Manushi Chhillar
Biography
Manushi Chhillar (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian actress, model, and the winner of the Miss World 2017 pageant. She represented her state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant and won the title of Femina Miss India World 2017 and then went on to become the sixth representative from India to be crowned Miss World after 17 years.
Chhillar made her acting debut with the role of Sanyogita in the historical drama Samrat Prithviraj (2022) and has since appeared in The Great Indian Family (2023) and Operation Valentine (2024).
In 2023, Chhillar appeared in The Great Indian Family, a comedy film backed by the same banner, where she was seen opposite Vicky Kaushal. Chillar's performance was poorly received by critics, with Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com describing her as "strictly ornamental". The film was a commercial failure at the box office.
In 2024, Chillar first played a wing commander opposite Varun Tej in the Hindi-Telugu bilingual, Operation Valentine. Sana Farzeen of India Today noted, "Manushi's sincere performance gets lost in translation due to lackluster screenplay."
She further criticized her and Tej's chemistry. Chhillar will next appear in the Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff-led Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. She will also star opposite John Abraham in Dinesh Vijan's Tehran
