Urfi Javed is an Indian TV actress, who is known for her unique fashion statement.
Wiki/Biography
Urfi Javed was born on Tuesday, 15 October 1996 (age 25 years; as of 2021) in Lucknow. Her zodiac sign is Libra. She did her schooling at City Montessori School, Lucknow. She completed her graduation in Mass Communication from Amity University, Lucknow.
Urfi Javed’s childhood photo (left)
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 1″
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Figure Measurements (approx.): 33-25-34
Family
She hails from a conservative family and background. In an interview, Urfi got candid about her family and said,
I come from a very conservative family and we lived a life with a lot of restrictions”
She further added that girls were not allowed to voice their opinion and only the men were allowed to make decisions in her family.
Parents & Siblings
Not much is known about her father. Her mother’s name is Zakiya Sultana. She has four siblings. Her two sisters are Asfi Javed and Dolly Javed and she has a younger brother, Sameer.
Urfi Javed with her mother
Urfi’s brother Sameer
Urfi with her family
Relationships/Affairs
She has dated Paras Kalnawat. The two met on the sets of Meri Durga, which aired on Star Plus. However, the relationship ended in 2017. Speaking about her ex-beau in an interview. Urfi made a face and said,
I wanted to break up with him one month after we got together. He was a kid. He was very possessive. He tried to woo me again by having 3 tattoos of my name, but who does that after one has parted ways? Surely, I wasn’t going back to him just for the tattoos. Even if he had tattoos of my name all over his body, I wouldn’t have.”
She expressed in an interview that his ex-boyfriend Paras, stood in the way of her career when she was approached for Star Plus’s extremely popular show Anupama. She said that both she and Paras were supposed to work in the show but Paras asked the team to not cast her. She said,
We were supposed to work together in a show, I guess Anupamaa only. He requested the creative director and everyone to not cast me in the show. Whenever there is even a slight chance of me being in the show, he would request the team to not cast me. Because apparently, his girlfriend present or ex would not like it.”
Urfi Javed with ex-boyfriend Paras Kalnawat
Religion/Religious Views
In an interview, Urfi expressed that she does not believe in Islam. She said,
To be very honest, I don’t believe in Islam and I’ve never believed in it. I feel a lot of things in Islam are a bit regressive but so are in other religions as well. The world is changing at a very fast pace but religions are not and just because of that reason some people are lagging behind. This is the main reason behind the generation gap because people are not ready to change. I don’t like the fact that Islam allows four weddings. Triple talaq was banned and I think it was for the best.”
She further added,
In Islam also there are many things that women should wear burkha and they should stay behind a parda, I don’t understand these things. If a girl wants to do it willingly then it is fine. One should not force something on others.”
In another interview, she said that she would never marry a Muslim man. She said,
I am a Muslim girl. Most of the hate comments I receive are from Muslim people. They say that I am tarnishing the image of Islam. They hate me because Muslim men want their women to behave in a certain way. They want to control all the women in the community. I don’t believe in Islam because of this. The reason why they troll me is because I don’t behave the way they expect me to as per their religion.”
Career
Television
Urfi began her career in 2015 with the TV serial Tedi Medi Family. She went to Mumbai for a job interview which did not work out for her. However, given the interest she had in acting since her childhood, she decided to give auditions and in a matter of 3 months, she bagged her first role in the serial. In 2016, she bagged the role of Avni Pant in comedy-drama, Bade Bhaiyya Ki Dulhania, which aired on Sony TV. She also appeared in serials like Chandra Nandini, Bepannaah, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, and Jiji Maa. She was also a contestant in Bigg Boss OTT but was the first person to get eliminated from the show.
Web series
In 2021, she starred in her debut web series, Puncch Beat 2. She did the role of Meera.
Music videos
Urfi has featured in various Punjabi songs, such as Chat Sohniye (2021), Crazy (2022), and Befikra (2022).
Controversy
Urfi posted a series of stories in February 2022, disclosing the fact that casting director Obed Afridi did not pay her dues. She further accused him of exploiting young girls in the name of getting them work and modelling assignments. She posted various screenshots of chats in which the accused is asking for semi-nude pictures from girls and asking them to do a video call for indecent acts. Various celebrities such as Priyank Sharma and Nikita Bhamidipati stood up in her support and posted stories to unmask the accused while expressing their similar encounters with him.
Urfi Javed’s Instagram stories against Obed
Facts/Trivia
- In an interview, Urfi recalled the time when her pictures were uploaded on a porn site. She said,
I was in the first year of my college in Lucknow when someone mischievously uploaded my pictures on a porn website and all hell broke loose when my dad got to know about it. I come from a very conservative family and my dad then without listening to my side of the story, thrashed me badly.”
- She ran away from her house to escape the patriarchal environment with her two sisters and lived in a park for a week in Delhi. She took a job in a call centre and supported her entire family after her father remarried.
- According to Urfi, she has been typecasted for negative roles. When asked about the lack of leading roles in her career, she said
Somehow, casting directors tell me that I don’t have that innocent face to play a lead on TV. I only get negative roles to play. Also, with lead, the problem is that one gets so over exposed playing a similar character for years that after the show ends or one quits, it is difficult to get serials. However, with parallel leads, this isn’t the problem. This doesn’t mean that I would not want to play a lead, but I don’t run after it,”
- Urvi Javed was mistaken to be Javed Akhtar‘s granddaughter owing to her last name. She tried to dismiss the rumours by stating in an interview,
People have cooked up stories just because my entire name is Urfi Javed. But he was never associated with me in any way. All this is just done to troll him and put his name down by associating my outfit controversy with him. But how is that even relevant? Even if his own granddaughter wears anything of her choice what’s wrong with that? Why is he being held responsible for that?”
She was also spotted wearing a t-shirt to the airport that said ‘Not Javed Akhtar’s Granddaughter’.
Shabana Azmi, the wife of Javed Akhtar, also tried to clarify this with a tweet.
She is not related to us on anyway . Stop spreading lies ! https://t.co/QGaocn4eGV
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) September 8, 2021
- She has worked as an assistant to a fashion designer in Delhi before starting her career in acting.
- Urfi is known for her outrageous outfits and has often been trolled unabashedly by her followers on social media. She has been subjected to lewd comments and various below the belt remarks but she doesn’t let it bother her. She has also been spotted wearing dresses that were similar to those of Hollywood celebrities, such as Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner.
Urfi Javed wearing outfits similar to Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid’s outfits
- Urfi was spotted carrying the Bhagavad Gita to the airport once. Upon being asked about it, she replied that she has been reading it because she wants to know about the religion and the logical part of it. She further expressed that she hates extremism and wants to extract the good part of the holy book.
