The New Lady in Prabhas’ Life!

After

Kalki
2898
AD,
Prabhas
is
all
set
to
star
in
Hanu
Raghavapudi’s
period
film,
tentatively
titled

Fauji.

While
fans
wait
excitedly
for
news
on
this
new
venture,
his
leading
lady
has
caught
everyone’s
attention.

Iman
Esmail
aka
Imanvi,
who
is
a
content
creator
and
a
dancer,
will
make
her
acting
debut
opposite
Prabhas
in
the
film.

Last
week,
after
the

puja
in
Hyderabad
to
launch
the
film,
many
have
been
wondering:
Just
who
is
Iman
Esmail?

Namrata
Thakker
finds
out.

Born
on
October
20,
1995
in
Delhi,
Imanvi
grew
up
in
Los
Angeles,
after
her
family
relocated.

Imanvi’s
famaily
apparently
hails
from
Karachi,
Pakistan,
and
the
29
year
old
acted
in
a
short
film

Being
Sa-rah,
which
chronicles
the
experiences
of
a
Pakistani
immigrant.

Imanvi
is
a
fabulous
dancer-choreographer
and
her
videos
often
go
viral
on
social
media.

She
has
878,000
followers
on
Instagram
and
1.82
million
subscribers
on
her
YouTube
channel.

So
when
did
Imanvi
shoot
to
fame?
In
2020,
her
dance
video
on

Ramta
Jogi
from

Taal
went
viral,
making
her
instantly
popular
on
social
media.

Then
in
2023,
her
dance
video
on
the
song

Tum
Tum
from
the
Tamil
film

Enemy
went
viral,
getting
her
even
more
popularity
along
with
acting
opportunities.

Iman
with
her
daddy.

Over
the
years,
the
talented
dancer
has
collaborated
with
several
famous
content
creators
for
her
videos.

In
April
2024,
while
talking
to
fellow
dancer
Eshani
Patel
on
Popshift,
Imanvi
revealed,
‘Growing
up,
I
wasn’t
formally
trained
(in
dancing).
But
my
mom
would
show
me
Rekhaji,
Madhuriji
(Dixit),
Vyjayanthimalaji,
all
these
evergreen,
beautiful
actresses,
and
she’d
be
like,
look
at
their
expressions.
Look
at
how
they
move
and
the
way
they
use
classical
movements
in
their
choreography.
I
learnt
by
watching
because
of
her.’

We
hear
Imanvi
was
approached
for
the
Prabhas
starrer
as
Director
Hanu
Raghavapudi
found
her
very
expressive
in
her
dance
videos.
The
fact
that
she’s
a
choreographer
made
things
easier.

Imanvi
with
Director
Hanu
Raghavapudi
and
Prabhas
at
the
launch
of
their
film
in
Hyderabad.

What
do
you
think
of
the
newest

jodi
in
cine
town?

Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff.com