Gayatri Patel Bahl is an American actress, filmmaker, and Indian classical dancer, who appears in Hindi and English language films.

Gayatri Patel Bahl
Gayatri Patel Bahl
Born
Gayatri Patel

1986 or 1987 (age 37–38)[1]
United States
OccupationActress
SpouseSumeet Bahl
Children1

Biography

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Personal life

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Patel was born and raised in United States in a Gujarati family.[1][2] She studied at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.[2][3] She is married to Sumeet Bahl and has a son.[4][better source needed]

Career

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Before starting her career as an actress with the film Let's Dance, Patel Bahl performed in many dance competitions. During her time at Emory, she won Miss India Georgia. She was also first runner-up in the Miss India United States competition.[2] She has participated in classic English plays at Emory University, performing roles such as Irina for Chekhov's Play, Three Sisters.

While in India, Patel Bahl starred in four music videos produced by Venus Films and starring herself opposite Jugal Hansraj.[2] Her debut film in Bollywood is Let's Dance.[2] She guest starred in Yash Raj's Rishta.com as Husna in episode 19 of season 1.

Moving back to New York City, Patel Bahl has guest starred on FBI: Most Wanted, Partner Track, New Amsterdam 2018 TV Series, Law & Order SVU and appeared in Martin Scorsese's Vinyl, Mr. Robot, and Showtime's Loudest Voice.[5]

In April 2017, Patel Bahl was featured in Elle Magazine US as a part of the Elle Magazine's Movement Series.[6][7]

She is the writer, director, co-producer and star of the award-winning short film, TINA.[5]

Training

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Patel has taken training in Kathak from various teachers. At 15, she went to Bangalore and was trained by Maya Rao. In Mumbai, she took training from Vijayshree Chaudhary, who herself trained under Pandit Birju Maharaj in Delhi for about 10–12 years.

For fluency in Hindi language, she started training with Satyadev Dubey along with sitting in on Makrand Deshpande's rehearsals. She also trained with Veena Mehta, who trained the cast of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.[8]

Filmography

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As actress
Year Movie Role
2004 Tum Bin (Short film)
2004 Surma Surma (Short film)
2004 Hote Hot (Short film)
2004 Dheere Dheere Rafta Rafta (Short film)
2005 Ssukh
2009 Let's Dance Suhani
2010 Waiting Room (Short film)
2010 Rishta.com 19th Episode (TV show)
2010 Rishta.com 19th Episode (TV show)
2014 Inevitable (TV series) Manasa
2014 Redrum (TV series documentary) Ms. Reed
2014 Just My Luck (TV series) Deedee
2015 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series) Jiya Alexander
2017 Petty Therapy (Short film) Gangi
2018 Fashionables (TV series) Sageeta
2019 Tina (Short film) Tina Desai
2019 The Loudest Voice (TV mini-series) Assistant
2019 Mr. Robot (TV series)
2021 New Amsterdam (TV series) Dr. Priya Sharma
2022 FBI Most Wanted (TV series) Diya Ansari
2022 Partner Track (TV series) Francine Lindehoff
As filmmaker
Year Movie Role
2009 Let's Dance Co-producer
2010 Waiting Room (Short film) Co-producer
2014 Just My Luck (TV series) Co-producer
2019 Tina (Short film) Executive producer, Director
2021 Diner Banter (Web Series) Executive producer, Director, Co-Creator

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Waiting in the wings". DNA India. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019. Gayatri believes that she is a typical 'Gujju' and for her, it's very important that her parents approve of the person she will marry.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Let's dance with Gayatri Patel". The Times of India. May 29, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "Introducing Gayatri Patel Bahl, the dancing tornado". Entertainment.gaeatimes.com. June 6, 2009. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "Actor". Gayatri Bahl. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Khan, Sharifa (October 26, 2019). "Gayatri Bahl's Award-Winning Film 'TINA' Compels Viewers to Face Themselves". Brown Girl Magazine. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  6. ^ "Gayatri Bahl, The Movement". Elle. April 12, 2017. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "The Movement by ELLE – Danseres Gayatri Bahl". Dans Magazine (in Dutch). August 22, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "Gayatri Patel: Bollywood's new import from America!". Realbollywood.com. May 29, 2009. Archived from the original on January 15, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
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