Nora Fatehi

Nora Fatehi (born 6 February 1992) is a Canadian actress, model, dancer, singer, and producer
who is known for her work in the Indian film industry. She has appeared in Hindi, Telugu,
Malayalam and Tamil language films. She made her film debut in the Bollywood film Roar: Tigers
of the Sundarbans.[5][6] She gained popularity in Telugu cinema by doing item numbers in films
like Temper, Baahubali: The Beginning and Kick 2 and has also starred in two Malayalam films,
Double Barrel and Kayamkulam Kochunni.
 Nora Fatehi

Fatehi in 2022

Born 6 February 1992[1][2]

Canada[3][4]

Occupation Dancer • model • actress • singer • producer

Years active 2014–present

In 2015, she was a contestant on the reality television show Bigg Boss 9 and was evicted on Day
84. In 2016, she was a participant in the reality television dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. She
appeared in the Bollywood film Satyameva Jayate in which she was seen in the recreated version
of the song "Dilbar"[7] which crossed 20 million views on YouTube in the first 24 hours of its
release, making it the first Hindi song to have garnered such numbers in India. She also
collaborated with the Moroccan hip-hop group Fnaïre to release an Arabic version of the Dilbar
song.[8][9]

In 2019, she collaborated with Tanzanian musician and songwriter Rayvanny to release her first
international English debut song Pepeta.

Early and personal life

Fatehi comes from a Moroccan family, and was born and raised in Canada, although in
interviews she has stated that she considers herself "an Indian at heart".[10]

Career

Fatehi began her career by appearing in Hindi film Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans. After that she
debuted in Telugu films with an item number, "Ittage Recchipodham", in Puri Jagannadh's film
Temper.[11] She has also done a special appearance with Emraan Hashmi and Gurmeet
Choudhary in the film Mr. X directed by Vikram Bhatt and produced by Mahesh Bhatt. Later,
Fatehi appeared in item numbers for films such as Baahubali: The Beginning's song
"Manohari"[12] and in Kick 2's song "Kukkurukuru".[13]

In late June 2015, she signed a Telugu film Sher. In late August 2015, she signed a Telugu film
Loafer which is directed by Puri Jagannadh starring opposite Varun Tej. In late November 2015
she signed a film Oopiri.[14] In December 2015, Fatehi entered the Bigg Boss house which was in
its ninth season as a wild card entrant.[15] She spent 3 weeks inside the house until she got
evicted in the 12th week (Day 83). She was also contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2016. She
starred in My Birthday Song. in which she is playing lead actress opposite Sanjay Suri.

Fatehi at an event in 2017

In February 2019, she signed a contract with the record label T-Series as an exclusive artist, and
will feature on their upcoming films, music videos, web series, and web films.[16] She then
appeared in the 2020 dance film Street Dancer 3D which became her first film with a supporting
role.[17] On 6 March 2021, Fatehi became the first African-Arab female artiste whose song
"Dilbar" crossed one billion views on YouTube.[18]

Filmography

Fatehi in 2019

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes

Roar: Tigers of the

2014 CJ
Sundarbans Hindi
Crazy Cukkad Family Amy

Special appearance in song "Ittage

Temper Telugu
Rechchipodam"

Mr.X Hindi Special appearance in song "Alif se"

Double Barrel Malayalam Special appearance

Baahubali: The Telugu /

2015 Special appearance in song "Manohari"
Beginning Tamil

Kick 2 Special appearance in song "Kiruku Kick"

Special appearance in song "Napere

Sher
Telugu Pinky"

Special appearance in song "Nokkey

Loafer
Dochey"

Special appearance in song "Rock Tha

Rocky Handsome Hindi
Party"
2016
Telugu / Special appearance in song "Door
Oopiri / Thozha Nemali
Tamil Number"

My Birthday Song Sandy

Satyameva Jayate Special appearance in song "Dilbar"

Hindi
Special appearance in song
2018 Stree
"Kamariya"[19][20]

Kayamkulam Special appearance in song

Malayalam
Kochuni "Nrithageethikalennum"

Bharat Sussan Hindi

Huma /
Batla House
2019 Victoria

Special appearance in song "Ek Toh Kum

Marjaavaan Herself
Zindagani"

2020 Street Dancer 3D Mia [17]

 Bhuj: The Pride of Heena
India Rehman
2021
Special appearance in song "Kusu
Satyameva Jayate 2
Kusu"[21]

Herself Special appearance in song "Manike

Thank God
2022 Mage Hithe Hindi Version"[22]

Ek Villain Returns

Fatehi on sets of Dance Deewane Junior, 2022

Television
 Year Title Role Notes

2015–2016 Bigg Boss 9 9th place

Contestant
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 10th place
2016
Comedy Nights Bachao

MTV Troll Police Herself Guest

2018 Top Model India

MTV Dating in the Dark Host

2019 Dance Plus 4

2020 India's Best Dancer

2021 India's Best Dancer (Season 2) Herself Guest

2021 Dance Deewane 3

Hunarbaaz: Desh Ki Shaan

2022
Dance Deewane Juniors (season 1) Judge [23]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.

[24]
2021 Star vs Food (Season 2) Herself Episode 5

Music videos
Year Title Singer(s) Notes Ref.
[25]
Naah Harrdy Sandhu
2017
Baby Marvake Maanegi Raftaar [26]

[9]
2018 Dilbar Arabic Version Herself, Fnaïre
[27]
Pachtaoge Arijit Singh
2019
Pepeta Herself, Rayvanny [28]

[29]
Pachtaoge (Female version) Asees Kaur

2020 Naach Meri Rani Guru Randhawa, Nikhita Gandhi [30]

Body (Dance Cover) Megan Thee Stallion [31]

[32]
Chhor Denge Parampara Tandon
2021
Dance Meri Rani Guru Randhawa, Zahrah S Khan [33][34]

[35][36]
2022 Dirty Little Secret Herself, Zack Knight Also director

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