Tara Sutaria

Early life and education

Tara Sutaria was born on 19 November 1995 in Mumbai. Her father, Himanshu Sutaria, is a Hindu, and her mother, Tina Sutaria, is a Zoroastrian belonging to the Parsi community. Her name means "star" in Sanskrit. She has a twin sister named Pia. Both trained in classical ballet, modern dance and Latin American dances at the School of Classical Ballet and Western Dance, Royal Academy of Dance, United Kingdom and the Imperial Society for Teachers of Dancing, United Kingdom. She has been a professional singer since she was seven years old, having sung in operas and competitions since then. She received bachelor's degree in Mass Media from St. Andrew's College of Arts, Science and Commerce.

Career

Early television career (2010–2013)

Sutaria started her association with Disney Channel India as a video jockey and continued to be associated with them, having two successful sitcoms to her credit. She has also been recording music in India and abroad for films, advertisements, and her own original work. Her song "Slippin' Through My Fingers" is part of the Ashwin Gidwani Production of Bharat Dhabholkar's Blame It On Yashraj. She has also played the lead role of Sandy in Raell Padamsee's production of the musical Grease.

She has recorded and performed solo concerts in London, Tokyo, Lavasa and Mumbai. She has performed with Louiz Banks and Mikey McCleary and has also been a soloist for the Stop-Gaps Choral Ensemble, singing at the NCPA for over a decade. She was one of the top seven finalists of the 2008 "Pogo Amazing Kids Awards" in the singer category. She received recognition for her roles of Vinnie in The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir and Jassie in Oye Jassie.

Expansion to films (2019–present)

Sutaria was among two actresses selected for the part of Princess Jasmine in the American fantasy film Aladdin (2019), but lost the role to Naomi Scott. She made her film debut later that year with Punit Malhotra's coming-of-age teen film Student of the Year 2 alongside Tiger Shroff and Ananya Panday. Produced by Karan Johar, it served as a standalone sequel to Student of the Year (2012) and narrates the story of a college student (portrayed by Shroff) who competes to win an annual school championship. Reviewing the film for The Indian Express, Shubhra Gupta wrote, "Tara Sutaria is perfectly put together and yet looks assembly-line produced". She received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. It did not perform well commercially.

Later in 2019, Sutaria played the role of Zoya, a mute music teacher, alongside Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh and Rakul Preet Singh, in Milap Zaveri's action film Marjaavaan. The film had a worldwide gross of ₹65.35 crores. In a scathing review for The Hindu, Namrata Joshi found the film to be "loud, overcooked and overdone" and wrote that Sutaria was reduced to "smiling and weeping alternately". In 2021 Sutaria and debutante Ahan Shetty starred in the Milan Luthria directed romantic thriller Tadap, a remake of Telugu film RX 100 (2018). It received mixed reviews from critics. Rachana Dubey of Times of India wrote, "Tadap unabashedly plays to the gallery with action, music, and well-shot visuals, she further praised the performances of Shetty, Sutaria and Shukla. The film underperformed at the box office.

In her first release of 2022, she reunited with Shroff in Ahmed Khan's actioner Heropanti 2 which received negative reviews from critics with Saibal Chaterjee from NDTV stating, “Tara Sutaria is as clueless as the screenplay writer about the manner in which the character should be projected.” It was a major commercial failure at the box office. In her second release of the year, she starred as Aarvi Malhotra opposite Arjun Kapoor in Mohit Suri's action thriller Ek Villain Returns, which also starred John Abraham and Disha Patani. The film received mixed reviews from critics with Sutaria experiencing her third consecutive commercial disappointment. Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com opined that "Tara Sutaria is exactly how she was in her first, second, third and fourth film". Critics found her roles to be limited to androcentric films in which she performed poorly.

Keen to showcase her acting skills, Sutaria played the eponymous role in the crime thriller Apurva (2023), which released on Disney+ Hotstar to mixed reviews from critics. Despite disliking the film, Deepa Gahlot wrote, "If at all the film does anything, it is to offer Tara Sutaria a role that allows her to act, rather than just dress up and play pretty love interest to the leading man".

Following a three-year hiatus, Sutaria will appear alongside Yash in the Kannada action film Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups.

Media image

Sutaria became the eighth highest trending personality on Google in India, in 2019. In Times' 50 Most Desirable Women list, Sutaria was placed 13th in 2019 and 12th in 2020.

Sutaria supports a number of causes such as animal welfare and feminism. She has ramp walked at the Lakme Fashion Week and has been cover model for various magazines. Sutaria is a celebrity endorser for several brands and products including Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Hazoorilal Legacy Jewellers and Nature 4 Nature. For the latter's adfilm, she featured alongside Ishaan Khattar.

Filmography

Films

Television

Music video appearances

Discography

Awards and nominations

References

References

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