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Wamiqa Gabbi
Gabbi in 2024
Born (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 31)
Chandigarh, India
Other namesVimaleyyy's Premika
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Wamiqa Gabbi (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actress who appears in Punjabi and Hindi films. She made her screen debut in the Hindi film Jab We Met (2007) with a small role. But her major success came with Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 (2013) alongside Yo Yo Honey Singh and Amrinder Gill. Then she went onto star in many Punjabi films like Ishq Brandy (2014), Nikka Zaildar 2 (2017), Parahuna (2018), Dil Diyan Gallan (2019) and Nikka Zaildar 3 (2019). [[1]]

Early life

Gabbi was born in a Punjabi family in Chandigarh on 29 September 1993.[1][2][3] Her father Govardhan Gabbi is an author and writes in Hindi and Punjabi languages, who uses Gabbi as a pseudonym.[4][5]

Career

She is a trained Kathak dancer. Her big break came with the Punjabi film with Yo Yo Honey Singh and Amrinder Gill, Tu Mera 22 Mai Tera 22. She went on to star in two other Punjabi films Ishq Brandy and Ishq Haazir Hai as a co-star to actor Diljit Dosanjh.

She gave her first female lead role as Tanisha in Sixteen. She starred as the lead actress in the Telugu film, Bhale Manchi Roju as the female lead.

Gabbi starred as the female lead in a Tamil film, Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam (2016).[6] She was the female lead in the Malayalam film, Godha, alongside Tovino Thomas.[7] In March 2017, Wamiqa signed onto a new Tamil film, Iravaakaalam, directed by Ashwin Saravanan, also starring Sshivada and S. J. Surya.[8] Wamiqa played the lead role in 9, also starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Mamta Mohandas.[9] Wamiqa starred as the female lead opposite Ishaan Khattar in the short film, Fursat, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, which released in early 2023. She was cast in Bharadwaj's Khufiya, which was released in October the same year on Netflix. She also played Niloufer in the Amazon original series, Jubilee, which also released in April 2023.

Filmography

Films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
2007 Jab We Met Geet's and Roop's cousin Hindi
2009 Love Aaj Kal [10]
2011 Mausam Lala Durgadas's daughter [11]
2012 Bittoo Boss Mrinalini's sister
2013 Sixteen Tanisha
Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 Nikky Punjabi
2014 Ishq Brandy Kimmi
2015 Ishq Haazir Hai Simar
Bhale Manchi Roju Sitha Telugu
2016 Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam Manoja Tamil
2017 Godha Adithi Singh Malayalam
Nikka Zaildar 2 Saawan Kaur Punjabi
2018 Parahuna Maano
2019 Nine Eva Malayalam
Nadhoo Khan Punjabi
Dil Diyan Gallan Natasha
Nikka Zaildar 3 Palpreet
Doorbeen
2020 Galwakdi Amberdeep Kaur [12]
2021 83 Annu Lal Hindi
2023 Fursat Diya Srivastav Short film [13]
Kali Jotta Anant Punjabi
Khufiya Charu Ravi Mohan Hindi [14]
2024 Kikli † TBA Punjabi Completed [15]
Genie † Tamil Filming [16]
Baby John † Hindi Filming [17][18]

Web series

Year Title Role Language Ref.
2021 Grahan Manjeet Kaur Chhabra / Manu Hindi [19]
2022 Mai: A Mother's Rage Supriya Chaudhary [20]
Modern Love: Mumbai Megha [21]
2023 Jubilee Nilofer Qureshi [22]
Modern Love Chennai Sam Tamil [23]
Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley Charlie Chopra Hindi [24]

Music videos

Year Song Singer Music Lyrics
2017 "Manak Di Kali" Ranjit Bawa Jatinder Shah Harpreet Singh Shahpur
"Angreji Wali Madam" Kulwinder Billa, Shipra Goyal Dr Zeus Shivjot
2018 "Teri Khamiyan" Akhil B Praak Jaani
"100 Percent" Garry Sandhu Dr Zeus Garry Sandhu
2020 "Kajla" Tarsem Jassar Pav Dharia Tarseem Jassar
2021 "Kade Kade" Ammy Virk Avvy Sra Happy Raikoti
"Tere Laare" Afsana Khan, Amrit Maan Desi Crew Happy Raikoti

References

  1. ^ "Chennai Express". The Tribune. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Wamiqa Gabbi: This is the First Time I will be Celebrating My Birthday Alone". News18. 29 September 2021. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ^ Nanda, Karan (16 April 2019). "You Won't Believe These 5 Punjabi Actresses Looked Like This Before!!!". PTC Punjabi. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  4. ^ "BFFs Wamiqa Gabbi and Mandy Takhar step in for each other". The Times of India. 31 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. ^ "All about perceptions: Wamiqa Gabbi". The Hindu. 18 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Wamiqa Gabbi is Geethanjali Selvaraghavan's heroine". The Indian Express. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 18 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  7. ^ Jayaram, Deepika (9 June 2017). "Wamiqa Gabbi fondly shares her first picture with Tovino". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. ^ Balachandran, Logesh (30 March 2017). "Wamiqa Gabbi joins SJ Suryah, Sshivada's project". Times of India. p. 1. Archived from the original on 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  9. ^ "9-Nine | 9-Nine Cast and Crew, Release Date and more". Pycker. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  10. ^ Chakrtaborty, Juhi (23 July 2021). "Grahan actor Wamiqa Gabbi: People can be on top of their career and still be depressed". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  11. ^ "I always wanted to be an actress: Wamiqa Gabbi". The Times of India. 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Galwakdi: Tarsem Jassar and Wamiqa Gabbi starrer gets a release date". The Times of India. 11 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Fursat Movie Review: Vishal Bhardwaj's Musical Shot On iPhone Weaves A Magical Drama". Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Tabu and Ali Fazal to fly to Canada for the final schedule of Vishal Bharadwaj's Khufiya". Bollywood Hungama. 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  15. ^ "It's a wrap for Mandy Takhar's debut production 'Kikli'". The Times of India. 26 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Kalyani Priyadarshan excited about being part of 'Genie'". The Times of India. 6 July 2023. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Watch: Varun Dhawan starts shooting for VD18, spotted with Atlee on the sets". The Times of India. 10 August 2023. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  18. ^ "SCOOP: Varun Dhawan's next with Atlee titled Baby John". Bollywood Hungama. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Hotstar Specials' series 'Grahan' to premiere on June 24". The New Indian Express. 12 June 2021. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  20. ^ Farzeen, Sana (12 April 2022). "Here's what Sakshi Tanwar has to say about Mai being compared to Sridevi's Mom, Raveena Tandon's Maatr". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  21. ^ Narain, Yatamanyu (25 May 2023). "Wamiqa Gabbi Calls It A 'Stroke Of Luck' On Being Part Of Modern Love Mumbai And Modern Love Chennai". News18. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Aparshakti Khurana, Aditi Rao Hydari's web series 'Jubilee' trailer out now". ThePrint. ANI. 24 March 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  23. ^ PTI (8 May 2023). "Modern Love Chennai to premiere on Prime Video on May 18. See poster". India Today. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  24. ^ "It's a wrap for Vishal Bhardwaj's Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley". Cinema Express. 2 May 2023. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
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