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Gayatri Patel was born September 21st, 1987 in Nashville, Tn.

She was raised in the United States by Arvind K. Patel (a doctor) and Divya Patel.

She has been performing on stage since the age of eight and

has grown up doing theatre.

She studied Theatre and Economics at the prestidous Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.

She is currently starring in her first film, titled 'Let's Dance'.

Let's Dance is directed by National Award Winning Editor Aarif Sheikh. She has also been training in kathak and dance since a very young age

Gayatri Patel is daughter of Dr. Arvind Patel & Divya Patel. She studied Theater and Economics at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. She is fluent in English, Hindi, and Gujarati. She has been trained in Kathak and dances since a very young age. She is also a pro at yogacitation needed

She had participated in classic English plays in college when she was in the USA. She came to Mumbai to make a mark in the Indian film industry.

She also appeared in Print Ads for Samsung and Filmfare. Gayatri Patel’s debut movie in bollywood is Let's Dance. She has got a nickname of Dancing Tornado because of her dance performance in this film.

She is also doing a guest appearance role in Abbas Tyrewala's 1-800-Love (that stars John Abraham and Abbas' wife Pakhi).

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Gayatri Patel’s debut film Let’s Dance has opened to a good response across the country. An excited Gayatri spoke to us about her film and her journey so far.

She began at the tender age of seven when she was signed up for a local Indian dance competition in Alabama in the US and decided that she was going to win the trophy. She did win it that year, the next year and the year after that, until they stopped the competition. While in the US, Gayatri graduated from high school and went to university in Atlanta, Georgia. Here, she won the Miss India-Georgia title and later emerged the first runner-up at Miss India USA pageant. She says. “I have formal training in Kathak and currently I’m learning under Vijayshri Chaudhary who is Pandit Birju Maharaj’s student. My strongest training in is Kathak which I have utilized in my hip- hop and western dance forms. I have grown up learning jazz and ballet in America. I use my classical dance forms as a root to western dance forms.”

To hone her acting skills, alongside her assignments, Gayatri Patel has learnt speech and drama technique from Satyadev Dubey. She also spent some time sitting in on Makrand Deshpande's rehearsals. After arriving in Mumbai she has gone through rigorous training session with 3 Kathak teachers, 3 yoga teachers and 4 Hindi teachers before approaching anybody for a role. Finally two years ago she settled with Veena Mehta for Hindi, Vijayshree Choudhary for Kathak and Effa for Yoga.

She also hit the jackpot with her first film ‘Let's Dance’ . Directed by National Award Winning Editor Aarif Sheikh, it's about a girl who gives direction and life to a group of kids.

She tells us, “As dancing is central to me and my character in the movie, I consider this film a gift from God. I play the character of a dance teacher, who is simple yet determined about her goals. It’s the story of the teacher, who on her way to fame, motivates a group of underprivileged kids. My co-actors are Ajay Chaudhary and Aqib Afzaal and the film is produced by my father Dr Arvind Patel,” she says.

Apart from Let’s Dance, Gayatri has two more movies on hand but the projects are yet to start. But for now, she has no qualms about making a place for herself in the industry. “I am concentrating on my work rather than the competition. I want to show the world that I am not just a novice and I am here to stay,” she says.

Gayatri considers Vyjayantimala, Madhuri Dixit, Meenkshi Sheshadri, Waheeda Rehman as her dance icons because she feels they were not only brilliant dancers but also fantastic actors.

“I want to follow their path and want to be known not just for my dancing skills but also my acting capabilities. I am essentially an actress and also a dancer.” She concludes.

As if to fill in the void and rock the floor, here comes US-born-and-bred Gayatri Patel, all set to storm Bollywood with her debut movie 'Let's Dance' releasing on June 19. The film has the girl playing a simple but determined dance teacher, who on her path to fame, changes course, to motivate a group of underprivileged kids.

This petite dancing tornado aims to make everyone groove to her moves. She can, as she is no novice to the world of dance. Gayatri is trained in Kathak and is also a pro at Yoga. A lethal combination this, it helps her attempt the most daring dance steps, breath-taking whirls and swirls and some awesome splits.

"I could have very well been a doctor like my father, rather than an actress, had I not started performing on stage at the age of eight," she reveals.

At the tender age of seven, Gayatri went to a local Indian dance competition in Dothan, Alabama and decided that she was going win the trophy the coming year. She did win the next year and the year after that and the year after that, till they stopped the competition as she had none. Now that's something!

While in the United States, the spunky girl graduated from high-school and went on to study at the acclaimed Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Here, she also won the 'Miss India Georgia' title and later emerged the first runner-up at 'Miss India USA'.

"Around this time, I realized that I loved theatre, dance and acting, more than studying science," she quips. Finally, her family decided she shift base to Mumbai to pursue acting. Reaching here, Gayatri spent time taking tips from theatre top-guns Satyadev Dubey and Makrand Deshpande, did an acting workshop with Veena Mehta and played the role of Ophelia in Neeraj Kabir's play 'Hamlet'. She also did three music videos for Venus opposite Inder Kumar and Jugal Hansraj, till one day, National Award winning editor Aarif Sheikh decided to launch her as the lead in his directorial debut 'Let's Dance'.

Having music by Vipin Mishra and another National Award winner Tarali Sharma, her movie's songs have been choreographed by none other than Longinus Fernandes (of "Jai Ho"-'Slumdog Millionaire' and "Pappu Can't Dance Saala"-'Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na' fame), Rajiv Goswami (of 'Veer-Zaara' and 'Dhoom' fame), Pappu-Malu (of 'Saawariya' fame) and the evergreen Saroj Khan.

Produced by Dr Arvind Patel, the film co-stars Ajay Chaudhary, Aqib Afzaal, Sugandha Garg, Asif Basra, Abhaas Yadav, Nikuunj Padaya, Paras Arora and Anjan Srivastav. "I've done jazz, hip-hop, filmy, Kathak and Natwari dancing in the film," informs Gayatri.

So here she is, urging one and all to don their dancing shoes. Now let's see, if 'Let's Dance' helps Bollywood find its new groove.

Gayatri Patel is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Gayatri Patel is daughter of Dr. Arvind Patel & Divya Patel and sister of Anand Patel and Radhika Patel. She studied Theater and Economics at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. She is fluent in English, Hindi, and Gujarati. She has been trained in Kathak and dances since a very young age. She is also a pro at yoga.

Before starting her career as an actress with film Let's Dance, she has performed in many competitions. During her time at Emory, she won Miss India Georgia. She also participated in Miss India USA and was the first runner up. She had participated in classic English plays in college when she was in the USA. She came to Mumbai to make a mark in the Indian film industry. She also appeared in Print Ads for Samsung and Filmfare. Gayatri Patel’s debut movie in bollywood is Let's Dance. She has got a nickname of Dancing Tornado because of her dance performance in this film. She is also doing a guest appearance role in Abbas Tyrewala's 1-800-Love (that stars John Abraham and Abbas' wife Pakhi).

In America since childhood she was taking training in Khatak from various teachers. At 15, she came to Bangalore and was trained by Maya Rao. In Mumbai she took training from Vijayshree Choudhary, who is has 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 Makradn Deshpande's rehearsals. She also got trained from Veena Mehta, who is currently training the cast of 1-800 Love.

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