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Biography & trivia

# The actress’ Kannada debut film Jogi broke many records at the box-office. She came to limelight after Jogi. Her dancing skills were largely appreciated.

# Her Telugu debut is ‘Devdas’.

# Jennifer Kotwal played a small role in her Hindi debut Yaadein , which failed to gain recognition for her.

# The kannada actress was doing modelling beforing entering the films.

# Jennifer Kotwal did many commercials including populor brands like Close Up, Lakme, Dabur, Sun Cadbury Perk, Fanta soft drink, Hero Honda, Breeze Soap, Godrej Fair Glow, Britannia Time Pass, Bharat Petroleum Engine oil.

# She did some television programmes for Sony and Zee TV.

# The actress studied Economics at HR College in Mumbai, India.

Interview excerpts

# “It was an amazing opportunity for me to work with two such big artists inads. Both have terrific sense of humour and both of them are down to earth. Amitabhji was extremely nice to all of us and there was no pressure on me the two days I worked with him. Shah Rukh Khan is a fantastic co-star.” [About Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan ]

# “I did not realize that the film would create history and I would be recognised throughout the state of Karnataka. I did expect the film to be a huge hit, but yes, the level of its success did surprise me.” [About overwhelming success of Jogi]

# “I will accept any film that has a good storyline. As for the roles I would like to do, I should say that I would like to work in different types of roles. I would like to do comedies as well as emotional roles”

# “I am basically a director’s actor, and it is left to the director to get the best out of me. “

# “I started my career with senior stars. They are already established , their likeability factor is set. I have grown up watching some of these stars and that is far greater than the curiosity a newcomer generates. They might have their ups and downs, but their aura ensures that their fans are constant .”

Best movie list

• Yaadein [ Jackie Shroff , Hrithik Roshan , Kareena Kapoor , Jennifer Kotwal ]
• Jogi [ Shivaraj Kumar , Jennifer Kotwal ]
• Satyavan Savitri [ Daisy Bopanna , Ramesh , Jennifer Kotwal , Mohan ]
• Snehana Preethina [ Darshan , Aditya , Jennifer Kotwal ]
• Eee Bandhana [ Vishnuvardan , Jayaprada , Dharshan , Jennifer Kotwal ]
  

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