Kirat Bhattal

Kirat Bhattal (born 26 January in Monrovia, Liberia), professionally known as Kirat or Keerath in South India, is an Indian film actress. She debuted in modelling roles and then made a breakthrough in the Tamil film industry. She married VJ-actor Gaurav Kapur on 4 November 2014.

Personal life

Born in Liberia, Kirat's family belongs to a Punjabi Sikh family from Chandigarh.

Acting career

After completing her education at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, Kirat debuted in the Safi ad and then went onto to various other campaigns like Fair and Lovely, Siyaram and the Lakme adverts with a fellow Indian, Raima Sen, who has since gone on to make it big in the Bollywood film industry. Then Kirat modelled for Sri Kumaran Silks in Chennai to stake her claims in South India.

Kirat debuted in Dongodi Pelli, Telugu film. She was then signed by Saran for her first major film, Vattaram after Anushka Shetty had pulled out of the project. Vattaram also features Arya and Napoleon. Vattaram tells the story of a gun seller's love. Arya expressed his desirity to work with Kirat again in the future after Vattaram.