Gayatri Patel Bahl
Gayatri Patel Bahl is an American born Indian actress, filmmaker, and Indian classical dancer, who appears in Hindi and English language films.
Biography
Personal life
Patel was born and raised in United States in a Gujarati family. She studied at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.Career
Before starting her career as an actress with the film Let's Dance, Patel Bahl performed in many competitions. During her time at Emory, she won Miss India Georgia. She was also first runner-up in the Miss India United States competition. She has participated in classic English plays at Emory University, performing roles such as Irina for Chekhov's Play, Three Sisters.While in India, Patel Bahl starred in four music videos produced by Venus Films and starring herself opposite Jugal Hansraj. Her debut film in Bollywood is Let's Dance. She guest starred in Yash Raj's Rishta.com as Husna in episode 19 of season 1.
Moving back to New York City, Patel Bahl has guest starred on and appeared in Martin Scorsese's Vinyl, Mr. Robot, and Showtime's Loudest Voice.
In April 2017, Patel Bahl was featured in Elle Magazine US as a part of the Elle Magazine's Movement Series.
She is the writer, director, co-producer and star of the award-winning short film, TINA.
Training
Patel has taken training in Khatak from various teachers. At 15, she went to Bangalore and was trained by Maya Rao. In Mumbai, she took training from Vijayshree Chaudhary, who herself trained under Pandit Birju Maharaj in Delhi for about 10–12 years.For fluency in Hindi language, she started training with Satyadev Dubey along with sitting in on Makrand Deshpande's rehearsals. She also trained with Veena Mehta, who trained the case of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.
Filmography
; As actress| Year | Movie | Role |
| 2004 | Tum Bin | |
| 2004 | Surma Surma | |
| 2004 | Hote Hot | |
| 2004 | Dheere Dheere Rafta Rafta | |
| 2005 | Ssukh | |
| 2009 | Let's Dance | Suhani |
| 2010 | Waiting Room | |
| 2010 | Rishta.com 19th Episode | |
| 2010 | Rishta.com 19th Episode | |
| 2014 | Inevitable | Manasa |
| 2014 | Redrum | Ms. Reed |
| 2014 | Just My Luck | Deedee |
| 2015 | Jiya Alexander | |
| 2017 | Petty Therapy | Gangi |
| 2018 | Fashionables | Sageeta |
| 2019 | Tina | |
| 2019 | The Loudest Voice | Assistant |
| 2019 | Mr. Robot |
; As filmmaker
| Year | Movie | Role |
| 2009 | Let's Dance | Co-producer |
| 2010 | Waiting Room | Co-producer |
| 2014 | Just My Luck | Co-producer |
| 2019 | Tina | Executive producer, Director |