Kriti Kharbanda, a popular Indian face who mostly marks her presence in Kannada and Telugu films. 

Age and Height 

Born on 29 October 1988, Kriti is 30 years old (as of 2018). Kriti stands 5 feet and 1 inch tall. 

Marriage/Relationship 

While Kriti is still a representative of unmarried Indian actresses, she confesses that she is open to love marriage. 

Family

Kriti Kharbanda hails from the capital city of India where she was born to Ashwani and Rajni Kharbanda. She is the eldest child in her family and has a younger brother (Jaiwardhan Kharbanda) and a younger sister (Ishita Kharbanda). 

Career

She completed her schooling from Baldwin Girls’ High School and Bishop Cotton Girls’ School. Later, she got enrolled at Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College. Also, she bagged in a diploma certification in jewellery designing. 

Throughout her educational career, she was an active participant of cultural events. She started receiving offers for advertisements and modelling while in her educational days. Bhima Jewellers, Fair and Lovely and Spar were some of her modelling campaigns during her educational period.

Although her first movie received negative comments, her performance was primarily appraised by the audience. Teen Maar and Chiru were her next releases. She was prominently applauded by the then leading newspapers and media channels for her flawless performances. 

Kriti gave a guest appearance in Ala Modalaindi (a romantic comedy in Telugu). Mr Nookayya and Prem Adda were her subsequent releases. 

In the year 2013, she contributed towards four films (2 each in Kannada and Telugu languages). It was this period of 2013-2015 when Kriti rose to fame and public recognition. Googly (featuring Kriti) became one of the highest-grossing Kannada films in the year 2013. In the succeeding year, Kriti marked her presence in Super Ranga, Belli, Venkatadri Express. 

2016 was the year when Kriti stepped in the Hindi film industry. She bagged the lead roles in the movies Raaz Reboot and Maasthi Gudi. 

Controversy

Once in the year 2014, Kriti was harassed at an international airport in Bengaluru. The guards asked her to pay extra charges for her luggage where she had a minor dispute with them and rose to the centre of controversy. 

Favourites

Chilli Chicken and Matar Paneer are amongst her favourite Indian cuisines. Kriti loves to watch movies starring Farhan Akhtar, Ramya, Saif Ali Khan, and Dia Mirza. A.R. Rahman is her all-time favourite singer.  

Awards

Out of the many award nominations, Kriti Kharbanda clinched in the Critics Award for Best Actress in the year 2015.

Trivia

Kriti is very fond of shopping for shoes and sarees. Till date, she owes more than 100 pairs of different varieties of shoes. She spends ample time in aerobics to stay fit and active all day. She topped the 2013 list of Bangalore Times Most Desirable Women.