Born in Rohtak, Haryana, Manushi Chillar made India proud by representing the country at the Miss World beauty pageant in 2017. Manushi, who won the title of Miss World, is the sixth Indian woman to achieve this feat. So far, the beauty queen has worked in a total of 4 films in her Bollywood career.
Manushi Chillar made her Bollywood debut with Samrat Prithviraj starring Akshay Kumar. Her other films include The Great Indian Family, Operation Valentine and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan.
So, if you are a fan of Manushi Chillar, here are four movies of the beauty queen that you must watch.
4 films of Manushi Chillar’s Bollywood career
1. Emperor Prithviraj
- Cast: Akshay Kumar, Manushi Chillar, and Sanjay Dutt
- IMDb rating: 5.6
- Release year: 2022
- Genre: Action/War
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Directed by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, Emperor Prithviraj will release in 2022. This historical drama featured Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chillar in the lead roles. While Akshay played King Prithviraj Chauhan of the Chahamana dynasty in Emperor Prithviraj, Manushi was cast as his on-screen wife Sanyogita in the film.
The 2022 film also stars Sanjay Dutt, Sonu Sood, Manav Vij and Sakshi Tanwar. Based on the Braj language epic Prithviraj Raso, the film is produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner.
2. The great Indian family
- Cast: Vicky Kaushal and Manushi Chillar
- IMDb rating: 5.6
- Release year: 2023
- Genre: Comedy/Drama
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Starring Vicky Kaushal and Manushi Chillar, The Great Indian Family will release in 2023. The story revolves around Ved Vyas Tripathi, the son of a Hindu priest, who becomes famous as a religious singer, Bhajan Kumar.
Things turn upside down when Bhajan Kumar receives a letter at home and learns that he is a Muslim by birth. The 2023 film stars Vicky Kaushal in the role of Ved Vyas Tripathi aka Bhajan Kumar. Manushi Chillar was cast as singer Jasmeet Kaur Randhawa.
This comedy-drama also featured actors like Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra and Yashpal Sharma in important roles.
3. Operation Valentine
- Cast: Varun Tej and Manushi Chillar
- IMDb rating: 5.3
- Release year: 2024
- Genre: Action/Thriller
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
The short film Operation Valentine was released earlier this year in March in both Hindi and Telugu languages. It starred Telugu actors Varun Tej and Manushi Chillar in the lead roles. The film was based on the 2019 Pulwama attack and Balakot airstrikes.
Varun Tej plays Wing Commander Arjun Dev in the film. Manushi Chillar has been cast as Commander Ahana Gill. The story revolves around two Indian Air Force pilots, Arjun and Ahana, who face one of the deadliest and largest air strikes ever in India.
Operation Valentine marks the Bollywood debut of Varun Tej and the Telugu debut of Manushi Chillar.
4. Big brother and small brother
- Cast: Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Manushi Chillar and Alaya F
- IMDB Rating: 4.1
- Release year: 2024
- Genre: Action
- Where to watch: Netflix
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan featured Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff in the lead roles. The film also featured Manushi Chillar, Alaya F, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Ronit Roy. Akshay Kumar played the role of Captain Firoz aka Freddy and Tiger Shroff was cast as Captain Rakesh or Rocky.
In the film, the Indian Army encounters a masked attacker in Shanghai who tells them about his destructive plans for India. Manushi as Dr. Misha Kapoor reports the incident to Colonel Azad. Azad orders her to meet Firoz and Rakesh, two soldiers who were court-martialed for the mission.
Alaya F was cast as Dr. Parminder Bawa (Pam), an IT expert who assists him in his mission. Prithviraj played the antagonist, Dr. Kabir, a scientist, and Ronit’s character was named Colonel Aazad.
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the film was released in April this year. The title of the film is taken from Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda’s 1998 film of the same name.
Manushi Chillar will now be seen in John Abraham’s upcoming film Tehran. Neeru Bajwa is also in it. This action thriller film is said to be based on real life events. This film is being directed by Arun Gopalan and Dinesh Vijan is producing this film under the banner of Maddock Films.
Manushi also won the title of Femina Miss India in 2017, after which she participated in the Miss World beauty pageant the same year. The special thing is that Manushi is the sixth representative of India, who has won the title of Miss World after 17 years.
Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World title in 2000. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was crowned Miss World in 1994, while Diana Hayden won the Miss World title in 1997. Former model Reita Faria Powell became the first Indian woman to win the Miss World title in 1966.