Ankita Makwana

Ankita Makwana
Nationality Switzerland
Alma mater University of St. Gallen
Occupation Model, actress, producer, writer, speaker
Known for Motivational speech at TEDx conference, Acting in Bollywood movies.

Ankita Makwana is a Swiss and Indian celebrity, model and actress. She is currently acting in an upcoming Bollywood thriller film Fever.[1][2][3] She is founder of two film production companies, Rebelmango and Am films.[4]

Early life

Makwana is daughter of the Honorary Consul-General of India to Zurich and State of the Vatican City J.H. Makwana.[3] [5]She grew up in Zurich and lived in Geneva, Paris and Mumbai.[6] She studied Bachelor of Arts in Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and graduated in the year 2007.[6][7]

Career

In her childhood Makwana hosted one episode of TV Show Euro Zindagi on Zee TV UK. Before acting in movies, she took formal training at the Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Lab in Mumbai in 2006. After that she started with small movies and ad films for companies like Ford Ikon or Universal Mobile where she shared screen space with renowned Bollywood actor R. Madhavan. She appeared in a friendly appearance in Sanjay Gadhvi's film Kidnap as Tisha. She has been a cover model for the Swiss women's magazine Annabelle. She has also modelled for 495dm and other brands. She was featured in the WW Who is Who Zurich 2014 magazine, and several other Swiss-German papers as such 20 Minuten and Schweizer Illustrierte. According to the media Makwana is also writing a script for a Bollywood movie which will be produced in Switzerland.[8] In October 2013 Makwana was invited as a motivational speaker at the TEDx conference in Zurich[6]

References

  1. ↑ Isabelle Riederer, "Schweizerin dreht mit Ronaldo's Ex", 20 Minuten, p. 21, 15 May 2013
  2. ↑ Angelika Meier, "Zürcher Filmstar Ankita Makwana: Bollywood-Fieber an der ETH", BLICK Online, 26 March 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fournier, Herve (27 February 2004). "Herve Fournier IDC Switzerland: Bollywood Fever Party at Thermes Parc Val d'Illiez". Hfidc.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Order of certified commercial register extracts". Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Angelika Meier, "Zürcherin erobert Bollywood", Blick am Abend, p. 17, 26 March 2014
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Ankita Makwana". Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bollywood fever at the ETH". Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Silvan Grütter, "Von der Uni nach Bollywood", Schweizer Illustrierte, p. 9, 07.01.2013

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