Ruhani Sharma – Punjabi model and actress who works in south Indian movies

Ruhani Sharma is a Chandigarh based model, who works in south Indian movies. She mostly plays lead and parallel lead roles, and has appeared in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu language films. As a model, her appearance in Punjabi music video – ‘Kudi Tu Pataka’ in 2013 went viral over net during Diwali festival season. Since then she appeared in more than 50 music videos, mostly with Punjabi singing stars, and marked her screen debut with Tamil movie – Kadaisi Bench Karthi in 2017. After appearing in 4 south Indian movies belonging to different languages, she marks her Bollywood debut with 2020 movie, Agra.

She got her first major break through the Punjabi music video, “Kudi Tu Pataka“

Ruhani Sharma featured aside 9 artists in ‘Kudi Tu Pataka’ song

Ruhani Sharma was born in Solan, Himachal Pradesh in 1994. She started her career as a modeling and appeared in a couple of music videos in 2013 – “Classroom” and “Kudi Tu Pataka“. Featuring 9 Punjabi singers, Ammy Virk, Mehtab Virk, Babbal Rai, A Kay, Ranjit Bawa, Hardy Sandhu, Sharry Mann, JSL Singh and Prabh Gill, the single – “Kudi Tu Pataka” was an instant chartbuster. Since then she earned a huge fan following crowd, who loved her natural and innocent looks and simplicity. She appeared in a series of Punjabi music videos after that.

She appeared in three south Indian language films till 2020

As an actress, she got her first break in a lead role through Tamil movie – Kadaisi Bench Karthi in 2017. She was paired with Bharath in this rom-com which opened to negative reviews. She tasted success through her second release; in fact her debut Telugu flick, Chi La Sow opposite Sushanth. Once again a romantic movie, she received a nomination at SIIMA for best female debut. Her role as a traditional girl in the movie got noticed.

In 2019 she marked her Malayalam debut in a lead role through the thriller, Kamala, which was an average grosser. She played the titular role of a mysterious traveller in the film. In 2020, she tasted success for the third time in a row through HIT: The First Case, Telugu investigation series. She played the lead role of Neha, Vishwak Sen’s girlfriend who goes missing in the movie. Now she is all set for her Bollywood debut. In 2019 she marked her small screen debut through ZEE5’s web series Poison.

Ruhani Sharma – Some interesting and less-known facts

1. “Classroom” was her first appearance for any music video. Her ever popular “Kudi Tu Pataka” featuring 9 Punjabi artists was only her second appearance in any single.

2. She has featured in many hit Punjabi chartbusters which found position in top-10 list. Kulbir Jhinger, Sharry Mann, Ammy Virk, Garry Sandhu etc are among the top Punjabi pop artists with whom she has worked till now.

3. ‘Nagin’, ‘Chandigarh’, Dil ni Lagda’, ‘Tere Binn’, ‘Date and Chamak Challo’, ‘Hypnotize’ etc are among the top songs in which she was featured.

4. She appeared in two Telugu movies till now – Chi La Sow and HIT: The First Case, and both the films, where she played female lead were commercial hits.

5. Her debut Malayalam movie Kamala was the first movie of Aju Varghese as a solo lead hero. Till then Aju mostly played comic supporting roles on screen.

6. Her debut web series Poison also marked Bollywood actor Arbaaz Khan’s digital debut.

7. Modeling, photo shoots, travelling and going to gym are among her favourites.

8. She receives extensive support from her parents, and her mother is the pillar of support. Her family comprises of father, mother and sister.