Iti Acharya

Some Lesser Known Facts About Iti Acharya

• Iti Acharya is a South Indian actress and producer. She was crowned Miss South India in 2016. She has worked in various Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil films.

  

• During her college days, she started modelling.

• She began her career as a Formula One grid girl.

• Iti Acharya was the main lead in the Malayalam film Kerala Today (2015).

• In 2017, she played the role of Shweta Khatri, an author, in the English horror film Islamic Exorcist.

• In the same year, she played the lead role in the Kannada film Dhwani.

  

• In 2019, a short film, Scream, based on child abuse starring Iti Acharya got featured at the International Children’s Film Festival in Jaipur.

• In 2020, she was appointed as a World Peace Keeper and a Peace Ambassador by the Wockhardt Foundation.

  

• In 2022 on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day, she was appointed a cultural ambassador of India by The Ministry of Culture.

  

• In 2022, she was the lead in the Telugu film Pasivadi Pranam.

• In the same year, she made her first appearance at the Cannes Short Film Festival as the chief guest.

  

• Apart from appearing in the films, she has also appeared in various short films like Hiv (2014), Scream (2019), and Anukarne (2023).

• She worked as a co-producer in some short films like Mi Amor – a selfish love story (2018) and Aashiq – Phir Ek Baar (2019).

  

• During New York Fashion Week in 2022, Iti Acharya was selected by the designers to be the Brand Ambassador for their clothing lines, and her image was showcased on the New York City Times Square Billboard.

• In 2023, she got featured on New York City Times Square Billboard for the Hollywood music video of the song Love Her Too Much.

  

• At the Cannes International Film Festival 2023, she got a chance to share the Red Carpet with the Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan.

• In 2023, she showcased her Kannada film “Anukarne” poster at The Indian Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival.

  

•  During an interview with DD News, she talked about the designs she wore to the Cannes Film Festival and said,
  

  at Cannes Film Festival, I have woren Indian brands rather than going after big brands to promote homegrown designers on an international level.”

• One of the Hindi Indie films made by Iti Acharya had its premiere at the Washington DC Centre & Harvard University film society. ^[2]Iti Acharya- Official Website

• Iti Acharya once modelled for the famous Bollywood photographer Dabboo Ratnani.

  

• She was a showstopper for various fashion shows like Karnataka Gracious Fashion Week 2021, Blenders Pride Fashion Tour (2017), and Bangalore Fashion Week.

  

• Once she participated in the Miss India pageant but could not make it.

•  Iti Acharya is trained in many dance forms like Kathak, folk style, freestyle and belly dance.

• She learnt to do hula hooping and kickboxing.

• She is very health-conscious and often posts videos of her workout sessions on Instagram.