and size 0 py TS dusky and
slightly bigger than the other newbies
she brings a raw sensuality on screen
that is quite irresistible the express
tribune added when it comes to looks
humor is different from the typical
Bollywood actors in 2012 cura she
appeared on rediff coms annual list of
Bollywood's top-10 debutants and placed
third the highest female position the
actress reprised her role as Mozena in
the second installment of gangs of
wasseypur gangs of wasseypur apart to
the film premiered in the can Directors
Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival
with its prequel it opened to wide
critical acclaim and her portrayal again
received positive reviews moderate Ramu
Koji of the times of india said humor
karashi with her Gordie clothes designer
sunglasses and unusual attractiveness is
the hottest cheese in wasseypur she
beautifully lends support as a powerful
man's proud a better half even in his
worst crimes and taran Adarsh found her
simply fantastic both films and karashi
several Best Supporting Actress
nominations and best female debut
nominations cura she described gangs of
wasseypur as a life-changing film she
next starred as the feisty Punjabi girl
Harmon in the comedy you've shaved a
chicken Khurana with Colonel capo the
film describes a quest for an ancient
family dish rediff.com noted humor cura
she looks right for the role and she
delivers a wonderful performance Anna
rüdiger ah of daily news and analysis
said karashi on the other hand is
charming as the fiery punjaban Harman
her refreshingly natural acting style
impresses again in a role that has
shades of her character in the gangs of
wasseypur
however Annie Palmer Chopra described
her performance as a little bland
despite good reviews the film was
unsuccessful at the box office recent
work Karachi's first release of 2013 was
the supernatural thriller ecthion
alongside Emraan Hashmi Quan corner
senator Sharma and kalki koechlin the
film revolves around a magician who is
haunted by a witch received mixed
reviews by critics however her
performance was well received The Indian
Express noted that Kira she has just a
few good moments but makes the most of
them while coy roy noted that Kira she
has a remarkably pleasant and confident
screen presence Raja Sen of rediff.com
praised the female cast and wrote the
three leading ladies a gyro quan corner
senator Sharma humor karashi and Kalki
Koechlin are smashing in their roles
each plays they're given role with
frightening me good flare and each
deserves a big hand Kira she's short
film Sujata a euro which was screened at
the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
in 2012 a euro was released to the
public as one of the segments in the an
yer AG Kashyap reduced anthology film
shorts she played the eponymous lead as
a young girl who is struggling to come
out of the clutches of her tormenting
cousin brother the film received
generally positive reviews from critics
and karashi earned critical acclaim for
her performance karashi next appeared as
a raw explosives expert Zawya riemann in
nikhil advani's underworld dramedy day
the film received positive feedback from
critics and karachi's performance
received favorable reviews Subhash K Jha
mentioned that Kira she's acting is
effortlessly appealing and effective in
2014 karashi featured in Abhishek
Chaubey zhdi dish kiya co-starring
Madhuri Dixit Arshad Warsi and
Naseeruddin Shah the film met with
mostly positive reviews from critics and
karashi received praise for her
portrayal as the promiscuous companion
of the gun para in a five-star review
Raja Sen commented that Kira she uses
her fiercely intelligent eyes to great
effect
whilst Mohar Basu agreed saying that
humor karashi is brilliant and confident
the actress has in her the vivacious
energy that proves her talent as of
february2014 karashi has several
projects in various stages of production
she has completed work on the
experimental film X the film consists of
a directorial team of 11 with karashi
working under the direction of film
critic raja sen she will feature
alongside Anne's human jaw she is
filming for two projects a euro sriram
raghavan action thriller badlapur with
varun dhawan norden siddiqui and yami
gautham and a marathi film titled
highway karashi has also signed to
gangster films a euro sanjay gupta's
mumbai saga with john abraham and Anurag
Kashyap's Madame X a film based on the
gujarati novel of the same name
filmography awards and nominations see
also list of Indian film actresses
references external links humor karashi
at the internet movie database humor
karashi on twitter human ishii on
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